Original God: After the Abyss Girl picked up Miyoushe

Paimon was awakened by the sound of Seraphina and the others returning: "Um...where is this..."

Sora touched Paimon's head and said, "We are still underground. Are you feeling better?"

"Much better. I didn't expect that as the best guide in Teyvat, I would be in such an awkward situation." The emergency food that was always noisy was still wilted. "I just took a nap, but I kept hearing the sound of cows in my dream."

Aratake Ichito's friend Achou mooed.

Paimon flew to Ah Chou and said, "That's the voice! Ah Chou, were you the one taking care of me just now?"

Seeing that Paimon had woken up, Serafina brought a jar of date palm honey and asked, "Would you like some?"

"Yes!" Paimon nodded without thinking, then realized who said that and turned around in surprise, "Hey, Sera..."

"Shh!" Seraphina pinched Paimon's mouth with two fingers. She knew this mascot couldn't keep a secret.

Fortunately no one noticed.

"I was so sleepy, I'm sorry." Paimon patted Seraphina's shoulder in a flattering manner.

Seeing that little Paimon had regained some energy, Seraphina felt relieved and unscrewed the lid of the jar and took out two pieces of date palm honey for Paimon.

"Wow ah ah ah ah -"

"Boss!"

Paimon was so frightened that he nearly knocked over the jar of date honey. "Is that the cowherd shouting? What happened?"

The skinny little Kuki Shinobu came back, pulling the big stupid Arata Ichito's ear: "The boss just now... hit the wall to vent his anger, and a new secret realm appeared over there."

Aratake Ichito looks heartless, and actually... well... he is also heartless. But he can sense the most basic emotions.

If the door just now had just scattered a few beans, it would have been fine. But it made the missing victims anxious, and the phantom that was released affected their morale. The more Arawaki Ichito thought about it, the angrier he became.

So he punched the wall with all his strength, and unexpectedly a new secret realm appeared.

This may be the case of fools having good fortune.

"Shall we go and take a look?" Yan Fei asked after looking around.

Xiao took the Hepu Kite and walked to Seraphina: "Let's go."

“In that case, let’s go in and take a look together.” Ye Lan made the final decision.

There is a huge disc in the secret realm.

Yan Fei originally came here for the Tai Wei Yi Plate. She stared at the huge round plate and asked, "Is that the Tai Wei Yi Plate?"

"Bigger than a cooking pot." Sora hadn't gotten the point of Nashida's wonderful metaphor.

"Hey! Your description is not big enough. This is much bigger!" Paimon punched the air with his little fist and turned to ask Seraphina, "Mint, do you know how to operate this?"

Seraphina pointed at Ye Lan and said, "Ms. Ye Lan is more likely to know than me."

She had only met Boyang before and they were not familiar with each other.

Everyone tried to manipulate the Taiwei Disk, traveling through different illusions.

There are also some diaries left by Boyang and Qianyanjun in the illusion.

Fushe had never been here before, and Xiao's attention was mostly on Seraphina. Seeing that Seraphina was in a low mood, he touched the top of Seraphina's head.

Seraphina shook her head, her eyes dropping to the weeds.

"What is that?" Kong Ye, who had installed a treasure-hunting radar, saw something in the bushes and picked it up. "Is it a flag?"

Seraphina held out her hand. "Can you give it to me? This is the banner of the Thousand Rocks Army."

Of course, Sora would not fight with Seraphina for such a relic.

This flag embroidered with thousands of rocks remains intact for a hundred years.

As long as the flag is there, the morale of the army is there.

As long as the flag does not fall, the military spirit will not fall.

Seraphina carefully brushed off the dust on it and held the flag in her arms: "Thank you, let's go."

After breaking through several secret realms, they obtained the Taiwei Disk.

Yan Fei smiled and livened up the atmosphere: "Cheer up, we will be out soon. We saw in the illusion before that they used immortal magic and mortal magic to manipulate the Taiwei Disk. We happen to have immortals and mortals who have inherited the sorcery here."

Ye Lan injected strength into the Taiweiyi Plate: "Kong, take good care of Paimeng. Yanfei, stay close to me if necessary."

Jiuqi Shinobu, who had been wandering outside the team, pulled Aratake Ichito over and said, "Don't worry, we will protect ourselves."

"I don't need to say much about the other two, right?" Ye Lan finally looked at Xiao and Seraphina.

Xiao nodded.

Seraphina picked up the large banner with both hands, and the amber bracelet under her cloak sleeve glowed faintly: "With me here, no force can stop you."

"The stars are spread out, and the mighty spirits will descend quickly. All the demons and evil spirits will be eliminated with thunder. The gods and ghosts will be captured, and the true energy will flow. The emperor has issued an order, and it cannot stop for long. Hurry up and obey the order!" As Ye Lan recited the spell, the light of the Taiweiyi disk became brighter and brighter.

Xiao put on the Nuo mask and said: "General Jinpeng, enter the battle!"

A formation was also formed on the ground, breaking the seal and flying high into the sky with everyone.

The entire space was shrouded in blood red, and countless souls that could only be seen in human form rushed towards them.

The blood-red soul carries an ominous aura.

Paimon was so scared that he grabbed Sora's braid.

"Don't be afraid." Seraphina raised the banner high. "Brother Xiao, can you still hold on?"

Xiao already understood what Seraphina wanted to do: "Just go ahead and do it."

When Seraphina jumped into the deep pit, she felt that the reason she fell so slowly was because these former comrades were pushing her back.

The same people who had stopped her from coming down were now stopping her from going back up.

Even though their souls were worn out and they could no longer remember what they looked like, and had turned into unconscious phantoms, they still remembered that they could not allow living creatures to harm Liyue.

The soul becomes a demon because of obsession.

After arriving here, Seraphina asked Kong to find the Taiwei Disk and go out through the formal means in order to lure out all the souls.

Five hundred years later, the last man in this team waved the flag that had once been raised in the army.

Pure divine power was injected into the big banner, and those souls were unconsciously drawn in.

Seraphina closed her eyes.

These are her comrades.

He was a comrade-in-arms who trained with her, competed with her, fought demons side by side with her, and occasionally snatched meat from her and secretly stuffed lettuce into her mouth.

It's too dark here. The Lantern Festival is coming soon. I'm here to take you home...

......

The god standing on the rocky abyss sighed softly.

The golden divine power passed through the divine power in the bracelet and enveloped these souls. The blood color gradually faded, and the souls became pure and white again.

After doing all this, he left here quietly.

These souls gathered on the banner, forming an updraft that carried everyone away from here to the top of the rock abyss.

"Xiaoxing, goodbye..."

Seraphina's head snapped up and she reached out her hand, trying to touch the souls.

They were like a wisp of wind, glancing from afar in the direction of Liyue Harbor and merging into the earth veins.

Seraphina felt a little sour in her nose as she stared blankly at Liyue Harbor.

There are thousands of lights there.

After a brief exchange with Yan Fei Ye Lan and Inazuma's two guests, Sora walked over to Seraphina.

Others knew they had something to say and had left considerately.

Paimon looked at her worriedly: "Seraphina..."

"I'm fine." Seraphina took off her cloak and carefully put away the flag. "If you have any questions, just ask me."

"What happened just now was..."

"You know, he was the one who cleansed those souls."

“Where will they end up…”

"They have been worn out down there for too long. They should return to the earth veins to be warmed up."

"I have nothing more to ask."

Seraphina waved her hand: "Then I'll leave first."

Xiao did not stop Seraphina, and said to Sora: "Let her be alone for a while."

"We've never seen Seraphina like this." Paimon was a little sad.

She still prefers the always smiling drama queen Seraphina.

……

Liyue Harbor is also very lively at dusk.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, many vendors selling New Year goods appear at Liyue Port.

Whatever you want, there is sugar-coated melons, lanterns, and New Year pictures.

Even the three bowls of fermented rice dumplings from Gang’s family have some red yeast rice flour added to make them festive.

Walking through here, you can feel why the pursuit of the Rock Country is prosperity.

Prosperity is Liyue's past, present, and future. Prosperity that no other country in this world can achieve belongs to Liyue and its children.

Seraphina had thought countless times about saying something to her father after returning home, but only when she stood here did she realize that any words were meaningless.

Zhongli left the choice of whether to go home and meet her to Seraphina herself.

Her father, who had abdicated from the throne, stood here waiting for her choice.

Now that she is here, it represents her answer.

"Dad." Seraphina trotted over and hugged Zhongli's arm. "Shall we eat pickled pork with preserved vegetables tonight?"

Zhongli used the hand that was not being hugged to help her tidy up her hair which was a little messy because of the hat she was wearing: "It just so happens that I bought some fresh bamboo shoots this morning."

Seraphina rubbed Zhongli's hand as he fixed her hair: "I also want to eat golden shrimp balls."

Zhongli tapped her head gently: "...eat less fried food at night."

Seraphina covered her forehead and refused to give in: "Once in a while?"

"..."

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement! Let's go buy some shrimps." Seraphina forcefully pulled Zhongli towards the seafood vendor.

The noisy girl pulled her father into the bustling Liyue Harbor.

His little star returned to him.

It was like she had never left.

--split line--

I’m afraid it might be overlooked if I put it in my speech, so I’ll say it here.

I knew you wouldn't guess that the one to be rescued this time is not Xiao, but the sacrificed Thousand Winds Army. (???)

When I first designed the outline, I wanted to replace "The Perilous Journey" with the original plot "The Voice of the Past". Later, I designed the voice of Zhongli when the father and daughter met at the Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival was originally a festival where the people of Liyue released bright lanterns at night to prevent the fighting warriors from losing their way home.

So I decided to reorganize the story of The Perilous Journey and move it back one version. The core of the story was shifted from Xiao to the Thousand Winds. Nana wanted to bring her comrades home, Xiao supported her as an immortal, and Zhongli, as the god who protected Liyue, sent the soldiers who died for Liyue back to the earth veins. I feel that this kind of plot connection like the National Day movie is particularly Chinese-style romantic (← shameless).