Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

At the agreed time, the team of travelers and Nashida headed towards the House of the Decree.

The only sound on the winding stone steps was their indistinct footsteps.

Sora: "It seems unusually quiet around here. I feel like there's a trap waiting for us."

Paimon: "Of course it's quiet in the middle of the night. Everyone should go home and sleep."

Nashida: "I think Sora is right. It is indeed much quieter than usual."

Many students in the Institute stay up late to study, and many scholars stay up late to do research, so many shops here are open all night.

Setale might be able to temporarily send away the patrolling guards, but the students and service staff would not be under her command, which was not normal.

Su's golden bracelet transformed into a wrist crossbow. "No matter what trap is hidden ahead, we will find out once we run over it."

As soon as the Traveler Team and Nashida stepped onto the large platform in front of the House of the Decree, there was an immediate burst of warm applause and cheers.

The patrolling guards, the scholars returning late, and the residents of the nearby Xumi City, all the disappeared people gathered together, with smiles of joy that were eerily joyful on their faces.

"Hey!" Paimon hid behind Sora who was holding a sword and looked at those people cautiously, "What the hell is going on with them?!"

A magnetic and silky voice sounded, "Like welcoming a triumphant hero, is this welcoming ceremony grand enough?"

Nashida stood in front of the group of travelers with vigilance. "You are... the exile welcomed back by the Order."

The man with the bird-beak mask laughed in a low voice, "Yes, but nowadays they usually call me——"

"Dead man!" Su raised his hand and fired an armor-piercing bullet.

"... [Doctor]." The second Fatui executive officer, [Doctor], looked at his hand that was shattered after resisting the elemental bullet.

An attack that can break through his physical strength... Is it the elemental bullet or the person who fired it that is special?

Su looked at the Doctor's severed hand, which was covered in blood but rapidly growing bones and meridians, and his expression turned cold. New armor-piercing bullets were condensed on the golden crossbow again.

Some of the laughing and applauding crowd gathered around the Traveler Group, while others stood in front of the Doctor like a human shield.

Nashida was very anxious, "The people of Xumi City...what have you done to them!"

[Doctor] raised his lips, "I just modified the Void Terminal a little bit to put the information into their subconscious. The experiment was a success, and now, they can't seem to contain their enthusiasm."

The Doctor snorted and walked towards the Ordinance Court, "Enjoy the welcome ceremony I have prepared for you."

"Stop!" Su Butianti rushed out of the crowd, raised his wrist crossbow and aimed at the enemy.

But the dense human wall ensured that Su's elemental bullet would have to kill an innocent person before it could reach the Doctor. Paimon, who was surrounded by the strange crowd, whimpered in fear.

Su Yi gritted his teeth and made a choice between chasing the enemy and helping his friends.

The weak wind blew away the controlled crowd, and the people who fell to the ground seemed to feel no pain and continued to rush over here.

Nashida took this opportunity to concentrate her mental strength and occupied the consciousness of these controlled people through the void terminal, finally making them stop as if the power was cut off.

The Doctor, who had already walked to the entrance of the Order House, turned around and said, "You have occupied all of their thoughts with your consciousness. With such a strong mental power and consciousness, you must be the God of Wisdom, right?"

Although it was a question, the Doctor was very sure about what he said. He nodded to the people waiting in the hall of the Ordinance Court and said, "Now that the situation has been confirmed, notify them to take action."

Nashida, who was restoring the people's consciousness, was already unable to move, and now she had a bad feeling, "Everyone, get out of here quickly!"

Su was ready to run away with Nashida, but Nashida refused.

Nashida: "I can't abandon the people of Xumi City. It would be meaningless even if this body is taken away. Don't worry about me. I will transfer my consciousness back to a safe place in a moment."

Countless mercenaries and Fatui soldiers armed with weapons rushed in from all directions, and the platform in front of the entrance of the Church House instantly became a battlefield.

Su and Kong faced the enemy back to back, and because they had to protect Nashida and take care of the fallen innocent people at the same time, they were very restrained.

Nashida completed the restoration of people's consciousness, but before she could feel happy, she felt her own consciousness being pulled back.

Nashida guessed the reason instantly. With the support of the Doctor, the House of Lords found a way to completely restrict her consciousness!

"Su!"

Su turned around and saw Catherine who had fallen down because Nashida's consciousness was taken away. "Go to the desert and find... help..."

There was a loud explosion, and thick smoke enveloped the space.

When the smoke and dust cleared, all three members of the Traveler Team were nowhere to be seen.

"We should be safe here." Dixia looked at the group of travelers with a gloomy mood. "The Church of the Lords has issued a nationwide wanted notice. I was wondering which vicious guy it was, but I didn't expect it to be you."

Paimon was furious and said, "We are the righteous side! The sages are the ones who should be wanted!"

Paimon told Dishia that the sages had detained the Grass God and colluded with the Fatui executive to fool the minds of the people of Xumi.

Dixia's finger bones creaked, "I remember that dream..."

So Dina Zedai’s current situation is also caused by the sages!

Dixia forced herself to calm down and recalled the information. "I heard Catherine... No, it was the Little Grass God. I heard her tell you to go to the desert to find help. I roughly understood what she meant."

Su, with a fire burning in his heart and eyes, looked at Dishia, "Tell me in detail?"

Seeing that the girl's attention was finally diverted, Sora breathed a sigh of relief.

She must be feeling very bad now, having met her enemy but unable to take revenge for the time being, and seeing the scene of Nashida falling down. It is a good thing to have a direction and a goal and something she needs to accomplish.

Dixia analyzed: "The sages are a group of rebels. Not only have they taken control of the Church of the Lords, they have also colluded with powerful foreign enemies. In addition, they have taken the people of the entire Xumi as hostages. The Little Grass God is constrained, and it is difficult for us to shake such a force. It is difficult to deal with so many enemies at the same time."

"What we can do now is to go to the desert to seek help from another force. The desert is Xumi's territory, and the desert people are the people of the Grass God. It's time for them to contribute and prove themselves!"

Sora understood, "Dixia, you mean to unite those Gilded Brigades."

"That's right," Dishia nodded, "I also want to gain the power of Aru Village."

Although Aru Village is called a village, it is actually an autonomous city-state. It is the pearl of the desert and its last glory.

Guardian Candice has always had the vision to make Aru Village a better place. This incident is both a crisis and an opportunity.