Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

A group of people stepped on the tree roots covered with soft moss, getting closer and closer to the figure, but also becoming more and more hesitant.

"That..." Paimon was in a dilemma. "Although I've always thought that the Great Mercy Tree King and Nashida look very similar..."

I even feel that in Casale's memory, the Great Tree King, whose body shrank in size due to overdrawing power, might have been almost the same as Nashida if he had shrunk a little more.

but……!

But the one standing opposite them was definitely Nashida!

Su hesitated and asked, "Nashida, have you turned on the "projection change"?"

Su suspected that it was because the remaining consciousness of the dead Great Compassion Tree King had become "unbearable to look at" after being eroded by so much negative energy in the consciousness space.

In order to protect their minds from going crazy, Nashida cast a projection of her own image on the remaining consciousness of the Great Compassion Tree King.

Nashida was even more surprised than them. She took two steps forward and said, "Me? You look exactly like me... Are you... the Great Kindness Tree King?"

She could sense that this was not a projection or an imitation of an image. Rather, she and the Great Compassion Tree King were essentially the same!

The Great Kind Tree King, who looked exactly like Nashida, smiled kindly, "Yes, that's me. Does this look... scare you?"

The Great Compassionate Tree King looked at the huge silver-white tree with lush branches and leaves. "This place reproduces the appearance of the World Tree and the earth in the past, but it is also a consciousness space after all. Our "essence" is the same, so we also show exactly the same appearance."

Nashida's heart was beating wildly. "Why... are we the same in essence?"

"Because you are me and I am you." The Great Compassionate Tree King said, "You are my 'reincarnation'."

Paimon covered his mouth in shock. Kong and Su, who were witnessing the world-class secret at this moment, looked at each other and were speechless for a while.

"As the Great Compassionate Tree King, I am the incarnation of the World Tree. And you are the purest branch that I broke off from the World Tree."

Although Paimon had guessed it, he still couldn't help but feel worried at this moment, "So you..."

The Great Compassion Tree King nodded. "The me in front of you is just a trace of consciousness left over from my time as the Great Compassion Tree King. The real me must have died a long time ago."

The Great Compassion Tree King looked at the pure and newly born "branch", "Based on your current appearance, judging by the time, I have been dead for about five hundred years..."

Five hundred years ago, the Kanreya catastrophe occurred, the sky turned scarlet, and purple-black poison flowed across the earth.

The seven gods were summoned to deal with the disaster in Kanreya, but only the Great Compassion Tree King did not go to the front line of the battlefield. As the spirit of the World Tree, she has a more important mission - to protect the World Tree.

The pollution of forbidden knowledge tormented the spirit of the Great Compassionate Tree King. When she rushed to the World Tree, she was sure that the World Tree had been eroded by forbidden knowledge.

If the forbidden knowledge is allowed to continue to pollute the World Tree, I am afraid the entire Teyvat will be severely damaged.

Su couldn't help but ask, "So what exactly is forbidden knowledge?"

This thing directly or indirectly killed many gods - the Red King, the Great Kindness Tree King, and Ying's sister Zhen.

It destroyed the lives of people in countless countries and sacrificed the entire Kanreya.

“It is knowledge that does not belong to this world, and it is also a ‘truth’ that cannot be understood.”

"It comes from the bottom of the abyss, and even I cannot understand it. The world is constantly "rejecting" it, but this also causes the world to have all kinds of bad "symptoms"."

The representative of wisdom, the almost omniscient and omnipotent Great Kindness Tree King looked at the girl gently and said, "If you want to keep your precious "heart", please don't consume too much of its energy."

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Sora looked at the girl quickly.

The golden canned knowledge she had previously come into contact with was more dangerous than he thought!

Su:!

Su quickly covered his face with Paimon to block Sora's sight.

We agreed that this matter is already in the past, we can’t bring up the past!

Paimon, who was suddenly held up as a shield, was filled with question marks.

The Great Compassionate Tree King continued to tell the truth about the past.

In order to protect the future of the World Tree and the continent of Teyvat, the elves of the World Tree chose to use themselves as a cage to wrap and seal off the forbidden knowledge that eroded the World Tree.

Before he completely fell, he broke off the purest branch from the top of the World Tree, and entrusted everything and the future to her.

"Although I have long since died, my existence and everything related to me will still be preserved in the World Tree as memories and knowledge."

A gentle sadness appeared on the face of the Great Compassion Tree King. "I am glad that the people of Xumi still remember me, but because of this, the forbidden knowledge can never be eradicated."

It is a paradox that man cannot lift himself up and God cannot eliminate himself.

Nashida let out a sob. As smart as she was, she had already guessed the option chosen by the Great Compassionate Tree King.

The target she had always been looking up to was actually "herself" with a different destiny. But now, she has to erase the person she had always wanted to see in order to save the World Tree that is still corroded by the remaining poison of the abyss.

The Great Kind Tree King looked at her continuation tenderly, "From the moment I broke off the branch of the World Tree to create you, I have been looking forward to having a conversation with you like this."

"I'm sorry to ask you to carry out this somewhat cruel task. But only when I am completely deleted from the World Tree and everything about me disappears, can the poison of forbidden knowledge that is wrapped in me be removed."

Nashida's voice choked, "But...but...this is too cruel, I don't want to forget you..."

Giving everything for Sumeru and Teyvat, but being forgotten by everyone... It's really too sad and cruel.

The three members of the Traveler Team were stunned. They never expected such a development and answer.

"So Sora, and the scholars who heard from the depths of the World Tree... the world... forgot me..."

"Let the world completely forget me." The Great Compassion Tree King hugged Nashida, "Don't be sad, Buyer."

"Although you and I have the same essence, our destinies must be different. Everything has its own destiny."

"You will no longer be me. You may become a greater and happier god than me, haha."

The Great Compassionate Tree King gently stroked Nashida's back and nodded slightly to her friends behind her.

It's great that Nashida has so many friends who have been holding her hands through all kinds of dangers and finally come to her side with her.

Nashida couldn't stop crying because she knew there was no other way, deleting the Great Compassion Tree King was the only way.

From the moment she entered this space of consciousness, she could also feel the chaos and pain brought about by the erosion of forbidden knowledge.

The consciousness of the Great Compassionate Tree King is wrapped in the poison of forbidden knowledge, and he has endured such torture for more than five hundred years.

The barrier formed by the Great Compassion Tree King's consciousness was worn thinner and thinner, so people who were connected to the depths of the World Tree could see the red sky in her consciousness space and hear her obsession "...the world...forgot me..."

That moment was finally coming. Su turned his face away reluctantly, then tried hard to turn his head back.

She wanted to see it. She finally understood the meaning of "witness" that Zhongli had mentioned.

The silhouette of the Great Compassion Tree King became more and more transparent in Nashida's arms, and the fluorescent green light dissipated and disintegrated into light fallen leaves.

Nashida instinctively wanted to grab anything with her hands, but she knelt on the ground with her heart in her hands, crying like rain.

The crystal rain of leaves was blown by the wind, drifting far away, and gently falling on the people of Xumi.

It took away the demonic scale disease caused by forbidden knowledge and cleansed the pollution of consciousness caused by forbidden knowledge.

Countless patients who endured pain in their bodies and minds smiled as if they had been saved in their sleep.

{Farewell, people of Xumi.}

{May you have sweet dreams tonight.}