Original God: Traveling to Teyvat but it’s a strange world

The sun shines into the room through the gaps between the rock pillars.

Zhongli also woke up, but saw Zou Rui lying on him. Suddenly, his eyes went dark and his brows furrowed.

Zhongli kicked...No, Zhongli invited Zou Rui down in a friendly manner.

"Ouch, what are you doing?" Zou Rui said in pain, touching his butt.

"The rooster has crowed. Get ready to go out and do something. We will be safe for a while." Zhongli said to Zou Rui who was still wailing beside him while sorting out his clothes.

Zou Rui was also startled when he heard this. He got up and put on his clothes immediately, but he just put them on without any intention of tidying up. Zhongli looked at him and fell into deep thought.

"Let's go, hurry up. We only have six hours. Whatever you need to do, do it quickly. It may not be safe after the time is up, even though you are here." Zou Rui laughed awkwardly and opened the door that appeared after the rock pillar disappeared.

The two walked out.

On the street, the shouts and calls of vendors can be heard everywhere. There is nothing abnormal here. Is everyone...normal...?

Zhongli counted as he walked, but the more he counted, the paler his face became.

Zou Rui also noticed that Zhongli was not right, so he spoke

"Mr. Zhongli, what's wrong?"

After Zou Rui finished speaking, Zhongli's face was almost pale and terrifying.

"No...that's not right...it shouldn't be like this, there should be 50,000...it shouldn't be like this..." Zhongli murmured.

"What...what's wrong?" Seeing Zhongli like this, Zou Rui guessed that something big must have happened and asked hurriedly.

"Except for the Qianyan Army and the seven stars of the Qun Yu Pavilion, there are less than two hundred living people..." Zhongli's face showed pain. He could sense that although he could not stop it, he could still simply understand how many people were still alive.

"What? How could this happen? Why did so many people die in one night?" Zou Rui said.

He still understood the probability of nearly 50,000 people dying in one night.

“In the entire Liyue Harbor, excluding the Thousand Rocks Army and the Liyue Seven Stars, there are a total of three million ‘people’, but there are less than two hundred alive. No, no, I have clearly left divine power for every remaining living person in the past three years. They should not have noticed. Something must have happened last night, it must be like this…” Zhongli was obviously a little collapsed, but Zou Rui himself didn’t know how to comfort him. After all, those who died were his believers, his people. He was a demon god who loved people, how could he not be heartbroken?

Zhongli didn't cry, he just looked at Zou Rui with lifeless eyes and said, "Let's go to the Jade Pavilion and find Qixing. They are still alive." After saying that, Zhongli picked up Zou Rui and turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the Jade Pavilion in the sky. When the Liyue Harbor below saw Zhongli and the others, they immediately became chaotic...

In less than five breaths, the two of them arrived at the Qun Yu Pavilion. When they arrived at the Qun Yu Pavilion, the depressing and terrifying atmosphere was much less, but he heard a girl crying.

Zhongli said nothing, but transformed into divine attire and walked inside. Each step was extremely heavy. When he walked into the Qun Yu Pavilion, he saw Qixing sitting in the meeting room, and everyone had a heavy look on their face.

Ganyu and Shenhe, who were huddled in the corner, had red and swollen eyes, obviously having cried for a long time. Ningguang from Tianquan Star had extremely serious dark circles under her eyes, obviously having not slept for many days. When she saw that the person who came was the Emperor, she immediately bowed respectfully to Zhongli.

Zhongli waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite.

"Everyone, tell me, what happened in the past few days? Why did so many people suddenly die?" Tianshuxing spoke from the side.

Zhongli gave them a special instrument that can detect the number of people who are still alive in Liyue Harbor. Five days ago, the number suddenly dropped from more than 5 to 5 yesterday. This means that in these five days, 8 people, including the Qianyan Army, died.

[Yuheng Star] Keqing spoke:

"They seem to be very active these days. They even dare to show greed towards living people from the time the rooster crows until midnight. In the past, they would never dare to do that."

The other six also nodded, and Zhongli kept his eyes closed, seeming to be talking to someone.

The Seven Stars had a heated discussion about this. [Tian Quan Star] said: "The Immortal Invitation Ceremony will be held in a week. Although the Emperor is already here, the people they imitated are madly demanding the Immortal Invitation Ceremony. We are powerless to resist and can only agree. In addition, I have discovered a new rule in the past few days. If they make a request to a living person, if you don't have a sufficient reason to refuse, you can only complete the request they give. If you don't do it, they will find that we are different from them, because they have no brains and don't know what calculation is, so they will only make requests according to the original owner's personality and memory, but there will be some differences, so this time, we can only agree..."

So we can only agree to this. After this sentence was spoken, everyone's face darkened, and then they looked at Zhongli, who sat down aside and did not speak again, meaning that they were asking for Zhongli's opinion.

After a while, Zhongli slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of fatigue.

"You must hold the Immortal Invitation Ceremony this time. If you don't, they will be able to sense your location." Zhongli looked sad, as if he had made a decision, and then spoke to Zou Rui beside him:

"My dear friend Zou Rui, although we have only met for two days, can we draw up a contract? It's just a selfish gesture from me." Zhongli said with a look and tone that was completely pleading.

The Seven Stars had never seen their emperor speak to others in such a humble manner. When facing the siege of three demon gods, Zhongli was also very tough. But now he has to beg an ordinary person in such a humble manner?

“Emperor…” [Tianquan Star] Ningguang opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Zhongli raised his hand to silence her, so she had to stop.

"What? Make a contract with me?" Before Zou Rui could react, Zhongli spoke again.

"I hope that after I die, you can continue to lead the Seven Stars and help fight against them. I beg you." Zhongli said, then walked in front of Zou Rui and said in a pleading tone.

"I know this is selfish, but I can't bear the thought of Liyue, which I spent three thousand years to build, being destroyed in an instant. I know that you are not from this world, and you must have a way to save this world."

Zhong Li said, "I'm begging you on my knees. Will you agree?" How dare Zou Rui? He immediately supported Zhong Li and said,

"Will the Traveler come later? She is also from beyond the stars. She also has a way to save the world."

Zhongli was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself.

"Traveler, are you the yellow-haired girl? Haha, it's my fault for not explaining it to you clearly at that time. I just contacted the other four surviving gods. Mondstadt lost the protection of Barbatos and the city was massacred. Only the Knights of Favonius, Tevarin, and Andrius led some people to escape. So you might as well guess, who massacred the city?" Zhongli looked at Zou Rui with a slightly desperate expression.

"Could it be..."