Genshin, but the real world

113 Chapter 112 - The Truth
"In fact, this broken sword placed in front of you and me, not only cannot be used to show Uriah's force, but it is his own shame."

Zhongli's words were calm, "This is the last evidence of the gods killed by humans remaining in the world."

Nashida said that the top three of the Fools have the strength of a demon god... Actually it is not an exaggeration.

Not to mention Naxida herself, who obviously didn't grow up, the demon god herself also has distinct ranks.

There are gods like Moraxe and General Thunderbolt who have fought in their own territory and killed the seven rulers.

There are also those who have been hammered to death like Oser and Orobus.

Even Heulia, who let herself be killed by mortals, is also a demon god.

"Killed by humans?" Wan Yan cheered up, "The story Mr. Zhongli heard is too ridiculous."

She found the best evidence.

"Among Liyue's thousands of years of records, there has never been a record of humans being able to kill a demon god."

"The existence of a demon god who controls the mighty power of heaven and earth like this cannot be killed by humans."

What's more, that was the era when there was no eye of God.

What kind of fierce man could kill a demon god in that era!

"It's understandable for you to think so." Zhong Li did not deny it, "But Heulia's death was actually acquiesced by He himself."

"Have you always been so ignorant of logic in telling stories?" Wan Yan gained confidence, "Why does Lady Heulia want to seek death?"

Zhongli was stuck and had to be silent.

It is always said that it is difficult for him to understand Heulia's mind for a demon god like Zhongli who has almost never lost a frontal battle in the demon god war.

Whether it was the demon god who let go of his dignity and backed down again and again until there was nothing left to give up, or whether he was killed by mortals in the end, these things were beyond Zhongli's comprehension.

He has profound wisdom, but wisdom can only be used to communicate with normal people.

Heulia is not a normal Demon God no matter what.

"I can't understand either." Zhongli sighed slightly, "Historically, Heulia has repeatedly backed down, even giving up all her armor."

"I can't understand why he did this."

It is true that the resistance of the weak is meaningless to the strong.

It's like when people tease the birds, the birds' anger is just a joke to people.

When you are not strong enough, even being angry is like making others laugh.

But if you can't beat it, you can either surrender directly, or simply fight to the death.

Zhong Li couldn't figure out what constitutes a god like you who has never surrendered or worked hard and allowed believers to kill him at the last moment.

It doesn't matter if you seek your own death, the last burst of death is not thrown to the demon god who forced him to cede the territory, but to a group of insignificant believers...
It's okay.

Anyway, it's your own life, so you can bomb whoever you want to use it for.

Zhongli himself can't understand it, but he seldom evaluates the actions of others, but he is used to retelling the stories that happened.

As for the evaluation, leave it to the latecomers.

Jiang Qing reached out and tapped the broken sword.

How should this game be evaluated?

"In most descriptions, Heulia is a gentle and benevolent demon god. He has an essential aversion to struggle, so that he backs down all the way until there is no way to retreat, leaving only a square inch to stand on."

"But the war didn't stop because of this. The opponent even planned to march directly to erase the last trace of Heulia."

Jiang Qing said softly, "I don't know if he is kind and gentle, but I think he must be weak."

It is not good to judge the strength of a demon god by mortals.

A weak demon god, presumably has the ability to erase mortals.

But if it was a demon god like Heulia who was killed by mortals... Well, there is no need to speak harshly, but there is no need to be too respectful.

Of course, if this person is alive now, even if he doesn't like his choice, Jiang Qing will still call him respectfully.

In the end, it's nothing more than death.

What deserves respect is the strength of the opponent, not the choice of the opponent.

"And in war, being weak is the greatest sin."

"He cannot save anyone, neither his country nor his people."

"So at the end of the story, the believers of the God of Salt who realized this chose to give up their god."

Jiang Qing spoke as usual, "This is really normal, and it is inconvenient for future generations to comment."

It's a bit embarrassing to betray, but to be honest, in the environment of the Demon God War, everyone's worship of gods is actually no different from the ancient people's belief in the Dragon King.

One prayed for peace, and the other prayed for rain.

What should I do if I can't ask for it?
The ancients took out the statue of the Dragon King and exposed it to the sun, telling it that if it rains or not, we will smash you.

This is faith.

Desire comes first, hence faith.

They believe in Heulia, and what they seek is the space for survival and development.

As a result, following Heulia has never won, and has always ceded land and retreated, and finally had to shrink back here.

Jiang Qing herself can understand that if any loyalty or sense of honor can be cultivated in this environment, it can only show that Heulia really has means.

"Give up on the gods?" Wan Yan was a little dumbfounded.

This was a version she had never heard of, and it was a little difficult to accept it for a while.

But this is better than Zhongli's rhetoric.

Zhongli is telling stories, he doesn't care about the cause and effect behind it.

The guess given by Jiang Qing is much more straightforward.

It's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons.

People hate evaluating things in terms of interests, but they will behave in this way.

In short, the mouth and the body are upright.

They know what is right and wrong, as well as the pros and cons of things.

And the process of weighing pros and cons and right and wrong is a person's personality.

Obviously, Heulia doesn't have many saints under her command.

They cling for peace and find that Heulia cannot give peace.

But betrayal and even backstabbing are too much.

He felt that Heulia couldn't do it and just left by himself, and directly assassinated Heulia, this is an evil deed that doesn't need to be described too much.

"Why can't you give up?" Jiang Qing asked back, "If the seven-government system has continued to this day, and the faith has been stable for 2000 years, there will naturally be fewer people who can renounce their faith."

The world's seven rulers are the winners anyway.

Faith follows the victor, and there is nothing wrong with that after all.

"However, during the war of the demon god, everyone simply believed in the nearest one, got closer to the demon god, and then chose to believe in him."

There is simply nothing to choose from.

"What I think and ask for is nothing more than living."

"Since Heulia can't satisfy their desires, it's not incomprehensible for her to be abandoned."

"But backstabbing directly would be disgusting."

"After thinking about it, I was just worried that Heulia would not agree to their departure, or that after I left Heulia, the new Demon God might not be willing to accept them, so I wanted to offer gifts in order to gain status. "

So just don't ask, so just do it directly.

It never occurred to them that even if Heulia died, she would give them a big job.

After a complete defeat in the Demon God War, it is really easy to clean up a group of mortals.

Except for the lucky ones who didn't survive in the core position, the rest of them were turned into salt statues only by the aftermath.

As for the so-called fear of bad things happening to Heulia after the defeat of the war, so he took the initiative to kill Heulia... Whoever believes it, Jiang Qing doesn't believe a word anyway.

Heulia's successive defeats do not foster loyalty and honor, and it is equally unrealistic to expect these people to worry about Heulia's future.

Jiang Qing didn't care.

Now, this kind of thinking doesn't sound very good.

None of the people in Liyue dared to say that they never received the grace of Morax.

To put it bluntly, just being able to be born in this world is all thanks to Morax's victory back then.

But Heulia... only from the story, Jiang Qing couldn't hear that He had any kindness to others.

He wants to protect people, but in the end he never protects anyone.

His believers can only follow him and retreat away, never gaining peace and joy.

It can't be said that because he is benevolent and kind, so even if he has never won a frontal war, it is right to keep ceding land and retreating, right?

Although benevolence and kindness are useful reputations, they are not so useful.

At least, in terms of victory or defeat, benevolence should be a surplus for the winner, not an excuse for the loser.

As a ruler, as a demon god, Heulia is not very good.

It's not about his political strategy or ideas, but about his own strength.

And that happens to be the big problem in war.

But His people are even more wonderful, and there is really nothing to say.

"Faith begins with giving and receiving."

"Someone gives something, and someone gets it."

"It doesn't matter whether he has feelings in his heart or wants more, so he enshrines his loyalty and is willing to be driven by the other party."

"This is faith."

Jiang Qing talked eloquently.

Loyalty without thinking, just like the Liyue people of later generations still respect Morax, this is the development of faith in the later stage.

During this period, His rule in Liyue was as stable as a mountain, and everyone had to accept baptism from all aspects from the moment they were born.

Morax's faith affects everyone in every way, so even if he doesn't appear in front of future generations, people still naturally believe in him.

Heulia has no such conditions.

"Mr. Jiang Qing's remarks... are very interesting."

Zhongli nodded slightly, "Generally, there is no problem."

"Heulia is willing to protect his people, but in terms of results, he has not done anything."

"In this way, it is only natural that people give up on it."

Everyone enshrines to God for peace.

If the gods can't do it, and just say that I will protect you...then there is no need to worship.

"Things might be a little less interesting, though."

Jiang Qing was in a slump, "Most of the beliefs during the Demon God War were that they had no choice."

"But a demon god like Heulia, I don't think he will take the initiative to collect faith."

There is no choice because the surroundings are too dangerous, and there is no shelter of a demon god. Maybe the hunting time will be affected by a demon god for no reason and then disappeared.

But Heulia... can only hope that He took the initiative to protect the surrounding humans.

It is more likely that the people around him took the initiative to find him, and then worshiped, believed in him and sought safety.

Then it was this group of people who discovered that Heulia could not actually protect them, so they betrayed and even wanted to kill Heulia.

This approach is a bit disgusting.

Regardless of begging to come to the door regardless, asking others to protect him, he finds that the other party can't do it and resents him, and even wants to use the other party's dead new master's house in exchange for trust and status.

In either version, the demon god is in a state of wanting nothing from human beings.

In other words, as long as they are willing to shelter and take action, human beings have already owed each other.

Because they help, they are asking for trouble, and in fact they get nothing at all.

It's not even reciprocity, it's pure charity.

If you can't do it, you can't do it, but if you help, you really help.

Good deeds do not ask for rewards, and should not be rewarded with evil.

If you don't think it's okay, you can go. Heulia, a god who is willing to die and is unwilling to kill Er Wuzi, probably won't stop her.

"That said, it is indeed a bit unpleasant."

Zhongli shook his head.

He accepts that human beings have nothing to desire, and if they are willing to join Liyue, He is willing to give them a chance to live and work in peace.

Jiang Qing didn't understand why the demon god wanted to protect human beings, especially Orobas, the Yuan Lu Yu clan's venerable, had completely refreshed his understanding of the demon god.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility is the requirement of the self, not the moral kidnapping that others use to demand themselves.

Ordinarily, there is no such statement in any mythology. Instead, there are many gods who often create troubles for ignorant humans because of their own selfishness.

Let's live a good life, it doesn't make sense to suddenly start destroying the city and the country here.

In Greek mythology, Norse mythology, and even ancient oriental mythology, the gods have a clear attitude towards mortals.

Basically, there is no myth that really treats people as people.

At most, Eastern mythology will pay attention to cause and effect, and use other means to guide troubles instead of directly killing people and destroying the country.

Western mythology, on the other hand, will be a little more straightforward, and it will directly start a country with cholera because of a small incident, triggering a war.

But the god of Tivat really treats people as his own sons.

The old man is willing to accept even this kind of people and give them a chance to live in peace.

Orobas met by chance, lost his life, but still wanted to save people.

Nashida was imprisoned by the Academy, but in the end she still wanted to find evidence and use reasonable means to overthrow the Academy, instead of using her identity as the God of Grass to directly announce the betrayal of the Academy.

To mortals, these demon gods are no longer simply gods who love the world.

Totally doting.

Zhongli himself is aware of the twists and turns - he will never really believe the nonsense of this group of people, thinking that they backstabbed Heulia who accepted him because they were worried that Heulia would encounter strange things after she failed. weird thing.

Ah, yes, yes, I didn't expect that you group of teenage boys killed people because they were worried that something bad would happen to others.

How about this, in fact, I am a little worried about your future poverty and disasters, why don't I kill your whole family, so that your family doesn't have to worry about future disasters.

You don't have to thank me, and I don't value your thanks for helping the whole family.

Merit, great merit, Ma De is simply infinite!
What kind of fairy cerebral palsy circuit is this!

How much fake wine did Zhongli have to drink from Barbatos to believe this nonsense?
Wan Yan raised her hand tremblingly.

She wanted to point at Jiang Qing, then looked at Zhongli, and finally closed her eyes suddenly.

Starting from a but, the story has turned to a place she can't understand.

She wants to be stubborn, but one of these two people is more true than the other.

Wan Yan herself didn't know what to deny.

"Ms. Wanyan don't need to be angry." Jiang Qing smiled slightly, "Mr. Zhongli and I are just talking nonsense, and we don't have any evidence to support our words."

This is just a family opinion.

There is no evidence, let alone any witnesses.

However, Wan Yan was not relieved.

"Did you ever tell me something like this?" She let out a sigh of relief, feeling a lot more relaxed, "Whenever I feel something is wrong, you stand up and support me?"

"Is there?" Jiang Qing thought for a while, "Actually, I really think so."

"No evidence means no evidence."

"It can't be said, because Mr. Zhongli said it, so it must be the truth of history?"

Wan Yan was speechless.

She really took it seriously.

Right now it was just a broken sword, and these two people talked freely, just like witnesses of the incident at that time.

But why!

That was at least the year 2000. At most, everyone is holding the records of different people. I can’t deny that my record is wrong, but yours must be right?

Wan Yan thought about it, Jiang Qing was right.

Although Zhong Li didn't make a vow when she spoke, she always took the other party's words as truth when she listened.

But this is just a broken sword. If it can't prove Heulia's magnificent martial arts, at least it can't be said that Heulia's followers backstabbed the gods, right?

"Keep watching."

Wan Yan said in dismay, "At least, let me see more straightforward evidence."

In her heart, she no longer has any interest in arguing.

Although there is no evidence at the moment, she also recognized the correctness of the two people's words.

Wan Yan still persisted, but because she didn't want to give up so easily.

"can."

Zhong Li did not refute.

Really not enough evidence.

How can this broken sword prove that Heulia's followers must have stabbed him in the back?

The physical records around here are just enshrining a broken sword, which is really not enough to get the answer.

Jiang Qing and Warlock Leiying both wanted to believe it, but it was based on Morax's identity.

Morax said it was the truth, and of course it was the truth.

He will never lie about a thing of no value.

In fact, although the Seven Gods are some riddlers, they don't mean to lie.

But if you don't consider the status bonus, this is actually a very unreasonable thing.

Because you said it, so it's right?
Of course it is possible.

But this was also the reason Wan Yan finally refused.

Zhong Li stretched out his hand to signal everyone to move on.

The truth is at hand.

Wan Yan sighed.

She hugged the two broken swords tightly, with a slightly confused look on her face.

A stern refusal doesn't mean that she really doesn't know right or wrong, it's just that she can't know right or wrong.

Fortunately, Jiang Qing's previous identity changed Wan Yan's mind, and she would not go crazy directly because of the truth.

There is nothing special about the most core part, but there are some more portraits with frightened faces.

With Zhongli's words, Wan Yan naturally understands that these are real people.

They looked panicked, with the panic of fleeing.

Heulia's death did not bring them any benefits. Instead, the disaster before the death of the God of Salt caused heavy casualties to the people who were attached to him.

Under the influence of divine power, these people became believers in saltification.

Wan Yan stretched out her hand to touch the cheek of the portrait, completely unable to perceive anything related to "human".

"This is the various forms of beings before Heulia died... No, there are no various forms."

Jiang Qing carefully looked at the expressions of the believers.

Death faithfully recorded their expressions at that moment, few statues were relieved, most were panicked.

This shows that they never expected that Heulia's death would bring such a disaster.

"According to normal logic, every evil thing is actually led by one or two people, and then everyone follows along."

"That must be the case."

Jiang Qing shook her head, "So, it's my problem instead."

When he buckled his hat, he threw it directly at all Heulia's followers.

But ordinary people might not dare to do this kind of assassination of gods.

Probably, it was really one or two careerists who had an idea and then took action.

And these people, some are so innocent that they really don't know, some dare not but choose to acquiesce... In this way, there are still all kinds of beings.

It's just that when they died, they watched their relatives and friends turn into portraits, so they ran away in a panic, but it was an expression.

"Your guesses about the collective are indeed quite bad." Zhongli nodded, "The people Morax accepts are generally people who are completely ignorant of this matter, or who know but acquiesce."

"Leaving aside the former, they are just victims of the choice of those in power."

Like beliefs, they naturally do not have the power to choose, the only way is to accept reality.

"And the latter...the latter is not innocent, but Morax cannot tell them apart."

Connivance and acquiescence to an evil thing, although not too bad, is actually not right.

But Zhongli can accept such people.

He will not require every one of his people to be brave enough to fight against those who do evil. If it is silent rather than directly attached to each other, it is already acceptable.

After all, people have their own opportunities and identities, and they dare not be brave or kind, and it cannot be said to be their fault.

Both bravery and kindness have a price, and it is not special to not be able to pay the price.

"Been taught a lesson."

Jiang Qing bowed slightly.

Zhong Li accepted it frankly.

He didn't refute Jiang Qing's remarks at the beginning, because he felt that seeing this scene, Jiang Qing should be able to understand that weak people don't actually have the power to choose.

Zhongli's tolerance is precisely because of this.

His expectations of human beings... are actually not high.

It is precisely because he has no expectations that he is so tolerant and magnanimous, even a group of demon gods who backstab him are willing to accept.

Although Heulia is weak, she has nothing to ask for in protecting human beings.

If you feel that He is not good enough, just leave.

Zhong Li was also quite displeased with such an operation of backhand assassination.

But He didn't have any high expectations, so he was still willing to accept most of Heulia's people.

In the past, Jiang Qing understood this truth, but after gaining supernatural power and increasing his strength, he said that he was cautious, but in fact his mentality had already changed.

It's true to be brave and diligent, but considering Jiang Qing's opponent, Zhong Li doesn't think he has the ability to be careless.

These are one or two people who do bad things and the rest accept reality.

Fools are not.

Fools, from the executive officer to the ordinary advance army, everyone knows their purpose, and firmly believes that this is a fight for the Ice Queen.

Of course, some of the executive officers were not very loyal to the queen, but they only had common interests, so they attached themselves under the queen's wing.

But in most cases, they will still be driven by the Queen's will.

The current Jiang Qing is not qualified to be brave in front of fools.

"Should I cry now?"

Wan Yan threw down the broken sword, "Supposedly, the things I accepted in the past have been completely broken, so I should feel uncomfortable, right?"

"Accordingly, it should be." Jiang Qing nodded, "Do you need me and Mr. Zhongli to leave for a while?"

"No need." Wan Yan waved her hand, "I really...can't cry."

The truth is close at hand.

She couldn't claim that the apparently escaped salt seemed to be the work of Morax.

It is actually possible to throw the blame on Morax's head.

But that doesn't make sense.

The truth is here, she is stubborn, but she is not a fool.

This was supposed to be a loss after the Three Views were smashed, but unfortunately, she had been educated many times before, and she had long accepted the reality in her heart.

Verbal stubbornness and inner acceptance don't matter.

The current situation is nothing more than a proof of the truth.

Wan Yan couldn't get excited.

"It seems that Ms. Wanyan has accepted the truth that Mr. Zhongli said." Jiang Qing said with a smile, "In this way, I have fulfilled my long-term expectations."

"Is your perception of ending and expecting such things a bit wrong?" Wan Yan sighed.

Talking to Jiang Qing won't shorten your life, it's just a bit hard.

"The truth doesn't necessarily get what you want, or a lie wouldn't sound addicting."

"In order to get this truth, Ms. Wanyan must have thought for a long time, and finally found Mr. Zhongli."

"Although the final answer is a little bit wrong, at least there is a result, and it's not too disappointing."

"Mr. Jiang Qing is really optimistic." Wan Yan rolled her eyes.

"But the result is really good." She looked at Zhongli, "If the truth is really the same as the record in the family, I don't know how to face this matter."

(End of this chapter)