Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

Chapter 817 Underwater Journey

An hung his head, looking lonely and guilty.

The pure water shapeshifters who had been staying at the Narcissus Cross ruins, hoping to break through the dragon's blockade and rescue the princess, gathered around. "Now, it's time."

"A single drop of water is fragile and easily dries up. But if they come together, they become powerful. Even if each drop is no longer itself."

"Saving Princess Lilith is our mission, and even more so yours."

The pure water phantoms shed their animal forms and transformed into clear water balls that gathered around An. A conch container decorated with gold and holding a ball of light emerged from between An's fins.

An silently handed the conch container to Su.

The fact that he didn't complete the mission but still received the mission reward made Su's face look much better. "Since Paimon pleaded for you and you are quite sensible, I will forgive you this time."

Compared to the mission rewards, Kong was more concerned about the disappeared pure water phantom creatures, "Do they... still exist?"

Paimon found Sora's question strange, "Those were all illusions created by An. They were originally part of her."

Lotia, the pure water elf living in Liyue, would transform into various pure water cranes to play with Su every time they met, and would eventually collect them.

Sora's expression was somewhat serious. "They are different from the illusions created by Lodia. They have their own consciousness."

Having their own consciousness means they are... independent individuals.

Su and Paimon opened their eyes wide in horror and looked at An.

An felt that the reactions of everyone in the Traveler Team were very strange. After all, they, the pure water elves, were creatures that longed for mutual understanding, and fusion was the most convenient and fastest way to understand each other and enhance strength.

“Life was once as amorphous as water, and the soul was once without barriers. We will eventually become one in the vast waters, and then extend to an infinite future and stories.”

After hearing An's explanation, the traveler team was speechless.

Su: "The body is gone, and the consciousness is mixed with other consciousnesses and is no longer the original one. This is death in the true sense."

An: "Although I am now in control of the combined body and strength, an orchestra still needs a conductor. Otherwise, there would only be countless noises, and no music would be made."

"But giving up form does not mean death. Pure water can transform into all kinds of forests and wilderness, and this change is not one-way."

"After rescuing Princess Lilith, if they still want to separate, I will help them become independent."

Sora and Paimon felt more relaxed. Su played with the conch container in his hand. "You guys really sacrificed a lot to save the 'Princess'. Now that you've become stronger, what are your plans for the next step?"

An said, "I cannot break the princess's mental barrier. Only the power of the treasure can restart the flow of time in the tower and reopen the locked door."

An looked at the conch in Su's hand and said, "It contains the four quadrants' wish blocks. Only when all the power of the four quadrants is gathered together can the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword become a true holy sword."

"The real holy sword!" Su's eyes lit up and he said impatiently, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's set off now!"

Ann said apologetically, "When I was in the real resting place, too many emotions and images suddenly emerged in my mind, and I haven't sorted them out yet..."

Su understood, "So you haven't figured out the locations of the remaining three power-up items yet, right?"

An nodded timidly, afraid that the hot-tempered girl would get angry.

Su took out a talisman and handed it to An, "Then use this to notify us when you remember."

"Thank you for still helping me." An was surprised and moved. He put away the talisman and condensed a gentle tide to send the team of travelers out of the trench.

The team of travelers emerged from the sea and walked onto the beach. Su snapped his fingers, and the bubbles that had been wrapped around Paimon during the time he went into the sea shattered and disappeared. Paimon breathed a sigh of relief.

Paimon: "I'm hungry, let's find a place to eat."

Kong looked around the surroundings. This desolate wilderness was sparsely populated and there were no restaurants or food stores at all, so he simply took out his portable travel stove.

"It's been a long time since we last had a picnic!" Su was very happy. "The food at the Fontaine Luxury Hotel tastes very good, but I still like Kong's cooking the most~"

Kong was also very happy. It would be even better if the girl's "favorite" was not just his cooking.

After a satisfying picnic, the team of travelers rested for a while in the shade of the trees and dived into the sea again to search for the location of the Narcissus Cross Society.

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"We've been searching for so long, let's take a break," Paimon, floating in a bubble balloon, pointed to a building not far away, "There's an underwater observation station over there."

The underwater observation station is built of special materials with good sealing, and there is also a waterless space formed by draining the seawater using a special energy field.

Su and Kong passed through the energy membrane and landed gently on the floor tiles. Paimon was still in the bubble balloon - to ensure her safety, Su would not remove the bubble as long as it was underwater.

"What is that?!" Paimon flew to the transparent curtain wall and saw a dying creature lying on the floor of the water area of the observation station.

The Traveler Team passed through another film of water and moved closer to see what was going on, only to discover that it was a starving, flattened Bulge Beast.

When it noticed a human approaching it, the Bulgemon let out a whimper of grievance.

Su took out a fish from his backpack and fed the poor little thing, "You're as hungry as a deflated balloon. Eat quickly."

The flat-bloated beast couldn't wait to raise its head, carefully avoided the girl's hand, and then took the fish and gobbled it up. Soon, its flat body filled up as if it was inflated.

Sora warned the girl not to feed it anymore, "It's not good for its health if it eats too much at once after being hungry for too long."

The Swellmon, who was almost starving to death, recovered. The Traveler Team returned to the waterless area and searched through documents for information about the Swellmon.

Paimon: "Why is it being held here? Was it captured for ecological observation? After the observation, they just left it here and ignored it. That's too much!"

Paimeng was very angry, "If we find out who did it, I will definitely go to Momang Palace to complain about him!"

Sora, who was good at searching for clues and obtaining intelligence, had already found the answer.

This Bulgemon was rescued by an engineer from a runaway ray clockwork.

In order to monitor water quality, water level changes and underwater ecological environment, the Fontainebleau Science Institute has placed many biologically imitating clockwork mechanisms in the water. The main task of engineers and underwater observation stations is to ensure the normal operation of these clockwork mechanisms.

The engineer brought the injured young Bulma back to the observation station. After curing it, he tested its physiological data and found that it was born with deficiencies and was weak.

If this puffy beast is directly released back into its original ecological environment, the estimated survival probability is no more than 20%.

The engineers decided to keep the Bulgemon here and raise it until it reaches adulthood and its survival probability increases to more than 70% before releasing it back into the wild.