Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 216 System Anomalies

The feeling from just now was still vivid in Qin Yuming's mind. He nervously approached Qiuhe little by little, and when he reached her side...

Finding that Qiuhe was completely still, and the surroundings were eerily quiet, without a sound, the entire Teyvat seemed frozen in time, even the one in the sky...

In this absolute time stop, nothing can be done. But that terrifying feeling from just now felt so real.

Qin Yuming's breathing was extremely erratic; the feeling of being watched by a demon still lingered, as if he were trapped in this frozen world.

Something was lurking in the shadows, watching him. The slightest mishap or error could mean certain death.

Just as Qin Yuming was wondering where this feeling was coming from, the system's intermittent voice sounded in his mind.

"Master..." Qin Yuming frowned upon hearing the strange voice from the system. "Master, please..."

"Stop...your...suicidal behavior." The system's words, laced with an electric current, echoed in the background.

Qin Yuming was completely bewildered. "Hey, system, what are you doing? What's with all this electrical noise?"

After Qin Yuming asked those questions, the system went silent. "Hey, hey! System!" Qin Yuming shouted several times, but still received no response.

Seeing this, Qin Yuming frowned, glanced at Clayville sitting on the bed, remained silent for a long time, and finally went to Clayville's side.

With a wave of his hand, he transformed Kree back to his original form, then walked towards Qiuhe. When he reached Qiuhe, he transformed back into a child.

Then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers, a transparent barrier flashed, and Teyvat's timeline started running again. "It's not really anything important after all..."

Time stood still and rewound to the moment when Qiuhe was tossing the family crest in his hand, and this time, just after Qiuhe uttered his words, Qin Yuming spoke directly:

"Sorry, Brother Leyi, but it seems you didn't have anything important to say to me. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After all, I'm still hungry." After saying this, Qin Yuming smiled, waved to Lily, and calmly turned and left Qiuhe's room.

Seeing Qin Yuming leave like that, Qiu He wasn't surprised. The fake family crest on her hand shattered into countless fragments, which then transformed back into a ring and slipped back onto Qiu He's hand.

Then Qiuhe reached into his pocket and found that the genuine family crest was gone. Qiuhe just stood there blankly in front of the door.

Clementine, lying on the bed, was also confused about what was wrong with Akikawa. Peruvier then released her grip on their wrists and got off the bed to stand beside Akikawa.

"Lei." Hearing Peruvieri's voice, Akikawa didn't respond. Peruvieri saw the myriad complex emotions in his eyes.

Although Qin Yuming had found his family emblem, his mood wasn't much better than Qiu He's, simply because he was now unable to contact the system.

After Qin Yuming left Qiuhe's room, he would mentally call out to the system several times a day, but no matter how many times he did, he could not get a response from the system.

Clementine then came to Qiuhe's side and took her hand. "Alright, Leyi, stop daydreaming. The sun is shining so brightly outside at noon, let's go out and play for a while."

Clay pulled Qiuhe's hand and led her outside. Qiuhe mechanically followed Clay's lead. Once outside, Clay and Lily were catching butterflies.

"Lei, is there something wrong with Qin Yuming?" Peruvier, standing beside Qiuhe, voiced her doubts. She remembered Qiuhe's strange behavior in the room earlier.

Peruvieri was also wondering if Qin Yuming had some kind of problem. Qiuhe, however, didn't respond to Peruvieri's question, simply watching the two catching butterflies, his thoughts racing.

From the moment Qiuhe produced the fake family crest, he had already considered several possibilities. If the crest belonged to Qin Yuming, then Qin Yuming, unaware of the truth, would definitely want to take it back.

If Qin Yuming obtained the fake family crest, Qiuhe would inevitably use it to eliminate Qin Yuming as soon as possible. However, Qin Yuming didn't care about the fake family crest and turned to leave.

The genuine family crest on Qiuhe's body is also gone, so there are only two possible outcomes. First, Qiuhe's plan has succeeded.

However, Qin Yuming survived a fatal injury and managed to freeze and rewind time. In the second possibility, Qin Yuming may have calmly deduced from the beginning that Qiuhe's family crest was fake.

So he used the time-freeze technique to take the real family crest, and Qiuhe definitely believed the first possibility more, based on the fact that he had killed everyone in the Qiage family.

Qiuhe could guess that the item must be very important to him. Under the influence of those emotions, it was impossible for him to be so calm as to consider whether the family crest in Qiuhe's hand was real or fake.

But Qiuhe also thought that if the first possibility was true, then Qin Yuming not only had control over time, but could even reverse time.

He might even possess immortality. However, these could just be three of the most insignificant of his many abilities; after all, with a system, the possibilities are endless.

Things like world-destroying events are the lowest level in the system's list; even the most exaggerated situations aren't considered exaggerated in the eyes of the system.

"Leiyi, Leiyi, look what this is!" Just as Qiuhe was still lost in thought, Kreewei's joyful and excited voice came over.

Then Kreewei ran towards Qiuhe with a glass jar containing a crystal butterfly, "Leyi, look! Lily and I found a crystal butterfly among those butterflies!"

"It's so beautiful." Qiuhe also saw the water elemental crystal butterfly inside the glass jar, its entire body emitting a beautiful blue light, as Kreewei opened the lid of the jar.

The crystal butterfly flew out of the bottle, and Clayville extended his index finger forward. The crystal butterfly slowly floated towards Clayville's hand.

From the center of the crystal butterfly's crystal-like body, limbs slowly grew, shimmering with a beautiful blue light, just like the butterfly's legs.

It gently landed on Kree's fingertip, and looking at the beautiful and delicate little elemental life form before her, a lovely smile bloomed on Kree's face.

Then, Qiuhe extended his finger towards Qiuhe. Looking at the crystal butterfly on Clay's fingertip, Qiuhe slowly raised his hand and placed his index finger on Clay's fingertip.

The crystal butterfly paused on Clement's fingertip for a few seconds, then slowly crawled towards Qiuhe's fingertip, eventually reaching it.

Kree slowly lowered his hand, his fingertips resting on what seemed like a miracle woven by nature itself—a beautiful elemental creature, its vibrant pale blue hue...

An immortal radiance was reflected in Qiuhe's deep, misty eyes. This exquisitely elegant elemental sprite complemented Clement's fleeting, radiant smile.

The weariness in Qiuhe's heart vanished instantly, and the whole world seemed to fall silent; time stood still. "If only time could eternally etch this exquisite moment..."

"How fortunate I am." A whisper from within, brimming with endless longing. The crystal butterfly gently spread its wings and gracefully flew towards the boundless sky.

Watching the crystal butterfly fly away, Qiuhe's face blossomed into a relieved smile. "Yes, he was beautiful, just like Clementine and Peruvian."

Seeing Qiuhe's smile finally appear, my heart was filled with indescribable joy, as if the whole world was brighter because of that smile.

Clementine then happily embraced Akikawa, who in turn opened his arms and pulled Peruvier and Clementine tightly into a warm embrace.

The three of them clung tightly to each other, creating an extremely heartwarming scene. Witnessing all this, Lily couldn't help but feel a deep longing for Qin Yuming.

Meanwhile, Qin Yuming sat alone in a corner of the room, staring intently at the family crest in his hand, his eyes reflecting it like a mirror.

Those eyes were now etched with memories, and his mind seemed to traverse the long river of time, his thoughts drifting to that blue planet that once belonged to him.

"Ding! The system has detected that the host is unusually depressed. In response, your most considerate system, Jingjing, can play some soothing music for the host."

Upon hearing the system's voice in his mind, Qin Yuming's eyes, which had been immersed in memories, gradually sharpened, and he slowly put away the family crest in his hand.

He then leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes slightly, and exhaled a long breath. "So much time has passed, and you've finally deigned to show yourself. Humph, I thought you were dead."