Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Chapter 377 The Fury of Thunder

Is this... the end?

Once again as a discarded tool.

In the darkness, the girl woke up again.

She lay among the rubble, her body covered in wounds. She tried to get up, but she was completely powerless.

My arm cracked, and my right leg was crushed by the rubble, completely numb. It wasn't the alarm of mechanical failure, nor the numbness of depleted energy. It was real, heart-wrenching pain, the pain of a human being.

But the girl didn't care about much anymore. She used all her strength to lift the rubble on her legs with one hand, then staggered to her feet, holding onto the wall and walked around.

The stone doors around were all sealed. She used the elements to try to blast a gap with lightning, but the moment the lightning hit the stone door, it was bounced back.

"ah! 』

She was struck by her own lightning and fell to the ground.

That was not an ordinary stone wall, but a seal, an ancient prohibition specifically used to restrain elemental forces.

The girl curled up in the corner, trembling as she checked the palm of her right hand, which had been charred by the backlash and was almost unconscious.

"Can't get out?..."

She lay in the ruins, looking up at the dark dome where she could not see the sky, and tears of unwillingness flowed uncontrollably.

"hateful!"

"Wait until I get out, you must!"

"Yes, wait until I get out..."

However, no one knows when that day will come.

She didn't know how many days and months she had spent in the ruins. Because she still retained the characteristics of her previous doll period, she didn't need to eat, but her mental torture was increasing day by day.

Darkness, loneliness, despair, anger. These emotions coiled around her like poisonous snakes.

She hated those grave robbers. If it weren't for them, she wouldn't be here at all. If it weren't for them, she might still be with her adoptive mother, listening to her warm nagging and eating freshly baked muffins. If it weren't for them...

But now, she was trapped in this dead ruin, and even anger became a luxury.

Time seems to have lost its meaning here.

She began counting her heartbeats, to ten thousand, then a hundred thousand. But the ruins remained dark, the stone door still shut. Only the thunder outside the dome was clear and audible, as if voicing her own anger and resentment.

Until one day, she heard the sound of fighting in the ruins.

The sound came from above, spreading all around, and gravel fell. At this moment, the seal was accidentally opened.

The shattering of the barrier was like a faint electric current pulsing through her body. A flash of lightning penetrated the crack in the dome and landed on her bloodied fingertips. In an instant, the rage accumulated over the years transformed into red thunder that soared into the sky, indiscriminately sweeping away every living being on this land.

The dome of the ruins collapsed with a roar, and she was suspended in the center of the thunderstorm. Anger had made her lose her mind, and she became a killing machine that knew only revenge. No matter how tragic the screams from the thunder were, the ravages did not stop.

The girl lost consciousness until a voice pierced through the haze.

"When I woke up again, I was in my sister's castle. At that time, I had no idea who she was. It was only after she begged me that I finally acknowledged her as my sister. My name was also derived from hers at that time."

"Don't you think we are alike?"

Li Xueqi held the girl's shoulders and smiled at the mirror.

However, she just found it incredible.

"Huh? How are they similar?"

"Look, we're both girls, and we both have long hair, isn't that different?"

"Hey, your explanation is getting more and more far-fetched!"

"Then it's settled. From now on, you'll be called Xueyan, Li Xueyan. I've always wanted a sister like you~"

"What do you mean it's decided? You better listen to what others say!"

The memories came to an abrupt end. At this moment, Xueyan folded her arms, a helpless smile on her face: "Looking back now, it really is..."

"It really is like Sister Xueqi's style." Zixuan chuckled and nodded.

"So who knocked you out?" Karen asked.

"Yes, Saint," Xue Yan replied. "I stayed at my sister's place for a week at that time, and that's when I learned that over 500 years had passed since the ruins were sealed."

Xueyan's voice softened, her fingertips unconsciously caressing the rim of the teacup. The tea reflected her hazy eyes, as if she could still see herself awakening from a long sleep.

After hearing the Saint's words, Kailin finally understood: "So, you became a human because..."

"Yes, it was the Holy Lord who reshaped my body. And the guardian certificate is my 'heart'."

"It's actually like this." Zhao Heng frowned.

"No wonder you feel embarrassed when this matter is mentioned."

At this moment, after hearing Xueyan's narration, Kailin didn't know what expression to adopt. After careful consideration, she asked again, "I see. No wonder those people have such strong opinions about you. In the melee, the warriors of the six major tribes were reduced to ash because of your single thought. While there were reasons for it, you killed so many people. Don't you feel any guilt?"

Xueyan's fingers suddenly tightened, and the teacup made a slight cracking sound in her palm.

"Maybe a little, but ever since I was promoted to the position of guardian by the Holy Lord, I don't know how many people have stood up to oppose me because of my identity, so my 'Thunder' has killed countless rebels. As you said, I feel guilty every time I kill someone, so do I still feel guilty about coming here?" Her voice suddenly became serious and firm.

"But he died because of you after all. Is this really what a guardian should do?" Karen suddenly condemned.

This shocked everyone present.

However, Li Xueyan sneered, "Haha, guardian? In my opinion, that's just a superficial identity. Your name is Kailin, right? You're not the first person to say this, and you certainly won't be the last."

Kailin was stunned.

Li Xueyan continued, "First of all, what exactly does 'protection' mean in your eyes? Is it like in the stories that the brave man who defeats the devil is the righteous man? Don't be ridiculous, this is reality, not a fairy tale. Reality is far more cruel than you imagine. In the past, in this world of crumbling order, if it weren't for our protection, existence would have fallen apart long ago. So don't give me these high-sounding principles. Pity is just an excuse for the weak to seek protection. Here, only strength can dominate everything, and only the absolutely strong can maintain this shaky balance!"

After the words fell, Karin was frightened and sat in the soft chair in a daze. She had never seen such a fierce pressure. The static electricity in the air made her hair stand on end and her skin felt a slight tingling sensation.

cough cough...

Suddenly, Tianlang coughed twice: "Xueyan, you are a guest after all, please be more careful..."