Chapter 57 Ending.
Caught off guard by Osel's sudden attack, Kong, whose body was stiff, finally diverted his attention with difficulty under Yi Ran's gentle tone. He looked at the familiar chess piece in the man's hand, was stunned for a moment, and spoke:
"That is..."
"The Emperor's divine heart."
Liu Yunjiefeng continued the conversation, his voice filled with unexpected trance.
The gilded chess piece in Yiran's hand gradually released a brighter and brighter light, and the overflowing divine power slowly spread to the surroundings with the laws that were difficult to violate.
A familiar and reassuring aura enveloped the fairies and humans, except for Osel, who was also very close, who emitted a burning hiss. It was as if they had returned to the ancient battlefield thousands of years ago where they were stabbed into the sea by rock spears, and in front of them was Morax, who could not be defeated no matter what.
It slid back towards Guyun Pavilion suddenly as if by reflex.
Yiran smiled slightly and turned around to explain:
"Before he left, the Emperor made a contract with me. If Liyue encounters a crisis that even the immortals and humans cannot overcome, he would ask me to use the remaining power in his Heart of God to help everyone one last time."
The crowd was silent for a moment.
No longer pondering the sadness of the slow sharpening of the blunt knife, Liu Yun borrowed the wind to look at the vortex that had gathered again on the distant coast and the blood of countless weak demons who died, and said:
"Please, Yiran."
The man nodded, his pale blue eyes looking towards the angry demon god in the distance. The ancient and mysterious pattern on his forehead lit up again, and his antlers also began to glow faintly.
With his toes touching the ground, Yiran slowly floated in the air. His body leaned back gently, his white hair spread out like a waterfall, and the golden Heart of God in his hand also neatly slipped away from his palm and was thrown forward.
In an instant, a gigantic rock dragon that shook the entire world appeared out of nowhere along the path traced by the Heart of God, turning from virtual to real, announcing its existence with the aura of a king descending.
It hovered above the port of Liyue, looking down at the wooden planks and sailboats that were destroyed and overturned by the waves below, and its majestic golden eyes silently swept over the Liyue people who were shocked to the point of being unable to move.
Ignoring Osser who was trembling with anger in the distance, the dragon turned around and flew towards Yiran.
The tail inlaid with gold scales swung and coiled, surrounding the white-haired man in the middle. The dazzling dragon horns gathered in front of Yiran and slowly lowered, as if signaling him to follow.
Yiran smiled, with the same gentle curve at the corner of his mouth as always, and even stretched out his hand to touch the cold scales on the forehead of the rock god as if jokingly, and said softly:
"No problem, I'll go by myself."
In the eyes of the countless Liyue people in the port, there was a mysterious white-haired man who was like a fairy and surrounded by their gods. They even did not reject his intimate touch, leaving a bright platinum streak in the gloomy sky.
In fact, Yiran was just curious about what the real dragon scales of Teyvat felt like. After all, there would probably not be such an opportunity again in the future.
Perhaps Osel in the distance finally overcame the remaining fear it had when facing Morax, or perhaps those weak demons who were sacrificed innocently increased its combat power exponentially, it finally stopped trembling, and blew a huge energy vortex towards the direction of the rock dragon.
The shadow of the thousand-year seal forced him to fight back with all his might. The exploding energy body spun at high speed, causing a small area of high-altitude space to collapse, and shattered some tiny space fragments, which mixed with sea water and rushed towards the Rock God.
Morax let go of the dragon tail that was circling the man, and circled towards Osel. His golden pupils lit up, and his smooth tail, in coordination with his dragon claws, condensed countless rock spears filled with rich rock elemental power, which smashed towards the center of the vortex like golden rain breaking through the sky.
Perhaps because the size of the vortex was much larger than the Geo God's attack method, the people at Liyue Harbor felt nervous unconsciously.
Kong clenched his fists. This was the first time he had truly seen the Rock God of Liyue Harbor since arriving in Liyue Harbor. In fact, this majestic rock dragon was more than twice as big as the dragon he had first seen at Yujing Terrace, but it was still half a circle smaller than the monster with five snake heads.
Because of their trust in the Rock God, the immortals might have relaxed a little even though they were worried. However, Paimon had already covered his eyes with both hands, no longer daring to look at the battle in the sky.
"Is it...over? How is it?"
Paimon asked with a soft, trembling voice.
But strangely, there was no response from her surroundings.
In the darkness, Paimeng felt a little confused and uneasy. She gently put down her hands, opened her eyes and looked up at the sky.
The next second, Paimon's mouth opened slightly involuntarily, and an even more shocking scene appeared before her eyes.
With Yiran's blue-white antlers as the focus, the man who was left hundreds of meters behind by the rock dragon had been surrounded by thick fog without realizing it.
Then, a giant blue dragon that also dominated the view broke through the vast sea of fog and flew towards Morax.
It is also a giant dragon with Chinese style. The original blue and white antlers are longer, less complicated and mysterious, and more crystal clear and domineering.
The blue scales even have a reflective luster, adding a layer of bright sky color between the low-lying dark clouds, while the hard dorsal fin and soft dragon robe are snow-white, covering the emerald blue scales, forming a contrast with the gloomy space, and swaying in the hurricane at high altitude.
The giant blue and white dragon transformed by Yiran let out a loud roar, like striking a copper plate, smashing between the vast sky and sea.
Morax looked back and saw his new friend following him. The golden and blue dragon eyes looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of consensus. Layer after layer of huge clouds and mist came out from Yiran's mouth, literally covering the higher sky and sea.
All you can see is gold and blue moving through the clouds, changing positions, circling around the increasingly angry Osel, and swinging its tail.
The sea vortex that had been condensed with all its strength had already lost a lot of its power due to the familiar rock spear, and its vision was blocked by the sky full of fog. It didn't even know where to launch its next attack, and could only twist its snake head aimlessly and test it.
Finally, the clouds above the sea monster were hollowed out and gathered outward. As the clouds dispersed, a giant dragon emerged from it and flew away from the sea.
The dragon scales of Morax were still glowing with golden light, and the cloud mark he left behind was like a golden tail. Behind it, a huge meteorite with intricate patterns fell from the sky, staining all the clouds that had retreated around it.
In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, with white as the background, and black and gold surrounding the entire sea surface. The meteorite, with an aura of terror that was so terrifying that it was impossible to look at it, smashed into the whirlpool demon in the sea.
I wonder if you can hear the howling of fear, despair and disbelief - accompanied by violent tremors and roars, the remaining power of the demon's death, with the power to destroy the world, created a huge wave and launched revenge on the entire Liyue.
Perhaps people are always unable to do anything in the last second before death. Sora just watched the energy intensity that he had only seen outside the sea of stars surge up on this fragile land, without any time to react.
Occasionally I thought of the immortal...or should I say, dragon?
Morax did not look back, perhaps foreshadowing a certain outcome that was still on the chessboard.
In the gaps between the mist, the light blue color of the dragon robe became brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling, like a burning blue flame, carrying the power of rules that cannot be perceived by the world, rolling up the white mist in the sky until it was dyed with blue spots again.
The bluish-white mist swirled around Osel’s dead core power, compressing it, intercepting the energy that was just about enough to destroy all of Liyue, and finally enveloping it, getting smaller and smaller.
Until the giant white dragon was exposed to the eyes of the world again under the cover of mist, until the sphere containing huge energy was compressed to the size of a gem, the dragon opened its huge mouth, roared, rushed forward, and swallowed the power that even the gods who ruled the world were jealous of.
Far away from Liyue Harbor, on the mountain road where the Thousand Winds were escorting the people of Liyue to retreat, a boy tugged at the sleeve of his father, who was holding his head at his side and moving forward with the majority of the people.
The man gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice: "Listen to the uncles of Qianyan Army, don't look, and protect your ears."
But at the moment when he reached out to cover the child's earlobe, perhaps the pressure from the sea surface gradually weakened, and through the gap blocked by countless Thousand Rock Army soldiers, the subconscious glance still left him with an unforgettable impression in his life -
The golden rock dragon suddenly swung its tail again and looked up at the misty sky above the sea.
The giant blue-white dragon's fang tip pressed against the white pearl as it slowly swallowed it, accompanied by the scattered water vapor. Finally, it became more and more transparent, and turned into a point of light from the tail like mist, and completely dissipated in the sea smoke.
Morax paused, then turned and flew towards the horizon without stopping. Finally, it turned into golden light and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.
At this point, there was nothing above the sea, the dark clouds retreated, the white mist evaporated, and the sun shone on the earth and the sea. Only a few warm water threads remained like the caress of a lover, gently caressing the cheeks of the living along with the sea breeze.
Sora looked at everything in front of him numbly, and his heart finally began to beat violently after realizing it belatedly.
"…It's over, Paimon."
Thanks to Ningguang's courage and bravery in destroying an entire group of jade pavilions, and the Seven Stars' sufficient and advanced emergency measures, there were almost no casualties in the entire Liyue Harbor except for the considerable consumption of materials and destruction of buildings near the coastline, and the destruction of the sea ecology.
加上事情發展的危險程度确實出乎了所有人的預料，更有帝君的龍形與飲淵踏霧真君出面直接切斷源頭，或許璃月未來的萬萬年人民也不再會受突破封印的魔神威脅侵擾。
已經頗為疲憊的仙人們也總算是高度認可了璃月屬于人類的自治，不再以此為責難，未來的璃月，或許真正将是屬于人類的璃月。
經歷了一場經費爆炸的超震撼cg，千百玩家們也終于慢慢活躍了起來。
「會長……我的會長大人……」
「經費在燃燒……」
「極致cg，極致演出」
「你永遠可以想象mhy的音樂和畫面」
「嗚嗚世界上最好的一然會長，世界上最好的岩神摩拉克斯」
「真的巨帥的兩只龍，要跪了」
「什麽天氣之子，又是隕石又是遮天雲霧，雞皮疙瘩都起來了」
「電腦看真的超級震撼！！！」
「我真的吹爆！」
「國風巨龍真的很帥！就要國風巨龍！就要巨龍美少年！」
「能從人變成仙鹿，最後變成龍這件事我都不想說了，寶今天給我的震撼已經太多了……重點是為什麽我的一然會長最後還是消失了啊啊啊啊啊啊為什麽（爆哭）」
「熟悉的劇情……」
「我不信，伊白寶寶現在還好好的！我不信我第二個推的白毛藍瞳還能這麽草率的退場！！！」
「但最後那樣爆炸一樣散開又被截住的能量……總感覺一然好像救了璃月一命」
「那麽帥的岩神化身最後也消失了……甚至這個只是岩神之心中殘留的力量？給我們留一個龍不行嗎？！」
「mhy你壞事做盡！！！！！」
北國銀行內部。
“你說什麽？！這麽重要的交易你居然透露給別人！甚至把神之心也送了出去？！摩拉克斯，你到底有沒有重視你親手簽訂的契約！！”
鐘離抿了抿唇，并沒有被冒犯的語氣激怒，不急不慢地解釋道：
“首先，我能保證交易并非由我透露出去的，那位先生一開始就知曉我和你們的交易內容。”
他的目光直勾勾盯着氣急敗壞的女士，似乎在反過來質疑對方有沒有主動暴露交易的內容。
“其次，這份交易并非我與你的交易，而是我與那位冰之女皇的交易，至于契約的內容，只是說要我把神之心交給來自至冬的愚人衆執行官使節罷了。”
女士緊鎖着眉頭，轉頭看向一旁同樣茫然的達達利亞。
在這個女人嚣張的注視下，達達利亞也冒出了半分火氣：
“你在懷疑我？？不是，夥伴，同為至冬的執行官，你隐瞞情報，悄悄和岩之神接觸，看着我像傻子一樣東跑西跳，為了神之心四處奔波，費勁心思鬧出了那麽大一個動靜，這就算了，現在你還在懷疑神之心早就被送在了我手上？？”
他抱着手臂，眼神不善。
“要是我早就拿到了神之心，誰還會陪着你這個女人在這片地方呆這麽久，還要為了女皇的命令用上這麽不光彩的手段，最後眼睜睜看着累死累活折騰出的東西被岩神一巴掌給拍死……”
原本他還想等岩神現身和奧賽爾兩敗俱傷後再出手搶奪，但等一切快結束時他才發現，那種級別的力量如同天罰，全盛時期汲取了衆魔神海獸力量的奧賽爾都尚無一戰之力，根本并非他的魔王武裝能所能應對。
“那到底是誰拿走了神之心，這璃月港難不成還有第三位愚人衆的執行官？”
女士打斷了達達利亞的思緒，不耐煩地詢問道。
“等等……第三位愚人衆的執行官？？”
達達利亞的腦海中突然閃過那位在璃月僅和自己有一面之緣的狼耳少年，愚人衆執行官第十二席——「隐狼」。
正是他給了自己能完全突破奧賽爾封印的百無禁忌箓改良配方，也正是他似乎全程參與了請仙典儀的過程，作為璃月港的商會會長混入仙人之中。
……不，對方似乎本來就是仙人，甚至在最後的大戰中全程站在仙人一邊，又變成了一條藍白巨龍，幫助摩拉克斯擊敗了奧賽爾。
這一頓震撼人心的逆天操作差點讓他達達利亞忘了對方還有一層疑似和摩拉克斯有私仇的愚人衆執行官的身份……
這麽說……最後他隐隐在遠處看到的，一然手心裏的那個冒着金色光芒的就是……
“第三位愚人衆的執行官？”
一陣好聽的疑問聲從微開的門口傳來，空帶着派蒙推門走了進來，重複着不小心聽到的話語。
派蒙掃到一片鐘離的衣角，嘴快開口招呼道：
“嗨，鐘離，終于找到你啦，你在和誰說……”
“叽叽喳喳！一個又一個，北國銀行可不是你們敘舊的地方。”
女士還在等達達利亞接着說出他的情報，沒有拿到目标的她暫且沒什麽心情去敷衍曾經的手下敗将。
“女士？？！你怎麽……”
派蒙吓了一跳，帶着氣憤的情緒叉腰喊道。
“好了，我現在沒空感謝時刻把我記在嘴上的你們，摩拉克斯，你到底把神之心給了誰？”
“……”
鐘離看了一眼已經又又又一次呆若木雞的派蒙，和面帶幾分了然、幾分困惑、幾分遲疑的空，轉回頭看向公子和女士。
自己就是摩拉克斯這件事倒并沒有刻意瞞着空和派蒙，顯而易見，空對這件事似乎也早就有所猜測，但……
但空似乎也曾經親眼看見過神之心在一然那裏。
再加上洩露的關于第三位執行官的讨論，如果一然的馬甲不小心在這裏就被扒了，那得怪達達利亞，不能怪他。
“這件事情，恐怕達達利亞先生心中早已有了結論，那我們的交易便到此為止。”
鐘離用手向空和派蒙示意了一下，看向女士道：
“既然有朋友前來找我，那就恕鐘離暫且失陪了。”
“你……！！”
鐘離的金色瞳孔越來越冰冷，想起不久前璃月港的上空那令人絕望的天星，在岩之神的注視下，女士總算是慢慢熄火，氣勢一點一點弱了下來。
“哼。”
她轉頭狠狠盯了公子一眼。
“既然這樣，那就希望同為至冬執行官的你——能給至冬女皇好好解釋清楚。”
随後女士便用力甩了甩袖子，直接推門離開了北國銀行。
達達利亞依舊抱着手臂，眯着眼睛，沒再理那個女人，他轉頭笑着癱了攤手：
“別在意，畢竟整件事上，也總算不是只有我一個人吃癟，不過都是被一些下棋的人耍了一通罷了，丢臉歸丢臉，但起碼目的是達到了。”
打架也打夠了，戲也看爽了，他不怎麽願意懷疑那位千面執行官背叛的可能性，既然這樣，是時候暫時離開這個溫暖的地方回至冬宮一趟了。
達達利亞邊走向大門，邊看向空：
“下次見，夥伴，畢竟除了最後的翻臉，我們還是相處的挺愉快的，希望以後有機會還能再試試你的實力。”
空一只手叉腰，帶着些許不滿的态度，他沒再理那位滿腦子下戰書的執行官，只有派蒙剁着腳生氣，向達達利亞控訴自己的怒火。
在公子輕快的笑聲中，空看向摩拉克斯。
“或許你還有些疑惑，問吧，我會盡量解答。”鐘離沒有回避，淺聲應道。
空輕輕發問道：“之前……在璃月港上空，向奧賽爾砸巨大岩石的那條龍，是你嗎？”
“是我，想必你已經知道，我作為璃月最後的保障，需要在緊要關頭借助神之心的力量現形，免于一切陷入更深的災難。”
“那一然說，那是你在死前留在神之心裏最後的能量！！”
派蒙怼完公子還不太滿意，轉頭向鐘離輸出質詢了起來。
“你知道嗎鐘離，你假死的事情真的太過分啦！所有仙人和璃月子民都那麽懷念關心你……我們之前在街上買東西的時候……你應該也聽到了！！”
鐘離淺淺笑了笑，眼底似有陰影落下，向空和派蒙解釋緩慢起了這一切的原委。
“考驗……磨損……”
空搖了搖頭，微呼了一口氣，思路清晰了大半，終于提起了另一個自己一直揪心與不解的問題：
“既然你說神之心是你與冰之女皇的契約……那為什麽它會在一然的手裏，為什麽他也會以龍形現形，那場戰鬥的最後，他又去了哪裏……”
鐘離猶豫片刻，解釋道：“這是我與他的另一件交易……交易的結果你也看到了，我們一起殺死了千年前被我親手封印在孤雲閣之下的漩渦之魔神——奧賽爾，若我想退下岩神之位，交出神之心，随時都可能松動的魔神封印或許是整個璃月未來的子民們最難以應對的潛在威脅。”
“既然暗流湧動下的璃月港有人想利用此事為突破口，那我便順勢借這個機會看看璃月是否有能力迎接沒有神明的時代，也借此機會徹底解決時刻挂念的威脅。”
"Of course, if Osel is able to show goodwill to Liyue after the seal is lifted, or find a way out to coexist peacefully, then Morax, no longer bound by the competition of the Demon War, will naturally be willing to let him go. However... this thousand-year hatred may no longer have a peace, and death may be a far better way to relieve it than being sealed."
After thinking about it, I figured out the key points of this matter:
"Since it is not difficult to kill Osel, why did they just seal it in Guyun Pavilion thousands of years ago..."
Zhong Li nodded: "This is the key to the deal between me and Yi Ran. He can purify the resentment from the devil after his death. The karma of the demon-slaying great saint Xiao that was temporarily completely eliminated a few days ago also makes me believe this."
Zhong Li smiled, as if recalling the scene of that day:
"Even so, I still have doubts about whether I can handle the huge energy of a demon god after his death. However... he proved this to me, using some power that belongs only to him. This is not information I can reveal to you... I'm sorry."
Kong cleverly realized that this secret might be related to the fact that the other party was an immortal but could transform into a dragon. He was silent for a moment and gave up trying to find out more. "So, he is okay now, right?"
Zhong Li nodded affirmatively: "I can guarantee that he can survive in such a situation with his secrets, so don't worry. But he may need a long time to purify the resentment of the demon god who died with fear and despair."
Kong heaved a sigh of relief. After ensuring Yiran's safety, he couldn't help but think of the words he heard when he first entered the room: "The Heart of God that the Fatui Executive needs..."
Zhong Li blinked his eyes: "Of course, when it was no longer needed, it was given to the third executive officer from Zhidong, a young executive codenamed "Hidden Wolf."
"Young man...executive officer?"
Kong repeated it. After all, Zhongli still had a deal with the Ice Queen. Maybe after Yiran used the power of the Heart of God, Zhongli took it away to complete the original contract.
After thinking for a while, Kong agreed with Zhongli on the date for the ceremony of sending the immortals, and then he turned around and left the Northland Bank with Paimon.
On the way to the streets of Liyue Harbor for dinner, Kong glanced at the tightly closed gate of Diqing Pavilion and suddenly remembered the deal between Yiran and Zhongli. What Yiran got...if it wasn't the Heart of God, then what could it be?
At the same time, under the peaceful moonlight, Zhongli, who was drinking alone in Sanwanbuguogangli, seemed unaffected by the disaster. While listening to the storyteller's high-sounding talk about the miracle of the white dragon pinning the pearl today, he was thinking about a question.
If the Heart of God is not counted as part of the transaction between him and Yiran because of the contract with the Ice God, then after killing Osel, the original fragments that were stripped out of its body by the rules and did not dissipate between heaven and earth but were recovered by Sky Island - are they the transaction items he really wants?