Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 165 The Teyvat Chronicles (End)

"Hehe, feel fortunate! Just like her title, Buyer is a truly merciful goddess."

"What use is it for you to come now that things have come to this?"

Apep looked at Buyer's posture after exhausting his strength and said disdainfully.

"But I can't just leave you like this, can I?"

"...What can you possibly do in your current state?"

"While there's only so much I can do, I do have a way to heal you. That is, provided you don't mind me entering your body and the treatment taking too long."

At that moment, Apep thought about many things, even considering that this was a trick by Buyer to kill it, but for Kiana's sake, it decided to take the risk.

"Okay, but I have a condition."

"You said."

"Herakti must be present during your treatment, otherwise there's no point in discussing anything."

Hearing this, Buyer breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought it was some kind of condition, but it turns out it's like this. Don't worry, even if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have let Herakti go in with me to gain your trust, although I don't know why you trust Herakti so much."

Apep glanced at Buyer in surprise, then realized what was going on.

"Hehe, although I had thought this would happen, I didn't expect that guy to do it so simply and brutally."

Buyer looked at Appep with a puzzled expression, then turned his gaze to Kiana. However, neither Kiana nor Appep wanted to tell Buyer the truth.

After all, knowing this won't do you any good; it will only cause you more trouble.

"Hmph, if you want to investigate, then go ahead and investigate yourself. Aren't you the incarnation of the World Tree? Isn't investigating this kind of thing a simple matter for you?"

"Time is running out, let's deal with Appepp's problem first."

Kiana urged from the side. Although she was very curious, Buyer knew the importance of the matter, so she signaled Apep to send herself and Kiana into its body.

With a shift in their gaze, Buyer and Kiana found themselves inside Apep's body.

It must be said that Apep truly deserves the name of the Grass Element Dragon King. The abundant grass element energy within its body has even allowed it to form a self-consistent ecological environment.

Even Buyer, after entering this place, relied on the abundant grass elemental energy to quickly return to his prime form.

However, most of the grass element energy in Apep's body has now been contaminated by forbidden knowledge. This forbidden knowledge is slowly eroding Buyer through these grass elements, and along with Buyer's connection to the World Tree, it has also contaminated the World Tree.

Including the forbidden knowledge that was purified earlier, the forbidden knowledge within Buyer's body is also about to reach the threshold for explosion.

However, Kiana, being present, naturally wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. Kiana stretched out her hands, and instantly a soft light burst forth from them.

In just a moment, Kiana dispelled all the forbidden knowledge.

But that was only to dispel it. Kiana gathered all the forbidden knowledge that had been forced out into her own hands and casually tossed it into the twisted ley lines to seal it away.

Buyer glanced at Kiana in surprise. Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Kiana's actions had been a great help.

Now that the forbidden knowledge was no longer interfering with him, Buyel was completely at ease and effortlessly purified the pollution in Apep's core.

However, the forbidden knowledge erupted within Apep's body, causing severe damage to its core that cannot be fully restored simply by purifying the pollution. To repair Apep's core, external grass elemental energy is needed to stimulate it, fully activating its self-repairing abilities.

However, Buyer's current power is insufficient to activate its core self-repair function, and Kiana herself does not have grass element energy, so she cannot help in this regard.

Unfortunately, we still have to proceed according to the original plan.

So Buyer collected some of Apep's power and combined it with his own to create an energy storage device called the Fire Seed.

Its function is quite simple: to absorb and store the energy of the grass element. However, Apep is currently in a weak state. The energy in his body is enough to maintain himself and the ecological environment within his body, but he cannot spare any extra energy to supply the [Fire Seed].

Without a doubt, the best solution now is to take the [Fire Seed] out and let it absorb the grass element energy from other places until it is full. Finally, bring the fully charged [Fire Seed] back to activate the core.

The only problem with this plan was that it would take a very long time and was full of uncertainties. However, he had no better options, so after explaining the plan to Apep, Buyer left with the [Fire Seed].

When she left, her figure transformed back into that of a child. Only Kiana remained at the scene. After leaving Apep's body, Kiana and Apep stood there staring at each other for a while.

Finally, Appepp couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Actually, you have a way to completely cure the pollution caused by forbidden knowledge, right?"

Do you remember what our agreement was?

"I remember you told me to restrain myself and not to pursue the power related to the abyss."

"So you breached the contract first, why should I help you?"

Apep could only smile helplessly at this. In its understanding, even the Heavenly Principle had to spend a lot of energy and power to deal with the Abyss, let alone the forbidden knowledge that was of the same origin as the Abyss. Kiana, who was only slightly stronger than the Heavenly Principle, would probably have to pay a heavy price to completely purify the forbidden knowledge.

What it didn't know was that for Kiana, purifying forbidden knowledge was simply a matter of spending some time. In extreme cases, Kiana could use the power of restraint to purify it; she had used this power to completely purify the forbidden knowledge disguised as Buyer.

Even so, Kiana couldn't guarantee that Apep would survive, since this power was indiscriminate, and no one except the user could escape its effects.

Therefore, Kiana cannot guarantee that Apep will survive long enough for her to purify the forbidden knowledge. To use the human immune system as an analogy, one of the person and the virus must die today.

Moreover, just as Kiana said before, she needs to give Apep a warning, otherwise Apep will definitely cause trouble in secret when she can't see it, and she can't keep an eye on it all the time.

So why not take this opportunity to completely prevent it from causing any trouble, so that I can move on to the next time point with peace of mind?

Kiana reminded Appep to behave himself and not cause trouble before leaving.

Did I forget something?

Kiana, pondering what she had forgotten, arrived at the next point in time.

This time, she came to Kanria five hundred years ago, on the eve of the outbreak of the Dark Calamity. It has to be said that Kanria, as a godless kingdom, does have something.

In addition to developing a series of war machines such as tractors, they also developed many technologies for people's livelihood.

Although Kanria's technology wasn't advanced from Kiana's perspective, it was considered advanced compared to other countries that still primarily used melee weapons.

But using the abyss as an energy source... While power itself is neither good nor bad, using such a highly corrosive power as an energy source will inevitably lead to trouble sooner or later.

Clearly, there were people within Canria who understood the pros and cons, and Daines Reeb was one of them.

After observing for the past few days, Kiana discovered that the six people led by Daines Reeb had discovered the dangers of the Abyss.

However, for Kanria, who had long used the power of the abyss, the damage was already too great, and it was too late for him to want the power of the abyss now.

Just as Dainesreb was about to persuade the King of Kanria to give up the power of the Abyss, the Abyss erupted.

For unknown reasons, the other five betrayed their oath, obtained power from the abyss that rivaled the world, and vanished without a trace.

Only Luminous and Dainesreb were left to watch in despair as Kanria turned into a sea of ​​fire. This eruption of the Abyss affected the entire Teyvat and even alarmed the Sky Isles, which dispatched all seven gods to Kanria to suppress it.

When Kiana saw that Buyer was not among them, and that the former water goddess Goeria had rushed to support Sumeru after the suppression was completed, Kiana realized that she seemed to have forgotten to check Buyer's body.

Kiana covered her head in frustration. Although she could immediately go back in time to change the current situation, it was also a foregone conclusion that Buyer would meet her in the form of a consciousness in the future and eventually be resurrected by her own hand.

Everything one observes about the future will be anchored; in other words, it is extremely difficult to change the fact that the World Tree and Buyer have been contaminated by forbidden knowledge.

The good news is that Buyer has been resurrected in the future, which means that even though Buyer is currently in crisis, there is no need to worry too much.

However, Apep is unlikely to fare well. Since the forbidden knowledge hidden within the World Tree erupted along with this abyss, the remaining forbidden knowledge within Apep should also respond to this eruption.

However, as the saying goes, while Apep, the Grass Element Dragon King, may not excel in other aspects, he is definitely the toughest.

So Apep can only let it handle things on its own for now, while he has to deal with the situation first.

With a thought, Kiana arrived inside the World Tree. At that moment, Buyer was trying his best to prevent forbidden knowledge from polluting the World Tree, but the effect was not very good.

Seeing that Buyer was struggling to keep up, Kiana did not hesitate to instantly expel the forbidden knowledge. However, in her haste, Kiana's power was accidentally mixed with the power of restraint.

Because the damage output was too great, both the World Tree and Buyer were damaged. The World Tree was fine; it could heal itself after a while, but Buyer was different.

She was already very weak due to the erosion of forbidden knowledge, and since the forbidden knowledge had long been integrated into her body, the damage caused by forcibly expelling it was much more serious than Kiana had imagined.

In just a few seconds of banishing forbidden knowledge, Buyer's body could no longer withstand Kiana's power and began to dissipate. Fortunately, this was inside the World Tree, and as the incarnation of the World Tree, Buyer was able to store his consciousness there and barely survive.

However, thanks to Tobuyer's physical death, Kiana briefly regained control of the World Tree.

Although it was only for a moment, Kiana still keenly seized that fleeting opportunity.

Kiana modified some of the World Tree records and opened up the records hidden by Fanes to Buyer. This was the only compensation Kiana could think of besides promising to help Buyer be resurrected in the future.

Of course, the former is for oneself, while the latter is compensation.

After doing all this, Kiana left some of her power to maintain Buyer's consciousness before leaving. As soon as she left the World Tree, Kiana noticed that Goeria, who was the artificial primordial heart of the womb, had died in battle.

In this way, the second-generation water elemental dragon king, Navelette, will soon be born, and he has also figured out the cause and result of the abyss eruption in Kanria.

Kiana, whose mission at this point in time was about to be completed, still couldn't stop worrying about Apep and went to where Apep was.

Seeing Apep's pained state, Kiana finally couldn't help but intervene. After helping Apep deal with the forbidden knowledge, Kiana got up and prepared to return to the correct point in time.

it is finally over!

After a journey spanning nearly ten thousand years, Kiana's life has finally come to an end. During this journey, she has witnessed almost every important historical moment in Teyvat's history, leaving an indelible mark on the continent's past. Combined with the modifications made to the World Tree information, Kiana has finally reached the final stage of her plan.

Back at the temporary base in Fontaine, Kiana looked at the two people in front of her who were both familiar and unfamiliar, and who were also the most important partners in her life. Kiana was momentarily dazed.

Perhaps for Mei and the others, Kiana had only been gone for a few minutes, but for Kiana, it had been nearly ten thousand years since they last met.

Although Mei didn't know exactly what had happened, she could still sense that Kiana might need her comfort at this moment.

So she stepped forward and hugged Kiana, gently stroking her back with her right hand and whispering softly in Kiana's ear.

"Although I don't know exactly what happened, welcome back Kiana!"

With just one sentence, Kiana's frozen heart was completely melted, and Kiana responded with her signature smile.

"Well, I'm back!"

"but…"

"But what?"

Seeing Mei's oppressive expression, Kiana nervously swallowed.

"Once you're inside, you must tell me everything that happened to you, or you can forget about dinner tonight!"

"Ah~ No way! I haven't had Mei's cooking in ages. Can I finish my dinner first?"

Kiana followed Mei into the living room while acting cute, trying her best to please Mei, but to no avail.

In the end, Kiana didn't get to eat Mei's food despite Mei's scolding. Perhaps this is just the daily life that a young girl should have.