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"Fukaros, you..." Egolia, holding her forehead, was somewhat annoyed, but the next moment she seemed to sense something and froze instantly.
Without a doubt—although the remaining consciousness of Egolia, who was 'swallowed' by Jiang Qiao at this moment, did not participate in this '██' of the two of them, it could still clearly sense Jiang Qiao, who was obviously not right, and Fukaros's state after entering.
"Human...human...man..."
Stuttering as she stared at Fucaros, Egolia's face flushed crimson. "Fucaros, what's going on?!"
"Lady Agoria, please hear me out... no, let me explain!"
Fukaros quickly corrected himself after making a slip of the tongue, but by then, Egolia had already retreated, covering her chest and blushing.
Of course, in Jiang Qiao's view, this behavior was actually quite self-deceptive.
Although the two seem independent on the level of consciousness, both Fukalos, who is close to Jiang Qiao, and Egolia, who has been 'taken advantage of', are currently at a negative distance from Jiang Qiao.
Although the latter arrived late, because Egolia's consciousness was originally fragmented, in order to salvage this consciousness, Jiang Qiao took a clever approach and pieced her together with her own body, using Fukaros and this body to nurture Egolia's consciousness.
“Alright, let’s use some more efficient communication methods,” Jiang Qiao said, noticing the unusual activity of the other two consciousnesses within her body.
An inexplicable surge of heat was injected into Ergolia's consciousness, transforming her initial confusion and bewilderment into astonishment, surprise, and finally, relief.
Compared to words, Jiang Qiao is always particularly enthusiastic about this kind of spiritual and data-based communication.
After all, compared to words, this method is more intuitive and clearer, and easier for people to understand.
This is especially true for a deity like Ergolia.
Moreover, in a sense, the original pure water spirits of the Fontaine people actually communicated in a similar way.
They need no words; they can understand everything simply by interacting with each other. This is why the water spirits of the ancient continent of Teyvat were able to connect all the major bodies of water.
As the mistress of the waters, Egolia understood this even more clearly.
Her expression became somewhat complicated, a mixture of joy, shyness, annoyance, and disbelief.
Different emotions combined together are as distinct as a pie chart.
The look in her eyes, which had been filled with shame and anger, turned into relief and self-reproach when she looked at Fukalos.
"You did... really well... Fucarus..."
Clearly, she had foreseen the fate of Fukaros, and also the fate of Fontaine.
Egolia was both delighted and apologetic—after all, while Fukaros had indeed saved Fontaine, the price was her life, and even the human side she had revealed was subjected to inhuman torture.
"There's nothing I can do, what can I do when I'm your familiar?" Fukaros shrugged helplessly. "Since you've chosen me, I can't let you down no matter what, right?"
"Besides, just like she said—on one side is Fontaine, on the other is herself. How should one choose between such a choice? There's absolutely no need for hesitation, right?"
Egolia smiled.
Then—she looked at Jiang Qiao.
Her feelings toward this human were equally complex.
Of course, I am grateful. After all, Fukaros's fate was different because of the other person, who went to great lengths to save his beloved Fontaine without asking for anything in return.
This might simply be due to an individual, or even not to herself. But Egolia still remembered it.
As for preserving herself, Ergolia could hardly say anything more.
After all, the other party was actually saving him.
"Thanks.."
"but..."
She could only offer a meager thank you in return, but even in her gratitude, Ergolia couldn't help but reveal a hint of resentment, saying softly:
"Next time you do something like this, could you please tell me first?"
A surprise attack...it really catches you off guard!
"Well, didn't you already agree?"
"I...I agree, but..."
"In that case, it's alright, after all, you've entrusted everything to me."
"I was just taking my own things."
"Furthermore, this body belongs to one of your relatives..."
The one who attacked you was 'Furina'—it has nothing to do with me, Jiang Qiao!
Even in reality, what just happened was actually quite 'fake'.
Because 'Furina' is a real, physical body.
However, Agoria was merely a remnant of consciousness—from this perspective, he was really just 'eating' Agoria.
You think I was kissing Ergolia?
No! I'm just absorbing the source of the fetal sea!
However, while absorbing the nutrients, you also drink the soup!
Jiang Qiao also had something to say about this—waste is not a good habit.
Since there's still some soup left, why can't I drink it too?
Fukalos stared wide-eyed at Jiang's attempt to shift blame.
Fine, fine, you used my body to do bad things, and now I have to take the blame?!
You... never mind, for Lady Egolia's sake, I'll tolerate it!
Egolia was caught in a dilemma.
The logic seems to make sense, but something still feels off.
Chapter 271 Tick-tock, Old Deng Becomes a Prisoner
"What a huge tree! Is this Sumeru City?" A sweet, childlike voice rang out in the streets. Looking up at the towering ancient tree that reached into the clouds and the city built on it, the fairy Airi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
As the area of Fontaine increases proportionally with the realism, so does Sumeru. After traversing long deserts and wastelands, one can see Sumeru City, which can be considered a landmark building of Sumeru.
Compared to the rational design in the game, the Sumeru City that Jiang Qiao is facing now is dozens or even hundreds of times larger than the original.
“It is indeed much larger than Fontainebleau.” The Fukaros inside her body could also see this view. For her, who had been imprisoned for five hundred years, this was indeed the first time she had witnessed the splendor of Sumeru—how to put it, there was an exciting sense of novelty.
To solve the prophecy problem, Fulina collected a lot of information from the six countries. Of course, the more important reason was that Sumeru was the country closest to Fontaine, and trade between the two countries was very prosperous. Therefore, Jiang Qiao also found some information in this body's memories that was not recorded in the game.
"That's probably because Sumeru has a large population."
The prototypes of Sumeru are Egypt and India. Leaving aside the former, the latter is undoubtedly a populous country. As a result, the desert areas of Egypt have a relatively small population, while the rainforest areas rich in resources are extremely densely populated.
Of course, there may be an even more important factor – the civilization of Sumeru is quite ancient and well-established among the Teyvat nations, giving it a certain first-mover advantage.
Like other countries that experienced the cataclysmic cleansing process following the War of the Dead, the original human civilizations were almost completely wiped out. In Fontaine, for example, almost everyone was wiped out, and only Agoria and her water elves remained, pretending to be humans.
While other countries were beginning to adopt feudal capitalism, Fontaine was still playing the slave tribal system—the most advanced of which was the former Lemurian Empire. However, what was more difficult was that the founder of this empire, Remus, was the loser in the Sumeru Chicken Dinner Tournament. Because he couldn't defeat the Red King, he fled and was assigned to the Fontaine region.
“Mount Sumeru is probably the most populous of the seven kingdoms,” said 'Furina', looking at the lush scenery.
This data seems to have been seen by Funina when she reviewed Fontaine's government affairs hundreds of years ago, so it may be somewhat inaccurate now.
However, considering that Liyue next door experienced a rather brutal war between demons and gods, the specific data should be pretty close to the truth.
"The Great Tree King has indeed done a very good job."
“Fortunately, Fontaine is quite good now.” Egolia looked at the ‘Tree of Wisdom’ created by the Great Tree King and listened to the data with some envy—for the Demon God who loved her, the more humans the better.
Just like watching adorable pets, there are more and more of them, which is delightful.
However, having obtained some of Funina's memories from Jiang Qiao, she also saw Fontaine as it is today. Although it cannot compare to Sumeru and Liyue, it is still considered prosperous under the careful governance of Vilette over the past five hundred years.
The only problem might be that its population is the lowest among the seven nations. This is unavoidable, since the people of Fontaine, who are essentially water people, cannot reproduce through sexual intercourse like the people of the other six nations.
Everything in Sumeru City seemed so orderly, and although it was filled with a primitive beauty, it was not dirty or messy. Well, although the Church of the Wisdom, which advocates wisdom, lacked the character of this generation, at least it did not make Sumeru, which was modeled after India, really become India.
"Please wait a moment, you two..."
Just as they were about to enter Sumeru City, Pana, an instructor under the Order of the Order—who was also the tool in the main storyline to send void terminals to the two vengeful spirits—appeared.
When she saw him, Jiang Qiao was somewhat surprised and puzzled.
According to Funina's information, Sumeru is quite exclusive about sharing the void. The reason why he suddenly became generous and gave away his wealth for free in the story is simply because he had something better to do. He couldn't let go of the dreams of outsiders in order to make a god.
If we follow the Traveler's trajectory, even the storyline in Mondstadt has only just begun, not to mention the storyline about the Heart of God in Inazuma, which is still in a state of isolation.
Lei Dapao was nowhere to be seen either; he was probably either at the Zhidong headquarters or wandering around somewhere else.
So... is he a PhD?
Jiang Qiao pondered.
Dotore was born from Sumeru, and this land, which is closely related to the World Tree, is also closely related to Winter's plans. In addition, the six sages of this generation are of poor character and must have been sleeping with Doctor, that black lump of coal, long ago. Thinking about it this way, it is not surprising that they would send out Void Terminals.
After all, who would complain about having too many leeks (a metaphor for being exploited)?
If you want to share wisdom, those old guys in the ecclesiastical council would definitely be unwilling to give something in return, but if you trick them into emptying their pockets, they have absolutely no psychological burden on them, it's incredibly easy.
Jiang Qiao definitely had no interest in listening to this tool's ramblings—I'll just skip over it with one click!