I'm a male god in Liyue

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"and then?"

"Go back five hundred years and help the Great Tree King solve the problem of [forbidden knowledge]."

How do we go back in time?

"Use [Fate of Encounter]".

Xia Zhi fell silent for a moment.

He put the mirror away, took out the pure blue sphere, and chose to use it.

The blue sphere transformed into countless points of light, forming a blue portal in front of him.

Xia Zhi did not hesitate and walked directly into the portal.

The system's voice echoed in his mind.

"The host already possesses the characteristic: Void Breaker."

"The host already possesses the characteristic: Time Travel."

"This Fate Teleportation allows for [Time Travel]. Do you wish to use it?"

"……Yes."

Chapter 228 What Strategy Mirror

Before Xia Zhi stood an enormous tree.

This is the World Tree of the continent of Teyvat.

Standing under the tree was a woman whose figure resembled that of a child, but whose eyes were filled with the light of wisdom. A glittering diamond progress bar hung on her body.

This is the Great Tree King, whose power has already been exhausted.

When Xia Zhi used [Entangled Fate], he already knew her fate.

She is the embodiment of the World Tree, the goddess of wisdom, and one of the three gods who once ruled over Mount Sumeru.

Five hundred years ago, forbidden knowledge from outside the world, which came from the bottom of the abyss, corrupted the World Tree. The Great Compassion Tree King, who was connected to the World Tree, was corrupted by the forbidden knowledge while trying to govern the World Tree. Only when this existence itself is completely forgotten can the forbidden knowledge be completely eliminated. Therefore, she ultimately chose to sacrifice herself.

In Xia Zhi's eyes, she was a respectable person.

The system issued a notification in his mind.

"Please note that this fate transfer has a time limit. Please complete the bond formation as soon as possible (to get the other party to respond to your request for physical contact)."

At the same time, the special equipment [Hourglass of Time] hanging on the character panel turned upside down and began to continuously leak sands of time.

Xia Zhi mentally estimated that he could stay here for about ten minutes.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

Whether or not he forms a bond with the Great Compassion Tree King is irrelevant; his main goal is to try and change its originally tragic fate.

"You came."

The Great Compassion Tree King looked at Xia Zhi, who had suddenly appeared, and spoke.

"you know me?"

Xia Zhi was a little surprised.

"I know you, but I don't know you... I had a dream in which I saw your past in another world."

"Oh?"

"That was a really interesting world. Without elements, people were able to develop civilization to that extent... It's a bit of a pity that you ended up like that, but you were a good kid."

"Good boy..."

"I never expected that the person I met in my dream would actually appear in front of me. I can feel the divine power in you. It seems that you went through a lot after you died in that world?"

"Yeah, you don't know?"

"I don't know, the dreams about you disappeared after you died."

Xia Zhi looked at the Great Compassion Tree King, her eyes radiating clear wisdom.

It doesn't seem like a lie.

Based on his understanding of her, he believed she wasn't lying.

In other words, she was unaware of the system's existence.

The dream ended abruptly at that point, perhaps because of the system's appearance.

"There's not much to say. I also had a dream about you, in which I saw your self-sacrificing fate."

"Self-sacrifice... I did have that plan, but I didn't expect you to see the future."

"No, I come from the future."

"?"

"Actually, I come from Teyvat, five hundred years in the future."

"Five hundred years from now? What will Teyvat be like then?"

“I live in Liyue and don’t know much about other countries, but I’ve heard from travelers and merchants that things are going well in all of them.”

"That means that this disaster was ultimately resolved by everyone."

"Ah."

"My sacrifice was ultimately worthwhile."

"You don't necessarily have to sacrifice yourself."

"You don't need to comfort me."

"【Forbidden Knowledge】Although it is troublesome, there must be other ways to solve it."

"I've tried everything."

"But you haven't tried my method yet."

"What can you do?"

King Daci Shu shook his head.

"Even if you have a way, I won't let you try it on me easily. Since you've seen my destiny, you should know that the World Tree is the most important place in Teyvat. As the embodiment of the World Tree, I can't let an Outer God like you run rampant."

"It seems you don't trust me."

"I can't be sure you're still the good child I saw in my dreams."

"So you don't believe what I just said either?"

"I believe it, and I don't. Whether you're from Teyvat in the future or not is not important to me. But I'm still very happy to chat with a friend like you."

"I don't have much time left."

"time?"

"You don't think I can stay in the past forever, do you?"

"So, you're going back?"

"Yes, goodbye."

After Xia Zhi finished speaking, his figure disappeared.

The Great Tree King scanned the area using the World Tree, but found no trace of it.

She stared at the empty space and murmured, "Are we really going back?"

Xia Zhi did not go back; he simply activated his stealth mode.

With the enhancement of stealth skills from [Shadow Hand] and [Illusory Mirror], the Great Tree King had no idea that he was still standing in the same spot.

He glanced at the [Hourglass of Time] on the panel; there were about five minutes left.

We need to hurry.

Xia Zhi took out the [Mirror of Illusion] and asked a precognitive question.

"Would the [Divine Advanced Dispel Technique] be effective against the Great Tree King?"

"No."

How do we resolve the [forbidden knowledge] on the Great Tree King?

A large, densely packed string of words appeared on the mirror.

Option 1: Drink the [Lucky Potion], open the Platinum Treasure Chest, and gamble for the [Book of Knowledge].

"Option Two: Drink the [Lucky Potion], open the Platinum Treasure Chest, and gamble for the [Knowledge Beetle]."

Option 3: Drink the [Lucky Potion], open the Platinum Treasure Chest, and gamble for the [Multi-Purpose Syringe].