Ren Zha’s face darkened, and he asked quietly, “Do you think my simulation has anything to do with this?”

“How come it’s not related?” The system asked in a tone that asked if you were awake. “Host, look, you often helped the elderly when you were a child. Isn’t that kind? Weren’t you a sunny and cheerful child when you were a child? You even awakened the Eye of God to save your companions when you were a child. How much do you cherish your companions?”

“Why do you always emphasize the childhood? Don’t you care about the grown-up?”

“Growing up…Growing up means you cherish your companions, right? You even died after blocking a fatal blow for your companion.”

Ren Zha’s face darkened: “You didn’t mention kindness and sunshine at all!”

“This… I told you this during the last simulation. The entry only serves as a guide, just like it determines your starting point but not your future. It mainly depends on your subsequent performance!”

“So I am Uchiha Obito?”

The system’s weak voice: “Is there a possibility that you have engraved this into your DNA?”

“You said the same thing last time! Not everything is engraved in my DNA, right?” Ren Zha paused, as if he was not sure, “Probably?”

“That’s right, host, you are a born villain! There is nothing good engraved in your DNA!”

System: I feel like you are implying something about me, but I don’t need any evidence.

“No, there are two entries, affection and last place, that I didn’t choose. I just realized that no matter how I choose, it seems that I will become Obito?” Ren Zha looked suspiciously, “System, tell me honestly, are you setting a trap for me in secret?”

“How is this possible!” The system raised its voice and continued in a very aggrieved tone, “I’ve already said that the entries are only used as auxiliary guidance. Each combination of these entries has a new possibility. Even if you choose the same entry to simulate twice, the simulation results will be very different.”

“Well, forget it. I’m just a little confused and I’m not blaming you. To me, you are the most important person in the system.” Ren Zha comforted him with a smile on his face. “And I believe that you will never harm me.”

“Of course, I am a cat-owned system, so the quality is guaranteed! Also, please do not try to cpu the system again. This system is just a ruthless simulation machine and has no additional functions.”

“Okay, I get it.” Ren Zha rubbed his head. “This simulation seems to have really turned Teyvat upside down.”

The last simulation only affected one city, Mondstadt, but this time it was much more severe, and no country was spared.

“Does the host regret the bad things he did in the simulation?”

“No, compared to this, what worries me is how much people remember about this world? I’m not going to wake up and find myself at the enemy of the world, am I?”

Is it too late to go back to Gotham now?

“It’s not that exaggerated. For most people, it’s just a nightmare that they can’t remember. Host, you did a lot of excessive things in your first simulation, but in the end, only Eula remembered it.”

Eula… Thinking about what I did to Eula, hmm… It seems that I was always cruel to Eula in every simulation. I feel quite sorry for Eula when I think about it. I decided that I will be nicer to Eula in the future and will never use Eula’s money to play marbles.

“That is to say, this time the shadow will remember…”

Ren Zha’s voice got stuck while he was speaking. He had already exited the simulation, so why was he still subconsciously calling out “Shadow”?

Although it was a simulation, for me it was a real life experience.

The system’s concerned voice: “Host, are you okay?”

“No problem.” Ren Zha shook his head. “It seems that I haven’t fully recovered from this simulation. I will recover soon after I adjust myself.”

“Host, you are now a little more humane than before.”

The first simulation was full of inhuman malice, and although this simulation wasn’t anything good either, it was at least flesh and blood.

“Don’t say that. I really don’t treat you like a human being at all. I wonder if Lei Dianying will come to Mond with a knife to settle the score with me when he remembers what happened in the simulation.”

Lei Dianying should still be autistic in her pure land, and she is not as easy to ignore… and talk to as Eula. I wonder if after she remembers all this, she will choose to accept that she is no longer autistic, or will she regard this memory as something that disturbs her state of mind and interferes with eternal existence?

“Does the host want to flee Mondstadt overnight?”

“Why should I run away? She doesn’t know I’m in Mond yet. Even if she knew, so what? I haven’t done anything bad in this world. If she really wants to stab me.”

Ren Zha’s entire temperament changed, his body became ethereal, and he came to a parallel space.

“This time Meng Xiangyixin doesn’t have my divine eye to help her.”

Ren Zha clenched his fists, his temperament changed again, and his hair turned yellow.

The power gained in the simulation will not disappear. The inhuman Ren Zha is me, and the Ren Zha who turned Teyvat upside down is also me. No matter which one it is, it is me. I can switch to Ren Zha in the simulation at any time, and I can quit at any time.

I am one, the only existence in all world lines.

Ren Zha’s hair color returned to normal as he felt the power he had gained in this simulation.

“The ability to travel through space is still there, but in terms of strength…” Ren Zha frowned slightly, “It has shrunk a bit. Although it is still fused with Nidhogg, it is not the invincible power it had when it was just fused. It is the state after Ying and Orobas teamed up to cause a mental flaw in my mental space, and the seven God’s Hearts were taken away by them.”

Ren Zha, ah Ren Zha, you should be more careful when you are imitating. How could you be so easily broken by others?

It’s not at its peak, but it’s also genuine demon-level power. At least the purpose of this simulation has been achieved, and he has gained enough power to protect himself. It’s even far beyond expectations. I can proudly say that Mond’s dragon disaster is all trash, and it’s not like he hasn’t killed a wind dragon before.

Of course, Ren Zha didn’t really want to do such a thankless task.

“I feel that if I can obtain the seven God’s Hearts again and put them back into Nidhogg’s body, I can return to the peak state in the simulation and become a true original person again… Wait, where is Nidhogg?”

I don’t have Nidhogg anymore, and I can’t sense Nidhogg, so I can’t channel it… Is it because Orobas took Nidhogg away later, and then it was sealed by the law of nature, so it doesn’t belong to me? Even if I get seven more God’s Hearts, I can’t do anything without Nidhogg.

Just like in the first simulation, I briefly obtained the Heart of the God of Wind, but that thing was not mine, so I did not gain the power of the Heart of the God of Wind last time.

Ren Zha suddenly realized a more serious problem and asked the system: “System, does Nidhogg also exist in this world? Orobasi’s plans, the energy of heaven hidden in Paimon and so on…”

“Normally, they don’t exist.” The system replied, “Although it is the same world of Teyvat, each simulated world of Teyvat is not exactly the same. The world has infinite possibilities. For example, the Teyvat world you are in now, which you call ‘reality’, has seven gods, but some Teyvat worlds may not have the concept of gods. In each world, the same person may have different genders, ages, and personalities. So don’t trust the information in another world too much and apply it to other worlds.”

“That’s it, I understand.”

Just like Ying in the simulation, although I have never seen Ying in this world, but according to the memory of the previous life, Ying should not have a personality like Naruto, the infinite possibilities of the world? So in some worlds, there will be a Ying with a personality similar to Naruto.

But it’s better this way. Orobas in this world is probably really dead, and there’s no Coral Palace scheming to revive the Nibelung. Just think about Paimon suddenly becoming the law of nature or something. Such a terrible thing must never happen again.

“System? I remember there are rewards for completing the simulation, right?” Ren Zha mentioned something else. “You haven’t given me the reward yet. Are you going to take my kickbacks?”

Ren Zha was just teasing the system. No matter what the reward was, it didn’t matter to him. After all, it was just a bonus at most. He had already gotten the biggest reward. However, Ren Zha still had a glimmer of expectation. Last time he got the Abyss Mask, the Stone Mask. What else could he get this time?

Think about the person who has the deepest bond with you in the simulation besides Shadow…

“Could it be true?”

“What is the host thinking? This world already has Raiden Zhen, even though she is dead.”

The system’s words rejected Ren Zha’s unrealistic idea.

“Oh.” Ren Zha made a soft sound in his throat, some emotions were covered up, and his expression returned to normal. “It seems that I still haven’t completely come out of it. Well, let’s not talk about this anymore. Give me the reward.”

“Okay!”

As the system’s voice fell, huge shells fell from the void into Ren Zha’s parallel space. Seeing these shells, Ren Zha’s pupils shrank.

“Nidhogg!”

It is a part of the remains of the Dragon King Nibelungen, the original ruler of Teyvat.

Normally, it doesn’t exist… but now something abnormal has happened! And it’s not the earth vein device form, but the final Nidhogg form that has evolved!

“Hey, system, Dragon King Nibelungen won’t be resurrected through this thing again, right?”

“This wreckage belongs entirely to you, and the Nibelungen in that world is not the Nibelungen in this world. Don’t worry, host. The Nibelungen will not be resurrected through this wreckage.”

Only then did Ren Zha reach out his hand with confidence and touch the surface of Nidhogg. Well, there was no Heart of God or energy inside, just an empty shell… But if he put the Heart of God back into it, then the most terrifying weapon of war in the world would reappear – no, even if he didn’t need the Heart of God, he could transfer energy to Nidhogg and control him. With the other party’s hard shell, it would also be a very terrifying existence.

Not only that…

Ren Zha noticed that there was another aura of sleeping on Nibelungen’s body.

“Coral Palace…”

The system continued, “There is no plan to resurrect Dragon King Nibelungen in this world. She now completely belongs to you. You can activate her and make her your will, a will that will never betray you.”

Ren Zha’s mouth curled slightly: “What is this? Buy one get one free?”

“System, it turns out that you truly love me.”

What you need will come to you. I was just complaining about the lack of Nidhogg, and now it’s here.

“Host, please don’t try to get mad at the system again.” The system first responded to Ren Zha’s nonsense, and then said, “This is just the gold content of a normal cat system.”

Who dares to say that my cat system is useless? It’s just a little bit unreliable sometimes, but it is well-known in the industry for being good to the host.

The system seemed to be asking for credit: “Host, how do you feel about this souvenir?”

Looking at Nidhogg and the Coral Palace, Ren Zha’s mouth curled up wildly: “Now I feel even more excited than last time!”

How exciting is it?

I probably want to go to a restaurant and order a bowl of scallion beef noodles without the scallions or the beef because I don’t eat beef.

But Ren Zha thought about it and decided not to cause trouble for Miss Sarah, the waitress of The Deer Hunter. It would be too arrogant. After leaving the restaurant, he just ordered an ordinary beef noodle and ate quietly.

I must not forget my character. I am just an ordinary man who traveled from Liyue to Mondstadt to relieve his depression after his wife passed away. I am not an ordinary man who has hooked up with Eula in Mondstadt… no, I am getting closer to Eula.

I can’t repeat the failure in the simulation. Even a strong group like Nibelungen ended up in failure, didn’t they? I have done enough bad things in the simulation and suffered a lot. Now in the real world, of course I have to be a good person and enjoy myself.

Although the definition of a good person may be a little flexible.

Ren Zha took a deep breath.

Looking at the pedestrians on the street, no one reacts to me. So what about those people who I have more contact with in the simulation?

Observe silently.

Chapter 2: Wendy doubts Ren Zha’s identity

The first person who caught Ren Zha’s eye was Wendy. He seemed to have just come out of a tavern, with a bit of drunkenness in his eyes. He didn’t even notice that the green hat on his head was crooked, looking like a drunk who had not yet fully sobered up after a hangover.

Mondstadt’s wind god Barbatos is also slacking off today. If a certain priestess knew the truth, her faith would probably be shattered.

Ren Zha lowered his head and stopped looking at Wendy. He continued to eat noodles calmly, looking like an ordinary and insignificant person.

“I seemed to have drunk a little too much last night.” Wendy hadn’t noticed Ren Zha yet, rubbing her forehead and muttering, “I haven’t been this drunk in a long time.”

Yesterday Wendy seemed to have a dream. In the dream, he met his friends from the time when the Lone King of Mondstadt ruled. Among them was the real Wendy. He was saying goodbye to me, and… what else?

Wendy patted her forehead again. Dreams are just dreams after all. She couldn’t remember them clearly. If she sobered up completely, she would probably forget even more as time went by. She really hoped that she would sober up more slowly, so that she could recall the past more…

With this thought in mind, Wendy did not dispel the drunkenness in her body, but just walked aimlessly on the street. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Ren Zha eating noodles outside the Deer Hunter Restaurant. A picture flooded into her mind, and her hand subconsciously moved from her head to her heart.

“Strange, why did the image of myself being ripped out of my heart suddenly flash through my mind?”

The last time it happened suddenly, was it a sign of something? Was I destined to be exposed?

If it happened once, Wendy might have thought it was an hallucination caused by drinking too much, but the second time such a scene appeared, Wendy could sense that something was wrong no matter what. She looked back in the direction she had just been looking at, and finally her gaze stopped on Ren Zha. Ren Zha seemed not to notice Wendy’s gaze and continued to concentrate on eating noodles.

this person……

More images suddenly flooded into Wendy’s mind. The vague dream before became clear. In the dream, she not only saw her former friends, but also saw Tevarin… The dark dragon flame bombed Tevarin’s dragon body into debris, and she could only watch it all with powerless and dull eyes…

Tevarin… was killed in front of me?

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Wendy’s forehead, but she didn’t have time to wipe it off. The wind blew over Wendy’s body, and she was completely sober from the drunkenness in an instant. Wendy dared to swear that she had never been more sober than she was now. She carefully recalled the image that had just appeared in her mind, trying to evoke more images in her mind, but unfortunately, only this image flashed through her mind. No matter how hard she thought about it, she could not remember anything else.

Did this happen in a dream? Why did I have such a dream? What else happened in the dream?

For the first time, Wendy hated herself for drinking and wasting time. If she hadn’t drunk so much, she would have been able to remember more things.

Wendy couldn’t recall the other scenes, and stared at Ren Zha’s face. He entered Mondstadt eight days ago, claiming that Ren Zha came to Mondstadt from Liyue to relax… The reason why Wendy was so familiar with these things was because during this period, Eula from the Lawrence family had been with him. Because of Eula’s specialness in Mondstadt, the whole Knights had heard about it. There was a rumor in the Knights that Eula was pursuing him? At that time, she sighed a few words that no one could stop the passionate love of a girl, and then she forgot about it and continued to drink in the tavern.

Damn it, I went drinking again! The last time I saw him, I had the omen that I was being exposed, but I didn’t take it seriously. Stop drinking! I must stop drinking for half a day to think carefully!

Just as Wendy was blaming herself, Ren Zha had already finished his noodles. He looked up at Wendy who was still staring at him, blinked his eyes in confusion, and then seemed to realize something. A hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes. He quickly picked up a tissue to wipe the soup remaining at the corner of his mouth, and then picked up another tissue to wipe his face.

It seemed that he thought Wendy was looking at him like that because there was something dirty on his face, so he wiped it clean, stood up and was about to leave.

Wendy frowned slightly. She didn’t have the Eye of God, nor did her body seem to have been well-trained. Apart from the images that appeared in her head after she saw him, she didn’t feel that there was anything special about him. He gave her the feeling of being just an ordinary person.

But is it really ordinary?

The more you doubt a person, the more suspicious he will appear in the eyes of others, no matter what he does, even if he does nothing.

Why would an ordinary person come to Mondstadt during this period? A dragon disaster had occurred in Mondstadt, and most of the residents in the city were a little uneasy, but as an outsider, he was so comfortable here? Why did Eula from Lawrence’s family fall in love with such an ordinary person? Was she really attracted to him? In particular, if he was really an ordinary person, would he feel this way?

Wendy half-closed her eyes and stared at Ren Zha’s departing back. Thinking of the scene of Tevarin’s death, she didn’t know when cold sweat broke out on her back.

He is definitely not an ordinary person!

These scenes were definitely not my drunken fantasies. There were often such plots in poetry and stories, where a hero saw the future in a dream, or the gods gave the hero a revelation that foresaw the future or something like that… I had sung such poems before, so it wasn’t a dream… Could it be the future? In the future, I would be betrayed by the other party, and Tevarin would be killed by him?

The other party is from Liyue? Should I go to Liyue and ask the old man there to check?

Seeing that Ren Zha was about to disappear from her sight, Wendy thought of her friends and made a bold decision.

Are you really ordinary or just pretending to be ordinary? Let me try it!

Ren Zha seemed to be unaware of Wendy’s gaze behind him, but the system in his mind was reporting: “Host, he is still staring at you!”

“It looks like he has recalled something incredible. Don’t worry about him. We have no intersection in this world, and there is no need for me to provoke him again…”