Chapter 210
"Senior Furina, could you tell me what made you say such a thing?"
Li Yue maintained the position of folded hands, looking at Fufu with a cold expression.
"Is this what you believe to be an absolute Heavenly Principles that cannot be opposed?"
"Or perhaps it's Furina and Neuvillette behind you?"
"Well?"
Furina was stunned by Li Yue's words. What did he mean? What did he mean by Furina behind me?
"What, don't you understand?"
Li Yue tilted her head.
"Miss Furina, an ordinary person."
371. Let's save Fontaine together!
"Mr. Li Yue, what are you saying? I don't quite understand."
"Don't understand? Are you really not understanding or are you pretending not to understand?"
"Haha, I really don't understand this."
"Is that so? Should we ask the other you in the mirror?"
"Forehead..."
Faced with Li Yue's continuous questioning, Furina was completely dumbfounded.
Why? How could anyone know about me and Furina? And Furina's a god from another country who knows! What if they find out? Will they tell Heavenly Principles, and then our plan to save the Land of Water will fail? Did they come here on behalf of Heavenly Principles, issuing me an ultimatum?
For a moment, Furina didn't know how to reply; she was completely frozen in place.
She was worried that she might say the wrong thing and cause Fontaine's destruction. As Furina's companion, she firmly believed in the threat of Heavenly Principles and the fate of Fontaine being submerged. She only wanted to cooperate with Furina to save Fontaine and all its Fontainian. But now her plan with Furina had been discovered.
To be precise, she herself didn't know what Furina's plan was; she was just cooperating with Furina's plan, playing the role of Furina under the identity of Furina. But only she knew this, so she silently played the role for 500 years.
But now, a foreign deity has come and told her directly that everyone knows everything she has done. What's the point of this act then? She's been acting for a full 500 years!
"Don't worry, Heavenly Principles doesn't know about your affairs, nor does he know that you are impersonating Furina."
As for whether Heavenly Principles knew or not, Li Yue didn't know either. But Li Yue did know one thing: for gods, sensing Elemental Power was the most basic ability. Furina didn't even have Elemental Power, so it was too easy to determine her identity.
Even the Arlecchino of the Fourth Seat of the Fatui could test her identity by faking an assassination attempt. It can only be said that she played her role too well before. After all, her identity is that of a god, which makes it difficult for many people to doubt her identity. Who would doubt their own god for no reason? But among the real high-ranking people, it is not difficult to suspect and investigate her.
"Heavenly Principles is unknown, but what about you?"
Furina gave up struggling. She looked at Li Yue, full of doubt. If they weren't representing the Heavenly Principles, then what did it mean? Why were these three gods coming to find her together? They couldn't just be here to threaten her, could they?
"We've come here to address the issue of Fontaine being submerged."
Li Yue simply spread her hands out.
"But if I don't expose your identity directly, I think you'll keep dodging us, which will only waste my time. So I'm going to just point out your identity right away, and then you'll have no choice but to cooperate with us."
"Ah... this..."
Furina looked at Li Yue and the others in surprise. They all knew that she was impersonating the Hydro Archon, but they didn't pursue the matter. Instead, they were more concerned about the fact that Fontaine would be flooded.
"But the submersion of Fontaine is a prophecy issued by Heavenly Principles. Do you really want to get involved in such a prophecy? This is going against the Heavenly Principles!"
"It doesn't matter what happens to Heavenly Principles. Neither Heavenly Principles nor its the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles can control me."
Li Yue simply waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care. What does Heavenly Principles matter to me? How many divisions does he have?
If Li Yue had just arrived in Teyvat, he would have worried that Heavenly Principles might take action, since the Original God storyline wasn't over yet, and given the Mi family's habit of retconning later events, no one knew what the final outcome would be. But now he completely ignored Heavenly Principles.
No matter how strong Heavenly Principles is, he is only strong on the Teyvat continent. As long as Li Yue does not integrate into the Teyvat continent and does not become a native of this place, then Heavenly Principles cannot do anything to him, and the fate on the Teyvat continent cannot have any effect on him.
It has to be said that having Aizen among the first group members was really good. He awakened the Enma's Blade and could travel to other worlds, which immediately boosted his sense of security!
"Therefore, we are prepared to resolve the issue of the flooding in Fontaine. After all, if the flooding in Fontaine continues, it will have a significant impact on the countries next to us."
"Huh? Will... will it have any effect?"
Furina looked at Li Yue in surprise, seemingly completely unprepared for this.
Li Yue looked at Furina speechlessly.
"Isn't that obvious? We've all seen that we're all territories of Fontaine. If Fontaine were low-lying, that would be one thing, but look at your terrain. You've already raised Fontaine so high, yet you're still constantly flooding the surrounding areas. Once Fontaine is submerged by floods, all of our countries will be affected as well."
"I'm very sorry, I didn't think of that."
Furina quickly apologized.
"So, whatever your plans are, the situation in Fontaine has already affected us, the neighboring countries. The floods in Fontaine are no longer just Fontaine's floods. For the sake of our own national security, we, the neighboring countries, must get involved. Do you understand?"
"I see."
Hearing Li Yue's words, Furina was not nervous at all; on the contrary, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, she suddenly felt very relaxed. For 500 years, she had been playing the role of Furina in order to save Fontaine from being submerged by the flood. However, she had been unable to find a way to save Fontaine. She was always nervous, nervous that her identity would be exposed, and nervous that Fontaine would really be submerged by the flood.
But things are different now. Now there are people who know her true identity. In front of these people, she no longer needs to pretend. She can be her true self. And most importantly, these are all gods. Gods from three countries on the Teyvat continent have all come to Fontaine. With the help of these three gods, the matter of Fontaine being flooded suddenly feels much easier!
Although we don't know what Furina's plan is, with the help of these three gods, Fontaine will surely be saved! Furina's plan will also be without problems!
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
Having made up her mind, Furina stood up and respectfully asked Li Yue for her opinion.
"It seems you understand what I mean, Furina."
"That's right, I hope that all the gods can help me and help Furina save Fontaine."
Since my identity is already known, I might as well just state my purpose directly.
"Um."
Li Yue nodded, smiling as she looked at Furina, "Fu Fu, who has played the role for 500 years, will soon be free."
"Fou, take us to the opera house first."
"Good."
Furina nodded in victory, then paused, stunned.
"Huh? Fufu?"
"What, is this nickname not good? Fufu is so cute."
"Um... it's fine."
372. What happens when Fontainian immigrate to other countries?
The Opera Epiclese, Fontaine's most famous and largest opera house, is also a place where trials are held; it is both an opera house and a courthouse.
One second they might be performing an opera here, and the next second they might be preparing for a trial. Or rather, the trial itself could be an opera performance, and there might even be a duel after the trial.
In this opera house, there is a very important character, but from the perspective of the Fontainian, that thing shouldn't be considered a character, but rather something incomprehensible.
The Mekatombs, a magical thing, is located inside the opera house, even behind the stage. Normally it serves as the performance wall that acts as the stage, but during trials, it becomes the replay of the trial proceedings.
During the trial, the Mekatombs will determine who is right and who is wrong based on the evidence presented by both parties, and will make a final judgment. There are two judgments in the entire court: one is the judgment of Judge Neuvillette, who will judge who is guilty from a fair perspective, and the other is the Mekatombs Fault based on the performance of the court.
For a modern person, this means handing over the final judgment of the court to a central computer, which seems very unreliable.
However, Li Yue knew that the current Hydro Archon Furina was hidden within the Mekatombs.
No one in Fontaine knew where Furina was or what the Mekatombs was. They only knew that it had suddenly appeared after Furina became the Hydro Archon, and that after its appearance, Neuvillette was invited to be Fontaine's Supreme Judge. The Neuvillette and this mysterious Mekatombs did not immediately gain the approval of the Fontainian.
It took a very long time for these two to gain the approval of the Fontainian, because no matter how persistent the Fontainian were, they could not outlast time. Five hundred years had passed since Furina became the Hydro Archon and Neuvillette was invited to be the Supreme Judge Neuvillette and the magical Mekatombs had become deeply ingrained in the lives of the Fontainian were an inseparable part of their lives.
Meanwhile, Furina, by hiding within the Mekatombs, had gathered energy for 500 years, waiting for the day when he could trigger the final judgment against the Hydro Archon, then kill himself, and return the Hydro Archon's throne and power to Neuvillette, the ancient dragon king of Hydro Archon.
The power of the Seven Archons comes from the seven elemental dragon kings of the past. The ancient dragon king was defeated in the war against the Heavenly Principles and his power was taken away, thus creating the current Seven Archons.
Therefore, in terms of elemental control, the Seven Archons are essentially inferior to the seven dragon kings.
The reason why Furina chose to cut himself off to entertain Neuvillette was that he wanted Vilet to protect the Fontainian.
Water elementals are the servants of the Hydro Archon. They watched human life from underwater, envied humans, and wanted to become human. So the Hydro Archon used the water from the Primordial Sea beneath Teyvat to transform the water elementals into human form. Although they were transformed into human form, they were still water elementals at their core. In particular, the water from the Primordial Sea flowed within them. This caused them to dissolve and return to the Primordial Sea soon as they came into contact with the water from the Primordial Sea because the water within them wanted to merge with the ocean.
From an outsider's perspective, it's as if the Fontainian can dissolve in water.
In reality, the Fontainian dissolved into the Primordial Sea. Unfortunately, the seawater that was about to flood Fontaine was also the Primordial Sea beneath Fontaine. When the flood erupted, all the Fontainian would dissolve into the seawater, and no one in Fontaine would survive.
Inside the opera house, Furina led Li Yue and the others to the opera house. As they arrived, she also spoke in Fontaine's language. Furina was aware of Fontaine's prophecy.
After Furina revealed Fontaine's prophecy, Li Yue couldn't help but speak up as well.
"So here's the question: what happens if the Fontainian travel to other countries?"
"Well?"
Furina stared at Li Yue, somewhat dumbfounded.
"What? Haven't you considered sending the Fontainian to other countries?"
Since Fontaine will be submerged, I'll go to other countries. Fontaine isn't closed off from the world. Leaving aside Inazuma, which is too far away, you can immigrate to neighboring countries, such as Sumeru, Liyue, or even the free Mondstadt.
Is your Hydro Archon trying to protect the land of Fontaine or Fontaine people? If you want to save the people of Fontaine, why not just let them leave Fontaine first, and then let them come back after the disaster is resolved? Does Heavenly Principles dare to let the entire Teyvat be submerged?
"This... I really haven't considered it."
Furina shook her head somewhat awkwardly.
Li Yue looked at Furina and continued to outline several plans.
"The large floating island project involves building an artificial floating island that can float on the water. With Fontaine's technology, this shouldn't be difficult. In this way, even if a flood comes, as long as the floating island is strong enough, it can float on the water. Essentially, it's a super-large ship."
"No, we don't have that either."
"Or large floating islands. Fontaine has a lot of airships, right? Since you already have airships, why not build more? Then you can fly directly into the sky without any problem."
"This... hahaha, I never thought of that either."
Furina's expression was very stiff; she felt genuinely embarrassed.
"Haven't you ever thought of any other way to save the Fontainian?"
"This... I'm very sorry."
Helpless, Furina could only lower her head and apologize, "Please stop scolding me, please stop scolding me."
"There are many ways to save the Fontainian. According to what you said, the prophecy only said that Fontaine would be flooded, but flooding Fontaine and flooding the Fontainian are two different things. You need to understand the key point."
Aside from a few isolated countries, most nations in Teyvat continent have exchanges and communication with each other. However, these few countries stubbornly refuse to establish deeper cooperation with other nations, exhibiting classic examples of each going its own way.
If the countries had deepened their cooperation, they wouldn't have encountered so many messy problems. It's fortunate that there haven't been any wars between the countries on the Teyvat continent, otherwise, who knows what kind of mess it would have become.
"Terribly sorry!"
Not knowing how to explain, Furina could only lower her head and admit her mistake.
"Alright, that's enough about admitting your mistakes. Now, let's call out Furina."
373. Come out, Furina
As usual, Neuvillette stayed in her office today, dealing with the tasks that had accumulated over the past few days.
The Rock King from next door is visiting with the Thunder God and the Dendro Archon. The arrival of three gods at once is not a good thing for him, because he is the Hydro Dragon King. Even though he is only a second-generation Dragon King, he and the Demon God are mortal enemies in terms of their positions. So if they meet, it may lead to a battle.
Therefore, Neuvillette always chose to avoid him and try her best not to meet him.
Although it's possible to meet them while concealing one's identity, it's useless in front of people of their level.
So when Furina met with Li Yue, Neuvillette didn't appear from beginning to end. It wasn't until Furina left with Li Yue and the others that Neuvillette came out of his office.
"Lady Neuvillette, you've come out."
Mermaid, who was on duty in the Court of Fontaine, immediately waved her little hand to greet Neuvillette.
"Yes, today's business has been completed. Where are Ms. Furina and the others?"
"Lady Furina has gone to the opera house with the gods from foreign lands."
"Opera?"
Neuvillette thought for a moment.
"I remember there were no performances at the opera house today, and the trial was temporarily suspended because of the visit of foreign deities. What were they doing at the opera house?"
"I don't know, but when Lady Furina led people to the opera house, she looked very happy. She probably wanted to show the foreign gods how magnificent the opera house was."
"Magnificent, isn't it?"