"So that means if I wanted to, I could become a Fungi too, right?" Paimon sounded tempted.
"Of course you can, but that requires the help of time. To us, that is common sense. Simply put, change requires power, and that power comes from time. You cannot make a blade of grass instantly become a grown plant, nor can you make a tree bear fruit in an instant," the Fungi said slowly.
"Time really is the most miraculous power."
The Fungi's words made Shen Fei nod slowly. Time was the greatest power. Even though he himself possessed the power of time, strictly speaking, it was still but a drop in the ocean compared to true time. As far as he knew, no existence had transcended time. Even so-called Immortal Kings and Saints continued to age as time passed.
"I know. For humans, this is called growing up," Nahida said.
"Although you could understand it that way, it does not fully encompass the greatness of time." Shen Fei gently shook his head. The power of time was far more than growth; it could do far too many things, such as reincarnation.
There were many theories about Teyvat. One of them claimed that Teyvat had been endlessly reincarnating, using those cycles to allow humanity to gain the power to resist the Abyss. Once things went wrong, the cycle would restart. Such a method could only be considered survival in the face of death, after all. It was Teyvat itself that was looping, while time in the universe continued normally, as did the world beyond the eggshell. But with no other options, it could be said to be the only solution. At the very least, it could buy time while waiting for a variable to emerge. And hadn't Shen Fei, that variable, arrived