Mei said to Xu Yanwu, "We really can't figure out why... Uncle Xu, you appeared by our side."
"Hmph. Who knows whether this guy has some ulterior motive?"
Herrscher Mei also snorted. "It's better that there's no reason. We simply can't guess what he's trying to do."
"Ha..."
Xu Yanwu could not help but laugh after hearing Mei's words. "Mei, if you ever get the chance to interrogate someone in the future, you'd be perfect for it... You can play both the good cop and the bad cop all by yourself."
After looking at Mei and Herrscher Mei, Xu Yanwu grew serious. "A motive? Fine... If we're talking about motives, then I do have one."
"But if you ask who I am, then there's a great deal to tell."
Xu Yanwu rose from his chair. His tall body slowly straightened before Mei, giving her a faint sense of pressure.
"I have existed far longer than you know. Before you were born, even before your ancestors were born, I was already in this world."
"I know of the Previous Era. I left behind my own stories in the early days of civilization in this era."
"Many of the things you know... are connected to me. Even in the history you studied, my shadow can be found... And in Yae Village, I was there as well."
Xu Yanwu said to Mei, "I am Yinglong, I am Xingtian, the guardian of Shenzhou, the teacher of Shenzhou's Yan Emperor, the Head of the War Gods of the Previous Era, the detestable god who could not change Yae Village's fate in his weakness, the warrior who fought the Herrscher in the Second Honkai War, the one who has opposed Honkai from ancient times to the present... and an ordinary human who, for a long time,