General Durandal

"People of Shenzhou have never lacked faith, but our faith is not like yours, worshipping gods held high above us. The people of Shenzhou have only two kinds of faith."

"Heaven and earth, and our ancestors."

As Xu Yanwu spoke, he rose to his feet with both hands braced against the table.

"Do gods exist? In the hearts of the people of the Land of Shenzhou, of course they do!"

"There is an old saying in Shenzhou: 'Raise your head three feet, and there are gods above.'"

"But these gods are absolutely not gods like the Honkai, nor the gods you pray to."

Xu Yanwu paused. "Five thousand years ago, when the people of Shenzhou fought Honkai Beasts to survive on this land, no one ever thought that some god would come help them survive."

"Respect heaven, respect gods, respect ancestors, keep gods at a distance, and carry on as usual."

"These things are etched into the bones of the people of Shenzhou."

"The people of Shenzhou... have never yielded to natural disasters or human calamities."

As Xu Yanwu said this, he suddenly laughed.

Otto froze as he watched Xu Yanwu laugh. "What are you laughing about?"

"I remembered something very interesting..."

Xu Yanwu said with a smile, "In the history of the Land of Shenzhou, there were also times when invaders came, bringing civilization to the brink of crisis... but..."

"Something interesting happened."

Xu Yanwu suppressed his smile. "Not only did those invading peoples fail to erase Shenzhou's civilization, they were instead assimilated by Shenzhou's civilization... Don't you think that's interesting?"

After hearing Xu Yanwu's words, Otto was stunned for several seconds. Recalling the history of Shenzhou he had read, he was surprised to find that... it did indeed seem to be as Xu Yanwu had said.

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