Xiu Yuan followed the sound, reaching the deepest part of the Chasm, where he was closest to its source.
He placed his hand on the rock and used elemental power to send a message.
Soon, faint tremors came from beneath the ground. As the rumbling grew louder, almost the entire Chasm began to shake.
The people of Liyue thought a Demon God had come to attack, and every one of them was terrified.
"Don't panic! Stay calm!" the captain of the mining crew called out.
"We have Rex Lapis behind us. He will protect us!"
"We've mined here for so many years, and we've never heard of anyone coming to harm. Don't worry. We won't be the exception!"
"Rex Lapis is with us!!!"
His stirring words instantly settled everyone's panic.
And that was indeed the truth. Heading out to mine in the middle of each month was absolutely safe. It had been that way for years, and no one had ever come to harm.
On their journeys to and from the mines, however, they had witnessed Rex Lapis fighting other Demon Gods with their own eyes.
Thus, whenever those who left Liyue to mine returned home, they would gather in a circle and tell the people who had stayed behind about Rex Lapis's might in battle against the Demon Gods.
Whenever they saw crowds of lonely, destitute refugees arrive in Liyue, the locals' reverence and respect for Morax grew even deeper.
They could not imagine what would become of them without Rex Lapis. Would their homes be destroyed and their families killed, leaving them to wander the world as well?
So Morax was not merely the supreme god who protected them. He was also a faith, a symbol.
No matter how dangerous things became, as long as they held firmly