Transcendent Chat Group
Yanfei: External threats, internal corruption, human nature… Human governance really has too many hurdles.
Alice: Well, Teyvat is a world overflowing with elemental power. You need strength to survive here!
Alhaitham: Human greed, arrogance, desire… motivations and disasters, both.
Cyno: …The Akademiya.
Lumine: To succeed, you'd have to handle external enemies, prevent internal collapse, AND avoid triggering a continent-wide war!
Paimon: That's way too hard!
Kamisato Ayaka: The Archon War and the calamity 500 years ago left such heavy scars… I can't imagine how horrifying a war with 100 million casualties would be.
Alice: I've been to that world! It really is hell on earth.
Jean: Hearing all this makes me realize—Teyvat is already very peaceful.
Cloud Retainer: Indeed. As the light-screen said, the peace of Teyvat exists because the Seven Archons safeguard it.
Barbara: Praise Lord Barbatos! He made Mondstadt a land where no king rules!
Xiangling: Praise the Geo Lord! Without him, Liyue wouldn't have had thousands of years of peace.
Kujou Sara: The Almighty Shogun guides Inazuma eternally!
Nilou: Praise the Great Lord Rukkhadevata… and the Little Lord Kusanali!
Clorinde: Fontaine exists as a nation of justice only because of Lady Furina and Monsieur Neuvillette.
...
Thanks to the light-screen, everyone now had a crystal-clear understanding of human governance—
and an even deeper appreciation for their own Archons.
And of course…
They all started secretly looking forward to the day the light-screen reviews the Archons themselves.
Jade Chamber
The mood among Ningguang, Keqing, and Ganyu was complicated.
Ningguang and Ganyu were calm enough.
But Keqing…
As the one who proposed "Liyue should rely on humans, not gods,"
she had always been firm—
determined for Liyue to stand on its own feet.
Her belief shaped her entire work ethic.
But after hearing the full breakdown…
Her ideals suddenly felt painfully naïve.
Could she really handle all those threats?
Was she prepared for the sacrifices involved?
She already knew the answer.
Ganyu noticed first.
"Lady Keqing… are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Keqing forced a smile.
"Just… thinking. I oversimplified things."
The light-screen's analysis flipped a bucket of icy water over her head.
Ningguang exhaled a thin stream of smoke and asked calmly:
"So?
Will you continue pursuing it?
Abandon it?
Or… something else entirely?"
Keqing lowered her gaze.
"…I need time.
I wasn't ready for this."
Ningguang nodded knowingly and didn't press.
Wangsheng Funeral Parlor
"External threats… internal disorder…"
Zhongli sighed.
"Human governance truly isn't something to be taken lightly."
That number—
100 million deaths—
shook even him.
He absolutely did not want Liyue, his beloved child,
to suffer a catastrophe of that scale.
"Retirement…
must be postponed."
"At least until I find a proper path forward."
Fontaine — Palais Mermonia
"The analysis is sound."
Neuvillette nodded slowly.
"If one cannot deal with these problems, or accept the cost,
then Lady Keqing's dream is indeed optimistic."
He had seen too many examples of human ambition himself—
Artisans, nobles, politicians…
If not for him and Furina, Fontaine might have already fallen into chaos.
Right then, the doors creaked open.
Furina peeked in.
"Lady Furina? You're already done with your business?"
Neuvillette looked surprised.
"Ahem—still busy!
I'm just here to tell you something!"
She puffed her chest, made a proud pose.
"For the eternal peace of Fontaine—
Neuvillette, keep it up!
Fontaine needs you!"
"Lady Focalors believes in you!"
She made a spirited fist-pump, then—
"Alright, I'm done! Bye-bye!"
—and bolted.
Neuvillette: "..."
Blue Star — Villa
Arthur resumed with a smile:
"In summary—Keqing is decisive, efficient, and truly outstanding."
"She leads by example, and her dedication to Liyue is unquestionable."
"But on the topic of human governance…
She is a bit idealistic."
"Alright—this concludes Keqing's segment."
"Next—
we move on to Liyue's Qixing Secretary—
Ganyu."
He put up Ganyu's image.
Instantly, the entire audience turned serious.
"Ganyu, Liyue Qixing's secretary.
Half human, half qilin adeptus."
Many Liyue citizens gasped—
They hadn't known she was literally half-immortal.
Arthur continued:
"Teyvat has many hard workers."
"But three stand above all—
the Three Supreme Workaholics."
"From Mondstadt, Jean.
From Liyue, Keqing.
And the final one—
Ganyu."
"When Liyue was founded, she responded to Morax's call to help build the nation."
"She has served as Liyue's secretary for 3,700 years."
"In all this time, countless generations of Qixing have come and gone—
but Ganyu has remained."
"Truly—
the Qixing come and go,
but Ganyu endures."
"No one in Teyvat has a work résumé like hers."
"She is the ultimate employee."
"Countless meeting minutes, piles of reports, department paperwork,
everything from civil administration to economic logistics…"
"If she weren't an adeptus,
a normal human would have collapsed doing even 1% of her workload."
"Right now, Liyue could survive without anyone."
"Even without Rex Lapis."
"But it cannot survive without Ganyu."
"If she quits, Liyue collapses within a week."
"The Anemo Archon had a good eye—
finding the Gunnhilders and Ragnvindrs."
"And now we see—
the Geo Archon's eye is even better."
"Jean, Keqing, Ganyu—
they are every boss's dream employees."
"With workers like these,
Venti and Zhongli can 'take it easy' without worry~"
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