Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society

We’re in trouble!!

At this very moment, Raiden Makoto, Keqing, and Hu Tao all shared the same thought.

Among them, Keqing was under the greatest pressure.

Hu Tao had been able to come up here largely because of her.

It was also because of Keqing that Hu Tao even had the chance to step onto the Jade Chamber— and by extension, the space station.

So if blame were to be assigned, Keqing knew she wouldn’t be able to escape responsibility.

"Maybe... it’s not that serious?" Keqing forced herself to speak up, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Hall Master Hu does get along pretty well with Su Ran, after all."

Didn’t Hu Tao claim to be Su Ran’s fiancée?

With that status, shouldn’t coming up here be acceptable?

"What do you think, Hall Master Hu?" Keqing asked.

This matter didn’t concern Ningguang all that much.

She wasn’t in a hurry.

Hu Tao wasn’t a professional to begin with—even if she came up here, she wouldn’t understand most of the secrets.

And without a synesthetic beacon implanted, there was no risk of information leaking.

Most importantly—

Even if something leaked, it wouldn’t matter.

After all, no one in Teyvat could possibly recreate a place like this.

That was where Ningguang’s confidence lay.

"I think... there’s still room to smooth things over," Hu Tao said cautiously.

"And I was just looking around—I didn’t damage anything."

Under the gaze of the Tianquan, it was impossible for Hu Tao not to be nervous.

This was one of the Liyue Qixing!

If Ningguang casually slapped a charge on her, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor would be in trouble.

It wouldn’t shut down, sure—but its reputation would take a hit.

Hu Tao didn’t want the parlor to decline under her leadership.

"This isn’t about whether you damaged anything," Ningguang said calmly.

"Do you realize that this place is even more important than Celestia?"

In a location this sensitive, even Ningguang herself couldn’t bring people up casually.

Only a few individuals—important and trustworthy—were allowed.

Hu Tao barging in like this was basically a slap in the face.

Keqing felt a headache coming on.

She had already considered the worst-case scenario.

She didn’t think Su Ran would blame the Raiden Shogun for this.

In the end, she would likely be the one bearing the consequences.

Sigh...

"This is also my fault," Raiden Makoto said gently.

"My negligence led to this."

Unlike Keqing, Makoto wasn’t particularly worried.

To her, the space station wasn’t as critical as it was to Ningguang.

The regulations might be strict, but not to the point where everything had to be handled rigidly by the book.

Besides—

Wasn’t Su Ran himself someone who broke the rules all the time?

When Yae Miko and Ei came up here before, were there any requirements?

They weren’t staff either.

"Let Su Ran decide," Ningguang said after a moment.

She wanted to make the call herself, but—

Keqing and Hu Tao were manageable.

This Raiden Shogun, however, was not.

Ningguang couldn’t deal with her.

Moreover, her relationship with Su Ran wasn’t like Ningguang’s own— not merely a subordinate with a bit of ambiguity.

Ningguang led the three of them to the control hub, the core of the space station, where everything could be operated—including the station’s vast computational power.

At that moment, Su Ran was already there, using the space station’s processing capabilities to invade Teyvat’s Irminsul.

Irminsul contained all of Teyvat’s records and archives.

He needed to locate the souls of Kitsune Saiguu and the others.

With Irminsul’s data, he could find them far more quickly and efficiently.

The biggest problem was that Irminsul had been corrupted.

Which meant he had to spend some effort cleaning it.

As Irminsul’s consciousness, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata naturally resisted with all her strength when she sensed the intrusion.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

From initial anger and unwillingness, she had now progressed to helplessness— and finally, complete resignation.

This power came from nowhere she could perceive.

She didn’t even know where the intruder was.

The last time Su Ran invaded the Akasha, he had personally connected to it, which allowed Nahida to detect him.

But this time, the invasion of Irminsul was done remotely.

Purely one-sided.

If Irminsul’s technology were advanced enough, it might have been able to trace his location.

But clearly, it wasn’t.

So Rukkhadevata could only let Su Ran do as he pleased.

And as she watched the corruption being stripped away at a visible pace...

She was actually rather happy.

It was just that acting without her permission left her dissatisfied.

But to Su Ran, that dissatisfaction meant nothing.

He didn’t consider Greater Lord Rukkhadevata a person in the first place.

Cleaning her up was already going above and beyond.

How dare she complain?

When Ningguang and the others arrived, they saw Su Ran staring intently at the holographic projection of a massive tree.

Raiden Makoto immediately understood.

She knew that such a tree existed in Teyvat.

But the others didn’t.

Including Ningguang.

"What are you doing?" Ningguang asked.

"Giving Greater Lord Rukkhadevata a bath."

"..."

Ningguang felt like her ears might finally be failing her.

Had she started hallucinating?

Greater Lord Rukkhadevata had been dead for five hundred years.

Even her successor, Lesser Lord Kusanali, had existed for five hundred years.

Where did this bathing come from?

Was he... washing a corpse?

"Didn’t she die five hundred years ago?" Ningguang asked.

Resurrection after death was something she’d only heard of in folk tales.

Someone truly dying and coming back to life?

She didn’t believe it.

"Dead? Who said that?" Su Ran replied.

"Did Greater Lord Rukkhadevata personally confirm it?"

Does the death of the body necessarily mean true death?

Some people had "died" countless times— yet still sat right back up again.

"Greater Lord Rukkhadevata isn’t dead?" Ningguang asked.

"She’s close," Su Ran said casually.

"Only a tiny fragment of consciousness is still awake. But if I wash her up a bit, she can survive."

Rukkhadevata couldn’t purify herself.

Even Nahida couldn’t erase forbidden knowledge without also erasing Rukkhadevata’s consciousness.

That was only because they couldn’t do it.

Su Ran was different.

He was a literal deus ex machina.

"Is that... really true?"

The others didn’t know Rukkhadevata well.

But Raiden Makoto did.

They were both among the original Seven.

They had attended gatherings of the Archons together.

They were friends.

Both had suffered calamity five hundred years ago.

And now—

There was a chance to see her old friend again.

Raiden Makoto was overwhelmed with emotion.

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