"Humans are latecomers?" Hearing this, Anaconda reacted strongly: "Aren't humans the first to arrive in Teyvat? I heard you mention Originium, so I thought this place was similar to Terra."
It was understandable for Anaconda to say this, after all, in the Arknights worldview, humanity was at least a cosmic-level power before its demise; conflicts on a remote planet were just a game to them, and they were beings of creator-level magnitude to the cats and dogs on Terra.
But at least humans had a good run before the lumberjack arrived. At least it wasn't Holy Terra, right?
He glanced back at Clara and Yunli. Oh, right, there were people from the honkai: star rail universe, known as the Youth Edition Warhammer. Then never mind.
Orion rubbed his chin, thinking about how to explain: "You misheard, Primogem and Originium are not the same word. Hmm... roughly speaking: 'When Heaven and Earth first opened, all life flourished.' Terra and Teyvat should both be worlds that have undergone a cycle of dominant species succession.
If the dominant species on Terra transitioned from humans to you, then Teyvat can be said to be the exact opposite.
In Teyvat, the dominant species were the nibelungen, who were akin to Star Spirits, the Seven Sovereigns born from the Original Seven elements under the rule of the nibelungen, and the Vishap Species under these eight dragon species.
At that time, the technologically advanced Vishap Species even produced a large number of Dragon King Princes, possessing unique languages and cultures, and vigorously developing technology to an unbelievable extent.
However, after the nibelungen left Teyvat and the Heavenly Principles took over, the Seven Sovereigns were either annihilated or severely wounded by the Heavenly Principles. The massive dominant species—the Vishaps—were literally left without a leader. Consequently, they were either wiped out in the Thousand Winds or, in order to survive, utilized the incredible evolutionary ability I mentioned earlier, gradually adapting to the wild environment and turning into the monsters seen today, even losing their language.
The position of the dominant species was naturally taken over by the humans created by the Heavenly Principles. Considering that the Heavenly Principles is also an alien, I can't be sure how the humans of Teyvat were created. After all, look, Skirk is also an alien, but she looks just like a Teyvat native, only with an extra pair of small wings on her back. Therefore, Teyvat humans might have been created by the Heavenly Principles after arriving here, or perhaps brought from the outside.
For example, if the Heavenly Principles' original home was destroyed, she might have crossed the star seas alone with the information of all humanity to find a new home, then rerun humanity in Teyvat, and forcibly anchor them to the planet using Constellation and Ley Line mechanisms. This could also explain why there are almost no examples of humans using Elemental Power purely with their physical bodies.
"Oh, Rosalyne is an exception. Although she can use the Pyro element without a Vision, she has been enduring the pain of being burned alive for hundreds of years."
Big Griseo held Little Griseo, and the two exchanged glances: "That sounds like something we did."
Little Griseo also nodded: "It does, the Fire Moth Project."
The mission of Big and Little Griseo on honkai impact 3rd Earth was to take the seeds of the Previous Era's entire human civilization to other planets and continue human civilization.
Anaconda nodded, roughly understanding the meaning of Orion's long speech. Although Yunli and Clara were somewhat surprised, they weren't overly astonished, as they had been to many places with the Astral Express. But Noelle and Shenhe, being locals, were different.
Although Shenhe showed no major change in expression, her eyes were noticeably wider. Noelle, even more incredulous, covered her mouth: "We humans... could we be the replacement species?"
"Not necessarily, it's just a guess," Orion quickly explained. "It's just that this conjecture can explain a few things. For example, what I just said about humans not being able to use Elemental Power, or how Morax's true form clearly fits the understanding of a 'Dragon' in my world, Yunli's world, and Anaconda's world, yet in Teyvat, He is called 'Half qilin, Half Dragon.'
I thought for a long time about how this thing resembles a qilin. My final conclusion is that perhaps in Teyvat's common knowledge, a 'Dragon' shouldn't look like this. They might consider Dvalin, Azhdaha, and the Vishaps to be true Dragons.
That's probably why the people came up with the idea that the Exuvia resembles both a Dragon and a qilin, right? You see, Vishaps don't have the Dragon Mane (the hair-like structure on the neck and back of an Eastern Dragon) that this Exuvia possesses, but qilin are hairy."
While speaking, Orion opened the Gate of Babylon again and released a projection type Noble Phantasm, only to find that after Lumine escaped, the Liyue Qixing had already cleared Yujing Terrace.
Currently, a group of Millelith soldiers were vigorously transporting the Exuvia. Oh, it seemed they couldn't lift it, so Civil Engineering Sis Keqing had deployed construction machinery.
"What are they going to do?" Yunli asked. "Are they going to put this away and use it as a heavenly treasure?!"
As she spoke, crystalline drool dripped from Yunli's mouth.
Orion covered his face. I still shouldn't have given you those strange novels. This isn't a Soul Beast or a Demon Beast; eating it won't give you a massive boost!
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"Why are there more and more of these smoking monsters?!"
On a plain, Lumine, wielding a Skyward Blade in one hand and a sacrificial sword in the other, was slaughtering the charging monsters like a meat grinder.
If Childe had followed, he would have easily recognized that this Dual Wielding Style, every move and stance, was the swordsmanship personally taught by Skirk!
Although Skirk didn't formally take Lumine as a disciple, instead letting Orion do it, she didn't hold back a single bit when teaching Lumine.
In the game, just one training session with Skirk resulted in several points of permanent stat increase for the Traveler. Although she hasn't acquired many types of Elemental Power now, the time that would have been used for Elemental Power training has instead been used by Skirk to train her physical fitness.
Base Stats surpass Orion!—This was the goal Skirk set for her.
The result is that while Lumine's raw strength doesn't reach Noelle's level, she has no problem killing Eula twice over.
Nowadays, she is completely unfazed even facing corrupted Hilichurl; she is even clashing blades with a Mitachurl.
Just then, Aiko, leading a squad of Millelith soldiers, also caught up. From afar, they saw Lumine fiercely clashing blades.
"Look quickly! It's the Magus's disciple! Brothers, quickly cover the little Magus, let's go stop those monsters!"
Paimon saw the pursuing Millelith and cried out in alarm: "Eek! Run, run quickly! The Millelith are coming to catch us!"
Lumine frowned: "Do not linger in battle!" She immediately feigned a move, jumped out of the circle, picked up Paimon, and rushed into the distance.
The Mitachurl tried to chase, but was blocked by the Millelith. Aiko shouted: "Brothers, we must not let these monsters disturb the Magus! Let's hold him back!"
"Solid as a Thousand Rocks! Unyielding like a Mountain Range!"
This roar both boosted their courage and strengthened their military might! It was enough to make the corrupted monster take two steps back in fear.
Lumine and Paimon looked back and couldn't help but cheer: "Oh dear! They're tied up with the monsters! Let's make a quick getaway!"
A band of fugitives, a squad of soldiers.
A disciple of an Magus, a team of law-enforcing officers.
The two groups, fueled by misunderstanding, thus charged into Jueyun Karst.
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