(Mona: Is it possible that smart people entering the cosmos can step onto a Path more easily? Is there really such a possibility?)
(Ningguang: If someone really steps onto a Path, there should be a more special reason.)
(Jean: A more special reason... I think I know the reason.)
(Ningguang: Acting Grand Master Jean knows? Can you reveal a little?)
(Jean: Sorry, Ningguang, this special point... unless the person involved permits it, I am not at liberty to disclose.)
(Ningguang: It requires the person's permission? That means a special person among the five passengers has stepped onto a Path.)
(Keqing: Speaking of special, the two Fatui Harbingers are special enough.)
(Tartaglia: Really? The Fatui are more likely to see Aeons and step onto Paths after going to the cosmos?)
(Arataki Itto: My head feels itchy! What the hell is happening over there! If someone really saw an Aeon, who did they see? And which Aeon was it?)
(Alhaitham: Indeed, this is what we should know! Preservation, Abundance, Destruction... or other Aeons?)
"Hey, it's about time you snapped out of it? Your surprised time plane is too long." Takagi clapped his hands and said to the five passengers in front of him.
Hearing Takagi's words, Nahida, The Doctor, La Signora, and the others finally came back to their senses.
"Sorry, Takagi, we kept you waiting. The one who appeared earlier was truly astonishing." Lisa placed her hand on her chest and took a deep breath. Even so, she still couldn't get her heart rate back to normal.
"Indeed, in front of that one, I felt like an ant. Such a feeling is truly novel and fascinating," The Doctor agreed.
"To have met him so quickly... What was the reason? Could it really just be because of her identity?" La Signora swallowed, casting a surprised glance at Nahida. The word "deity" almost slipped out.
"No wonder Jean, Barbara, and the others had such expressions back then. Now, I finally understand," Cloud Retainer sighed.
While everyone was sighing, Nahida had already come before Takagi. She looked up, asking Takagi with a tone of both astonishment and curiosity: "Takagi, that one just now was an Aeon, right?"
Takagi nodded slightly. "That's right, it was Fuli, the Aeon of Memory, and the Path you stepped onto is the Path of Memory."
(Thoma: As expected, someone has stepped onto a Path, but it turned out to be this little girl named Nahida!)
(Kamisato Ayato: To be able to step onto a Path so easily... Although it was with Takagi's Blessing, this Nahida is definitely not simple.)
(Sangonomiya Kokomi: Acting Grand Master Jean of the Knights of Favonius seems to know something, but for some special reason, she cannot elaborate.)
(Morax: It turned out to be... the Aeon of Memory?)
(Charlotte: Takagi once said that the Aeon of Memory's power might eliminate the Erosion of long-life species. No wonder the Geo Archon of Liyue also cares.)
(Lyney: So the question is, what is so special about this Nahida that she would step onto the Path of Memory, which even the Geo Archon wants to step onto? Besides allowing the Garden of Recollection to have the technology to create Light Cones, what else is special about the Path opened up by the Aeon of Memory? Speaking of which, what kind of Aeon is the Aeon of Memory? This is also quite concerning.)
After Lyney's comment, it immediately received likes from a group of Teyvat people. Everyone hoped that a passenger would ask Takagi, hoping that Takagi would provide an explanation.
Nahida did not disappoint everyone. She quickly asked the questions everyone had, which were also questions in her own heart.
"As expected, is it the Aeon of Memory! But I don't quite understand. Didn't I just arrive here? Why would I directly meet the Aeon of Memory and step onto the Path of Memory like this?" Nahida, with a look of confusion, asked Takagi.
Takagi: "This is where your background comes in."
Nahida's eyes widened in surprise: "My... background? You know my background?!"
Takagi smiled and nodded, saying, "You were formed from a branch of the Teyvat Irminsul. To some extent, you can be considered an avatar of the Teyvat Irminsul. And the function of the Irminsul, I believe you know very clearly. The Teyvat Irminsul records everything in Teyvat; anything that happens on the Teyvat Continent will eventually flow into the Irminsul along with the Ley Lines, turning into the Irminsul's memories. To some extent, the memories within the Irminsul are the history of the Teyvat Continent."
Speaking of this, Takagi smiled meaningfully. Currently, in the entire Teyvat Forum, perhaps only he knew that although the Irminsul's memories represent Teyvat's history, under certain specific circumstances, they can also be intentionally altered.
(Dori: What did I just hear? Did Takagi just say that Nahida was formed from a branch of the Irminsul?)
(Collei: Nahida is the Irminsul's... avatar?!)
(Kaveh: Hey, hey, hey, is something like this possible? Is this Irminsul the Irminsul I understand?)
(Alhaitham: I think it should be the Irminsul the Sumeru scholars yearn for, and what Takagi said should not be wrong. It's truly unexpected that this seemingly small Nahida is actually an avatar of the Irminsul.)
(Dehya: Amazing! The scholars of Sumeru must be very happy to hear this news, right?)
(Grand Sage Azar: So it's... like this!!!)
(Nilou: Since Lady Nahida was formed from a branch of the Irminsul, where is she usually? As such, she should be a being of extremely noble status, right?)
(Dehya: If it were before, maybe not necessarily. But now that the fact that Nahida is an avatar of the Irminsul has been revealed, her status in the eyes of the scholars will definitely become noble, right? Perhaps there are already scholars messaging Nahida privately, wanting to welcome her back to the Akademiya!)
Takagi saw Dehya's message and almost burst out laughing. Indeed, after knowing Nahida's identity, probably many pure-hearted scholars would want to welcome Nahida back. But for the scholars of the Grand Sage's lineage, they probably not only wanted to capture Nahida and take her back, but also think about how to use Nahida's identity as the Irminsul's avatar to research and access the Irminsul.
"So Little Kusa... Little Nahida actually has such an identity. This is truly surprising," Lisa said to Nahida with emotion.
"It is indeed surprising, but even if she is a branch of the Irminsul, can that ensure she attracts the attention of the Aeon of Memory, Fuli?" La Signora frowned slightly, looking at Nahida with both curiosity and envy.
Earlier, when Nahida was standing beside her, La Signora didn't feel that Nahida was particularly special. But after seeing the Aeon of Memory and stepping onto the Path, the aura emanating from Nahida was clearly much stronger. It can be imagined that Nahida's power has become stronger. How could something like this not make La Signora feel envious?
"If it were just simply letting Nahida come to this cosmos, it certainly wouldn't be so easy to step onto the Path of Memory. But don't forget, my 'Blessing' is still active. Of course, if it weren't for the high degree of similarity between the 'driving force' of the Aeon of Memory and the work of the Irminsul, even with my 'Blessing', Nahida would not have stepped onto the Path of Memory," Takagi smiled and explained under everyone's curious gaze.
"The Aeon of Memory, Fuli, believes there is no existence in the world more inclusive than pure memory. Memory can selflessly record everything, selflessly preserve every fact. The material that constitutes the physical world will eventually be destroyed, but it can endure in another way, which is memory! Fuli leaves behind precious memories for the universe that is about to be destroyed, to be used when it is reborn in the future. After the disaster ends, these fragments of memory will piece together a blueprint for the rebirth of everything that has vanished."
Saying this, Takagi paused. "I think, having said this, you should understand now, Nahida, everyone."
Nahida: "So that's how it is!"
The Doctor: "It seems that having a good enough birth indeed has a quite positive effect on future development."
La Signora: "The Path of Memory... is related to memory! It seems it will be difficult for me to step onto the Path of Memory, but as for other Paths, I will definitely be able to obtain them."
Cloud Retainer: "Miss Nahida, having stepped onto the Path of Memory, can it really counteract Erosion?"
Cloud Retainer was filled with curiosity at this moment. You know, those of them who are long-lived all have some degree of Erosion. Even more so for the Liyue god Morax. Takagi had previously mentioned that the Path of Memory might be able to solve the problem of Erosion. Now that there was a living person who had stepped onto the Path of Memory, Cloud Retainer was naturally quite curious.
"Nahida is still very young, you've asked the wrong person, Cloud Retainer. She doesn't have Erosion, how could she know if the Path of Memory can eliminate Erosion? To know if the Path of Memory can solve the problem of Erosion, you'll have to step onto the Path of Memory yourself and try," Takagi laughed.
Cloud Retainer: "Can I step onto the Path of Memory?"
Takagi: "It's difficult; you're not formed from a branch of the Irminsul."
Cloud Retainer: "..."
(Zhongli: So that's how it is! That's why Nahida was able to decisively step onto the Path of Memory.)
(Mountain Shaper: It's a pity there's no way to confirm through Nahida whether the power of the Path of Memory can eliminate Erosion.)
(Madame Ping: Although that's the case, it has at least answered a question for this old one. The Irminsul stores Teyvat's memories, and the Aeon of Memory, Fuli, records the Universe's memories. Perhaps no Path is more suitable for Nahida than the Path of Memory.)
(Kaveh: Speaking of which, did Acting Grand Master Jean of the Knights of Favonius know from the start that Nahida was formed from a branch of the Irminsul?)
(Yae Miko: It seems the previous journey allowed Takagi to tell Acting Grand Master Jean and others many things.)
(Jean: No, I just found out too.)
(Yae Miko: That's interesting then, meaning the special thing you mentioned earlier was something else.)
(Jean: ...)
(Yae Miko: It seems it can't be said yet.)
(Arataki Itto: Um, am I the only one curious about how a branch turned into a person?)
(Kuki Shinobu: Boss, please shut up.)
(Paimon: Hey Arataki Itto, instead of worrying about that, shouldn't you be more curious about how strong Nahida became after stepping onto the Path?)
(Arataki Itto: That's right, that's right. Since this Nahida is a branch of that Irminsul, she should become very strong after stepping onto a Path.)
(Venti: Only Nahida herself probably knows that.)
Teyvat, Mondstadt.
"Bard, don't you know how strong Nahida will become after stepping onto a Path? Aren't you all the Seven Archons?" Paimon looked at Venti curiously. Nahida is the first Archon to step onto a Path, and she is also one of the Seven. She was quite curious about how powerful Nahida could become through the Path of Memory.
"Even among the Seven Archons, there are differences in strength. Like me, I'm far weaker than the old man in Liyue. Right now, I'm probably the weakest of the Seven Archons. It's really asking too much for me to speculate how strong Nahida will become after stepping onto a Path," Venti spread his hands and said with a smile.
Paimon: "What? You're the weakest of the Seven Archons?"
Venti: "Ehe!"
Paimon: "What's 'Ehe'!" Paimon sighed and looked at Lumine beside her. "Traveler, do you think Nahida will become stronger than you?"
Lumine glanced at Paimon and said speechlessly: "Nahida is an Archon herself, and now she has stepped onto a Path. Do you think she will be weaker than me, who can barely compare to the weakest Archon?"
Paimon: "But didn't you say that you haven't regained your full power yet, and you'll become stronger?"
Lumine: "That's for the future."
Paimon rubbed the back of her head and said: "If only you could step onto another Path, then you could recover more of your power."
Hearing this, Lumine looked at Takagi, Nahida, and the others who were talking in the live stream.
"Stepping onto different Paths, is that really possible?" Venti's mouth curved up, and he said with a smile. "Regarding stepping onto multiple Paths, I actually asked Takagi about it."
Hearing this, Lumine looked at Venti in surprise, her eyes full of curiosity.