Just when it was getting dark and the ice and snow on Katis' body finally melted away, Jiang Bai heard a voice.
"You finally came"
Jiang Bai was originally going to pick up the diary that Katis put on his chest. When he heard this voice, his hand shook and the diary he got almost fell to the ground.
This voice did not ring in Jiang Bai's ears alone, Albedo also heard it.
But at this moment, there was no one else around except them, and the sudden sound immediately caused the two of them to become alert.
"who?!"
"Don't be afraid, it's me." An illusory figure floated out of the diary in Jiang Bai's hand.
That is Katis, a soul that accidentally survived due to his strong obsession and the special environment here.
He possessed the diary he valued most, retaining his memory and consciousness.
Jiang Bai had already seen a ghost. When he saw Katis's ghost again, he was not too surprised and accepted it well.
On the other hand, Albedo's researcher's instinct kicked in and he subconsciously began to study the composition of the soul in front of him.
Study why he can still exist after leaving the body.
"You came earlier than I thought." Katis said in a relaxed tone. Although he looks fierce because of the scar on his face, he is actually a very easy to talk person.
"Well, if I hadn't met Albedo, I might still be looking for the way up now..." Jiang Bai sighed.
He found that the Four Directions Trilogy was of no use in guiding the way. It could only indicate the direction of Katis's location, but could not guide him.
In other words, if Katis dies in the sky, it can only point to the sky and rely on Jiang Bai to find a way to get to heaven.
Although he is looking for an exit in a secret realm or dangerous place, more often than not he needs a way in, not an exit.
After all, the prerequisite for finding the exit is that he can enter the secret realm.
If you can't even get in, how can you find an exit?
But there is no way, this kind of request is too outrageous and completely impossible to achieve.
Rather than being too whimsical, it is better to get a map with detailed road markings the next time you go out for business.
"Haha, it also took me several years to figure out the road on the snow-capped mountains." Katis chuckled, because he had just died and his memories were still clear.
"There is a map of the snow-capped mountains in my backpack. I drew it myself. It may be a bit crude. If you don't mind, take it. You won't get lost next time you come back."
"What I lack now is a map!" Jiang Bai was grateful.
Although he has found the person, it does not mean that he knows the road to the snow mountain. With such a map drawn by a snow mountain explorer himself, he will not be in the dilemma of not being able to find the road next time.
Just when Jiang Bai was looking at the map happily, Albedo, who had been observing for a while, said, "Mr. Katis, you can't maintain your current state for a long time, right?"
"Yes." Katis nodded, "I still exist now only because I am unwilling to do so and am affected by the nearby earth veins. After a while, I may return to the embrace of the God of Wind."
"Not willing to give in? Didn't your wish come true?" Jiang Bai asked curiously.
He has reached the top of the mountain, so he should have achieved his wish?
Katis looked at the long nail not far away with a complicated expression, "Yes. Although I have reached the top of the mountain, when I saw the huge stone nail, I had more questions. These
The problem has also become my obsession.”
"I explored the past and history of this snow-capped mountain, but the more I explored, the more I discovered that the past here is full of mysteries. It wasn't until I saw it that I realized that all this was just a punishment from the sky.
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"But why does the sky send down punishment? It's obvious that the people here have always accepted the instructions from the sky in the past."
Katis' eyes were full of doubts. He didn't understand why the sky abandoned his people, nor why the sky allowed this country to develop and then destroyed it.
It can be said that Jiang Bai didn't understand a word of what Katis said.
Punishment from the sky? Is there something else in the sky? Is it a god? Or something else?
What is the past of this snow-capped mountain? Why was it destroyed?
He and Albedo looked through Katis's diary together, trying to find the answer.
Katis keeps quite a lot of diaries, and the blank pages of the thick notebook are almost full.
Ignoring the unimportant ones, Jiang Bai focused on reading the past about the snow mountain written above.
【.On June 8th, after walking around the entire snow-capped mountain, I found the last stone tablet recording the content. With the help of the murals I had seen, I finally roughly pieced together the past of this snow-capped mountain. 】
[That was in a very long time ago, when the land of Mondstadt was still covered in wind and snow. 】
[A group of people stayed away from the ice, snow and strife, and came to this lush and green paradise. Here there is a huge silver-white ancient tree originating from the earth's veins. The ancient tree protects the land here from the wind and snow. 】
[The messengers of God descended from the sky. They listened to the instructions of Sky Island here and established a country called [Shar Fendenir]. 】
[With the blessing of the divine messenger and the earth's veins, Fendenir developed at an extremely fast speed and reached its peak with the birth of the princess.]
[However, the good times did not last long. The spikes falling from the sky destroyed everything, and also destroyed the silver-white ancient trees that protected them. Since then, the sky has been filled with snow and wind. 】
【They can no longer hear the sound from the sky】
[The white trees on which they depended for survival were destroyed by the Sky Nail, and the people could only hide in shelters, shivering in the severe cold.]
[The king who was responsible for communicating with the gods climbed to the top of the mountain to try to communicate with the sky, but he never came back.]
[The princess took over the responsibility in grief. She took off the most intact branches on the white tree and tried to heal the earth veins and extend its life, but ultimately failed. 】
[In the cold and snow, this short-lived country comes to an end]
After reading Katis's diary, Jiang Bai could finally understand what he was talking about.
There used to be a prosperous country here in the long past, but it was later destroyed by the spikes falling from the sky. The ruins left on this snowy mountain were all left by the country named Shar Fendenir.
"Sky? Is there something in the sky?" Jiang Bai looked up at the sky, but the sky was blocked by wind and snow, and he couldn't see anything.
"The seven gods who rule this world are called the [Seven Rulers of the Earth], and above the seven gods, there is an island in the sky." Abedo added some common sense to Jiang Bai.
"So that's it, there are people above God who are in charge of God." Jiang Bai suddenly realized.
The story of the Snow Mountain Ancient Country is written from Katis's perspective, so there will be a lot less content that he doesn't know, which will be written later.