Genshin Impact: After entering the card pool, I kicked away the knife and stabbed myself

"So, what do we do now?"

Coming to a picturesque place, every blade of grass and every tree here seems to be a work of art carefully carved by nature. The sun shines through the treetops, casting mottled light and shadows, and the breeze blows across your face, bringing a fresh breath. The scenery of Inazuma is so beautiful that you will never get tired of looking at it.

But Ying's heart was not moved by the beautiful scenery. She was more concerned about the next action, the new thing that still appeared under eternity - taking pictures.

Ying smiled and explained, "I'll leave the picture for you and let us handle the details. You just need to stand over there and strike a pose."

"Simply put, the picture can record you at this moment, which is very suitable as a commemoration." Paimon also added excitedly, please, this is a picture for the gods, and Barbatos and Morax did not give them this opportunity.

[Huh? Photos seem to be a kind of eternity]

【Eternity is beside me】

A picture? Something like a portrait?

Hearing this, a hint of curiosity flashed in Ying's eyes. In her cognition, pictures are always static and rigid, and cannot be compared with the real self. However, at this moment, she is full of expectations for this picture that is about to be born.

Shin's eyes lit up in the amulet. Doesn't the recorded moment represent both "a moment" and "eternity"?

I just don't know what the difference is between "taking photos" and painting. If it's a painting, it will have a strong personal style of the artist. If you want to be more realistic, it's impossible to be exactly the same as reality because of the pigments.

At least that was the case.

I wonder if this thing called photography can completely record this moment?

Really looking forward to it.

Ying held his chin and asked, "What about posing?"

“What needs to be recorded is the picture.”

"I see. So, I'm going to make a nice pose for you guys, right?"

【For example, the five-spice doge】

[Shadow: Wuxiang’s sword posture is very handsome, or...]

[It's not embarrassing to draw a sword from the chest. The death of a god is indeed extraordinary.]

[After all, my sister is here now]

In the past, as a stand-in for Zhen, I could never appear in front of people alone without Zhen. There were portraits and such, but they were all recorded for Zhen. You could say it was a job.

But this time, it's for myself.

"Thinking about it carefully, it's a bit embarrassing." And it was in front of my sister, so I always felt a little ashamed.

Seeing Ying's embarrassment, Zhen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Leaving a shadow is also a new thing for me. Ying, Paimeng, can you give Ying some advice?"

"No problem, no problem!" Paimon immediately expressed his willingness to serve. Leave it to me!

"Hmm..." Ying made a request: "It should look nice, but not too exaggerated. I think I won't be able to let go."

"Come on, Ying, follow my example. Stand still and put your hands here..."

Under Paimon's guidance, Ying imitated Paimon and made a satisfactory pose. Although it felt a little stiff, Ying felt that he couldn't do better.

Of course, the amulet in my hand needs to be shown to the public. Since it is a record, it is natural to be photographed with my sister during this trip spanning thousands of years.

Although my sister can only be kept in the amulet temporarily, Ying feels a little regretful about this.

Ying quickly picked up the camera, pointed it at Ying, and with a "click", she successfully captured this beautiful moment.

Paimeng couldn't wait to take the picture that had just been developed from the camera and floated to Ying's side. He handed the picture to her and said, "It's done. Look, this is the picture I just took for you."

Ying took the picture and looked at it carefully with Zhen.

Shin exclaimed, "Wow - it's exactly the same as Ying. Even the scenery behind is exactly the same."

"If there had been something like this to record our appearance, Ying wouldn't have to rely solely on meditation to recall our existence."

The portrait will be different from the real self, and it will be a burden to the shadow who is guarding eternity and does not want to be worn out.

But this picture produced by the photography technology is almost exactly the same as the real you, and it seems to be easy to produce.

Ying was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhen with some emotion: "Huh? Zhen, how did you know..."

It is natural that I cannot secretly run to the Pure Land of One Mind when fighting against disasters. After all, there is another self there.

But as an older sister, how could I not know what my younger sister would do?

"I am your sister. Don't I know what you are thinking?"

"Ying must still remember what I once said, 'There are three deaths in a living being'."

"Three deaths?" Paimon wondered, "Do we have that many lives?"

"That's not what I mean. They are: physical death, social death, and permanent death."

Shin explained to Paimon: "Physical death is just as it sounds. Social death is announcing your death to the society, letting other people who know you know about your death. Funerals are part of this death."

"Of course, because I am special, for me, the news of my death to Shen Zi and Ying is the social death I have experienced."

[So this is what true social death means]

【But now social death has become haha,】

"Permanent death is also called amnesia. When the last person in the world who remembers him also forgets him, he will experience the last death - permanent death."

"Permadeath is closely related to the concept of eternity, and it is also an important component of the film's construction of the concept of eternity."

"I think that in order to avoid my permanent death, Ying will often recall things about me in the hope that I can be eternal in her own memory."

"Are you right? Shadow."

Ying was somewhat shy and remained silent: "..."

"Silly child, we have always been one. You and I are both thunder generals. When the people of Inazuma remember you, they also remember me. As long as you are the thunder god of Inazuma, I will always be with you."

Ying shook his head, not entirely sure of what Zhen said: "But if there were no memories of the past to support it, it wouldn't be like this now."

"But is this some kind of magic? Is there another copy of me in here?"

Ying took the thin picture and studied it carefully again: "But she seems unable to move or speak."

Ying: "This is just a record, not the real you."

"Just now I thought the photo didn't look good and my body was a little stiff, but now it looks much more natural than I thought."

Ying said in amazement: "The movements are exactly the same, and I didn't notice it before I said it, my attention was all on myself (actually I need to add an amulet), it turns out the scenery behind is exactly the same... How did you do that?"

[Shadow Grandma Enters the Grand View Garden]

【Want to learn? I'll teach you】

[Fontaine Technology, boy]

[hhh I feel like if the Son of God were here, he might say that a dignified general walking on the street is like a country girl.]

[That’s something the Son of God would say, haha]