Chapter 646 And an End Credits Song?

[Greater Lord Rukkhadevata: "I will return all the dreams to the people."]

["People of Sumeru, farewell."]

This is the movie; everyone can hear Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's gentle voice. In her final moment of farewell, there's no fear of 'death' in her voice—instead, it's relief.

Relief that the 'forbidden knowledge' can be quelled, relief that her people can enjoy beautiful dreams peacefully.

The Eleazar is cured, and the mad scholars have returned to normal.

Everyone smiles in their sleep, as if they've truly had a beautiful dream.

In this serene sleep, only one god quietly departs.

No one will remember, no one will miss—because all of this will be forgotten.

'Let the world completely forget me.'

["May you all enjoy beautiful dreams tonight."]

In the final scene, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata smiles and waves.

Tears have long wet everyone's eyes. Because of the fear of forgetting, they've been recalling Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's deeds, but now it turns into an even more piercing knife.

The warm scene paired with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's gentle words instead highlights the sadness at the story's core.

The more beautiful the dream, the more relieved Greater Lord Rukkhadevata is, the harder it is for the audience to let go.

Everyone is immersed in sadness, but something different appears in the movie.

The Traveler and Nahida return to the starting point. Nahida has tears flowing, her expression puzzled.

Her expression clearly shows no sadness, only confusion, but for some reason, tears still slide down her cheeks—she forgot.

At this moment, the audience can no longer hold back their emotions and breaks down one after another.

The content they've been recalling flashes in their minds—Greater Lord Rukkhadevata is truly selflessly dedicating herself every time!

How can such a god be forgotten? How can this be! How can it be forgotten so quickly, so thoroughly!?

No! Don't! Impossible! We absolutely won't forget—absolutely not!

The audience grits their teeth, frantically recalling every scene and plot just now, even if doing so makes them feel worse and worse, like sharp knives stabbing into their hearts—they dare not slacken.

They don't want to forget, don't want to forget this great god's dedication.

Can't forget! Won't forget! I won't forget!

It's not just the people of Sumeru; people from other nations are the same.

Liyue has seen the stories of The Chasm, Moonchasing Festival, and Lantern Rite—there are truly too many 'forgotten' pasts in them.

Yaksha, Guoba, Guizhong.

They understand, so they don't want to forget either.

The people of Mondstadt are the same; they've 'forgotten' too much.

Rosaria lowers her head to wipe her tears, not wanting to be discovered. She understands this feeling too well—though what she understands is the feeling of being forgotten.

Perhaps the previous Rosaria didn't understand this feeling yet, because she herself had forgotten.

But with Lucian's 'help', even if she hasn't fully recalled all the details, she knows what kind of person she was before.

So while watching this story, she also recalls herself in passing—sadness doubled.

Collei and Dunyarzad are even more so; their tears truly can't be stopped.

Dunyarzad is originally a believer of the Dendro God; how could she not be sad seeing such a story? With her physical condition, not fainting already counts as strong.

Collei's physical condition isn't great either; at this moment, her heart is unbearably pained. Why, why is the first story I watch Sumeru?

Great love, small love, family affection, friendship—all kinds of knives tasted in a short time!

Please, Lucian, be nicer to me in the future stories!

For this request, Lucian is powerless, because next up is the 'explosive tail kill' of Aranyaka—that's also about forgetting.

But there's one thing Lucian can help Collei with: in a bit, he can make Collei less sad.

Zhongli sighs lightly, then gently pats the Water God beside him twice to calm her.

This time, not just Furina—even Hu Tao watches with a grave expression, occasionally glancing at Lucian lightly, clearly having some intention to make a move.

"Wahhh, but... but... why!" Furina wipes her tears, unable to even speak properly.

Sitting to Furina's left is Neuvillette. His face is expressionless, but his heart is in turmoil.

This is what it means to be a god... such dedication... justice...

Sacrificing oneself to save humanity—why go to such an extent?

Neuvillette doesn't understand... no, perhaps he somewhat understands... but he doesn't think he'd go to such an extent for humanity.

Venti is unusually quiet, slightly dazed watching Nahida crying on the screen.

Forgetting is truly terrifying, so I walk the world in 'your' image.

I don't want you to be forgotten by the world, even if the one 'forgotten' in the end is me.

Wind elf—how long has it been since he showed that form to others?

Raiden Ei beside Venti also has a heavy expression. What she wanted to do back then was actually 'forgetting'.

Freezing eternity is a form of forgetting in another sense, because the world and time won't advance anymore.

But at this moment, Raiden Ei witnesses the terror of true forgetting. She feels fortunate that someone broke her obsession.

Her gaze turns to Yae Miko; the other's body tilts toward Kitsune Saiguu—not intentional, completely unintentional closeness.

Should Kitsune Saiguu be called so fortunate? After so long, there are still so many people who can't forget her—truly worthy of being the arsonist of hearts.

These are everyone's reactions when seeing Nahida cry. And just as everyone is crying along, while crying, they suddenly freeze. At this time, the same doubt rises in everyone's hearts.

We... why are we crying?

Huh? Because of what? Didn't Lord Dendro God solve the Irminsul problem? We should be happy, right?

We should be happy... right? Why does the heart feel so sad?

Touch the cheeks; the tears above haven't dried yet. But what's the reason for crying? Can't remember... Is there wind and sand indoors?

Look at the movie; on the screen, Nahida is also shedding tears, but she similarly doesn't remember why she's crying.

Nahida only remembers connecting to Irminsul's consciousness, then clearing the pollution.

This is also everyone's memory—they successfully stopped Irminsul's pollution. Shouldn't they be happy? Why is the heart so sad?

I really want to cry... but why exactly do we want to cry?

Lumine looks around; she is the only one who still remembers everything. Lucian, you're really something.

She wonders if Lucian will write out Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's story again later—that wouldn't be knifing others twice with one story, and each time a fresh experience?

Lumine laments the extent to which Lucian 'isn't human', but thinking about what Lucian is doing right now... forget it, let's still count him as human.

Just as she's thinking, Lumine is suddenly drawn by the music that starts playing. Lumine has heard this music before; it's called 'I've Never Forgotten'.

Lumine: And an end credits song?!