Keching takes care of Liyue's day-to-day affairs, big or small, while Rex Lapis only descends once a year. For many, the millennia of prosperity Liyue has enjoyed serve to legitimize Rex Lapis's guidance of the city. But Keching has reservations about all this, as he views Liyue's current prosperity as akin to a magnificent sand castle on the beach - humanity cannot afford to decide when the tide will come in.
Rex Lapis has watched over Liyue for a millennium. But what about the next millennium? What about the next ten or the next hundred millennia? How long do we expect this status quo to last?
It is this unanswered question that prompts Keching to work tirelessly and be diligent. From most people's perspective, it doesn't make sense to work like this. But Keching cannot sit idly by and ignore this hidden danger.
The people of Liyue have never considered navigating the future on their own terms. But someone must walk on the front lines of the age and forge a new path with their own hands.
