Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

One of the minions, weapon in hand, wandered over to the wooden box for a brief chat. Seizing the opportunity, Yang controlled the poisonous snake, slithering from Kailin's shoulders, along her waist, to her thighs, and finally into the sand. The coolness and the rough feel of the snake's scales caused her to twist her waist uncontrollably.

Just like that, the poisonous snake quietly came to the foot of the minion. Under Yang's control, it focused on the minion's exposed ankle and bit it.

"what!"

The minion yelled, and in panic, the poisonous snake burrowed into the sand again and returned to Karen's shoulder along the same path.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?" The other minions came running over to watch.

The thug sat on the sand, holding his injured ankle and said, "I don't know, I just felt like something bit me!"

"Really? Then let me take a look." Another minion squatted on the ground, watching. At first glance, he was shocked. "Oh no! Two dots! These look like the teeth marks of a poisonous snake!"

"What? What should we do then?"

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you guys doing here instead of standing guard?" At this time, Scarface noticed the unusual noise and walked over.

"Report to the captain, he was bitten by a poisonous snake!" replied the minion next to him.

Scarface was slightly surprised: "Is there such a thing? Let me take a look."

Scarface crouched down and carefully examined the wound on the henchman's ankle. After a moment's scrutiny, he nodded. "Hmm, it's definitely a snake's tooth mark. Okay, you two take him with me to heal his wounds, and the rest of you stay on guard."

"Yes!"

Scarface bent his waist slightly, put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the depths of the camp with his followers. Mo Yan and Kailin followed him under the cover of invisibility cloak, sticking to the wall.

Along the way, the surroundings became increasingly desolate and silent, with only the rustling of sand under their feet. As they went deeper, they came to a rather desolate, unfinished house.

At this moment, Scarface stood sideways in front of the door, looked at the minions, pointed his finger inside the house and said, "Take him in."

"Okay." The minion nodded and walked into the house.

But Scarface did not go in. He stood outside the door and watched for a moment, then closed the door and left.

This scene was reflected in Yang's eyes through the snake's vision.

"It seems that this unremarkable house is where they hide their things."

"Hide something?" Kailin asked in confusion.

Yang nodded, "Well, you're curious, right? But instead of me explaining it, why don't you find out for yourself? And that's what I want to investigate."

"Then let's go." Mo Yan took a step forward without thinking.

Kailin followed closely behind him with light footsteps, and when they reached the door, they quietly opened it and walked in. However, this noise happened to be heard by Scarface.

The room was dim and somewhat damp, with only a staircase leading down open before them. Looking at the surroundings before them, the two could not help but recall the scene when they were tracking the Sanu people.

"Are you kidding me? It's the basement again?" Karen complained.

"Because it is the most direct and common way to hide," Yang replied.

"Okay, let's get down to business first." Mo Yan shrugged and walked downstairs.

We walked slowly down the stairs, the surroundings so quiet that only the faint sounds of breathing and footsteps could be heard. The stairs were narrow, and there were a few flickering oil lamps hanging on the wall, the weak light casting strange shadows on the wall.

Finally, a ray of light reflected in front of their eyes. Seeing this, the two of them carefully leaned against the wall until they entered the secret room.

There were many people gathered in the secret room. They looked thin and dressed in simple clothes. They gathered together, talking secretly, looking nervous, as if they were anxious and expecting something.

In order to avoid being noticed by the crowd, the two of them used the cover of invisibility cloaks to stick to the wall and watched quietly.

Kailin looked around and said, "There are so many people here."

Mo Yan looked at the crowd and considered, "Judging from their clothes, they probably aren't the people we're looking for."

Yang gasped and said, "Indeed, they are all civilians from Shaling, but they are now terminally ill."

Hearing this, Kailing was stunned: "Are you saying they are sick?"

Mo Yan glanced around and saw that the people in the crowd were pale and thin, and looked listless. They were indeed in a sick state, but if they were to be said to be terminally ill, it seemed that there was no further clue from the surface.

At this time, Yang replied: "They are indeed sick, but not physically, but mentally."

Hearing this, Kailin was even more confused: "Inner thoughts? Wait, you've confused me. What's going on?"

At this moment, Mo Yan said, "It's a cognitive problem, or a deeper problem, right?"

The poisonous snake nodded. "Yes, even though there's no disease or disaster here, the 'plague' has already unknowingly taken over everyone's hearts. Their desire for survival and pleasure has long since caused them to lose sight of their priorities."

"Look, it seems that Shanlin is in there too." Kailin pointed at the crowd and shouted softly.

"Let me see, it's true. Why is that guy with civilians?" Mo Yan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man came out of the back door and appeared before everyone. With him came a handsome, pale-faced scholar, holding an account book and following beside him, like a bookkeeper. The presence of these two men suddenly quieted the scene.

He swept his cold eyes over the crowd and slowly said, "Is everyone here?"

A frail old man, leaning on a cane, approached the man and said, "Yes, Chief Mosha, we have all come to you to pray for the Fountain of Life. We hope that, for the sake of our past friendship, you will grant us some of the water. We would all be grateful."

The man folded his arms, looked at the old man coldly, and replied, "Oh? You want spring water? Fine, as usual, bring something valuable in exchange, or I won't give you anything."

The old man looked embarrassed and said with trembling lips: "But we really don't have anything valuable."

"I don't care. My rule is, you get what you pay for. Those who have money will buy, and those who don't will suffer. If you don't have something valuable, I won't give you a penny of the spring water." The man put his hands on his hips, his attitude very firm.

"Can't you be flexible?"

"Yes, yes, everyone is waiting for the spring to save their lives!"

The crowd shouted, but even so, the man's attitude remained unchanged.

He folded his arms and said in a cold tone, "Waiting for my spring water to save your life? Others say it's so serious, okay? To put it bluntly, isn't it just waiting for treatment?"

At this time, the scholar beside him stood up and said, "Yes, you said we should understand you, but you should also understand us. This spring water was mixed with great difficulty. If there is no comfort, then all our hard work will be in vain."

Mo Sha folded his hands and said again: "You are right. Merchants seek profit only. We can't do business at a loss."

"But we've taken out everything we can, and now there's nothing left at home."

"That's your business, it has nothing to do with me." He sneered, ruthlessly breaking the old man's expectations.

At this moment, the two minions came to him with their companion who was bitten by a poisonous snake.