People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"That's right, there is only one Hall of Rebirth in the whole of Liyue." Venti gave a positive answer on behalf of Zhongli.

"To be able to become a guest official of the Wangsheng Hall, it seems that Mr. Zhongli is indeed extraordinary." Qin exclaimed.

"Ms. Qin, you are too kind." Zhongli said modestly, "I came to Mondstadt this time with the intention of discussing some business cooperation with Mr. Shen Qin, but I didn't expect that the snow mountain would suddenly change, so I hurried here to see if there was anything I could do to help."

"Mr. Zhongli is very thoughtful." Qin quickly thanked him.

"Stop the polite greetings and let's talk about serious matters." Wendy waved her hand to stop them. If they continued to be so polite, they would probably not be able to finish chatting for half an hour.

He asked Zhongli directly: "They encountered something in the snowy mountains, so I want to ask you one thing - does the earth vein connect the past, present and future?"

"Hmm? Why do you have such an idea?" Zhongli asked with some doubt, "The earth veins always exist objectively in the present. They record the history of the past, and the history of the present will also exist in the earth veins of the future. It is always moving forward and constantly changing."

"Then do the earth veins have similar functions, allowing information to flow freely between different times?" Albedo asked.

Zhongli pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I have never heard of it, and I have never seen it in a book."

Zhongli's answer was somewhat beyond Shen Qin's expectations. He thought there was always a way to receive future information from the past through the earth veins, but Zhongli's denial began to make him doubt whether there was something wrong with the direction they were thinking about the problem.

"But I only know a little bit about the ley lines. Maybe there is other knowledge that I don't know. Who can say for sure?"

"Is there something in this world that Zhongli doesn't know?" Wendy said with a smile.

"Of course, there is an infinite amount of knowledge and wisdom in the world. Who can master all of them? But if you ask who is most likely to reach the state of omniscience and omnipotence, it must be the Lord of Wisdom of Xumi."

Zhongli didn't care about his sarcasm.

Mainly just getting used to it.

What could anyone expect from a Barbatos who came across the border during the Demon War just to share a bottle of fine wine?

At that time, Zhongli thought that he came to Liyue to seek help and was ready to help.

It turned out to be just for drinking.

Somewhat outrageous.

"Indeed, I have also heard that the grass god who rules Xumi enjoys the reputation of the god of wisdom, and the Xumi's Academy of Teachings gathers the best scholars in all of Teyvat." Albedo nodded.

Although some of them will soon be recruited by Lisa to Academy City.

"Since there is no clue about this matter, let's put it aside for now and concentrate on the task at hand." Qin turned to look at Zhongli, "Thank you Mr. Zhongli for clearing up my confusion."

"No, I'm sorry I can't be of more help to you."

Jean and Albedo went back to rest, while Shen Qin continued chatting with Zhongli.

"What kind of business cooperation does Mr. Zhongli want to discuss with me? Could it be Wangsheng Hall..."

Shen Qin blinked his eyes, feeling that it was not a good thing for Wangshengtang to come to discuss business.

"Oh..." Zhongli rarely showed an expression of being in great trouble. He stroked his forehead and felt that Hu Tao was always a little difficult for him to deal with.

"Our hall master is planning to open a branch of the Rebirth Hall in Academy City, and she wants a better location."

Shen Qin looked at him strangely: Are they trying to steal business from the West Wind Church?

Chapter 173: Hu Tao: Don’t Return to the Arms of the Wind God

"This is what our hall master meant. I am just conveying it. If Mr. Shen Qin feels it is inappropriate, I will directly refute her. I hope she is just acting on a whim..."

Zhongli said helplessly.

"I see. I'll think about it."

Shen Qin did not have much objection to this. At most, he could allocate a piece of land in the outer city area to build a house for the Wangsheng Hall.

However, if we want to introduce the Hall of Rebirth, we must obtain approval from the West Wind Church, but there is a high chance that this approval will not be granted.

West Wind Church: May your soul return to the arms of the God of Wind.

Hu Tao: Don’t return to the arms of the God of Wind. Come with me to Liyue to be reborn.

West Wind Church: ???

The night passed quickly, and the investigation team entered the snow mountain again. They first went to the snow-covered road to check the condition of the honeysuckle tree. Shen Qin recovered the data from the monitor, and the terminal quickly analyzed several abnormal surveillance videos.

In the night imaging, a huge Hillfrost Armor King came to the Honeysuckle Tree and rubbed the surface of the tree with its huge palms, with black mist rising from its palms.

It seemed that just by coming into contact with the honeysuckle tree, its body had suffered tremendous damage.

But it persisted for a full half minute before it withdrew its hand and stood solemnly in front of the tree. It stood there for more than ten minutes before leaving.

Others might be puzzled as to why a Hilliard Frost Armor King would make such an abnormal move.

"Is this the monster that the rescue team encountered that day, the one that was against the Abyss Cult?" Sugar asked doubtfully.

"This big guy looks like he's very sad." Klee seemed to sense its emotions through the screen.

It is different from the ordinary Hill Frost Armor King. Not only is its body larger, but its behavior is also very abnormal.

Albedo fell into deep thought.

Shen Qin understood what was going on.

This Hillfrost Armor King has a human name - Uku.

Among the notes left by the princess, Uku was the last recorder of Shar Findenir. He used stone carvings to record the entire process of his country's establishment and fall for future generations.

When the princess died, and all the people of Shar Findenir died, he threw away the knife with which he had carved the stone, discarded his human identity, and took on the power of the curse.

May the sky from which this ice and snow fell burn until there is no more life left in the world.

May we turn into ashes, sail with the wind, and catch up with the foreigner who abandoned the princess and never returned.

May the black dragon that blocked out the sun in the princess' dream paint the terrible land with red poison.

Qin said seriously: "For the time being, we don't know what its motive is, but we must remain vigilant when breaking the seals of the other two places and guard against its sudden attack."

"understand!"

Under the guidance of Eula, the Mingguan sailed into the Snow Burial City.

Through archaeological research, scholars have confirmed that the Snow Burial City was once the main urban area of ​​the Verdant Country, and most of the residents of the Snow Country lived here three thousand years ago.

This area has the most architectural remains, but most of them are buried under a thick layer of snow. When the Mingguan passed over the snow, if you listened carefully, you could hear the sound of bricks and stones being crushed under the snow.

Qin stood by the car window, looking at the ruins of buildings that were exposed here and there on the snow, and she looked a little depressed.

"Captain Qin, what's wrong with you?" Paimon flew to her side, and Ying followed.

"Nothing." She said to them with some emotion, "I can't imagine that a once powerful civilization would perish in a short period of time just because of a 'nail' that fell from the sky. Ever since I learned about this, I have been worried about it. I am afraid that one day a nail will fall into Mondstadt and unreasonably wipe out the civilization we have built over thousands of years."

Paimon didn't know how to comfort her: "Captain Qin..."

"No, Mondstadt will not be destroyed." Ying said firmly, "Wendy, the drunkard, will definitely protect Mondstadt. Although he can be a headache sometimes, he is still the reliable wind god Barbatos when it comes to important matters concerning Mondstadt."

Good guy, when nothing happens, it’s the drunkard Wendy, and when something happens, it’s the wind god Barbatos, right?

Ying knows how to adapt.

"Well, I believe in him too. He is not a strange god who suddenly descended upon us. He is the wind god Barbatos who personally led the old Mondstadt into a new era!"

When mentioning the god who seemed to be very idle, Qin felt a little helpless, but when she thought of what he had done for Mond, she would easily trust him.

Overthrowing the tyrant, blowing away the snowstorm that covered the entire Mondstadt, and overthrowing the oppression of the people of Mondstadt by the corrupt nobles, each of these things made Barbatos' image more majestic in the hearts of the people of Mondstadt.

So when you find out that he is actually a drunkard who idles around all day long, your fantasy will be shattered!

Eclectic at best.

To put it bluntly, it means not doing your job properly.

To put it in one word, outrageous!

"That's right, Wendy will never abandon Mond!" Paimon nodded in agreement.

"Ok!"

At this time, Eula's voice came: "Everyone, we are almost at our destination, but there are still some minor troubles to solve on the way to the seal."

The Mingguan rushed into a giant circular ice square. Under Klee's envious eyes, Sucrose drifted and stopped the car steadily.

creak- creak-

The teeth-grinding sound of mechanical joints rubbing against each other was heard. In the midst of the snowstorm, three tall ruins guards fired missiles from a distance at the Mingguan, which had revealed its back.

"Warning! Warning! The vehicle has been locked by a missile. The estimated damage to the vehicle is 0.1%. Please prepare for the impact."

An alarm sounded inside the car.

But no one cared. What was the concept of 0.1% damage? It could probably cause some scratches two or three millimeters deep on the armor of the Mingguan.

"Missile impact countdown, five, four, three, two, one."

The dull sound of missile explosions continued to ring out, and the car body shook slightly, but that was the extent of the impact caused by the missiles.

After the explosion stopped, everyone got out of the car immediately and rushed towards the direction of the ruins guards.

The missiles of the Ruins Guard require about half a minute to reload after being launched. During this period, their only attack method is close combat, and the threat to the knights holding grenade launchers is almost zero.

With a burst of continuous gunfire, the sea monster's armor-piercing bullets tore the joints of the three ruins guards, and the knights returned to the Bright Crown with the Chaos Core.

This was Shen Qin's request. After all, a precious energy structure like the Chaos Furnace Core would be wasted as each one was used up. Otherwise, a single shot of a Sea Monster armor-piercing bullet at it would be enough to kill a Ruins Guardian.

"Eula, these are not a problem at all, right?" Amber said dissatisfiedly.

As an archer with maxed-out accuracy, she can easily deal with them even without a grenade launcher.

Eula retorted: "Of course not, and..."

"Warning! Warning! High-energy reaction detected, countdown to being hit - three, two, one!"

boom!

A thick energy column hit the side of the Mingguan, pushing the more than 400-ton Mingguan more than ten meters away!

Eula looked at the knocked-out Amber and said gloatingly, "There's also a relic machine!"

Chapter 174: Don’t Unblock!!!

In short, the Relic Heavy Machine is the Relic Guardian PLUS. Although both of them are elite-level combat forces, the difference in their combat effectiveness is not a little bit.

The missile bursts from the Ruins Guards only caused 0.1% of skin damage to the Mingguan, but a shot from the Ruins Heavy Machine penetrated half of the armor of the vehicle.

Moreover, it was not just one relic machine that attacked at this time. The second one also locked onto the Mingguan from a long distance.

"Countdown to the knockout—three, two, one!"

boom!

The car was pushed more than ten meters away again and hit the ice wall on one side of the square, but this time everyone was prepared and no one was injured.

"The vehicle's left middle armor was damaged, with regional damage of 52.6% and overall damage of 5.3%."

"Let's end this quickly!" Qin rushed out first, and the others followed closely behind.

Unlike the Ruins Guard, the Ruins Heavy Machine does not have a short ranged attack duration and a long cooldown time. If possible, it can continue to shoot lasers until the Chaos Core is completely drained.

But the endurance would be shorter, so they usually combine long-range and short-range attacks. For example, now, two relic heavy machines simultaneously charged at the Mingguan.

Due to the blizzard blocking their view, Qin and the others didn't see them until they were not far away. They quickly used their skateboards to avoid the huge metal bodies.

The Mingguan had already detected their movements, automatically ejected and easily avoided the impact.

bang——

The two ancient heavy machines crashed into the ice wall, causing cracks to appear on the ice wall that was dozens of meters long, and then scattered on the ground.

A large cloud of white ice mist rose at the scene - ice and snow sublimated into water vapor under high pressure and high temperature, and condensed into tiny ice crystals due to the low temperature environment.

"Kelly!"

Captain Qin gave the order.

"Klee got it!" Klee flew above the impact point and threw down a dozen high explosives. The exploding flames instantly engulfed the two relic machine guns.

"All-out attack!"

The Reaper rifles in everyone's hands continued to shoot explosive bullets of the three elements of thunder, fire, and ice. At the same time, Sucrose threw an unstable flask towards the explosion point, generating a large wind spirit.

Forbidden·Wind Spirit Made·Qi Wu Isomorphic Type Two!