Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

He returned to the land, and it seemed that it was that damn Istaru who sent him here.

"Next time you chop her, just give her a move." Li Qingping clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment, and put a price on the gift given by the ruler of time.

"Who are you going to kill? Did you see something in the floating light?" Lei Dianzhen appeared and looked around Li Qingping. Seeing that he was intact, he regained his composure. "The one who controls time can often do many things beyond common sense. Don't be too surprised."

"I'm going to chop her down!"

Lei Dian was really scared by Li Qingping.

She could handle Li Qingping's troubles at sea and in Liyue, but this time she was somewhat helpless.

"Do we have to chop it down?" Lei Dianzhen asked tentatively.

"We must chop it off!" Li Qingping had made up his mind.

"Okay, let's think of a way together and chop her up later."

Lei Dianzhen always sided with Li Qingping. When it came to chopping off Istaru, she was ready to get involved after just asking a question.

Li Qingping then told Lei Dianzhen what he saw in the floating light.

"Bai Ye Country, a place I've never heard of." Lei Dianzhen shook his head. "It should have happened before the Demon God War. I'll arrange for someone to investigate then."

"There's no rush. We need to know where we are first."

Li Qingping could use all his powers normally, controlling the yellow sand to float to a height of dozens of meters.

In front of me is an open plain with a road on it.

The road extends from afar and plunges into the mountains.

Why does it look familiar?

Li Qingping came to the side of the road and stopped a large truck carrying goods.

"Master, what is the name of this place? Where are you going?"

The truck driver looked at the young man in front of him who was well-dressed and wearing an expensive watch on his wrist, and he couldn't help but wonder which young master who ran away from home was this?

Could it be that the real daughter of a wealthy family couldn't stand the pressure of the arranged marriage and ran away?

That's not right. In this situation, there should usually be a plainly dressed girl named White Moonlight by his side.

"This is Guiliyuan. Young man, I'm going to Liyue to make some deliveries. Would you mind giving you a ride?"

Damn, was it sent directly to Guiliyuan?

Then next time I attack Istaru, I have to at least give him two moves. That guy is a bit too powerful.

Li Qingping got in the car, sat in the passenger seat and started chatting with the truck driver.

After chatting for a few sentences, the truck driver suddenly realized that he had not lost his memory!

"Master, was there any report on the Zhudian Boat incident on TV today?"

The cell phone on Li Qingping's body was twisted into a knot by the whirlpool, and his soul had long since passed away and returned to the arms of the God of Machines.

"Today?" The truck driver's expression became subtle, and he glanced at the young man named Li Qingping out of the corner of his eye.

"Today, the front page headline." Li Qingping said confidently.

The Pearl Barge was the largest and most luxurious cruise ship in Teyvat, but it sank in the high seas. It would not be surprising if such big news dominated the hot searches for three days.

"Kid, have you...experienced something?" The truck driver said with some sympathy.

It seems that this is not a script about escaping marriage, but a script about amnesia, and it is the rare kind of partial amnesia.

Could it be that Bai Yueguang died in front of him, and he couldn't accept it, so he became like this?

The sympathy is even deeper!

"Master, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the Zhudian Boat first."

What Li Qingping experienced recently was too legendary. The Abyss Cult and the Deep Sea Church appeared one after another, and in the end, Osel even lost his wife.

He also thought about writing this experience into an autobiography and publishing it as a book after retirement, so that he wouldn't have to worry about money for retirement.

"No, your symptoms are very serious! I heard that Liyue's Seventh Hospital is very authoritative in this area. How about going there to check it out?"

Looking at the truck driver's grief-stricken expression, Li Qingping was stunned.

The Seventh Hospital? Isn't that a place that specializes in treating mental illness?

"Master, why do you think I have mental problems?"

"Your family is such a jerk! Look at how much they've pushed you, kid. The Zhudian Boat sinking was clearly news last month, yet you insist on saying it happened today. It must have been a major incident!"

Li Qingping: ???

Li Qingping was stunned into silence, and the truck driver became more convinced of his guess when he saw his expression.

"I've been flying for a month?"

In the space of consciousness, Li Qingping couldn't calm down for a long time.

"One month... one month! I can fly all over Teyvat!"

Don’t give in to my advances. Next time you really see it, you’ll have to chop it a few more times!

"You've never been on a plane either." Lei Dianzhen interjected.

"..." Li Qingping fell silent. He had never even ridden a train before. "Then what she did was really unkind!"

"It's good enough that you're alive. That's the Frost Sky Nail. Be good and stop making trouble." Lei Dianzhen stretched out his hand to touch Li Qingping's head, but he dodged it.

“Did I make money?”

“It feels like a win.”

Li Qingping dejectedly withdrew from the conscious space and reluctantly accepted the reality.

One month is just one month. I just don’t know if the department’s salary has been paid during the time he was absent, and whether it is enough to cover Ye Lan’s consumption at Zhudianfang Duty Free Shop.

No... No, no!

The Zhudian Boat sank, so all the bags and clothes that he bought with his money are gone!

Now he spent a lot of money, but ended up not keeping anything. Li Qingping suddenly felt heartbroken.

The money is all his money!

"Master, everyone on the Zhudian Boat should be alive, right?"

"Of course. The official information is that they arranged rescue immediately and all the passengers and crew on board survived."

Li Qingping felt better.

"But I have some insider information, do you want to hear it?" Once such rumors are mentioned, even an elderly person lying in bed with a chronic illness and dim eyesight and not much time left can regain his brilliance, not to mention that the truck driver next to Li Qingping is at the peak of his career.

"What do you mean?" Li Qingping lowered his voice and cooperated with the truck driver to create an atmosphere of two men whispering to each other.

"It's said that the Whirlpool Church was planning some kind of human sacrifice, and the Liyue authorities discovered it!"

You know what, this gossip is quite accurate!

Seeing that Li Qingping seemed to be coming out of the shadows, the truck driver was encouraged and decided to tell him the news he had heard.

"Then Prince Yan disguised himself and sneaked onto the Zhudian Boat. In the midst of a violent storm, just as the sacrifice was about to take place, he stepped forward!"

"I saw the Rock Prince soar high into the sky, summoning a giant rock hand to forcibly hold up the sinking Pearl Barge! He then used his supreme divine power to cast a floating land on the sea for the sailors and passengers to rest temporarily."

"The sea monster being sacrificed saw that the situation was not going well and immediately jumped out of the water to try to stop it."

"As a result, Prince Yan's mind moved slightly, revealing his ten-thousand-foot Dharmakāya true form, and in the blink of an eye, he suppressed the ugly sea monster!"

"It can truly be said that it turned the tide and saved a building that was about to collapse!"

In fact, the sea monster is not ugly. Even from the picky eyes of humans, it has its merits. I think it has fair skin and beautiful appearance in the world of sea monsters, and can be called a beautiful monster.

Li Qingping slapped his forehead and cursed himself for what he was thinking.

The gossip about the truck driver seemed quite positive at first, but then it took a sudden turn and suddenly became street literature and fictional history. It was hard to tell where it went.

He didn't use "stealing fire" to stab the emperor!

"May I ask where the master is from?"

"Hey, I'm from Mond!"

The truck driver thought that Li Qingping was probably impressed by his vivid description and proudly told him his hometown.

This storytelling is not exclusive to you Liyue people. We Mondstadt people are not necessarily inferior to you. He is the best witness to it!

Looking at the truck driver with his head held high, Li Qingping felt as if thousands of horses were galloping in his heart. There were so many things to complain about that he didn't know where to start.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand why some people like to smoke.

At this time, the best way to relieve stress is to quietly light a cigarette, take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and watch the smoke curling in front of you.

"Master, can you lend me your phone?"

"Take it. There are some things I need to explain to my family. We must seek peace through struggle!"

The truck driver unlocked his phone and threw it in the air in an arc. If Li Qingping had been less skilled, the phone would have flown out of the window and smashed into pieces.

Li Qingping dialed the familiar number and put the phone to his ear.

"Who is this?" The call was connected, and there was a woman's voice on the other end, which was even colder than Li Qingping remembered.

I guess the unscrupulous capitalists made money again, which made this person unhappy.

"I'm Li Qingping."

It was like a cloudy day turning into a sunny day, skipping directly between cloudy and sunny, and the person on the other end of the phone was full of surprise.

“You’re still alive!!”

"Yes, Sister Lan."

"Location!"

Li Qingping put down his phone temporarily.

"Master, which gate do we enter Liyue City from?"

"Of course it's the North Gate!"

He nodded, picked up the phone again, and was about to speak.

"I've checked it out. Don't move once you get to the north gate. I'll pick you up."

This phone call was like a depth charge, causing turmoil again in Liyue, which had been silent for a long time.

The news that Li Qingping returned to Liyue alive was delivered to the hands of each girl like snowflakes, and was also spread among the Liyue officials, reaching the Seven Stars and even the Geo King Emperor.

"Your family is here to pick you up?" The truck driver looked a little nervous when he saw Li Qingping hang up the phone. He comforted him, "It's okay. We're all family. There's nothing we can't overcome!"

"I always feel that this time the scene might be a bit big."

"Kid, this is the main city of Liyue. How big of a deal can it be to pick you up?" The driver smiled and didn't take it seriously.

The north gate of Liyue City was right in front of them, they were almost there.

Volume 1: 100. Seven Stars Welcome, Eight Gates Congratulate

A month ago, Liyue was under a small curfew, and the Qianyan Army added checkpoints at various entrances to the city, and the inspections became almost strict. It was only in recent days that the situation has been slightly relaxed.

But just now, the inspections that had been relaxed became stricter again, especially at the north gate of Liyue.

The old people who often hang out here noticed that there were suddenly many young and strong men here.

Some of them casually tossed a large bill at a street newsstand, said "no change" to the owner, and lowered their heads to read the newspaper. The way these people read the newspaper was also very interesting. They would always glance at it casually for a few seconds, then immediately look up and scan everyone around them like a hawk, even the woman pushing a baby stroller who passed by him.

The newsstand owner was very alert and thought these people were acting suspiciously, which might be the reason for the recent martial law, so he secretly called the police. However, the operator on the other end of the phone was no longer the big sister with a sweet voice, but a senior police officer with a rough voice.

"I'm sorry, I'm the police officer who brought the person you reported. Please understand this is a special period."

Then another person came, glared at the policeman who was discovered, showed his ID to the boss, gave him cash equivalent to a week's income of the newsstand and meal coupons from the Debo Hotel, and directly requisitioned the entire newsstand.

This situation happened in many shops at the North Gate. The bosses and employees who were temporarily unemployed felt as if they were in another world when walking on the street.

What are you doing? Is this still Liyue?

The streets were still bustling with people, but only a small number of unrelated people who had strayed in could be found among the large number of plainclothes officers.

The North Gate area was temporarily taken over, and traffic was diverted to other exits of Liyue in an orderly manner by traffic police who were working overtime.