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"Then I'll have to trouble Doctor Bai Zhu next. Lu Xiu and Hu Tao, please follow me. I still need to ask you about those monsters."

Chapter 86: What is there to be afraid of pig people?

Keqing led Lu Xiu and Hu Tao to the temporary command center of the base. After sending away irrelevant personnel, Keqing gestured for them to sit down.

"Kurumi, what was that boundary you were talking about earlier? Why did you say these monsters came out of that boundary?"

Keqing keenly noticed the key point in Hu Tao's previous words. If those monsters really came out from the border, then they only needed to close or block the border, and the crisis could be successfully resolved.

When Hu Tao saw Keqing asking, she was a little hesitant at first.

Seeing her hesitation, Keqing immediately said seriously, "This matter concerns the safety of Liyue. I hope Miss Hu Tao will not hide anything. Of course, if this border matter is confidential, I can sign a contract with you to ensure that it will not be disclosed to anyone other than the Seven Stars of Liyue."

Hu Tao thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, Miss Keqing, I trust you. The contract is waived. However, I hope you won't reveal this to anyone else. The border is a secret place guarded by my Wangsheng Hall for generations. It connects life and death, a special area separating the living and the dead. Not long ago, when I went to the border for maintenance, I discovered another portal there. That portal leads to the netherworld. As for the netherworld, Lu Xiu knows more about it than I do."

Hu Tao changed the subject to Lu Xiu halfway through her speech, and Keqing also turned her head to look at Lu Xiu.

Lu Xiu nodded at the two of them, then continued, "Later, I met Hu Tao and Zhongli, a guest official from the Hall of Rebirth, in the Netherworld. I needed to collect some things there, so I rebuilt a portal back to Teyvat. However, due to the Netherworld's peculiarities, the portal appeared in the basement of the Northland Bank. I simply deactivated it and left."

"So, if those creatures from the netherworld want to appear, they can only come to this world through the portal at the border or the portal in the basement of the Northland Bank. Since Walnut said so, does that mean the border is somewhere on Wuwang Slope?"

"That's right," Walnut continued, "The entrance to the border is less than thirty miles from here."

"Okay, then please, Miss Walnut, provide me with the location. I will lead the Thousand Rocks Army to resolve the hidden dangers on the border."

After obtaining detailed intelligence, Keqing stood up quickly and prepared to lead the Thousand Rocks Army to attack.

Previously, they did not dare to launch an active attack because they were not sure about the opponent's strength and were worried that the withering effect would cause great casualties to the Qianyan Army. But now that they have figured out the opponent's strength and have milk that can cure the withering effect, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Please allow me to come with you." Hu Tao also stood up, her face no longer as cheerful as before. "Maintaining the stability of the border is the unshirkable responsibility of the Rebirth Hall. Now that the border is in trouble, whether for the souls temporarily staying there or for the people of Liyue, the Rebirth Hall has a responsibility to be on the front lines."

"Ms. Walnut..."

Keqing pursed her lips and looking at Hu Tao's determined expression, she couldn't say anything to refuse, so she could only nod.

"Okay, then I'll have to ask Miss Kurumi to assist me."

"Just leave it to this hall master!"

Seeing Keqing's agreement, Hu Tao immediately returned to her previous smiling face and patted her chest loudly.

After talking with Hu Tao, Keqing turned to look at Lu Xiu and asked hesitantly, "So, Lu Xiu, what are your plans next?"

She really wanted Lu Xiu to go with her. After all, having someone who knew the situation in the lower realm would make things easier. However, Lu Xiu was not from Teyvat, let alone Liyue. She had no right to let him go to the border with her while taking the risk of getting hurt.

"I'll go too. After all, Ningguang made a deal with me to help you guys."

Seeing that Lu Xiu was going with her, Keqing finally felt relieved.

"Well, let's set off now without further ado."

As soon as the three of them walked out of the temporary command room, they saw a disgusting scene.

Bai Zhu, Xue Yue Zhu Yang Zhenjun, and Li Shui Die Shan Zhenjun gathered around an iron bucket. From time to time, they would spread out their fingers to wipe the milk stains remaining on the edge of the bucket onto their hands and then put them into their mouths to taste.

The Qianyan soldiers around turned their heads away and whistled awkwardly in the distance.

True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang pulled his fingers out of his mouth, smacked his lips, and looked a little puzzled.

"This milk doesn't taste anything special. It's clearly just ordinary milk, so why can it remove the Withering effect? ​​I can't figure it out. I can't figure it out."

Bai Zhu also agreed and pulled his finger out of his mouth: "It's really nothing special. If you insist on saying something special, this milk is very fresh. I wonder how Mr. Lu Xiu preserves it."

Seeing this embarrassing scene, Keqing couldn't help but cough a few times.

Hearing the cough, the two immortals and Bai Zhu immediately pretended to have an academic discussion and pointed at the iron barrel.

Keqing and the other two came over, and Keqing said, "Two immortals, Doctor Baishu, I will lead the Qianyan Army to investigate the source of the monsters. I will be leaving you here."

True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang nodded seriously, "Leave it to me, but I hope you can keep this iron barrel for us to inspect."

Keqing looked at Lu Xiu beside her and gave him a questioning look, but Lu Xiu shrugged indifferently.

"If you like it so much, just keep it. I don't need this bucket."

For Lu Xiu, who has unlocked the block permissions, iron is no longer a scarce commodity. What is lacking is the contents of the iron bucket, such as magma, water, and milk.

"Then I'll leave this to the immortals and Doctor Baishu."

After shouting at the immortals, Keqing led a team of Qianyan soldiers and Lu Xiu to leave the camp.

Following Walnut's guidance, the group arrived at the foot of a mountain. There were rocks everywhere and no grass growing around, giving people a desolate feeling.

Soon, Keqing and her group stopped because dozens of pigmen emerged from their destination, holding golden swords in their hands and with white pupils, giving people a terrifying feeling.

A Qianyan soldier nervously clenched the spear in his hand and whispered to Keqing in front of him.

"Lady Keqing, this monster is here again. What should we do?"

He had previously participated in an operation to exterminate the pigmen. The pigmen's fierce style of not fearing casualties and fighting to the death to bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy was really frightening.

When Keqing was frowning and thinking about a countermeasure, she saw Hu Tao and Lu Xiu beside her stand up from the bushes where they were hiding and walk straight towards the pigmen.

"Eh? Wait, both of you come back here!"

Chapter 87: Let’s play table tennis with the evil spirits after a long time!

Hu Tao and Lu Xiu's sudden actions made Keqing panic. She jumped out of the bushes without caring about the danger of being discovered by the enemy. She grabbed Lu Xiu and Hu Tao's hands and tried to pull them back.

Hu Tao was light and was easily pulled back by Keqing. When it was Lu Xiu's turn, Keqing felt like she was struggling with a mountain. No matter how hard she tried, she could not shake Lu Xiu's forward steps at all. Instead, she was dragged forward by him and stumbled two steps.

Lu Xiu took two steps forward before he realized Keqing had grabbed his arm. He stopped and turned to look at her in confusion.

Keqing's eyes were filled with worry as she scolded him, "Don't mess around! These pigmen are very dangerous. If they find you, you won't be able to get rid of them!"

"Don't worry about these pigmen. As long as you don't attack them, they won't be aggressive."

To demonstrate, Lu Xiu pried open Keqing's hand that was holding his arm, and then walked straight towards the pigmen.

Seeing this scene, Keqing's heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly turned around and gave orders to the Qianyan Army.

"Everyone is ready to fight!"

"Yes!"

The Qianyan soldiers who received the order no longer hid and came out from the bushes one after another. Keqing also held the hairpin between her fingers. If anything went wrong, she would immediately go to rescue Lu Xiu.

Hu Tao, whose arm was still being held by Keqing, smiled wryly at the commotion they were making. "Miss Keqing, you really don't have to worry. Mr. Lu Xiu was right. When Zhongli and I strayed into the Netherworld and were surrounded by pigmen, Lu Xiu explained it to us. We've actually tested it ourselves, and those pigmen are definitely not hostile at all."

"how is this possible?"

Keqing refused to believe anything and explained to Hu Tao with a frown, "If they weren't hostile, then on the first day our Thousand Rock Army was attacked..."

Keqing was stunned in the middle of her words. Now thinking back carefully, the pigmen were confronting their Thousand Rocks Army at that time. It seemed that the Thousand Rocks Army was the first to attack, and those pigmen rushed up like crazy. Could it be that... it was really like Lu Xiu said, that the pigmen were not aggressive?

With this doubt in mind, Keqing's eyes were fixed on Lu Xiu, watching him pass through the pigmen and reach the entrance to the border.

Lu Xiu stood at the entrance, turned around, smiled and waved to Keqing and her group.

"Come here, trust me, it's okay."

Keqing and the Thousand Rocks soldiers looked at each other, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Walnut immediately skipped towards the pigs. When she was among them, she took out a stack of business cards from her waist bag with great interest and stuffed them into the pigs' hands with a giggle.

"My fellow pigmen brothers and sisters, I see you live in the lava-filled netherworld all day long. You never know what might happen. If any of your family members encounter an accident, please remember to visit my Rebirth Hall. I'll give you a 20% discount and provide a complete cremation and burial service!"

Walnut giggled and stuffed a business card of the Wangsheng Hall into each pigman's hand, then walked calmly among them.

The pigs looked at the extra business cards in their hands, staring at them blankly with their heads tilted.

"It's really okay..."

Seeing this, Keqing couldn't help but believe what Hu Tao and Lu Xiu said, so she raised her hand and said, "Everyone, don't attack these pigmen. Go forward carefully and go straight through."

"Yes."

Keqing led the Thousand Rocks Army, carefully put away their weapons and walked through the middle of the pigmen. However, the pigmen kept staring at them, which made them feel a chill in their hearts. But thinking of Keqing's orders, no Thousand Rocks Army dared to act rashly, even though the pigmen were about to put their faces close to theirs.

Finally, Keqing and the Qianyan Army safely passed through the pigmen and arrived at the entrance.

"I was scared to death, luckily what you said was true."

Keqing wiped the non-existent cold sweat from her forehead, then waved her hand and ordered the order to continue moving forward.

After passing through the tiny crack in the rock wall and walking in the crack for a few minutes, everyone arrived at the strange boundary.

The gray world made the Qianyan Army exclaim in surprise from time to time.

But before they could take a few more glances, the sound of a baby crying came with the cold wind.

After hearing the baby's cry, a few weak-willed Qianyan soldiers grabbed their ears with crazy expressions, as if they were crazy and wanted to pull their ears off.

This horrifying scene frightened everyone. The surrounding Thousand Rocks Army quickly controlled their out-of-control teammates. Keqing drew her sword and looked vigilantly at the location where the baby's crying came from with the remaining Thousand Rocks Army.

I saw a huge white baby head floating in the air outside the distant cliff. There were several white strips of flesh under its huge head, which looked extremely creepy.

Even Hu Tao, who was used to seeing all kinds of strange things, couldn't help but feel a palpitation. He rubbed his arms with his hands and retreated behind Lu Xiu.

"Lu Xiu, what kind of monster is this? Why didn't we see it last time in the underworld?"

"Ghost."

Compared with others, Lu Xiu did not feel nervous when he saw such a creepy evil spirit. Instead, he walked forward with anticipation and shouted provocatively.

"Ghost, this way!"

"Lu Xiu, what are you doing again?!"

Keqing was frightened by Lu Xiu's behavior. She covered her chest and felt like she was about to have a heart attack.

Why did Lu Xiu do things that made her worried along the way?

"Lu Xiu's evil spirit is very strange. The sound it makes is powerful and disturbing. Moreover, it can spit fireballs from its mouth. The power of those fireballs is terrifying. The Qianyan Army suffered a lot at its hands before. You must be careful!"

Although Keqing was worried about Lu Xiu's action of rushing over to provoke the evil spirit, she also believed that Lu Xiu would not seek death on his own initiative, and he must have his own deep meaning in doing so.

At the same time, Lu Zheng was flexing his wrists, staring at the evil spirit flying in the distance with great interest.

"I haven't played table tennis in a long time. This is a lot of achievement points!"

As Lu Xiu finished his activity, the evil spirit cooperated very well and spit out a fireball as big as a human head towards Lu Xiu.

"Lu Xiu!"

Seeing that Lu Xiu had no intention of dodging and did not take out the shield he often used before, Keqing could not help but shout.

Lu Xiu didn't look back, but just waved his hand to signal Keqing not to worry, and then stared at the firebomb flying towards him.

Just when the fire bomb was about to hit Lu Xiu, Lu Xiu suddenly raised his right hand and punched out.

"Back to you!"

Chapter 88: Evil Spirit: Can’t afford to play?

The flame bomb that was hit paused for a very short moment, then flew back at a speed several times faster than before.

However, the evil spirit was obviously very experienced in this kind of thing. It made an unpleasant cry and slowly dodged to the side. The fire bomb that was hit back just brushed past its head and flew past.

Keqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lu Xiu successfully hit the fireball back, but before she could say anything, the evil spirit spit out another fireball at Lu Xiu.

Lu Xiu remained calm and collected, waiting until the firebomb was about to hit his face before he raised his hand and knocked it back.

The evil spirit also slowly dodged the fire bomb that flew back, and then spit out another one.

The two of them were like playing a game, repeating the same actions over and over again.

Keqing, who was originally worried, saw that Lu Xiu seemed to be playing a game with the evil spirit. The worry on her face disappeared. Instead, she crossed her arms and stared at Lu Xiu's back with a displeased look.

"Is this guy addicted to playing?"

The Qianyan Army following behind him also watched with great interest, leaning on the spears in their hands: "I want to play too."

"Yeah, seeing Mr. Lu Xiu teasing the evil spirit like this, I suddenly feel that he is not so scary. Especially that fireball, isn't it just a flaming ball? It doesn't look that difficult."

Unexpectedly, just as this person finished speaking, Lu Xiu made a mistake and failed to catch the flame bomb. The flame bomb flew past him and landed directly behind Lu Xiu. With a loud bang, a big hole was blown in the ground, and a raging flame was burning in the hole.