Wendy: "."

Why are tassels here? Doesn't she think she's been fishing? Wendy felt that her brain was buzzing at this time, and she spoke ill of her behind the woman's back, and was caught red-handed by her master.

"Hey, why are you here with tassels?" Paimon shouted in surprise.

"It's nothing, it's just that it's been a long time since I've been in Liyue Harbor, but I didn't think it would last long before I heard someone orchestrating me behind my back." Tassel glanced at Wendy meaningfully.

Ying: "."

Is this the golden task? The three gods are here, so the main line difficulty task must be very big this time, right?

"Oh, hey, that woman definitely didn't mean you." Wendy quibbled.

"What are you talking about?"

Tassel ignores Wendy, who is gagging.

"That's right." Paimon tells Tassel what happened.

Tassel touched his chin and said, "Oh? Commission, Zhongli and Wendy, also go? Then I'll be involved in one too. ”

"Okay, since we have all agreed, then let's go and go back to find Lao Dai!" Paimon turned to Ying.

Ying: "."

Ying was a little entangled and walked in front with a few gods, obviously looking for a helper, but she went down and brought three gods back.

"Lao Dai, we're back!"

Upon arriving at his destination, Paimon greeted Old Dai.

Lao Dai said with some doubts: "Oh! Are these friends of yours? Didn't you say that there was only one person? ”

"Exactly! In my opinion, this gentleman is the man who knows the most about ore and geology in the world, and the other two are his friends. ”

Zhongli: "Passed the prize." Just a little bit of experience. ”

Lao Dai said unconvinced: "Hey, if you want to say that, the one I am looking for will definitely not lose to others." ”

"I can't tell, but you'll feel it for yourself when he comes."

"Uh, is that it?" A man with black-rimmed glasses approached.

Lao Dai opened his mouth to explain: "Oops, it's just in time! Let me introduce to you, this is the helper I am looking for, Kunjun. ”

"Quint, these two are the big adventurers I'm looking for, uh, as for this gentleman..."

Kun Jun touched his chin and looked at Zhongli: "."

Zhongli: "."

Wendy: "."

Tassel: "."

Ying: "??? ”

"His name is Zhongli, and he is a guest of the Afterlife Hall."

Paimon looked at the silent five people a little strangely, and wondered why even Ying was silent.

Lao Dai said in surprise: "Mr. Zhongli, the guest of the Dead Hall... I've also heard that you're rich in five cars, and you're only eight high. I didn't expect to see me today. ”

Kunjun looked at Zhongli and fell into thought: "Huh? Something familiar... Hmm, did you see it in the Hall of the Dead? But I didn't go to the Hall of the Past Lives..."

Paimon opened his mouth and said, "Old Dai, won't you try?" See who is the real connoisseur! ”

"Huh? This... I—I don't know how to compare..."

Paimon said, "Then you guys can find a way to compete on your own, if Zhongli wins, ask him for help, if Zhongli... Wrong. How could he lose! ”

Kunjun agreed with Paimon's proposal, "Competition? Okay, okay, I'm willing to accompany you! ”

Zhongli: "This gentleman is very interested." ”

Kun Jun scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard Zhongli's words and said, "Ahaha, as soon as I saw your face, I thought you must be knowledgeable." But it's hard to say which is higher or lower compared to me. ”

Paimon complained dissatisfiedly, "This person is so angry! ”

"It's just to tell you the truth, hahaha, that's all I'll do." Kunjun replied with a smile on his face, apparently not taking Paimon's words to heart.

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Tassel and Wendy: "Since these two are friends of Mr. Zhongli, they must know a lot about this, right?" ”

Wendy hurriedly said: "No, no, I don't understand anything, I just came to see the fun." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm just an ordinary person, how can I join this kind of competition, I'll just take a look at it later, learn more." Tassel chimed in.

"Well, the two of you don't seem to be good at this, it's me who is abrupt, but as Mr. Zhongli's friends, I think the two of you must be excellent in other aspects."

Venti: "Where, where." ”

Tassel: "Won and awarded." ”

Zhongli: "."

"Brother Kun is an appraiser?" Zhong asked as he left the mouth.

Kunjun replied, "No, actually... Actually, I forgot what I was doing in Liyue Harbor... One day I was standing on the side of the road and was suddenly stopped by Lao Dai. ”

"When Lao Dai saw me holding the stone, he asked me a few words, and then he excitedly asked me to come here to meet."

Paimon said with a shocked face, "Huh? Can this also be forgotten? ”

Lao Dai explained, "When I came to Liyue Harbor, I met this man standing on the side of the road to the stones, and he was still reciting words, as if he was very familiar with the stones. ”

Out of curiosity, I asked a few questions, and who knows, he knows better than me, the head of the miners! He has nothing to do anyway, so he might as well come and help me. ”

Paimon said, "This guy doesn't have a good memory. ”

"I can't say that I have a bad memory... However, if it's just a stone, I'll be able to help. Kunjun replied.

Ying touched her chin and asked, "Nian Nian has words, Lao Dai, have you heard anything?" ”

"I didn't hear it clearly, it seems that there are Mora, Qing, Count, these words, and whatever, I think he must also be selling stones, right? It makes sense to clear the stones, settle accounts, and get Mora. Lao Dai replied while thinking.

"Morax, it's time to settle everything!" Tassel remembered the previous lines about Ruotuo, and whispered it in a small voice on the side, except for Lao Dai, everyone else heard it.

Zhongli: "!! ”

"What? No way? Paimon said in surprise.

"I don't think that's the case either, do I?" Ying agrees with Paimon.

Kun Jun's eyes flashed when he heard the tassel's words, as if he remembered something, and glanced at the tassel quietly.

"What are you talking about?" Lao Dai asked curiously.

"No, no, we just misheard." Paimon replied that it would be better not to tell the Tassels to the people of Liyue.

"And what do you think of this stone?" Kunjun handed a stone to Zhongli and said.

"Hmm"

Zhongli touched his chin and looked at the stone and said, "The case of this stone is smooth, and the cracks on the surface are caused by volcanic eruptions. If I'm not mistaken, this is a stone embryo from another country. ”

Kun Jun replied with a strange expression of increased knowledge: "Oh~oh! Good eye! ”

Zhongli continued to analyze, "It's not an ordinary stone embryo. The shell is thin, the lines are black... I guess it's packed with fine crystal mines. ”

Kun Jun heard Zhongli's analysis and agreed: "That's right, this stone comes from around the volcano, I bought this at the market while wandering around." The seller thinks it is a scrap, but he doesn't know the mystery. ”

"Aren't crystal mines everywhere?"

Ying asked curiously, in addition to being good-looking, the crystal mine is useless to her now, and she doesn't know how many tons she has in her backpack.

Kun Jun explained to Ying: "Just the pure color and high-grade texture are not enough to be called a treasure. Higher-grade rare crystals, some wrapped in water urchins, others hidden with golden sand. ”

"The crystal hidden under this stone shell enveloped a cloud of water the moment it was formed. The water is hidden at the bottom, like a full moon in the mountains, reflecting the sky and moving, which can be described as quite rare. ”

Paimon was surprised, "It's so detailed, it's like he's seen it with his own eyes."

"It can't fool us, right? After all, you haven't opened the stone yet. ”

"No, he's telling the truth." Zhongli said on the side: "Most crystals are born in a high-temperature environment, and high temperatures are incompatible with flowing water, so water urchin crystals are precious. Hidden within this crystal is the water of an alpine lake, which is even rarer. ”

"Even Zhongli said that, that should be true." At this time, Paimon vividly showed the word double standard.

"It's the first time I've seen Mr. Zhongli's eyesight! How do you know what it looks like under the stone shell? ”

Zhongli replied blandly: "I've seen a lot, so I naturally have a heart, and I ask Brother Kun not to mind." ”

"No, no, how could it be! I think we're very close to each other, and I really want to make you a friend. When Kunjun heard Zhongli's words, he was flattered and hurriedly complimented.

"Old Dai, bring Mr. Zhongli with you! Believe me, he's definitely a discerning connoisseur. You won't meet a few such people in your life. Kun Jun said to Lao Dai.

"It's okay, one more person, one more strength. Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me to the Chasm Mine, for it is up to you to find the lost brother this time. ”

"Hey, it's amazing for the old man to talk to this man named Kunjun, is this how the people of Liyue speak?"

Tassel bowed his head and said, "In terms of universal reason, it is true. ”

Venti: "??? ”

"No, what are you doing with your Liyue appearance?"

Venti looked at the tassel and felt that the Liyue aura on her body was getting worse and worse, and she couldn't tell that she was originally the god of Sumeru.

"I'm from Liyue, isn't that normal?" Tassel said with a strange expression.

"Yes, this girl is from Liyue, that's for sure." Lao Dai chimed in.

"Why are you sure?" Wendy asked, puzzled.

"Because the color of the Liyue people's Skynet is different from the color of other people's, just like you, you are not a Liyue person when you wear the cyan Skynet." Lao Dai analyzed reasonably.

"What about them? She didn't look like a Liyue person. ”

Wendy pointed to Paimon and Ying, who had the same Skynet as Tassel and the others.

"I don't know about this, maybe they like other costumes, this Skynet was made by the Emperor, and only the native Liyue people can use this color Skynet."

Wendy: "."

Okay, a few of you are on one side, and I'm an outsider, right?

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the place where the incident occurred, six days ago, I took a few partners out on errands, and as soon as I came back, I heard that the four brothers left behind were missing, and they could not be contacted."

"I led people to search the entire mining area, but they couldn't find them. I really didn't have a clue, so I asked a few people to help. ”

"In other words, there are four miners who are missing." Zhongli concluded.

"Yes. Originally, there were ten of us, except for Ah Long, Cen Da, Cen and Xiao Mao, all of whom were miners who followed me to do their work. ”

Zhongli analyzed: "Most of the workers in this line are young and middle-aged men. Four miners, could it be that they are going to other mines? And then out of Liyue's realm? That's why I can't get in touch. ”

"Not really. There are no places to stay in this area, and we haven't seen any other mining caves along the way. As for whether or not Liyue is out of Liyue, I honestly don't know about that, but I just hope I won't run into any trouble. ”

"Have you searched for all of this large mining area?"

"As a result, four workers and a small child are gone? And this person named Kunjun can also read the memory of the ore? Wendy said incredulously.

"yes, that's how it turned out, we found these clues with Zhongli." Paimon replied.

"However, if we leave with a child, they can also send us a message, and we haven't heard anything from them after so long." Lao Dai said puzzled.

Ying also said suspiciously, "I also think it's strange that this shouldn't happen in Liyue right now. ”

"That means there's a possibility that the kid isn't human, and he's familiar with Liyue, and he's able to cut off Skynet's signal." Tassel touched his chin and analyzed.

"Impossible, right? Skynet was made by the Emperor, so how could anyone cut off Skynet's signal except when they left Liyue? This should be something that only the emperor himself can do, right? But now the emperor has passed away. ”

Lao Dai couldn't understand this answer, and he didn't want to accept it, he would rather believe that the other four people left voluntarily with the child, and then forgot to communicate with himself and the others, and accidentally arrived at Sumeru next door, rather than believe that Skynet's signal was cut off.

The Emperor's departure was a pain in the hearts of the people of Liyue, and when she said this, Lao Dai's face turned bad, and the Immortal Monarch of Liyue did not care about Liyue's affairs according to the records, because she did not show her face once, and the people of Liyue did not even know what the Immortal Monarch looked like, not even the gender of the avatar.

"In terms of general rationality, it's really possible that Tassel is talking too close to the malicious Demon God, and the Demon God is aware of the existence of Liyue Skynet, and if he deliberately makes a move, Skynet's signal will indeed be affected." Zhongli continued to analyze as if he hadn't heard Lao Dai's words.

"Huh? Demon God? Why did the Demon God take four ordinary people? Isn't that reasonable? Paimon said in surprise.

"I don't know about this, I can only find out the answer by observing it myself."

Lao Dai asked, "Then where did they go?" ”

"According to our speculation, they walked north along the road, probably out of the mining area and in the direction of the ruins."

"North! Okay, I'll take someone to find it. ”

Lao Dai didn't believe that it was the demon god who took away the other four workers, how could the demon god be so easy to meet.

"Need our help?" Ying felt that this matter was not simple, and she felt that what Tassel said must be reasonable.

"I've left the investigation to you, so let's run errands and let a few of our brothers come. If you go first, you might be able to catch up with them. Lao Dai declined Ying's help.

"Wait. It happened six days ago, and even if it was just walking, they had gone a long way. ”

"Well, that's right, so be it, I'll take a few of my brothers to the distant tenant in a while to inquire. Leaving the mining area, there are only a few families who want to stay. We'll take care of that. ”

"Guys, I'd like to ask you to keep looking for clues. If we don't meet on the way, we will meet at the Wangshu Inn after tomorrow night. ”

Lao Dai didn't mention the matter of adding Skynet friends, because Skynet friends are not particularly familiar, and business partners will not add them, it seems that these people in front of him are extraordinary, and Lao Dai didn't speak.

"But the Wangshu Inn is too far from here, right? Can you really walk in one day? Paimon asked.

"There is an anchor point downstairs in the Wangshu Inn, although the long-distance teleportation cost is very high, but this is the only way to do it."

That's right, the anchor point made by the tassel is charged, the distance is long, and it also consumes energy, so the tassel directly makes the anchor point to absorb the energy of Mora before it can be used.

Zhongli: "It's okay. ”

"Then I'll go first with my brothers!"

Seeing Lao Dai leaving, Paimon spoke up, "The current situation is that we continue to investigate, and they go to the nearby residents to inquire about the news, right?" ”

"That's right."

"However, there are no more clues in the mining area, should we chase them north?" Paimon said.

"Wait, there's one less person." Zhongli said.

"There are no less." Tassel replied with a strange expression.

Wendy understood the meaning of the tassel and echoed, "Hey, I also think that there are indeed no fewer people. ”

Zhongli: "."

Zhongli understood the meaning of the two gods, but here, you don't play acrobatics, and don't let the gods worry about each other, is your wear and tear really so serious?

Paimon scratched his head, "Huh? ”

"That's right, this guy is probably still investigating. Go call him! There are also tassels and Wendy, obviously Quint is gone, why do you say that there are no fewer people? ”

"It's true that there are no fewer people, Tassel and Wendy's reminder is already obvious, Xiao Kun he is not human." Ying opened her mouth to explain.

"Huh?" Paimon continued to scratch his head.

"It's not a person, so what's that? Could it be an immortal? Or a demon god? ”

"I don't know, but the answer should be close." Ying replied.

"Quint, what are you looking for here? The clues are almost all checked, it's time to go! Paimon yelled at Kunjun, who was standing on the stone in contemplation.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm just looking for a jade called Zhenlongshi."

Hearing Paimon's words, Kunjun immediately turned his head and said.

Zhongli glanced at Kunjun and said, "Zhenlong Stone? ”

"It's something I don't understand, Zhenlongshi, can listening to the name suppress the dragon? Like the kind of stone that can have the power to suppress Dvalin? Ying asked curiously.

"Zhenlong Stone is generally used in the forging industry, what is the use of you looking for this?" Zhongli glanced at Ying, then asked Kunjun.

Kunjun: "I don't know. ”

"Sorry, I can't tell why... I've been in a daze for the past few days, and I can't remember anything but my name and home address. ”

Wendy suddenly said, "Morax, it's time to settle everything!" ”

Zhongli: "."

Kunjun: "."

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