"It's been a while, Wendy, do you remember that feeling?" Zhongli glanced at Wendy and said flatly.

"No, no, I'm not curious, and that's not what the tassel said." Wendy hurriedly waved her hand.

Zhongli is the oldest of the seven gods, and his strength is also the most terrifying, in the case of one-on-one, the other six gods have no possibility of winning at all, and only two against one can win, and even if he wins, it will lose a lot, just like the thunder god of Inazuma next door Although he can break Zhongli's shield, but she is brittle, gods generally have an ability that is a shortcoming, which is like Zhongli's proper hexagonal warrior.

"To be honest, I've been feeling anxious, as if I've forgotten about something before I can do it. I can't think of it, it's so uncomfortable..."

Paimon said, "Ah, I know how it feels! I know I forgot something, but I can't remember what it is. ”

"Well, I didn't know where to go, so I had to wander around. That day, I walked through the market and walked around, and when I was shopping, I heard someone chatting, and vaguely mentioned Zhenlongshi. ”

"These three words are very familiar, as if what I want to do has something to do with that kind of stone, so I just wanted to find a piece to see."

"Maybe if you hold the stone in your hand, you'll be able to remember what you're going to do."

When Zhongli heard Kunjun's explanation, he bowed his head and said, "I see. If you have the opportunity to do so, I will also help you find this stone. ”

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Zhongli, you are so nice! Kunjun thanked Zhongli.

"It's not enough to raise your hands."

"Are you leaving?" Paimon asked.

Zhongli slowly analyzed: "Heading north from the Strata Abyss, you will arrive at the Spirit Moment Pass. If they choose this route, they are sure to leave traces along the way. ”

"Then let's go!"

Everyone followed the traces left by the miners and traced them all the way to Lingju Pass.

"The footprints are gone here." Paimon said, looking at the marks on the ground.

Zhongli suggested, "Just ask the people nearby, if the miners pass by here, they should be able to see it." ”

"Excuse me, have you seen anyone dressed as a miner nearby?" Paimon asked an old man.

"Miners? Haven't seen it. ”

Paimon: "Forget it, let's ask someone else." ”

Ying: "."

Anyway, you're asking, I'm just responsible for walking, you don't need to add this.

"Hello, have you seen the miners? Such a big man, there are four of them! ”

Next, Paimon asks a middle-aged man, gesturing the size of the miner.

"Go, go, don't disturb me admiring the floating clouds!" The middle-aged man replied impatiently.

Paimon complained with a little disgust, "What an impatient look, this person"

Paimon flew in front, followed by Ying, Kunjun, and Zhongli, while Tassel and Wendy swayed slowly behind, as if this matter had nothing to do with them.

"Hey, the view from this place is really good." Wendy said as she walked.

Tassel touched his chin and looked at the waterhole in the distance and said, "Indeed, that waterhole is good, next time I will come here to fish." ”

"Well, you wouldn't have been to these places in Liyue for so long, would you?" Wendy said in surprise when she heard the tassel's words.

Tassel replied strangely, "No, why should I come to these places?" ”

"And how have you spent the last few hundred years? You won't be squatting in Liyue Harbor forever, will you? "Wendy seems to have spotted a blind spot.

"That's true." Tassel jaw head.

Wendy: "."

How can this god be even more outrageous than himself, how did he do it after squatting in Liyue Harbor for more than two hundred years?

"What do you do every day? Can you stay in one place for so long? ”

"Fishing? Fishing every day, time passes all at once. Tassel replied.

"What's so fun about fishing? How many fish have you caught so far? ”

Tassel replied with a tiger face: "Not a single one." ”

Listening to the tassel's words, Wendy's face was entangled, and she squeezed out a sentence for a long time: "It's amazing." ”

How did you do this fishing method that you haven't caught a single fish for more than 200 years?

Wendy scratched his ears and cheeks, he couldn't have imagined that the tassel would fish directly without a hook and bait, and it was a strange thing that such a fish could be caught.

Paimon, Ying, and the others found another young woman named Xiaoling.

Paimon asked directly, "Have you seen anyone dressed as a miner around here?" ”

Xiao Ling thought for a moment and replied, "About four or five days ago, a few people walked by here, carrying baskets and pickaxes or something... It's pretty much the same as you said. ”

"Yes, yes, that's them!"

Paimon replied in surprise that he finally had a clue after searching for so long.

Zhongli said in a deep voice: "Four or five days ago? It seems that they are not walking as fast as we imagined, and I am afraid that they have been consumed a lot of time by the terrain of the Spirit Moment. ”

"Oh, those people are strange, four big men, all with dull faces, as if they didn't wake up! There's a kid dangling in front of you..."

"Do you see what the kid looks like?" Zhongli continued to ask.

Xiao Ling replied, "Just glanced at it, blue hair, very short, like... Looks like a girl! Also, her expression is also very serious, and she doesn't smile at all. ”

"Are they on this path?"

Zhongli pointed in the direction of the footprints on the ground.

"yes, it's all the way from here."

Ying asked, "Do you find anything else?" ”

"It's a little weird, it's the first time I've seen that kind of thing... Are the adults asleep? It's weird. ”

Xiao Ling thought about the state of several people at that time, and replied a little hesitantly.

"Then let's go!"

After talking to Xiaoling, Paimon continued to be the team leader, calling on everyone.

"It seems that Skynet is blocked and it is indeed related to the Demon God, I heard the narration of the woman named Xiaoling, these people should be controlled by their minds." Zhongli said as he walked.

"Huh? Are you sure? Paimon asked.

Zhongli touched his chin and pondered, "Eight or nine is not far from ten, but that blue-haired, very short girl, in my impression, there is no existence about her. ”

"There are footprints on the ground, ah, there are people over there."

"Help, please help me!" The man heard Paimon's voice and shouted for help.

"I'm going to save people!"

Ying took the initiative to take over the task, and here are three gods who are already crooked and don't know to what extent, a person who doesn't look like a human, and a Paimon, and their action is also unrealistic in Ying's opinion.

"These monsters are so irritable that they will be discovered just by walking by, and they will pounce on people without saying a word... Thank you for saving me, thank you. ”

"My name is Wan Yu, and I belong to the Liyue Shenglu Hall, and I am in charge of the research of cultural monuments."

After her introduction, Ying was also relieved, this name is still a scholar, no wonder he is so weak, he can't even beat a dragon lizard, Ying has experienced a trip to Sumeru, and he doesn't have a good impression of the scholar at all.

Paimon wondered, "Oops, not a miner?" ”

"Where did you tell she looked like a miner?" Ying couldn't help complaining.

"Hey." Paimon scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Miners?" Wan Yu asked puzzled.

"Well, we're looking for miners, four of them! They were all tall men with mining tools. ”

Hearing Paimon's words, Wanyu replied, "I think I've seen the person you said. ”

"Really?"

Wan Yu explained: "Yes, I set off from Nantianmen the day before yesterday, and I want to go in the direction of Lingju Pass. On the way, I met a group of people, a child and a few adults. ”

"Can you elaborate a little more?" Paimon continued.

"I was in a hurry and didn't get a closer look. I can't remember the facial features or anything, sorry. ”

Ying: "."

Sure enough, scholars are a group of unreliable existences, and there seems to be no scholar in my impression who is reliable.

"That's enough, thank you." Zhongli said.

"If only I could help." Hearing Zhongli's words, Wanyu said happily.

Ying listened to the conversation between the two on the side, wrinkling her little face, and felt like she wanted to complain.

"Then I'll go first, there are still academic conferences to attend, thank you again." Wan Yu finished speaking and left.

Ying: "."

may be a preconceived reason, Ying especially hates scholars, and has a natural discomfort with people who are scholars, she silently watched the scholar named Wanyu leave, and always felt that the other party was impolite.

"According to the scholar, these people should be heading in the direction of Nantianmen." Paimon concluded.

"Can you be sure it's the same people, though?" Kun Jun said with a little doubt.

Paimon hesitated and said, "It's not that common for children and adults to be combined!" ”

"Ying, what's wrong with you, you have a bitter face." After Paimon finished speaking, he turned his head to see Ying's tangled face, and said with some concern.

Ying organized her language and said, "I hate academics. ”

"What a coincidence, I hate academics too." Tassel took over with a smile on his face.

Zhongli: "."

Wendy: "."

The question of why a god of wisdom hates scholars silences both gods who know the truth.

Oh, she's called Tassel, that's fine.

"Hey, do tassels hate academics too?" Paimon said in confusion.

"Yes, those scholars make me feel disgusted when I look at them, these scholars are dragged like twenty-five or eighty-thousand, especially those scholars in the Sumeru Akademika, they are like moths that eat big trees." Tassel replied.

Zhongli: "."

Wendy: "."

Paimon: "."

Ying: "."

Kunjun: "??? ”

The two hundred years of tassels in Liyue also made Zhongli a little aware of the nature of the tassels, and the whole person usually looked quite normal, but the decisions he always made about some things made Zhongli feel that the tassels were not fire-attribute gods, and they were very irritable, and they would never talk to you much if they could do anything.

"Why do you hate academics with tassels?!! Also What is a moth? Wendy was different, he couldn't figure it out.

Tassel turned her head to look at Wendy and said flatly, "It's nothing, because I simply find it difficult to talk to them." ”

Wendy obviously didn't believe the tassel's words and said suspiciously, "That's it? ”

Tassel glanced at Wendy and said, "That's it." ”

Wendy: "."

"Hey, look at that rock over there!" Kun Jun saw that several people finished talking and said.

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Kunjun and found that it was a stone perber.

"Oh, there's another trick." Paimon immediately understood what Kunjun meant.

Kun Jun bowed his head and said: "It should work, I'll try it." ”

Kunjun walked towards Shi Po, slowly squatted down, gently put his hand on Shi Po, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Hmm."

Through Shi Po's line of sight, Kun Jun saw four miners walking in the direction of Nantianmen.

"That's right, it's the same people, and they've walked along this path." Kunjun opened his eyes, stood up and said to everyone.

"The scene of Brother Kun reading the memories of the stones, no matter how many times I watch it, I find it interesting." Zhongli said meaningfully.

Kun Jun scratched his head and replied a little embarrassed: "This so-called ability is really not used in ordinary times." It makes some sense to let Mr. Zhongli entertain. ”

Paimon unabashedly praised Kunjun, "Little Quint is simply our compass!" With you here, it's good to determine the direction. ”

"Hahahaha, huh? Then I won't be here in vain. ”

Speaking of this, Kun Jun continued as if he was reminiscing about a particularly interesting thing: "Well, this feeling... It's like you're working on a case, it's so interesting. ”

"While it's fun, don't forget to be vigilant."

"Oooh! It is also said that Mr. Zhongli is really cautious. ”

"Besides, that scholar was attacked by a young rock dragon lizard just now, but this monster shouldn't be so aggressive."

Ying: "??? ”

After listening to Zhongli's words, Ying looked at him suspiciously, the young rock dragon lizard is not aggressive, are you sure? When I was exploring Liyue, the young rock dragon lizard saw me rolling towards me like a mad dog, but luckily I was strong, otherwise they would have attacked me.

Zhongli continued to analyze: "There are many clues along the way, and there seems to be a connection between them..."

"The workers went to the direction of Nantianmen the day before yesterday. From here, you have to go through a difficult mountain road. If their destination is Nantianmen, we should still be able to catch up. ”

"Well, let's go right away!" Paimon said.

"I made a mark nearby, in case Lao Dai chases, he can also follow the mark to find us."

"Worthy of Zhongli!" Paimon praised.

"However, Zhongli, are you sure that at our speed, Lao Dai can chase after us quickly?" Tassel said a little puzzled, and the flying and jumping along the way was all the credit of Wendy.

Zhongli: "."

"Let's go, go to Nantianmen." Zhongli changed the subject.

"Wuhu, take off."

Wendy Shi showed off his ability and made everyone walk like flying, if it were an ordinary person, he would definitely ask Wendy what this ability was. But Kunjun has no doubts about Wendy's ability at all, which is what makes Ying feel abnormal.

All the way to the South Heavenly Gate.

"Look, there's a guy lying in front, I don't know if it's the person we're looking for."

"There's a basket next to it... He is indeed a miner. Kun Jun walked up to the person lying on the ground and said.

"Hey, hey, can you hear me?" Paimon called out to the man lying on the ground.

Zhongli analyzed: "Looking at his appearance, he should have fainted here from exhaustion." ”

"Are you going to wake him up?" Paimon asked.

"I can still dig"

"Huh? Muttering something like this? Paimon looked at the miner and said suspiciously.

"It looks like it's been struggling, and it looks like it's trying to get up and dig up." Ying said.

"It's really abnormal to be so persistent."

"There's a camp nearby, take him there to settle down first, and then make plans."

When Kunjun heard Zhongli's words, he picked up the miner on his back and walked to the camp next to him to settle down.

Paimon said a little worriedly, "How's it going?" He's not going to die, is he? ”

"He was overworked and fell into a coma. Fortunately, there was no fear for my life. Zhongli explained.

"No, why are you tired like this, and keep digging things." Ying said on the side.

"That's right, this is really unreasonable, according to the mandatory time of Liyue Skynet, even a miner would not make such a common-sense mistake, and I just observed the Liyue Skynet he was carrying, as if it had been shut down." Zhongli said as he touched his chin.

"Huh? Why is this happening? Paimon asked.

"As we all know, in the hearts of the people of Liyue, Liyue Skynet is the last gift made by the rock god Morax to Liyue, and it is also a final constraint that is not a contract, and the people of Liyue will abide by it, otherwise they will lose their ability to use Liyue Skynet."

"Losing the license to use Liyue Skynet is undoubtedly equivalent to losing the identity of Liyue people, and the Immortal Monarch gave instructions in the hope that the people of Liyue would not be so tired and have a good feel for the beauty of Liyue now, so he set a four-hour working time so that the people of Liyue can have their own habits."

"Zhongli, what do you mean?" Paimon seems to know something.

Zhongli continued, "This matter has basically been determined, this person seems to have been affected by something, but the other party knows the current scene in Liyue, if this miner continues to work, he will inevitably lose the qualification of Liyue Skynet, but the other party does not want to do this, so if Liyue Skynet is closed with the power of the Demon God, the worker's information will not be detected, and naturally it will not be able to transmit it to others." ”

"But why? What about this person who wants to shut down Liyue Skynet? If it directly affects the miner's mind and doesn't allow the message to be transmitted, why go to such lengths to use the power of the Demon God to shut down Liyue Skynet? Paimon scratched his head and said puzzled.

"I don't know about this, but the Liyue Skynet that this miner is wearing does have a familiar demonic power." With that, Zhongli turned his head to look at Kunjun, who was still observing the miners.

"According to Zhongli, this Demon God knows the importance of Liyue Skynet to the people of Liyue, and although he needs help, he doesn't want these workers to lose their ability to use Liyue Skynet, right?" Paimon concluded.

"Well, that's true." Zhongli bowed his head.

"It's even more surprising that if Zhongli's guess is correct, the other party's behavior is not as harmful to Liyue, and he can pay attention to such a small matter." Paimon scratched his head.

(End of chapter)