Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

"... When do you think they will come looking for us?" Paimon leaned close to Sora's ear and whispered, "I feel like..."

"There are only two of us here, Paimon." Sora reached out and pushed Paimon's fat face away, signaling her to be more normal. "Besides, this is not something that cannot be told to anyone. You don't need to talk to me like you are discussing some secret plan."

At this time, the two had slowly walked from the windy land to the area where Qingquan Town was located. Although Qingquan Town was the place with the largest number of residents in Mondstadt besides Mondstadt, it was located on the edge of Qingquan Town and close to the habitat of wild animals, so it looked sparsely populated.

"Uh... hehe..." Paimon realized belatedly how sneaky his subconscious behavior was, so he smiled embarrassedly, "I wanted to say that although Wendy said before that Mr. Uzumaki and Mr. Senju would meet us halfway, he didn't say a specific time..."

"So what?" Kong didn't understand what Paimon meant.

"Don't you have this feeling?" Paimon asked back, "I heard from others that I would soon get help from a strong man who has enough strength and means to settle all the troubles on the road, but I waited and waited but the strong man never showed up...

Anyway, I am getting anxious waiting."

"Hmm..." Sora was silent. Even though Paimon was a bit of a loser, he had to admit that at times like this, her words always hit home on his inner thoughts, even those that were so subtle that he didn't even pay much attention to them at first.

"Ah, if only Wendy or Mr. Uzumaki could leave us a definite message before they left..." Paimon sighed, "That way we wouldn't miss them too much."

"That's true." Kong nodded and continued to move forward with Paimon, "However, since we don't have these, we can only wait slowly.

Besides, instead of waiting stupidly, it is better to take this opportunity to move forward. This way, we can save some time on the road... Eh?!"

Before he could finish his words, an arm suddenly stretched out from the bushes nearby, grabbed Kong's cloak and dragged him in. Paimon was stunned for half a second before he let out a strange cry as if waking up from a dream, and quickly leaned over and rushed into the bushes.

"Keep your voice down, I'm hunting." As soon as Paimon got in, the hand that pulled Kong into the bushes reached out again and covered Paimon's mouth. "I've heard that Mond has a lot of good ingredients. Now I see that it's really as good as its reputation!"

"Huh?" Looking at the girl squatting in the bushes, covering Paimon's mouth and staring at the front intently, Kong couldn't help but look confused, "You are... a hunter?"

He had seen the hunters of Qingquan Town many times before, and because of Diona, the bartender of the Cat's Tail Tavern, he even knew the leader of the hunters of Qingquan Town, Duraf. But in his impression, the figure of the girl in front of him seemed to have never appeared among the hunters of Qingquan Town.

Moreover, from her clothing style and what she just said, it can be inferred that she is not even a native of Mondstadt. However, based on these words alone, no more information can be analyzed.

Sure enough, the girl shook her head after hearing this: "No, no, no, I'm a chef who aspires to travel all over the world to search for rare ingredients!

My name is Xiangling, I'm from Liyue Harbor, what about you?"

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Just when Sora and Paimon had to stop moving forward because they met Xiangling who was looking for food, on the other side...

Menma and Hashirama did not go to look for the two of them immediately, but came to the location of Wangfeng Mountain, intending to enter the underground base that they had dug out.

Since all the Fatui private soldiers who were previously resurrected by the two had been dealt with and taken into the Kamui Dimension, the only thing left was the "tillage machine" that was brought back from the Wind Dragon Ruins by Aristolochia and several White Zetsu.

Now, all the White Zetsu have been sent out in batches by the two to gather information, and no troops were left here, so the two planned to take the "tillage machine" with them before leaving, and abandon this place.

Although I don’t know whether it will be possible to reopen it in the future, at least in the near future, this place will not be used.

Through the passage specially left for them by the White Zetsu, Menma and Hashirama quickly entered the underground base and stood in front of the "tillage machine".

"I've never seen this 'tillage machine' you mentioned before..." Hashirama said, "Even though you said it looks exactly like a normal ruins guard, after seeing it today, I still can't imagine what it looks like when it's fully fired."

When Hashirama and Bennett and others went out on adventures, he had no idea how many Ruins Guardians he had smashed, so he had a certain understanding of their strength. However, comparing the strength of ordinary Ruins Guardians with this one that used the same "skin" as them, Hashirama could not imagine that this one could cause such a large-scale and fierce attack that it could be mistaken for the "Tyrant's Grudge".

"After all, it's a prototype, so this doesn't seem strange." Menma shrugged. "The Ruins Guards that Kanreya made later were all designed based on this prototype. Even if the firepower and strength had to be greatly weakened in order to be able to mass-produce, at least in terms of appearance, it still needs to be restored one-to-one.

Of course, as for the later Relic Heavy Machines, Relic Colossi, and even other types and series of war machines, they all belong to another track. "

"Alright." Hashirama said nothing more. "If the strength of other series is similar to this one, then I have no interest in them. I just hope that the three giant ruins statues on Sumeru that you mentioned can satisfy me a little bit."

"Don't worry. After all, the size of the Ruins Colossus is almost as big as the wooden man. Moreover, if we are lucky, we can try to open it."

"Open it? What do you mean?"

"Literally." Menma replied as he climbed onto the tiller. "Those big guys all have cockpits inside..."

"Cockpit?!" Upon hearing this, Hashirama suddenly became a little excited, "I see... Could it be that the Ruins Colossus is a Gundam that belongs to Teyvat, or more precisely, to Canrea?"

"There is indeed nothing wrong with what you said." After using chakra as a means of exploration to carefully sense the interior of the "tillage machine", Menma quickly locked onto its "eye" that contained rich earth energy.

Generally speaking, if you want to take out the energy core that is tightly connected to the outer shell and almost forms an integral whole from these relic series autonomous mechanisms that were born from Kanreya technology, the only feasible means is to use brute force to break it apart, except for using special methods like the one Dainsleib used in the original plot.

Menma wanted to take out the "eye", but he didn't want to damage the body of the "cultivator". After all, he wanted to study and use the "cultivator" in the future, and he didn't know how to repair it. There were many ruins guards, but there was only one prototype like this. If it broke down, there might be no place to repair it.

Although, at this moment, the "land tiller" is broken to some extent...

However, although he has no knowledge of mechanics, Menma has a unique advantage when it comes to the ability to "take objects from the air" -

"Divine power!"

Through the hole in the head of the machine that revealed the core, Menma fixed his right eye on the interior of the "tillage machine" and began to activate his Kamui, intending to directly absorb the "eye" into the Kamui space.

The ability to manipulate space is so unreasonable. It is a piece of cake to use this hole that is not big enough for the "eye" to enter and exit. So soon, the "eye" of the "cultivator" was forcibly separated from the fuselage and fell into the Shenwei space. Then, Jue, who had been waiting inside in advance because he had received the order, reached out and caught it, and moved it to a platform made by earth escape.

However, even though the "eye" had been taken away, Menma's divine power did not stop. Instead, the range of its application became larger and larger, until it enveloped the entire body of the "tillage machine" and sucked it in completely.

That's right, since this base is to be abandoned, then naturally nothing can be left inside. Moreover, Menma originally wanted to pack up the "land tiller" and take it away, so this step cannot be skipped no matter what.

"Menma, speaking of which..." After Menma finished all his operations, Hashirama, who had been idle on the side, suddenly asked, "I can understand that you asked the White Zetsu to get this thing and planned to transform and use it. But why did you specifically remove its "eye" for energy supply?"

"How should I put it..." Menma put his hand on his chin and thought deeply, organizing his words, "Almost... within the scope of the known intelligence, we should try our best to gain more benefits for ourselves."

"Strive for more benefits?"

"Remember the 'Gatherer' Dainsleb I mentioned to you before?" Menma said, "According to the original plot, he would take away the 'Eye' of the 'Tilling Machine' in order to stop the Abyss Cult from creating the 'Loom of Fate'. But later on, he was tricked, and the 'Eye' fell into the hands of the Abyss Cult, and the 'Loom of Fate' was completed, and the Abyss Cult then launched a series of bloody actions."

"Yes, I remember all of this." Hashirama nodded, "But I still don't quite understand. Now that this thing is in our hands, and we are in a hostile relationship with the Abyss Cult, then..."

"Dainsleb is actually the younger brother of one of the five sinners, the prophet Vesefenir." Menma explained, "Although he is on the opposite side of the current Abyss Cult and the five sinners, his relationship with the Traveler has always been a cooperative one.

Because he knew very well that although the traveler agreed with his path and opposed his blood relatives' plan, one side was his only relative in this world, and the other side was just a chance acquaintance and mutual use. And as all the truth was gradually revealed, in the final direction, what choice the traveler would make was actually self-evident.

This is true even for the traveler who is deeply involved in all the causes and consequences of right and wrong, and even more so for the two of us who should not have appeared in this world."

"Uh... can you explain it in simpler terms?" Hashirama was confused. "I don't understand what you're saying at all."

"Okay, okay." Menma had no choice but to speak more clearly. "Faced with the two of us who shouldn't appear on any trajectory and are powerful enough to influence any direction, someone like Dainsleb will definitely be wary of us. Even if he still goes to cooperate with Sora as a traveler, he won't be open and honest with the two of us.

In this case, there is no need for us to lower ourselves and deliberately cater to him just to follow in Sora's footsteps.

If you want to take the "eyes" from us, you can, but you have to pay enough to satisfy us."

"I see..." Hashirama finally understood a lot. "But, if things develop as you said, won't this thing be taken away by the Abyss Cult in the end?"