Genshin Impact: Immortal Cave

"Oh! We finally got rid of that pile of rocks!" Li Mochen and Qiqi jumped out from the mountain wall like pangolins. They landed lightly in the rubble, their postures as handsome as the protagonists in a movie.

Seeing this, Hu Tao jumped up excitedly, her two ponytails swaying, her face full of joy: "Wow! Brother Mo Chen, Qiqi! I knew you wouldn't be crushed!"

On the other side, Tartaglia looked at them with a complicated expression. "Brother Mochen? He is Li Mochen? This guy is still alive?" Seeing the familiar face of the wanted criminal, he took a deep breath.

Then, his blue eyes revealed a strong fighting spirit and excitement. "Found him, Li Yue's most wanted criminal, Li Mochen, a traitor to the Fatui!" Before Li Mochen and Qiqi could react, Tartaglia took the initiative, leaped up, and swung out the "Water Sword" in his hand that was shining with the light of the water element.

The sword waved like a wave, rushing straight to Li Mochen's head! He had long been eager to fight this traitor of the Fatui, whether it was because of past grudges or his heroic spirit of fighting alone out of the military camp. For Tartaglia, this man was a challenge that could not be missed.

His water elemental power was pure and calm, but beneath this calm blue, there was a strong murderous intent hidden. At the same time that Tartaglia made his move, Qiqi also moved.

Qiqi flashed swiftly, appearing in mid-air like a ghost, and stabbed the opponent with the long sword in her hand. She was good at swordsmanship, although she didn't know how to learn it, she was indeed good at using a sword.

The "Flying Sword" in her hand flashed with dark green light, drew an arc, and slashed at the water blade in Tartaglia's left hand. At the same time, the ice-blue "Cold Disease Ghost" suddenly flew out and hit the water blade in Tartaglia's right hand.

"What! Who is this little girl?" The clanging sound of metal colliding echoed in the air.

"Li Mochen... and the two of you, you are all from Liyue, right? The Fatui will not let you go." Tartaglia glared at Li Mochen, then looked at Qiqi and Hutao, and shouted angrily. Li Mochen was originally wanted, and Tartaglia had nothing good to say about him. When he returned, the most he could do was to upgrade his title from "No. 2 wanted criminal" to "No. 1", and add some bounty. But Qiqi and Hutao were different. They were ordinary Liyue people, not fugitives. So Tartaglia would definitely put them on the wanted list when she returned. In this way, "Bubu Lu" and "Wangsheng Hall" would inevitably be involved, which was not what Li Mochen wanted to see.

"If you don't give me an explanation about the matter of these two girls, don't think you can leave so easily." Li Mochen smiled and said confidently.

"An explanation? I'll give you an explanation? Can you please wake up?" Upon hearing this, Tartaglia laughed angrily, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "I'll give you an explanation? So many of my men have died, and the institute is gone, and you still want me to give you an explanation? What are you thinking?"

On the surface, he was right. After all, the Fatui were indeed the victims this time. However, Tartaglia didn't know the whole story. The result was obvious. The Fatui suffered heavy casualties, the base was destroyed, and the loss was huge. The cause? Of course, they... ruined Qiqi.

"There is solid evidence that your Fatui soldiers abused the civilians of Liyue, so you are the ones who should give an explanation."

"Ruin? Ruin civilians? Who?"

"She." Li Mochen pointed at Qiqi, looking righteous and confident. After all, this was the fact.

But in Tartaglia's opinion, is this true? What a joke. Who is Qiqi? She is a little monster whose strength is comparable to that of the Fatui executive. Such a little monster would be abused by ordinary soldiers in the institute? Isn't this nonsense? Of course, Tartaglia didn't know that Qiqi had awakened her immortal power and her strength had greatly increased. He only knew that Li Mochen was talking nonsense, and it was top-notch nonsense.

Just when Tartaglia was about to attack, a chaotic sound of footsteps broke the tense atmosphere. "Found it! There are several people here!" In a few seconds, eight nimble figures fell from the sky and landed steadily around Li Mochen and Tartaglia. They were wearing khaki robes, black light armor, and holding unified Eastern spears with complex patterns. As long as you see such an outfit in Liyue, you can basically be sure that they are members of the "Thousand Rock Army".

"This... Isn't this the Fatui's executive officer, Mr. 'Young Master' Tartaglia?" After seeing who was coming, the captain of the Qianyan Army, Hongyi, asked in confusion. This group of Qianyan Army was responsible for patrolling near the "Lingju Pass". They saw the big noise of the landslide and the crack of the ground here, so they rushed over. Hongyi looked and found an executive of the Fatui standing there. What was going on?

"Thousand Rocks? You've come just in time." Tartaglia glared at Hongyi. "I am Tartaglia, the Fatui executive officer stationed in Liyue. Now these Liyue citizens have broken into our territory and caused a large number of casualties. Liyue must give us an explanation!"

Tartaglia's tone was passionate, quite like a diplomat. But Hongyi didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned to Li Mochen, Qiqi and Hu Tao next to him. Coincidentally, he knew all three of them. Needless to say, Li Mochen had long been a hot topic in the Qianyan Army and was the sworn brother of Lady Ningguang. Qiqi, the little zombie, was also very famous in Liyue Harbor because she often ran around outside with talismans attached to her. As for Hu Tao... there were probably not many people who didn't know her. She was a well-known troublemaker and prank expert.

"Mr. Mochen, what happened here?" Hongyi asked Li Mochen, who was more familiar with him, wanting to know the whole story. What a coincidence, what a coincidence. The arrival of the Qianyan Army was a great thing for Li Mochen, and it was a good opportunity to eliminate the Fatui. So he roughly recounted what happened before, focusing on the experience of Qiqi being abused.

"By the way, immediately have the Qianyan Army take over the research institute over there. It's illegal and definitely not approved by Liyue." As he said this, Li Mochen glanced at Tartaglia secretly. Hearing "without Liyue's approval", Tartaglia couldn't help but frown.

Indeed, that is the truth. This secret research institute built in "Lingju Pass" is used to study the "Ruins Guardian" that cannot be seen in public. So how could the Fatui report it to the Liyue authorities? They did it completely secretly. They secretly set up a research institute in Liyue and kidnapped Liyue citizens. If these two charges are proven, then it is not the Fatui who are causing trouble for Liyue, but Liyue who is causing trouble for them.

In this way, under the painful gaze of Tartaglia, the Qianyan Army immediately blocked the area. Soon, a large number of soldiers and miners arrived and quickly began to dig out the buried research institute. There were many corpses of Fatui soldiers, a pile of "relic guards" and research materials in this secret research institute. Although most of them were covered by collapsed rocks, as long as you are willing to dig, you can always dig out something useful. In addition, the incident of Qiqi being abused had the strong witness of the "Wangsheng Hall" leader Hu Tao, which was enough to prove that Qiqi came out from inside.

Now, Tartaglia originally wanted to put pressure on Liyue diplomatically, but ended up getting herself into trouble. That evening, a diplomatic document from the "Liyue General Affairs Department" was placed on Tartaglia's desk. In this document, Ningguang satirized Liyue in an official tone for three full pages, and attached a bunch of evidence. At the end of the document, she also claimed compensation for various losses from the Fatui on behalf of Liyue, totaling... 100 million Mora.

One hundred million Mora may be a small sum for a country, but it is not a small amount of money for the Fatui. The Young Master can go to collect debts of hundreds of thousands of Mora in person, so how many times will it take to collect debts of one hundred million Mora? How many high-interest loans does the "Bank of the North" in Liyue Branch have to make to make up for it? It is said that Tartaglia flipped the table after reading the documents, but there was no other way. The evidence was conclusive and she could only pay the money to settle the matter. Otherwise, Ningguang would hint to the whole world in diplomatic documents that the Fatui bullied children and built secret bases in other countries. This would cause much more trouble than one hundred million Mora.

Tartaglia had to pay compensation, otherwise the next day's newspaper headlines around the world would be all about his scandal. He felt that he was being bullied from both sides, being scolded by outsiders and criticized by his own senior management. That night, the "young master" probably fell asleep in tears, which was quite miserable.

However, the more unlucky Tartaglia was, the happier Li Mochen and Ningguang were. The "Qun Yu Pavilion" was particularly lively tonight, with dining tables spread out on the huge open-air deck and a banquet in full swing.

"Hurry up and serve! The next dish is 'Jueyun Guoba', don't hold back!"

"Yes, Chef Mao!"

Chef Mao and Xiangling from "Wanmin Hall" were busy in the kitchen, preparing a feast. At the banquet, the maids kept serving all kinds of "Wanmin cuisine" delicacies, including frying, stir-frying, and deep-frying, which made hundreds of guests feast on their appetites. The coolness of the night set off the liveliness of the Qun Yu Pavilion, and the party under the starry sky had a unique flavor.

The brightly lit deck was bustling with people and cups clinking. This banquet hosted by "Tianquan Star" Ningguang came suddenly. She suddenly sent out invitations to everyone to enjoy the food, which made many people confused. After all, Ningguang is famous for her love of money. Everything she does is for money. This is the first time that such a simple banquet has been held. When someone asked about it, Ningguang's answer was also very simple: "I found some money today. Please have fun and don't think too much."

As for how Ningguang picked up the money and whose money she picked up, no one knew. However, after the news of the banquet was published in the newspaper the next day, the Fatui seemed to strictly prohibit the spread of the newspaper.

In the crowd, Ningguang, the hostess, pulled Li Mochen between the tables. Ningguang dressed up carefully for the banquet, with her platinum-colored hair elegantly piled up. Her delicate face, embellished with makeup, was both pure and charming, and her gem-like eyes were full of amorous feelings. On her gorgeous Chinese dress, a golden phoenix spread its wings, showing her luxurious temperament. She was so beautiful, rare in the world, and with her ability, she was even more unique.

In front of the guests, Ningguang always remained calm and behaved properly, without any flaws. In contrast, Li Mochen, who followed Ningguang to receive guests, seemed a little embarrassed. Although many people in Liyue Port knew him, it was his first time to deal with a large group of people of status. There were officials from Yujingtai, business tycoons, socialites, etc. at the banquet. But with Ningguang present, everyone felt inferior and lowered their head. This made Li Mochen feel more pressured, especially when Ningguang took his arm, which made him feel even more embarrassed.

Throughout the entire banquet, Ningguang spent most of the time holding Li Mochen's arm. To outsiders, they would never think that they were siblings, but more like the host and his wife.

"Phew...it's finally over."

The two of them walked around all the tables and were finally able to sit down at the chief seat to eat. Li Mochen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your hard work. You haven't experienced this kind of situation before."

Ningguang smiled and raised her glass to clink with Li Mochen, then drank it all in one gulp. Baishi, Baiwen, and Baixiao were waiting on the side, with Baishi staring at Li Mochen with cold eyes as always.

"Indeed, it may not be appropriate for me to come to this kind of banquet. After all, my identity is a bit embarrassing."

Looking at the wealthy and powerful people around him, Li Mochen always felt uncomfortable staying here. He was a "second-class wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Winter." Although the laws of the Kingdom of Winter did not apply to Liyue, it was not good for a foreign wanted criminal to show up in public.

"It's okay. I've made up my mind. Next, I will find a way to completely solve your identity problem."

Ningguang fiddled with her hair, a move that looked particularly charming on her. Li Mochen was puzzled when he heard this.

"My identity problem? A wanted warrant from the Kingdom of Winter?"

"Of course, you are my fiancé, how can you be out there as a wanted criminal?"

"Ah, I'm your...fiancé?"

Li Mochen suddenly realized that he might have heard "fiancé" instead of "fiancé". The two words were very different, so he couldn't have heard it wrong, right?

After Ningguang finished speaking, Bai Shi's almost murderous look confirmed that Li Mochen had not heard wrong.