Genshin Impact: Immortal Cave

Despite this, Li Mochen still hurried to "Liyue Harbor" and planned to tell Sutang the news.

At this moment, Sucrose was in her dedicated alchemy workshop, directing her servants to place all kinds of materials and equipment in place one by one. Thanks to Ningguang's financial support, the construction of Liyue's alchemy workshop was progressing at a rapid pace, and it took a long time to reach a significant scale.

"I see. You actually need such exotic materials."

After hearing Li Mochen's puzzling request, Shatang couldn't help but scratch his head.

After all, this material must be light, have strong energy storage capabilities, and have certain defensive properties. Where in the world can you find such a treasure?

Even for Sugar, who is well versed in alchemy, this is hard to imagine.

"You really can't find it? Aren't you alchemists able to synthesize all kinds of strange things?"

"It's true that many items can be synthesized, but if you want to achieve the strength you mentioned... huh?"

"What's wrong? Did you think of anything?"

Seeing Shatang's face suddenly change, Li Mochen guessed that she might have thought of something.

"I'm sorry, I'm not sure. I need to consult some ancient alchemy books."

"In that case, take your time to search. Once you find any clues, be sure to tell me."

Although he didn't get an answer right away, judging from Sugar's expression, he expected a breakthrough soon. So, Li Mochen left the alchemy workshop with great anticipation and headed towards the Qianyan Group's base camp.

The planning of the Thousand Rocks Group is now progressing rapidly, and the headquarters of this special force is located in the core area of ​​​​Liyue City.

Walking along the streets and alleys towards the mountain wall, you will see a huge area surrounded by a huge wall. In front of the main entrance stands a very grand gate, which is built of special rock yellow bricks and inlaid with gorgeous golden trim. Above the door frame hangs a plaque with the three characters "Qianyantuan" written in ancient calligraphy.

When Li Mochen arrived, a long queue of several hundred meters had formed outside the door. On both sides, more than a dozen soldiers in special uniforms were maintaining order. Their attire was different from that of the ordinary "Thousand Rocks Army". They wore golden armor that was as exquisite as dragon scales and had super strong defense. The armor was made of metal, leather and other materials, with a rock dragon pattern in the center. The spears in their hands were also heavier and larger than those held by ordinary soldiers. Just by looking at their unique equipment, it was known that these people were members of the Thousand Rocks Group, an elite force recently formed by Liyue.

This army, led by "General Zhenwu" Li Mochen and organized by Ningguang, has an almost unlimited supply of military funds. Therefore, the soldiers' equipment is more sophisticated than ordinary people can imagine, and the salary is equally generous. To exaggerate, the money earned from serving in the Qianyan Corps for a year is enough to buy a house in Liyue Harbor. The housing prices in Liyue Harbor can be said to be the highest in the world.

It is precisely because of such generous treatment that talents from all walks of life gather here today, with the number of applicants reaching thousands.

"Oh, I remember now. They are here to apply for a job. No wonder there are so many of them."

Seeing the long queue at the door, Li Mochen realized that this was the result of Ningguang's previous high reward for recruitment.

Since Li Mochen had too high requirements for the members of the Qianyan Group, it was far from enough to simply select from the existing "Qianyan Army". Even if all the elites were transferred away, the Qianyan Group would not be able to reach a size of several thousand people. And more importantly, the elite forces of the regular army could not be drained due to the needs of the Qianyan Group, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the regular army would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Ningguang issued an announcement to recruit talents from the three neighboring countries of "Liyue", "Mondstadt" and "Xumeru". The reason why it was limited to these three countries was that "Fontaine", "Zhidong" and "Munatar" were far away, making it inconvenient for people to travel; and "Inazuma" recently implemented a closed-door policy, not allowing people to enter and leave at will, so it was impossible to recruit people from there.

Even if the recruitment was limited to the Three Kingdoms, the number of elites who came to apply was still huge. Under the temptation of Ningguang's generous bounty, many well-known adventurers, bodyguards, knight mercenaries and even bandits came one after another, and the bustling crowd came for profit.

However, although thousands of applicants flock to Liyue, becoming a member of the Thousand Rocks is not easy.

At this moment, in the main hall of the Qianyan Group, a rigorous examination to select new members is taking place.

With a loud sound of flesh hitting flesh, a man dressed as a mercenary was knocked flying by a punch and fell heavily to the ground.

"Twelve seconds. Failed. Please leave."

When the man fell to the ground, Keqing, the examiner, made a cold judgment on him.

Damn, is this guy a monster?

The fallen mercenary stood up with difficulty, turned around and left with a gloomy face. He was wearing desert clothing in the Xumi style, obviously from the neighboring Xumi area.

He originally thought that with his more than ten years of mercenary experience, it would be easy for him to be qualified for this job. But he was defeated by a boy with a scar on his face. His more than ten years of mercenary career seemed to have become a joke.

In fact, the Qianyan Group's entry test is not complicated. You only need to persist in front of the deputy examiner for 30 seconds. To their surprise, the examiner of this test is a teenager named Lei Ze.

The young man had a handsome appearance, long silver-white hair that reached his waist, and wore a sturdy and durable training suit. If it weren't for the scar on his face, no one would believe that he was a member of the Qianyan Group.

I can't even hold a little kid for 30 seconds? Impossible!

Seeing the name Lei Ze, the mercenary smiled disdainfully. However, as soon as the battle began, he knew he had made a big mistake.

Almost at the same time when Keqing announced the start of the exam, Lei Ze disappeared from the spot. His movements were as fast as lightning, and every attack was as fierce as a beast. Even though the mercenary tried his best to defend, he was still hit in the neck at the twelfth second and almost died.

Of course, this was the result of Lei Ze showing mercy, otherwise there would probably be a few more corpses at the scene today...