Genshin Impact: Immortal Cave

After all, building an elite special forces force is not something that can be achieved overnight, even if there is abundant funding.

The Fatui have been working hard to improve their military strength for decades without interruption, and they also have strong financial resources.

Even if the power of various immortals in Liyue is taken into account, the current Liyue can only draw a tie at most against Zhidong.

Once a protracted war begins, the longer it lasts, the more variables there will be and the outcome will be unpredictable.

"Then what should we do? If that doesn't work, we can only find another way to obtain the manufacturing technology of the 'Evil Eye'."

"Other ways? For example?"

"Aren't you on good terms with that vagabond god Wendy? He has traveled all over the world, so maybe he knows some clues."

Speaking of Wendy, indeed, he always gives people a feeling of knowing everything.

Li Mochen thought of the wandering poet he met yesterday.

From Wendy, he did learn a lot of unknown secrets of this world.

Perhaps Wendy could also provide some insights into the method of creating the 'evil eye'.

However, not long after, when he found Wendy being chased by a cat on the streets of Mond, the latter gave a direct answer.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you with this."

After hearing Li Mochen's question, Wendy spread out her hands, smiled relaxedly, and said that she could do nothing to help.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

After all, the development of the 'Evil Eye' has been a confidential project of the Fatui in recent years, so it's not surprising that Wendy didn't know about it.

"Well, it seems that we can only try to force the secret out of Winter Solstice through force, although it may cost a heavy price."

Helpless, Li Mochen sighed and began to prepare for an all-out war.

If the two countries go to war, the impact will be disastrous and may even shake the balance of the entire continent.

But after hearing Li Mochen's stern words, Wendy pondered for a few seconds.

"You actually just want the method to make the 'Evil Eye', and the Fatui have it, but you can't get it from them, right?"

"Yes, I can't see any other solution except war."

"It doesn't have to escalate to the point of war...Have you heard of the 'Fire Festival'?"

At this time, Wendy smiled and mentioned an unfamiliar word.

From the name, it sounds like the Flame Martial Festival is probably a festival like Liyue's "Sea Lantern Festival" and Mondstadt's "Wind Flower Festival".

However, it is not.

The Flame Martial Festival is a combat ritual most highly recommended by the gods in charge of war and fire.

As the god who rules the Munata tribe, he also serves as the god of war.

Therefore, the Munata people living in the western part of the continent are brave and good at fighting.

They have red hair, a strong physique, and a fiery personality.

In this environment, various conflicts often break out both inside and outside the Munata.

In order to prevent the escalation of conflicts, two thousand years ago, the God of Fire himself established a special set of competition rules.

"No matter who or where, as long as there is a dispute, a Fire Martial Festival will be held."

"In the fiery arena, differences are settled with fists and swords. The loser must agree to the winner's demands and there will be no consequences."

Under this rule, disputes within and outside the Munata were quickly resolved.

Whether it is a personal grudge or a conflict between tribes, regions or even countries.

As long as both parties agree to resolve the issue through the Fire Martial Festival, the winner must be decided in the ring.

At the moment of deciding victory or defeat, conflicts are naturally resolved because the loser no longer has the right to question.

Furthermore, no matter what demands the winner makes, the loser may not pursue or retaliate.

Even though two thousand years have passed, not many people remember the Flame Martial Arts Competition.

But even today, this ancient fighting ritual still has the force of a contract set by the gods.

"I see. You mean to solve the problem of the 'evil eye' by using the Fire Martial Arts Ceremony."

After listening to Wendy's explanation, Li Mochen showed a thoughtful expression.

Obviously, it was quite wise for the God of Fire to establish the Flame Martial Festival.

This can reduce the scale of the war to the arena, turning the original death fight of thousands of people into a contest of a few people.

Coupled with the post-condition of prohibiting pursuit and retaliation, a large number of subsequent disputes can be avoided.

This ancient fighting ritual might be a great help to Li Mochen...

After all, as long as you defeat the Fatui in the Fire Festival, you can obtain the technology to make the "Evil Eye" without having to fight.

Of course, if Liyue loses, it will also pay a heavy price, after all, the conditions on both ends of the scale must be equal.

But this is the only way to force the Fatui to hand over the 'Evil Eye' technology without all-out war.

"However, Zhidong may not agree to such a challenge."

"No, if you take the initiative to challenge me, I will definitely accept the challenge."

"You will definitely accept the challenge? Why?"

"Because when the Ice Queen formed the core team of the Fatui, she followed the standards of the Fire Martial Festival."

Wendy smiled happily at this.

According to the rules of the Flame Martial Arts Festival set by the God of Fire, different sizes of competitions send out different numbers of players.

Among them, the competition with the largest scale and the largest number of players is the showdown between countries.

When a dispute arises between countries, the number of players sent by each side is... eleven.

Each country sends out eleven people, and the side that wins six games first will be the winner.

The Fatui's top warriors - the "executors" - number exactly eleven.

Therefore, if the Kingdom of Winter wants to engage in a fire martial arts ceremony with any other country, these eleven executive officers will definitely be the ones to take action.

In other words, the Ice Queen was at the beginning of forming the Fatui.

The possibility of a Fire Martial Arts Competition had already been taken into consideration, otherwise the number eleven would not have been set specifically.

"So, the Ice Queen will never refuse a challenge, and neither will the Fatui. After all, in their eyes, any challenger is courting his own death."

"Humph, you are so arrogant. Let's see how we compare."

After understanding the confidence of the Fatui, Li Mochen immediately became dissatisfied.

What a joke, even though you eleven executive officers are very strong, I have a strong army, okay?

The eight immortals of Liyue plus me, the newly promoted general who protects the nation, can’t deal with a few mortals like you?

In Li Mochen's opinion, if it was an 11-on-11 team match, Liyue would basically have a sure win...