The Void Walker Starting from Xumi

Chapter 59, Happy Vacation
"The bad thing about the Fatui's identity is that people are wary of us wherever we go." Fuget said to Xiamian, who was holding a drawing board, while sitting by the pool with a fishing rod in his hand.

"Isn't this normal? Who would join the Fatui?" said Xiamian.

"Yes, if I had no other choice, I would not join the Fatui." Fgate also nodded and said, "But to be honest, the welfare benefits of the Fatui are really good, much better than when I was a Hepatica."

“It’s just that freedom is a little bit restricted.”

Xiamian also nodded. When it comes to treating talents, the Fatui are indeed very generous. As long as you have talent, they will dare to give you a high position.

Unlike the Church Order, if you want to become a sage, you must first be a pure rainforest person. Other people such as aliens, desert people or international students from other countries are not eligible.

Secondly, you need to have enough power. In other words, if you want to become a sage, you need to have enough students, enough supporters, and enough political resources. In other words, you need to have a large number of people.

Among the scholars of Fugate's school, there was only one named Kuru.

This was because Kuru was strong enough and had the help of Samel. Although Samel was only officially a dhaka just before retirement due to his status issues, Samel did train many powerful alchemists and scholars.

Among them were even three Handabudhas from the Sudhana school. In addition to these three, Kuru also trained four Handabudhas from the Sudhana school. At that time, there were only eleven Handabudhas in the Sudhana school, and there were eight Handabudhas in the Kuru faction (including Kuru himself). These were all Kuru's political resources at that time.

It is precisely because of the support of these people that Kuru was able to successfully become a sage and a great sage.

That sage promotion meeting was the most non-controversial one.

“Hasn’t the spies from Liyue obtained enough information yet?” Fuget shook the fishing rod and pulled it up, revealing a small fish.

Then Fuget looked at the old man fishing next to him who looked quite old.

"I'm just fishing and listening to your conversation." said the old fisherman.

"I have met Mr. Fugate and Mrs. Charmian."

"The old gentleman is quite polite," said Fugate.

"In front of Mr. Fgate, a young man in his fifties like me dare not call you old gentleman." The old man fishing looked over and saw that it was Uncle Tian from Tianshu Star.

"It seems you have investigated it clearly?"

"Hey~ I can't say I've found out the truth about this kind of thing." Uncle Tian said, "I just know some information. After all, you didn't intend to hide it."

Uncle Tian also lifted up the fishing rod. This fish was much bigger than the small fish that Fgate had caught.

Fugate didn't care and said, "It's really just a vacation."

Uncle Tian nodded and said, "I know, but we have to keep an eye on it."

The main purpose was not to prevent Fugate from causing trouble. After all, they had already confirmed that the other party was really here on vacation.

What they were on guard against was that some youngsters might find trouble with Fuget and Xiamian.

Although the two men looked like they were not easy to mess with, there were so many people in Liyue, and there were always a few who looked like humans, especially those from big merchant families.

So in order to avoid causing unnecessary conflicts, Uncle Tian accompanied them personally.

To avoid some blind people coming.

"Xiamian, are you done with the painting?" asked Fugate.

"It's almost done." said Xia Mian.

Painting is Xiamian's hobby, just like Fugate likes listening to music.

"Let me also appreciate Mrs. Charmian's paintings."

"Well, this is too realistic." Uncle Tian said with some surprise.

"It's not realism. I extracted the 'beauty' and then incorporated it into the painting." Xia Mian pointed to the scenery in the painting.

Uncle Tian also nodded to show his understanding. In fact, although Uncle Tian understood painting, he only understood it at a general level.

Uncle Tian then joined Fugate's tour group and joked that this was a public-funded tour.

With the presence of Uncle Tian, ​​the subsequent trip of Fugate and Xiamian seemed more interesting.

Although Uncle Tian is old, he is in very good health. He also introduced many beautiful scenery around Liyue Harbor to Fugate and Xiamian.

He also recommended a lot of Liyue storytelling and opera to Fugate.

Some of them were indeed very nice to listen to, so Fugate asked someone to record a few operas that could be included in Xuan Yao Yu Bo.

This Xuanyao Jade Silk is a product of the immortal family's mechanical technology. In Liyue, it can be said to be a genuine high-end product. Fortunately, Fugate and his friends have a relationship with Ganyu, so they can buy a batch easily.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Fugate and his companions were preparing to return to Fontaine with the gifts they had purchased for the children of Hearth House.

"Then I look forward to your next visit to Liyue." Uncle Tian said insincerely.

The old man was indeed exhausted these past two days. After all, Xiamian and Fugate would not accommodate him.

Fortunately, Uncle Tian knew a little bit of martial arts when he was young, and he was still strong even when he was old, so he was able to barely keep up.

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"Oh? It seems that a lot of things happened while we were away."

Fugate stood in the courtyard of the Buffati Mansion, distributing gifts to the children while looking at Alecino.

Well~ there are also the two people behind Alechino, Linny and Linnet.

Compared to before he set out, Linny now has a stronger fire elemental power in his body, a fire-attributed God's Eye is hung on his waist, and his breathing method has also changed to the fire element breathing method created by Samel.

After the gifts were distributed, Fuget and Shamian drove away the imps.

"It seems that you finally got what you wanted, congratulations." Fugate said to Linny.

"I will keep your teachings in mind, Chief Instructor Fugate." Linnie bowed slightly.

After saying hello, Alechino, Xiamian and Fuget came to the laboratory again.

Some other alchemists who were doing routine alchemical experiments in the laboratory saluted the three people.

"So the 'fire in the bottle' has run out again?" Fugate asked curiously.

"Not really." Arlechino rubbed his brows while sitting on the chair and said, "It's something more troublesome."

"You should know about the 'prophecy'. There has been some progress in the investigation of the prophecy."

"But the corresponding thing is that we are being targeted by Ms. Funina, the spy of the water god Fukaros."

"They are not the guys from the Shadow Chaser Court, but some more elite ones. This is not a good thing. Not only have the various activities of the Hearth House been affected to a certain extent, but even the various tasks assigned by the Fatui have been seriously affected."

"I am under a lot of pressure about this." The pressure mainly comes from within, as the rich are clamoring to cut funding for Hearth House.

The main reason is that the quality of the spies [debt collectors] that they provide to the rich at Hearth House has declined.

This is inevitable. Although the harshness of the previous generation of servants is very bad for the children, from the perspective of the rich, the subordinates provided by the previous generation of servants are indeed more elite.

The current servant, Alechino, has also given his subordinates rigorous training and made up for it with potions and other aspects.

But what is obvious is that when they first took over, the talents they provided to others were still not as good as those provided by the previous generation of servants to the rich and the roosters.

Of course, it's not entirely a bad thing. Although there are not that kind of talents, there are enough mediocre people of the next level.

But it is clear that the rich do not care about mediocrity, but care more about talent and efficiency
And from Fuget's point of view, after Fuget and Xiamian completed the bottle-like structure of the potion, the number and quality of talents and geniuses trained have greatly improved.

However, those who have been developed are regarded as trusted and elite by the [Servants] and are rarely sent to other executives.

The other executives are well aware of this, which is why they are taking this opportunity to put pressure on them.

Although Fuget was only away for a few days, without Fuget, this guy [Doctor] Dottore actually dragged [Scattered Soldier] Scaramucci to put pressure on Arlecino.

Fortunately, Alechino didn't want to pay any attention to them, otherwise the other executives might not be able to withstand such pressure.

"But after you came back, those guys became much quieter."

"Do I still have such a strong deterrent power? I don't even know it myself." Fugate muttered.

"It's mainly because that guy Dottore doesn't want to deal with you." Xiamian said. "It seems he has also discovered it." Fuget said.

"It would be strange if we couldn't find it," said Xia Mian.

"? What are you talking about?" Alecino asked curiously. Alecino was very curious about how the Doctor could suffer.

"It's just a casual move." said Fugate.

"[The Doctor] longs to know everything, so he cuts himself into countless slices to gain different perspectives and inspiration."

"After he has achieved his goal, [the Doctor] is no longer an individual, but a combination of all the groups."

“But I have a mode of mind training.”

"After this kind of thinking training, all thinking will tend to be absolutely rational. One of the doctor's slices was trained to think in this way."

"This kind of thinking is extremely powerful, but it is not what the doctor desires. However, this kind of thinking also has its advantages, that is, it can assimilate other similar thinking."

"So this thought spread like a plague in the Doctor's slices. When the Doctor discovered it, he took various measures, but it was too late. The seeds had already been planted, and time would allow them to take root and sprout."

"This spread can never be completely resolved unless [Doctor] commits suicide, or only one individual is left."

"The reason why he doesn't dare to appear in front of me is that I can guide the planted seeds silently and make them quickly break through the soil." This is how the doctor slice who had dealt with Mond and Fugate was defeated.

From then on, the doctor decided not to send Slice to hang around in front of Fugate.

There was something weird about this guy. The doctor was a little careless at first, thinking that he just needed to keep a distance from Fgate when talking to him. He never expected that Fgate, the old man, could guide him through action hypnosis.

"No wonder the doctor doesn't want to see you." Alechino suddenly realized.

"But don't think that Doctor is weak." Fugate reminded, "The Doctor's slices without emotions are the strongest war machines. We need to be careful with each one."

Anyway, Fuget didn't want to face such a doctor.

But for the Doctor, becoming emotionless and devoid of desire, and losing other perspectives, is much more terrifying than simply killing him.

The Doctor would not appear in front of Fugate until there was a way to solve the problems brought by Fugate.

In fact, the doctor has methods to alleviate or even cure such symptoms of emotionlessness.

Fugate had already told him that it was the 'human touch'.

However, this ordinary request is actually fraught with difficulties for the super genius [Doctor].

Because the Doctor's values ​​are so different from others, normal people would be pissed off when talking to him.

Otherwise, you have to shout to the Thousand Rock Army/Samurai/Knights/Thirty-Man Group to come and capture them quickly.

Normal people, including Fgate, all respect life very much, but the Doctor does not. He regards people as parts of a machine, objects, not lives.

Not only the lives of others, but also his own life.

Therefore, such people are destined to be unable to integrate into normal life, and naturally cannot enjoy the so-called "human life".

"As soon as you came back, those guys didn't dare to push them too much. If you hadn't come back today, there would be three or four more letters on my desk tonight." Alechino, who had been waiting with Xiamian until the early night, complained.

"Then you should go to bed quickly. You haven't had a good rest for several days."

"I'll stay here with you for one night." Alecino walked to a makeshift bed and fell asleep soon after.

As for why Fugate was not mentioned, that guy was sleeping soundly with his tail that Xiamian had carefully cared for.

Xia Mian is analyzing some Liyue medicinal herbs.

The purpose is to help Ganyu design a beverage alchemy process suitable for Liyue.

After research, it was found that Qingxin is not suitable for making instant drinks, because the best medicinal properties of Qingxin are when it is just picked. No matter how the instant drink is processed, less than one third of the medicinal properties and nutrients of Qingxin will be retained.

On the contrary, the situation of another special medicinal material, glass bag, is better. However, glass bag is not suitable for making into solid particles for drinking, but is more suitable for making into paste for drinking.

After being mixed with several other medicinal materials and adding a certain amount of slime gel, not only does it taste much better, but its shelf life can also reach more than ten years.

If the sealing and storage conditions are better, it can theoretically be preserved for decades.

Not only can it be preserved for a long time, but except for the main material, the glass bag, which is a little expensive, the other materials are very cheap and very suitable for large-scale production.

The effect is to refresh the mind and strengthen the body, but the effect of restoring physical vitality is not as good as that of sea dew flower drink, but this effect is more lasting.

"Morning," said Fugate.

"Speaking of which, Alechino, you haven't been practicing your psychic abilities recently."

"It feels like not only has the activity of my spiritual energy decreased, but it's also a bit disordered."

Psychic power is the best way to reflect a person's spiritual state. It seems that Alechino has been really annoyed by those guys in recent days.

"It's true that I haven't practiced psychic powers much recently." said Alechino.

"Come and travel with us during your vacation next year. We'll go to Mond next time," said Fugate.

Arecino wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Fuget, "Just think of it as a visit to the local area to inspect the work, and you have to have some confidence in your men, they are not babies in swaddling clothes."

After saying this, he wiped his face and prepared to go to the steel smelting plant he had set up in the Huihe area to get the smelted ceramic steel.

The quality of ceramic steel is still relatively low now, but it cannot be wasted casually, so Fgate did not think about making power armor directly, but prepared to make some weapons.

Those with better quality will be given as rewards to the little ones in the Hearth House, while those of average quality will be sold directly in the Gray River.

Anyway, people in this damn place called Gray River don’t care much about the quality of weapons.

Moreover, the products made of ceramic steel are of better quality than the weapons produced in those small workshops in Huihe.

After all, no matter how bad ceramic steel is, it is still a super material in the interstellar age.

"Good morning, Mr. Fugate," said Linnie.

"Good morning, Linny, and Linnet, oh~ and Femini, what are you going to do?" said Fugate.

"Today, Linnet and I are going to perform magic on the street, and Femini is going to participate in an event organized by the Diving Union." Linnie said.

"Good morning..." This is Femini, a shy and socially anxious little boy.

"Good morning." This is Linnet's expressionless face.

"Where is Mr. Fugate going?" Linnie asked curiously.

"Let's go to the smelter in Gray River and see if the quality of the ceramic steel meets the requirements." said Fugate.

"Then take care, Mr. Fugate."

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"Speaking of which, why is Mr. Cares here?" Fugate scratched his head and looked at the calm man in front of him.

"Is this smelter yours? I heard from the workers in Huihe that there is a very high-quality steel here, so I wanted to purchase some."

"Is it for that tunnel project?"

"Yes, we plan to build a tunnel on the west side of Mount Equinox, but as you know, the current quality of Fontaine steel is not very good when facing so much hard rock."

"I've been worrying about how to get through the tunnel recently."

"Then I heard that a smelter had produced a new metal with very high strength, so I came to take a look," said Cares.

"You should be talking about Tao Gang, but I don't know if Tao Gang meets my requirements." Fugate muttered.

After all, Fugate didn't have an STC, and he made the smelting furnace by hand.

The workers in the smelter are just ordinary workers of Gray River and some soldiers of the Fatui.

(End of this chapter)