The Void Walker Starting from Xumi

Chapter 69, Exploration and Beginning

"Is this the so-called Rift Corrosion? It seems to be of average strength."

Xiamian was wearing power armor and pulled the chainsaw sword out of the body of an Eternal Winter Bane, which turned into pieces in an instant.

During this period of time in this dim dungeon, Xia Mian has killed more than three to five hundred world-ripping creatures.

Among them there were weak ones and some strong ones, but most of them were no match for Xia Mian.

What threatens Xiamian is not these creatures of the Rift, but the ubiquitous erosion within the Rift.

The gathering place of the piggy banks is protected by bricks and stones piled up to protect the piggy banks, so there is basically no erosion from the rift. However, once leaving there, Xia Mian will feel that he seems to have been marked by other beings.

However, Xia Mian also has his own solution, which is to cover himself and his power armor with a layer of psychic energy to isolate the mark and the opponent's prying eyes.

"According to the information from the piggy banks, not far ahead should be a town where humans live." Shamian showed an interested look in his eyes. "I don't know what the difference is between humans in the other world and humans in Teyvat."

【Balance, must be balanced. 】

"Hmph~ This auditory hallucination has started again." Xia Mian scratched his helmet. "But every time I hear this auditory hallucination, the balance power in my body will increase, which is a good thing."

Following the guidance of psychic power, Xia Mian came to a town.

"There seems to be a riot in this town." Xiamian thought for a moment, took off his power armor, and then covered himself with a layer of psionic sorcery·cognitive interference and psionic sorcery·invisibility.

Then he swaggered towards the town wearing inner armor.

"Retreat to Panyan Town? What happened here?" Xiamian heard vaguely that these people seemed to be moving to the so-called Panyan Town.

"What happened in this town?"

Through mind reading, Xia Mian urgently learned some of the language and writing of this world, and by the way, he also learned that this town was called Rivet Town, which was one of the few large towns in the lower city.

With a population of about tens of thousands, most of the people living here are miners, digging for an amber-like energy ore called earth marrow, which is the lifeblood of the city called Beloberg.

Logically there was no reason to abandon the town.

But some time ago, the so-called Great Guardian of the Upper City mobilized all the Silver Mane Iron Guards in the Lower City. In Xiamian's understanding, these Silver Mane Iron Guards were probably equivalent to the Liyue Thousand Rock Army.

However, after careful inspection, it was discovered that most of these so-called Iron Guards were actually mortals, and most of them relied on firearms or even machines to fight. They were simply no match for the Qianyan Army in terms of strength.

As a result, after Rivet Town suffered the so-called cracking erosion, it had to use automatic robots to take over.

However, it is worth mentioning that the number of automatic robots is not sufficient, so after discussion, the people in the town decided to move to Panyan Town together.

This city called Beroberg seems to be very small, so many people in Rock Town, Rivet Town, and even in the upper district are relatives.

So basically everyone can find a place to stay in Panyan Town.

"But why do I feel like there's a conspiracy going on? How could such a thing happen after we just blocked the connection between the upper and lower levels and withdrew the guards?"

"Forget it... I'm not suitable for thinking about these things. They are nothing but dirty politics and the like." Xia Mian gave up thinking further.

Start looking for a place to stay.

The people here in Beloberg seem to be pure humans, and seem to be no different from the humans in Teyvat. Well, there are still some of them, who are a little thinner, but this thinness should be acquired.

"Let's find a place to stay first." Xia Mian scratched his ears. He hadn't had time to take care of his hair in recent days, and the hair on his tail began to tangle.

Xia Mian looked through the memories of passers-by and thought of a good place.

The only clinic still in operation in the lower area, which is also the largest orphanage in the lower area, is currently located in Rivet Town.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting. The orphanage is currently being relocated, so the clinic is currently closed." Natasha, the director of the orphanage and also the doctor in Natasha's clinic, was obviously a little tired.

"Are you saying you want to work at the clinic?"

"Yes, I am proficient in the preparation and cultivation of some medicines, and I also have a certain understanding of the human body." Xia Mian said, "And I have also mastered some special treatment techniques."

As he spoke, lightning flashed on Xiamian's hands.

This is lightning triggered by the power of balance, and it can do most of the things that Xiamian can do with the element of lightning.

This naturally includes electrotherapy.

Using the thunder element to treat Xia Mian is considered to be a piece of cake. Although it is not as good as Fugate's book element, it is more than enough to treat ordinary people.

As for why he directly exposed his special abilities, it was naturally because Xia Mian discovered that Natasha in front of him did not seem to be an ordinary person.

There seemed to be a force flowing in her body that was similar to the force of balance in Xia Mian's body.

However, the nature of that power seems to be closer to the power of abundance of 'Xiaofeng'.

"So that's how it is. You are a destiny walker." Natasha's brows seemed to relax all of a sudden.

Natasha gave a brief introduction to the current situation of the clinic. The clinic has a certain charitable nature, its profitability is very weak, and the work is very busy.

The clinic is able to grow some herbs in its greenhouse, but most of the time these herbs are not enough.

The situation is similar at the orphanage. Previously, the operation of the orphanage was mostly dependent on donations from Rivet Town, but now Rivet Town has been eroded by the Rift, so... the orphanage's funding has also become a problem.

This orphanage is not like the Buffati Mansion.

This is a real orphanage, not a base for training agents.

Due to lack of funds, Natasha has asked several able families to adopt orphans, but there are still more than a dozen orphans in the orphanage.

"So you're willing to join in, too?"

"Of course." Xia Mian had no reason to refuse. What she needed was not only a place to stay, she also needed manpower and intelligence.

The orphanage is a good option, and...Xamien still likes children very much.

In the Buffati Mansion, among the three top masters, Shamian, Fuget and Alechino, Shamian is the most popular among those little brats.

Fugate and Alechino also like the little ghosts, but Fugate's way of liking them is to play pranks on them frequently. Although he often gives them some gifts, there are still many little ghosts who don't like Fugate.

Alechino, on the other hand, cannot express himself and needs to maintain his dignity as a "father".

So the little ghosts would be very scared when they saw her, even though they knew that their 'father' would not hurt them.

Then Xia Mian began to integrate into Natasha's clinic.

Whether it is wound suturing, life-threatening treatment or preparation of medicines, Xia Mian is very skilled.

I just don’t know many potion recipes and need to learn them all over again.

Turn your attention back to Fontaine, Grey River, Buffati Metal Smelter, and Fugate Metal Studio.

In the studio, Fuget was only responsible for some of his own things, but the tools inside could not be idle. So Alechino found some blacksmiths to learn forging techniques from Fuget.

Although it is impossible to forge a powerful weapon (four stars), ordinary fine weapons can still be forged (three stars), and even powerful weapons (four stars) can be forged occasionally.

(Timeline summary: In fact, the Traveler woke up quite early. He had been wandering in the wilds of Teyvat for several months before he caught Paimon. It took another two months from the time he caught Paimon to the time he met Amber. After that, he fought dragons and so on. It was definitely more than a year before he got the news about Inazuma. Then a year later, he heard that Inazuma had started to close the country two years ago. In other words, it took at least two years from the time Paimon was caught to solve the problem of Inazuma closing the country, three years to solve the problem of Sumeru, four years to solve the Fontaine prophecy, and at least the fifth year to go to Nata. In other words, when the Traveler met Amber, Navia was thirteen years old, Linny and the others should have been only fifteen years old (they should have been nineteen when the plot started), and the servant Alechino was twenty-five years old.)
"Has that person arrived yet? So early?" Fuget, who was adjusting his inner armor, wiped the sweat from his head.

Just now he sensed a drastic fluctuation of fate, and then a meteorite fell from the sky, which was invisible to ordinary people but could be seen very clearly by Fuget in his psychic vision.

If the fate of ordinary people is like sand, and the fate of the original gods is like gems, then the fluctuating fate just now is like a meteorite falling from the sky.

Although it feels a bit empty, its essence is truly powerful. "The real adventer, Sora."

"But speaking of the Adventers, it seems that they did some excessive things to the Abyss Cults before. I hope it won't affect their plans. I also hope that this future Adventer won't care." Fuget said to himself insincerely.

"Fate has begun to turn the spindle, and no one can escape it." Fugate allowed invisible silk threads to appear on his body.

"Interesting, boring," said Fugate.

What is interesting is the way fate works, but what is boring is the script that fate has arranged for Fugate.

As fate would have it, he would flee before the final battle and be captured by several executioners.

But it doesn't matter, Fugate can rewrite his own script.

"Give me the pen and I'll write." Fugate activated his psychic power and the picture of the future was distorted.

Fugate turned the situation of being captured by several executive officers into a successful escape, but his whereabouts are unknown.

After all, I will definitely go to other worlds in the future, so leaving an excuse will make it easier for me to operate.

Fugate continued to engrave runes and energy circuits on the inner armor, and soon the inner armor was completed.

Fugate's inner armor weighs a total of 136 kilograms, which is lighter than Shamian's inner armor, but not many are lighter. Fugate felt a little restrained when wearing it, but it was okay. After getting used to it, it did not affect his activities, and the breathability was also good.

"I haven't been to Gray River to take orders for a long time. Let's go over there and take a look." Fugate whispered.

Feeling rather annoyed, Fuget prepared to go looking for trouble with some Fontaine nobles.

These Fontaine nobles have been tortured by Fuget in recent years. There are as many as seven or eight hundred nobles who have died from Fuget's potion, and two or three hundred people have died from Fuget's psychic curse.

However, Fugate's medicine is still very popular among these Fontaine nobles, because the Law Court rarely finds evidence.

That is to say, recently, after Xiamian's power armor was completed, Fugate was very busy and had not gone to Gray River to take work for two or three months.

Fugate divides the actions of these nobles into dirty political struggles, disputes over family property, holy revenge, and others.

There were the most dirty political struggles, and Xiamian killed both sides because neither of them was a good person.

Of the remaining two main reasons, Fugate could at best give a minor punishment.

Less than two kilometers from the smelter in Fugate is the market in Gray River.

When Fuget arrived, he happened to see Carres and a blonde girl distributing gifts and various supplies in the Gray River.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Nathan Rice." Mr. Cares first bowed to Fugate.

(Cares is a nobleman with the title of earl, but he doesn't like to call himself an earl.)
"Mr. Carres, are you distributing supplies?"

"Yes, today is my daughter's birthday, so I brought Navia to Gray River."

"Her outfit is not suitable for Gray River." Fugate said, touching Navia's head.

Navia is dressed in a standard Fontainebleau lady's outfit. This outfit may not be a big deal in Fontainebleau, but in Gray River, this outfit is quite eye-catching.

The people here may have neat and dirty clothes, but few of them have complicated decorations.

In comparison, Cares's work clothes were not very conspicuous. Although they were clean and tidy, there were still similar outfits in Gray River.

"That's true now. Thank you for your reminder." Cares said gratefully.

Fugate didn't answer, just waved and left.

Soon they arrived at the black market. "Hey~ Master Nathan Rice, you are here." The person in charge of the black market came to greet Fugate very servilely.

"Any orders for poison?" asked Fugate.

"Are you unhappy again, old man?" asked the person in charge of the black market in surprise.

Although the nobles were not clear about Fgate's methods, the people in charge of the black market knew something about it. After all, many of his financial backers behind the scenes were just that kind of people. One or two could be considered accidents, but there were dozens of them. He had grown from a black market middleman to the person in charge of the black market.

That's naturally a guess, so he basically doesn't make enemies with others, and if he does, he doesn't use Fugate's medicine to deal with it.

Because he knew that the potion was really poisonous.

But it doesn't matter. With the help of Fuget's means, he has established connections with more nobles. The scale of the black market has expanded several times in recent years, and the number of his subordinates has increased from more than a hundred to hundreds.

Now his black market has become the largest black market in Gray River, and he has even trained three formal-level alchemists.

However, it was precisely because he had trained three formal-level alchemists that he knew how high the level of Master Nathanless was.

As for those poisons and the like, even if the three formal-level alchemists were clearly told that they were poisons, these three formal-level alchemists would not be able to detect them.

"I'm a bit annoyed. I want to watch a drama about family ethics." said Fugate.

"We have orders for poisons, as many as you want." The person in charge of the black market said, "Especially your potions, they are really popular."

The person in charge of the black market pulled out seven lists, two for super-high-level alchemical tonics and five for poisons, all of which were specifically requested to be made by Master Nathanless.

Two of the super advanced alchemical tonic lists come with their own alchemical recipes.

Fugate took out one of the alchemical tonic lists and handed it to the black market manager.

"Go back and tell this..."

"This is a marquis."

"This Marquis, the formula of this alchemical tonic is fake. The effect of the tonic made from it is very mediocre, and most of the medicinal effect will be wasted. You should ask him clearly what he needs to supplement, and I will design a formula for him, or he can find a new potion formula for me." said Fugate.

"This? How can you be sure of this?"

"The paper is old. I happen to know the formula for the old alchemy potion. One-third of the pharmacology in the formula is wrong. The mysterious principles of the potion are all misleading." Fugate said, "As a 'gold-level' alchemist, I certify that this is a fake."

"You can just relay my exact words."

The person in charge of the black market nodded, indicating that he understood. He couldn't afford to offend either side anyway, so he just acted as a mouthpiece.

"You can go to the Bufadi Smelter in the xx area of ​​Huihe to find me. Although I may not be there, you can ask the people there to pass on the message to me, and I will say hello in advance later."

"I understand." said the person in charge of the black market.

In fact, Fuget hoped that the Marquis could find the potion formula. Although one-third of it was fake, by deducing from the other two-thirds, Fuget concluded that this should be a [Red Cheng] level potion formula developed by an elite alchemist.

Fugett had not seen many simple tonic formulas of the [Chicheng] level.

The other formula this time is also a [Chalk] level formula, and of course it is also new, a formula that Fgate has never encountered before. These have been carefully selected by the person in charge of the black market.

The principles behind it are quite novel, so Fugate was willing to accept the commission.

Fuget had never concealed his needs, so the black market manager catered to his needs. It was also because the black market manager was sensible that Fuget did not go to other black markets.

As for how much profit this black market middleman makes, to be honest, Fuget doesn't care.

All he wanted was to see rivers of blood and collect new potion formulas.

(End of this chapter)