Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

"Kevin, stay away from me. It's cold around you, you know?"

Kevin rolled his eyes at Juexi, handed her a bowl of instant noodles, and walked away. Although Kevin was cold and aloof, times had changed. There were no Honkai Beasts for him to fight, no Honkai to contend with, and he suddenly felt aimless. After sitting alone in the Domination Theater like an old man all morning, Kevin finally came to see Juexi out of boredom. But he was quickly chased away after receiving a cell phone.

......

"Ah~~~"

Paimon's expression turned disappointed once again, while Ying's face darkened. The two had searched over ten treasure chests. Each one was shockingly empty, not even a single cabbage. Back when they opened chests with Bennett from Mondstadt, they could at least get a few cabbages. Why were all the chests empty after coming to Inazuma? Was it a national characteristic?

Ying comforted Paimon, and also comforted herself.

"It's okay, Paimon. Not every chest will be like this. Let's keep looking."

Paimon also cheered up and nodded.

"Uh-huh."

After opening countless empty treasure chests, Ying and Paimon were starting to question their existence. Ying even wondered if she was dreaming. And for them, Padma was overjoyed.

Eventually, the two encountered a cat-eared girl. Ying stared at the girl, who was dragging a bag two or three times her own size, and fell into deep thought. She couldn't look away from the enormous bag; she seemed to sense a kind of destiny, a feeling that she should say something to this girl.

Pado, on the other hand, experienced both pain and joy.

"Boss Juexi, really! This thing you gave us is way too small for our storage compartments, it can't hold anything. Heave-ho, heave-ho..."

Chapter 173 Scaramucci

Ying seemed to have heard some key words and immediately rushed forward to stop the cat-eared girl, but before Ying could even ask anything, the girl knelt down...

"Ah!! Mercy, sir! Mercy, sir!"

Ying was speechless. How could this person know Jue Xi so... cowardly? She shouldn't be that weak, right? And why does she seem so skilled? Just as Ying was speechless, Paimon flew to the cat-eared girl's side.

“Ah, traveler, you’ve frightened her. Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. We’re not bad people. My name is Paimon, and her name is Ying.”

Paimon pointed at the Traveler and continued.

"We are travelers visiting Inatsume. We apologize for startling you earlier."

Ying instinctively thought the girl would run away, which is why she acted so suddenly. She thought to herself that it was all Juexi's fault. Ying also went to the cat-eared girl's side and helped her up.

"I'm sorry, I got a little excited."

Pado sensed that Ying didn't mean any harm, so she stood up and chuckled.

"Uh, it's nothing, it's nothing. My name is Padofilis, just call me Padof. By the way, Ying, why did you suddenly stop us?"

"I heard you mention Boss Juexi just now, and I assumed you knew him, so..."

Pado thought for a moment.

"It's true that we know each other, but Ying, do you and Boss Juexi—no, Juexi—have some kind of grudge?"

Pado sensed from Ying's tone that she seemed to have a lot of feelings towards Juexi, so she asked carefully while clutching the large bag tightly in her hand.

"There aren't any holidays, are there? It's just..."

Before Yinghua could finish speaking, Pado pointed behind the two of them.

"Hey, Boss Juexi, have you finished making the phones?"

Ying didn't think much of it, after all, she and Paimon also had the 'cellphone' that Juexi had given them. Ying looked back, but there was no one in sight, which puzzled Paimon.

"Hey? Where is Juexi?"

Ying immediately turned around, but Padophilia had already disappeared. Paimon turned around, even more puzzled.

"Huh?? Where's Pato?"

Ying picked up a small bag from the ground, which must have been left behind by Pado earlier. (Completed the quest, obtained the achievement "Encounter in Another World", and received 160 Primogems?) Looking at the colorful stones inside, Ying understood why she hadn't had any treasure chests all day.

"She must have run away; she really does know Juexi."

Paimon was shocked.

"Huh? But she seemed to be struggling so much with that big bag just now."

Ying gently tapped Paimon on the head.

"You idiot Paimon, there are no ordinary people around Juexi. Have you forgotten Kiana? When we first met Zhongli, Kiana stood in front of us to protect us. Later, I asked Zhongli and he said that Kiana's strength is probably even greater than his."

"Yes, and this Patto..."

Ying handed the small bag of raw stones to Paimon.

"Look, the treasure chest is empty. The reason must be that Miss Padophilis took all the Mora stones inside."

Paimon nodded in sudden realization, then looked puzzled.

"Juexi isn't short of money, so why is that?"

Ying thought about it.

"I don't know, but it's all Juexi's fault."

Paimon was somewhat speechless, but he dared not say anything, after all, he was now eating and using the Traveler's things. Even if Paimon felt that Luminous was only angry because he had been unfriended, he didn't dare to say it directly.

"That's right, we'll teach him a lesson next time we meet."

......

Pado ran and ran until she came to a dead-end factory and hid there, panting heavily.

"Phew... I'm exhausted. I hope Ying didn't catch up."

After a while, Pado felt somewhat uncomfortable looking at the strange scenery around her.

"No, no, this place is too creepy."

Just as Pado was resting and about to leave, she suddenly heard a woman's voice behind her. Pado was frightened and hid.

"Scaramucci, did you remember what I just said?"

"Hmph, I know, I know, Rosalyn. It's just helping you look after a run-down factory, isn't it? Besides, didn't the 'Empress' say you're not allowed to interfere in Inazuma's affairs?"

Rosalyn was somewhat indignant, wondering why Juexi demanded that Inazuma not have her participate in this operation.

"I've been planning this for so long, how can I just stop interfering? Besides, who knows if that guy Juexi will get Thor's 'Heart of God'?"

Pado covered her mouth, afraid of making a sound. Had she overheard something terrible? Thor's heart?! If she remembered correctly, the purple-haired woman who had lunch with Boss Juexi this morning was Thor, wasn't she? Was Boss Juexi going to take her heart? Juexi didn't seem like the type to do bad things. Pado pondered in her mind. In short, these two people didn't seem like good people; they looked much worse than Ying.

Paddy planned to sneak away, but she made a mistake that only a main character would make (stepping on a tree branch...).

The lady (Rosalyn) and the skirmisher (Scaramucci) both looked in that direction.

Just as Pado was about to run, a 'scattered soldier' ​​blocked her way.

"Found you, you little eavesdropping kitten."

Pado instinctively felt that even if she begged for mercy, the person in front of her wouldn't let her go. Pado put the large bag she was carrying on the ground, and two ring blades suddenly appeared in her hands as she muttered something under her breath.

"Boss Juexi, don't lie to us. We don't expect to win, we just want to escape."

The stragglers were intrigued to see that this timid woman, who looked like a kitten, dared to pick up a weapon at them.

"Out of control."

As the soldier raised his hand, a bolt of purple lightning shot out. Fearing she couldn't withstand the attack, Pado used her incredible flexibility to dodge the lightning with a cunning move, then hurled her two ring blades together at the soldier's head.

The stragglers looked on with disdain.

"Little Cat Girl, where are you hitting me?"

Pado didn't say anything, and quietly slung the big bag over her shoulder again.

The skirmisher looked up and saw the pair of ring blades hovering above him. Suddenly, a large cat made of strange "energy" fell from the center of the ring blades and crashed down. Although the skirmisher was arrogant, he also sensed the strangeness of this energy and chose to temporarily avoid its attack.

The large cat crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces. As the cat broke apart, smoke billowed up around it. The soldiers knew that the little cat girl was about to run away, and they were about to chase after her when the lady stopped them.

"Why are you stopping me, you stupid woman!"

“Scaramchi, watch your words. She just mentioned Boss Juexi. She must be one of Juexi’s men.”

The stragglers were very unhappy. Although they had decided not to pursue the catgirl anymore, they were still being aggressive.

"Heh, what's wrong, Rosalyn? Afraid I'll kill that kitten and offend your kept man? What will your old flame think of that? Hahahaha~"

The woman also lost her temper; even though she knew the soldiers were foul-mouthed, she was still taken aback by their words. She couldn't accept anyone joking about Rustan.

“If you’re not afraid of death, you can go after her. Even if you manage to kill that woman, Juexi won’t let you go. But now I should teach you, this doll who’s been abandoned several times, what respect is.”

Even the stragglers broke through the defenses.

"Huh? Rosalyn, you want to teach me to respect a dead person? Besides, I'm not... a 'doll'."

"Heh, you don't actually think you're human, do you? A test subject abandoned by your master."

The soldier remained silent, then hurled a lightning blade as a sign of respect. This strike was significantly faster than the previous one, but the blade froze into ice before Rosalind's eyes.

Rosalyn, not wanting to miss out on trouble, continued her mockery.

"It seems that even after all this time, you're still that brat who can't win an argument and will resort to violence once you're out of line. No wonder you were left behind."

"Shut up, you widow!"

Boom! ~~

……

Pado looked back at the spot she had just left, a wisp of smoke rising from her eyes, somewhat puzzled as to what had happened. But she didn't bother to think about it too much; she hurried back to find Boss Juexi—it was far too dangerous outside…

Chapter 174 Heartwarming Daily Life in Inazuma Castle~~

By this time, Juexi had already made a bunch of phones, and he had also rented a small house near the castle tower. Anyway, the group was staying in his Domination Theater, so it didn't matter if it was a big house or a small house.

Pado, who was the first Yingjie to return, was currently clinging to Juexi's leg and complaining.

"Waaaaah, Boss Juexi, we almost didn't make it back."

Jue Xi was speechless. It was one thing for Pado to run into Ying while looking for a treasure chest, but how did she end up encountering a lady and a skirmisher as well?

"Unexpected, unexpected. Haha, who would have thought you'd be so lucky, Pado, running into the famous Traveler and the Fatui Enforcer on a casual trip? Haha. Here, keep these two safe."

Juexi handed Pado a fake God's Eye and a cell phone with cat paw prints and can prints on the back.

Paddy immediately became happy.

"Wow, Boss Juexi, is this a cell phone? How do you use it?"