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

"Miss, you can't put cake in the hot pot."

"Is that so..."

Paimon asked.

"Thoma, you said you have a way to let us see that Thunder General, is that true?"

"Of course it's true, I have a brilliant plan. Let's have hot pot first, and I'll definitely let you see General Thunder and Lightning tomorrow."

……

Chapter 178 Wanted

The next day, the traveler and Paimon arrived at the "Wooden Leak Tea Room" early in the morning.

As soon as Paimon entered the house, he looked around for Thomas.

"Strange, it's so quiet today, completely different from usual."

"Woof woof...woof!" and

"Thoma, Thomas. Are you going to keep this charade going?"

"Wang! Wang!"

"Hey, stop hiding, I can see you now!"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Seeing the anxious Taromaru, Ying realized something. At that moment, Ayaka Kamisato also rushed over, seemingly confirming her suspicions.

"Have you two seen Thomas?"

Paimon replied.

"No, what happened? We thought Thomas was with you."

"Oh no! On my way here, I heard that Thomas was captured by the people of the Heavenly Territory."

……

Ying, overhearing Ayaka and Paimon's conversation, understood. Good heavens, Thomas's brilliant plan was to use her as bait! Now she had no choice but to save her. Sigh, first a prison break, now an execution. Oh well, things have already come to this; she just hoped there wouldn't be so much trouble next time.

Ying interrupted the two who were still discussing.

"Sigh, I'll go. Thomas's a friend too. (I have no choice.)"

"But……"

"You just said, didn't you? Time is running out, there are no buts."

Ayaka Kamisato looked troubled.

"Okay... I'll wait for you to come back safely."

……

Thomas was kneeling before the "Thousand-Handed, Hundred-Eyed Statue".

General Thunder looked down at the bound people below the stage. She stretched out her hand, and purple lightning gathered in her palm. Thomas's Eye of God flew straight towards her.

Yingmei, who had just arrived from the crowd, immediately transformed herself into a bolt of lightning and snatched the Eye of God flying in the air.

General Thunder frowned, scrutinizing Ying. Two soldiers guarding Thomas, witnessing this, charged at Ying with weapons drawn. Ying summoned her bladeless sword and swung it, striking down the soldiers with two lightning blades. She then went to Thomas, intending to untie his ropes.

General Thunder waved his hand, and a bolt of lightning struck Firefly, stopping her.

"You can manipulate elemental power without the Eye of God... You are an 'exception,' and exceptions are eternal enemies."

At this point, General Thunder placed his hand on his chest and slowly drew out a katana crackling with purple lightning.

"I... will embed you into a statue!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the general swung his sword, and the surrounding space seemed to shatter. Yingyan watched as boundless darkness rapidly enveloped her.

When Ying regained her sight, she saw "General Thunder" sitting at her desk, eating instant noodles and gesturing. She seemed to be talking to a woman dressed in strange clothes and wearing a hat.

The woman was the first to spot the uninvited guest.

"Shadow, who is this?"

Ying turned to look at the blond man, her hand, which was eating instant noodles, frozen in mid-air. Her mind raced; why hadn't the general told her before letting the traveler in? How embarrassing…

Ying was a little confused.

"film?"

Before Ying could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a little dizzy. In her dazed state, she glanced at "General Thunder" and saw that she seemed to be blushing slightly. Before Ying could think about it further, she returned to reality.

Paimon looked at Ying with concern.

"Are you alright? You just suddenly disappeared."

“氵 (殳事)”

Before Ying could finish speaking, she felt another wave of dizziness.

When Ying finally calmed down, she looked at the serious-looking 'Thunder General' sitting cross-legged in the air... and found it inexplicably funny...

"If it's you, I'd have to confirm it myself to be safe."

After saying this, "General Thunder" charged forward with his naginata. Ying struggled to parry, her only thought being, "She's so strong..." But then, remembering the instant noodles from earlier, Ying asked directly.

"You... know Juexi?"

Ying remained silent, and her attacks showed no sign of slowing down.

Were you eating instant noodles just now?

Upon hearing this, Ying frowned... and then flashed past Ying, wielding a naginata.

"Boom..."

The slash, accompanied by several bolts of lightning, struck Ying, causing her to faint instantly, and her Pure Land of Mind slowly faded away.

Paimon looked anxiously at the unconscious Ying and frantically pressed on her chest.

"Wake up, wake up quickly."

Seeing that things were going badly, Thomas looked at the weapon stuck in the ground and quickly went over to cut the rope bit by bit with it.

General Thunder slowly walked up to Ying, raised his hand, and was about to swing his sword when Thomas broke free of his restraints. He immediately grabbed a weapon from the ground and threw it at General Thunder.

General Thunder unleashed two swift strikes, the first knocking the weapon away, the second aimed at the Traveler on the ground. However, the second strike seemed to be blocked by the little fellow; the shockwave from the slash sent the Traveler and Paimon flying, and Luminous was also jolted awake by the impact. Thomas immediately caught them, placing the Traveler's arm on his shoulder. Without hesitation, he jumped off the platform and hastily fled.

General Lei Dian, who had been eager to give chase, seemed to light up for a moment before watching the group leave. His guards cautiously approached.

"General, this..."

"I'll add her to my 'Eye Hunt Order,' and I'll strike her again when we meet next time."

After saying this, General Thunder turned and left.

Within the Pure Land of One Heart

Ying felt a little embarrassed. These past few days, she had been going to Juexi's house for meals since she had nothing to do. Thinking that her Pure Land was not as nice as theirs, she added some things.

Later, she saw Kevin constantly eating this kind of thing and became very curious. Kevin looked at Ying, and Ying looked at Kevin. In the end, Kevin gave her several buckets of it…

Ying initially wanted to refuse, since she couldn't cook and always ate ready-made meals. But after hearing that this thing only needed to be soaked in hot water, she was tempted. Whether it tasted good or not wasn't important; what mattered was that she really wanted to cook a meal herself.

Surprisingly, this stuff is actually quite delicious! This caused Shadow's attention to be completely focused on the instant noodles, preventing her from immediately noticing the changes occurring in the Pure Land. As a result, she had barely taken a few bites of the noodles when the General pulled the Traveler in – incredibly embarrassing! She'll definitely have to change the puppet's programming in the future.

Wilvi wanted to laugh. At first, she thought Ying looked like Dr. Mei, but it turned out she was just a bit clueless. After all that commotion, the instant noodles were overturned, and Wilvi looked at Ying, who was heartbroken over the spilled noodles, somewhat speechless.

"How about I bring you some more next time I come?"

"also."

Vilvi hesitated, wondering if this guy was Inazuma's god. She was just joking, why did he take it so seriously...? Are instant noodles really that delicious?

Near the "Wooden Leak Tea House"

By this time, Ying had almost fully recovered. The woman in the strange clothes was called General Ying? What does that mean? I don't understand…

Paimon was panting heavily; although He was exhausted, He was also very afraid.

"Why...why did it stop?"

"Don't you remember? For me, hiding in the wooden leak teahouse is the safest place around here. However, I probably won't be able to get out for a while, so I'll have to leave the rest to you."

Ying joked.

"Is this the method you were talking about for meeting General Thunder?"

Thomas was somewhat embarrassed.

"Um, cough cough. Just tell me whether you saw him or not."

Ying was speechless.

"Then what should we do?"

"Go to Tasasa and find the rebels. If nothing unexpected happens, the shogunate army will soon issue a warrant for our arrest. There aren't many forces willing to take us in, but the rebels are an exception."

Ying thought to herself, "I'm speechless. First, I was wanted by the Knights of the Sky (for stealing the Sky Harp) in Mondstadt, then by the Thousand Rock Army in Liyue (for assassinating the Emperor), and now I'm wanted again in Inazuma (for disobeying the Eyehunter's orders)..."

Ying reluctantly embarked on a journey to find the resistance army.

"Look, isn't that a member of the resistance? He seems to be in some trouble. Let's go help him out."

"I'm saved! I thought I was going to die. Thank you for saving me. I'm Zheping, a member of the resistance squad."

……

On the other side, Juexi, who had just returned to the Domination Theater after meeting with the doctor, received a phone call.

"Hello? What's wrong, Rosalyn?"

"Hmph, send someone over to help me watch the factory."

Jue Xi was somewhat angry.

"I've told you so many times, you'll die if you keep bothering with this. Your evil eye factory is useless anyway, just shut it down."

"Come on, I didn't force anyone to buy or sell. Is selling weapons illegal? Besides, don't think I don't know that catgirl is one of your people. If it weren't for her, my factory would still be under someone's watch. Mu Juexi! Hurry up and send someone over to help me watch the factory."

"Okay, okay, I'll come and show you the factory in person in a couple of days, alright?"