Genshin Impact, Raiden Shin joins the chat group

"It doesn't matter."

Morax looked at the Doctor and said calmly, "Even if you die, I will make her hand over a [Doctor]. What you have done is enough for me to consider whether to continue with the contract."

"You are not important, and the knowledge you crave will only drive you to a dead end."

The middle-aged PhD student lay on the ground, lifeless, clearly dead.

But his expression was full of resentment and anger, because after his death, another "him" had to bear his crimes and obediently go to prison in Liyue.

This is Morax's punishment for the Doctor. The proud and arrogant Doctor, regardless of his age, would never want to go to jail in Liyue.

Putting PhDs in jail instead of conducting research is worse than just killing them!

But Morax made it clear that a doctor had to take the blame for these crimes, or they would not get what they wanted by winter.

As for Zhi Dong's plan to obtain it by force? Morax was not afraid at all! He did not want to start a war, nor was he afraid of war.

Every citizen of Liyue must think this way, especially since Morax has a way of bringing General Thunder, also known as Balzeb, into his camp.

"It's over." Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of disappointment flashing across his face. After all, he had only obtained some information about Ella from the doctor.

As a result, the other person died. Although another Doctor will be forced to go to Liyue to serve time in prison, by then, the other person probably won't speak up easily.

But getting rid of the Doctor from Liyue at this time is a great thing; at least I won't have to live in fear anymore.

"Su Hao."

At this moment, Morax's voice rang out. He looked at the Lock of the Mortal World beside Su Hao from the sky and said calmly, "The Lock of the Mortal World is a relic left by my old friend. Since you have gained her approval..."

"Then I won't take it back, and I hope you'll make good use of it."

Hearing Morax's words, Su Hao looked at the Lock of the Mortal World, which was shimmering with a soft light, and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, since the Lock of the Mortal World is your old friend's relic, I cannot accept it."

"After all, these are your old friend's belongings, and I am Inatsume no matter what. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Upon hearing Su Hao's words, Morax remained silent for a brief moment.

If he knew that there was no consciousness of ultimate return within the Lock of the Mortal World, he might have taken the Lock of the Mortal World and carefully placed it beside him.

But now, he dares to place the mortal lock beside him, waiting for him to transform back into Zhongli.

Gui Zhong might say in the chat group the next day that Zhong Li is Morax.

As for Gui Zhong's personality... well, she would indeed keep it a secret if I asked her for a favor.

But that would give him a headache, so Morax decisively chose to temporarily leave the Lock of the Mortal World with Su Hao.

In addition, within the chat group, Gui Zhong developed a slight misunderstanding about his feelings. Before this misunderstanding was resolved, he decided to maintain the status quo for now.

I'll reveal everything once I've officially retired.

“No need. Since you have gained its approval, I will keep it with you for now.” Morax looked at Su Hao and said calmly, “I will take back the Lock of the Mortal World after everything is over.”

With that, Morax returned to the clouds and flew towards Liyue Harbor.

It gave Su Hao no chance to refuse, as if it had appointed him as the temporary master of the Lock of the Mortal World.

After watching Morax disappear, Su Hao showed a somewhat helpless expression. He looked at the Lock of the Mortal World beside him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

What's so special about this? He hasn't even forged his own companion weapon yet, and he's already obtained a five-star magic weapon?

P.S.: "Ugh, back to the underworld's lifestyle again! Please give me more razor blades so I can go back to the living world's lifestyle!!!!"

"If you give me a lot of razor blades, I might even write an extra chapter, like two chapters totaling ten thousand words!"

Chapter 144 D'Artagnan: "Good riddance! Pop the champagne!"

After handing the World Lock to Su Hao, Morax returned to Liyue Harbor. His purpose was to prevent the Doctor from leaving.

He didn't intervene earlier simply because he could avoid it. If the doctor had obediently gone to jail or had been killed by Su Hao and the others, he wouldn't have interfered.

But the other party committed a crime and tried to run away, which Morax couldn't tolerate. As for the other party committing suicide?

Is suicide even useful? It just makes the next "you" suffer the punishment.

This PhD student knew very well that his death would be the end of everything, but the next person to suffer would definitely be himself.

The other Slice Doctors are probably aware of this as well, and they're probably cursing him out in their hearts. But if he wants the Winter Kingdom's plan to continue, he has to hand over one of the Slices to appease Morax.

Yes, this is an inevitable part of the process. If the Doctor is unwilling to obey orders and betray the Fatui, then the Ice Queen and the Fatui Executives will probably not give the Doctor any face, but will instead help him save face.

With Morax gone, Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that the matter was over, he lay down on the ground without any regard for his image and casually turned off the group live stream.

I'm so tired, so very tired. I've never felt so weak before.

You should know that your recovery ability is very strong; at least Ella can prove it to herself.

Back then, Su Hao and Ella sparred in the wild all night without holding back. As a result, Ella was exhausted, while Su Hao only moved his body and didn't feel that tired.

Tonight was different. After unleashing two powerful moves in a row and using the Eye of Evil multiple times, it was a miracle that Su Hao could now move his body.

[Unthinking One Slash] Fortunately, this is a move that has been used many times, no matter what.

【Celestial Star】is different. This is the first time it has been used. It uses a large amount of rock element to create star rocks, which then fall from the sky and smash into the enemy.

Furthermore, Su Hao could sense that the star rock he created was not large enough, at least not yet at the theoretical limit.

Just like the [Unthinking One Slash], the [Heavenly Star] can become even stronger, but Su Hao is not strong enough yet to unleash its true power.

"I still need to get stronger," Su Hao sighed. At the same time, he realized why Yingmei was able to fight Tartaglia after obtaining dual elements.

When your strength isn't high enough, or rather... when a single element hasn't brought about a qualitative change, combining two elements will indeed make things much easier.

If Su Hao were to fight the Doctor using only lightning element tonight, it wouldn't be considered particularly difficult; it would simply be impossible to push him to this level.

However, after adding the rock element, the doctor was eventually unable to fight, and he even considered running away.

The fact that the proud and arrogant doctor chose to run away, in a sense, proves the importance of dual elements.

Unfortunately, Su Hao is still too weak. If he could improve his strength, he could have a 1v1 duel with the Doctor tonight, even without Shen He's support.

Hmm... This only applies to the sliced-up Doctor. Let's forget about the original Doctor; he's the real second seat of the Fatui.

Now, it's questionable whether I can even secure a stable relationship with the young master.

"You still need to get stronger." Ye Lan looked at Su Hao and muttered to herself, "In my eyes, you two are as strong as monsters, and you're still not satisfied?"

As she said this, Ye Lan looked at the doctor's corpse not far away, and finally shook her head and said, "But that makes sense. Even the two of you, who are strong enough, couldn't kill this guy. I can almost understand why you feel that you are not strong enough."

"But what use is the corpse to you? If not, I'll take it back to the Liyue General Affairs Department. Even if he comes back to life, someone will guard it. And we'll also investigate why he used the power of the Abyss."

At this moment, Ye Lan was asking Su Hao and Shen He for their opinions on whether they wanted the doctor's corpse. If they did, she would not take it back.

If she didn't want it, she would take it back, since in Liyue, secrets could be extracted from corpses.

Although this is inhumane, the Doctor has done too many things in Liyue. Does he really think that dying would end everything? There's no such easy way out.

“It’s no use.” Shen He shook her head; she wasn’t interested in the corpse.

Su Hao also shook his head. He looked at Ye Lan and complained, "I'm interested in the Ancient Rock Dragon Lizard's corpse because it can be sold for money, but I'm not interested in the Doctor's corpse."

Ye Lan looked at Su Hao and smiled, "But if you can sell the corpse to the Fools, they will definitely be willing to offer a high price to take back the body of their [Executor]."

But Su Hao shook his head and said indifferently, "I already own 100 million Mora assets, so I don't care about that little bit of money."

Su Hao was now brimming with arrogance.

He has a hundred million Mora! A hundred million Mora!!! That's an astronomical figure!!!

With this money, Su Hao could travel to seven countries at will, without having to worry about future expenses.

“Okay.” Ye Lan looked at the “inflated” Su Hao and couldn’t help but smile. She still quite enjoyed communicating with someone as simple yet powerful as Su Hao.

You don't need to put too much thought into communicating with him; just have a normal, informal discussion.

While they were talking, the Qianyan Army arrived. They exchanged a few words with Yelan and then took charge of cleaning up the scene and packing up the doctor's body.

"Well then, we're leaving too."

Su Hao and Shen He waved goodbye to Ye Lan and the soldiers of the Thousand Rock Army.

Ye Lan and the soldiers of the Thousand Rock Army also expressed their gratitude to Su Hao and Shen He, as things would have been much worse if they hadn't come to their aid.

Shen He is a disciple of the immortals, so the other party has at least a reason to get involved in this matter.

Su Hao is different; the other party is a member of the Thunder God's familiar, someone from Inazuma's side. Why would he help Liyue?

But Su Hao still came. Regardless of his purpose, the fact that he came to help and even seriously injured the Doctor was enough to earn the respect of the Thousand Rock Army soldiers.

"Please grant me an audience with the Celestial Master."

Ye Lan looked at Su Hao and chuckled, "Perhaps I can resolve everything tonight, and we can meet again tomorrow."

As she spoke, Ye Lan looked helplessly at the destroyed ruins. She also had a headache. The ruins that could house such precious magical artifacts and even attracted the personal descent of the Rock King Emperor had been destroyed by Su Hao.

Just like the cave where the ancient rock dragon lizard lived last time, Yelan also needs to send the Thousand Rock Army to clear the ruins, if possible.

Naturally, the goal is to restore the ruins to the greatest extent possible, and then send Liyue archaeological experts inside to conduct excavations.

I'm sure the archaeological experts in Liyue will be very interested in this ruin, because for a simple reason: this ruin is where the Geo Archon descended.

In Liyue, the title "Geo King" is the biggest selling point, and it's hard to imagine any archaeological expert resisting such an allure.

"Then I'll look forward to it." Su Hao chuckled. He was also very much looking forward to tomorrow's summoning ceremony, because after this year, the Rock King Emperor would probably fall from the sky and pass away next year.

Su Hao and Shen He walked together toward Liyue Harbor. While the Thousand Rock Army was talking with Yelan, Su Hao and Shen He got a short rest, and their strength recovered to about 50-60%.

If they return to Liyue Harbor at this point, even if something unexpected happens along the way, Su Hao and Shen He are confident they can handle it.

Soon, Su Hao and Shen He quickly returned to Liyue Harbor.

"Shouldn't we go back to the Hall of Rebirth first?"

At this moment, Shen He realized that Su Hao was heading in a different direction. This road was not leading to the Shengtang, but was heading in another direction.

"Okay, let's go to the Northern Bank first and tell D'Artagnan what happened tonight," Su Hao said with a smile, bringing the good news that [Doctor] was dead.

He naturally had to report to D'Artagnan, since the other party had given him a lot of information and had even treated him to two meals.

Yes, although both times I came to eat, it was to gather information.

But Su Hao knew that Tartaglia was worth befriending now, and that Tartaglia's situation in Liyue was delicate, so he decided to go and talk to him.