Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

As Luminous's figure disappeared before their eyes along with the "Apostle of the Abyss," Tartaglia, who had been observing everything from the sidelines, remained silent.

After glancing in the direction the other person had left, he couldn't help but ask Pantalone a question.

"Speaking of which, what exactly did you trade with that 'princess' of the abyss that made that girl's attitude towards you change so drastically?"

"You know, just a moment ago when you were inside, that girl looked like she wanted to grind you to dust, and even planned to kill you on the spot. But now, that girl who clearly wanted to kill you has agreed to compromise with you?"

"Hehe, guess?"

As he watched the glow disappear from his sight, Pantalone, regaining his senses, chuckled and teased Dadtaglia.

This way of answering questions with questions immediately made Dadalia's face show a look of utter annoyance.

If he knew what Pantalone had actually traded with the other party, would he still need to ask such a question?

It can only be said that Pantalone's perverse sense of humor was reflected to some extent in this way. Seeing Pantalone's ambiguous attitude of neither admitting nor denying, D'Artagnan ultimately gave up on this riddle-solving behavior.

"Fine, if you don't want to tell me, I'm too lazy to guess. Anyway, this is part of the plan, right?"

Seeing D'Artagnan's quick response, Pantalone simply smiled noncommittally, neither answering nor denying.

In fact, Pantalone did make a deal with Luminosity using something he had, but the price was not as simple as others thought.

Compared to Ying's simple words that lightly described the details of the transaction, the actual details of their deal were quite complex and could not be explained in just a few words.

It's certainly not the simple non-aggression principle that Ying described.

In his deal with Luminous, he successfully obtained a seed from her and, as an outsider from beyond the world of Teyvat, acquired knowledge and power from beyond.

In his deal with Ying and the conspiracy they conspired to reach an agreement, this knowledge and power from outside the world was one of the trump cards they needed to overthrow the great enemy 'Tenryo'.

But that was just rhetoric; Pantalone's actual purpose was not that.

Or rather, the current 'natural law' of this Teyvat continent is far from being his true enemy. In Pantalone's eyes, the only thing that can be called a great enemy is the cruel truth behind this world.

Only those humans who have overcome that ultimate, cruel truth deserve to be called a civilization capable of surviving.

In order to survive that cruel truth, he must do whatever it takes to find the perfect answer to that cruel truth.

As one of the twins who are outsiders to this world, Ying possesses the knowledge he needs from outside the world, which will become a crucial card for him to break through that predicament.

Although this knowledge is not complete, it provides a basic model that is crucial. All that's left is to refine it myself.

By applying this knowledge and technology from outside the world to the 'imaginary energy storage site', his idea would essentially be half, or even entirely, realized.

However, this knowledge from outside the world carries certain risks. No one can guarantee that no one will repeat the tragedy of the ignorant king of the yellow sands. But even knowing this, Pantalone still has no intention of stopping.

Perhaps before asking the emperor he serves for an answer, he might have considered whether such a plan would lead to a repeat of the King of the Yellow Sands' failures, but now he is not hesitant to act out of such concerns.

Some things just have to be done by someone.

Pantalone is now more rational and calm than he used to be, and he understands that some things require sacrifice and risk.

To outsiders, he may appear to have been assimilated by his colleagues in some ways, becoming more profit-driven and ruthless.

But only he himself knew that he had not changed.

He simply clarified what he should uphold and what he should do.

Pantalone pulled himself out of his reverie and then looked at Dadalia.

"Then let's go. We've done what we needed to do. It's time to call the Fools' soldiers to clean up the rest of the mess. Don't forget we still have a lot of work to do."

"You know, recently quite a few people have had strong opinions about the decisions I've made because of my orders... For those who aren't loyal enough, it's only right to send them to see Her Majesty the Ice Queen to properly demonstrate their loyalty."

D'Artagnan, who had been indifferent and uninterested at first, suddenly became interested after hearing this. He understood what Pantarone meant after hearing her words.

In this operation concerning Pantalone's order to purge the Abyss Order, not everyone agreed with Pantalone's plans and actions.

Some people think this is too risky, while others think it is too wasteful of financial and material resources.

Some even believe that this approach is meaningless and a waste of human resources.

In short, there were all sorts of strange reasons. Even though Pantalone had once purged the elite class of Winter, there were some things that he couldn't completely solve all at once.

Most of these people were beneficiaries whose interests had been harmed by the plans devised by the Pantalone. Faced with the Pantalone's relentless suppression of their interests and living space, they spontaneously formed an anti-Pantalone group.

Although it won't have a real impact on Pantalone, it can still cause him some minor trouble.

Pantalone had been busy with other projects recently and hadn't taken any action to deal with these clowns. Now that he had the time, it was time to clean them up.

For D'Artagnan, there was little else that excited him more. Events at the heart of the struggle and missions that could be resolved with violence were undoubtedly the things that this young warrior, with his innate penchant for fighting, loved most.

It should be understood that all of Pantalone's plans were made in accordance with the Ice Queen worshipped by the Kingdom of Winter, and to disobey him was to disobey the Queen's will.

What utter disloyalty!

Any disloyal person should be eliminated!

D'Artagnan's lips curled up almost wildly, and he grinned eagerly.

"Leave this task to me. I can't wait to make those disloyal fools truly loyal to their beliefs."

Chapter 161 Imaginary Singularities and the Possibility of Mastering the Authority of Imaginary Numbers (4k)

After making a deal with Luminosity, Pantalone, upon returning to Winter, also withdrew his order to eliminate the Abyss Order.