I'm in the Teyvat running group

Besides, Grandpa Lu is a very wise man. As long as I can bring this scale to him, he will definitely figure out what's going on!

"Let me see..." Yunxiu unfolded the map, then her eyes lit up: "We can save about 20% of the distance! As long as we pass through the stone gate and keep going, we can make it within twenty days if we hurry. By then, I'll be around level 5!"

Thinking of this, Yunxiu felt much more relaxed. It would be good if Dvalin's erosion progress could reach 15% in a month. After all, this thing gets faster as it progresses. When the erosion progress reaches more than 80%, it may increase by 5% every day. But now it is obvious that Dvalin still retains a great deal of consciousness. As long as she tells the news to Grandpa Lu and then passes it to Jean through him, the Knights will definitely have a way to find the Wind God!

If I can find the Traveler through the Wind God, I can start the war against Stormterror ahead of time and kill him before he appears in Mondstadt!

Once the Stormterror is defeated, the Anemo Archon will gain a significant advantage in the exchange of the Heart of God. In the original storyline, Venti did indeed pull a fast one, giving the Heart of God to Winter in a way that was half-stealing and half-giving away. But wasn't it also because Mondstadt was hit by the Stormterror, and a large number of its forces were tied down, and it suffered heavy losses, that the Anemo Archon had no choice but to make this choice?

If Mondstadt had nipped the Stormterror in the bud and avoided any losses from the Stormterror, and could have deployed a large number of troops within the city, would the Fatui have risked fighting a knightly order with sufficient strength to force their way in and seize the Heart of God?

Even if we don't do anything else, exchanging some money or information would be good. The Winter Queen must have key information about the Descendants and the Heart of God. The Doctor was able to provide enough information to exchange for the Heart of God with the Grass God, so as long as we have enough information, exchanging for something else with the Heart of the Wind God is also feasible!

"Let changing the fate of Dvalin and Mondstadt be the starting point for my transformation of the world!"

Thinking of this, Yunxiu stood up and searched the room again, finding 2374 Mora, a few materials, and a password notebook. It seemed that the Hilichurls had brought the scale with them.

"what is this?"

He casually gave an appraisal, and easily obtained the password by solving the puzzle.

"4, 3, 9, 6, done!" Yunxiu opened it and saw a series of strange characters on the first page, exuding the aura of the abyss. Judging from the title page and related information, this should be the experimental notes of the Abyss Order, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with Dvalin.

"Let me see..." Yunxiu gritted her teeth as she read through the series of experimental data and content. It wasn't because the technology and theory were complicated, but because the handwriting was so ugly! The first few pages weren't complicated at all. Most of them were experimental data, collaborations with some of the Fatui (mainly the Doctor and the rich), and the fact that one of the executives had become the ambassador to Mondstadt, etc., which were unimportant or things that Yunxiu already knew from the plot.

Just as he scrolled to a message marked three days ago, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"Today, a Mondstadt alchemist's tent was discovered. Inside is a half-orc, green-haired girl, shrouded in a powerful aura of geomantic energy. Despite multiple attempts (explosions, burrowing, attacks), entry is impossible. However, the tent contains a large quantity of scarce, highly refined alchemical potions that can be used and researched. We request that our superiors send a master alchemist from Winterfall to assist us..."

“This is…” Yunxiu was startled.

A green-haired orc girl, with a high-precision alchemical potion, the target is almost locked on: Sugar!

The powerful aura of the rock elemental barrier is most likely the life-saving item that Abedor gave to Sugar. This golden creation, who is at least on par with Durin, is probably an alchemist of level 8 or higher, judging from the storyline. Even if the life-saving barrier he gave Sugar was not created with his full strength, it would be difficult for ordinary characters below level 6 to break through. As long as Sugar has enough food and water, given her personality of often staying in seclusion to conduct experiments, she could easily survive for one or two months.

As for why it didn't have any impact later in the story, it's most likely because the alchemist from the Winter Kingdom probably hadn't arrived yet, and the Fools were either forced to give up or were casually killed by Abedo...

For Sugar, it was perfectly normal for his master to save him and then casually kill a group of Fatui. There was no need to even mention it to the Traveler, especially since they weren't very close in terms of the story.

Looking at the location, if the pack animals move quickly, they can arrive within a day and a half, and it's also on the way from Mondstadt to Liyue.

"Young girl trapped in this predicament, let me, the legendary archmage, save you!"

Chapter 17 Disguised Camp Reconnaissance

Let's set aside the fact that I can't live with my conscience if I don't save Sugar.

Leaving aside the fact that alchemists are indeed very important.

Putting aside the fact that saving Sugar could connect him with the Knights of Favonius.

Putting aside Aberdo's strength, powerful background, and excellent connections, let's leave aside that.

In her past life, one of Yunxiu's favorite girls was Sugar!

Although Yunxiu is a notoriously fickle player, as is common among Genshin Impact players, he's not exactly a womanizer, but he's certainly fallen for at least eight out of ten women he's met. From Sugar to Xiangling, from Xiangling to Yoru, from Yoru to Navia, from Navia to Fou, from Fou to Marane, and even some NPCs...

Of course, this has nothing to do with Yunxiu's sexual fetishes and preferences. Even if he were to undergo a gender reassignment surgery and become a woman, he would most likely still fall in love with Zhongli all the way to Philin...

As for the possibility of being deceived by a bad woman, does that mean Sugar is a bad woman?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

With that in mind, Yunxiu wrapped the scales tightly, fixed them to the heavy load points on her back, and set up a warning trick so that when someone approached her, she could burst out with a ball of elemental energy to wake herself up, and then fall into a deep sleep.

Over the next two days, Yunxiu traveled for four hours each morning and evening. At noon, after cultivating some provisions to feed her pack animals, she began clearing out Hilichurl camps along the roadside. While a 2nd-circle mage's damage output wasn't significantly higher than a 1st-circle mage, her survivability was greatly enhanced! This allowed Yunxiu to deal with a Hilichurl camp simultaneously using her usual Oil Spell + Fire Arrow combo, and even unleash a barrage of spells. Even powerful Hilichurl thugs, before they charged, could be kited relentlessly by Yunxiu using "Grease Your Feet," "Sleep," and her bow and crossbow. In two days, she cleared out seven Hilichurl camps and one Slime camp, collecting over 10,000 Mora and a large amount of equipment. She even found a Lucky One's Silver Crown artifact with +1 Luck. Although the bonus was small, it was better than nothing. If she could find another artifact with +1 Luck, she could increase the bonus slightly, gaining an advantage in related appraisals.

"You have killed 1 Hilichurl Thug, gaining 200 experience points!"

"You have leveled up to level 3!"

After some thought, Yunxiu learned the Spider Web Technique, the Mysterious Step, the Scorching Ray, and the Suggestion Technique.

[Spider Web Spell]: Creates a thick, magically generated spider web within a 2-cubic-meter area. Those bound within must attempt to break free by performing a Strength Check each turn. It can be ignited, dealing 2D4 damage each turn after being ignited.

【Scorching Rays】: Creates three rays that can be fired in a concentrated or dispersed manner, each dealing 2D20 fire damage.

【Stealth Step】: Teleports you to a visible space without any spatial obstructions; you must be within 10 meters of such a location.

[Suggestion]: Speak a sentence to a creature you can see, imbuing it with magical influence. The suggestion must be reasonable enough to grant it a perception immunity. If the immunity fails, your suggestion will be executed.

"I seem to be becoming more and more like a true survivalist defensive mage..." Yunxiu couldn't help but complain about her choice. Although the defensive school is all about being able to survive, she was indeed being a bit too passive. So far, she had only learned two damage-dealing spells...

Of course, when you reach level 2, the world correction coefficient reaches 89.44, which also means a significant increase in damage and health.

The mage's life die has 4 points. Each level increases the life by 1D4+. The mage's own life is 4. Because of the Emperor's Blessing, the D4 die is always locked at the maximum value. Therefore, the base life of 24 at level 3, multiplied by 89.44, directly increases to 2157 points!

而护盾术也来到了3×2+6=12，乘以89.44是1073点，自己等于是有3000多血的“小牛”了，虽然还比不上香菱高达8500的血量，却也很不错了……

After two days of frantic running, it was finally time to rest and prepare. Yunxiu had stopped to check the situation when she arrived. This place was located at the edge of the foothills near Yunlai Sea and at the border of Guili Plain. Indeed, many ancient relics remained. She had just compared the locations on the map and in her notebook. The place where Sugar was imprisoned was only about 30 kilometers away. With the beasts running at full speed, they could reach it in 40 minutes. The distances from here, the place of imprisonment, and the Thousand Rock Army's garrison were all about the same.

After rescuing Sugar, all I need to do is change direction and run for another half hour to reach the Chiyan Army's base, and then I'll be safe!

Back beside the pack beast that had devoured all the catalytic crops, Yunxiu took out a large bucket filled with meat powder, poured in about twenty bird eggs she had found, stirred it well, mixed in some bald beans, and then fed it spoonful by spoonful to the pack beast. She also tried to communicate with the pack beast to make it run quickly after eating. This pack beast, whose strength was no less than that of a typical second-ring monster, already possessed considerable intelligence, at least much smarter than various livestock on Earth. Over the past few days, Yunxiu had figured out the pack beast's personality. Some simple commands could be given by pointing and gesturing, and the pack beast would assess whether it could do it. A snort meant you could make a request, a whimper and lying down meant it didn't want to go, and curling its hooves meant it was angry...

The pack animal snorted twice in agreement, then buried its head in its food.

Yunxiu packed everything up, watched the pack beast finish eating, casually rinsed the bucket in the stream, hung the saddle on it, and then signaled the pack beast to rush towards a ruin in the direction of Guili Plain, which was the place where Sugar was trapped in the records!

"Roar!~~~" The well-fed beast let out a long howl and burst out with its maximum speed!

"Running with the wind has its own way... Ah... It's got its tongue stuck in its throat." The pack beast at full speed is comparable to a car, plus the nearly 200 kilograms of equipment on its body makes a clanging and banging noise. In some difficult places, Yunxiu will directly use "oiling the soles of the feet" to make the pack beast pass through quickly.

After running for more than half an hour and covering more than 30 kilometers, the beast stopped less than a few hundred meters from its target. Although it was not very intelligent, there was a large amount of unsettling energy ahead of it.

"Alright, that's enough for now!" After finding an inconspicuous cave, Yunxiu led the beast inside, then used her grass element to grow grass to cover the entrance. Once she was sure that no one could see inside from the outside, Yunxiu tidied herself up and hung her personal belongings on the beast.

After observing her surroundings again, she hid and cast a disguise spell on herself, transforming into a Fatui soldier. Pretending to have just finished relieving herself, she swaggered directly towards the ruins. Most Fatui soldiers wear masks or face coverings during side quests, and the disguise spell is one that is difficult to detect unless touched. Yunxiu circled around, first looking at the entrance of the ruins, and found four or five Fatui soldiers lazily strolling around the large pit entrance. On the other side of the gate, seven or eight Fatui soldiers could be clearly seen performing the Seven Sages Summoning, while the monsters of the Abyss Order were resting under the leadership of an Abyss Mage.

Through the door, one could almost hear the sounds of characters inside attempting to attack and probe. Unfortunately, against defensive spells of at least level 6, these characters, at most level 3, could only produce a continuous, crisp sound.

Yunxiu deliberately walked around in front of the group of Fools, and finding that they had no questions and only glanced at her, she was quite confident in the effectiveness of her disguise. She then pretended to be a patrolling Fool and circled the area, discovering a total of 22 Fools and at least 3 squads of Abyss Order monsters. The majority were in front of her, with some also appearing at another exit of the ruins. Some monsters were guarding the "skylight" above the ruins; of course, this was only the exterior; the exact number inside was currently unknown…

"If you add me, a fake fool, we could form a World Cup football team..." Yunxiu complained while pondering. She looked at her spell list again and found that there were indeed no large-scale damage skills. A mage's truly large-scale damage skills would only be available after the third level. In the early stages, most mages level up in groups, and only a few schools such as spellcasting can solve problems through summoning.

However, having chosen to take precautions for safety, I now have to figure out how to deal with these monsters.

However, even after careful research, Yunxiu discovered that Teyvat really does only have a limited number of spell schools to choose from. Mages are mainly divided into eight schools: Conjuration, Protection, Evocation, Prophecy, Enchanting, Illusion, Necromancy, and Alteration. Among these, Necromancy and Conjuration are essentially on the side of the abyss in Teyvat. Alteration, Illusion, and Enchanting have questionable value in a world with the World Tree and various strange technologies. Prophecy is a good choice, but as you can see from Mona, unless a prophet in this world reaches an extremely high level, they are likely to be trapped in the False Heaven for their entire life.

The only two options left were Protection and Energy Shaping. Because of her own cautious nature, Yunxiu chose Protection.

As for the energy manipulation, while the offensive capabilities are sufficient, the ability to navigate through these fools is also lost, so it's a trade-off...

Yunxiu considered her current situation again. Although she couldn't use large-scale spells to kill, she could go in first, try to communicate with Sugar, and then figure out if she could use the terrain and items to deal with her opponent. As Abedo's apprentice, Sugar must have one or two offensive items since she has such powerful protective items. Her choice of disguise and suggestion was just right to infiltrate the base.

"It is indeed difficult, but the biggest advantage of mages is that they have many methods and a wide range of ways to play, right?" Yunxiu's lips curled up: "For mage players, it is in these challenging scenarios that things are truly interesting!"

If you can find a way to sneak in, take advantage of the night while they're sleeping, use a sleep spell to take down a few guards, and then connect with Sugar, you can figure out a way to give the Fatui a big surprise!

After rescuing Sugar, run to the Thousand Rock Army's camp ahead. After resting, you can head directly to Mondstadt. If Sugar wants to wait for her master, just hand her over to Wangshu Inn!

Chapter 18 Clever Trick Sees Sugar

After carefully considering and preparing the tactics, Yunxiu silently recited them to herself before preparing to execute them.

Having climbed to a nearby high point, Yunxiu casually cast an Appraisal spell on several Fatui members playing cards. Most of the Fatui were ordinary soldiers conscripted during the winter, not elite warriors, and therefore didn't have any good stats. Most were only at level 1, with only 700-800 HP. Only a few captain-level characters were at level 2, with HP reaching 2000, but their unarmed attack power was terrifyingly low compared to monsters. Some Fatui even had only 1D4+2 attack power, even weaker than a Hilichurl with a wooden staff!

It can be said that, apart from often having more people than the treasure-hunting group and being able to coordinate well, eliminating the Fools is not particularly difficult.

But Yunxiu wouldn't give this group a friendly look either. To put it bluntly, a bunch of Winter Solstice soldiers are causing all sorts of trouble on Liyue's land. Does that mean we should welcome them in?

Yunxiu is not a masochist. His father, Tian Shu, is ruthless and decisive in dealing with the Fools. Putting aside other things, in the game's storyline alone, Tian Shu often leaves the Fools helpless. This can be seen from many of the storylines involving Ye Lan and the Layered Rock Abyss. Tian Shu Star may seem like a kind old man, but he is actually quite ruthless. However, it is understandable. How could someone in charge of intelligence and many affairs of the Thousand Rock Army be a gentle person? Besides, "Tian Shu Star" is the Greedy Wolf Star, which is associated with killing.

This directly led to Yunxiu's initial fear of Tianshu being her father. However, after discovering that he was indeed a kind old man in real life, she let loose and started to enjoy herself. Now, besides focusing on training a successor, this old father spends most of his time fishing. Yunxiu has even occasionally seen her sister going to a fixed fishing spot to catch her father because of some urgent matters in the middle of the night...

After obtaining information about several Fatui members, Yunxiu identified one key figure: Squad Leader Sergei, who had previously served under Mikhail. Now that Mikhail was preparing to travel to Mondstadt to meet the Lady, Sergei had temporarily stayed behind to carry out other tasks. Yunxiu knew Mikhail quite well, having stood by the Mondstadt teleportation point for several years.

Once ready, Yunxiu circled around to the front of the ruins and deliberately shouted into the building in a high-pitched voice, "Captain Sergei! Lord Mikhail needs to see you. Come over here!"

"What is it?" A burly man with a face full of scars threw down the Seven Sages Summoning Cards in his hand, an impatient expression on his face. He casually pulled over a member of the Fools: "You, help me out! If you lose, I'll make you pay when I get back!"

Seeing his subordinates reluctantly step in for him, Sergei stood up, clapped his hands, and strode out with a wine bottle in his mouth. When he reached Yunxiu's side, he suddenly realized that he didn't recognize the face of this member of the Fools, and asked warily, "Who are you? Where is Lord Mikhail?"

Yunxiu remained calm, then took out a small bag of Mora, cast a suggestion spell, and stuffed it into Sergei's hand. She then feigned obsequiousness, saying, "Captain, I only started working under Lord Mikhail these past two days. Lord Mikhail is going to Mondstadt and is currently gathering us Fatui. When you see him, please put in a good word for me. I don't want to go to Mondstadt, a place with more drunkards than Winter Solstice!"

"Ding! The other party's immunity assessment failed! Your suggestion spell was successfully activated!"

Sergei's pupils dilated slightly, a sign that the suggestion spell had been successfully activated. He directly "ignored" Yunxiu's strangeness and unfamiliarity with her appearance, and began to "execute" Yunxiu's "command," which was not strange at all.

He weighed the Mora in his hand and found that it weighed about one or two thousand kilograms. He looked at Yunxiu carefully again, his gaze softening. He patted Yunxiu on the shoulder and said, "No problem, you're a good kid! Take me to the adults!"

Yunxiu pointed in a direction hidden by a small hill, and Sergei walked there without hesitation. Yunxiu quietly followed behind him until they were sure that they had reached a place where the Fools could no longer see them. Then, she cast a hypnotic spell on him, and Sergei's massive body instantly collapsed, falling asleep on the spot while hugging a wine bottle.

Then Yunxiu took out a bundle of rope, tied Sergei up tightly, and silently recited a few questions she wanted to ask him, preparing to wake Sergei up with a single electric claw.

"-44!"

Sergei, who had been unconscious, was awakened by the pain of his minor injuries. He was about to threaten Yunxiu when he discovered that Yunxiu was gathering a spiritual light in her hand that was devastating to him. Under Yunxiu's interrogation, he honestly recounted the situation inside the stronghold. Afterward, Yunxiu picked up a stone, knocked him unconscious, tied him up more tightly, and hid him in a very inconspicuous corner.

"35 Fools, 4 groups of 11 members of the Abyss Order, including one musketeer and two Abyss mages..."

"The only good news is that there's explosives inside the cave, about 30 barrels of which the Fools used to blast open the ruins. We can use them..."

"Now we need to go in and contact Sugar to see what's going on. If Sugar doesn't have any good tools, then the only way is to slip away with her feet, then escape using the stealth technique, set off the explosives to create chaos, and then ride the pack animal and sprint for forty minutes to reach the Thousand Rock Army post..."

Yunxiu couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. If Sugar didn't have any good ideas, her best option was to rescue Sugar and escape. But since Sugar had protective items, she might also have some offensive items.

"It seems the most important thing now is to contact Sugar."

Yunxiu transformed himself again, using his "disguise" technique, and became Sergei. After returning to the card table and casually losing two rounds, he pretended to have another bottle of wine, saying, "Am I having bad luck today?" and then left the game.

Pretending to go into the camp to find food, Yunxiu entered the ruins and carefully looked inside. She found that the interior was actually not very big. If you only measured the inside, it was only about three or four hundred square meters, and it was quite narrow. There was a rather large hole in the dome, and where there should have been an iron door, it had now been opened.

Inside is an "L"-shaped structure. At the corner of this "L" are Sugar's rather large tent and the alchemy table at the entrance. A powerful protective aura seeps into the ground in a spherical shape. There is a hole dug by the Fools nearby, but it is obvious that there is still aura underground.

Clearly, the Fools tried to dig a tunnel "underground," hoping that the shield wouldn't be able to withstand the underground, but it seems they failed.

Yunxiu cast a spell to identify and activated the "No Taboos" effect.

"Your priority level is 20+6=26, target identification difficulty is DC22, passed!"

【Creation·Yanghua Barrier】: A protective artifact that solidifies a 7th-circle spell, seemingly the deepest protection an alchemist could offer to his apprentice…

效果：创造一层16D10+8的护盾，任意低于8D6+8均强制视为1点，低于10D6+8强制减半，任何一次攻击到护盾时，在护盾未被打破前，均受到1D4岩元素伤害反击