I'm in the Teyvat running group

She was originally the least advanced of the Seven Gods, with Mavica at the very bottom. However, the deal between Yunxiu and Mavica allowed her to successfully sever her three corpses, and her current status has surpassed that of the Ice Queen.

However, this matter did not hold as high a place in Yunxiu's heart as the game created by Fischl and Sugar. These two, along with Diona and Yao Yao, the operations officer assigned to them by Yanfei, actually came to Fontaine to promote it. Board games and this type of game are the most popular works among Fontaine people. In particular, they specially found Fontaine tabletop game masters Clarinde and Navia to promote it, and their popularity was unparalleled for a time.

The only problem was that Clarinde's interest was a bit beyond expectations. After the promotion ended, she even took the initiative to participate in the development and invested some of her savings, which left Yunxiu somewhat helpless.

Of course, in the end, she was allowed to join under the guise of technical investment. After all, in terms of skill level, Clarinde's tabletop RPG level should be about the same as Yunxiu's. If we were to calculate based on rank, she would have to be at least a powerful god-level, capable of becoming a main god.

As for how far the so-called "Night Merchant Guild" will ultimately develop, Yunxiu is quite optimistic. After all, with his support, there shouldn't be any major trouble. Even just finding something interesting for Sugar would be quite nice.

It's almost June now, and the reconstruction of Nata is basically complete. Yunxiu made a short trip there to take a look. The shadows left by the war have been largely healed, and normal exchanges and trade with other countries have begun. However, most of the troops have not been withdrawn, but have been arranged to go on vacation in Dandelion Harbor in Mondstadt, because there is still the war in Nordkalley.

The various countries didn't cut corners; instead, they allowed the soldiers to bring their families along, so there weren't many objections. Meanwhile, Mondstadt's brewery has been making a killing lately. Aside from Inazuma and Liyue, who prefer tea, almost every other country drinks it…

It's even unknown who developed the method of drinking Mondstadt dandelion wine with winter fire water, which elevated the entire drinking experience to a whole new level.

It's said that even Falga couldn't withstand three cups; this information came from Abedo, so it shouldn't be too far off.

Of course, Yunxiu has been busy with other things lately. June is the most comfortable time of year in Fontainebleau, and that's when the "Thousand Spirits Film Festival" is held. Many of the girls around Yunxiu have come. The festival aims to produce the best films in order to win Fontainebleau's highest film award, the "Furina Award." Even Yunxiu has received quite a few "invitations" to film...

Xiaogong asked him to film "Fireworks," Funina asked him to film "The Little Mermaid," and even several immortals were planning to film "The Journey of Qinglian Lin" to adapt the popular work of the same name from this year's Lantern Festival. They even commissioned Yun Jin to specially compose a Liyue opera as the theme song for "Jie Jian Ming." Meanwhile, Xiangling inexplicably hooked up with Linette and was planning to film "Magic Cat Cat"...

In the end, I had no choice but to take on all the jobs. Fortunately, nowadays filming usually involves demi-planes, so I don't have to travel to so many places.

Only "The Legend of Qinglian" was a little troublesome, because the immortals unanimously decided to let Yunxiu play Li Qinglian, while Ganyu would play Ganlin. Yunxiu rolled his eyes at the sight, wondering who came up with the filming plan. He originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw Guizhong sitting in the director's seat and Zhongli drinking tea behind him, he swallowed his words of refusal.

He became completely obsequious.

"Although I don't have much of a problem with filming these, what surprises me most is that you guys managed to free Gan Yu from overtime." Yunxiu, who had basically finished filming, lay sprawled on the recliner and looked at the True Lord of Lishui Dieshan next to her, saying, "By the way, how's it going with the students lately, True Lord? Are they adapting well?"

"Many students are quite skilled, which is very satisfying." A rare smile appeared on Li Shui Die Shan's face. "Moreover, I recently took on a disciple, and I found that his talisman skills are quite good. He is also a Taoist priest, so he should be able to inherit some of my talisman techniques."

"A sorcerer, talismans? Could it be... Chongyun?"

"Oh? You know him? He said his aunt is Shen He, so I think there shouldn't be any problem."

"Of course, I believe Chongyun will indeed be an excellent Taoist priest." Yunxiu nodded with a smile. This was indeed a good thing. Chongyun was excellent in both strength and character. Although he was relatively quiet among the five little ones, his quietness did not mean that he was not strong.

"You two, once we've filmed the last few shots, we can 'wrap up'! That's how humans say it, right?" Gui Zhong floated down from mid-air. This demon god was incredibly enthusiastic and truly poured her heart and soul into filming. However, the downside was that all the immortals were at her beck and call, including Yun Xiu, who didn't actually have an immortal title yet...

Yunxiu and Lishui exchanged a glance, then stood up helplessly. What could they do when their boss spoke?

However, filming actually wrapped up about four days later. A lot of additional scenes were shot because Gui Zhong suddenly had the idea to add a scene of demons battling each other. So, not only did he have Zhong Li and Ruo Tuo Dragon King appear in their true forms, but he also brought in Dvalin and Navilet to play the demons. It was already quite an achievement that they managed to finish the whole thing.

As for whether it will win an award after filming, it's too early to say. Although the Thousand Spirits Film Festival is happening now, the official awards ceremony won't be until September, which is around the time of the Lunar New Year.

At the wrap party, Zhong Li casually brought up a very important matter: "Everyone, we have some plans regarding the resurrection of the Stove Demon, Maxius."

"The resurgence of Maxihus... Your Majesty, you have already figured out a way." Granny Ping had the best relationship with Maxihus, and she inherited some of his immortal techniques, which she then taught to Xiangling. This was one of the reasons why Xiangling was able to attract Maxihus to follow her.

"The function of that 'Humanity Artifact' is to gather the power of will and transform it into essence. Maxihus's 'personality' is still there, but his 'essence' is missing. If we can hold a sufficiently important conference during the Festival of the Moon to gather the power of the Teyvats' will, it may be possible to revive Maxihus."

“A sufficiently important conference…” Xiaoyue Zhuyang pondered for a few minutes, then looked at Guizhong and said, “What do you think, Sister Guizhong? After all, it’s not easy to gather everyone’s willpower for a conference.”

“Food is the most important thing for people. My idea is to hold a ‘Food Competition’ with only traditional foods, and at the same time, to worship the ‘Demon God of the Stove.’ This way, we can naturally gather strength.” Gui Zhong looked at Yun Xiu and smiled, “However, Xiang Ling can’t use those two divine artifacts to participate, otherwise it would be too unfair to the other contestants.”

Yunxiu chuckled. This was indeed Xiangling's biggest advantage right now. With her skill in both cooking and knife, she was almost invincible in the Teyvat culinary world. However, even without these two magic weapons, Xiangling's strength far surpassed that of most chefs. She was firmly in the top three in Teyvat and would be aiming for first place. Her family would still be the ones to win the championship.

As for the "humanity artifact," it is the one formed from the collective will of the people when the emperor retired.

It doesn't add any attributes, but it has the extra blessing of national fortune and the land of the whole country. Now it has been jointly crafted by the immortals and the Seven Stars and placed in the very center of Jade Capital Terrace. This is also a new "contract" signed between the people of Liyue and the Emperor.

As long as both parties continue to abide by the contract, its power will only grow stronger. At least on the surface, the power of this humane artifact is now more intense than some weapons. It does indeed have the function of transforming willpower and condensing origin.

After a brief discussion, the matter was settled. Yunxiu, of course, had no objections; the revival of Guoba would only benefit most people.

As for Yunxiu himself, he also plans to participate in August to give it a try. However, before that, he will have to go to Nordekalai with Yueji to collect the four sacred artifacts and make Yueji a complete "human".

I've rested for over a month now, it's time to go to Nordekare to stretch my muscles.

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"By the way, don't most people go to Nordkale via Mil? Why are we taking a boat from here?"

"There's no other reason than that the shipping lanes over Nata are congested, so most of the people from Mil City have evacuated to Nata Island." Yunxiu looked at the town of Naxia in Nordkale in front of her. The town had been mostly emptied out, and most of those remaining were locals who hadn't moved away for various reasons, including Aino.

“Ineff told me that she and Aino will maintain the machines and weapons here until the very last moment…” Tsukihime said while munching on the snacks that Xiangling had prepared for her, looking at the port that was about to be approached. “We can go find the two of them first, and then go to meet the Frostmoon Child and Columbia. However, Columbia told me that she recently discovered something very surprising.”

"what's up?"

According to her, she seemed to hear an echo from the "moon," but for her, that should be considered quite normal, right?

That's not necessarily true... However, Yunxiu didn't say much. For the Moon Goddess, many things, even if they seem normal, are not so simple.

With a light leap, the two landed on the land of Nodkale. It can only be said that this place is indeed part of the Northern Kingdom. Even though it is mid-June and not a particularly cold year, the temperature in Nodkale is still only around 20 degrees Celsius. It is a time when wearing two layers would feel a little chilly. This is naturally nothing for Yunxiu and Yueji, but it may not be so for the humans here.

The two walked towards the outskirts of the city. Most of the buildings here were quite peculiar. Aino's "Egg Roll Workshop" was located on the outskirts of Naxia Town, or more precisely, in the very center between Naxia Town and Mil City. This was different from its original location, and of course, it was also much larger. When they were more than ten kilometers away, Yunxiu saw the strangely shaped and super huge building.

Just like in the game, there's a huge mechanical arm and a strange house, but the difference is that it's much larger and clearly has defensive devices.

The enormous cannon would fire a shot every now and then, seemingly bombarding the monsters relentlessly.

"This is... the strongest mechanic in Teyvat?"

Chapter 405 The Witch Appears, Genius Leaves

"I see that the Egg Roll Workshop truly lives up to its reputation as the formidable fortress of Nordkale!"

“First of all, Egg Roll Workshop is technically a castle, and it’s not a gate.” After taking a few photos, Tsukihime jumped over with a relaxed expression and showed Yunxiu the pictures she had taken: “But she is indeed the strongest mechanic in Teyvat, or at least one of them.”

"But this is still a bit beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that this mechanic could build such a huge building."

The size of this thing is almost the same as the lunar distance force laboratory invested by Yunxiu. The laboratory initially invested 5 billion, and at the beginning of this year, it received a fixed annual grant. Then, it received an additional investment of 20 billion, not to mention the huge investment in personnel and other aspects.

These costs are included in the total annual R&D investment.

The total value of Aino, including the technology inside, is definitely worth hundreds of billions of Mora. She's no longer just a small-time rich woman; she's a genuine tycoon. She should be richer than Dolly... no, Dolly also owns a palace and can even sell legendary equipment.

“I already told Inef beforehand, and she told us we could just go in. The door to the egg roll workshop should be here…” Tsukihime scratched around and quickly found a round door. Sure enough, it opened immediately with a push. She looked at Yunxiu triumphantly: “Let’s go. I knew this door could be opened directly.”

"I'm really curious when you met Ineff..."

"Huh? Didn't Yunzhi tell you that I, Ineff, Yunzhi, Sandone, and I are the four founders of the Teyvat Robotics Association?"

"Where did this strange association come from?"

“Last time, Yunzhi seemed very interested in Ineff, so he pulled Sandone into establishing the association, and then Sandone came to me.” Tsukihime counted on her fingers one by one before confirming, “Yes, there are only four of us as the founders, but everyone can join later if they like.”

Robotics Association, but strictly speaking, only Yunzhi among the four of you is a genuine robot, right?

Ineff is a core creation of Alan of Sandone, one of the thirteen lords of the dragon race. She even has a soul and a divine eye, and she can also cultivate and advance on her own, almost reaching the legendary level.

Needless to say, Tsukihime is one of the four sacred treasures of the moon goddess, and from this perspective, she has nothing to do with robots...

Well, it's actually good to give Yunzhi something to do...

Inside the egg roll workshop, there were still all sorts of mechanical parts, and the large number of strange products made Yunxiu quite curious.

He was indeed a highly capable archmage, and the Mechanist was also a spellcaster using intelligence, but he didn't know much about the development methods of Sugar and Cloud, let alone something that relied heavily on mechanical design technology.

It can only be said that mechanics is perhaps inherently incompatible with his skills. Yunxiu's strongest mechanical skill in his original world was probably assembling computers, and he wasn't very good at cable management.

Upon entering the inner room, the two indeed saw Inev and Eno eating. Eno was eating a plate of vegetables with a gloomy expression, while Inev watched her intently from the side.

"You two, are you eating?" Yunxiu glanced at her and knew what was going on. Most likely, Aino had eaten too much dessert again and was being punished by Inef to eat more vegetables.

“Aino secretly ate a lot of snacks while entertaining guests yesterday, so she has to eat vegetables for three days as compensation.”

Sure enough...

"We have guests today, so please let me eat something else, okay?" Ai Nuo looked at Yun Xiu pitifully, clearly hoping he would plead for her.

“I think Ineff is right, but I can cook you a healthier dish.” Yunxiu smiled as she watched this mechanical genius being thoroughly managed by Ineff, and she was quite pleased.

Seeing that Inef didn't object, Yunxiu borrowed the kitchen and quickly made a Liyue specialty, pickled bamboo shoots and pork. It was the first time Aino had eaten such a delicate and delicious Liyue dish, and she licked the bowl clean.

"Delicious! I've decided, I'm moving the Egg Roll Workshop to Liyue too!" Ai Nuo happily finished a large bowl of braised pork and bamboo shoots, and excitedly said to Yun Xiu, "If I go to Liyue, will I still be able to eat Liyue cuisine of this caliber every day? Will I be able to eat it?"

Of course! I should give you a proper introduction to our family business, which is called Wanmintang...

But now is clearly not the time to talk about these things.

“These are minor issues. I can easily help you with your meals later.” Yunxiu made a promise to Aino first, and then said seriously, “I’m mainly here to talk about some things I asked you to investigate before, namely matters related to Hyperion and the Lunar Distance Force.”

When Yunxiu turned the topic to serious matters, Aino also became more serious. Although she loved to eat and play, she was not a bad child; she just liked doing those things.

“I’ve studied what you told me very carefully!” Aino looked at Inev with a serious expression, pointing her finger at the wall: “Inev! Now you can bring out what we’ve prepared!”

"receive."

With a slight turn, Ineff's eyes projected a map onto the wall, on which several key locations were carefully marked.

Then she took out a ruler and began to explain it to Yunxiu in a serious manner.

After hearing this clearly, Yunxiu finally understood what exactly was going on with the Lunar Distance Force and Hyperion.

Simply put, the lunar distance force is relatively easy to understand, because it is something that Columbia created using her own power.

However, Columbia hasn't created him yet, which is another time paradox.

But the history and stories of Hyperion are the real problem.

Because the wounds inflicted by the Golden City in this world are far greater for Fanes than in his previous life!

Although the damage caused by the Third Descendant Yunxiu is certainly far less than in the past, the information is another matter.

In fact, much of the information Yunxiu found had been erased, and the Third Adventists were almost completely removed. Only a few texts and books recorded the situation at that time.

In that crisis, even all the key historical events were erased, something Yunxiu hadn't anticipated.

However, this also made him realize something very important: he was probably very close to success at that time, otherwise Tianli wouldn't have been so crazy.

According to Aino, there are four ancient sites in Hyperion in this area. Based on her understanding of the place, she believes that only the one near Star Beach is real, because she has already explored the other sites, although the explorations were fruitless, so they are unlikely to be real ruins.

As for how to get into the Star Beach building, she didn't know either.

I know, this means I'll have to find that witch, Nicolae, for help. As for how to contact her, I've already made plans...

However, Aino's data and information were quite comprehensive. At least most of the information was something Yunxiu was learning for the first time, including a lot of hidden information, although it was not exactly useful to him.

“The people of Nordkare have mostly evacuated. Now, only a portion of the Lamplighters are still fighting here, but they will all be leaving soon.” Yunxiu glanced at Aino and Inef's surprised expressions, thought for a moment, and continued, “The Frostmoon Children are also gradually retreating. Now, no one can guarantee that Nordkare won't be completely reduced to ruins, so you can come to me anytime you retreat. My conditions will never change.”

“I want to be with Inef. I heard that Inef will be fighting alongside you.” Aino looked intently at Inef’s profile, and after a long while, she said seriously, “Besides, the egg roll workshop needs to be moved, although the transportation cost doesn’t seem to be very high.”

“Aino, you really have to leave. My design allows for high-intensity combat in the abyss environment, but you can’t.” Ineff turned her head and looked at Aino with eyes that were almost indistinguishable from those of a human. “If you stay here, even if I fight, I won’t be able to fully unleash my power.”

"But, Ineff..."