I'm in the Teyvat running group

As for the goddess of the moon, Arya, and the goddess of the frost moon, Kanon, it is now certain that Kanon has disappeared, and Arya most likely has as well. During the dark side of the moon, these two chose to dissipate voluntarily, probably because they had thought about the future outcome. This point has also been verified by Rene using the World Style.

However, before heading to the Celestial Royal Court in Nephaheim, Yunxiu still needs to visit Lake Anvatinil. According to Rene's calculations, although there is no real space there, it is still a place that must be visited, because the Moon's Child once set off from there. At the very least, Yunxiu will most likely have to take such a route, that is, "walk" from Nordkale to Inazuma, and then finally enter the Celestial Royal Court.

As for René himself, he quickly threw himself into other research.

Now that he had partially unlocked the secrets of time, he naturally set his sights on space as his next research target. Moreover, another aspect of time also requires space, which is why both Xiaoyue and Alice are frequently at the Genesis Center, while Sugar has returned to the lunar base. The alchemist currently stationed at the Genesis Center is Aino, who is more interested in spatial matters, although Yunxiu once suspected it was to avoid Ineff's surveillance...

Although it was only mid-August, Yunxiu, after celebrating her birthday, brought Yanfei Xiaogong Yueji and several children to Nordekalai. Yanfei came here mainly to handle some matters in Nordekalai, while Yueji mainly wanted to retrace the route from the Immortal Spirit Royal Court to the Reed Plain with Yunxiu after a while, and then enter this mysterious country together.

She is the embodiment of the moon, and part of the armor she wears comes from "Tsukuyomi," so it's something that must be intervened in.

As for Yonomiya, he came here purely for fun...

Yunxiu herself didn't care. It wasn't a critical time yet, so it was good to relax, especially the joy of swimming with Xiaogong. That was a life that many people couldn't enjoy!

To be honest, among all the girls around Yunxiu over the years, only Hu Tao has changed a lot. She has almost always been a child at heart. Although Xiao Gong's appearance has been forcibly locked in the form of a young girl by Yunxiu with the Kiss of Time, her mind has definitely matured a lot. However, this maturity has not affected Yunxiu's feelings for her. On the contrary, he likes her even more.

In particular, Yomiya herself is a person who loves children very much and has a strong maternal instinct, so the children all love their Yomiya mother very much.

Strictly speaking, Yanfei's reputation among the children is relatively average... because Yanfei is indeed often a serious and earnest person, but the children respect her, they just don't necessarily get along with her.

As for what Nordkalé will be like nine years later...

To be honest, although the nobles and their lackeys of Winter had never done anything good in their lives, their last good deed was that they did contribute to the reconstruction of Nordcalle. Winter's population has increased by less than four million in the last ten years, but in fact, thanks to many of Scarlett's policies, the common people of Winter have lived much better lives and had many more children. So why has the population only increased by so little?

In addition to approximately five to six million people emigrating to other countries, about two million people were exiled to Nordkalai to serve lifelong hard labor. These two million people served lifelong hard labor, although they had adequate food and protection, and the opportunity to receive treatment for minor and serious injuries, as well as a few benefits, such as a day of rest after working ten days.

However, due to the extremely heavy workload and the fact that even the [Protective Abyss] could not completely block the pollution, the vast majority of them perished during these nine years.

But no one had any sympathy for them, at least not for the Winterstalkers.

However, Scarlett wasn't entirely cruel. Once these people had children in Nordkalé, their children would be taken to the Hearth House and placed into a completely new system where there was no discrimination and they could live a completely normal life.

It was under the construction of these two million prisoners and millions of ordinary workers and mages that "New Mil City" was completely established and became the largest city in Nordkale. Because Nordkale took on the responsibility of sending some of the resources from Winter and Fontaine to the space elevator transfer port after the war, Mil City developed very rapidly. Yunxiu's Chamber of Commerce naturally also had a branch here, and it was built together with the branch of the Hall of Rebirth.

I don't know what agreement Yanfei and Hutao reached, but roughly a quarter of the Yunxiu Chamber of Commerce belongs to the Hall of Rebirth...

Hu Tao comes here once or twice a week to handle some affairs of the Wangsheng Hall. The main store on Feiyunpo is now almost Anzhi's territory.

In terms of population, New Milton has about four million people, but the city area is very large because there are very few tall buildings. The tallest building is only twelve stories high. This is mainly due to two reasons.

The first reason is, of course, that the land here is not valuable, so it doesn't matter if the area is large.

The second point is very practical—at this height, the efficiency of lunar distance force is extremely high, requiring almost no additional energy and without loss. In other words, simply burying a piece of ore containing lunar distance force on the ground is enough to operate the ladder almost without any consumption. This makes the vast majority of buildings less than fifty meters high, or twelve stories.

Therefore, in terms of area alone, Mil City is no smaller than Liyue Harbor.

Of course, this is a new city after all, and the construction in many places is quite rough. The walls of most buildings are obviously made by simply using [Rock Wall Quick Erect] and [Solidified Ground]. Only a few buildings have some unique features.

Yunxiu Chamber of Commerce is one of the more distinctive ones. It is a large courtyard house with a layout of six courtyards and four entrances. The entire left side was allocated to the Hall of Rebirth, and the remaining area is the territory of the Chamber of Commerce. Walking straight in from the entrance to the innermost part, the inconspicuous detached building on the right is the president's office. The first floor is the secretariat, the second floor is Yanfei's office, and the third floor is the bedroom.

Theoretically, this should be Yunxiu's office, but... every time Yunxiu comes here, she goes straight to the third floor to find Yanfei, so no one really takes the president's work seriously...

"Speaking of which, what is our Chamber of Commerce's main business in Nordkale again?" Yunxiu lay on the large sofa in the president's office, looking idly at the pile of data and analysis documents that René had sent him. This was a habit of his; he always had to look at something except when he was sleeping, and even when he was playing games, he would listen to music...

"Before the year before last, the biggest industries were tourism and construction. But after the space elevator was built, the tourism industry has seen a boom in revenue." Yan Fei thought for a moment, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Sending some people into space for tourism, as well as the Great Canyon of Divine Punishment in Nordkale, which is the mark left by Thor's slash and the Emperor's Rock Spear... Speaking of which, space tourism is doing very well now. A few days ago, my subordinates even asked me to apply for more modules to be added to the space elevator, but I didn't approve it."

"It shouldn't be a problem to build a few modules, right?" Yunxiu knew a lot about space hotels.

This project naturally emerged after the space elevator was repaired. On the one hand, it was to make some money, and on the other hand, it was to verify whether humans could fly in space for a long time, since space and the moon are two different things.

The space elevator's delivery capacity is naturally terrifying. In less than three months, a giant space station consisting of 68 modules and weighing 78,000 tons was built in space. Although it can only accommodate about 20,000 people, it is indeed a "small city" in size. One-fifth of the space station is allocated to space hotel business, and the rest are researchers living on the space station.

These space travelers are not only fulfilling their own desires, but also being studied – for example, their food, drink, and entertainment are basically all derived from space itself, and even the vegetables they grow are produced by space farms.

“The modules themselves aren’t the problem, but the maintenance and the increase in personnel are…” Yan Fei shrugged helplessly. “Especially with the recent construction of new war fortresses and the new type of Qunyu Pavilion in space, the pressure on the space elevator to deliver supplies is also very high. Now, some scholars have even proposed building another space elevator, and they’ve even chosen a location for it, to be built on the outer sea of ​​Guyun Pavilion, near the Lunar Distance Force Laboratory.”

"The space elevator is too expensive... The final cost of repairing Ochikanata alone is equivalent to forging ten weapons. These artifacts could be crafted into a hundred pieces."

"Yes, building a new space elevator is almost like fighting another third of a flood control battle. Countries are only just recovering from the war."

“Hmm… let’s still include it in the plan. We’ll start by making some contingency plans next year. If all else fails, we can build three or four force field channels first. This area is mainly for attacking people.” Yunxiu thought for a moment and then continued, “Next year, the artificial demon god core will greatly reduce energy costs, probably by at least 70%. In that case, the seven countries should be able to squeeze out some funds. With a little more from us, it will be enough to get started.”

“Alright then, put it in the budget… So we’ll have to come up with the initial startup capital?” All the information from the Chamber of Commerce was reflected in Yan Fei’s mind. Then she calculated and said, “Around 400 billion should be enough. If all goes well, we should be able to collect about half of that in the third quarter. The main problem is that we’re currently running several large projects at the same time: the lunar base, the Genesis Center, the construction of the new Qunyu Pavilion… all of which cost money. Otherwise, it would be much better.”

“Well, there’s no other way. Let’s sell one of the divine artifacts.” Yunxiu thought for a moment, then took out a divine artifact from her storage bag and handed it to Yanfei: “I’ll just make one recently. It’s not much better than the ones I gave you, but it can easily sell for around a hundred billion. We can just scrape together the rest.”

“Then I’ll have to put in some effort to get this thing sold for a high enough price…” Yan Fei took the artifact, glanced at it, and then chuckled helplessly: “Every time those rich people save up a little money, you squeeze it out of them in this way. They can be said to be unlucky. After all, these artifacts don’t have much use for those people, they just add a little to their lives.”

Yunxiu chuckled and didn't say anything more. These artifacts were casually crafted by him. Although they were fairly effective, mainly for improving physical constitution, and most of their special effects were for prolonging life and detoxifying, making them pure harvesters, you can't say that these things are bad, since they really do have some effect.

And so, Yan Fei began to deal with these messy matters, and incidentally, she put an outrageously high price on that artifact.

Three days later, Yunxiu finally received news that Kong had successfully placed the ley lines on the moon.

Chapter 491 The Siblings' Temporary Separation and the Sumeru Incident

This time, Anfang went up quietly by himself. Yunxiu didn't even use the space elevator to send him up, but instead had Columbia secretly take him up.

Objectively speaking, it is true that the moon was a place that Fanes never fully mastered, otherwise she wouldn't have been so conflicted about the moon goddess. However, it was inevitable that Kong would be monitored in Teyvat. With Columbia's protection, Kong could be secretly placed on the moon, which would greatly improve his safety. As for the people of the Abyss Order, they could only be sent away little by little later. The space elevator would launch hundreds of times a day, inserting ten or eight people into it and separating them from the Sky Palace, thus maximizing their safety.

After Kong finished his release, he met with Yunxiu and Ying before leaving in a hurry. However, Yunxiu could sense that Kong's aura had become much stronger, almost on par with Ying's.

"Brother has finally reclaimed quite a few ranks this time. If we can capture either a Sage or a Prophet, that should be enough." Ying watched Kong's departing figure, standing quietly in place. Her face showed no sadness, and was even somewhat devoid of emotion.

"Mommy, how long until Uncle comes back to see us this time?" Pingchen sat on Yunxiu's shoulders, his little hand grabbing Ying's hair as he asked, "And... Uncle seems very tired?"

“Yes, Mom, Uncle seems different than before.” Anxing held Ying’s right hand, while in the other hand he held the gift Kong had given them: two Intiwatt flowers, which he had kept. Kong had successfully planted the shadow of a new kingdom on the moon today, and he would most likely find a way to plant Intiwatt flowers as well, so these were no longer necessary.

"Uncle will be back soon, perhaps when you grow up to be Ping Song's age." Ying picked up An Xing as well, looking at her children tenderly. "And don't worry about Uncle. Your father is the strongest father in the world, and Uncle is the strongest uncle in the world."

Pingchen, Anxing, and Ying stood silently for a long time, watching the temporary departure of another loved one in this world.

Yunxiu sighed silently. There are always things beyond human control. Or rather, Kongneng has already come a long way compared to the original situation, and Ying is already much stronger than before. There will always be a way.

Of course, if the destruction of a world itself wasn't such a cruel thing, Yunxiu would probably have already fled with his wife, children, and relatives. With his strength, he could easily protect his small world through the False Heaven, and his small world was enough to take all the people he knew with him. As a demigod mage, traveling through the universe would be a piece of cake for him, and besides, there were a bunch of experts among the people he knew.

"Let's go, we still have a lot to do." Yunxiu took Ying's right hand, and the four of them left and returned to the headquarters of the Nordkale Chamber of Commerce. They had about a month left before they had to leave. The reconstruction work in Nordkale was entering its second phase, and he would probably have to handle some things, so he didn't go back.

Ying, unusually, did not continue her adventures. The main reason was, of course, the upcoming journey to the Immortal King's Court, but another secondary reason was that this traveler with the appearance of a young girl was already quite tired.

Ten years of adventure, a century of waiting for her loved ones, and a thousand years of interstellar travel have left this powerful warrior with a deep sense of exhaustion. If it weren't for her children and husband, who could occasionally vent her emotions, even she would find it hard to hold on. At least, even today, after solving countless problems, she still cannot reunite with her blood relative for long.

An Xing and Ping Chen also sensed this emotion, so they both stayed with their mother to rest.

Yunxiu didn't speak, she just stayed there quietly.

Sometimes you may have done a lot of things, but the more you do, the more you realize that there is still more to be done. This is not because you are doing useless work, but because the truth of many things can only be seen at that moment. And when you see it, you will realize that you are still a long way from success.

The situation with Sora and Hikari is just like that. Many things seem simple, but if you look closely, you'll see that after killing the clown and then ruthlessly killing the sage's clone, Yunxiu's speed in advancing the Sora and Hikari storyline has already surpassed that of the original work. After all, in the original story, it had only progressed to the point where the weaving of fate was completed and they began to seek a place to place the ley lines, while the clown was still living a carefree life.

Although the inability to become a god due to the laws of nature may be a major problem, it can be said that none of the five great sinners died. Even the Moon Hunters are still living on the dark side of the moon, which is something that Yunxiu has always found difficult to accept.

The Moon Hunter certainly had some pitiable aspects, but he was definitely not a good person. Therefore, when Yunxiu heard that the Four Gods had joined forces to kill the Moon Hunter, her first reaction was to clap and cheer.

Moreover, if it were his choice, the first person he would most likely kill would be a Moon Hunter. The most direct reason is, of course, that they are easy to kill. The second direct reason is that he is indeed an executioner who killed many innocent people from the time of Kanria.

Therefore, although he did make a deal with the prophet, he would certainly not hesitate to kill the prophet if given the opportunity.

After spending a day with Ying and the children, Yunxiu finally appeared at the preliminary site for the new space elevator. Although some scholars initially suggested that it should be near the Lunar Force Laboratory in Liyue, it was ultimately found that the two space elevators were too close together. After some calculations, Zibai gave a figure that the distance between the two locations must be more than 120 degrees, which is one-third of the planet's circumference.

Theoretically, a planet can only build a maximum of three space elevators.

Therefore, the final location was chosen in the open sea off the coast of Omos, about 1,500 kilometers away from Omos.

The distance between Omos Port and Ochicanata is indeed about 16,000 kilometers. The longitude difference corresponding to this distance is exactly 120 degrees of Teyvat. It is quite reasonable to build a second space elevator. As for the third one, judging from the current situation, the final location will not be built in the outer sea of ​​Guyun Pavilion. This is partly due to the longitude, and partly because the Lunar Distance Force Laboratory itself is already a huge structure.

However, Yunxiu estimates that the problem of storage bags will be solved by then, and the transportation capacity of the space elevator will be expanded by several thousand times.

“No wonder Grammer also has three space elevators… that’s why.” Yunxiu looked at the planning map and complained, “The location of this place is really outrageous, it’s quite a distance from Port Omos.”

"Not bad, at least this place is relatively close to Omos Port. The newest transport ships can get here in about a day." Navia smiled as she looked at the various landscapes. The feasibility study for the first phase of the new space elevator project had already been completed, so after Yunxiu signed off and the first 150 billion Mora was disbursed, the project began construction in full swing.

Navia's main reason for coming is that the original construction of Ochikanata already had the foundation and underwater layout of the space elevator, so there was no need to build one again. However, this new elevator is a completely new product, and the issue of underwater construction must be considered. In all of Teyvat, only Fontaine has enough experience in building underwater facilities.

In fact, the foundation of the Genesis Center was basically laid by the Rose Society, and many of the underwater operations department staff of the Chamber of Commerce were former divers from Fontaine.

The ship Yunxiu is standing on is a warship of the Sumeru Fleet. Sumeru is very satisfied with the location of the space elevator. More than nine years later, Sumeru's economic development is actually far behind that of the other countries, and now it can't even catch up with Zhidong. The ability to build a second space elevator here is extremely attractive to them. Even Elhesen, who is usually calm and collected, quickly came here and started directing some local scholars in Sumeru to begin work.

“I think the biggest problem with laying the foundation here is that the expansion will be somewhat insufficient.” Kavi picked up the blueprints in his hand and said to the scholars who were doing the calculations nearby, “Moving the latitude slightly south will have almost no impact on the space elevator’s carrying capacity, but the foundation here would be more suitable.”

Kavi is now at the Legendary beginner level, but... it was essentially a forced promotion. He made many contributions during the Flood War, and later participated in the reconstruction of Nordkale in the post-war period. His contributions were ultimately unanimously praised by the Council of Fathers, and finally the Great Tree King personally intervened to promote him to the Legendary beginner level.

Their combat capabilities are naturally terrible, but their intelligence and construction abilities are much stronger than before.

He and Farusan are in charge of building the base and ejection mechanism of the space elevator. This is indeed a monumental project. The base is over 20 kilometers in diameter. Initially, four cables will be built. Spacecraft will also be involved in the construction. It is expected that the first cable will be successfully connected within a year.

That's right, it's a connection, because it's a force field rope, and the main difficulty lies in maintaining the force field itself.

Eventually, it will expand to thirty-six or even forty-eight cables, making it slightly larger than the one in Ochicanata.

"The first phase of the project will probably take about three months. The underwater operations department says that the foundation alone will take two weeks to prepare." Yunxiu looked at the various engineering vessels that were gradually gathering here and said with some emotion, "We have finally managed to reach the level of technology from the Dragon Ball era."

“But this is much more beautiful than the dragons’.” Nasita stepped gently out from the void behind her. “My first sage, thank you for your contribution to Sumeru.”

Chapter 492 The Illusory Royal Court: A Vast and Uncertain Future

Upon seeing Naxida appear beside her, Yunxiu gave a slight bow in respect before continuing to direct the work on site.

The underwater foundation piles are only part of the project. There's also the base itself, force field restraint devices, energy systems, balancing systems, anchoring systems, safety systems, space anchors, and other stable supporting facilities—almost everything needs to be built. Furthermore, for the daily maintenance of the space elevator, ten to twelve mech maintenance teams, each with at least fifteen mechs, will be stationed permanently to ensure the maintenance of the lunar distance force and force field ends during the first phase.

Once the second stage of phlogiston production begins, there are no safety issues, but that doesn't mean there won't be any problems at all.

Instead, by this time, they have usually reached the outer atmosphere. If the cabin is freed from its restraints, it will drift in outer space most of the time. At this time, a legendary expert stationed at a space station or lunar base is usually needed to rescue them. Usually, it is a rotating expert who is stationed there to rescue them. Yunxiu will occasionally go once or twice, mainly as a guest.

The current mech force has been updated to the fourteenth generation, and has almost become a purely engineering mech.

The combat facilities have been almost entirely removed and replaced by talismans, which greatly reduces manufacturing costs and significantly improves protection and mobility. Even comfort has been improved considerably. The new cockpit not only has a constant temperature array, but also entertainment facilities and an ice-cooling array that can be switched. It is large enough to fit seven or eight bottles of soda and some snacks, so you won't get tired even after long periods of combat or work.

Especially the divers, most of whom have also received training in mechs, and many can operate these things for underwater operations. Mechs are much stronger than humans.

After all, even if one cultivates to the level of a Genshin God, a warrior's load capacity is only around 30 to 50 tons. Although it is terrifying, it is not that heaven-defying. However, the carrying capacity of a mecha can easily reach hundreds of tons, and the large storage device on its body can carry tens of thousands of tons of supplies at once. Its flexibility far exceeds that of many strong individuals.

With the mecha force, talismans, and a large number of powerful individuals, the foundation was already in place in less than half a month. It is expected to be fully completed within two months. At that time, an artificial demon core will also be deployed here to provide energy for the space elevator and for daily use.

After dealing with this matter, Yunxiu finally returned to Lake Anvatinil in Nordkale. Next, he, Yueji, and Ying would embark on a journey to the hideout of the Fairy King's Court in Ashihara.

Elhesen and Kavi are watching over the space elevator, so there shouldn't be any major problems. But the Immortal Spirit Royal Court is a place he really needs to find a way to enter.

Although the scenery at Lake Anvatinil is indeed quite beautiful, and the palace of the Fairy King's Court itself is arguably far more magnificent than the one in the game, Yunxiu discovered that the palace was not very lively upon arrival. Columbia had been here before and heard that ethereal ballad, which she sang to Yunxiu several times.

But the absence of life implies that many unimaginable things have happened here, including the destruction of Koitar, the departure of Andrius, and the emergence of fairy fragments on the land...

"Hey you three, why do you all look so strange?" Paimon asked curiously, looking at Yunxiu, Ying, and Yueji around Lake Anvatinil. "Is it because this place reminds you of something that you look so pale?"