I'm in the Teyvat running group

"I need to meet someone first," Yunxiu said with a smile, "and then we'll fly over together."

Chapter 101 A Thousand Machines Formation Awes the Vast Ocean (First Update on Friday!)

The person Yunxiu wanted to see was naturally Zhongli, who had finally escaped.

The people of Liyue were indeed more enthusiastic about the Emperor than anyone could have imagined. After Zhongli declined his invitations many times, he finally turned down hundreds of dinner invitations and, taking advantage of everyone else being at work, sat down to rest in a rather unseemly manner.

"Your Majesty, how does retirement feel?" Yunxiu stepped forward, looking at Zhongli's unusually relaxed demeanor, and said with a smile, "Has Seven Stars prepared retirement benefits for you?"

“They want to give me a ‘pension’ and prepare ‘retirement security’ for me, and I didn’t refuse.” Zhongli also laughed: “I’ve never known what it feels like to use money, but it just so happens that Master Hu gave me a wallet a few days ago, and now I can use it.”

Neither of them mentioned what would happen if they failed the exam. This wasn't because they were both very confident, but simply because they felt that with Yunxiu's large-scale promotion of inert elemental fields and related spells, success in the exam was only a matter of time.

How many Vision users did Liyue originally have? Even with a population of over a billion, Liyue had fewer than ten thousand Vision casters, making them one in ten thousand. However, Yunxiu had only been promoting the Sealed Spirit Cave Mirror and Elemental Barrier for less than a month, and already there were tens of thousands of casters. Even if only one-tenth of them could eventually reach the fourth ring or higher, that would still be a full thousand.

Based on the current situation, under this blessing, the number of Teyvats who have awakened their spellcasting abilities is almost one-fifth!

Because Teyvats are physically very strong, most of them are unable to cast spells simply because they lack the ability to control the raging elemental power or risk being elementalized! But once they have an "adaptation period" and a "gradual growth" process, casting spells is not difficult.

Just like in real-world learning, solving equations right away is definitely difficult, but if you start by breaking down 1+1, isn't it much simpler?

The Eye of God's spellcasting is like a linear equation in two variables. Learning to cast spells under the inertial elemental field created by the Sealed Spirit Cave Mirror is as simple as arithmetic. As the suppression of the inertial elemental field gradually decreases, the spellcaster grows and the number of spellcasters increases rapidly.

The emergence of a large group of high-level spellcasters would be groundbreaking for the development and growth of spells and professions!

Ten thousand Eye of God spellcasters are divided into at least seven or eight major professions and dozens of minor professions. The number of people in each profession may not even be a hundred, and the minority professions may only have a few. How can they develop sufficiently powerful martial arts or spells?

Most people can only rely on bloodline and imitation to cast spells, which is why "forbidden knowledge" is so sought after, because forbidden knowledge may actually contain complete spell casting methods! It's just that it may be rejected by the world.

However, with the emergence of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of spellcasters, a large number of spells will be developed, and the final effect will be completely different.

"How much is your pension, Your Majesty? What do you plan to do after you retire?" Yunxiu asked, her curiosity piqued. "Will you still be a guest elder at the Hall of Rebirth?"

“I promised the 76th Hall Master that I would protect Hu Tao until the 78th Hall Master appears, so I will continue to serve for a long time.” Zhong Li said seriously, “As for the pension… they told me that there is currently no retirement situation for gods in various countries, so referring to the situation of the Seven Stars, they offered me five times the Seven Stars' pension, 150,000 Mora per month.”

Thinking of this, Zhongli couldn't help but sigh: "I created Mora, but I didn't know its value, so I didn't refuse their kindness."

150,000? That's quite a lot. Gan Yu, the chief secretary of Liyue, only earns 350,000 a year. The Emperor earns five or six times that...

I wonder if the Emperor will actually incarnate and marry a wife. After all, according to Yan Fei's words and some information she has read, it is quite normal for immortals to incarnate and experience the various aspects of the world...

"Your Majesty, please follow me to the Jade Pavilion." Ke Qing arrived with several secretaries and looked at Zhongli and Yunxiu who were chatting there. Then she said, "I would like to trouble Lady Yunxiu to come with me as well. Ningguang has been waiting for a long time."

“There’s no need to be so polite to me…” Yunxiu glanced at Zhongli, and seeing that he also stood up, they stepped onto the ascending stairs of the Jade Pavilion together and entered the Jade Pavilion, which Ningguang had urgently built with a large amount of money.

Compared to the No. 1 Jade Pavilion, the newly built one is clearly more geared towards a "battle platform." Unlike the later reconstruction, the new Jade Pavilion almost abandoned its luxurious exterior and interior when it was built, instead exuding a restrained yet imposing aura.

The black and yellow structure is more like a castle than a pavilion, with its base densely packed with cannons and firing ports, while the front is almost entirely the appearance of a war fortress.

The four massive, improved Returning Machine turrets, each with a huge quadruple Returning Machine cannon muzzle, were clearly five times larger than the original Returning Machine's caliber at a glance! This meant that the current Returning Machine's shot was at least ten times more powerful than before.

Yunxiu quietly submitted an assessment, and the data on this super cannon gave her goosebumps...

[Quadruple-mounted "Return to the End" Demon-Slaying Giant Crossbow]: A super-engineering construct developed by integrating technologies from multiple countries under the guidance of an immortal.

Damage: 40D6 Fire Elemental Damage + 8D12 Lightning Elemental Damage

Range: 40/60 km

characteristic:

[Quadruple Divine Weapon]: The turret can fire four energy projectiles at one or four targets simultaneously, but when firing at a single point, the damage increases by 30% for each additional energy projectile.

[Breaking Magic Law]: Damage dealt by this weapon is considered legendary damage and ignores all damage resistances and immunities of the target.

[The Law of Collapse]: Deals triple damage to objects, buildings, and magical constructs, and automatically removes spell effects of level 9 and below from them.

【Dust God's Might】: The turret can concentrate the energy of four reloads into a single point for a devastating salvo, increasing damage to 80D8 fire elemental damage + 30D6 lightning elemental damage, and also inflicting a 9-ring spell disintegration effect.

【Final Descent - Avatar of Judgment】: Must be personally controlled by a legendary powerhouse. Under this condition, all damage is increased by 100%, attack speed is increased by 200%, and attacks inflict a 9-ring spell Disintegrate and a 9-ring instant death, lasting for two minutes. After the turret ends, it is completely disabled.

Terrifying! Horrible! So terrifying!

What does the power of this cannon mean?

Even under the most conventional circumstances, based on normal expectations, the base damage of a single shot is around 200 points, which, according to the corresponding legendary rank, is around 20. This is the damage that Yunxiu can only achieve by going all out.

If four shots are fired simultaneously, each shot can deal six or seven hundred points of base damage, and two shots can kill a level nine monster!

If Liyue can find a celestial being to control this giant cannon, its base damage will double, and it will also have an instant-kill effect at level 9.

In the DND universe, instant death means instantly killing monsters with less than 100 base health. With the base damage, this means that any monster below the ninth ring will die if it even gets close!

And in this Jade Pavilion, there are four cannons that Guang Yunxiu can see from the front. If he is not mistaken, there should be at least a large number of hidden turrets on the front, back, left, right and the base as well.

While it is indeed difficult to find so many immortals to control them in Liyue, such super war weapons are already powerful enough to destroy a nation!

It's important to know that, according to the original setting in the game, there are very few truly "legendary" characters, such as Sumeru and Inazuma, who have reached the level of familiars. Otherwise, Inazuma wouldn't be the one holding the fort while Sumeru has to capture stragglers.

Such a magnificent jade pavilion, if it were to be built just a few dozen kilometers away from Sumeru City, would be enough to destroy a nation...

Of course, the current Sumeru is definitely much stronger than in the original work, and Yunxiu wouldn't do such a thing...

As soon as she landed on the platform of Qunyu Pavilion, she saw Xianyun and a few others proudly finishing up the turret. When she saw Yunxiu arrive, she called out happily, "Yun boy, come and take a look!"

"Your Majesty, you've come too?" Seeing Zhongli following Yunxiu over, Xianyun couldn't help but tease, "Now that you're retired, aren't you going to the teahouse for tea first, and then to Yunhan Society for a performance, as usual?"

"Seeing how closely you all integrate with the human world, I am also quite pleased," Zhongli said with a smile. "The last time I saw this scene was in ancient times."

“Yes…” Xianyun suddenly seemed to remember something and said seriously, “But this Return Machine, I mainly play a central coordinating role. Humans have helped with the development of many places.”

"Is that so...? Very good."

"There's also considerable discord within the Fools' Guild," Keqing interjected. "We also obtained some technology from that 'Puppet' behind the Adventurers' Guild. For some reason, she suddenly came to our door one day demanding a large transaction of amber. We obtained some of Fontaine's mechanical power supply technology from her."

It seems that Arecino mediated between them...

Just as he had expected, once communication with Clementine was established, the mind of this Fool's Enforcer began to stir. To her, the Winter Queen was indeed not someone she had to serve.

Just then, Ningguang came in from the main entrance and respectfully bowed to Zhongli, saying, "Please, Your Majesty, proceed to the control room."

"No need for formalities," Zhongli waved his hand and said, "You are the main characters in this major examination; I have already retired."

“‘Invigilation’ should also be part of the big exam, right?” Ningguang smiled slyly. “And we hope that the question setters can at least give us some guidance on the ‘exam scope’.”

“From the first moment I looked at you, you were so intelligent.” Zhongli looked at Ningguang and smiled. “It’s no wonder that the child who walked step by step from Yaoguang Beach back then has come this far.”

After saying that, he followed Ningguang into the main control room of Qunyu Pavilion, a huge hall with a strange sand table in the center. It was not made of sand, but was as lifelike as a projection.

Around the sand table, all seven stars had arrived. Yunxiu saw Kaiyang, Yaoguang, and Tianxuan for the first time. In addition, there were several other powerful immortals standing around. Besides the three immortals and the yaksha that Yunxiu had seen before, there was also Ganyu's mother, whom she had seen at the bottom of the abyss.

In addition, there is a pink-haired antler fairy, whom Yunxiu guesses is Yanfei's father.

"Your Majesty!" Everyone bowed in unison upon seeing Zhongli enter. Zhongli nodded before continuing with his work.

Liyue is indeed the most powerful nation...

Yunxiu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. There were at least nine legendary-level powerhouses standing here, including two humans. One of them was the incredibly powerful commander of the Thousand Rock Army, Kaiyang Star. Yunxiu didn't know who the other one was.

Judging from the attitude of the immortals towards Kaiyang Star, its strength is even greater than that of ordinary immortals!

This doesn't even include the characters Liyue dispatched to suppress the Dead Zone in Sumeru, at least two or three of whom were legendary figures. If Yunxiu isn't mistaken, this strength is almost equal to the combined strength of Mondstadt and Inazuma...

Based on Yunxiu's understanding of Mondstadt, even if we include the fact that Jean can 'invite the gods', and that Abedo might have some other resources, Mondstadt currently has at most two or three legendary guardians, and with the expeditionary force, there should be six or seven legendary powerhouses.

Even if Inazuma hadn't died, with the addition of Tsukihime and Yae no Miko, who were barely on the verge of becoming legendary, there would only be five or six powerful figures at most. Of course, this was already much stronger than the original timeline where Miko and Shadow Alone were the only ones supporting the story.

The only force that can rival Liyue is Winterfell, which boasts at least four legendary-level warriors among its executive officers alone, not including its other military forces. Of course, Venti has eliminated one of them, but the Empress will most likely promote another...

"Gentlemen, this major test is of utmost importance, and I am not one to waste words." Ningguang stood beside the sand table and said, "Without further ado, let's begin our strategic meeting now."

Chapter 102 Ten Thousand Sails Gather Power to Suppress the Demon God (Second Update on Friday!)

"The Emperor has already announced the content of the great test: it is 'Vortex Demon God' Oser and his retinue, Báche."

Ningguang pointed to the map of Guyun Pavilion and said, "Although we already have a lot of information about Liyue, we would like to ask the immortals who have fought against these two to share some of their intelligence."

“There aren’t many immortals in Liyue who are skilled in water combat, and I am one of them,” Fushe said. “I have fought with Ba Che before. He is stronger than me, and I could only barely hold him off, but it was still within my capabilities. I am confident that I can fight him for a day or two.”

“Ba Che’s cultivation is only slightly stronger than mine. Unfortunately, I am not good at fighting.” Xiao Yue Zhu Yang said expressionlessly, “Moreover, he has the power of a demon god’s servant. Among us immortals, only the deceased Yi Xiao Dao Tian should be able to fight him with all his might.”

I remember... the evaluation of this deer was: "The True Lord of Carving the Moon and Building the Sun is a disciple of the Rock King Emperor. He takes the form of a male deer and always upholds a compassionate heart. Among the immortals, he is the most benevolent."

Yunxiu thought to himself that this at least showed that the deer was actually more skilled in immortal arts and magic, and its combat ability was average. No wonder Fushe, whose cultivation was far inferior to his, could fight Bache to a standstill. You should know that Fushe's cultivation was only similar to Liuyun Jiefeng.

However, his cultivation level was so terrifying that it was almost the same as Ba Che after being blessed by the Demon God. It seems that in terms of cultivation level alone, he may have already reached a level not far from some Demon Gods, and at least he is probably no worse than a second-generation god like Fukalos.

It sounds absurd, but that's the truth.

The immortals govern, and the yakshas fight – this has always been Liyue's approach. Of course, there are also immortals who excel in combat. However, being good at combat means that going to the battlefield will become the norm, especially during the Demon God War. Even powerful demon gods can fall at any time, let alone legendary-level powerhouses.

"As for the demon gods..." the female immortal with ice-blue hair and a Qilin horn said, "In the war between demon gods, we immortals can only provide support from the sidelines. Most of the demon gods with ruling power have the strength to kill us in one blow."

As if she had been thinking about something, she added, "During the battle of the flood at Guili, we only saw the Emperor and the Demon God fighting with all their might from afar. At that time, only Liu Yun and Ji Feng were able to observe from a distance a few times."

It's not surprising that a ruling deity can instantly kill a legendary figure. After all, the Doctor, the second seat of the Fatui, is a genuine legendary powerhouse. He was directly sliced ​​up and killed by Venti, who crossed timelines and locked them in place. And this is even though Venti is not one of the ruling deities who is good at fighting.

Advancing from the level of a follower to the level of a demon god is a true advancement in "rank," much like the advancement from below the legendary level to the legendary level. The legendary resistance and the legendary's own specializations alone are enough to ignore most attacks from those below the legendary level...

“Doesn’t this mean we can’t defeat Oser?” Ningguang frowned. “Judging from the current situation, we are more than capable of dealing with Báché. If even the Immortal Fushe can fight him, then we can resolve this crisis even without relying on the Immortal.”

“The difficulty lies in the characteristics of the ‘Demon God’ itself,” said Xiaoyue Zhuyang. “The Demon God possesses some strange qualities that make their ‘level’ seem to be subtly transcending this world.”

Because the Demon God itself possesses fragments of the 'Primordial,' and the 'Primordial's' status naturally far surpasses that of this world...

"Can I give it a try?" Ying stepped forward and said, "I think... if it's just about 'levels', then maybe I can do it."

As a descendant, Ying's power was sealed rather than lost, so she could indeed contain power almost without limit. In the original battle of the Jade Pavilion, she contained the power of five immortals and was the one who delivered the final blow, blowing up the Jade Pavilion and forcing Oser away.

Speaking solely of 'rank' itself, Luminous is on par with Teyvat and the Primal Beings, and even two or three levels higher than the Demon Gods.

“I think we can give it a try.” Yunxiu also stepped forward and said with a smile, “We can try to gather power using an array. If we can gather the power of 100,000 people or even more into Ying’s body, we might be able to confront Osel head-on.”

“We’ll discuss this further later.” Ningguang changed the subject: “How are the ‘Return to the End’ and the Sealing Spirit Cave Grand Array being deployed? How is the spread of the elemental isolation spell going? How many spellcasters do we have available now?”

A woman stepped forward, and Yunxiu recognized her as the current "Tianxuan Star." She was in charge of population management, education, and civil affairs in Liyue, and the General Affairs Department was under her command.

She took a document from her secretary, opened it, glanced at it, and then closed it again, saying, "Starting with the promotion of Elemental Barrier, it has now been implemented in all academies, factories, and chambers of commerce in Liyue. The number of people who have mastered the Elemental Barrier spell has now reached 74 million."

Whoosh—!

Even the immortals exclaimed in surprise, but Tianxuan seemed quite pleased with the sound. She continued, "Currently, 180,000 people have mastered the ability to use elemental power. We have divided them into nine major categories and seventy-five subcategories of spellcasters according to their characteristics."

"But these spellcasters can only cast spells within the great formation, can they?" Yan Fei's father asked doubtfully. "We can't possibly drag the great formation onto the battlefield, can we?"