People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

Huh? Shen Qin was even more confused. Why was there an awarding ceremony? He should have only slept for half a day, not a week? How could it be like this?

Shen Qin returned to the alchemy workshop with dinner in a daze. Just then, Sucrose woke up, so the two of them had dinner together, and then ran to the Knights to ask Qin.

"I'm sorry, Shen Qin. I acted without consulting you." Qin said apologetically. "The damage caused to Mondstadt by this dragon disaster is too great. Not only did it destroy the city, but it also cast a shadow on the hearts of the people of Mondstadt. I also hope that by awarding you the title of Honorary Knight, the people of Mondstadt will be re-energized. And you have proved with your actions that you are worthy of this honor. Please accept it this time!"

Then she bowed deeply to him.

"Hey, hey, Captain Qin, don't be like this...Okay, I accept it." Shen Qin helped Qin up and said helplessly.

"I'm sorry." She apologized to him sincerely again.

Shen Qin had refused once before, and she could see at that time that he was resisting the title of Honorary Knight.

According to her personality, she certainly would not want to force others to do things they didn't want to do, but this time, for Mond, she had to use this disgusting method.

Shen Qin also knew that she had a psychological burden, so he comforted her: "Captain Qin, you don't have to worry about it. I rejected this honor before for other reasons. I am actually very happy to become an honorary knight of the Knights Templar, and I am also very happy that I can contribute to the reconstruction of Mondstadt!"

Qin held his hand tightly and looked at him: "Shen Qin, thank you!"

Chapter 70 This honor does not belong only to me

The next morning, the square in front of the West Wind Cathedral was crowded with Mondstadt people, all of whom came to see Mondstadt's honorary knights.

Inside the cathedral, Barbara was carefully adjusting Shen Qin's dress.

Mr. Shen Qin looks so handsome in this suit!!!

Her face turned slightly red and she was screaming in her heart.

"I'm a little uncomfortable with this." Shen Qin raised his hands and feet awkwardly. He was used to wearing loose clothes, and suddenly he felt particularly uncomfortable wearing such tight clothes.

The dress he wore today was very similar to the dress worn by men's nobles in medieval Europe on Earth. The fabric was all tightly attached to his skin, and his hands and feet could not move freely.

"Just get over it. You can change it after the awarding ceremony is over."

Barbara took a few steps back to see how Shen Qin was wearing it, and then said to him with ulterior motives: "Let me take a few photos for you, so you can see if you look good in it."

"Okay." Shen Qin didn't think much about it and posed a few times under her command. He also wanted to see if he looked good in this kind of clothes.

So is this considered cosplay?

Barbara showed him the photos she had taken, and he nodded with satisfaction. He seemed to be about 1.7 meters tall now, and he looked very thin in this outfit!

At this time, a nun ran over and told him that he could go on stage. Barbara checked his clothes for him and then told him, "When you go up, say hello to the people in the square. When the leader of the piano group asks you if you are willing to accept the honor, just say yes. Finally, say a few words from your heart to everyone and then you can come back."

Shen Qin nodded and said, "As for acceptance speeches, I understand. I used to say them a lot when I was studying and receiving scholarships."

He walked through the church gate and onto the high platform in front of the church, waving to the densely packed crowd in the square: "Hello everyone, I'm Shen Qin."

"Master Shen Qin! Master Shen Qin!"

"Long live! Long live Mr. Shen Qin!"

……

The huge sound wave instantly hit his eardrums, and he was so scared that his legs trembled. If Qin hadn't secretly pulled him, he might have knelt down on the spot.

Fortunately, the wall of the platform was half his height, so no one could see the embarrassing situation of his lower body.

The cheers and applause from the crowd continued for nearly five minutes, and Shen Qin felt that the muscle on his face responsible for smiling was about to cramp.

"Mr. Shen Qin, are you willing to accept the honor bestowed by the Knights Templar and become an honorary knight of the Knights Templar?" Qin stood directly opposite him and asked him solemnly.

"I am willing."

A nun brought a tray covered with a red cloth. Qin picked up the knight's medal on the red cloth, put it on Shen Qin's chest, and then performed a knight's salute to him. He also returned the salute awkwardly.

"Oh!!!"

"Knight of Honor! Knight of Honor!"

"Shen Qin! Shen Qin!"

All the shouts in the square finally merged into a neat "Shen Qin! Honorary Knight! Shen Qin! Honorary Knight..."

Looking at the enthusiastic and crazy crowd in the square, Shen Qin couldn't help but feel a sense of honor in his heart, and his eyes even turned red.

He forced himself to hold back his tears - Damn it, I don't want to cry in front of so many people, it's so embarrassing!

The cheers lasted for several minutes, then gradually died down. In the end, no one spoke. Everyone was just looking at him quietly, waiting for him to speak.

Shen Qin swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and stroked the medal on his chest, and said with emotion: "I have been in Mondstadt for almost half a year. During this half year, the knights of the Knights Templar, Miss Barbara of the West Wind Church, Miss Sarah of the Deer Hunter, Uncle Wagner of the Blacksmith Shop, Miss Catherine of the Adventurer's Association, and President Serius, everyone has given me a lot of help."

“I am a Liyue person, living alone in Mondstadt, but I don’t feel lonely because this city and its people make me feel warm.”

"So, I feel that protecting Mondstadt and the people of Mondstadt are what I should do. I am just like every one of you, contributing what I should to this city."

"This honor belongs not only to me, but also to all the knights of the Knights Templar, all the adventurers of the Adventurer's Guild, all the priests and nuns of the Church of Favonius, and all the people of Mondstadt who helped each other in the disaster!"

Shen Qin went backstage. His words aroused everyone's enthusiasm even more. Qin took the opportunity to announce that after finishing the post-disaster reconstruction work in Mondstadt, the Knights would completely solve the problem of the East Wind Dragon so that everyone would not have to worry anymore.

That’s right, now almost no one in Mondstadt calls Tevarin the Wind Dragon. Even if they don’t call it the Dragon of the East Wind, they just call it by its name “Tevarin”.

The plan of the Fatui completely failed, and they could no longer use public opinion as an excuse (although this was ridiculous) to interfere in Tevarin's affairs.

But maybe they don't care? Because during the dragon disaster, the Wind God himself has already appeared! So the little Wind God's followers don't matter.

In Qin's office, everyone gathered here again to discuss future work.

"My dear friend, what you said on the stage was so wonderful. Even I felt my blood boiling!" Kaiya smiled and nudged Shen Qin with his shoulder.

"Oh, stop talking!" Shen Qin covered his face. "I said those words when I was hot-headed. Now thinking back on it, it's really too embarrassing."

"No! Mr. Shen Qin said it very well!" Barbara looked at him admiringly.

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She looked at the national idol of Mondstadt and felt a sense of crisis.

"Shen Qin, what are your plans next? Do you want to study the barrier outside the Wind Dragon Ruins (because of the existence of Tevarin, the Old Mondstadt Ruins were officially renamed the Wind Dragon Ruins) with us?" Qin asked Shen Qin.

Shen Qin shook his head: "I plan to find a way to increase Mond's defense capabilities first to avoid being attacked by monsters like this time, but I don't have any ideas yet."

"I do have an idea," Albedo said, looking at Jean. "I've talked to Captain Jean before. If there is a way to expand the energy shield of the smart bracelet to cover the entire Mondstadt, then this dragon disaster may not cause any damage to Mondstadt at all. Unfortunately, the energy requirements for a single person's shield are very high. In order to support the shield of an entire city, the energy level must be more than ten thousand times that of the Chaos Core!"

Lisa said, "I do know that there are giant remains of Kanreya machines in Xumi. The energy that can drive them must be of a higher grade than the Chaos Furnace Core, right?"

"I've heard of those giant devices. They are indeed huge, but the parts inside should have been dismantled into pieces a long time ago, and the probability of energy remaining is extremely low."

Shen Qin: Good boy, I just happen to know that the energy sources of two devices are still available, one is in the Mountain of Subduing All Demons, and the other is in the Iron Dunes.

But he also didn't think their energy was enough to support the entire Mondstadt's shield.

"It would be great if there was a way to absorb and utilize the elemental force in the air as energy. That way we could provide a constant supply of energy for the shield." Sugar sighed.

Hearing Shatang's words, Shen Qin's eyes lit up: "Got it!"

Chapter 71 Hey hey! You are so nice to me!

Every player uses the teleportation anchor dozens of times every day. The most common paragraph they use is the introduction of the teleportation anchor: along a certain vein, there are strange devices scattered on the continent. People on the continent say that this is an ancient mysterious object. Although they don’t know what it is used for, they have long been accustomed to it.

The "veins" here refer to the earth veins, and the energy of the earth veins is like the roots of a giant tree, connecting into a huge network underground in Teyvat.

Theoretically, the energy of the earth veins is endless. If it can be utilized, then it will not be a problem to put up a shield to protect the entire Mondstadt.

After listening to Shen Qin's thoughts, Albedo said, "I have also studied those strange devices. They are indeed connected to the earth veins. I have detected the earth vein power escaping from them. But they seem unable to start, and under the protection of the earth vein energy, I cannot disassemble them and analyze their structure."

Shen Qin secretly gave him a thumbs up. As expected of Albedo, he even dared to dismantle the teleportation anchor.

However, he did know something about its current situation.

No one knows the origin of the teleportation anchor point, but according to written records, it existed on the continent thousands of years ago. However, as time passed, all the anchor points were closed and just stood there quietly emitting a faint red light.

But Shen Qin knew that they could actually be activated, and the method was in the hands of the twins. However, the threat of the abyss was imminent, and no one could predict when they would attack Mond City next.

Mondstadt has no time to wait for him/her to arrive.

"As far as I know, the Seven-Day Statue is also connected to the earth veins. It and those anchor points may be products of the same era. So can we find a way to activate the anchor points by studying it?" Shen Qin expressed his guess.

"Indeed, the Seven-Day Statue is also connected to the earth veins." Albedo stroked his chin in thought, "Your idea is feasible to a certain extent. We can study and verify it later."

"Wait, wait! You won't do anything disrespectful to the Seven Days God statue, will you?" Barbara nervously pulled at the corner of her clothes.

Shen Qin smiled and said, "Of course not. We will also help clean the dust off it."

Jean had been listening to their conversation, and only then did she speak: "Then let's make this arrangement. Albedo, Sucrose, Lisa, and Klee will assist Shen Qin in researching the city's protective shield, and the others will work with me to clean up Mondstadt and research the Wind Dragon Ruins Barrier."

Among the four, only three alchemists could help Shen Qin, and Klee asked them to help take care of the person.

"I won't go to the little cutie's place. The Knights' work also needs the help of alchemists!" Lisa said her thoughts. "Let Rosalia go with them. If we want to study the Seven Days Statue, at least someone from the church should be present."

"No problem, I will report it to the church!" Barbara said immediately.

Lisa was right. The Church of Favonius attached great importance to the belief in Barbatos, the god of wind. Research activities on the statue of the god of wind must be conducted under the supervision of the church, so Rosalia was the best candidate for supervision.

She represents the authority of the church, but she will not stick to the church's rules (referring to not having any faith in the wind god Bartobas), and will not hinder their research.

As for whether the church leaders are aware of the consequences of sending her to supervise, those who understand will understand.

"Okay, then we will each pack up. Barbara should also tell Rosalia to gather at my alchemy workshop after lunch. We will go investigate the Seven Days Statue in the wild."

Time was running out, so Shen Qin prepared to set off in the afternoon.

While everyone was preparing for the next dragon disaster, Ying and Paimon were leisurely heading towards Mondstadt.

"Hey! Ying, can't we really walk faster? If we were running, we would have reached Mondstadt by now!" Paimon looked angrily at the girl who was slowly building a fire to prepare for the barbecue.

"You flew, so of course you're not tired. But I walked, so I need to take a rest after walking for a while." Ying didn't care about her urging.

"Nonsense, flying can also make you tired, okay?" Paimon stamped his feet. "If I didn't know the way and couldn't defeat those wild monsters, I would have flown to Mondstadt by myself a long time ago, humph!"

"I'll grill the meat later. Do you want to eat some?" Ying looked at her with a smile.

"Of course!" Paimon answered confidently, then he saw Ying's smiling expression and immediately turned his head away, "If I'm too hungry to have any strength, then there will be no one to be your guide!"

"Why don't you go and collect some firewood? I'll give you some meat if you pick up some firewood. If you don't find anything suitable, you'll just starve on your own!"

"Damn it! You're using food to threaten me into doing hard labor?" Paimon's eyes widened. "You've got me!"

In order to get some meat to eat, Paimeng had to go into the woods to find dry firewood, but when she went around a small bush, she found that her view suddenly became wider. In front of her was a cliff without any plants blocking the view. Under the cliff was a sparkling lake, and farther away, in a larger lake, stood a city that still looked very large from a distance.

"Wow! It's Mondstadt!"

Paimon shouted excitedly, then reacted and didn't even pick up the firewood. He quickly returned to Ying's side, holding her wrist with both hands and walked towards the cliff: "Come here quickly, come here, look at what I found!"

Ying sighed helplessly and was "pulled" forward by her. However, when she really stood on the cliff and looked down, she was also shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of her.

"Look, look, that's Mondstadt!" Paimon pointed at the huge city in the distance, "We're almost there!"

"Ok!"

Paimon looked at her expectantly: "Then let's set off immediately!"

"No, we have to finish lunch before we continue walking." Ying smiled and shook her finger.

"Ah? Why is this happening!" Paimon stomped his feet angrily.

Ying turned and walked into the woods: "Why are you in such a hurry to go to Mondstadt?"

Paimon followed her and said, "That's because I've been sleeping outdoors with you for the past few months. It's always the same scenery, the same monsters, and even the food you cook has never changed..."

"Okay, okay, I know you're tired of the food I cook." Ying knew what she was thinking, so he turned his back to her and waved his hand, "You just want to go to the city early to eat delicious food, so stop drooling."

Paimon subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth and found that he was not drooling at all.

"Damn it, you fooled me again!"

Paimon chased after her, but saw her collecting the firewood. He asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to grill the meat? Why are you collecting it?"

"Go to the lake below, I'll catch some fish for you and grill them for you."

Paimon immediately smiled happily: "Hey! You are so nice to me!"