People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"As long as we keep it secret before the weapon is successfully developed, he will not be in danger. Once it is developed, this weapon will become his greatest guarantee!" Lisa said, looking at Sugar with an ambiguous look, "Ms. Sugar, you seem to care about the little cutie very much..."

"I, I..." Sugar blushed and lowered her head.

Jean and Albedo pretended not to see it.

"I understand what you're thinking. I'll ask Kaia and the others what they think." Qin kept their words in mind.

Because Amber, Kaeya, and Eula were all on the front lines commanding the battle, Jyn only arranged for trustworthy people to bring them letters of inquiry.

Amber replied: "Although this will put Shen Qin in danger, since he took the initiative to propose this idea, he must be prepared to face the danger... I will support him and do my best to help him resist the danger!"

Kaeya: "This guy is really worrying. Is the safety of the entire Mondstadt something he should worry about alone? I won't give any opinions, but I will always stand on Mondstadt and his side."

Eula: "Damn it! Since when did Mond need a Liyue person to protect it? I will remember this grudge! Before I avenge him, I will not allow anyone to hurt him!"

Although Youla did not say it explicitly, her attitude towards Shen Qin had already given the answer.

The current vote count is two votes against, four votes in favor, and one abstention, but Keqin is unable to make a decision.

Feeling a little tired, she walked aimlessly in Mondstadt, but unknowingly came to the Cathedral of West Wind. She leaned on the railing and looked at the people in the square below with smiling faces.

In the distant mountains and fields, the knights are fighting to the death to protect this peace and tranquility.

This is also her mission and that of the Gunhild family. No matter how much pressure she bears, she will continue to move forward unswervingly.

But Shen Qin should not have to bear such pressure. As long as he developed more alchemical products like flying skateboards and bionic prostheses, he would be loved by people, gain a lot of Mora, and would not have to worry about being targeted by organizations like the Cult of the Abyss and the Fatui.

"elder sister?"

A gentle voice interrupted her thoughts. She turned around and saw a blond priest with twin ponytails approaching her with a joyful look on his face.

"Are you worried about something?" Barbara leaned on the railing like her.

"Well, I'm a little hesitant about a very important matter, and I don't know what decision to make." Qin pushed her hair behind her ears and looked in the direction of Shen Qin's alchemy workshop.

"Before Grand Master Farga left, he let you serve as acting master because he believed in you. We are willing to work under your leadership because we believe in you. Now, you should also believe in any decision you make." Barbara suddenly reached out and held her hand. "No matter what, don't forget that we are always standing behind you to support you!"

Looking into Barbara's sincere eyes, Qin finally smiled: "Yeah!"

The figures of her companions emerged in her mind one by one, and the last one to appear was the young but calm Shen Qin - "Qin, let's work together to make Mondstadt stronger!"

She turned to look at Barbara and said, "Is there any vacant room in the basement of the cathedral? The Knights would like to borrow it for a while."

"Eh?"

Qin finally decided to let the Knights fully support Shen Qin in developing leader-level strategic weapons, and vacated half of the basement of the cathedral for him to use for research.

"Your alchemy workshop is no longer a secret, and after the release of the bolt gun, other forces will definitely pay more attention to you. It is easy to be exposed if you conduct research there." Qin explained to Shen Qin, "The cathedral is an important place of the church. The belief in the god of wind generally does not allow dangerous activities nearby, and alchemical experiments are also prohibited. This should help you cover up a little."

Then she joked, "As long as you don't cause any accidents during the development process and blow up the cathedral. By the way, during the development period, Rosalia will assist you in your work. If you need materials, just let her arrange it."

Anyway, Shen Qin had never encountered any accidents during his research from the very beginning, so Qin was still very confident in him.

After Qin left, Rosalia said expressionlessly: "I kind of hope you can blow up the cathedral, so that we don't have to do boring morning classes."

Hey! Look at the nun's uniform you're wearing and say this disrespectful thing again!

What? You also modified the nun's uniform? That's fine.

This time, Shen Qin was allowed to enter the basement of the cathedral to research new weapons. He was also invited by an unreliable nun to visit the Sky Harp which was placed in a secret room on the other side of the basement.

Anyway, its appearance is extremely ordinary, and it doesn't look like the divine weapon once used by the God of Wind.

Perhaps it’s not the piano that’s powerful, but the god who holds it.

Chapter 95: Shen Qin’s tactical qualities?

When it comes to heavy weapons, the first thing Shen Qin thinks of is the famous Dongfeng series of ballistic missiles in his previous life. The intercontinental missiles equipped with nuclear warheads are real killer weapons.

Unfortunately, it cannot be nuclearized in Teyvat.

Shen Qin hesitated for a long time between the bolter cannon and the plasma cannon, and finally made up his mind - why can't I have them all?

So a difficult research and development journey began again.

While Shen Qin was still immersed in his research, the Knights had already cleared out all the groups of monsters and some small abyss strongholds in the ruins. Their next target was an extremely large ancient relic in Mingguan Gorge. After repeated explorations by adventurers and scouts from the Dawn Winery, it was determined that there was a large abyss stronghold inside.

Except for Amber who led a reconnaissance team to monitor the entrance of the ruins, the rest of the Knights Templar had all returned to Mondstadt, and the team leaders gathered in Jean's office to discuss the next course of action.

"It took me a long time to find the information about the ruins in an ancient Kanreya book. If translated directly from the Kanreya language, its name should be 'Windless Watch'. The ancient book also contains an incomplete diagram of the ruins' internal structure. It seems that the person in charge of the exploration at that time was not able to explore it completely."

Lisa pinned a hand-drawn drawing on the whiteboard and pointed at it, saying, "From the structural diagram, this ruins should be a typical 'multiple entrances and four roads' structure. After entering the ruins, there will be four forked roads, each of which passes through a different area, but will eventually converge in a hall."

"After passing through the hall, there are four more forked roads. Eventually, these four forked roads lead to the same hall, and then four more forked roads extend from the hall. Unfortunately, the drawing stops here, and I don't know if there will be another hall after these four forked roads."

Qin continued, "According to the information Diluk provided, the space inside the ruins is very limited, so we can't just send a large force to push straight through. We must use an elite squad to raid, divided into four teams, and advance deeper from four forks in the road at the same time. After the four teams meet up in the hall, they can move on to the next fork in the road."

She glanced at everyone and said, "I will also join the operation this time and will be in charge of one of the forks. Miss Keqing just told me that she is willing to lead the Thousand Rocks Army to take charge of one route. There are two teams left. Who among you will be the captain?"

Eula and Kaia stood up at the same time. They looked at each other, and Kaia smiled and said, "Leave it to us two. One of us is the captain of the cavalry team, and the other is the captain of the guerrilla team. We both have experience in leading teams, so we won't make mistakes when encountering emergencies."

"Albedo, Lisa, and Sucrose, each of you can choose a team from among them to join. The more God's Eye holders each team has, the better. The situation in the ruins is unknown and the structure is complex, so each team can help each other fill in the gaps."

For this operation, she temporarily called back the three alchemists who were studying the barrier.

"Eh? What about Captain Qin? Is she going to be responsible for the entire team by herself?" Sutang asked confusedly.

"Ahem." Kaeya cleared his throat and said, "I saw Diluk come to the Knights at noon. If I'm not mistaken, he should enter the ruins with Jean, right?"

"That's right." Jean nodded generously. "At noon, Diluk came to the Knights to apply for the purchase of a batch of grenade launchers, and asked about the Knights' next move. After learning about our plan, he offered to help..."

Kaiya narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I'm afraid he is worried..."

"Oh! Qin, why didn't I see the little cutie today? In the previous meetings, he always came up with some great suggestions!" Lisa interrupted him with a smile and gave him a warning look.

Jean ignored Kaia and answered Lisa's question: "Although he didn't come, he did give me some good battle ideas."

She pinned two slightly sloppy scribbles to the whiteboard. Amid the puzzled looks of the crowd, she said awkwardly, "This is the tactical diagram he drew for me. I hope everyone can understand what he meant."

Albedo muttered, "His product designs are so good, but why are his figures so ugly?"

The first graffiti shows several little people. The ones in the front and back are circled. The middle little person is holding a gun with a "five" written next to it. Behind the little person holding the gun is another little person holding a cylinder with a cross on it.

"Shen Qin suggested that each team be equipped with two people with smart bracelets, which means we are the ones whose main task is to protect all teammates with energy shields."

"At the front are the assault soldiers holding death rifles. They are responsible for the team's firepower output. Behind the assault soldiers are the medics holding a large amount of healing spray. They are responsible for treating injured teammates in a timely manner and using the hellhound pistols to supplement the assault soldiers' firepower."

Next, Qin showed everyone the second graffiti. The previous shot showed several little people hiding behind the wall and covering their ears. The little person in the front threw something into the room. The next shot showed several little people shooting into the room.

“He found a special kind of bomb among the ones Klee had made. It had a small explosion power but emitted a dazzling light and a harsh noise. He called it a ‘stun bomb.’ He asked us to throw a few stun bombs before entering an unknown area with limited vision to temporarily make the possible enemies lose their vision and sense of balance, and then let the assaulters take the opportunity to move forward and kill the enemies.”

Kaiya thought about it for a while, and soon found to his surprise that this tactic was quite feasible. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "How did he come up with this tactic? Why not let him be the captain!"

Shen Qin: What you see in movies and TV shows is just theory, don’t cue it.

Qin made the arrangements and asked them to select their own team members and conduct simple tactical training, planning to launch a blitz attack on Windless Watch at 8 o'clock tonight.

At around seven o'clock, all four teams assembled and set out from the Knights, heading directly from the Fruit Wine Lake to the ruins at the fastest speed. (Keqing and the Thousand Rocks Army who had participated in the clearing operation before, each of them received a top-grade skateboard, a hellhound pistol, and a death rifle as a thank-you gift from the Knights.)

Seeing their arrival, Amber, who had been monitoring the ruins, quickly delivered the latest intelligence: "Since yesterday, thirteen Abyss Mages have entered the ruins, but none of them have come out."

"Understood. You continue to monitor here and we will launch the attack immediately."

Jyn gave action orders to the other three captains. She led the team to enter the ruins first, followed closely by Keqing, Eula and Kaeya's teams.

"You must succeed!" Amber prayed to the God of Wind for them.

"Aqiu! - Who is scolding me?" Wendy, who was dizzy from drinking the Angel's Gift, sneezed.

"Mr. Wendy, someone asked me to bring you something." The bartender Charles placed a small square box in front of him.

Chapter 96: The Hall of Flesh and Blood

"Oh? Is there anyone who can send something to a drunkard like me? Let me see what it is?"

Wendy smiled and opened the small square box. After opening it just a little, the smile on his face disappeared instantly and turned into a breeze that carried away the angel's gift. No one noticed his action.

Charles came back after serving other guests, only to find that Wendy was gone. There was only a half-empty glass of wine left on the table. He looked around but couldn't find her. His eyes widened immediately: "He hasn't paid for the wine yet! How did she run away?!"

Wendy materializes in a secluded alley, then opens the box and takes the teardrop-shaped crystal inside.

"These are Tevarin's tears... The curse power inside has been purified! Who did this?"

He noticed there was another piece of paper inside the box, with ugly graffiti on it.

There is a blond little man holding a sword, and next to him there is an even smaller little man floating in the air, with a four-pointed star drawn on his head.

What is this?

Wendy looked left and right, forward and backward, but couldn't make out anything.

Forget it, let’s not worry about it for now. There’s still half a glass of wine in the pub.

A few minutes later, the angel's gift -

"Eh?! Where's my wine?"

"Mr. Wendy, I'm so sorry. I thought you had left for something, so I took the wine away without permission. I'll make you a new drink for free!"

"Ahem, what about the money for the wine?"

"You're exempted too!"

"Hey!"

……

Mingguan Gorge——

"Ying, it's so late, why are we out in the wild? Although the Knights have cleared out a lot of monsters in Mondstadt, it's still quite troublesome to encounter them."

Ying put her right hand on her heart and frowned uncomfortably: "I don't know, I just suddenly had a feeling that something here was calling me."

"Just because of a mysterious feeling, do you have to come here in the middle of the night? Can't you come back tomorrow during the day?" Paimon put his hands on his hips and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm a little sleepy!"

Ying smiled at her apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's just... I don't know if it has anything to do with him. It may just be my illusion. Sorry."

"No, it doesn't matter. No matter where you go, I will always be with you!" Paimon waved his hands quickly, "He... do you mean your brother?"

"Hmm." Ying turned around here for a few times and found nothing. She said a little disappointedly, "Let's go back. It seems that it was just my illusion."

"Maybe you're right!" Paimon said seriously, "If we go back now, it would be terrible if we miss it. Since we're here, why don't we wait and see!"

"Ok!"

In the ruins not far from them, four combat teams had split into four groups and were advancing towards the depths of the ruins at the same time.

Keqing's team, the five Qianyan soldiers at the front of the team held up their Reaper rifles and explored forward on flying skateboards. Keqing was on their flank, using the smart bracelet given to her by Shen Qin to hold up a shield.

The three people behind them had healing sprays on their waists and held Cerberus pistols in their hands, with the muzzles pointed upwards to avoid accidental discharges and injuring teammates. Sucrose at the back also held up a shield while being alert to whether there were any enemies attacking from behind.

They came to the entrance of the first room. Keqing made a command gesture, and everyone leaned against the wall with their backs facing the entrance of the room, while covering their ears.

Keqing had memorized the structure of the room. She took out a stun grenade, used her thumb to open the safety cover on the ignition button, and then pressed the button. After counting one second, she threw it into the room and hid behind the wall to cover her ears.

"Bang! Buzz--" glare and buzzing sounds broke out in the room. Five commandos immediately rushed into the room with Death Rifles in hand. They saw three Abyss Mages inside, either covering their eyes or ears, their bodies staggering.

Without any hesitation, five guns fired at the same time. More than a dozen standard bolt shells fell on them. The powerful kinetic energy and explosion instantly tore their bodies apart.

Perhaps they didn't understand what happened until they died.

The three commandos returned to the outside of the room and kept a tight rein, while the rest of the people entered the room to search for any survivors or valuable intelligence.

After everything was normal, they left the room and continued to move forward. However, in a passage with a worse environment, Keqing stopped the team from moving forward. She stepped forward and lightly picked up a few broken bricks with her sword, revealing a buried explosive barrel filled with abyss energy.

This is obviously a trap set by the Abyss Cult. Once someone steps on it without any precautions, the abyss energy will ignite the barrel of explosives!

But this little trick was easily seen through by Keqing.

After observing carefully, she put away her skateboard and jumped to the other side of the barrel of explosives. She stomped her foot on the ground, made a jumping gesture, and then made way.

The team members put away their skateboards and jumped over the trap.

The reason for not using a flying skateboard is that you are worried that its reverse thrust will also detonate the explosive barrel.

Continuing on like this, they soon arrived at the first meeting hall, but the scene before them shocked them.

I saw an altar built in the center of the hall. Four abyss mages of fire, water, thunder and ice were singing and dancing on the altar. Above their heads was an abyss energy ball that looked very evil.