People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

As soon as they arrived at the floor where the alchemists were, they saw Shana rushing towards them in the elevator. She had heard their voices in the elevator from two or three floors away.

"Hey! Ha-hahaha... Aba Aba..."

The little guy uttered some meaningless interjections, hung on Albedo's neck first, and then threw his hands at Sucrose and Shen Qin.

"You're finally back." Diluk stood not far away with an expressionless face and his hands folded, but his hairstyle made everyone laugh.

I saw that his red hair was tied into seven or eight small hairs with rubber bands, lying crookedly across his head.

"Diluk, your new hairstyle is very trendy!" Shen Qin said with a smile while holding Shana with difficulty, then put her on the ground and let her play with the impatient sister Klee.

"This is Shana's masterpiece. She loves to play with people." Diluk took the colorful rubber bands off his hair one by one, and stroked them casually with his hands a few times, and he regained his former elegance.

He put away the colorful rubber bands and would put them back into Shana's rubber band box later so she could play with them again next time.

"Master Diluk has a sullen face all day long, but I didn't expect him to be quite popular among children." Lisa chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.

"She is not afraid of strangers and is very brave." Diluk decided to change the subject. After all, his aloof personality cannot be broken. "How is the situation in the snow mountain? Has it been completely resolved?"

"Let's talk in my laboratory."

They took the elevator to Shen Qin's laboratory and told him the details.

Diluk is a partner and comrade-in-arms with whom they have a particularly close relationship, and he is also a Mondstadt native, so it is no big deal to let him know about the Heart of the Snow Mountain God. If there are any special situations in the Snow Mountain in the future, there will be someone to offer advice.

But the news can only spread so far, they will not let it leave Mond.

Chapter 198: Do you want to go to Liyue with me?

"That's the situation in the Snow Mountain. Although the process was a bit difficult, the final result was not bad. Not only did we learn some secrets of Shar Findenir, but we also gained a large area of ​​use in the Snow Mountain area. We also got a Snow Mountain God's Heart for free from the Abyss Cult."

"I even suspect that the Abyss Cult is here just to give us equipment and experience."

Shen Qin summarized this trip to the snow mountains.

Albedo said rationally: "In fact, even if we don't participate, the Abyss Cult's plan is doomed to fail. With the existence of Starsilver, Shar Findnir cannot descend. It's just that she will have a harder time in the process."

Shen Qin smiled and said, "The more friends the better, the fewer enemies the better. Gaining the friendship of Xingyin and the entire Snow Country civilization is also the greatest gain of our trip."

Diluk looked at Shen Qin approvingly: "Yes, in addition to being a businessman, you may also have the talent to become an excellent politician."

"It's just parroting what others have said."

Next, Albedo, Diluk, Sucrose, and Lisa discussed the date for opening the Academy City. Considering the construction progress in infrastructure, commerce, urban greening, colleges, and welfare homes, they finally decided to officially open the Academy City to the public in ten days.

However, Shen Qin, the nominal leader of Academy City, laid down on the ergonomic chair, cleared his mind, and began to slack off openly.

Everyone was already used to it, and after the official construction of Academy City began, he was no longer responsible for the management of every detail. Instead, drawings of new products fell from his hands like snowflakes onto the terminals of the alchemists in the research base.

Or perhaps he is now his truest self - a pure alchemist who focuses on research.

Of course, Shen Qin would rather be called a scientist. After all, what he is researching now has gone beyond the scope of research of traditional alchemists.

Listening to the conversation of the four of them, Shen Qin's eyes gradually closed and a slight snoring sound came from his nose.

Albedo and the others naturally heard Shen Qin's snoring, so they shut their mouths and tiptoed out of the laboratory. Sugar turned back and gently covered him with a thin blanket brought from the lounge next door, her eyes full of heartache.

He doesn't have the Eye of God, and without the nourishment of elemental power, his physical fitness is just at the level of ordinary people. Moreover, because he stays up late for a long time to make drawings and doesn't go out for exercise often, his body is even worse than that of ordinary people.

This time I followed them to the snow-capped mountains and ran around, and personally experienced several high-intensity battles. It would be strange if I wasn't tired.

Shen Qin started sleeping in the morning and slept until dinner time in the evening. As soon as he walked out of the laboratory, he saw Shatang coming towards him with two dinners.

"Good evening! Miss Sugar, is this for me?" He took the dinner from her hand with a smile.

"Yes, yes, isn't it true that someone loses his sense of time once he falls asleep?"

"Hehe, I know sugar is the best!"

The two of them enjoyed delicious sweet flower-stuffed chicken and fried carrots with honey sauce together in the lounge, then leaned back in their chairs at the same time, touched their stomachs and let out a comfortable breath.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Sugar hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Are you ready to leave Mondstadt?"

"You figured it out?" Shen Qin looked at her in surprise.

She lowered her head, and the expression on her face could not be seen clearly: "Everyone can see that you are wasting your time to leave all the product designs and technologies in your mind here."

"In fact, the drawings and technologies accumulated in the super terminal can support Academy City's research and development and production for nearly five years. After five years, the scholars we have trained will have matured and can take over the development of new products."

"Hmm..." Shen Qin felt that her mood was a little off, and asked doubtfully, "Are you over-interpreting my thoughts? I just want to travel to Liyue for a while to relax. It's not like I won't be back."

"I've been working like crazy recently, just hoping to trade my hard work for a longer period of freedom in the future."

“Ah? Is, is that so?” Satang looked up and widened her eyes. “I thought you were planning to abandon... Academy City and return to Liyue!”

“In essence, I did abandon my work in Academy City and go to Liyue to have fun.” He touched his chin and nodded.

Sandang rolled her eyes at him. These are two completely different meanings!

“Hey—will you come with me to Liyue? Then bring Klee along, and the three of us will go to various famous attractions in Liyue, visit the lively Summoning Immortals Ceremony, and enjoy the completely different scenery of Mondstadt.”

Traveling to Liyue with Shen Qin? Sucrose was so excited that she subconsciously ignored Klee, the light bulb.

"But...what about the work in Academy City?" she said hesitantly.

Although it is tempting to travel with Shen Qin, work cannot be neglected!

"Then do the same as me. Take advantage of this time to write all the plans and assign them to the people below. After all, leaders don't have to do everything themselves. This is also what you need to learn!"

Sandang frowned: "I always feel like you just want to be lazy!"

The next few days were very peaceful. Just as Shen Qin said, Sandang ran around the Academy City with a few assistants all day, working on plans for greening, medicinal materials industry, and tourism development.

She didn't want to miss the opportunity to travel with Shen Qin.

Merchants who had planned to move into Academy City have also gradually moved in and started setting up their stores.

The planning of Lisa's welfare home was assisted by the officials of Mondstadt and Liyue. Hundreds of elderly people and children have moved into the new homes.

The main building of the Urban Tower Academy has also been completed. It is worth mentioning that among the first batch of scholars recruited from Xumi, many are studying civil engineering, which is just right for them to directly join the subsequent construction of the academy. In addition, many people have signed up for the academy entrance examination. People from Mondstadt, Liyue, Solstice and even Xumi have come all the way to sign up.

The number of students enrolled in the first session will not be large. Only after the teaching results of this session begin to emerge and the construction of the academy is completed, Lisa will expand the enrollment scale for the second and third sessions.

Shen Qin continued to work on blueprints and techniques, and during this time he also completed the management system of the Adventurer's Association and pushed it to all terminal bracelets.

Then he also made some industrial plans for the future development of Academy City, such as "Chidebao takeaway platform", "Dudu taxi platform", "Pangolin online reading platform", "Kuaidouli video platform"...

He finally decided to give himself a day off that day, but unexpectedly two guests came to visit him.

Wendy and Zhongli.

Chapter 199: Zhongli's Request

Wendy: "Don't be afraid of what I'm going to say."

Shen Qin: "I am the boss of Academy City. I am not afraid. Please speak."

Wendy: "Zhongli is actually a big shot!"

Shen Qin retreated tactically and blinked: "Which boss?"

Wendy pointed to the sky: "The one from Liyue."

Shen Qin: "You mean... Zhongli is one of the Seven Stars?"

Wendy: "No! It's bigger than the Seven Stars! You're making a bold guess!"

Shen Qin stood in awe: "Mr. Zhongli is an immortal?"

"Ouch!" Wendy covered her face.

"Okay, Mr. Shen Qin, stop teasing Wendy. You must have guessed my identity a long time ago, right?" Zhongli looked at the funny Wendy with amusement.

Shen Qin stood up and bowed to him politely: "Shen Qin greets the Emperor."

"You, you, you—" Wendy stared at him with wide eyes, then said dejectedly, "So you already knew what I was going to say, and teamed up with Zhongli to laugh at me?"

"I just want to see what tricks you can play!" Shen Qin grinned.

"I'm just worried that you won't be able to accept it right away, so I want to slowly guide you to guess in this direction?" Wendy glared at him unhappily.

Shen Qin ignored him and turned to look at Zhongli: "Your Majesty, you revealed your identity this time. Is there something you want to discuss with me?"

Zhongli nodded. "You can just call me Zhongli. This is my name in the mortal world. I do have something important to discuss with you this time. Earlier today, Wendy and I visited the developed areas of Academy City and watched the entire construction process at the construction site. The construction machinery you developed is indeed much more convenient than manual labor for these tasks."

"Moreover, the buildings in Academy City occupy a very small area, but they are stacked in multiple layers, making full use of the vertical space. This makes the indoor usable space dozens of times that of traditional buildings with the same floor area. It's a very impressive design."

Zhongli praised this highly.

Shen Qin said modestly: "It's just the wisdom of a mortal. It's far inferior to your gods."

"Wisdom has nothing to do with whether you are a mortal or a god. Even gods are not as good as mortals..."

"Aiya, you Liyue people always use such flowery words when you meet each other. Can't you be more direct, huh?" Wendy waved her hand to interrupt their small talk, "Let's talk about business first. There will be plenty of time for you to chat later."

Zhongli looked at him helplessly, but he also felt that what he said made some sense, so he said to Shen Qin: "I would like to ask you to go to Liyue and help make a city development plan for Liyue."

"Liyue Harbor is the political, economic and cultural center of Liyue, and is currently the largest human settlement in Liyue. Since the main city of Liyue was established in the south of Tianheng and became the current Liyue Harbor, it has been expanding every year due to the increase in permanent population and economic development. However, due to the terrain restrictions, it is now unable to expand further."

"But the permanent population of Liyue is still growing. The current Liyue Harbor can no longer meet the needs of the people of Liyue. I hope to build a new city on Guili Plain to share the pressure of population and commercial activities for Liyue Harbor."

Shen Qin was cheered up—Party A’s father came to send Mora off!

So he took the initiative to take over the topic: "Although Guili was originally a large plain, suitable for building a city, the better locations seem to be occupied by ancient ruins."

"Hmm... this is indeed a problem." Zhongli took a sip of tea, a look of nostalgia flashing in his eyes. "Although these relics have no practical use, sometimes recording history is also the meaning of their existence."

"Besides, the Liyue Seven Stars may not be willing to destroy them. Sigh... it's a bit difficult."

Shen Qin asked: "If you give orders directly as the Rock King, I'm sure they won't disobey them..."

“Indeed, they won’t, but that’s not a good idea.” Zhongli shook his head. “Liyue belongs to the Liyue people, not just me. Since they have no intention of giving up these ancient ruins, I can’t force them. That would be a betrayal to Liyue.”

Shen Qin thought for a moment, then asked him, "Do you know Keqing, the Jade Star among the Seven Stars?"

"Yes, she is a person with a lot of ideas." Zhongli showed a rare expression of admiration on his face. "Her philosophy of governing the country is actually the closest to mine, but in the eyes of others, she has become a traitor..."

“She wants to completely isolate you from Liyue’s policy decision-making circle and realize true rule by man!” Shen Qin said sarcastically.

Shen Qin understood Zhongli's character and knew that he would not be angry if he said that.

"What's wrong with that? I think it's great." Zhongli looked at Wendy. "Besides, there's a typical person here. It seems like Mondstadt has not been taken care of since it was moved to the Cider Lake?"

"Hey! This is the most important freedom in Mondstadt, passed down from generation to generation." Wendy proudly pointed at herself with her thumb.

I'm really good!

Shen Qin ignored him, and Zhongli ignored him too.

Zhongli then said to Shen Qin: "This is what I want you to do for me. Develop Guiliyuan and build a new city. As for the ancient ruins, you can discuss with Qixing about how to deal with them. I think your method in Academy City is very good. Demolish some, repair some, and preserve some."

Shen Qin stroked his chin and said, "I remember that the ruins on Guili Plain were the earliest settlement of the Liyue people, right?"

Zhongli shook his head and denied it: "You are wrong. The earliest settlement of Liyue people was west of the current Tianheng Mountain."

"Oh?" Shen Qin's eyes lit up, "Can you tell me in detail?"

"The original belief of the Liyue people was not me, but another deceased demon god - the mortal demon god Guizhong." Zhongli lowered his eyes, "The Liyue people at that time... the Tianheng people made a living by mining, but the mines will eventually run out. Under the leadership of Guizhong, the Tianheng people moved to Guili Plain, established a city-state here, and began to develop agriculture."

"Later, the flames of the Demon God War spread to Guiliyuan. Guizhong entrusted me to lead the people of Tianheng to migrate to the south of Tianheng, which is now the location of Liyue Harbor. Guiliyuan was destroyed in the war and became a ruin, and Guizhong also died on the battlefield..."

Zhongli seemed to be silent for a moment, and then continued: "Later, I fought with the immortals in all directions and finally quelled the war in Liyue. I was also elected as the god of Liyue. Since then, Liyue with the God of Rock has appeared on the historical stage. Because it is located on the seaside and has developed sea transportation, I decided to develop business."

Wendy sighed: "Being able to lead the people to survive in troubled times... Guizhong is indeed a great demon god."

Zhongli drank his tea silently without saying a word. When he put down the teacup, his eyes had returned to calm.

He said to Shen Qin, "I will make arrangements with the Liyue Seven Stars, and someone will contact you soon... Then let the Yuheng Star contact you. You two are friends who have fought together, so I think you should be able to get along well... Hehe, you two are actually quite similar."

Shen Qin waved his hand: "No, no, I'm not a workaholic like her."

Chapter 200 There is a kind of pure beauty