The treasure thieves of Teyvat rob Shenhe

As tenacious as Bennett, Ozangshan and the hill people bared their teeth;

Like Hu Walnut, he loves life, Suona carries the coffin and loves to make trouble;

As determined as Diluk, he fought fiercely, fought to the death at the Quantai.

These qualities are the reason why Lin Ye obtained the Eye of the Fire God, which made his soul like a hot fire, illuminating the light and attracting Hu Tao, Shen He and others to accompany him.

Faced with oppression, Lin Ye was determined to fight back.

When the system put the lives of Jonif and Susan against his "freedom", Lin Ye made a choice with a clear conscience.

So, the mission "Dark Alley Thief" was changed to "Time to Shine".

[Shining Time]: Awaken the rebellious consciousness of the people of Mondstadt and overthrow the rule of the nobles.

This is a mission to sing for freedom, and [resistance] is one of the eternal themes of mankind.

If Lin Ye plays Parsifal until the end, it doesn't matter, the reward will be paid as usual, but he will forever lose the opportunity to light up the second star in the [Constellation of Fate].

"Susan, I understand your thoughts." Lin Ye gently patted Susan's trembling shoulders and said in a gentle voice, "The power of the nobles is undoubtedly strong. It is unwise to fight against them."

Susan looked up at Lin Ye and breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his words.

At the same time, there is an indescribable loneliness in my heart.

Perhaps it was the Chivalrous Thief in the Dark Alley and Lin Ye who made her see the light, but now, the light has succumbed to the darkness.

There should always be some sadness.

"But," Lin Ye continued, "is this right?"

"Is that right?"

"Susan, I believe you are not really numb yet. You have an answer in your heart. If someone oppresses and no one stands up to resist, the oppression will continue."

"Until the end, either you resist in silence or you perish in silence."

"Jonniff is a child. There are many children of his age in Mondstadt, and some are even younger. What did they do wrong? Do they deserve this?"

"Hatred breeds hatred. Many things are wrong from the beginning. When the nobles abuse their power for the first time, someone must stand up and stop it."

"No one stood up at that time. Fortunately, there are still people in Mondstadt who are rebelling and resisting. Susan, let me ask you, are those who fight against the nobles wrong?"

"........."

"Someone has to step up, right?"

"There are many pioneers ahead of me. I am not alone."

"Susan, if you still have faith in the God of Wind in your heart, please pray to Him. But don't put all your hopes on God while praying. Barbatos is willing to fight for you who are fighting for freedom."

"Your ancestors faced opponents who were more powerful than mortal nobles, but they still won. This time, it's humans, so the difficulty is much lower."

"If you can avoid disputes, keep silent."

"If this is a battle that must be faced, then fight it to the end!"

After listening to Lin Ye's impassioned speech, Susan grabbed her left arm with her right hand, lowered her head, and was silent for a long time. Then she raised her head, her face was already pale, and there were crystal tears in the corners of Susan's eyes. It was unclear whether it was the fear of "treason" or some kind of joy that made her cry.

Susan forced a smile.

"Lin Ye, you, an outsider, have such awareness. If I am still afraid, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

"It's not shameful. You are already better than 99% of Mond people." Lin Ye said softly.

Lin Ye knew that it was much more difficult for Susan, an ordinary person, to have such an awakening than him. She must have had great courage and even overcame her fear of death.

"But I have to remind you, Susan, that what I said was just to convince you not to be afraid of the nobles and not to take this oppression for granted. We must strategically despise the nobles and tactically pay attention to them."

“I hope that if you still have a desire for freedom in your heart, when the whole city is filled with flags of rebellion, you can shout loudly, or at least not laugh.

"And you and I were so excited after our chat that you went to fight with bare hands. Aren't you stupid?"

Lin Ye used elegant words and did not use two English letters to replace "idiot". That word actually expresses his feelings more directly and vividly.

"Ah?" Susan was confused.

She thought Lin Ye was making a general mobilization before the war.

Lin Ye was amused by Susan's confused look.

Then, Susan herself laughed. She felt that the huge stone that had been pressing on her heart had finally fallen.

I am not afraid of my own death, so why should I be afraid of being hunted down by the nobles?

"Then you won't stop me."

"No, I'm too shallow... Is there anything I can do to help?"

"I am braver than you because I have power. You can help me keep an eye out for those who are dissatisfied with the rule of the nobles and can join us. I also have candidates on my side."

"it is good."

"Revolution requires bloodshed, let's use the Mediterranean as a sacrifice."

Chapter 254 Three Steps

There are still eleven days until the Badminton Festival.

Everyone in Mondstadt was making intensive preparations in advance. The nobles sent people to collect supplies, and the common people tightened their belts, hoping to save a few cents through the exploitation of the nobles so that they could have a good meal on the day of the Badminton Festival.

The Badminton Festival, similar to Liyue’s Lantern Festival, is a very important festival.

On such a festive occasion, a horrifying incident occurred.

One of the nobles, the master of the Bird family, was killed.

The murderer committed the crime at night, brutally killing the kind-looking Mr. Bird. Under the cover of darkness, he hung the old man on a street lamp, just like a butcher hanging meat on livestock.

It was discovered by the first passerby on the street during the day. It was said that he died with his eyes open and his face swollen like a pig's head.

Thank God, Mr. Bird’s swelling has finally gone down.

Once this matter was spread, the whole city was in an uproar.

Some people said that it was the chivalrous thief in the hidden alley who caused the big trouble.

Others argued that the chivalrous thieves in the dark alleys only took money and did not harm lives, so it was obvious that this was done by someone else.

The common people who were usually oppressed by Bird secretly applauded and fought with him, while the nobles who were so arrogant that they wanted to praise their bloodline to the sky died in an embarrassing way. It was really ironic and they deserved it.

The nobles were collectively outraged.

Even if they revolted, their forces were weak and the nobles had knights as guards, so at most some would be injured, but there had been no deaths.

For a while, most of the petty nobles were silent and didn't like to go out. However, this increased the income of many vendors and made the civilian area more popular.

On the night Lin Ye took action, Eberhardt had already left Mondstadt, and Priscilla sent someone to pass on the information she had collected.

After firing the first shot to overthrow the rule of the aristocracy, Lin Ye settled Susan and Jonif and went to find Kreuzlid and the others.

The Sword Band was exactly the candidate that Lin Ye was talking about.

Relying on his extraordinary memory, Lin Ye returned to the dark alley where the sword band was active. He was wearing a robe and hat on his head, but he took it off when he saw Kruzilid, revealing the face of Parsifal.

Kliuzlid was extremely surprised to see Parsifal. He looked around and found no one following him, so he quickly pulled Lin Ye into the cabin.

Elvis and Kayla were there.

"How did you come?"

"I figured it out."

"Then let me ask you, did you kill that Bird?"

"Yes."

Kaila, who was pretending not to care and listening at the side, looked at Lin Ye again when she heard the words.

"You really are causing more trouble. Do you know that your actions have increased the nobles' vigilance, which undoubtedly makes it more difficult for us to implement our plan?"

"What plan do you have? Capture the leader first?" Lin Ye asked back.

To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. This is a plan that requires extremely high confidentiality, but it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

Kliuzlidi hesitated for a moment and whispered.

"This is the fastest and most direct solution. I am confident that I can get close to the two family heads."

"One Lawrence fell, one Imon Roca fell, this is just to make way, there are many substitutes willing to play, have you ever thought that the situation will become more chaotic?"

"To change the situation in Mondstadt, it is not possible to rely on the power of one individual alone."

"What do you want to tell us by coming here?" Kayla couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily, "Do you think adding you will make it happen?"

"We are going to try to uproot the nobles, so we need a massive counterattack." Lin Ye murmured.

"We also thought about cooperating with the rebels, but they don't trust us, and their overall strength... is better than relying on ourselves."

"That's why we need a large team, a reliable army, rather than scattered warriors." Lin Ye analyzed, "I remember that the Gunhild family is one of the few nobles with a conscience. We can ask them for help, but what's more important is to let the civilians have the courage to resist."

"It's difficult. As a chivalrous thief, you should understand it better than us." Kliuzlid said.

"That's because they don't have guns or weapons. Of course, more people will just follow blindly, but blindly following also requires courage."

"As long as they have the idea of resistance in their hearts and take action with their hands, that's enough. I don't expect civilians who have not received military training to defeat knights."

"What's the point of doing this?"

Of course it's to complete the mission.

This is what Lin Ye thought in his heart and said it out loud.

"Strong."

"The nobles are all paper tigers. They look powerful, but they are actually very cowardly. They can get so nervous when a noble is killed."

Lin Ye paused for a moment and continued.

“Besides, there is a longer-term purpose.”

"what?"

"A warning to those in power. Let them know that once they lose the support of the people, they will face a counterattack from all the people of Mondstadt."

"...I thought you had left with that witch, but I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise." Kreuzlid smiled.

"how do you want to do it?"

"Three steps."

“The first step is to kill the nobles, to strengthen the courage of the common people, to let them know that the nobles are not unkillable, but there is no way to kill them;

The second step is to win people's hearts. I will be responsible for attracting firepower, and you will secretly accumulate strength and seek cooperation from all parties, so that when necessary, you can wrestle with the nobles who control the power of knights.

The third step is to focus on the key points. On the surface, we will create the momentum of a huge army, but actually send out the elite troops in advance to carry out a decapitation operation to eliminate the nobles who are notorious for their crimes. The remaining small nobles will not have the courage to resist the huge army."

"Just like us." Kayla snorted.

"How can this be the same? You only thought about killing one or two nobles to vent your anger, but you didn't consider how to deal with the remaining nobles. This three-step plan will kill more nobles and will also prevent the remaining nobles from resisting."

"But this is just a prototype. It needs to be improved more carefully and more possible events should be considered."

For example, Eberhardt, like Lin Ye, knows the direction of the situation. What will he do when he realizes that Mondstadt is fraught with danger?

"How long will it take us?" asked Kreuzlid.

"It all depends on whether we can mobilize the civilians' consciousness of resistance before the Badminton Festival arrives," said Lin Ye.

During the Badminton Festival, Wendy wakes up and Vanessa drives away the dragon. According to the description in "The Secret Letter from the Leeward", there will be a follow-up after driving away the dragon.

Even if the person standing before them was the God of Wind, the noble believed it, but would deny it in order to save his life, and a fight would still take place.

By that time, Wendy and Vanessa will have finished everything, and the mission of Shining Time will be judged as a failure.

Lin Ye needs to launch a rebellion without relying on gods to restore freedom to Mondstadt.

The most important of the three steps is actually to let the people of Mond take up guns to resist themselves. Due to time constraints, Lin Ye helped them do it.

Afterwards, Lin Ye talked a lot with Kruzilide and the others.

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