Seeker of Teyvat

"I understand. In Yuanxia Palace, I met the Shadow of Time and obtained something. I want to ask you about it."

Wang Daoyi immediately changed his words.

After hearing this, Zhong Li shook his head slightly: "Because of the previous contract, I can't even tell you this information about [higher-level power]."

With a flash of understanding in his eyes, Wang Daoyi nodded slightly: "Is that so? I understand."

Zhongli couldn't tell him, which meant that Zhongli knew something.

Likewise, it also means that there must be more important secrets about Istaru.

Zhongli may have signed many contracts, but due to the contract, he could not tell him about Kong.

But now, also limited to the contract, he could not give Wang Daoyi any more information.

Seeing Wang Daoyi's look of understanding, Zhongli's eyes flashed with appreciation, and then he continued: "I can only tell you, [Time is an uncontrollable force, and those who fool time will be fooled by time." !]."

Listening to Zhongli's words, Wang Daoyi thought carefully.

The first half of the sentence, "Time is not under control", may mean that time cannot be transferred by personal will. Perhaps the past time administration can go back in time within a certain range, but there must be a price.

If the ruler of time can use the power of time at no cost, then he can completely rewind the entire time of Teyvat and avoid all tragedies and misfortunes.

The fact that this kind of time retrospection did not happen means that the control of time by the ruler of time comes at a price.

In the second half of the sentence, "Those who fool time will be fooled by time", Wang Daoyi also had some conjectures in his heart, but he could not find a specific example.

He shook his head and cleared away the messy thoughts.

Although he still didn't quite understand the meaning of Zhongli's words, Wang Daoyi still carefully wrote them down.

He chatted with Zhongli for a while at Wangshu Inn and asked him a lot of questions about governance.

At noon, Zhongli left first. According to him, he came out this time to help Master Hu find some ritual materials. After chatting for such a long time, it was time to get to work.

Wang Daoyi played with Feng Ying on the rooftop for a while before leaving Wangshu Inn.

However, he did not return to Liyue Harbor, but went directly back to the Great Red Sand Sea through the underground channel.

He was still thinking about the future scene he saw in Yuanxia Palace.

Since Zhongli was restricted by the contract, there was no way to tell him some things.

Then, Wang Daoyi went to check it out himself.

Walking out of the dark blue earth vein channel,

Wang Daoyi took one look at the spotless tent and sat down on the main seat.

Then he shouted, "Kasha, go and ask Sid to come see me."

He did not go out of the tent to see, but he knew that the two sisters, Kasha and Kallen, must be guarding the door.

Sure enough, after Wang Daoyi made his voice,

A voice immediately came from the door of the tent: "Yes, my lord."

Then the tent door was opened, and sister Kallen walked in: "I will pour you tea, my lord."

Karen walked slowly to Wang Daoyi, picked up the teapot familiarly, and began to pour tea for Wang Daoyi.

It seems that she has studied this craft seriously and is much more skilled and graceful than she used to be.

Soon,

Kasa then took two people into the tent.

The chief steward of the Red Sand Tribal Alliance, Cid.

The other is Akashi's current chief alchemist, Nikolaid.

"Hmm? Nikolaid, why are you here? Did something happen?"

Wang Daoyi was a little curious. Generally speaking, the other party would only move between the alchemist classroom, the alchemy workshop, and the rest tent.

He rarely takes the initiative to go to other places, including to see Wang Daoyi.

Nikolaid nodded, with a trace of caution on his face: "Something did happen, but let Sid talk about it. I will make some additions later."

Seeing Nicholas's cautious look, Wang Daoyi suddenly became interested. To be treated like this by a master alchemist, it seemed that a lot of things had happened when he was away.

"In that case, Sid, tell me what happened to the tribe, or rather, the Great Red Sand Sea, when I was away?"

Wang Daoyi looked at Xi De with interest.

"Yes, my God." Sid bowed slightly to Wang Daoyi, then stood up and began to recount what happened to the tribe and the desert after Wang Daoyi left. "After you left, with the help of Master Nigured, the Bache Reservoir has been operating normally."

"We have dispatched a group of Saint Skeleton Warriors and 300 Red Sand Warriors to guard that area. They are also responsible for replacing the earth vein stones and clearing out the monsters."

As Sid was talking about this, Nikolaid added: "The Bache Reservoir is running well, and the water is accumulating more and more. We will soon try to put some animals in it to improve the ecosystem."

Wang Dao nodded: "That's a good thing. As for the ecosystem, I already have an idea. I brought back a tribe of alien dragon lizards from Inazuma. I will place them in the Bazhe Reservoir and let them clean up the demonic filth inside the reservoir."

Back then it was Yuanxia Palace. Wang Daoyi accepted some of the old dragon lizard's offspring at the old dragon lizard's request and had already thought of arrangements for them.

These alien dragon lizards have been modified to have sufficient resistance to the power of the demon's radiation, making them perfect for maintaining the cleanliness of the inside of the Bache Reservoir.

In this way, with the Holy Skeleton Warriors and the Red Sand Warriors cleaning up the periphery of the Bache Reservoir, and the alien dragon lizards maintaining the interior, the safe operation of the reservoir can be basically guaranteed.

"We'll talk about this later, Sid, just continue with your report."

After receiving Wang Daoyi's instructions, Xide continued, "Regarding the business issues of the tribe, the preparations have basically been completed. Under the encouraging regulations, many tribesmen are willing to try to engage in business. After a while, we can gradually open up the market. In addition, the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce seems to have noticed our plan and has begun to gradually reduce the amount of food shipped to the desert."

Wang Dao nodded slightly: "In that case, the commercial economy can continue to be promoted without any changes. As for the actions of the Fatui, don't worry about them. If they give you food, take it. If they don't, buy it from other chambers of commerce. In short, first ensure that the food reserves of the headquarters are sufficient to supply other branches, and then make reforms on food."

Cid nodded and moved on to the next item: "Recently, the Great Red Sand Sea has experienced many changes, which has tied up a lot of our energy. The development of the Thousand Valleys Sand Land and the deeper deserts has been greatly affected."

Wang Dao frowned. This was not good news. The development of Qianhe Sandy Land and the deeper deserts was a keynote that Wang Dao had to set.

The current Great Red Sand Sea is too barren. Although there are vast tracts of land under the cover of yellow sand, there is not much that can be used.

Since the red sand cannot develop towards the rainforest, it can only explore the Thousand Valleys Sand Land and deeper deserts.

If Chisha's exploration of the Thousand Valleys Desert and deeper areas is hindered, it will indeed affect Chisha's development.

"Tell me, what are the specific difficulties?" Wang Daoyi asked.

Sid didn't dare to hide it, nor did he think about hiding it: "On the one hand, the number of dead zones in the desert has begun to increase recently, and they often appear in groups."

"On the other hand, the sandworms in the Thousand Valleys Sands have become much more violent recently and have begun to attack our exploration team on a large scale."

"These two factors combined have made it very difficult for the tribe to continue exploring deeper."

Sid explained the recent difficulties.

Wang Dao frowned. Regarding the dead zone, he really didn't have any better governance plan. He could only eliminate it by force.

The forest rangers of the Court of Ordinances also handled this matter in the same way.

As for the sandworm problem, it is even more helpless. That kind of thing is an economic animal. A large part of the tribe's funding comes from sandworm oil. If the sandworms are killed on a large scale, it will inevitably cause a blow to the tribal economy in the future.

In other words, of these two problems, one can only be solved by force, and the other... it seems that the only way is to increase the protection of the exploration team.

These are methods that require consuming a large amount of tribal manpower.

After thinking for a while, Wang Daoyi looked at Nikolaid on the side and said, "Nikolaid, do you have any thoughts on these two questions?"

Nicholas was not surprised to hear Wang Daoyi's call, as if he had known that the other party would ask him.

After organizing his words, Niguled said, "First of all, regarding the issue of the dead zone, this is also my first time to come into contact with this thing. However, I have previously cleared several dead zones with the Red Sand Warriors and gained some results."

"The dead zone seems to be formed by some kind of distorted force. After the dead zone is cleared, pure elemental force will remain. I guess that the dead zone may be the last life form of some distorted elemental creatures, or in other words, a distorted life form."

After hearing what Nigrod said, Wang Daoyi nodded slightly, and then said, "Interesting statement. I have also studied some things about the dead zone before. The dead zone is essentially the pollution of some taboo knowledge. If you say it, it is some elemental life that has been polluted by taboo knowledge. In the last stage of life, it did not turn into elemental force and return to the world, but was twisted into the dead zone."

After a brief pause, Wang Daoyi continued, "If that's the case, then finding those polluted elemental lives might be an option to resolve the dead zone."

Below the main seat, Niguled nodded in agreement: "I thought so too, so I asked Elder Cid to dispatch a group of Saint Relic Warriors to search in the desert. Since the dead zone exists in both the desert and the rainforest, I set my target on the elemental life that exists in both the rainforest and the desert - the slime."

"What's the result?" Wang Daoyi raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest.

Niguled shook his head: "After capturing a large number of slimes for experiments, we can confirm that slimes are not elemental life forms that carry the death zone factor."

"So the clue is broken?"

Nikolaid immediately denied it: "How is that possible? Since slimes are not it, it means that there is an elemental life form hidden in the rainforest and desert that we have not discovered yet."

As he spoke, Nikolaid reached out his right hand and took out a small stick that was shining rapidly.

"Hiss, Lord of Red Sand, your elemental power is too vast and too pure." Nikolaid exclaimed.

Wang Daoyi was a little curious, and then he quickly restrained the elemental fluctuations in his body, and his aura became calm, like that of an ordinary person.

The small stick in Nicholas' hand, which had just been shining, immediately calmed down and became dim.

"Can this thing sense the richness and purity of elemental power?" Wang Daoyi asked.

Niguled nodded. "Yes, after realizing that there was a hidden race of elemental life, I developed this little tool and let the warriors go out to search with it."

As he spoke, Nikolaid couldn't help but reveal a proud look.

Wang Daoyi smiled and said, "Judging from your expression, the search must have yielded some results."

Nigrod nodded excitedly. "Yes, the Saint Relic Warriors quickly brought back an elemental life. You would never imagine what form that life is in."

Wang Dao raised an eyebrow: "No...it's a mushroom beast."

Nigoreid was stunned, blinked, and then looked at Sid beside him: "Sid, have you reported to the Lord of Red Sand in advance?"

Sid quickly waved his hands: "No, I haven't had time to say it yet."

He really didn't say anything.

Chapter 396: The Forgotten "Family"

After seeing West Germany's nervous denial, Nicored had no doubts and believed him.

Then Nicholas looked at Wang Daoyi curiously: "Lord of Red Sand, no, great Lord of Red Sand, how do you know that the other party is in the form of a mushroom?"

Wang Daoyi smiled mysteriously. The entire Chisha headquarters was under his sight. As long as he wanted to know, he could naturally know it.

"Ha, just think I'm guessing." Wang Daoyi shook his head, and then continued to ask, "So do you have any research results?"

When Wang Daoyi asked about the results, Nicholas was a little frustrated. He shook his head: "I'm sorry, although the other party is an elemental life, I feel that it is intelligent. I promised Albedo that I will not refuse in an intelligent life. I had to use some means under certain circumstances, so I gained nothing."

Nicorette was an incomplete [person], and Albedo was worried that he would go astray, so he made many agreements with him.

Using them for experiments without violating the will of intelligent life forms is one of them.

Of course, if it was Wang Daoyi's order, that would be a different matter.

"Ha, no need to apologize, Nigrod. You can abide by the agreement with Albedo, which means you have [trustworthiness]. You did not attack the weak elemental life, which means you have [mercy]."

Wang Daoyi looked at the other party with a smile and gave a compliment: "All this shows that you are one step closer to [people], congratulations."

"Really?" Nikolayd's eyes lit up, and then a silly smile appeared on his face, like a social animal who was being pampered by his boss.

The unscrupulous boss nodded: "Of course, you can tell Albedo about this next time you see him, and he will give the same evaluation as me."

Because Wang Daoyi told Abedo in advance and made the first impression, Abedo would naturally think that Nicored had grown up.

However, Nicholas didn't know Wang Daoyi's little plan. When he heard Wang Daoyi's words, the silly smile on his face became... even more intense.

"We will discuss the matter of elemental life later. I will go and see it in person later." Wang Daoyi first ignored the matter of elemental life and death domain, and then continued to ask, "Have you ever seen the sandworm?"

Nicored's professionalism was still very strong. Hearing Wang Daoyi's question, he quickly stopped the smile on his face, then thought about it, and said with some solemnity: "The soldiers brought back a sand I studied the corpse of the insect."

"This kind of creature is also a high-level elemental life. As for the reason for their rage, I haven't found out yet, but I guess it has something to do with their bloodline."

"Bloodline?" Wang Daoyi murmured,

Regarding the bloodline of the sandworm, Wang Daoyi naturally knew about it.

Like dragon lizards, they belong to the [dragon species] and are the descendants of the ancient dragon clan. Although they now look nothing like dragons, there is no doubt that they are still elemental creatures of the dragon genus.

By the way, Teyvat's [Dragon] is not simply a dragon, but represents the highest evolutionary form of all elemental creatures.

The seven most terrifying kings in the legend are not called the Seven Dragon Kings in some documents of the White Night Kingdom. In fact, their more accurate names should be the seven kings of elements, which represent the apex of a single element in Teyvat.

Sandworms are direct or branch descendants of one of these kings of elements.

"Yes, I checked various tribal documents collected by the Red Sand Tribe and found that the sandworms had never been so riot before."

"And I have investigated the environment of Qianhe Sand Land recently. There have been no large-scale changes. Various biological populations are still multiplying in an orderly manner."