Genshin Impact: Another Traveler of Teyvat

"Just like this sick plant, is there any other way to save it besides giving it medicine?"

"I know! Cut off the diseased branch." Paimon interrupted.

"That's right. If we just cut off the diseased branch, the plant will be able to recover on its own. But what if the toxin has spread throughout the body?"

Nashida suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind. "Use medicine... to kill these toxins from the inside, or even drive them to one of the branches and then cut them off!"

"Yes, this is the way to save the World Tree: internal attack and external removal. Only a two-pronged approach can solve the problem perfectly." Lin Zixuan nodded.

"It seems that we have to do our best to solve it. We must now gain the trust of the Seven Gods. The transmission of information between them may not be as fast as ours. I estimate that we need to wait for a day or two. Ying, you can go to Mondstadt to investigate first." Nashida said.

"Well, then Paimon and I will set off first." Ying nodded.

Under Nashida's arrangement, everyone started to go their separate ways to find out more detailed information.

In the afternoon.

An invisible star ship flew into the Mond area from the air and gradually approached the Dawn Winery.

When Ying and Paimon saw the situation below, veins appeared on their foreheads. Some black-armored soldiers below were constantly whipping the ragged people, forcing them to keep turning the millstones. Those who were picking fruits, weeding, and other such work would be whipped if they were slow.

"Ying..." Paimon looked at Ying, wanting her to go down and save these people.

"Paimon, what are our advantages?"

"We are still hiding in the dark, and the Kingdom of Winter is currently unaware of our existence."

"Yes, even if we see something like this, we have to hold back. They will naturally have a way to deal with this kind of situation. After saving Mondstadt, such things can be eradicated at the root.

If we jump in and save them now, what will happen to them after we leave? Even if we don’t leave, what will happen tomorrow?

There will definitely be a stronger army coming to check the situation tomorrow. Not only will we be exposed, but we will also have to help them stop the army from ravaging us. Even if we can win, what about the next wave? What about the next wave? Even if I am strong, I will be exhausted to death. "Ying shook her head.

"Okay..." Paimon withdrew his gaze from the sky. "Should we go to Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain first, or go somewhere else?"

Ying thought for a while and made a decision.

"Before we are targeted, I want to go to Mondstadt to check out the situation. If I can get some important information, it might be helpful when I communicate with Noelle and the others."

"Let's go! Mondstadt!" Paimon picked up the game console and controlled the Star Raft to move quickly towards Mondstadt.

It's approaching dusk.

Finally, I saw Mondstadt in the distance.

"Ying, can you hold on?" Paimeng asked worriedly.

At this time, the energy of the Star Raft had already been used up, and it was Ying who was using the element of thunder to power the Star Raft.

"It feels like the elemental power in my body has been drained after flying the Wing Zero. I can still hold on for a while. Let's get closer and find a place to land."

After a while, Paimon and Ying approached the vicinity of Mondstadt, and question marks slowly appeared above their heads.

All of Mondstadt's eye-catching windmills have disappeared, replaced by large balloons of various colors, printed with all kinds of advertisements.

There was a big house outside the bridge connecting to Mondstadt. Many black-armored knights were standing guard, checking people coming in and out.

Outside the city, dilapidated wooden houses were scattered all around. Many skinny people were sitting at the doorsteps, staring at the big house with lifeless eyes, as if waiting for something.

Such slums extend along the road, and several teams of black-armored knights are constantly patrolling the road.

A luxurious carriage came from a distance and some food was dropped from the window. People nearby rushed forward to grab the food and fought each other until they were bleeding.

The black-armored knights nearby did not move at all. When they saw the luxurious carriage was about to pass by, they kicked back the poor people who were walking on the street to prevent them from blocking the progress of the luxurious carriage.

Paimon scratched his head. "Ying, are we in the wrong place?"

Ying also looked around the surroundings. "No, this should be Mondstadt, but I don't know why it has become like this. Let's find a deserted place to land first."

After putting the Star Chariot into the Dust Song Pot, Ying and Paimon walked on the road in the slums outside Mondstadt, constantly looking around.

Behind them, a man tiptoed up with a brick in his hand, and was about to hit Ying on the head.

A flash of lightning passed by, and Ying looked back at the man, with purple lightning flashing in his hand. The man was electrocuted, and quickly threw away the brick in his hand, and ran into the slums, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Paimon finally reacted. "Ying...that person is planning to..."

"Murder! Based on the force of his attack, an ordinary person would be almost dead if hit on the back of the head like that. Paimon, don't get too far away from me."

"Well, this is too scary. We don't even know that person, and he wants to kill us without any grudge against us."

"It seems we need to take a closer look at this special 'Mondstadt'."

Chapter 435: City of Freedom and Joy 2

Ying and Paimon walked along the road and saw black-armored knights patrolling ahead, so they quickly hid behind a house.

"Ying, what should we do? There are two black-armored knights ahead." Paimon leaned forward and looked.

"There's no problem with the Black-Armored Knight, as we are not wanted. But I think we should find another way to enter the city." Ying thought for a while and felt that he had been a bit reckless before.

"Another way?"

"Have you seen what we are wearing?"

"Uh... is there something wrong?"

"With clothes and shoes trimmed with gold, and accessories that look very expensive, and the small storage bag that Master Xuan gave you, you look like a wealthy person. In other words, when we walk, we are as dazzling as a beacon."

"Oh, I understand. We must try not to attract people's attention for this operation. I don't want to be wanted again." Paimon nodded.

"So, we have to disguise ourselves."

"In disguise?"

Ying took out two sets of green clothes, one large and one small, from the dust song pot. These two sets of clothes were gifts from the Adventurer's Association, and the small one was specially customized for Paimeng.

“Do we really have to wear such ugly clothes?”

"It's okay to wear it temporarily, right?"

"All right..."

The two found a secluded place and entered the Chen Ge Pot to change clothes.

After a while, a blonde girl wearing plain glasses, carrying a large backpack and wearing green adventurer's clothes walked back onto the street. Beside her floated a creature also wearing adventurer's clothes.

"It really worked. Those malicious looks have basically disappeared."

"Then let's go! Let's take a look at this Mondstadt."

When the two of them walked past the Black-Armored Knight, the Black-Armored Knight did not make any move to stop them, which made them both breathe a sigh of relief.

The two of them smoothly arrived outside the big house at the bridge head, or it would be more appropriate to call it an inspection checkpoint.

Looking at the closed archway, Ying and Paimon looked at each other and decided to walk forward to ask the black-armored knight on guard.

Before he had taken two steps, he heard a friction sound slowly rising from the archway.

Two black-armored knights dragged a man who was only left with his underpants from the left and right, threw him into the open space in front like taking out garbage, and then walked back into the archway.

The archway gradually fell and closed. The man in shorts was awakened by the fall and gradually regained consciousness. He suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the archway.

"Don't close the door! I...I...still have money!!! Lots and lots of money!"

The black-armored knights standing guard at the door crossed their spears, and the archers above the arch also drew their bows and arrows.

The actions of these black-armored knights caused the man in shorts to stop rushing towards the archway.

"Damn it! I was so close to getting the 1000 million Winter Kingdom credits bonus. I'm so pissed!"

The man in shorts clenched his fist, shook his hands, turned away angrily, and saw a blond adventurer in his sight, and hurried over.

"My beautiful lady, have you ever heard of my name as the gambling king 'Strange Bird'? Just give me 10,000 Winter Credits and I will help you win 30,000 in return. Please trust my gambling skills."

"The gambling king 'Weird Bird'? I remember that Weird Bird seemed to be a member of a treasure-stealing group that liked to steal things. Besides, you've lost everything but your underwear, and you still want to gamble?" Paimon said with his arms folded across his chest.

"Eh? You've heard of my master? Don't worry, the master is the master, and I am me. The master is good at stealing, but I am different. I am good at gambling. I am better than my master, so I inherited the name of 'Strange Bird'."

Ying had learned about the economic system of Teyvat in the port of Omos before. The purchasing power of 10,000 Winter Credit Coins was not low. She thought about it for a while.

"I can give you 10,000 Winter Credits. You don't even have to pay them back."

"Really?"

"Of course there are conditions."

"Okay, okay, what do you need me to do? I'm good at everything, including robbery, kidnapping, murder and arson."

"You said you are different from your master." Paimon interrupted.

"You don't need to do these. We came here from Xumi and don't know much about the situation in Mondstadt. We don't know anything about the rules and taboos. If you can give us a detailed introduction to the situation in Mondstadt, especially some inside information, then these ten thousand Winter Credit Coins will be your reward." Ying said.

"Want to know the inside information? That's too little, isn't it? At least 30,000 Winter Credits?"

"Forget it, I'll find someone else. Bye."

"Hey...wait, ten thousand is ten thousand, you can't regret it! I have exclusive insider information."

A cool breeze blew by, and the man shivered. "Um... can you lend me fifty credits first? I'll go get some clothes first?"

"Okay." Ying took out a wallet full of credit coins and took out a $50 note and gave it to him.

When the strange bird saw that Ying was so rich, his eyes lit up. "I'll be back soon, wait for me here for a while." After saying that, he rushed directly into the slums.

When Paimon saw the strange bird leave, he asked hurriedly: "Ying, this guy is not a good person!"

"I know, but this kind of people will do anything for money. As long as you use money, he can spit out a lot of information. The people here will be more vigilant against outsiders like us. The sooner we get the information, the sooner we can take action."

"I'm a little worried that he took the money and ran away."

"He can still tell the difference between fifty and ten thousand."

While the two were chatting, a handsome man in beautiful clothes ran over.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." The strange bird greeted hurriedly.

"Wow, your outfit doesn't look cheap, does it? Can you buy this for fifty bucks?"

"You don't understand this, do you? The nobles have a lot of clothes left over, and they are all thrown away as garbage. The scavengers will collect these clothes, remove the noble marks, and then sell them.

People in the slums can't afford these noble clothes, so I can only sell them cheaply? Besides, I have special channels, so the price is even lower."

"But we didn't see any place selling clothes along the way?"

The strange bird stretched out a finger and waved it. "If people from the slums want to go to Mondstadt, they must have a good outfit. These things are necessary. You don't live here, so you don't know."

"Ding, ding, ding~~~"

A melodious bell sounded from the top of the church in Mondstadt.

"Is it this time already? Let's hide for a while and come with me." The strange bird turned around and ran, waving to Ying and others.

Ying and Paimon looked at each other and hurriedly followed. The three of them came to the back of a house and secretly looked at the big arch.

In the slums, people came to the street with bowls in their hands like zombies, kneeling down and holding the bowls high above their heads.

"What on earth happened?"

"They all await the boon of Barbatos, the god of wind... the waters of joy."

"Water of Joy???"

"You should know that there was a country called Fontaine in Teyvat, right? This water of joy is actually from that country. It is called 'Les' and is a hallucinogenic and addictive drug made with a special formula.

These people could not resist its temptation and have become prisoners like zombies. There will be more terrible scenes in a while, we have to hide away." The strange bird took Ying and Paimon to a more remote place.

"Hallucinogenic drugs? A terrible scene?" Ying and Paimeng had question marks above their heads.

The arch slowly opened, and two horses pulled a huge jar out. Four nuns stood at the four corners of the jar, with their hands in a prayer position. There were also two teams of black-armored knights around them.

The carriage continued to move forward until it turned around and headed back 500 meters away. The four nuns opened the mechanisms at the four corners of the large pipe, and like a sprinkler, they sprinkled the water of joy in the jar onto the people kneeling around them.

At the back of the carriage, people were scrambling for the water of joy like crazy. The weak ones kept digging up the mud on the ground that was stained with the water of joy, stuffing it into their mouths desperately, trying to swallow it down.

Ying and Paimon looked at this crazy scene in shock.

"Is this crazy? Why did it turn out like this?" Paimon asked in surprise.

"Barbatos, the god of wind, is a lover. Even if people are poor, they can still enjoy freedom and joy. He gave it to you, and if you didn't get it or it was stolen from you, then that's your own problem. Of course, this is what the church says," the strange bird explained.

"This is really disgusting. I don't want to enter Mondstadt at all now."

"No, my dear lady. You just arrived in Mondstadt at the most inopportune time.

Mondstadt is the land of true freedom and joy. There are countless girls and boys for you to choose from, and even interracial fetishes can be satisfied.