"Be careful — someone who came to Liyue from a foreign land?"
Su Yuan stared at this rule-based piece of intel, falling into deep thought...
Did this mean that among the people who came to Liyue from other lands, someone had been contaminated or controlled by the Eerie?
Then, thinking it through — who had he encountered so far that came to Liyue from elsewhere...?
First, there was Aji from the Treasure Hoarders.
He had clearly been contaminated and controlled by the Eerie, so of course Su Yuan needed to be cautious around him...
Of course, he couldn't forget Dottore — that guy was also a major threat...
Then there were Aether and Paimon.
But the very first rule-based prompt today had already mentioned that neither Aether nor Paimon were under Eerie control, so this probably wasn't referring to them...
Could it be referring to Venti, whom he encountered last night at Dihua Marsh?
That did make some sense — even though Venti had helped Xiao once again, he left suddenly without saying anything...
Was this piece of intel warning him to be wary of Venti?
As for this important piece of information, Su Yuan felt like he was starting to get a clearer picture now...
It seemed that whenever the total number of pieces of intel reached a new multiple of ten, an important piece of intel would be unlocked...
In other words, for every ten pieces of intel, there was at least one crucial piece of information.
The first important intel had taught him that the Eerie could be used against the Eerie...
The second one had revealed the nature of the Eerie and how to break free from its control...
Su Yuan was already looking forward to what vital information tomorrow's important intel might bring!
However, his top priority right now was to find out who the person was that knocked him out yesterday.
When he first woke up this morning, Su Yuan had thought it was Aether under Eerie control who had done it.
But now, the intel clearly showed that Aether wasn't controlled by the Eerie at all...
Soon after, Su Yuan saw Yelan in the lobby of the inn.
It seemed that Aether, Paimon, and Jiang Xue had also been waiting there for a while...
But there was still no sign of Xiao...
Maybe Xiao just wasn't used to being around crowds...
Su Yuan really wanted to complain — why was he always the last one to wake up every day?
Everyone else always ended up waiting on him...
"Su Yuan, I received some brand new intel this morning," Yelan said as she looked at him.
"What a coincidence, I also have some new intel I want to share with you all..." Su Yuan replied.
"Alright then, Su Yuan, you go first," Yelan said.
Su Yuan nodded and began:
"First, the Traveler and Paimon haven't been contaminated or controlled by the Eerie — they can be trusted..."
"Second, the condition for the Geo Archon's transformation into an Eerie seems to be related to 'contracts.' In his presence, we must honor 'contracts'..."
"Third, we need to be wary of people who've come to Liyue from foreign lands..."
"Oh? Based on what you're saying, Su Yuan, does that mean we should be wary of you too?"
Hearing Su Yuan's intel, Jiang Xue smiled slightly and said:
"After all, you're also someone who came to Liyue from a foreign land!"
"Hey now, Jiang Xue, that's a bit much..."
Aether glanced at Jiang Xue, then at Su Yuan, and waved his hand dismissively as he said:
"Su Yuan would never hurt any of us."
"If we can't trust him, then who can we trust?"
"Alright, then I'll go ahead and share the intel I received..."
Yelan looked around at everyone and slowly began to speak:
"First, more and more people have reported seeing a figure near the Dragon-Queller Tree who looks remarkably like the Geo Archon…"
"Even several of my informants claim to have seen him with their own eyes…"
"The Geo Archon is likely near the Dragon-Queller Tree, at the foot of Mt. Minlin and Mt. Hulao…"
"In addition, we've also received word from Ningguang…"
"The vortex god Osial… no, to be precise, all the gods that had been sealed and suppressed beneath Guyun Stone Forest — they're all dead. Severed limbs and remains now litter the entire seafloor…"
As Yelan relayed this information, Su Yuan was at a loss for words…
Zhongli, even in his current incomplete Eerie state, managed to completely annihilate all those sealed gods beneath the sea?
And previously, the reason Zhongli chose to suppress rather than kill those gods might have been because their deaths would trigger an uncontrollable large-scale AOE, and would leave behind lingering divine resentment and divine remnants — all extremely difficult to deal with…
Zhongli, in his current Eerie state, had taken out that many Archons in one go — and nothing happened to him at all?
Could it be because of the power of the Eerie?
"Also, according to intel from informants in Liyue Harbor, it seems Xiangling has returned to Wanmin Restaurant with Guoba — and she brought back a completely new ingredient, which is said to be incredibly delicious..."
Yelan continued:
"Wanmin Restaurant is now more popular than both the Liyue Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk. Even though it's not mealtime yet, there's a line outside stretching so long, and there aren't nearly enough seats to meet the demand..."
"Hmm, but anyway, our priority is still to head to the Dragon-Queller Tree in Minlin first," Su Yuan said.
"We need to free the Geo Archon from his Eerie state. And since it's an incomplete Eerie transformation, he'll retain memories from this entire period…"
"That way, we can get even more intel from him…"
"By the way, what's the situation with Chongyun and Xingqiu now? Weren't they headed to Minlin and Mt. Hulao?" Su Yuan asked, as if something had just occurred to him.
"That's the strange part," Yelan replied, frowning slightly.
"Yesterday I gave both Chongyun and Xingqiu a carrier pigeon each. But even now, there's been no word from either of them…"
"Not only that, my informants haven't seen any sign of them either…"
Su Yuan thought to himself — That doesn't make sense…
Xingqiu was always sharp-minded, and with Chongyun's condition — where simply encountering the Eerie would cause him to transform — there shouldn't have been any major problems…
Could it be they ran into Dottore?
But didn't Dottore intercept him on the way to Wangshu Inn?
Those two routes weren't even in the same direction — would Dottore have had time?
Or… did Chongyun and Xingqiu run into the old man Zhongli?
Or maybe that mysterious Adeptus who had been corrupted by the Eerie?
Regardless, there was no time to waste — they had to head to the Dragon-Queller Tree in Minlin right away!
"Yelan, everyone — there's no time to lose. Let's move out now!" Su Yuan said, looking at the group.
.........
Meanwhile, over at Wanmin Restaurant, a customer who had just tasted one of Xiangling's new dishes was completely blown away.
Enchanted by the flavor, they sought out Xiangling and asked her what ingredients she used — and how exactly she made the dish.
Xiangling gave a slight smile and said to the customer, "If you really want to know, why not come back to the kitchen and take a look?"
With Wanmin Restaurant now packed to the brim — people constantly coming and going — no one noticed when someone stepped into the back kitchen…
…and never came out again.
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