thefictionvixens Chapter 150: Another Item of War Reparations
Chapter 150: Another Item of War Reparations
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what? !
The players who were following this scene were stunned. They looked at the sentence carefully to make sure they had read it correctly.
"No, buddy, are you sure...are you qualified to correct Mr. Zhongli?!"
"I really can't hold it in anymore. You are just a few dozen years old. How can you know more about history than the Rock King who is thousands of years old?!"
As expected, what Hanxue said in the game made the players who knew Zhongli’s true identity couldn’t help but laugh.
Then, when discussing the whereabouts of the [first Mora in history], everyone expressed their opinions.
Zhongli's words that the Rock King just spent the first Mora casually made Hanxue, who always thought that the first Mora must have magical powers, laugh out loud: "Come on, do you understand the Rock King or do I understand the Rock King?!"
Finished!
As soon as Hanxue in the game uttered those arrogant words, Hanxue in front of the computer couldn't help but turn pale.
Isn't it humiliating to say such things in front of the Rock King Emperor himself?
Hearing the laughter from those around him because of his words, Hanxue had already begun to consider in his mind whether he should move out overnight and leave Liyue!
Fortunately, Wan Yan in the game seemed to have something to do and called Zhongli aside, so the players who were concerned about the plot shifted their attention away from Han Xue.
In a corner, Wanyan, Zhongli and the Traveler discussed whether the Rock King had killed innocent people indiscriminately.
After Wanyan mentioned that she heard that the kind [Salt Demon] Heulia was assassinated by Morax during the war.
All the players were somewhat confused.
"[Demon of Salt] Heulia? Who?"
"Hmm... I seem to have vaguely heard someone say that the Demon God of Salt was a demon god many, many years ago, before the world was divided into seven kingdoms..."
"Eh? Now that you mention it, I have an impression... These rumors seem to have come from... the [Silver Plain Office] in charge of the salt industry?"
"Hiss... now we're on the same page! I've met Wan Yan a few times in real life. She's not the archaeologist she claims to be in the game! She's from Yinyuan Hall!"
"So the Silver Plain Office, which is in charge of the [salt industry], and the [Demon of Salt]..."
"Um...don't talk! I'm thinking!"
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Wan Yan noticed that some people around her were looking at her with strange eyes, but she didn't care at all.
Now, she just wants to find evidence that Morax killed innocent people.
The plot continues.
A Fatui who suddenly appeared and claimed to be an archaeological researcher from the Kingdom of Winter interrupted the conversation. After entrusting Zhongli to help him with the archaeological work, Zhongli brought Wanyan, who volunteered to accompany him on the archaeological expedition, as well as the travelers whom Zhongli took the initiative to invite to join him on the archaeological expedition.
Seeing that only Zhongli was invited, but there were a few extra people who showed up inexplicably, the Fatui couldn't help but complain: "Wait! This is an archaeological team! Not a sightseeing group! There are too many people, right?!"
"However, this friend of mine has a talent for treasure hunting that no one can match, which will be of great benefit to our archaeological trip."
"What talent?"
Zhongli said seriously: "——I will never miss any treasure chest within my sight."
"…It is indeed somewhat attractive. Okay, okay."
Finally, a temporary archaeological team was formed, led by Zhongli, and accompanied by the Fatui, Wanyan, the Traveler, and Paimon.
They first came to the sea area where the Qun Yu Pavilion fought with the Whirlpool Demon God Osel and the Guyun Pavilion. After searching for valuable cultural relics for a long time but still found nothing, they decided to go to the ruins of the Salt Demon God, the Salt in the Earth.
After arriving at the Salt of the Underground, under Zhongli's guidance, the traveler quickly unlocked the seal of the entrance to the Salt of the Underground Cave.
Everyone stood in front of the opened entrance to the ruins. Zhongli said meaningfully, "Before we enter the ruins, I have a suggestion that can avoid unnecessary quarrels like those in Lonely Cloud Pavilion."
"Sir, please speak."
"Please sign the contract. The content of the contract is: [Take the items in order, one at a time]. For the sake of sincerity, you can just take your pick, and you don't need to include me in the sequence."
"I don't agree!" the Fatui shouted in dissatisfaction, "You want me to share the spoils with this half-baked archaeologist? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"I don't agree!" Wan Yan was also dissatisfied with this decision, "This person will only destroy the cultural relics left by the [Demon of Salt]! I, I can't accept it either!"
“Then…” Zhongli seemed to have a smile on his face, “If the [contract] is not established, I can no longer serve as an advisor. It all depends on your experience to identify what treasures and traps are hidden in these ruins.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Fatui and Wan Yan all turned ugly.
They saw clearly along the way that without Mr. Zhongli and other powerful travelers leading the way, they would have no way of unlocking the seal of the entrance to the underground salt cave.
The entrance alone was not something that ordinary people could solve. They had no idea what danger lay inside the cave, nor did they have the ability to solve it.
Finally, they had to agree to Zhongli's proposal.
In the cave filled with salt crystals, everyone saw statues that seemed to be made of salt.
"This, this is... [a statue]?" Wan Yan's voice sounded a little flustered.
"No." Zhongli said calmly, "They are human."
what? !
Zhongli's words made not only the characters in the game, but even the players who were playing the game feel a chill in their hearts. Looking at the statues all over the ground, they could hardly imagine what had happened in the past to lead to such a scene.
"These people are probably the followers of the [Demon of Salt] back then."
“How…how could this happen?”
"What is hidden deep within the ruins?"
Soon, after clearing out several waves of monsters and solving several mechanisms, everyone saw a [Salt Cup] placed on the altar in a room.
After Zhongli explained that this salt cup could produce endless salt, the greed on the faces of the Fatui was no longer concealed.
"After all this trouble, I finally found my treasure! This thing belongs to me!"
"If you want this salt cup, then according to the contract, the next item will belong to Ms. Wanyan." Zhongli looked at the Fatui with a calm tone.
"No problem, no problem. Hehe, how can there be something more valuable than this?"
However, they did not expect that they would come across another [Salt Ruler] not long after they walked.
After hearing that inserting a salt ruler into the soil could produce a large amount of salt, the greedy fools immediately regretted their decision.
Seeing the Fools who also wanted to take the Salt Ruler for themselves, Zhongli was not surprised and said, "So, you want to break the [Contract]?"
"So what if you destroy it?" The Fatui tore off his mask and sneered, "I have almost figured out the mechanism in this ruins. So, you are no longer useful. After all, I am your employee. Why should I follow your rules?"
"Because of the [contract]." Zhongli's face was serious, "Emperor Rock King once said that once a contract is made, anyone who breaks his word will be punished by being eaten by rock."
"That is your god of Liyue. I came from Zhidong. I..."
"You can feel the punishment of eating rocks yourself...it won't be easy." Facing the person who broke the contract, Zhongli didn't want to continue talking nonsense.
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After quickly defeating the greedy Fatui, Ningguang's face turned slightly cold when she saw that Zhongli simply confiscated the Fatui's spoils and let him leave safely.
"It seems... there will be one more item to be added to the war compensation we are communicating with Winter..."
In Liyue, breaking a contract is a serious crime. What's more, the Fatui broke the contract that Zhongli himself had made, which was an additional crime.
I hope the other party likes the food in Liyue Prison.
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