After a whole day of running around, night gradually fell.
After dinner, Su Yuan returned to the quarters Master Jean had arranged for him in the Knights of Favonius headquarters.
Lying down on the bed, he prepared to enjoy a good night's sleep to ease the exhaustion of the day.
Lying there, Su Yuan replayed the day's events in his mind and felt that there had been some gains…
At the very least, the true reason behind Lisa's eerie state had been uncovered.
As long as that Alchemy Guide book arrived tomorrow, the threat concerning Lisa would basically be resolved…
What he didn't know was where Albetwo was now.
And that Barbatos, who never did anything serious, was still nowhere to be seen…
Hopefully, the intelligence hint on his right palm tomorrow would provide some useful information…
Thinking this, Su Yuan drifted off into slumber.
The next morning, warm sunlight streamed through the window into the room, shining across Su Yuan's face.
Slowly, he opened his eyes…
Feeling the sharp sting in his right palm, he knew that a new day had arrived.
Eagerly, he raised his right hand and looked at his palm:
[First of all, congratulations on surviving the twentieth night]
[Currently available intelligence]
[Skipped]
[58. If you wish to search for Barbatos's whereabouts, you can head to the large tree at Windrise — perhaps there are some clues there.]
Su Yuan pondered over this hint.
It seemed the intelligence on his palm had finally given him some leads and a direction to search for Venti, sparing him from wandering aimlessly like a headless fly.
After resolving Lisa's problem once and for all today, he would need to discuss with everyone whether to continue searching Dragonspine for Albetwo's traces, or to turn to Windrise to search for Venti…
But personally, Su Yuan leaned toward finding Venti first.
After all, there was still Xiao in Liyue waiting for Venti's help, and perhaps Venti might also provide some clues about Albetwo…
Su Yuan nodded and continued reading:
[59. Acting Grand Master Jean has always devoted herself wholeheartedly to serving the people of Mondstadt, and the burden of pressure on her shoulders is indeed immense… If she were to collapse from exhaustion, something bad might happen.]
At this moment, Su Yuan felt a bit relieved that when he and Aether had first arrived in Mondstadt, they had seen Jean's exhausted and weakened state and persuaded her to take some rest…
If Jean were to collapse from overwork, it might very well trigger the conditions for her eerie state…
But now, as long as they explained everything to Jean, it should be possible to convince her to rest properly and balance work with recovery.
After all, not resting might allow her to get more things done in the short term, but if the eerie state was triggered, it would only lead to greater casualties…
To protect the people of Mondstadt, this could be seen as forcing Jean to take proper care of herself.
[60. Important Intelligence: In the Mondstadt region, your death rewind mechanism seems to have been affected by a mysterious power. You will no longer gain or consume extra rewind counts. Instead, each day a random number between 0–9 will be refreshed as your rewind count.]
Seeing this important intelligence, Su Yuan was dumbfounded, his forehead breaking into a cold sweat…
So it was true — his rewind mechanism had indeed changed after arriving in Mondstadt.
This was something he had already vaguely suspected…
But the real problem now was that the death rewind mechanism was no longer the same as it had been back in Fontaine.
It wasn't a fixed number refreshed daily — instead, it was now a random number between 0 and 9?
Su Yuan felt a chill down his spine.
Yesterday he had used multiple death rewinds.
If yesterday's refreshed number had been 0, wouldn't that have meant he'd have died for real on the spot?
And as for how many rewinds he had today — he had no clue at all…
Su Yuan's head began to ache.
He felt that this new rewind mechanism was even harder to use than the old one, where extra counts were required.
Back then, even though he had fewer rewinds available, at least he always knew exactly how many he had left.
That allowed him to plan accordingly — be aggressive if he had more, or cautious if he had fewer…
But now, it was completely different.
His rewinds could be 0, or they could be 9.
Every single death rewind was now a gamble — a gamble with his own life!
Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, Su Yuan realized that the journey ahead would require even greater caution and vigilance…
[Special Intelligence: You have gained extra rewinds counts: 0]
[Currently available rewind counts: 2.2]
[61. After surviving the twenty-first night, new intelligence and a special, powerful ability will be unlocked]
Looking at the final part of the intelligence prompt, Su Yuan thought to himself: another seven days have passed.
What kind of special and powerful ability would be unlocked this time?
After quickly freshening up, Su Yuan left his room to find Aether, intending first to retrieve the brand-new Alchemy Guide.
When Su Yuan found Aether, the two of them headed to the location they had agreed upon yesterday.
Sure enough, Airi was there waiting.
After Aether paid the remaining 900 Mora, they received the brand-new Alchemy Guide.
Su Yuan shared the intelligence he had gained that day with Aether, and then decided that they should split up to be more efficient.
Aether would go inform Jean and the others about the new intel, while Su Yuan would take the Alchemy Guide to return it to Lisa.
Later, Su Yuan arrived at the library and handed the brand-new Alchemy Guide to Lisa.
"Lisa, while conducting an alchemy experiment, Timaeus accidentally ruined the copy of the Alchemy Guide he had borrowed from the library…"
Su Yuan spoke with a smile:
"But Timaeus has fully entrusted us with handling this matter on his behalf. So, according to the library's borrowing regulations, we bought a brand-new copy of the Alchemy Guide to compensate the library."
Lisa accepted the book, glanced through it, then looked at Su Yuan and said:
"Mr. Su Yuan, you said you've fully taken over this matter on behalf of Timaeus, correct?"
Although Su Yuan was a little puzzled — why was Lisa suddenly asking this, especially since yesterday, when helping Kaeya return a book, Lisa hadn't asked anything like this — he still nodded and confirmed:
"Yes, I've fully handled this on behalf of Timaeus."
"In that case, am I correct to understand that the one I was supposed to punish was Timaeus… but now I can replace him with you instead?" Lisa spoke slowly, her voice cold.
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