The Golden House is undoubtedly the financial heart of Teyvat. An endless supply of Mora is produced here daily, then passed through multiple checkpoints before being released into the market.
However, how much of the total production does the released quantity account for? Perhaps only the Liyue Qixing know the answer to this question.
Given its importance, Liyue naturally deploys heavy guards. It can be said that most of the Millelith's elites are stationed near the Golden House.
Coupled with the Golden House's natural location within a mountain basin, it would be incredibly difficult to stop this heart from beating—wouldn't it?
It was still dimly lit when Gongming, the Golden House's director, began the day's morning meeting. She looked at the densely packed Millelith soldiers below and shouted loudly:
"Everyone listen up! Keep your eyes peeled; not a single fly is allowed in."
"Yes!!!"
A deafening roar echoed through the valley, dispelling some of the dawn's silence in the mountains.
Even though it was early morning, the glint in their eyes still shone, looking full of vigor.
Not far away, Yu Jin watched the Millelith and Gongming, who seemed to be on a sugar rush, with some shock, finding it incomprehensible.
He had been curious why he hadn't seen many Millelith along the way; it turned out they had all been pulled into the morning meeting.
Good, the Golden House's defenses were undoubtedly at their weakest now. It saved him the trouble of playing dodgeball.
After all, he was invisible, not nonexistent, so Yu Jin still had to be careful not to bump into others.
If the Golden House were swarming with guards, Yu Jin estimated it would take him a considerable amount of time just to avoid them.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this won't do. Should I write a letter to the Yujing Terrace sometime?" Yu Jin watched for a while, then shook his head and entered the Golden House.
Stepping through a slightly open crack in the main door, he was greeted by a sea of gold.
Yu Jin was very familiar with this golden color because Mora was exactly this color.
The interior of the Golden House was entirely this golden hue, making it hard not to suspect that the entire Golden House was cast from Mora.
Yu Jin looked around and saw the very conspicuous large pill furnace at the end of the Golden House.
Crossing the platform, Yu Jin approached the pill furnace and examined it closely. The pill furnace was enormous, its body a golden-green color.
How big was it? Yu Jin thought it would have no problem stewing a few Mitachurls. Outside the pill furnace, faint streams of light constantly circulated, which he presumed were some kind of enchantment or secret art enhancing it.
"Whoosh... clatter... clatter."
The closer he got to the pill furnace, the more distinct a sound similar to coins colliding became.
"Clang—"
Yu Jin was very curious, so he directly lifted the pill furnace.
"Clatter!"
The sound of coins colliding suddenly grew much louder, and then a massive amount of Mora gushed out from the bottom of the pill furnace, directly engulfing Yu Jin.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! Is it really used to make Mora?" Yu Jin poked his head out of the "Mora mountain" and placed the giant pill furnace back in its original position.
He had been curious about how the Golden House produced Mora, but he hadn't expected it to be refined in a pill furnace. He could only say it fit the atmosphere of this nation perfectly.
Yu Jin cleared away some of the Mora on the ground, then climbed onto the top of the pill furnace and opened the lid.
As he expected, inside the pill furnace were dragon horns and scales, resembling jade.
It seemed Zhongli's annual descent was not just to guide Liyue's development; he probably also shed some dead skin to throw into the furnace as fuel.
"Holy crap, the furnace came to life!"
Just as Yu Jin was engrossed in watching how Zhongli's body scraps transformed into Mora, an exclamation interrupted him.
"Clang!" The lid closed automatically, and then a Debt Collector who had just snuck in suddenly felt something trip him.
"Oh no!" The Debt Collector realized something was wrong; he had probably triggered some enchantment within the Golden House.
A powerful force came from his back, interrupting the Debt Collector's attempt to regain balance—Yu Jin had sat on him.
As Yu Jin's immense weight pressed down, his and the Debt Collector's figures gradually became visible.
"Who are you?!" The Debt Collector's eyes were filled with shock. He had never imagined that besides him, someone else had come into the Golden House.
"Who cares who I am!" Yu Jin stepped on the Debt Collector's head. Against these Fatui fellows, one must assert the might of the strong.
And the strong must thoroughly humiliate the weak.
"Who are you?" After stepping on his head for a while, Yu Jin grew bored and casually asked.
He now strongly suspected whether the Fatui were a mutation of Mint. Where there was Mint, the Fatui were there; where there was no Mint, the Fatui were still there.
"Heh heh, who am I? Debt Collectors have no names!" The Debt Collector beneath Yu Jin snorted coldly and laughed chillingly.
Joining the Debt Collectors meant associating with slaughter and darkness; a name, therefore, had no need to exist.
Then the Debt Collector suddenly felt a chill on his head, and his vision brightened considerably—Yu Jin had pulled off his hat and also ripped off his mask.
"Come on, look this way, I'll take a picture of you." The Debt Collector's body relaxed, and then he saw Yu Jin squatting in front of him.
Not only that, but he was also holding a Kamera in his hand.
"Wait!" The Debt Collector immediately shivered. He buried his head in his arms, trying to avoid Yu Jin's photo.
"Didn't you say you had no name?"
"I still do."
"Weren't you quite tough?"
"I was ignorant just now, just messing around."
Yu Jin kicked him, and the Fatui's new unit, the cowering Debt Collector, answered each time.
"Tell me, what are you doing running to the Golden House so early in the morning? Stealing money?" Yu Jin kicked him again, asking curiously.
"What? How did you know?!" The Debt Collector was greatly alarmed upon hearing Yu Jin's words.
How did he know one of his objectives? Could there be a traitor within the Fatui?
But thinking about it, it made sense. Ever since the Northland Bank was "blossomed," the Fatui's Liyue branch had been declining day by day.
Not only had the food gotten worse, but they had even started to withhold wages! Under such conditions, it seemed plausible that some weak-willed individuals would betray Snezhnaya.
"It's true?" Yu Jin was equally surprised; he hadn't expected to guess correctly with a casual remark.
"Absolutely true! My hero, you see I'm so poor I've come to the Golden House to steal money. Can you please let me off the hook? The Fatui will surely offer a generous reward!"
The Debt Collector immediately stood up from the ground, cupped his hands, and said ingratiatingly to Yu Jin.
"Hiss—" Yu Jin stroked his chin, circling the Debt Collector a few times.
"I think you're lying." Yu Jin stopped, crossed his arms, and said. To fool him, the Fatui were still far from ready!
The Northland Bank hadn't even been sold off, yet he was claiming to have no money here? This lie wouldn't even fool a child!
The Debt Collector's cupped hands stiffened. He had originally intended to lead Yu Jin to think about stealing money, but now he had been directly exposed.
"Damn it, how did you figure it out!" The Debt Collector's face hardened. Since soft tactics wouldn't work, he'd go hard!
Debt Collectors fear no death!
"Die! Those who oppose the Fatui will come to no good end!" The Debt Collector roared, gripping his flaming hunter's knife, and charged forward.
A moment later... "Ow~, big brother, stop hitting me! I give up! Can't I just give up?"
The Debt Collector, who had just been so imposing, now lay sprawled on the ground, covered in bruises.
"Heh heh, fighting me? You're still a tiny, tiny bit short." Yu Jin clapped his hands, slowly speaking to the still-groaning Debt Collector on the ground.
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