The PV ended, but everyone was still immersed in its content.
Chen Xiyao replayed the video, this time paying more attention to what Dainsleif said in the video.
"Mondstadt's fight against the dragon, Liyue's Geo Archon faking his death — these two nations are indeed as the video described. So, if that's the case, Inazuma's Archon pursues eternity, Sumeru's God of wisdom... Ugh, never mind, I didn't quite understand Sumeru."
"Fontaine's Hydro Archon is someone who enjoys judgment, Natlan is still in a state of war, and as for Snezhnaya..."
"The Tsaritsa collects the Gnosis to challenge the Heavenly Principles. The final stop, Khaenri'ah, will be our last journey, and we'll probably have to fight Dain by then."
: "The streamer is right. As for Sumeru, wasn't it said that some scholars are fostering folly, and the God's wisdom has no objection to this? It's highly likely that the Dendro Archon is allowing the scholars' folly."
: "If we calculate it this way, we still have five... no, if Khaenri'ah is also counted, it should be six nations. There are still six nations that haven't appeared."
: "Six nations... will the game really not crash then?"
: "I've decided! I'm going to start hoarding Primogems now. I must marry those two little girls from Inazuma when they appear!"
: "Hehe, I'll just forcefully marry them!"
The PV 'Footprints' sparked a lot of discussion, and even those who cursed mhy became much fewer.
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Teyvat, Liyue.
During this time, Malice in Liyue had been very cautious. He wasn't sure if Barbatos and Morax had communicated. If they had reached some agreement and he exposed himself, it would be a huge problem.
But now, it seemed they hadn't communicated.
Without anyone noticing, Malice went to the bottom of the Dragon-Queller, Qingce Village, Guyun Stone Forest, and finally arrived at The Chasm.
Sitting on the highest cliff of The Chasm, Malice, or rather Jiang Mumu, was in deep thought.
Liyue was different from Mondstadt; this was the most formidable nation in terms of combat power among the Seven Nations. Not only did it have the Warrior God Morax, but also numerous Adepti, and even an unpredictable nuclear bomb!
Even her aliases here were very strong. Causing trouble here wasn't as easy as in Mondstadt.
She could play dirty, but not only would that yield less emotional feedback, she herself couldn't get past that hurdle.
You mean her strongest alias was defeated by an Abyss Monster playing dirty?
How could she be so pathetic?!
Azhdaha, the Geo Dragon Sovereign sealed under the Dragon-Queller in Nantianmen, Osial under Guyun Stone Forest, and the Abyss under The Chasm were all within her consideration.
It wasn't too difficult to bring them all out, as there was already enough emotional feedback.
The hardest part was that these guys would definitely cause massive destruction once they came out, and many innocent people would be affected and die, which was unacceptable.
It was strange, an Abyss Monster was actually thinking about how to minimize losses in such a large-scale attack.
Forget it, let the Liyue alias think about these things. It was weird for 'him', Malice, to ponder such matters.
Unable to come up with anything for a moment, Jiang Mumu threw the problem back to herself.
This was...
Slacking off on herself?
Anyway, there was no rush; she didn't plan for the Liyue alias to go offline so soon.
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Mondstadt, Dragonspine.
Diluc walked into a cave and saw a long-extinguished campfire.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, his peripheral vision caught an inconspicuous wooden sign standing in the corner of the cave.
Diluc's footsteps halted, and he turned back.
Crouching in front of the wooden sign, Diluc clearly saw the handwriting on it...
His expression froze, and his pupils trembled slightly.
The wooden sign had childish handwriting that read: Mondstadt City's great heroes, Ruola and Noelle, were here!
Below the wooden sign, two strangely ugly stick figures were drawn, one holding a greatsword, the other a spear.
"Heheh..."
As soon as Diluc saw the writing, he knew it was Ruola's. He could even imagine Ruola's expression when she placed this sign here.
It must have been joy and pride...
As he laughed, Diluc's eyes welled up. His face, which had been expressionless for days, showed emotions of sadness and heartache.
He stared at the wooden sign for a long time. Then, Diluc picked up a carbonized small stick from the extinguished campfire and wrote on the other side of the wooden sign:
Diluc of Mondstadt City, was here...
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At the foot of Dragonspine, near Liyue.
Diluc had built a small bonfire here and was roasting wild boar meat.
During this time, he had traveled all over Mondstadt, almost every part of Dragonspine, and especially investigated the area where the demon dragon Durin caused the explosion.
But, he found nothing!
He had dealt with quite a few ordinary Abyss Monsters, but there was no clue about that guy at all.
Actually, Diluc had anticipated such a result, but he couldn't help but feel disappointed. The hatred in his heart was too deep; he didn't want to wait another minute for revenge!
Behind a large boulder not far from Diluc.
Malice was hidden there.
He originally wanted to find Diluc to see how he was doing, hoping he wouldn't be disheartened by this!
Malice planned to come out and provoke him, to give him hope for revenge and motivation to keep going.
But just as he was about to go out, a sudden alarm blared in his mind, causing Malice to retreat behind the rock and hide again.
After a while, seeing that nothing happened, Malice concealed his figure and carefully checked the surroundings.
When he found nothing and felt the noisy wind around him, Malice immediately understood.
So it was you, Barbatos!
You sly Venti, you almost made me mess up...
Malice was certain that as soon as he came out, the Anemo God would definitely cover him with a large shield, leaving him no escape.
He slowly retreated, planning to act when Diluc arrived in Liyue.
Since he was already here, Diluc must be heading to Liyue; he wouldn't believe otherwise. What normal person would cross Dragonspine to get here?
It couldn't be that even when he reached Liyue, Barbatos could still keep watching, could he?
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Two days later.
Just as Malice had guessed, Diluc set foot in Liyue.
Malice, who had been following from a distance, found that the feeling still existed, and his entire body twisted in anger.
But soon, the feeling disappeared again.
Malice was unsure, so he followed for a while longer and found that it was indeed gone.
Had that bard Venti really left?
To be safe, he followed Diluc for another day. When he confirmed that the feeling was truly gone, Malice decided to jump out.
Come on, brother, let me see your resolve for revenge.
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Meanwhile, Diluc was sitting by a small stream when his movements suddenly paused. A familiar aura, one he knew all too well, appeared in his perception.
It's him!!!
Diluc quickly suppressed his own aura and slowly moved towards the source of the aura.
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In a mountain hollow, Malice stood there. In front of him was a newly summoned Abyss Gate, but no Abyss Monsters came out of it.
Malice spoke in a hoarse voice, saying some incomprehensible words:
"Already... acquired... soul... next step... Liyue..."
And everything he said was heard by Diluc, who was hiding in the shadows.
At first, he didn't understand what it meant, but in the next moment, Malice extracted a phantom from the black-purple jade ring on his waist.
The moment he saw this phantom, Diluc's bloodshot eyes widened, glowing red as if on fire.
At this moment, Malice was clutching "Ruola's" neck, and "Ruola" was flailing her limbs, her small fists weakly hitting Malice's hand.
Without a sound, a giant, unnaturally large fiery bird directly attacked Malice.
Malice quickly retracted "Ruola" and was startled when he turned around.
When did Diluc's ultimate move become so big?
"Give me back my sister!!!"
When he saw Diluc's ferocious, ghost-like face, he thought:
Damn it, I seem to have provoked him a little too much...
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