"With this, why practice swordsmanship?!"
"Hilichurls, times have changed!"
Ryan furiously bombed a pile of Hilichurl Shooters before realizing that saying this in Teyvat seemed inappropriate.
In Teyvat, bombs were not rare; in fact, they were considered outdated.
"But playing a pre-Transmigration meme makes me very happy!"
"Take this, Bomb Triple Combo!"
Ryan spun around, avoiding the arrows shot by the Raiden Shogun's Puppets Hilichurl Shooter and Ice Element Hilichurl Shooter below, who were pulling their crossbows.
Shaking his backpack, bombs dropped out one after another, arcing through the air and exploding on the ground.
This was a projection technique.
Thanks to the Alchemy backpack's magic, the bombs' weight could be ignored.
As long as they were thrown directly from the backpack, the bombs' own weight would not transfer to his body, adding to the Wind Glider's burden and causing him to lose altitude.
Noelle flew beside him, looking at the Hilichurl Shooters below with their frosty white, deep purple, fiery red, and brown fur, feeling very worried.
"Ryan, please be careful!"
"The arrows of the Raiden Shogun's Puppets Hilichurl Shooter are ground from fragments of electro crystals, causing electric shock upon impact."
"The arrows of the Ice Element Hilichurl Shooter are made from solidified, unmelting ice, leaving wounds that are difficult to heal. Not only do they cause piercing DMG, but the frost and cold also slow blood circulation, stiffening the body."
"The Fire Element Hilichurl Shooter…"
Noelle rambled on, explaining the science, and along with Amber, escorted Ryan.
Ryan was clearly older than them, but why was his playfulness even greater than theirs?
Were all people from other worlds like this?
Like Klee's mother?
"In short, no matter which kind, they are all very dangerous."
Noelle spoke earnestly, a golden circular polyhedron shield appearing around her, blocking the incoming arrows.
"I understand!"
Ryan indicated his understanding.
The power of the four-star Wind Glider and the artifact within him allowed him to defend against some attacks and not fear the DMG caused by arrows too much.
But a person in the Sky is very fragile.
You can ignore wounds, but you cannot ignore the impact of arrows upon being hit, and the paralysis, Burning, Frozen, etc., caused by element reactions…
Once he lost his balance in flight, falling to the ground and becoming crippled or minced meat was also predictable.
He had experienced these things in games, but he did not want to experience them in reality.
Three bombs fell, blasting away the Hilichurls that threatened him.
This thing was so useful that he thought of hiding a box of them.
When throwing them, he subconsciously saved them.
A crossbow, unused for a long time, appeared in his hand. He drew the bowstring and pulled the trigger.
"One arrow, eliminate one enemy!"
Ryan aimed at the explosive barrel on the ground. With a boom, the surrounding wooden frames and straw all caught fire, and the Hilichurls dissipated into black Qi.
The Hilichurls in this Secret Realm were not flesh-and-blood creatures hiding from the outside world, but products materialized by the Secret Realm's rules.
After death, they would disappear directly.
At the same time, they would revive after a period of time.
They would randomly appear on various incredible, difficult-to-reach floating platforms.
Ryan exchanged fire with them; if he couldn't win the exchange, he would throw bombs.
Flying and fighting in reality allowed for much more than in games!
If he violated the flight guidelines a bit, he could pull off even more tricks.
"Later, when I encounter Stormterror?" Thinking of flying, Ryan thought that he had already lit the last puzzle piece and could engage in aerial combat with the Mondstadt BOSS!
"The current me… I can probably be eaten by the other party in ten seconds, crunchy!"
"It seems that to be a hero, I still have to work hard!"
"Or, let the real protagonist Lumine solve it!"
"After all, nothing is impossible in the world, as long as you are willing to give up!"
"With my small body, it's really impossible to show off in front of all Mondstadters!"
Ryan put aside his thoughts about the future and focused on the present.
His figure rose and fell, shuttling between various wind fields.
On the ground, arrows shot out, forming a death network in the Sky.
The beams of light left by purple, red, and white arrows were very beautiful.
Paralysis, heat, cold—the air was full of the smell of elements.
Hilichurl Shooters, whose archery was one in a hundred, could fire five arrows at once.
The five arrows fanned out, like feathers filling the Sky.
The dazzling Raiden Shogun's Puppets element left a long, lingering trail.
The Raiden Shogun's Puppets Hilichurl Shooter laughed arrogantly, his crossbow technique more powerful than Ryan's, who could only fire two shots in a row now.
So, he died from Noelle's plunging attack.
Ryan put away the bombs and looked around.
Broken walls, shattered ground, red fabric, blue glowing patterns, a gloomy Sky where the sun and moon were unseen.
"What a depressing feeling!" The Wings of Morninglight's Requiem on him retracted and spread again, avoiding incoming crossbow bolts.
The Raven of Requiem flew through the Secret Realm.
Bringing death, bringing morning light.
Only the fire on the ground remained unextinguished.
The 'Aiya Aiya' whispers of the Hilichurls gradually became sparse.
"The wind ring ahead is the mechanism to open the first gate," Amber observed carefully from the Sky. "Let's fly directly over!"
The wind field roared.
Ryan glanced at Noelle, who had taken off again, then followed closely.
The gate split open from the middle, and the upper, lower, left, and right door panels retracted.
Outside was a platform, and beyond the platform was the Void Realm.
In the Void Realm, there were also pieces of architecture, floating steadily.
They flew nervously through a section of the Void Realm and landed on the next platform.
Here, there were not many wind fields.
They had to land and kill enemies with sword techniques.
In a team of three, with two Vision wielders, Ryan didn't need to do much; the enemies were already dead.
To avoid looking idle, he checked every corner of the room, chopped up every wooden box and barrel on the way, and even set fire to the straw piles.
Noelle, holding her golden greatsword, looked at Ryan and asked Amber, "Amber, what is he doing?"
Amber put away her Favonius Warbow, rested her chin on her hand, and hesitated, "Picking up trash?"
She remembered the first time she saw Ryan; he was already lying on the flatbed cart, but when he saw abandoned trucks on the road, he would get down to search them, then put a few Mora and some Ore into the treasure chest he was holding.
Just then, Ryan quickly returned.
"Ryan, what are you doing?"
Noelle was a good child who asked when she had doubts.
"Are you searching for enemies? But the enemies have already been eliminated by us, oh?"
"Also, why are you using a sword to chop those wooden boxes and barrels?"
"Why bother Burning straw?"
"Climbing up and down in the building?"
"Looking disappointed, sighing?"
Ryan looked at the handful of Wheat and three potatoes he had scavenged in his hand.
He gave an awkward smile, "Subconsciously, it's a habit!"
"A habit? This is your first time here, right?!" Amber and Noelle simultaneously had question marks appear.
Ryan quickly waved his hand, "That's not the point, the point is…"
"When you explore ruins and Secret Realms, don't you flip through wooden boxes and barrels? Don't you look around everywhere?"
"What if you miss something good?"
Noelle suddenly understood.
Is this the virtue of frugality and the spirit of exploration?
He already had ten million Mora, yet he didn't let go of useful items he could obtain?