Explorer of Teyvat

Sending Arataki Ito and Kuki Shinobi away,

Ying and Paimon also went back to their rooms to rest.

As soon as Wang Dao came to the kitchen, he helped Xiang Ling tidy up.

Finally, I hugged Xiangling and rested beautifully all night.

Early the next morning, Wang Daoyi got up and went to the Hall of Purity.

He wanted to share this harvest with Zhongli.

All the way to the Hall of Purity,

However, the insignificant Lord informed him that Mr. Zhongli had left early.

Helpless, Wang Daoyi started looking for Zhongli again.

Unfortunately, Wang Daoyi could not find Zhongli after searching several places where Zhongli often went.

"Think about it carefully, at this time, and with the sudden arrival of Yidou and Jiuqin Ren in Liyue, could it be?"

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Wang Daoyi seemed to know where Zhongli was.

Leaving Liyue Port, it turned into a golden light and flew towards the destination guessed in its heart.

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Dihuazhou·Wangshu Inn

"It may be risky to go here, but you insist on going?" A young man in rich clothes stood on the roof of Wangshu Inn with his hands behind his back, seeming to be admiring the magnificent scenery of Dihuazhou.

Behind him, a young man in Tsing Yi knelt on one knee, seemingly begging for something.

These two people were none other than Zhongli and the protector Yaksha Mandrill.

"I have been guarding this place for more than a hundred years and have never left it without permission. However, regarding the matter of Wuming Yaksha, I sincerely ask the Emperor for your permission."

Mandrill lowered his head, his words full of nostalgia for his relatives and friends.

Zhongli turned around, glanced at Mandrill who was kneeling on one knee, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Since the end of the Demon God War, Liyue has been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and this happiness is because Mandrill is cleaning up the resentment of the Demon God in the wilderness.

Mandrill has great merits. Although he doesn't think so, no one can deny it.

"Forget it, go ahead and be careful." Zhongli finally agreed.

Mandrill's eyes lit up slightly, which seemed to be joy, or maybe relaxation.

"Thank you, Emperor."

"No need to thank me, you are free and should not be restricted by me." Zhongli slowly shook his head.

Mandrill: "If it weren't for the emperor, Jin Peng would have died long ago. The emperor's kindness will never be forgotten by Mandrill even if he dies."

"There is no kindness worth guarding for a thousand years, Mandrill, please rest more." Zhongli's eyes were filled with vicissitudes of life, as if he had remembered something, and he smiled slightly, "Look at me, I have rested too."

Mandrill remained silent and did not speak.

He did not tell Zhongli what he thought. It was precisely because the emperor was resting that he, as a follower of the emperor, needed to work harder to protect this land.

Neither of them spoke, they just looked at each other silently, as if everything was in silence.

"Violent~"

Suddenly, Feng Ying, who had been hiding aside in fear of Zhong Li's power, suddenly raised his head and let out a clear whistle.

"Huh?" Mandrill turned around and looked.

Zhongli said calmly: "Ha, it seems that Dao Yi is here, and this little bird can feel his breath."

The relationship between Feng Ying and Wang Daoyi is still relatively close. As long as Wang Daoyi does not deliberately hide his aura, Feng Ying can sense Wang Daoyi's existence.

This range has become larger and larger as the Wind Eagle becomes stronger and stronger.

next moment,

A golden light appeared from the distant skyline.

Within a few breaths, he appeared on the roof of the building.

"Emperor, Great Sage Mandrill, good morning." Wang Daoyi stretched out his hand and took out a few raspberries, "I just picked the raspberries in the morning rain and dew. Would you like some?"

He didn't use the ley line channel, but went to pick some raspberries.

After all, when you come to visit someone, you have to bring some gifts.

Looking at the raspberries in Wang Daoyi's hand, Mandrill shook his head. He was not in the mood to eat right now.

Zhongli, on the other hand, reached out and took a few from Wang Daoyi's hand, put them into his mouth, and tasted a little: "Well, there is not much sourness anymore, and the sweet taste has a slight aftertaste, which is good."

After tasting the raspberries, Zhongli looked at Wang Daoyi: "It seems that your recent harvest has been good. I can hardly see through you anymore."

I almost can’t see through it, but I can still see through it now.

Wang Dao curled his lips and then smiled: "Hey, the harvest is good, but there are some things I want to ask you."

Mandrill saw the two of them talking and laughing, and he didn't know why he felt sour in his heart, but it passed quickly: "Emperor, I will leave first."

Zhongli looked at Mandrill and nodded slightly.

After receiving Zhongli's permission, Mandrill turned into a blue light and disappeared.

The wind eagle beside him shook his head for a while, and instead of chasing the mandrill, he went to the tree on the side and squatted down. A pair of eagle eyes were still staring at Wang Daoyi, showing a little admiration.

After Mandrill left.

Wang Daoyi then spoke: "Emperor, I met Yi at Dao's wife's Yuanxia Palace."

"Don't say this name, use another name instead." Zhongli suddenly interrupted.

"?" Wang Daoyi was a little confused, and then he immediately realized that maybe the name Istaru really shouldn't be called casually.

Maybe there are some beings staring at this name.

Just like the priests of Yuanxia Palace, Wang Daoyi was reminded many times not to call the Great God of Eternal Life by his name.

"I understand. In Yuanxia Palace, I met the Shadow of Time and obtained something. I want to ask you about it."

Wang Daoyi immediately changed his words.

After hearing this, Zhong Li shook his head slightly: "Because of the previous contract, I cannot tell you this information about [higher-level power]."

With a flash of understanding in his eyes, Wang Daoyi nodded slightly: "Is that so? I understand."

Zhongli couldn't tell him, which meant that Zhongli knew something.

Likewise, it also means that there must be more important secrets about Istaru.

Zhongli may have signed many contracts, but due to the contract, he could not tell him about Kong.

But now, also limited to the contract, he could not give Wang Daoyi any more information.

Seeing Wang Daoyi's look of understanding, Zhongli's eyes flashed with appreciation, and then he continued: "I can only tell you, [Time is an uncontrollable force, and those who fool time will be fooled by time." !]."

Listening to Zhongli's words, Wang Daoyi thought carefully.

The first half of the sentence, "Time is not under control", may mean that time cannot be transferred by personal will. Perhaps the past time administration can go back in time within a certain range, but there must be a price.

If the ruler of time can use the power of time at no cost, then he can completely rewind the entire time of Teyvat and avoid all tragedies and misfortunes.

The fact that this kind of time retrospection did not happen means that the control of time by the ruler of time comes at a price.

In the second half of the sentence, "Those who fool time will be fooled by time", Wang Daoyi also had some conjectures in his heart, but he could not find a specific example.

Shaking his head, he shook off the messy thoughts.

Although he still didn't quite understand the meaning of Zhongli's words, Wang Daoyi still wrote down these words seriously.

I chatted with Zhongli for a while at Wangshu Inn and asked Zhongli a lot about governance.

At noon, Zhongli left first. According to his own words, he came out this time to help Hall Master Hu find some ritual materials. After chatting for so long, it was time to go to work.

Wang Daoyi, on the other hand, played with Feng Ying on the roof for a while before leaving Wangshu Inn.

However, he did not return to Liyue Port, but returned directly to the Great Red Sand Sea through the earth channel.

He was still thinking about the future scene he saw in Yuanxia Palace.

Since Zhongli was limited to the contract, there was no way to tell him something.

Then, Wang Daoyi will check it out himself.

Walking out of the blue earth channel,

Wang Dao took a look at the spotless tent and sat down on the main seat.

Then he shouted: "Kasha, go ask Sid to come see me."

He didn't go out of the camp to take a look, but he knew that the two sisters, Kasakalian, must be guarding the door.

Sure enough, after Wang Daoyi made his voice,

A voice came immediately from the door of the camp: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then the camp door was opened, and my sister Karen walked in: "I'm here to pour you tea, my lord."

Kallen walked slowly to Wang Daoyi's side, picked up the teapot familiarly, and began to pour water for Wang Daoyi's tea.

It seems that she has studied this craft seriously and is much more skillful and graceful than she used to be.

Not long after,

Kasha then led two people into the camp.

The chief steward of the Chisha Tribal Alliance, West Germany.

The other one is Chisha's current chief alchemist, Nicored.

"Huh? Nicored, why are you here? Did something happen?"

Wang Daoyi was a little curious. Generally speaking, the other party would only move between the alchemist classroom, the alchemy workshop, and the resting tent.

He rarely takes the initiative to go to other places, including to see Wang Daoyi.

Nicorette nodded with a hint of caution on his face: "Some things did happen, but let Sid talk about it. I will make some additions later."

Seeing Nicored's cautious look, Wang Daoyi suddenly became interested in letting an alchemist master treat him like this. It seemed that a lot of things did happen while he was away.

"In that case, tell me, West, what happened to the tribe, or to the Great Red Sand Sea, while I was away?"

Wang Daoyi looked at West Germany with interest.

"Yes, my God." Sid bowed slightly to Wang Daoyi, then stood up straight and began to tell what happened to the tribe and the desert after Wang Daoyi left, "After you left, with the help of Master Nicholas Now, the Bashi Reservoir has entered normal operation."

"We dispatched a group of holy skeleton warriors and three hundred red sand warriors to guard the place. We are also responsible for replacing the ground stone and removing monsters."

Sid said this, and Nicored added: "The Basha Reservoir is running well, and there is more and more accumulated water now. We will soon try to put some animals in to improve the ecosystem."

Wang Dao nodded: "That's a good thing. As for the ecological circle, I already have an idea about this. I brought back a tribe of alien dragon lizards from Daozi, and then I placed them in the Badai Reservoir. They are responsible for cleaning up the demonic filth that appears inside the reservoir.”

It was originally the Yuanxia Palace. Wang Daoyi accepted some of the descendants of the old dragon lizard at the begging of the old dragon lizard and had already made arrangements for them.

These alien dragon lizards have been modified to have enough resistance to the power of the devil's radiation, which is perfect for maintaining the cleanliness inside the Badai Reservoir.

In this way, there are holy skeleton warriors and red sand warriors cleaning up the outside of the Bashi Reservoir, and there are alien dragon lizards inside to maintain it, which can basically ensure the safe operation of the reservoir.

"Let's talk about this later, West Germany, you can continue the report."

After receiving Wang Daoyi's instructions, Xi De continued: "As for the commercial issues of the tribe, the work has been basically completed. Under the encouragement regulations, many tribesmen are willing to try to engage in business. After a while, we can gradually open up. market, and the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce seems to have noticed our plan and has begun to gradually reduce the amount of food shipped to the desert."

Wang Dao nodded: "In this case, the commercial economy can continue to be implemented without any changes. As for the actions of the Fools, don't worry about them. If you are given food, accept it. If you are not given food, just buy it from other chambers of commerce. , in short, give priority to ensuring that the department’s food reserves are sufficient to supply other branches, and then initiate food reforms.”

West Germany nodded and talked about the next item: "Recent changes have occurred in the Great Red Sand Sea, which has restricted a lot of our energy. The development of the Thousand Valley Sand Land and the deeper deserts has been greatly affected."

Wang Dao frowned, this is not good information. The development of the Qianhe Sand Land and the deeper deserts is Wang Dao's definite tone.

The current Great Red Sand Sea is too barren. Under the yellow sand, although there is vast land, there is not much that can be used.

And Chisha cannot develop towards the rain forest, so it can only explore the Thousand Valley Sand Land and the deeper deserts.

If Chisha's exploration of Qianhe Sand Land and beyond is hindered, it will indeed affect Chisha's development.

"Tell me, what are the specific difficulties?" Wang Daoyi asked.

West Germany did not dare to hide it, nor did he think about it: "On the one hand, the number of dead areas in the desert has begun to increase recently, and they often appear in large groups."

"On the other hand, for some unknown reason, the sandworms in Qianhe Sand Land have become much more violent recently and have begun to attack our exploration team on a large scale."

"These two factors combined make it difficult for the tribe to continue exploring deeper."

West Germany explained the recent difficulties.

Wang Daoyi frowned. As for the Dead Territory, he really didn't have any better management plan. He could only clear it out by force.

On this point, the patrol officers of the Teaching Order also dealt with it in this way.

As for the sandworm problem, it is even more helpless. That kind of thing is an economic animal, and a large part of the tribe's source of funds is sandworm oil. If sandworms are killed on a large scale, it will inevitably cause a blow to the future tribal economy.

In other words, of these two problems, one can only be solved by force, and the other seems to only be able to increase the protection of the exploration team.

All are methods that require a lot of tribal manpower.

After thinking for a while, Wang Daoyi looked at Nicored aside: "Nicolaid, do you have any thoughts on these two questions?"

Nicholas was not surprised when he heard Wang Daoyi's call. He seemed to have known that the other party would ask him.

After organizing his language, Nicored said: "First of all, regarding the issue of dead zones, this is my first time coming into contact with it. However, I went to clean up several dead zones with the Red Sand Warriors before, and gained some gains. .”

"The Dead Realm seems to be formed by some kind of distorted power. After the Dead Realm is cleared, pure elemental power will remain. I guess that the Dead Realm may be the last life form of some distorted elemental creatures, or in other words, it is the last life form of some distorted elemental creatures. Twisted life forms.”

After hearing what Nicored said, Wang Daoyi nodded slightly, and then said: "Interesting statement, I have also studied some things about the Dead Realm before. The Dead Realm is essentially the pollution of some forbidden knowledge. If you follow The theory is that some elemental beings polluted by forbidden knowledge did not return to the world as elemental power in the final stage of their lives, but were twisted into the realm of death."

After pondering for a moment, Wang Daoyi continued: "If this is the case, then finding those contaminated elemental beings may be an option to solve the dead zone."

Below the main seat, Nicholas nodded in agreement: "I think so too, so I asked Elder Sid to mobilize a group of holy warriors to search in the desert. Due to the problem of the dead zone, in the desert It exists at the same time as it exists in the rainforest, so I set my target on the elemental life-slime that exists in both the rainforest and the desert."

"What was the result?" Wang Daoyi raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest.

Nikolaid shook his head: "After capturing a large number of slimes for experiments, we can confirm that slimes are not elemental life forms carrying the dead zone factor."

"Then the clue is broken?"

Nicored immediately denied: "How is it possible? Since slime is not, it means that there is an elemental life form hidden in the rainforest and desert that we have not discovered."

As he said that, Nicored touched his right hand and took out a small stick that shone rapidly.

"Hiss, Lord of Red Sand, your elemental power is too vast, and too pure." Nikolaid sighed.

Wang Daoyi was a little curious, and then quickly restrained the elemental fluctuations in his body, and his aura became calm, like a mortal.

The small stick that was still shining just now in Nicholas's hand immediately calmed down and became dim.

"This thing can sense the richness and purity of elemental power?" Wang Daoyi asked.

Nicored nodded: "Yes, after realizing that there was a hidden ethnic group of elemental lifeforms, I developed this small prop and asked the soldiers to go out and search for it with the prop."

As he said this, Nikolaid couldn't help showing a proud look.

Wang Daoyi smiled: "Looking at your expression, the search must have been fruitful."

Nicored nodded excitedly: "That's right, after the search by the holy warriors, an elemental life was quickly brought back. You would never guess what form of life it was."

Wang Daoyi raised his eyebrows: "No, it's a mushroom beast."

Nicholas was stunned, blinked, and then looked at Sid beside him: "Sid, did you report it to the Lord of Red Sand in advance?"

West Germany waved his hands quickly: "No, I haven't had time to say it yet."

He really didn't say anything.