The Homeless Man of Teyvat

On July 13, Bueno seemed to be ill and said that he had no strength. We didn't pay much attention to it. We laughed and thought that he was tired from the tasks of the past few days. We let him stay and rest, and the other brothers continued to do the tasks assigned by the employer.

The boss said that after this job, we can also buy a big manor near Xumi City and live a good life like those masters with clothes and food provided for us.

On July 17, Bueno's condition became worse for some reason. Scaly scabs began to appear on his arms and calves, and there were many ulcers on his body.

On July 19, the boss found a doctor, who said that Bueno had a disease that only Xumi people would have, called [Demon Scale Disease], and there is no cure for it yet.

The brothers felt sorry for Bueno. Good days were just around the corner, but he encountered such a thing. According to the Liyue people, this seems to be called "God's will"?

I didn't expect that Xumi people would be at risk of such a terrible disease. It was like a curse. Bueno was a mixed-blood, but he still couldn't escape the clutches of the devil scale disease.

On July 23, Bueno's condition became more and more serious, and he became more and more confused. He kept mumbling something, and the scabs like scales almost spread all over his body. He twitched from time to time, like a fish thirsty for water on the shore.

The brothers couldn't bear to watch it, and the mission was about to end, and there were only some finishing work left, so they came to Bueno and asked him if he had any last wishes. We would try our best to help him, so that he could get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible and avoid this torture.

Bueno seemed to say something, about trees and grass, and it was not clear, but it looked like he was praying to God. He was really a devout believer, but unfortunately, the god he believed in could not save him.

The devil scale disease was really terrible. In just ten days, a tall and strong man turned into this miserable appearance that was neither human nor ghost.

On July 27, most of the brothers in the group were infected with the magic scale disease. What happened? ! And why did they attack me? The reward for this mission can make everyone rich, but they are still greedy! ?

Resist! Must resist! I want to survive!

On July 29, I grabbed the boss's neck and asked him with red eyes why he joined forces with the brothers to harm me.

The boss's expression was very strange, and he seemed to be a little sad and a little sad. He coughed and blood could not stop flowing out of his mouth. The boss seemed to want to say something, but he said nothing. He covered his chest pocket, as if he was protecting some extremely important treasure, and glared at me fiercely.

Humph! I want to see what you want to protect until death!

I scratched the pocket with my fingernails and took out the contents - it turned out to be a piece of silk with small words written on it. It took a lot of effort to unfold it and try to recognize the words on it.

The [God Canned Knowledge] of the Order House was lost. Before it was lost, the item had a strong corrosiveness for some reason, and would slowly transform the person holding it into a humanoid monster. The early performance was very similar to the demon scale disease.

Humanoid monster?

I stood there in a daze, my eyes unconsciously moved down, and saw my arms full of scales and my black and sharp claws. I finally understood what had happened in the past few days.

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"Boss, why is this thing more and more scary?"

Qian San couldn't help rubbing his arms, feeling a little scared. Together with the other brothers, he distanced himself from the lizard-like monster corpse in the cave.

I don't know why this terrible thing suddenly appeared in Xumi. It was clear that when they came here a few years ago to perform espionage... uh, some friendly exchanges that the Xumi people didn't know about, the atmosphere was still very harmonious except for the conflicts in the desert rainforest and the mercenary group's wild brawls and looting.

"There are more horrible ones, do you want to see them?"

Ye Lan closed the diary in her hand. The handwriting was clear at the beginning, but it became more and more chaotic as it went on. She even needed to decipher it by associating it with others to barely understand it.

She glanced at Qian San, handed him the diary, looked at his puzzled expression, and reminded him: "Look at who the owner of this diary is."

"The owner of the diary?"

Qian San looked carefully and saw a few neat small characters on the title page. He squinted his eyes and complained that Xumi's basic education was really bad. It was hard to recognize this person's name. He read it out: "Achipu Bueno...hiss-Bueno!?"

Qian San took a breath of cold air, his face changed again, and he said "Puh-Puh" twice. He felt very disgusted when looking at the diary in his hand. He didn't know whether to throw it away or not. In the end, he endured it as if he had eaten a fly, and pointed at the corpse of the "lizard man" from a distance: "Boss, that ghost thing is Bueno, and it is also the owner of the diary?"

How did it do it? Did it scratch the last few diaries with its claws?

Qian San's mind flashed through several scenes: in the cold and damp cave, the lizardman with serious mental problems was fearing unknown monsters while unconsciously slaughtering his companions. Even this slaughter scene was distorted in his eyes.

Ye Lan ignored Qian San's nonsense. She looked at the corpse of the lizardman in the distance, and her mind moved slightly. She raised her hand and shot a water arrow, blasting the pile of rubble on the left side of the lizardman.

A [canned knowledge] emitting scarlet light appeared in front of everyone.

Ye Lan's expression changed slightly, and she immediately waved her hand, signaling the others to withdraw further away. At the same time, she threw out dozens of seals in a row. Seeing that the scarlet canned knowledge had not changed, she breathed a sigh of relief and left backwards.

If I am not mistaken, this thing should be the [God Canned Knowledge] mentioned in the diary, and it is also the culprit that caused the annihilation of Bueno's mercenary group. Before he is completely sure, knows its function, and can use it safely, Ye Lan is not going to touch this evil thing personally, let alone bring it back to Liyue.

Maybe it should be destroyed. This is Xumi. Even if something happens, it will not directly threaten Liyue. If this thing is used by someone with ulterior motives to deal with Liyue, it will be troublesome...Ye Lan exited the cave with a flickering look in his eyes, but suddenly realized something was wrong and turned his head to look at the dense forest not far from the cave.

It was too quiet. Even ordinary forests in the wild of Liyue could not be so quiet, let alone the rain forest of Xumi.

Qian San and others also noticed something strange. Their hands either touched the handles of the knives or held a few thunder and fire bombs, poison gas bombs and other weapons that could give the enemy some small surprises. They all held their breath and concentrated. Some people looked at the dense forest vigilantly, and some people paid attention to other directions to prevent the enemy from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

As for taking this opportunity to retreat quickly... it's not that they don't want to, but since the enemy can get around them like this, it is impossible for them to set traps and ambushes in only one place. If they retreat rashly, they may very likely fall into the enemy's trap.