Chapter 69, Exploration and Beginning
"Is this the so-called boundary erosion? The intensity is average."
Charmian was wearing power armor and pulled out the chain sword from the body of an Everwinter Shadow. The Everwinter Shadow instantly turned into pieces.
During this period of time in this dark dungeon, Shamian had killed more than three to five hundred world-splitting creatures.
Some of them are weak and some are strong, but most of them are not Xia Mian's enemies.
What poses a threat to Shamian is not these world-splitting creations, but the omnipresent erosion within the world-splitting.
The gathering place of the pigeons is protected by the bricks and stones piled up to protect the pigeons, so there is basically no erosion from the rift. However, once he leaves there, Shamian will feel that he seems to be marked by other beings.
However, Charmian also has his own solution, which is to cover himself and his power armor with a layer of psychic energy to isolate this mark from the other party's prying eyes.
"According to the information from the bankers, there should be a town where humans live not far ahead." Shamian showed an interested look in his eyes. "I don't know what the difference is between humans in another world and humans in Teyvat." .”
[Balance must be balanced. 】
"Hmph~ This auditory hallucination has started again." Charmian scratched his helmet, "But every time I hear this auditory hallucination, the power of balance in the body will increase, which is also a good thing."
Shamian followed the guidance of spiritual energy and came to a town.
"There seems to be a riot in this town." Charmian thought for a moment, took off his power armor, and then covered it with a layer of psionic witchcraft·cognitive interference and psionic witchcraft·invisibility.
Then he swaggered into the town wearing his underwear.
"Evacuate to Panyan Town? What happened here?" Shamian vaguely heard that these people seemed to be moving to the so-called Panyan Town.
"What happened to this town?"
Through mind reading, Charmian urgently learned some languages and characters in this world. By the way, he also learned that this small town was called Rivet Town, which was one of the few large towns in the Lower City.
With a population of approximately tens of thousands, most of the people living here are miners, digging for an amber-like energy ore called earth marrow. This energy ore is the lifeblood of the city called Beroberg.
Logically speaking, there is no reason to abandon this town.
But some time ago, the so-called Great Guardian in the upper city mobilized all the silver-maned iron guards in the lower city. In Xia Mian's understanding, these silver-maned iron guards were probably equivalent to the Liyue Qianyan Army. exist.
However, after careful inspection, it was discovered that most of these so-called iron guards were actually mortals, and most of them relied on firearms and even machines to fight. They were really incomparable to the strength of the Qianyan Army.
So this resulted in the fact that after Rivet Town encountered the so-called cracking erosion, it could only be topped by automatic robots.
But it is worth mentioning that the number of automatic soldiers is not sufficient, so after discussion, the people in the town decided to move to Panyan Town together.
This city called Beroberg seems to be very small, so many people from Panyan Town, people from Rivet Town, and even people from the upper class are related to each other.
So basically everyone can find a place to stay in Panyan Town.
"But why do I feel that there seems to be an aura of conspiracy? The connection between the upper and lower areas was just blocked, and after the guards were removed, things like cracking and erosion occurred."
"Forget it...I'm not suitable to think about these things. It's just dirty politics and the like." Charmian gave up and continued to think deeply.
Start looking for a place to stay.
The people here in Beroberg seem to be pure humans, and they seem to be no different from the humans in Teyvat. Well, they are still a little thinner, but this thinness should be acquired.
"Let's find a place to stay first." Shamian scratched his ears. He had not had time to maintain his hair in the past few days, and the hair on his tail began to become tangled.
Xia Mian looked through the memories of passers-by and thought of a good place.
The only clinic currently operating in the lower area is also the largest orphanage in the lower area, currently located in Rivet Town.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. The relocation of the orphanage is currently in progress, so the clinic is not open at the moment." Natasha, the director of the orphanage and the doctor at Natasha's clinic, was obviously a little tired.
"You said you want to work in a clinic?"
"Yes, I am proficient in the preparation and cultivation of some drugs, and I also have a certain understanding of the human body." Xia Mian said, "And I have also mastered some special treatment techniques."
As he spoke, lightning flashed on Charmian's hand.
This is lightning caused by the power of equilibrium, and can do most of the things Charmian can do with the thunder element.
This naturally includes electrotherapy.
Using the thunder element to treat Charmian can be considered a familiar skill. Although it is not as good as Fugate's book element, it is more than enough to treat ordinary people.
As for why he directly exposed his special ability, it was naturally because Shamian discovered that the Natasha in front of him seemed to be no ordinary person.
There seemed to be a power flowing through her body that was similar to the power of equilibrium in Charmian's body.
However, the nature of that power seems to be closer to the fertility power of 'Xiao Feng'.
"I see, are you a destiny traveler?" Natasha's eyebrows seemed to relax at once.
Natasha briefly introduced the current situation of the clinic. The clinic has a certain charity nature, has very weak profitability, and is very busy.
Clinics can cultivate certain herbs through greenhouses, but most of the time these herbs are not enough.
The situation is similar at the orphanage. In the past, the operation of the orphanage relied mostly on donations from Rivet Town. However, now that Rivet Town has been eroded by the Rift, the orphanage also has funding problems.
This orphanage is not like the Buffati Mansion.
This is a real orphanage, not a training base for agents.
Due to lack of funds, Natasha has asked many capable families to adopt orphans, but there are still more than a dozen orphans in the orphanage.
"Are you willing to join?"
"Of course." Charmian had no reason to refuse. She not only needed a place to stay, she also needed manpower and intelligence.
Orphanage is a good option, and... Xia Mian still likes children.
Among the three top powerhouses in the Buffati Mansion, Charmian, Fugate and Arecino, Charmian is the most popular among the little devils.
Fugate and Arecino also like little ghosts, but Fugate likes them by often playing pranks. Although they often give some gifts, there are still many little ghosts who don't like Fugate.
Arecino, on the other hand, cannot express himself and needs to maintain his dignity as a 'father'.
So the little ghosts will be very scared when they see her, even if the little ghosts know that their 'father' will not hurt them.
Then Charmian began to integrate into Natasha's clinic.
Whether it is suturing wounds, treating fate, or preparing medicines, Shamian is very skilled.
He just doesn’t know many potion formulas and needs to learn the potion formulas again.
The sight turns back to Fontaine, Gray River, Bouffati Metal Smelting Plant, and Forgate Metal Studio.
In the studio, Fugate was only responsible for some of his own things, but the tools inside could not be left idle. Arecino hired some blacksmiths to learn forging techniques from Fugate.
Although it cannot be forged into a powerful weapon (four stars), ordinary high-quality weapons can still be produced (three stars), and even powerful weapons can occasionally be forged (four stars).
(Timeline review: In fact, the traveler woke up very early. He had been wandering in the wilds of Teyvat for several months just before he caught Paimon. From the time he caught Paimon to the time he met Amber, it took two more months. It took months, and then there was dragon fighting and so on. It must have been more than a year when I got the news about Inazuma, and then a year later I heard that Inazuma started to seize the country two years ago, that is, it started from fishing Paimon. It will take at least two years to solve the problem of rice wife locking the country, three years to solve the Xumi problem, four years to solve the Fontaine prophecy, and at least the fifth year to go to Nata. To put it another way, When the traveler met Amber, Navia was thirteen years old, Linny and the others were probably only fifteen years old (they should have been nineteen at the beginning of the plot), and the servant Arecino was twenty-five years old)
"Has that person arrived already? It's so early." Fugate, who was adjusting his inner armor, wiped the sweat from his head.
Just now, he noticed a violent fluctuation in fate, and then a meteorite fell from the sky that ordinary people couldn't see, but Fugate could see it very clearly in his spiritual vision.
If the fate of ordinary people is like gravel, and the fate of the original god is like a gem, then the fluctuating fate just now is like a meteor falling from the sky.
Although it feels a bit empty, its essence is truly powerful. "The true descendant, Sora."
"But speaking of the descendants, it seems that some excessive things have been done to those Abyss Orders before. I hope it will not affect their plans, and I also hope that this future descendant will not care." Fugate said to himself without sincerity. road.
"Destiny has begun to turn the spindle, and no one can escape." Fugate allowed invisible threads to appear on his body.
"Funny, boring," Fugate said.
What is interesting is the way this fate is used, but what is boring is the script that fate has arranged for Fugate.
As fate would have it, he would escape before the final battle and be captured by several Executors.
But it doesn't matter, Fugate can rewrite his own script.
"Give me the pen and I'll write." Fugate activated his psychic powers, and the picture of the future was distorted.
Fugate turned the result of being caught by several executioners into the result of successfully escaping but missing his trace.
After all, I will definitely go to other worlds in the future, so it will be easier for me to operate by myself.
Fugate continued to carve runes and energy circuits into the inner armor, and soon the inner armor was completed.
Fugate's inner armor weighed a total of 136 kilograms, which was lighter than Charmian's inner armor, but not much lighter. Fugate felt a little restrained when wearing it, but it was okay. After getting familiar with it, he didn't feel it. It won't affect your own activities, and the breathability is also very good.
"It's been a long time since I went to Gray River to take orders. Let's go over there and have a look." Fugate whispered.
Fugate, who was quite bored, was going to find some bad luck among the Fontaine nobles.
These nobles of Fontaine have been subjected to Fogate in recent years. There are seven or eight hundred nobles who have died under Fogate's medicine. There are also some who have died under Fogate's spiritual curse. Two to three hundred people.
However, Fugate's potion is still very popular among these Fontaine nobles, because the Enforcement Tribunal rarely finds evidence.
That is to say, recently, during the period after Charmian's power armor was completed, Fugate was quite busy and did not go to Gray River to pick up work for two or three months.
Fugate divided the actions of these nobles into dirty political struggles, family disputes, divine revenge, and others.
Among them, dirty political fights are the most common, and Charmian will kill both sides because neither of them is a good thing.
Among the remaining two main reasons, Fugate was the most punishable.
Less than two kilometers away from Fugate's smelting plant is the Gray River market.
When Fugate came, he happened to meet Kares and a blond girl distributing gifts and various supplies in the Gray River.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Nathan Rice." Mr. Kares first saluted Fugate.
(Carres is a noble and has the title of earl, but he does not like to call himself an earl.)
"Mr. Carres, are you distributing supplies?"
"Yes, today is my little girl's birthday, so I brought Navia here to Gray River."
"Her outfit is not suitable for Gray River." Fugate touched Navia's head and said.
Navia is dressed in a standard Fontaine Lady dress. This dress may not matter in Fontainebleau, but in Gray River, this dress is somewhat eye-catching.
People here may have neat and dirty clothes, but they rarely wear complicated decorations.
In comparison, Kares' work clothes are not very conspicuous. Although they are clean and tidy, there are still similar clothes in Gray River.
"That's true. Thank you for reminding me." Kares said gratefully.
Fugate didn't respond, waved and left.
Soon we arrived at the black market. "Hey, Master Nathan Rice, you're here." The person in charge of the black market came over to receive Fugate very rudely.
"Is there any order for poison?" Fugate asked.
"Are you unhappy again?" the person in charge of the black market asked in surprise.
Although the nobles don't know Fugate's methods, the person in charge of the black market still knows a little bit. After all, many of his behind-the-scenes financial backers are so small. One or two can be said to be an accident, but dozens of them are all, He has grown from a black market middleman to a black market leader.
Of course, there is speculation, so he basically does not have any grudges with others, and he does not need Fugate's potion to deal with any grudges he does.
Because he knew that the potion was really poisonous.
But it doesn't matter. With Fugate's method, he got on the lines of more nobles. The scale of the black market has expanded several times in recent years, and his subordinates have also grown from more than a hundred to hundreds.
Now his black market is the largest black market in Gray River, and he has even trained three formal levels of alchemists.
However, it was precisely because he had trained three formal levels of alchemists that he knew how high the level of Master Nathan Rice was.
Those poisons and so on, even if the three formal alchemists were clearly told that they were poisons, the three formal alchemists would not be able to detect them.
"I'm a little annoyed and want to see a drama about family ethics," Fugate said.
"The list of poisons is as much as you want." The person in charge of the black market said, "Especially your potions, they are really popular."
The person in charge of the black market pulled out seven lists, two super-high-end alchemy tonic lists and five poison lists, all of which were ordered to be refined by Master Nathan Rice.
Two of the ultra-high-end alchemical tonic lists come with alchemical recipes.
Fugate turned out one of the alchemy tonic lists and handed it to the person in charge of the black market and said.
"Go back and tell this..."
"This is a marquis."
"This Marquis, the formula of this alchemical tonic is fake. The effect of the refined tonic is very average, and most of the potency will be wasted. You can ask clearly what he needs to supplement, and I will design a formula for him, or He found a new potion formula for me," Fugate said.
"This? How did you determine that?"
"The paper is old, and I happen to know the recipe for the old alchemy potion. One-third of the pharmacology of the formula is wrong, and the mysterious and mysterious principles of the potion are all misleading." Fugate said, "With 'gold' In the name of an alchemist, I identify this thing as fake. ”
"You can directly convey my exact words."
The person in charge of the black market nodded and said he understood. Since he couldn't afford to offend both parties, he just had to be a sounding board.
"You can go to the Bufati Smelter in the Gray River xx area to find me. Although I may not be there, you can ask the people there to pass on the information to me, and I will say hello in advance."
"I understand." The person in charge of the black market said.
In fact, Fugate hopes that the Marquis can find the potion formula. Although one-third is fake, from the other two-thirds, Fugate concludes that this should be an elite-level alchemist. The developed [Chicheng] level pharmaceutical formula.
Fugate has not seen many simple tonic formulas of the [Chicheng] level.
The other formula this time is also a [Chalk] level formula. Of course it is also new, a formula that Fugate has never encountered before. These have been carefully screened by the person in charge of the black market.
The principles inside are quite novel, so Fugate was willing to accept this commission.
Fugate has never concealed his needs, so the person in charge of the black market will do what he likes. It is precisely because the person in charge of the black market is sensible that Fugate did not go to several other black markets.
As for how much difference the black market middleman made, to be honest Fugate didn't care.
All he wanted to do was watch the blood flow and collect new potion recipes.
(End of chapter)