Chapter 4: Serving the Queen with loyalty and honor! Join the Fatui,...

The power of the water element quickly attracted the attention of the mechanical creatures. Yi Bai stood in front of the ruins guard and his expression finally became serious.

To be honest, the Ruins Guard is almost three and a half times taller than Yi Bai. If anyone else were nearby, seeing such a pretty and lovely child under the protection of the Ruins Guard, they would probably be scared to death.

But at this moment Yi Bai was not afraid at all. He just looked at the bubble he had condensed curiously, and then threw it at the monster. He couldn't see how much damage this ball caused to the Ruins Guardian, but it was obvious that this normal attack skill seemed to have the function of automatic tracking and confinement. The opponent was indeed pinned down by him for three seconds.

So useful? Yi Bai was a little surprised. Putting aside the amount of damage, an effortless water bubble could achieve this level. In a sense, it was almost like single-person eternal freezing.

Yi Bai smashed a few more bubbles. The ruins guard in front of him seemed to be deteriorating at an increasing rate. Was it... continuous water damage? Yi Bai thought.

If the water ball of normal attack can give the enemy a vulnerable buff, it is indeed too incredible. The enemy will be injured about three times within three seconds of being imprisoned. With the faster attack frequency, the damage will be stacked.

As the last bubble burst, the Ruins Guard seemed to be soaked in water, its machinery short-circuited, and it fell to the ground completely paralyzed.

…

How to put it, Yi Bai was a little helpless. If it was said that the enemy was too weak, then his killing speed was indeed too slow compared to when he played the game before and used a high-level main C to cut vegetables. His hands were a little tired from throwing.

But if you want to say that the enemy is strong...

As a mage, my normal attack has the effect of imprisonment, and even large enemies like this can be controlled.

Doesn't that mean he just needs to stand and shoot, without even having to move, and can kill the enemy as long as he is given enough time? This is too unchallenging.

As for other skills...it seems that more rule power is needed to unlock them.

Strong power requires more effort. Now that we have achieved this level of normal attack effect, we really can't ask for anything more.

Yi Bai approached the paralyzed ruins guard and took out a complete tear drop crystal from its back.

This is the purpose of his trip.

Yi Bai lifted up the crystal red gem and took a look at it, but couldn't see anything special about it.

"Are these the tears of Tevarin, corrupted by the abyss?"

Yibai muttered.

In the game's plot, Lisa, who possesses the Eye of God, will even feel a burning pain when she gets close to this tear drop crystal, so when she touches the crystal, she is also prepared to be stung.

But as expected, I felt nothing.

This may explain... that this Eye of God is indeed controlled by the power of rules, isolating it from its own essence.

Yi Bai carefully put the crystal into his own extra-dimensional pocket - this space storage ability consumed almost negligible amount of his rule power.

Perhaps it's because such magical items also exist in Teyvat.

For example, the backpacks of Traveler and Paimon, and the magic pocket of Maple Danlini.

There are still two left. Yi Bai looked at the gradually darkening sky and decided to take action tomorrow morning.

As for the purpose of collecting tear crystals.

One is for future plans, and the other is to speed up the progress of the Traveler's main storyline, so that he can put the possibility of running around in Mondstadt to the last possible time, so as to leave more time for himself to lay out Liyue.

Although the main storyline hasn't even started yet, he has indeed begun to look forward to meeting the Geo Lord and the day when he will visit Liyue. That place... is his real "hometown".

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Secret place... Dadaupa Valley...

Yi Bai traveled across almost half of Mondstadt and finally collected the three tear crystals on the map by noon the next day.

He looked at the crystal gem in his hand, took a deep breath, and thought about his next destination.

To the Winter Palace.

He was going to seek the position of Executive of the Fools.

Not only is it to pave the way for players to have a more conflicting villain identity, to create a more logical action logic for traveling across the seven kingdoms, but it is also to... find a way home.

Yi Bai raised his head and looked at the false sky.

He thought of the travelers who were stopped by the Maintainer of Justice, the predetermined fate of the people of Teyvat, and the power of rules that were naturally opposed to justice.

He was the only god who dared to raise the flag of rebellion, the only god who pointed his sword to the sky and was eager to reshape the world order.

Yi Bai looked at his palm carefully. He used up most of his remaining power of rules to tear a new, stable space crack.

As he stepped into the water mirror, the fluorescent light once again covered his body, and Yi Bai made a temporary modification to his appearance.

He still had short snow-white hair, delicate but slightly different facial features, and blue pupils, but his body had grown to that of a teenager. He was wearing a thick winter cloak, and two fluffy wolf ears appeared on his head.

When he passed through the water mirror, what came into view was the Ice Queen sitting in the Winter Palace.

Looking at the somewhat surprised, cold Ice God in front of him who had not yet begun to seek the Heart of God, Yi Bai bowed and saluted, letting his clear and calm voice echo throughout the hall.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my intrusive visit."

"As a forsaken person, I offer my loyalty to you and sing praises to your glory, seeking the power to burn everything and tear apart the banner of false heaven."

Yi Bai frowned and lowered his head, hiding the unfathomable sadness and indifference in his eyes.

This absurd, presumptuous, and sudden act of allegiance was finally forgiven by the Queen's mercy.

In front of all the Fatui Executives, this young man with unknown origins, white hair and wolf ears was personally given the title of "Hidden Wolf", the twelfth seat of the Fatui Executives, by the Queen herself.

At the suggestion of [Ugly] Piero and [Girl] Columbia, the boy was given the title of adjutant of the commander-in-chief.

Yi Bai accepted it silently.

The ghosts of fallen nations and the fairies that guide human wisdom...

From a God's perspective, a player's prophecy.

He promised.

The throne will eventually collapse and the eggshell will eventually break.

"I believe that the end of everything will be a pure dawn."

Yi Bai looked down at his palms. What he was holding tightly were tear crystals purified by rules and an icy evil eye bestowed by the God of Ice.

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South of Cape Lookout.

Next to the beach, Yi Bai sat on a reef not far from his birthplace, with his back against the land, his calves fully immersed in the sea, and his bare feet dangling leisurely.

The sunlight poured down, falling on the sea and his delicate and lovely facial features. The broken golden water was ruthlessly stirred by him, but the ripples still echoed around him, as if he was willing to be unconsciously toyed with by the white-haired elf.

Today was the day when the Genshin Impact server was launched. In order to return to Mondstadt in time, he even abandoned the ship from Solstice to Port of Chiffon and jumped directly into the sea, drifting back to this beach along the ocean current.

Since he told the Queen that his purified power required him to get close to travelers from another world, the Queen tacitly allowed him to move freely and would not summon him back to Winter unless necessary.

Just tell him that at certain times he needs to stand on the side of the fools and help other executive officers win the heart of God.

Yi Bai naturally nodded his head and agreed.

When the live broadcast system started counting down and the travelers in the distance were already walking towards the beach, Yi Bai did not hesitate and jumped into the sea.

The sea water did not make any exaggerated splashes because of his fall. Yi Bai had already turned back into a slime, hiding silently at the bottom of the sea.

The official default traveler was Sora. The blond boy and his guide Paimon were approaching and then sat on the beach to rest for a while.

"How many years ago did that happen? No matter what, I will find out..."

The blond boy clenched his fists, looking solemn and lonely.

…

Yi Bai lay on the bottom of the sea, feeling the waves of the water, waiting for the conversation between the traveler and his companions.

"…So, trust me, I will be a good guide."

"It's time to go. Let's go."

"This little thing is called Paimon? She's so cute."

"The protagonist is so handsome, but he has long hair and shows his waist?!!"

"Take a lick"

"Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World!!!"

"I start with a Paimon, and I have to pick up all my equipment."

"So why did Paimon drown if he could fly?"

"This picture is so exquisite..."

"There are crabs, can we catch them?"

Yi Bai glanced at the complaints that kept flashing across the screen like a bullet screen, then looked away.

By the time Paimon had flown a long way toward the anchor point and Kong was still hovering in place catching crabs, Ibai had already gradually approached the coast in the form of a slime.

Swish—accompanied by the swing of the blunt sword, the water slime used to attack the teaching was chopped away one meter, and finally turned into elemental particles and drilled into the traveler's body.

"Huh? Why is there another one?"

Kong grabbed the sword and swung it up again with undiminished momentum. Yi Bai took the damage from the sword and took a step back, blinking his white eyes hard as if hurt.

Sora didn't care about the slime's different expression after being hit, and prepared to chase it and swing his sword again.

But what caught Kong off guard was that before the sword could be swung out, the water slime in front of him suddenly turned into a soft and adorable little boy with a little blue fluorescence.

“Hmm…”

The boy seemed to be very frightened. Cold sweat had appeared on his forehead. His white hair was sticking tightly to his forehead. His aqua-blue pupils seemed to be about to shed tears. He looked scared and pitiful.

His hands were supported behind him in the water, his two snow-white legs were stepping on the junction of the beach and water, one in front and one behind. There was a sword wound on his cheek. Unlike ordinary blood, the wound was more like sapphire crystals, emitting white cold air.

It makes Yi Bai's delicate face look even more gorgeous and fragile.

Sora was stunned where he stood.

Only instinct prompted him to apologize subconsciously.

"Um, I, I, I didn't mean to..."

Before Kong could say something like "Are you okay?", Yi Bai had already raised his hand and touched the wound with the back of his hand. He pursed his lips, and his blue pupils could no longer reveal any other emotions.

He instantly turned back into a water slime, jumped back, and flowed away in the opposite direction along the sea water.

"Hey! Sora! Here, hurry up!"

Paimon waved vigorously at Sora from a distance.

Kong glanced at the water surface which had become so calm as if nothing had happened, then turned around and chased back to Paimon.

"Paimon, can the slimes in this world become humans?"

"No, what's wrong?"

Paimon put his hands behind his back and tilted his head to look at himself.

"No... nothing."

"Um?"

On the other side, at the corner of the cliff, Yi Bai, who had not yet come ashore, had already changed back into the size of a young boy. The sea water was stirred up and then peeled off his body obediently.

Yi Bai stepped gracefully onto the shore, wiping the insignificant wound with the back of his hand while looking at the forum live broadcast system beside him.

The blue scar was instantly wiped out along with the white mist, and the screen was jumping and refreshing madly.

Yi Bai felt the light coming in bit by bit and smiled slightly.