Chapter 241 Chapter 241 "It seems you have traveled through time once before..."
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Port Mafia Headquarters, top floor.
Dazai Osamu came out from the inner lounge with his hair sticking up in a messy manner.
He walked towards the floor-to-ceiling window and turned it on. In an instant, countless rays of sunlight poured in, illuminating every dark corner.
"The first thing Xiaoqi does every time she wakes up is to open the curtains to let the sun in."
Dazai Osamu murmured softly, staring at the sea in the distance in a daze.
"The thirty-third day since Xiao Qi's absence."
A month has passed and he has been extremely bored every day.
It was just like before, running the entire organization here every day, but the difference was that Dazai Osamu felt that this office was extremely cramped.
Dazai Osamu dialed the phone in his office and spoke in a long tone.
“Chuuya—”
"No! I haven't been on that live stream since you came back!"
There was an irritated voice from the other end of the phone.
Dazai Osamu curled his lips. Of course he knew, but he would ask it once a day.
Given the system's unpredictable nature, what if one of them sees the live broadcast one day?
With this possibility in mind, he asked Nakahara Chuuya the same question every day without getting tired of it, so that as soon as Nakahara Chuuya heard his call, he automatically transformed into the furious state of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
There was a knock on the door, and a polite female voice came from the other side.
"Boss, I'm coming in."
Dazai Osamu was lying on his desk, fiddling with a black rubber band in his hand.
"Come in."
When Gin opened the door, he saw Dazai Osamu lying on the table as usual, fiddling with his hair tie lifelessly.
"Undercover report from Mirufiore: Byran Jessop was defeated by the Vongola leader and guardian in Italy and is now imprisoned in the Avengers Prison."
"Also, the Vongola leaders and guardians have become younger. They probably used the Povino family's secret weapon to bring them here ten years ago."
Dazai Osamu chuckled and straightened up.
"It looks like everything is over and the world is stabilizing."
Odasaku is still alive. This world that integrates other worlds is supported by three world cornerstones and is extremely solid. Naturally, there is no need for him to carry out the original plan.
The sunlight illuminated his pupils, and the white gauze was no longer wrapped around his face. He looked a little gentler and less gloomy than before.
Yin didn't know what happened during the time their leader disappeared, but judging from his current expression, it must have been a wonderful experience.
To the extent that he now often reveals a lonely look, and it seems as if he is missing something between his brows.
Gin found it incredible. As the leader of the organization, Dazai Osamu never showed his emotions to others, even to himself and Mr. Chuuya, who were the closest to him.
Now, she and Mr. Chuuya could easily see the sense of loss on his face.
Yin opened his lips slightly and asked, "Boss, have you lost anything?"
Dazai Osamu was stunned. He raised his hand to support his right cheek on the table and tapped the table lightly with his left hand.
The red scarf was covered by the sunlight, absorbing the heat emitted by the sunlight.
"Silver, what about you?"
He asked back.
Gin understood what Dazai was referring to, and a look of struggle flashed across his eyes.
"I said, if you want to leave the organization, you can do so at any time."
"As long as you want to find your lost brother."
Dazai Osamu raised the corners of his lips and said softly.
Yin shook his head slightly and took a deep breath.
"Boss, I don't have an answer to this question for now."
"But as long as I am in the organization, I will never betray it."
After saying this, she bowed deeply, her voice trembling slightly.
A helpless smile flashed across Dazai Osamu's eyes, and he said, "Forget it, just stay wherever you want."
Yin straightened up, revealing a dazed look on his face.
Her eyes lit up and her body straightened.
"yes!"
Nakahara Chuuya pushed the door open and saw excitement flashing between Yin's eyebrows, and he knew what had happened.
"Is this really okay? His brother Akutagawa Ryunosuke attacked us several times because Gin was here, and every time he asked where Gin was..."
Dazai Osamu pulled at the black rubber band and mused, "Why is it bad?"
"I have watched Yin grow up. Where she will eventually go depends on her own wishes."
Nakahara Chuuya was embarrassed and complained: "Are you a mother?"
Dazai Osamu shrugged and chuckled softly.
Nakahara Chuuya looked at the hair tie in Dazai Osamu's hand and sneered.
"You deserve to have no girlfriend with your terrible personality."
Dazai Osamu was stunned and responded without any hesitation.
"So, do you have one too, Chuuya?"
Nakahara Chuuya was speechless and turned his head away with a snort.
"I don't need it."
"Hi."
Nakahara Chuuya stepped out of the door. Dazai Osamu looked at his hand holding the black hair tie. Suddenly, the black hair tie passed through his hand and fell on the table.
One of his hands became translucent and returned to normal after a few seconds.
"Are there any side effects..."
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"Tick-tick! System successfully upgraded!"
"The summoning system has been updated. The probability of summoning a five-star has been greatly increased. A five-star will appear within thirty draws."
"The mall has been updated to include a new fashion feature. Streamers can now purchase fashion items using gold coins."
"The crafting function has been updated. Crafting blueprints have been moved from the store and incorporated into the crafting function. Click the "Blueprint" column to do so."
"The barrage function has been updated, adding a barrage bomb function. Viewers can purchase barrage bombs to place barrage text into the world where the live broadcast is taking place."
"Added a world selection feature. Streamers can choose the world they want to explore. However, since this requires more energy, the streamer will have to pay a price in exchange."
In a pitch-black space, Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki stood face to face, blinking slowly and listening to the voice coming from the void.
Just like a game version update, the two began to feel drowsy as they listened to the administrator June's report.
When he heard the last function, Li Xiaoqi was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked at Sakata Gintoki.
Sakata Gintoki's eyes flashed with contemplation, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
He said to Li Xiaoqi, "Are you going?"
Li Xiaoqi folded his arms, smiled brightly, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.
"Of course."
"Ding! Due to a successful system upgrade, we're retrieving backup data from before the devastating attack. We've detected the memories of host Li Xiaoqi in the backup data. Would you like to consume 1 Storybook, 3 Storybook Follow-up, and 2 Teyvat Travel Ticket Fragments to create 1 Lost Memory World?"
What the hell?
"ah?"
Li Xiaoqi cried out in surprise and blinked blankly.
Suddenly, she realized that her understanding of the setting of Teyvat was different from that of Dazai Osamu and Sakata Gintoki, and her heart was immediately shaken.
"Let's take a look."
"Throughout this journey, I've come to believe that while the system can be a bit cheesy, and its behavior of forcing us to complete tasks is inappropriate, it tends to protect our safety most of the time."
"Well... although it will be wiped out if the mission is not completed, it is still a very dangerous existence."
"However, so far, the system hasn't deceived us. At most, it's made us fall into a trap..."
Li Xiaoqi twitched his lips and laughed, "Are you praising the system or are you being sarcastic?"
Sakata Gintoki coughed lightly and said, "Well, my suggestion for this matter is to take a look at it."
"Otherwise, you will never know what happened to you."
His dark red eyes showed seriousness, perhaps he guessed something but didn't say it out loud.
Li Xiaoqi licked his lower lip lightly, "Sure enough, I forgot something."
Sakata Gintoki chuckled and made the motion of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.
"This ability wasn't given to you by the system, but rather you were able to use the power of wind without realizing it. This is already obvious."
Li Xiaoqi raised his hand and scratched his cheek, then nodded and said, "Well...that's right."
After listening to Sakata Gintoki's words, Li Xiaoqi chose synthesis.
"Lost Memory World x1 has been synthesized. Do you want to use it now? Yes/No"
yes.
In an instant, white light filled the black space. Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki closed their eyes and their figures disappeared into the void.
A lush green meadow came into view, and on the vast lawn stood a huge statue of a god in front of a tree as big as a house.
There are several stone tablets engraved with different totems around the big tree. The stone tablets are gray and the totems are mottled.
Li Xiaoqi saw a person who looked exactly like herself appear under the big tree. She was wearing familiar plush bear pajamas and lying on the grass, sleeping with her eyes closed.
A breeze blew by, and a young man suddenly appeared beside her, looking at her sleeping face curiously.
He was wearing green Baroque clothes, a white shirt with a dark brown corset, a green shawl on his shoulders, white stockings and pumpkin pants, looking like a noble boy in 16th century Europe.
There is a white flower on the beret, and the petals sway gently in the wind.
"It's both an adventer and a traveler."
He took the organ and plucked it in his hands. The melodious sound woke up the woman on the ground.
The woman opened her eyes and saw the boy at first sight.
She was very surprised and got up from the ground in panic. She looked at her clothes and then looked at the surrounding environment with wide eyes.
The woman looked at the boy like a robot and asked, "Is this... Mond?"
"Yes, Traveler."
The young man answered with a smile.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiaoqi held his cheeks and exclaimed.
"How could it be! Didn't I travel through time while eating snail noodles—"
Sakata Gintoki raised his hand and stroked his chin with an interested expression.
"It seems you've traveled through time once before."
When Li Xiaoqi heard what Sakata Gintoki said, he suddenly remembered a dream he had had.
Wasn’t the dream I had a few days ago about the conversation between me and Barbatos in Mondstadt?
She still remembered her complaints in the dream vividly. Her pupils were dizzy and her mouth was open so wide that an egg could almost fit in it.
"You are Barbatos."
"Now I am Wendy."
"...I know, as you said, I am a traveler, an adventer, and do not belong to Teyvat."
"Why are you here?"
"I have no idea."
"Now that we're here, we should make the best of it. This is where the wind blows, and it can also be where a new life begins. What's your name?"
"My name is Li Xiaoqi."
"Li Xiaoqi... sounds like a name from Liyue. But... here, I can give you a new name."
"What……?"
"Cecilia, how about just calling me Cecilia?"
"You said you have nowhere to go? Since the wind brought you to me, we must be destined to be together. So follow me."
The scene in front of me began to fast forward, and the conversation between Barbatos and "Li Xiaoqi" gradually became richer.
"Li Xiaoqi" followed Barbatos on a journey throughout Mondstadt. During the journey, she was besieged by the Hilichurls. In desperation, she awakened the power of the wind element and obtained the Eye of the Wind Element God.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Barbatos did not appear when the siege began. He only arrived after the Eye of God appeared.
The Eye of God was originally bestowed by God. "Li Xiaoqi" believed that Barbatos deliberately left her behind so that he could know whether she had elemental power.
She was angry for several days. No matter how Barbatos tried to talk to her, he just ignored her.
"Cecilia, I'm sorry."
"I did this to give you the ability to protect yourself. In this world where the power of the abyss exists, you, as an Adventer, are not as powerful as the previous Adventers. Instead, you are just an ordinary person."
"This is not the Advent of the Adventers. Such an existence will cause 'them' to misunderstand and point all the blame at you."
"When the time comes, you will be swallowed up by disaster."
After hearing these words, "Li Xiaoqi" finally understood Barbatos' intention.
Later, under Barbatos's guidance, she learned how to use elemental power and officially became his apprentice.
After traveling around Mondstadt, Barbatos tried to take her to Liyue. They stood at the border and found that "Li Xiaoqi" could not cross that line.
After repeated attempts failed, Barbatos took "Li Xiaoqi" back to Fengqidi.
A residence was built for Li Xiaoqi near the place where the wind started. The residence was warm and comfortably decorated.
Barbatos thought that she had a short lifespan like humans, but he didn't expect that as the years passed, "Li Xiaoqi"'s appearance did not change at all.
Until one morning a hundred years later, "Li Xiaoqi" let out a sharp explosion.
"Did I knock you—"
After so many years of contact and communication, Barbatos knew everything about "Li Xiaoqi", including the swear words from her original world.
"Cecilia, ladies shouldn't swear."
Barbatos smiled and patted "Li Xiaoqi" on the head, showing a helpless expression of blame like a family member.
For "Li Xiaoqi", Barbatos has become an important family member in her heart with his companionship over the past hundred years.
"Li Xiaoqi" said with a look of despair that she had a system. This system allowed her to travel across the continent of Teyvat with the traveler Ying, unlock the anchor points of each country, and complete the main task of 100% exploration.
Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki looked at the scene in front of them with surprised expressions.
"I can talk about the system now..."
Then the scene quickly moves forward, and Ying, a girl with short golden hair, arrives in Mondstadt.
"Li Xiaoqi" found Ying in Fengqidi, and the two got to know each other during the conversation.
Then, the system began to issue tasks. "Li Xiaoqi" followed Ying and Paimon all the way to Mondstadt to run through the game plot in his memory. The exploration level would increase with each anchor point opened.
The system on "Li Xiaoqi" seems to only have the function of issuing tasks and does not provide her with any special abilities.
When facing the Hilichurls and Hilichurl mages, she used all the abilities Barbatos taught her.
The Mondstadt chapter ends, and "Li Xiaoqi" needs to go to Liyue with Ying.
The day before her trip, she and Barbatos had a heart-to-heart talk on a cliff covered with Cecilia flowers.
Barbatos gave his daughter some advice like an old father sending her off on a long journey, and finally told her not to forget the scenery of Mondstadt.
Li Xiaoqi blinked slowly and suddenly understood why Xiao recognized him.
Sakata Gintoki whistled playfully and said, "So our Xiao Qi is a disciple of the God of Wind. No wonder he can control the Poem of the Last Lament and use Venti's skills."
Li Xiaoqi raised his hand to support his forehead and took a deep breath.
"Please, stop joking."
Sakata Gintoki covered his mouth and made two annoying sounds.
The scene continues to advance, and "Li Xiaoqi" embarks on a journey to Liyue with Ying and Paimeng. They talk and laugh, and suddenly become good friends who can talk about anything.
No wonder Xiao told her that the Traveler missed her very much.
Um?
Is the system so powerful?
It turned out that the god was actually pulled here from Tewatri...
"No wonder Nashida said the World Tree has our information. Look, the system is on us, and you've been to Teyvat before, so your information and the system's information has long been recorded by the World Tree. This means the system can summon Teyvat's gods or those special human characters. This is the premise."
Sakata Gintoki suddenly realized something, clenched his left fist and knocked the palm of his right hand, summarizing his speculation.
After hearing this, Li Xiaoqi gave Sakata Gintoki a thumbs up.
"That makes sense."
She looked at the ever-changing scene in front of her. "Li Xiaoqi" and the traveler Ying got to know Childe Tartaglia, Zhongli, the guest of the Hall of Rebirth, Xiao, the three-eyed and five-manifested immortal, Xiangling, and others. They spent the Lantern Festival together and saved Liyue from danger.
At that time, Li Xiaoqi held the Poem of the End in his hand, assisted Ying's attack, and defeated the demon together with other immortals.
She looked at her former self, who was majestic and had a tenacious gaze. Even in the critical moment of life-threatening situation, she could still find a way out.
Li Xiaoqi looked at his former self in amazement and said, "I used to be so handsome..."
Sakata Gintoki nodded and agreed, "He is indeed very handsome."
After the end of Liyue's demon world, "Li Xiaoqi" should have embarked on a journey to Inazuma with Ying and Paimon, but the system kept issuing alarms.
[The system has been invaded by a higher-dimensional virus and entered hibernation mode! Please note that the system has been invaded by a higher-dimensional virus and entered hibernation mode!]
[To ensure the host's safety, the host is now teleported to a safe place. ]
So, "Li Xiaoqi" said goodbye to Ying, Paimeng, and Zhongli, and entered the system's teleportation vortex.
Before leaving, Zhongli gave "Li Xiaoqi" a Divine Eye.
As a result, during the transmission process, because the system was constantly attacked by high-dimensional viruses, in the process of resisting the devouring behavior, "Li Xiaoqi" accidentally landed in Inazuma hundreds of years ago in Teyvat, and appeared in the pure land space of the Thunder God Baalzebub.
She was imprisoned in space and unable to leave, so she had to stay with Baalzebul.
Baalzebul was surprised by her appearance, and after realizing that he could not drive her out of the Pure Land, he tried to eradicate her existence.
"Li Xiaoqi" seemed to be trapped in a Thor copy, constantly fighting with Baalzebul. Whenever she was defeated, a golden barrier would appear around her to resist all fatal damage.
That was the insurance set up for her by the system. The system specially reserved a part of its power to protect her.
This power flowed into the Eye of God given by Zhongli, using the power of the rock element to create a shield for her.
Later, Baalzebub became tired of this and stopped fighting with "Li Xiaoqi", but meditated quietly.
Fortunately, this was before the remaining power in the system was exhausted.
"Li Xiaoqi" felt fortunate. Originally, she would not take the initiative to talk to Baalzebub, but this pure land was too quiet and boring. She could not help herself and started talking to her every day.
Perhaps Baalzebul was getting annoyed and gradually began to talk to her, but mostly just warnings like asking her to be quiet.
But "Li Xiaoqi" persisted. She felt that if she didn't talk from time to time, she would go crazy here.
Later, Baalzebul seemed to give up struggling and began to answer intentionally or unintentionally.
Slowly, Baalzebub's expression began to relax, as if he accepted "Li Xiaoqi".
One day, the system that had disappeared for a long time spoke again, and this time it was the bad news of failure.
[The system has suffered a devastating blow and is now transporting the host, Li Xiaoqi, back to the real world, erasing all related memories.]
Just like that, "Li Xiaoqi" disappeared from Yixin Pure Land and returned to his own world.
All the scenes ended, and Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki returned to the dark and empty space again.
The moment he finished reading this, Li Xiaoqi's body shook, and he held his forehead and fell into confusion.
All the scenes he just saw came back as memories, and light green spots kept appearing on his body.
She calmed down and a helpless laugh escaped her lips.
"I understand everything."
Li Xiaoqi, supported by Sakata Gintoki, looked into his dark red eyes and spoke softly.
Sakata Gintoki was stunned, but when he saw the relieved look on her face, he felt relieved.
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