Genshin Impact : Eerie Teyvat-Chapter 116: Ch : The situation in Liyue

"That old woman opened her massive, blood-stained mouth and lunged straight for my neck..."

"But thankfully, I reacted fast enough and dodged that fatal blow... Even so, she still managed to bite my arm."

As Yelan spoke, she removed the black silk sleeve from her right arm, revealing the wound left behind by the bite...

Even though nearly half a month had passed, the bite marks and scars were still clearly visible.

"Luckily, she only bit my arm—and not my family heirloom jade bracelet..."

"Originally, it was a matching pair, but now... there's only the one left on my wrist."

"Then how did you escape?" Su Yuan asked in confusion.

"Even an ordinary person, once corrupted and controlled by the Eerie, can unleash terrifying power..."

"Well... I guess it was just a lucky coincidence. Maybe the dice roll I made before heading out that day turned out in my favor."

Yelan smiled faintly and continued:

"Mingyun Village is a mining area—there are mineral veins underground, and quarry operations up in the mountains..."

"On that day, right at that critical moment, a chunk of ore just happened to fall from the mountain above. By sheer coincidence, it struck the old woman squarely on the head. Blood gushed out, and she collapsed on the spot—never getting up again..."

"She could withstand my powerful Hydro attacks, but not a small falling rock..."

"It was at that moment I realized—physical attacks might just be one of the Eerie's weaknesses."

After hearing Yelan's account, Su Yuan nodded thoughtfully...

Something like this happened 14 days ago?

That would've been before he transmigrated to Teyvat, right?

Then again, back in Fontaine, Neuvillette had mentioned that he sometimes inexplicably lost his memory even before Su Yuan's arrival...

"After that, similar incidents began happening frequently in Liyue. More and more ordinary people, under the control of the Eerie, started doing terrifying things..."

"Just like this Liang Xinyang—Shopkeeper Liang..."

"Yesterday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs received a report that people were going missing around Chenyu Vale and the Yilong wharf area, so I came to investigate immediately today," Yelan said, a bit helplessly.

"Who would've thought that Liang Xinyang was actually using human flesh and blood to cultivate tea trees and tea leaves... it's just utterly deranged..."

"But fortunately, the people who've been controlled by the Eerie so far are just ordinary folks. As long as we use a bit of strategy to lower their guard, it's still relatively easy to deal with them..."

Su Yuan nodded.

As expected, everything had been within Yelan's expectations and calculations from the very beginning...

"Wait!"

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"Yelan, you just said... that the people in Liyue currently being controlled by the Eerie are all ordinary people?"

"That's right," Yelan nodded.

"According to the intel we have so far, there haven't been any signs of Eerie possession in Vision holders..."

Su Yuan frowned—something definitely felt off!

In Fontaine, the vast majority of people controlled by the Eerie were Vision holders... only a very small number of ordinary people would be affected...

And that includes you, Aji!

You're currently the only known ordinary person in Fontaine to have been possessed by the Eerie!

So why is it the opposite here in Liyue?

"Yelan, are you sure? The Eerie can disguise themselves! Can you really be certain that none of the Vision holders have been controlled?" Su Yuan asked.

"Su Yuan, I understand your concern. But the current truth is—I haven't detected any signs of Eerie possession among any of the Vision holders..."

Something wasn't right... the situation in Liyue just felt completely off...

Could this be what the rule inscribed on the palm of his right hand was referring to—Liyue suffers the least, yet suffers the most?

"The least," because none of the Vision holders are being corrupted or controlled by the Eerie, so the threat can be handled without paying too great a price...

The most severe part is that the probability of ordinary people becoming Eerie is significantly higher, and the scale and number of those affected will grow vastly—one day, it will no longer be possible to keep the existence of the Eerie a secret...

"Right! What about the Geo Archon? How is he doing now?" Su Yuan looked at Yelan, asking anxiously.

"The Geo Archon? If you mean Liyue's Morax, our Lord Rex Lapis, he's already passed away..." Yelan looked at Su Yuan with a bit of confusion as she answered.

"Come on, Yelan, no need to keep up the act. I already know all about that!" Su Yuan said.

"I'm asking about the guest consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor—Zhongli. What's his situation?"

"Oh? From the way you said that... could it be that the consultant Zhongli from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is actually Lord Rex Lapis himself?"

Yelan furrowed her brows slightly, narrowing her eyes at Su Yuan as she slowly spoke:

"Yet another piece of intel I had absolutely no idea about..."

"Although I've long suspected that Zhongli's identity was not so simple..."

"I had assumed he was a certain adepti—but I truly didn't expect that he was actually the Geo Archon himself..."

Su Yuan also looked at Yelan in shock. "Huh? You didn't know that?"

"After the crisis in Liyue Harbor passed, the Archon did appear in a dream to the high-ranking members of Liyue, saying he hadn't truly died—that it was merely a staged death to retreat from the world. But... he never told us what his current identity is."

Yelan looked at Su Yuan and gave a faint smile in response:

"Thank you, Su Yuan. You've given me yet another incredible piece of intel..."

"Zhongli... huh?" Yelan toyed with the dice in her hand, seeming thoughtful.

"I actually ran into him near the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor just a few days ago. He seemed completely normal—no issues at all!"

Hearing Yelan say that, Su Yuan let out a breath of relief.

If something had happened to Zhongli, that would've been a huge problem...

After all, Zhongli was an ancient being who had lived for countless years, and he even bore the title of the "God of War."

If someone like him were ever controlled by an Eerie, the power he could unleash would be unimaginable...

"Yelan, let's hurry back to Liyue Harbor!" Su Yuan said.

"There are some things I want to say to Zhongli face to face!"

Su Yuan felt that there were still too many unknowns surrounding Liyue's situation.

Only by being close to the old man Zhongli could he truly feel a sense of security...

If Zhongli could also be controlled by an Eerie, then—if he could figure out the conditions under which Zhongli might be Eerified—couldn't he, just like with Neuvillette and himself, find some kind of loophole and stage a coordinated act?

After all, back in Fontaine, all kinds of situations had already shown that when facing the Eerie, one absolutely needed a high-level combat force!

Even though he could only use it once a day, Neuvillette was really useful at times!

If it hadn't been for his coordination with Neuvillette, Su Yuan honestly wouldn't have had a clue how to defeat the Eerified Dottore while he still retained his consciousness...

"All right, Su Yuan," Yelan nodded after hearing what he said, and spoke with a faint smile.

"Do you know what the fastest way to get to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in Liyue is?"

The next moment, Su Yuan felt a cold, sharp pain in his chest—

Yelan had drawn her bow and shot an arrow straight through his heart.

"I'll send you straight to the funeral parlor myself..."

Su Yuan looked up in horror, only to realize that Yelan's face had already become twisted and crimson, her body now emanating a terrifying amount of eerie energy...

Su Yuan couldn't make sense of it—what had just happened?

Why had Yelan suddenly become Eerified?

His consciousness began to fade, his thoughts growing fuzzy, and in the haze he vaguely heard "Yelan" speak:

"One of the most important qualities of an intelligence operative... is knowing when to shut up."

"So even if you're about to become a corpse, Su Yuan, don't expect to get a single piece of intel out of me..."

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