Su Yuan took a deep breath, calming himself down, pulling his mind back from the regret and grief of losing the information prompts on his left palm…
Originally, based on yesterday's situation, Su Yuan had thought that his left-hand prompts might at least give him a hint about how many times his rewinds had been randomly set for the day.
But now, even that thought had become nothing more than a luxury…
He sighed lightly and continued reading:
[65. Please treat the animals Timmy feeds kindly. Should those animals be harmed, something unpleasant may happen…]
Su Yuan stared at this line, sinking into thought…
This prompt mentioned Timmy, which meant he was very likely to run into Timmy today, right?
As for the content, it wasn't hard to understand.
The animals Timmy feeds were just those pigeons and ducks—Timmy is really fond of them…
If those little animals got hurt, Timmy would fall into an eerie state.
That lined up pretty well with his earlier guesses!
Anyway, this could be handled easily—just warn others not to harm Timmy's pigeons, and there shouldn't be much of a problem…
And besides, Timmy was ultimately just an ordinary human child.
Even if he did fall into Eerie, he wouldn't be able to cause much of a threat…
But soon, Su Yuan felt a chill creep up his spine…
If it were just the conditions for an ordinary person's eerie state, would his right-hand palm really need to go out of its way to carve out a dedicated prompt for it?
Then again, Su Yuan reconsidered—sometimes the right-hand prompts really did throw out useless or cryptic "riddler" content.
Maybe he was just overthinking it…
He nodded slightly and continued reading.
But the next prompt made cold sweat bead across his back:
[66. Venti is indeed still alive, but you have never seen him with your own eyes.]
[67. After surviving the twenty-third night, new information will be unlocked.]
Su Yuan froze, dumbfounded.
What was going on? What did this mean?
The first part was easy enough to grasp—Venti being alive was within Su Yuan's expectations… but the second part? That completely stumped him.
If he had never seen Venti with his own eyes, then who was the "Venti" he saw yesterday on Dragonspine—the one who saved him from Dottore's hands?
What's more, that "Venti" he saw yesterday clearly wielded Anemo powers with great skill.
There was no way an ordinary person could fake that…
But up until now, the intel prompts on his right palm had never once been wrong, so Su Yuan could only choose to trust them unconditionally…
And now that the prompt had pointed it out, Su Yuan also began to feel that the Venti he saw yesterday might have been a little too familiar with him—almost as if they had known each other long ago…
What's more, the way that "Venti" spoke yesterday seemed slightly different from the real Venti…
Su Yuan suddenly felt a headache coming on.
Why was it that ever since he came to Mondstadt, everyone loved playing this "True and False Monkey King" act with him?
From the start with the Darknight Hero Diluc, to later with Albedo and "Albetwo," and now with Venti—every single one of them had pulled something like this.
Didn't the heavens ever get tired of this joke?
Su Yuan thought to himself that if someone were to write his story into a novel, the readers would probably complain that the author had run out of material…
But very soon, Su Yuan realized a far more serious problem…
If the Venti he saw yesterday had been fake, then by asking him to go to Liyue to heal Xiao, hadn't he essentially put Xiao in danger?
And who exactly was this person pretending to be Venti?
Su Yuan hurriedly got up, washed up briefly, and left the room to find the others, ready to share this intel and discuss the matter.
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Ever since Su Yuan had left, Zhongli hadn't once departed from Wangshu Inn, staying constantly at Xiao's side…
Xiao's condition was very grim.
Although Zhongli did not have the ability to heal him, he could still regulate his body, provide some guidance, and help ease his suffering…
"I wonder how Su Yuan is doing now. Has his journey in Mondstadt been going smoothly?"
Zhongli stood on the terrace of Wangshu Inn, gazing toward Mondstadt as he spoke softly.
Just then, a sudden breeze blew by, carrying with it a peculiar aura that appeared before him.
"Morax, my old friend—it's been a long time!"
"Since I've come, have you prepared a few jars of good wine for me?"
In the next moment, Venti's figure appeared before Zhongli.
Zhongli frowned slightly and said, "The throne of the Geo Archon has already been shattered. The me standing here now is no longer Morax."
"Ah, what a coincidence," Venti replied with a playful tone.
"I also destroyed the throne of the Anemo Archon. The me standing here now is no longer Barbatos."
However, in the very next moment, Zhongli's expression suddenly hardened.
A stone spear materialized in his hand and pressed directly against the throat of the so-called Venti before him.
"No—you were never Barbatos, nor are you Venti. Who exactly are you?"
"Hahahahaha…"
At Zhongli's words, that "Venti" suddenly burst into loud laughter, covering his face with his hand.
"Aiya, I was hoping to keep the act going a little longer, but Morax, how utterly merciless of you to tear off my mask so directly."
"I clearly managed to fool Su Yuan, yet I still couldn't fool you, you old relic…"
"Well, it makes sense. You and Barbatos were both among the original Seven Archons, and your friendship ran deep. You know each other far too well. For me to completely impersonate him and trick you was never really possible…"
With a surge of Anemo energy, the false Venti revealed his true identity—none other than the Wanderer!
"Wanderer—it's you!" Zhongli exclaimed, and without hesitation thrust his stone spear in attack.
But the Wanderer dodged with a simple lean back.
"Morax… Su Yuan must have told you everything about me, hasn't he?"
The Wanderer smiled, his voice tinged with helplessness.
"I went to such lengths to erase every trace of my existence, and yet now, it's all going to be exposed again…"
"Besides, I'm in a hurry. I don't have the time to waste on this boring little sparring match with you."
As he spoke, a strange, eerie power suddenly erupted from him, pressing down and completely restraining Zhongli's movements.
"Though my mastery over this Eerie power isn't as great as Dottore's, holding down the mighty God of War Morax for a short while is still within my reach!"
Then, without another word, the Wanderer rushed into Xiao's room inside Wangshu Inn, hefted the unconscious adeptus onto his shoulder, and prepared to leave immediately.
"As long as I control enough hostages, it'll be enough to force the Traveler or Su Yuan to gladly offer up their lives for me…"
"Those types, brimming with kindness and that ridiculous savior's heart—they'll never allow such a thing to happen. Isn't that right?"
With that, the Wanderer left, and Zhongli's movements returned to him…
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhongli set off toward Mondstadt at once.
He had to deliver this news to Su Yuan!
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