"Since a few days ago, I started feeling something unusual with my body..."
Baizhu explained to everyone:
"But this unusual feeling wasn't because my condition was worsening... On the contrary, my health was gradually improving..."
"At that time, Changsheng told me it might be because my recent progress in developing an immortality potion was improving my condition..."
"Trusting Changsheng, I didn't think much of it..."
"But now it seems that back then, Changsheng was already controlled by the eerie force, starting to siphon the vitality from those patients and channel it into my body to improve my health..."
"Yes, then according to what Baizhu said, Changsheng was already controlled by the eerie force several days ago, so at that time she should have already been considered as violating the contract..." Beidou spoke up, "But why is it that only today did Mr. Zhongli suddenly fall into the eerie state and come here?"
"Could it be that Mr. Zhongli's eerie condition not only has a delayed exit but also a delayed activation?"
"As for that patient who left the Bubu Pharmacy just now, I have also arranged for people from the General Affairs Department and the Millelith Army to investigate. They found out he is just an ordinary resident of Liyue Harbor, with nothing suspicious..." Ganyu also spoke.
"The rules of the eerie should be very clear..." Zhongli slightly frowned and said, "But now, regarding my eerie condition, there is always this foggy, unclear feeling..."
"It's supposed to be that only if someone violates the contract in front of me will I fall into the eerie state and punish the violator with the Judgement of Wrath of the Rock..."
"Changsheng fell into eerie state, violating the contract with Baizhu. So why did I fall into the eerie state at this point in time, far away from Bubu Pharmacy?"
"The timing doesn't match… nor does the location… why is this happening?"
Just as everyone fell into a dead silence, completely baffled, Su Yuan suddenly noticed something was off with Zhongli again!
Zhongli's expression darkened.
He slowly stood up, didn't greet anyone, and silently prepared to leave Bubu Pharmacy!
Everyone felt like they were about to collapse—what on earth was going on?
Why did Zhongli seem to be slipping back into the eerie state?
Where was it this time?
Who was it that violated the contract???
And how did Zhongli come to know all this, causing him to fall into the eerie state again?
"Everyone, there's no other way—we have to follow him again and see what's really going on!"
Su Yuan said through gritted teeth,
"Now I finally understand why there have been so many cases of the Wrath of the Rock murders in such a short time…"
"Zhongli is getting controlled by the eerie corruption way too often, isn't he?"
Everyone hurriedly followed, noticing this time Zhongli was heading toward Chihu Rock, eventually arriving at a roadside stall called "Jiecui Market," where he looked at a man named Shitou.
"Oh? What's this? Isn't this Zhongli, the guest consultant of our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?"
Shitou smiled and stepped forward to greet him:
"Could it be that Zhongli also wants to try his luck with an exciting and thrilling bet on stones here at Jiecui Market?"
Everyone wondered silently, could it be that this man Shitou was the one who violated the contract?
But Su Yuan thought to himself, that can't be right.
In the past, in the game, Shitou was quite simple and honest.
Even if he placed a bet on a stone and it turned out to be a precious jade, he would just complain a little about his bad luck and the loss, but he wouldn't do anything difficult or underhanded…
Maybe it was precisely because he was too honest and conscientious, never playing tricks, that his Jiecui Market remained just a small roadside stall and never grew bigger or stronger…
However, Zhongli came here, glanced at Shitou, and then turned around and left…
Shitou looked at Zhongli in confusion, thinking that Zhongli, the guest consultant of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, was really strange, but he didn't pay much attention and continued calling out to passersby.
Zhongli kept walking forward, seemingly following someone.
That person was wearing sunglasses but moved in a somewhat sneaky, furtive manner…
When that person walked out of Liyue Harbor's boundaries and arrived in the sparsely populated outskirts, Zhongli quickly approached him, patted his shoulder, and said:
"Hey, brother, did you just play a few rounds of the gambling stone game over at that Jiecui Market?"
"Yeah, so what?" The man turned to look at Zhongli, clearly impatient, and said, "I'm actually a tourist visiting Liyue from out of town!"
"What, you people from Liyue can't handle losing? I just got lucky and won a few good stones, and now you want to cheat to take them back?"
"I paid for it, and before the gambling started, it was agreed that whatever good stones were found would belong to me!"
"I'm telling you, you'd better get lost! Otherwise, I'll report you to the Liyue General Affairs Department!"
Su Yuan frowned slightly; it seemed this person really was from out of town, since he didn't even know about Zhongli, the well-known guest consultant from Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in Liyue…
"So you knew too, that before you started gambling stones, there was an agreement…"
"An agreement is a kind of contract…"
Zhongli said coldly:
"Although it was agreed that each person would rely on their own skills to judge whether the stones contained jade, 'relying on your own skills' does not include cheating methods…"
"Cheating? What nonsense are you talking about? How did I cheat?"
Hearing the word "cheating," the man obviously became flustered and hurriedly started defending himself, "Don't slander me! I'm going to report you to the General Affairs Department for defamation!!!"
"Liyue is a land of contracts, and all contracts must be honored…"
"And your sunglasses, though they seem ordinary, actually have the ability to penetrate the outer layer of the rock and reveal its true essence…"
Zhongli spoke as he slowly took off the man's sunglasses and then crushed them with one hand!
The expression beneath the man's sunglasses was one of shock and terror…
He never expected that his supposedly foolproof cheating tool would be seen through…
Su Yuan was equally stunned.
What? Given the level of technology in Teyvat, could something like X-ray glasses really exist?
"The contract is made; those who break their word shall suffer the punishment of devouring rock…"
In the next moment, Zhongli opened the man's mouth with one hand and continuously forced rocks and soil into it with the other…
The man ultimately died in despair.
Su Yuan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
If back then, when he competed with Furong in arm wrestling, they hadn't set detailed rules beforehand…
Would his victory by such an unseemly method count as breaking the contract?
Would Zhongli then use the Judgement of Wrath of the Rock on him?
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