"Su Yuan, why has Qiqi already entered the Eerie state, but I haven't had any reaction yet?"
Gaming looked at the "Yelan" who was locked in fierce battle with "Qiqi" and asked in confusion.
"Maybe it's because Yelan has done a good job suppressing her killing intent. She hasn't shown any threat toward us and hasn't made a move against me either, so the conditions to trigger your Eerie state haven't been met yet..." Su Yuan replied thoughtfully.
Su Yuan looked at "Yelan" and felt she was still too clever, too difficult to deal with...
Even though she had given them ample time to prepare, as long as she didn't show hostility toward them, she couldn't trigger Gaming's Eerie transformation, thus avoiding putting herself at a disadvantage in a one-versus-two situation...
Su Yuan then looked at "Qiqi" again.
Although her flexibility and strength had improved after doing a full set of stretching exercises in advance, over time, that effect would wear off...
Moreover, judging from Yelan's composed and effortless expression, she hadn't even gone all out—she was toying with her prey...
"Judging by the time, it should be just about right..."
At that moment, Baizhu suddenly appeared beside Su Yuan and spoke in a low voice.
"Hm? Baizhu, what do you mean by that? What do you mean 'the time is just about right'?" Su Yuan asked in confusion.
The next moment, something completely unexpected happened!
"Yelan," who had been fighting with "Qiqi," suddenly began to sway unsteadily…
With a furious expression, "Yelan" glared at Baizhu and spoke through gritted teeth: "Baizhu… behind that smiling face of yours, you hide such deep cunning…"
Then, "Yelan" collapsed directly to the ground and fell into a deep sleep…
Su Yuan stared at Baizhu in stunned shock—what had Baizhu done this time?
How did he take Yelan down just like that?
Su Yuan quickly recalled that just before they left earlier, Baizhu had given Yelan a small pill to refresh and awaken her…
"Doctor Baizhu… could it be that pill???"
"That's right, that pill wasn't really some kind of refreshing stimulant at all..."
Baizhu nodded and began to explain:
"That pill slowly draws out the medicinal ingredients within, and under normal circumstances, it doesn't really cause much effect..."
"But once someone engages in intense physical activity, their metabolism speeds up, which accelerates absorption—and that's when it acts as a powerful anesthetic..."
As Baizhu spoke, he slowly approached Qiqi from behind.
Fortunately, Qiqi didn't try to stop him—her attention was entirely focused on the collapsed Yelan...
So, Baizhu gently embraced Qiqi from behind and said, "Qiqi, I really like you, you know..."
Baizhu was lucky this time—it worked right away.
The eerie power surrounding Qiqi faded, and she successfully reverted from her eerie state...
After that, Baizhu immediately continued applying both internal and external anesthetic treatments to Yelan to prevent her from waking up...
"Thanks to the element of surprise, the eerie Yelan has already suffered twice because of this..."
Baizhu said with some concern:
"The same type of tactic… won't work more than two times."
"It's not going to be so easy next time..."
"Speaking of which, if one of the conditions for Sis Yelan's eerie state was the destruction of her ancestral jade bracelet, then how are we supposed to reverse her eerie state?"
Gaming also fell into deep thought. "Do we have to restore that jade bracelet?"
"But if the bracelet had just broken into large fragments, that would still be manageable. I know several jewelry shops in Liyue Harbor that could do that kind of restoration work..."
"But Sis Yelan crushed the bracelet into powder—it scattered into the air and drifted away with the wind. Restoration seems impossible now..."
"Or maybe, if we find an identical replacement and give it to Sis Yelan, that could undo the eerie transformation?"
"But the Yelan Jade Bracelet is an ancestral heirloom—there's no way to find a true substitute..."
Su Yuan seemed deep in thought, and soon he remembered something:
"That's right—Yelan's ancestral jade bracelets were originally a pair. And one of them was taken by a Fatui Harbinger..."
"Could it be… that in order to reverse Yelan's eerie state, we'll have to retrieve that bracelet from 'Regrator,' Pantalone?"
Just thinking about it gave Su Yuan a bit of a headache...
Because when he had transmigrated, there was far too little information available about Pantalone...
He only knew that Pantalone was from Liyue and was a twisted fan of the Geo Archon—but as for where he was, what exactly he was doing, or what kind of person he was, that was all completely unknown...
So Su Yuan looked toward Zhongli and asked,
"Zhongli, do you know anything about Pantalone's current situation?"
"Is there any chance… we can get Yelan's other ancestral jade bracelet back from him?"
"Su Yuan, tell me—how exactly did Yelan's ancestral jade bracelet break just now?" Zhongli asked.
"Right, that's what I've been wondering too!" Su Yuan replied, still looking puzzled.
"Yelan's bracelet didn't suffer any impact or strike at all—it just broke on its own, out of nowhere…"
"Su Yuan, we no longer need to seek out Pantalone…" Zhongli said slowly.
"Why not? That's the only apparent way to resolve Yelan's eerie transformation!" Su Yuan asked in confusion.
"Don't tell me… Zhongli, is it because even you don't know where Pantalone is? Or is it that due to diplomatic issues, it would be too difficult to retrieve the ancestral bracelet from him?"
"Su Yuan, Yelan's ancestral bracelet, to some extent, is already on the level of an immortal or magical artifact—it couldn't possibly be that fragile…"
"The fact that it shattered for no apparent reason… there's really only one explanation left…"
"And that is—the other bracelet, the one far away, was also damaged…"
"In many cases, when paired immortal artifacts like these are linked, if one is destroyed, the other will break as well…"
After hearing Zhongli's explanation, Su Yuan suddenly understood everything…
No wonder Yelan's ancestral jade bracelet broke for no apparent reason…
"But if that's really the case," he said, "then since we can't repair the original bracelet, and we also can't obtain the other one as a replacement…"
Gaming spoke up worriedly:
"Doesn't that mean… Sis Yelan will have to remain in her eerie state forever?"
"For now, that does seem to be the case." Baizhu nodded.
"We'll have to keep her sedated at all times to prevent her from waking up…"
Su Yuan looked at the unconscious Yelan, still puzzled—why did Pantalone choose this moment to destroy the ancestral jade bracelet he had taken from Yelan?
Just what exactly had happened… over there?
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