Zhongli: "Welcome to the group."
Keqing:Welcome to the great benefactor of Liyue! (^_^)
Ganyu:You've worked so hard, Miss Sucrose.
Seeing everyone hold her in such high regard, Sucrose felt a sense of respect she had never known before.
However, she quickly became embarrassed. After all, she hadn't just come here to learn, but also to help build the railway between the two nations.
Sucrose:Please don't praise me so much… you'll make me blush. I… I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do.
Su Han:Mhm, now that you've joined the group, we're all family. If you're missing any materials, you can just tell me or Ningguang directly. We can dispatch them to you at any time.
Ningguang:That's right. Although our Liyue isn't as free as Mondstadt, our strict discipline is also one of our strengths.
Sucrose:Thank you, everyone. I will do my best!
To be so respected by Liyue, she couldn't let everyone down. The young woman secretly made a vow in her heart.
Aboard the Going Merry, the group lit a bonfire and started a barbecue party on the deck.
Amidst the cheerful laughter, time always passed quickly.
But while the party was still in full swing, a piece of bad news arrived.
The employees of the paper packaging and instant noodle workshop had been kidnapped.
Not only that, but the young secretary who had been running errands for Su Han, Baiwen, had also been taken.
In total, thirty people were missing.
In the Multiverse Mission Group chat.
Ganyu:I just got back to the Jade Chamber from Beidou's ship when I received the news from the workshop. According to the reports of those on the scene, it seems to be the work of the Treasure Hoarders.
Keqing:Damn the Treasure Hoarders, it's them again! The attack on the mines a while ago was also their doing! They're nothing but annoying rats.
She had already wasted a great deal of effort dealing with the messes made by the Treasure Hoarders on a daily basis.
Su Han:No. The Treasure Hoarders wouldn't be this bold. And the workshop is right near Liyue Harbor. Those guys aren't stupid enough to walk into a death trap. What would they do if they ran into the Millelith?
Ningguang:You mean?
Su Han:The Fatui. Only they would act so unscrupulously. The profits from the instant noodles are too tempting. If they could seize the recipe, Snezhnaya could sell this instant food product themselves.
Hu Tao:Despicable! We absolutely cannot let them get away with this!
Keqing:Then I'll skip the meal and go back to investigate!
Su Han:No need to investigate. I already know where they are.
Ganyu:???
Ningguang:???
Hu Tao:Uhh… Su Han, you haven't even been to the scene. How do you know where they are? Don't tell me you're like Lord Rex Lapis, able to know everything without leaving your home?
Zhongli:As a matter of universal reason, there are many things that even Rex Lapis does not know.
He couldn't help but defend himself.
Su Han:I have an item that can find whatever my heart desires. As long as I have it, I can find the target no matter where they are!
Beidou:Holy crap, you're amazing, kid! You even have something like that? Quick, show it to me!
Soon, Su Han uploaded a picture.
The group was confused. Wasn't that just a compass?
Xiangling:It doesn't look like anything special…
Hu Tao:Mhm… that's right. It's just an ordinary compass.
Su Han:No. It can't point north, but it can point to what I desire most in my heart! I'm setting off now. Ningguang, you and Sucrose should head back to the Guili Plains first.
Ningguang:Alright. Be careful on the way.
Careful? Su Han scoffed internally. With Zhongli by his side, he wasn't even afraid of the Raiden Shogun's ultimate slash! She could probably strike a hundred times and not even break his defense.
Soon, the ship docked. Ningguang and Sucrose went off to their work, while Su Han began to follow the direction his compass was pointing.
Which way is the enemy?
What a coincidence… they're in the Guyun Stone Forest. Perhaps this time, it really was Treasure Hoarders hired by the Fatui.
Su Han felt a wave of relief. It was a good thing he had obtained this treasure. Otherwise, he really would have had no way of finding the enemy. To prevent the recipe from being leaked, he had already compartmentalized the entire production process, with each person only knowing one single job. But he never thought the Fatui would be audacious enough to capture so many people at once. They were getting more and more arrogant.
On an island in the Guyun Stone Forest, a group of Fatui were torturing the employees.
On the ground nearby lay the disemboweled body of a worker, blood staining the earth.
A Fatui agent kicked the corpse aside, his tone icy. "Those who speak the recipe will live. Otherwise… your fate will be the same as his."
The workers looked at the body, trembling with fear. They were just ordinary workers; who would have thought they would be caught up in something like this?
Just then, a bolt of lightning flared to life.
A Fatui Electro Cicin Mage began to torment those who refused to speak, a sweet smile on her face as she listened to their screams.
"Just hold on a little longer. I do so love the sound of your painful screams. Hahahaha!"
"No, I already told you! All I do is pour the wood pulp into the large vats! Why are you still torturing me?! No, don't hurt me! Aaaargh!"
As the electrical current intensified, the worker could no longer bear it and fainted.