"Ying, get up soon!"
The first ray of sunshine in the morning breaks through the clouds and falls on the prismatic land of salt in the earth.
Paimon, who was lying in the traveler's arms, opened his eyes. The dim light filtered through the tent gauze curtains, and the warm touch made the emergency food gradually wake up.
When the confusion in Paimon's eyes dissipated, he suddenly felt the girl's warm breath in his ears.
The stupid little follower raised his head, and the peaceful sleeping face of a traveler came into view.
The sun casts some shadows on the fair skin, and the golden hair is draped on the white skirt, like the finest silk in Liyue. The sleeping position lying on the side and the bent legs further highlight the girl's fragility. .
But only those who are familiar with Yingmei know that the seemingly harmless traveler is actually the famous "cunning stranger".
Paimon blinked, remembering that she and the traveler had slept until now after asking Famas to keep vigil last night.
"Um, Paimon, what time is it?"
Yingmei hugged little Paimon blankly, rubbed her eyes and stood up, opening the gauze curtain of the tent.
"It seems like it's already... noon!"
Paimon took out a Liyue-style portable water timepiece from his pocket, carefully checked the remaining liquid capacity, and then reported the current time.
The subsidence caused by Famas' attack on the seal last night has gradually recovered under the influence of the leyline element. The scattered salt slag has resurfaced from the water. The breeze is gentle and the surroundings are silent. It seems to be no different from the past.
But the travelers who got out of the tent were keenly aware of the abnormal fluctuations in elemental power.
"Ying, look over there!"
Paimon put the water clock close to his body and pointed at a few grass slimes that were eating on the beach.
Legend has it that when the elemental energy in the atmosphere rises, it will form crystal butterflies, and when it sinks, it will gather into slimes.
Although Slime is an elemental creation with only basic intelligence, and is recognized as the weakest creature on the Teyvat continent that can even be bullied by the Qiuqiu people, if left alone, it can sometimes cause considerable disasters.
Since slimes only have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, while the Qiuqiu people still retain their intelligence, some unfortunate slimes will be imprisoned and exploited by the Qiuqiu people.
For example, fire slimes can be used to boil water, serve as grenades, make explosive barrels, and quench weapons; large wind slimes can be used to transport goods from unknown sources; thunder slimes can be used to temper weapons; rock and ice slimes can be used as Grenades and ice element explosive barrels, while Grass Slime can only be pinched into a shield by Chuqiu thugs.
Under the guidance of the Qiuqiu shaman, people in Qiuqiu will put the slime into a water basin during the process of making the fire slime explosive barrel, and use the continuous water element to exhaust the heat of the fire slime. To facilitate secondary processing.
At this moment, the grass slime in front of the traveler and Paimon is hiding in the soil, exposing its two eyes to observe the plants in front of them. They are very cautious because of their timidity, even if they travel, they avoid knights and soldiers, so they have gained more than ordinary people. Slime's Wisdom.
The grass slimes on the tidal flats quickly stuffed the plants into their bodies, allowing the mucus to slowly digest and fuse the grass elements.
"This grass is sweet and delicious."
Big Slime and Little Slime moved slowly in the soil, looking for the same plants. If you look closely, you can see several groups of grass moving slowly.
The grass slimes, who were focused on finding plants, did not notice the gazes of the travelers and Paimon.
When he got close to the seal of the Salt of the Earth, Grass Slim with red flowers on his head discovered the traveler holding a dagger and little Paimon hiding behind the girl with a curious look on his face.
"chan?! Human!"
The leader, Grass Slim, had a look of anthropomorphic panic in his eyes. He jumped up and down in panic, and quickly escaped to the ground to escape.
But it ran not far away, and seemed to think of the grass slimes around it again. It hurriedly turned back and swelled its round body, put the little guys into the flowers above its head, and then fled towards the place where the elemental power was disordered.
Yingmei looked at the group of grassy slimes with confusion throughout. Although she could not understand the language of the slimes, the scene in front of her had an illusion of déjà vu.
"By the way, where did Famas go?"
Paimon seemed to remember something and tilted his head to ask.
The traveler did not answer, but stared thoughtfully in the direction in which Grass Slim fled, holding a dagger in his hand and stepped forward to catch up.
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"Hey, Ying! Wait for me..."
"We haven't had breakfast yet!"
Little Paimon clutched his stomach and stomped his feet in embarrassment, and followed the girl's footsteps to the broken wall next to the beach.
Behind the broken wall was originally a camp belonging to the Qiuqiu people, but the sight inside made the travelers and Paimon widen their eyes at the same time.
A super huge fire slime occupies the high-rise Qiuqiu people sentry tower, speaking in the slime language "Jiangjiangjiang" like a leader, and under it are various shapes and colors. Different slime groups include almost all elements known on the continent of Teyvat.
"That big slime... seems to be Famas?"
Paimon pointed at the giant fire slime standing on the sentry tower with soft fur on his head. He was about to rush out to say hello, but Yingmei grabbed him and hid behind the broken wall.
At Famas's speech, brown slimes covered in rock shells lined up in a straight line to separate water and ice slimes to prevent the freezing reaction between the two; bright yellow mutant reslims and purple slimes Slime was hiding in the back row, posting flashes of light intermittently.
Several wind slimes swelled their round and slim bodies, flapped their small wings and floated in the air, circling around the "King Slime" on the sentry tower; the fire slimes gathered at the front of the queue, He seemed to enjoy the elemental power surrounding Famas' body.
If you ignore the identity of the slime monster and the remains of the Qiuqiu people around it, the whole scene looks quite peaceful and peaceful.
Only the large grass slime that had just escaped hid in the ground, anxiously notifying its surrounding companions of the enemy's attack.
"Mm?"
It's a pity that the wisdom of the other slimes obviously can't understand what has not happened, and they blinked their round eyes to meet his eyes.
"Shaman Qiuqiu, would you rather have the seed?"
"All slimes in Teyvat, unite!"
"Overthrow the tyranny of the Qiuqiu people, and Teyvat belongs to Slime!"
Famas didn't pay attention to the occasional commotion in the team. His jelly-like body swayed on the sentry platform and he spoke with gusto.
Still floating in the air, the wind slimes discovered the travelers and Paimon hiding behind the broken wall, and quickly flapped their wings to make a whirring alarm sound.
Famas stopped speaking when he heard the alarm. The ice slimes used the abundant ice elements condensed in their bodies to condense the water vapor in the atmosphere into a protective shell; the fire slimes puffed up their bodies and opened their mouths. It contained a blazing fireball, guarding Famas.
Knowing that they had been discovered, the traveler and Paimon could only walk out from behind the broken wall in embarrassment.
Looking at the piles of slimes with different elemental attributes in front of her, Yingmei resisted the urge to use wind elemental combat skills and coughed twice:
"Famas...what are you doing here?"
"Did you gather these slimes?"
