With a serene heart, the shadow sat there.
“Why are you here?”
Yae Miko appeared.
“Oh, I just wanted to see if you were still doing the frog jump punishment.”
“It’s already finished.”
Yae Miko spoke softly: “The next live stream is about to begin. If Inazuma is at the bottom of the rankings again, don’t even talk about eternity, it might just crash. I’m just saying this, when it comes to that, just open your mouth and see, other countries’ deities are all helping out.”
Raiden Shogun looked at her, saying nothing. Perhaps she was also considering the huge variable that the livestream brought.
On Yashiori Island, Gorou couldn’t go outside in his female attire.
Sangonomiya Kokomi, however, thought this was an opportunity, ordering the Yashiori Army to retreat and wait for the livestream to begin.
Inazuma had a variable, and it could reduce casualties.
Inazuma was fine.
Even if there was some commercial paralysis, Inazuma was currently under a closed-door policy, so the impact on commercial circulation was minimal.
Sumeru could only be described as disastrous.
For these seven days, Sumeru was essentially in a state of paralysis.
Those scholars, what kind of physique could they have? They were all exhausted, like they were squeezed dry.
Including Alhaitham, everyone’s legs were trembling when they walked, and commercial activity had been paralyzed for a week.
This kind of weakness, even after the punishment ended, wouldn’t recover until next week.
The beds in the massage parlors were filled with people.
Alhaitham had finished the punishment early, and so had Cyno.
The two were drinking in a tavern, which was now self-service.
The boss was paralyzed in his chair, and customers had to pour their own drinks.
Alhaitham: “This kind of high-intensity punishment, it’s not just these seven days, it’ll take at least another week to recover.”
Cyno: “That means, if we are in the bottom two again next time, and we get further physical punishments, many people in Sumeru will collapse. This is a national crisis.”
Over in Fontaine.
In the Palace of Meropide, Furina saw that Navia had returned: “How was the punishment?”
Navia: “I had a good rest. Liyue was very lively. On the second day, Mu Chen held a bonfire party for the nine of us. I even learned a few board games, like Flying Chess, Go, and Doudizhu, which were very interesting.”
Furina ate a small cake: “You weren’t there to be punished? It sounds like you were on vacation.”
“It was thanks to Mr. Mu Chen’s organization.”
Furina crossed her arms: “As expected of Mu Chen, who helped this deity. I must invite him to Fontaine sometime.”
Navia: “Yes, many of his ideas and suggestions are worth learning from. I’ll continue with my work.”
Natlan.
“Kachina, are you back?”
“Thank you all for your concern, I’m back.”
Kachina recalled Mu Chen’s words as he patted her head — Kachina is very capable, you just lack a bit of confidence. Be brave, be confident, Big Brother Mu Chen will always be there for you.
Kachina was moved to tears at that time.
Ginni and Marani also invited Mu Chen, saying that if he had time, he should definitely come play in Natlan, go to the Flowing Stream Tribe and the Suspended Wood People.
On the third day, Mu Chen, who had already notified Ganyu the night before, calculated that there might be some monster disturbances on the Liyue Harbor sea surface.
Such a situation surprised Ganyu. There were no anomalies on such days in the past.
But Ganyu decided to trust Mu Chen, contacting the Qixing, and even secretly contacted the Crux Crew.
Beidou and her crew would assist, along with the Qixing and some people responsible for maritime safety.
Mu Chen made an appointment with Chongyun, Xinyan, Xingqiu, and even Yanfei, who was also there today.
They would guard the harbor.
At first, a few of them were puzzled.
Around noon, a large number of agitated monsters truly appeared on the sea surface, some large fish and octopuses emerged.
The Qixing immediately evacuated the people from the harbor.
The harbor originally only had four or five patrolling Qixing officers.
Suddenly, there were over 200 of them.
After all, Ganyu had arranged for them to rest nearby, so that in case of an emergency, they could immediately fight and evacuate the crowd.
The event happened.
Xingqiu and Chongyun took out their weapons and joined the battle.
Mu Chen also used his Silver Wind power in the air to cut apart the monsters that tried to climb ashore.
The monsters weren’t that many, and Beidou and her crew fought on the sea.
“These monsters have a purple glow, they might be eroded by the Abyss.”
“Don’t hold back, kill them all.”
Many Liyue people also took out their weapons to help, and the Qixing officers in the harbor gradually exceeded 2,000.
After an hour of cleaning and fighting, the remaining monsters finally retreated, chased by the Crux Crew until they were far away from the Guyun Stone Forest.
Mu Chen stood by the harbor: “Could it be that the variables have already started with the first live stream?”
The Qixing arrived in time, with only a few minor injuries.
They received praise from countless people in Liyue.
Mu Chen, Xingqiu, and Chongyun’s outstanding performance were also thanked by many.
“Ganyu, did Mu Chen notify you in advance?”
“Well, Yelan, we must find a way to keep Mu Chen in Liyue.”
“What are your thoughts about that night?”
“Thoughts? I think he did well. I like decisive people.”
“Then you handle it yourself. I’ll go take care of the other things you gave me.”
“You’re not going to keep an eye on him?” Ganyu smiled.
“Can’t keep an eye on him. You saw his strength, he’s not simple.”
Yelan went to handle her own business. Ganyu looked at Mu Chen from above: “But the Jade Chamber can’t trap him. I need to think of other ways.”
Mu Chen spent three days buying and decorating his residence, after all, Ganyu had basically given him a new house.
As for the treasure trove of the bandits, Mu Chen gave it to Xingqiu and Chongyun, who practiced chivalry.
A few days later, Mu Chen went to find Keqing, forcefully took her away, and demanded that she rest for half a day.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t know how to rest again.
“Mu Chen, hey, hey, I have other things to do today.”
“There’s always work to do, leave the rest to your subordinates. You need to trust your colleagues and subordinates, understand?”
Mu Chen said this in front of Keqing’s seven or eight colleagues.
Then he immediately took her away: “Leave the rest to you all. Do it according to your own ideas, discuss it among yourselves. This is also a test of your work during these times.”
Mu Chen was originally going to find Ganyu.
But he ran into Ganyu sleeping.
Ganyu hadn’t slept in five days, and she slept for an entire afternoon.
And it was the kind of sleeping where she just fell asleep on the side of the road.
It happened to be Huixin who was following her to take care of business, and she didn’t know what to do for a moment.
“Huixin, leave the rest to you. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Any task, you’ll be more familiar with it after doing it once. I’ll send Ganyu back to rest —”
Then Mu Chen, without any hesitation, directly picked up Ganyu and took her back to rest while Huixin’s mouth was open in shock.
The seven days passed quickly.
The new live stream was here again.
「Hello Mu Chen, your villain identity this time is — The Evil Commander」