Chapter 213

How well did Furina perform Hydro Archon? In Neuvillette's opinion, it was probably just average, because she basically didn't do anything. Fontaine's operation was largely unreliant on her; it was maintained by the cooperation of various departments. Fontaine Furina was basically only at the Grand Hotel when there was work to be done, and at the Opera House when there was none.

"Indeed, as the Hydro Archon, I should focus on Fontaine!"

Furina affirmed Neuvillette's statement. Previously, she had been acting, impersonating the Hydro Archon. But now it was different. Furina resided within her, and she could wield Furina's power. She was the true Hydro Archon. With great power comes great responsibility!

As the Hydro Archon, she is now responsible for Fontaine's future!

"Li Yue, let's go back to Court of Fontaine!"

Because of Li Yue, Fontaine's rescue plan has now deviated from Furina's original plan, so Furina wants to know how Li Yue plans to save Fontaine.

"Alright, we've been outside long enough, let's go back to Court of Fontaine together."

Neuvillette nodded in agreement. Since they had already encountered each other, there was no need to avoid them anymore. So he also returned to Court of Fontaine. However, Li Yue followed Furina back to her reception room, while Neuvillette returned to his office to continue processing the documents sent from various parts of Fontaine.

Separated by only a door, Neuvillette was handling business, while Li Yue and Furina were in the adjacent meeting room, discussing the matter of saving Fontaine.

"Li Yue, you said before that you would intervene to help Fontaine, what are you planning to do?"

As Furina ate the desserts Mermaid had served her, even though she had eaten them not long ago, her feelings were completely different this time. Before, she was nervous, but this time she was simply happy, without any psychological burden. Of course, along with her happiness, she was also very curious about Li Yue's method of helping Fontaine. As for whether Li Yue would be able to help Fontaine, she didn't consider that at all, because there were three gods here, making a total of four including herself, Furina. If this couldn't be successful, then what was the point of playing?

Nahida and Raiden Ei, who had come with Li Yue, were also very curious. They knew that Li Yue's purpose in coming was to address the flooding problem in Fontaine, but from beginning to end, neither of them knew how Li Yue intended to solve the problem.

Faced with the three people's curious gazes, Li Yue crossed her arms and gave a mysterious smile.

"I intend to solve the problem at its root!"

378. Head to Meropide

What was the real reason Fontaine was submerged by the flood? Was it a curse from Heavenly Principles? No! Was it the Primordial Sea? No! It was the whale swimming in the Primordial Sea!

The whale continued to devour the Primordial Sea, causing its size to grow larger and larger. This compressed the space within the primordial womb, causing the seawater of the Primordial Sea to overflow from its outlet. As a result, the water level in Fontaine rose. Because the water contained seawater from the Primordial Sea, the Fontainian were instantly dissolved upon contact with it. Fontaine was submerged by the Primordial Sea, and all the Fontainian dissolved into the water, thus destroying Fontaine. The punishment of Fontaine by Heavenly Principles was thus completed.

In reality, the whole process is more like that the Heavenly Principles saw this future and made a prophecy in the past. In the eyes of people in the past, this was a curse placed on Fontaine by the Heavenly Principles, so they believed it was the Heavenly Principles will punish Fontaine.

To resolve the so-called prophecy of destruction surrounding Fontaine, one could either do what Furina did and have Neuvillette directly modify Fontaine's genes from the ground up, preventing the Primordial Sea water in their bodies from dissolving into the Primordial Sea, or strip away the Primordial Sea water from their bodies, or prevent the Primordial Sea water from overflowing.

Li Yue can separate the Primordial Sea water in Fontainian's body, but if he cuts everyone, how long will it take?

Li Yue couldn't stay in Fontaine and kill people one by one, so he could only choose to prevent the waters of the Primordial Sea from overflowing, thus changing the future of Fontaine being submerged.

So, once we deal with that whale, there won't be any more problems.

"Furina has already told us about the Primordial Sea, so what we need to do now is to find the Primordial Sea."

"But where is the entrance to the Primordial Sea?"

"You'd have to ask Furina. As the Hydro Archon, she's naturally aware of Fontaine's situation, after all, she dared to devise such a plan."

Li Yue looked at Furina, and Furina, who had previously seemed a bit silly, suddenly became a little cold.

"Indeed, I know the entrance to the Primordial Sea."

It's obvious that Furina inside Furina has taken over.

So tell us, where is that place?

"The entrance to the Primordial Sea is in Fontaine's the Jail."

"The Jail?"

Nahida looked at Furina with some curiosity.

"That's right, the Jail in Fontaine, Meropide. In Fontaine, people who have been tried are sent there. This the Jail is located underwater in Fontaine, so it's an underwater the Jail."

"An underwater the Jail? I know about underground the Jail, but I didn't know there were underwater the Jail."

The Jail, in the era of feudal society like Teyvat, were basically buildings on the ground, at most underground the Jail as Nahida mentioned, especially the dark underground the Jail, which could create a very effective fear effect on prisoners. The dark underground environment was very uncomfortable for prisoners.

But underwater the Jail are even more uncomfortable than underground the Jail. The perpetually damp and dark environment can be very unpleasant.

"Meropide is not only the Jail, but also a factory in Fontaine. It produces all kinds of industrial products needed by Fontaine, such as mechanical guards, which are also produced in Meropide."

"So, you mean making prisoners produce industrial goods?"

That's quite a good idea. If it were Sumeru, the prisoners would just stay in the Jail and do nothing.

Because of Li Yue's teachings, Nahida no longer gives prisoners the right to receive education, but she also no longer makes prisoners do any work. Now, when she hears that Furina is making prisoners work as laborers today, she is both surprised and somewhat delighted.

It seems that prisoners in Sumeru can also be used for labor, but Sumeru currently doesn't have much industry for prisoners to process, so Sumeru will have to find another way in the future.

"Are we going to that the Jail called Meropide?"

Shadow listened to Furina's words and asked a question.

"That's right. If you want to go to the Primordial Sea, you have to go there. Unless you wait for the Primordial Sea to come out on its own, but by then, disaster will be unavoidable."

"So, can you tell me what to do after you find the Primordial Sea?"

Furina was not in a hurry to take people to Meropide; she was more concerned about what Li Yue was going to do.

She hadn't considered the idea of Li Yue releasing the Primordial Sea to destroy Fontaine. After all, Li Yue was the Geo Archon of Liyue, a god of Teyvat, and a neighbor of Fontaine. He had no reason to destroy Fontaine; that would be unfriendly to everyone unless he was out of his mind. But Furina was genuinely curious about how Li Yue would stop the Primordial Sea.

"It's very simple. I plan to directly restore the Primordial Sea to its tranquil state. As for the method, I have many options, but I will only be able to determine which one to use after I see the Primordial Sea."

Furina felt that Li Yue didn't want to tell her, but there was nothing she could do. If Li Yue didn't want to tell her, she couldn't force Li Yue. She could only do as Li Yue said and take him to Meropide first.

"However, we don't have much time left today, so everyone should rest first. As for Meropide, we can go there tomorrow."

"No problem, there's plenty of time. We don't need to rush. We can rest for a few days before going."

No, you're not in a hurry, but I am. I think the sooner we resolve the disaster in Fontaine, the better.

"No need, we can go tomorrow."

"Then let's rest for today."

Li Yue and his two companions bid farewell to Furina and left Court of Fontaine. This time, their visit to Fontaine was an official one, representing Liyue, and they were accompanied by officials. Ganyu and Millelith, who came with Li Yue, had already checked into the hotel and were now waiting for Li Yue, their boss, to arrive.

After spending the night in the hotel booked by the Liyue diplomatic corps, Furina and Neuvillette came to visit early the next morning.

Because today Wotian is going to Meropide, the Jail in Fontaine, which is quite special, Neuvillette will accompany him.

After exchanging greetings, the group boarded a boat and set off from the central waterway hub of Court of Fontaine, arriving once again at the Opera Epiclese.

The Opera Epiclese is usually used for opera performances, but it can also be used for trials, and after the trials, it can be used to imprison prisoners. That's right, the entrance to the Meropide is right behind the opera house, under that strange building that looks a lot like Louis Meropide's guillotine.

379. A great welcome

"Who designed this thing?"

"Huh? Li Yue, what are you referring to?"

Behind the opera house, in a place that looked like an altar, Li Yue pointed to the tall building in front of her and asked Furina a question.

While it's true that Fontaine is based on France, so having Louis XIV's Happy Guillotine isn't a problem, at least they could use it. Yours is just a simple building, so it can't be used either. What's the point of doing this?

"What was the purpose of designing and building this structure, which looks like a guillotine, here? It seems quite meaningless."

"I don't know why such a building was built."

When Li Yue asked her, Furina shook her head helplessly. She didn't know why they would build a structure that looked like a guillotine.

"Forget about it, our goal today is to get to Meropide, so this matter doesn't matter anyway."

Furina waved her hand; all she wanted now was to get to Meropide.

"Neuvillette, I'm not very familiar with Meropide, so I'll have to rely on you to lead the way inside."

"No problem, Ms. Furina."

As the Supreme Inquisitor, Neuvillette had naturally been to Meropide, so he was perfectly capable of serving as the initial guide.

"Then, let's go!"

The elevator carrying everyone began to descend. The entire Meropide was a vast underwater complex of buildings in Fontaine. Yes, it was a complex of buildings. After descending via the elevator, they arrived at a place that resembled a reception hall. From here, they would need to take a boat to the real Meropide.

That's right, Fontaine has its own unique waterways, but what's unexpected is that they exist not only on land but also underwater.

After Neuvillette greeted the staff there, the Jail guards immediately arranged for a ferry to be brought, and then took them to the real interior of the Meropide.

The entire journey took place inside a massive underground tunnel, with no other lights visible except for the lights on the tunnel walls and the lights on the ferry itself, making the whole place incredibly dark.

After a voyage that felt like it could traverse the entire Fontaine, they finally arrived at Meropide. Before entering Meropide, they had to take another downward elevator. It has to be said, this place is really deep. Li Yue thought that the underwater the Jail in the Pirate King world was probably this deep.

When they arrived at the reception desk inside the Meropide, the Jail staff had been waiting for them for some time.

Welcome to Meropide!

Leading the group was a man with gray-black hair and a cloak on his back. He looked like a very capable man. Beside him stood a very petite and cute little girl. From some of her features, it could be seen that she looked like a human, but she was not human.

"Long time no see, Lyney."

Neuvillette nodded to the man opposite her, Lyney, who shared the same voice as the invincible man and was equally skilled at Ora.

"Long time no see, Neuvillette, and welcome to all the gods. I really didn't expect that you gods would come to Meropide."

Lyney, the de facto lord of Meropide, was called the Duke, and within Meropide, he was respectfully addressed as His Excellency the Duke by the prisoners!

He rules this underwater the Jail that never sees the sun, sets its rules, is its king, and everything here is under his control.

"Because we have something very important to do, we need to get into Meropide, and we need your cooperation, Lyney."

"No problem, Lady Furina, please feel free to give me any requests, and I will do my best to fulfill them for you."

Although Lyney was the ruler of Meropide, he still had to obey Furina, the Hydro Archon.

"Lady Neuvillette, it's been a long time."

The little girl next to Lyney also came up and greeted Neuvillette.

"Long time no see, Sigewinne."

Neuvillette's face immediately lit up with a smile. He was genuinely happy. Sigewinne was one of the Mermaid Fontaine, and compared to the other Mermaid, Sigewinne was even cuter. Neuvillette already liked Mermaid very much, and he loved Sigewinne, this special individual, even more.

In Neuvillette's voice message, he also emphasized that Sigewinne was very cute and expressed concern about Sigewinne work as a nurse in Meropide, worrying that her petite body could not handle the heavy workload. He also expressed his hope that Sigewinne would take a vacation and come to visit him from Meropide, which gave off the feeling of a grandfather doting on his granddaughter.

Therefore, upon meeting Sigewinne's Neuvillette, he immediately began chatting with her with a smile, leaving Furina and the others aside.

However, once we got here, we no longer needed Neuvillette to lead the way.

Furina left Neuvillette and Sigewinne to chat while she, along with Li Yue, followed Lyney to his office. Beneath Lyney's office was a secret passage, and beneath that passage was a large space where Lyney was secretly building a large Lyney to prepare for the great flood. He hoped that the ship would be able to save as many people as possible.

However, today Furina has no interest in the big ship; all she wants now is for Li Yue to quickly deal with the Primordial Sea.

The entrance to the Primordial Sea is located in the area just below Lyney's office.

Furina asked Lyney to take them to a lower area. Lyney immediately understood Furina's meaning. He would never refuse the Hydro Archon's request to lead the way to the entrance of the Primordial Sea of Conception. So he led Li Yue and the others there.

At the very bottom, deep inside, is a long corridor with several heavy gates. Passing through these heavy gates, you will see a huge valve with a pressure gauge on it. This huge valve with the pressure gauge is the entrance to the Primordial Sea. The Primordial Sea of the Fetus is sealed below by the valve!

After Lyney brought everyone here, he immediately began explaining the current situation.

"The pressure here has increased significantly compared to before, but it hasn't reached the point where it could break through the valve."

"But it's not safe anymore, because this is the main exit, which is sealed with valves, but in other places, some of the water from the womb has already leaked out."

"I estimate that soon, this main outlet will also be unable to withstand the pressure and cause the Primordial Sea to surge out."

After saying that, Lyney looked at Furina with concern, hoping that Furina, as the Hydro Archon, could think of a solution.

"Don't worry, Lyney, we're here to solve this problem."

As always, Furina answered with great confidence, but this time she was genuinely confident, and she looked at Li Yue.

"The Geo Archon from Liyue will help us resolve this crisis!"

380. Entering the Primordial Sea

"What level of pressure is there now?"

"Judging from the readings on the pressure gauge, it hasn't reached the limit of the entire valve yet, but it's not far from it. Therefore, I reinforced this passage several times and installed several drop gates at the back."

Lyney explained his understanding of the question.

"However, I'm not sure how long these gates can hold once they burst open."

"Considering all of this shows that you've thought things through a lot, but this is ultimately underwater, so there's limited what you can do, and there's no large machinery to help you build it. You've already done a pretty good job."

Among the people in Fontaine, Lyney is definitely one of the best. While managing the Meropide, he also prepared for the future floods in Fontaine, using the materials from the Meropide to build large ships to save as many people as possible when the floods came. It can be said that he did everything he could in his position.

"Boss, you've done a great job. Leave the rest to us."

"Yes."

Lyney readily agreed, but immediately sensed something was amiss.

"Wait, Lord Geo Archon, what did you just call me?"