Chapter 215
However, Li Yue is too lazy to talk to her now. No matter how capable she is, Li Yue can still deal with her. Even if Skirk and her master are powerful enough that Li Yue can't handle them now, Li Yue can just go to other worlds. Moreover, there are many more worlds to explore in the future. Therefore, Li Yue believes that she will become stronger than her sooner or later and is not afraid of her at all!
Moreover, he has a group of Demon God by his side, so he is not afraid even if they find out that he killed the whale. Given his current sphere of influence, unless they want to start a war with Teyvat, they will have to keep quiet even if they find out that the whale is dead.
After completing the teleportation to the whale, Li Yue closed the portal, and the Primordial Sea of Conception returned to calm. Moreover, due to the whale's disappearance, the pressure in the Primordial Sea of Conception suddenly decreased significantly. The pressure gauge on the valve located in the lower level of Melo Petersburg, which was being watched by Funina Nasida and Lei Yingdian, suddenly dropped sharply.
This change made the three waiting gods realize that something had happened in the sea below.
Soon, a portal appeared in front of them, and seawater from the Primordial Sea gushed out. Having had experience before, Furina quickly raised her hand to control the seawater and prevent it from overflowing. Li Yue also emerged from the seawater safely after Furina took control and landed on the ground.
Upon landing, they immediately closed the Portal. Without support Primordial Sea scattered on the ground as before, without any momentum.
"Alright, the matter has been resolved."
Li Yue stood up and sheathed the Enma's Blade, releasing its Bankai.
"That solves it?"
Furina looked at Li Yue, both surprised and puzzled.
What did you do inside?
She had no idea what was happening beneath the Primordial Sea, nor even the existence of the whale, so she was extremely curious about what Li Yue had done.
Li Yue simply smiled in response.
"I sent a fish to my godfather from down there!"
"Ah?"
Furina was very confused. What did this mean? Godfather? Rock King's godfather?
"Godfather?"
Nahida was also very curious; she hadn't expected that Li Yue would have a godfather.
Wait a minute, Li Yue's godfather, isn't that his own grandfather?
383. The Crisis of Fontaine is Resolved
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Li Yue-kun, you've sent another weird thing over.]
[Meme Lord: Is Godfather satisfied with this?]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: I'm always fascinated by the unknown. Can you tell me what this thing is? It looks a bit like a whale?]
[Meme Lord: Is it possible that it's actually a whale?]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Then it must be a very special whale.]
Having spent so much time together, Aizen had come to understand Li Yue's personality quite well. The whale that Li Yue sent there must not be an ordinary one.
[Meme Lord: That's right, this isn't an ordinary whale; it's a very special whale!]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Oh? What's so special about it?]
[Meme Lord: I don't know either.]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky:?]
Las Noches, Aizen, who was looking at the several pieces of whale carcass in front of him, couldn't help but tilt his head back. As expected of you, so self-righteous.
However, looking at the whale carcass in front of him, he suddenly felt a headache coming on.
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Okay, I'll figure it out myself, but the water inside this whale doesn't seem to be stopping at all. My Las Noches is almost flooded by it.]
[Meme Lord: That's no ordinary water; it's the Primordial Sea Water, the source of life!]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Oh? Looks like I'll have to find a way to collect this seawater too.]
Aizen was initially speechless at the sudden appearance of so much water that had submerged Las Noches, but once he learned that this seawater was not ordinary seawater, Aizen immediately became interested.
"Ulquiorra".
Aizen called out softly, and a dark figure appeared behind Ulquiorra — Aizen.
"Lord Aizen."
"Could you please take some people to collect this seawater? I might need it later."
"Yes."
Ulquiorra nodded indifferently and then disappeared. He was not the kind of Arrancar who was just a tool; he certainly wouldn't do the job of collecting seawater, so he had to find someone who was good at it.
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Li Yue-kun, next time you deliver something, please let me know in advance so I can prepare accordingly.]
[Meme Lord: Next time for sure, next time for sure!]
After giving Aizen a perfunctory conversation, Li Yue turned her attention to reality.
"Hey, prison warden, how's the situation?"
"It's completely fine now, there's no pressure left on the press."
As Lyney spoke, he opened the valve under the pressure gauge. Previously, whenever the valve was opened, a large amount of fetal sea water would burst out, but this time, not a single drop of fetal sea water splashed out after the valve was opened.
"Not only is there no pressure, but there is also a lot of free space, and the water level has dropped significantly."
Lyney stood on the valve and watched as the water level in the tire valve, which had been above it, dropped significantly. Even for fishing, it would take at least ten meters of line to cast the hook into the water.
"The pressure crisis of the Primordial Sea water is gone, at least it doesn't seem like it will be in the short term."
As he spoke, Lyney closed the valve. Although the water in the fetal sea was safe, it was better to close it now, in case the water level rose again in the future.
After closing the valve, Lyney returned to the group.
"As expected of a deity, you easily solved a problem that I had been unable to solve."
"Isn't that obvious? We are gods, so it's only natural for gods to solve this kind of problem."
Furina, who was present, spoke up directly, speaking as if she had done everything herself, even though she hadn't done anything.
However, Li Yue did not expose him; in fact, she was very cooperative.
"That's right, we can easily solve this kind of problem as long as we pay attention."
"Alright, I'll leave the monitoring to you, Boss."
"No problem, leave this place to me. I'll keep an eye on it."
Lyney readily accepted the task of guarding the valve.
"Alright, let's leave this to Prisoner. We can go up now."
Li Yue called to Furina and the others, and together they left the lower area and arrived at the entrance of the hall of the Meropide. Neuvillette was still there chatting with Sigewinne. Because Li Yue hadn't spent much time solving the problem, Neuvillette and Sigewinne, who were like grandfather and granddaughter, didn't separate but continued to talk about recent events. Sigewinne was the one talking, Neuvillette was listening.
"Neuvillette, our business is finished, we can go back now!"
Furina waved to Neuvillette.
"Ms. Furina, have you finished your business?"
Neuvillette looked at Furina with curiosity and asked.
"That's right, it's over. We just resolved a major crisis in Fontaine, so we can go back now!"
Neuvillette naturally knew what was under Lyney's office, and he was somewhat surprised to hear Furina's words. He hadn't expected Furina to come to solve the problem of the Primordial Sea. However, considering that Furina was the Hydro Archon, and the Hydro Archon's power came from the Ancient Dragon Authority, it was entirely possible for her to solve the problem of the Primordial Sea.
"Then let's go back."
Neuvillette nodded, preparing to lead the group back by boat.
"Neuvillette, there's no need to take the old route again; it's too much of a waste of time. Just come this way."
Li Yue called out to Neuvillette, then drew her sword and slashed out a Portal Portal led directly to the Court of Fontaine.
"Mr. Li Yue actually possesses such abilities."
Neuvillette looked at the Court of Fontaine on the other side of the Portal with a slightly surprised expression.
"Let's go, let's go over there."
"Good."
Now that we have Portal, there's no need to leave by boat anymore; that would be too slow.
The group returned to Court of Fontaine directly through the Portal. After a brief farewell Neuvillette went straight to her office to handle the day's affairs, while Furina took Li Yue to continue the tea party.
Fontaine's crisis is over! She can now completely relax. Having obtained the power of Furina and become a true Fontaine Hydro Archon, what else is there for her to worry about? Now it's time to simply enjoy herself!
While Furina was happy that Li Yue had helped resolve the crisis that threatened to destroy Fontaine, the Fatui of Fontaine also began to take action.
The Fatui's spy agency, the House of the Hearth, stationed in Fontaine, began gathering intelligence on Li Yue and Furina under the orders of Fatui Harbinger, "Arlecchino."
384. La Signora and Arlecchino
"Father."
"Um."
In the House of the Hearth, the Fourth Seat Arlecchino of the Fatui sat alone in her chair, with three men standing before her.
Lynette, a little boy wearing a top hat and black stockings; Lynette, a cat-tailed girl in a little dress; and Freminet looks withdrawn and afraid to speak.
The three are among the most outstanding children of the current generation in the House of the Hearth, and also among the best children currently under the care of the [Arlecchino].
Have you found out anything?
"According to the information we have gathered so far, on the first day, the Rock King held a meeting with the Thunder God, the Dendro Archon, and the Hydro Archon. Afterwards, they went to the Opiclay Grand Theatre. Then, they returned to the Court of Fontaine with the High Inquisitor Neuvillette, who was traveling. On the second day, they set off together again to the Opiclay Grand Theatre, but they did not enter the theatre. Instead, they went to Meropide through the entrance at the back of the theatre."
Lynette, the leader, bowed his head and gave a report.
"What surprised our intelligence personnel was that they reappeared at the Court of Fontaine shortly after entering Meropide. As for what they did in Meropide, we only know that they went to see Duke Lyney in Meropide, and we couldn't find out anything else."
"In other words, the intelligence we have is very limited."
"I'm very sorry, Father."
The three bowed their heads and admitted their mistake.
"This is not your fault. It is inherently difficult to obtain information about the gods. You have done a great job to this extent."
The Arlecchino did not punish them; instead, they praised them.
"But that doesn't change the fact that you haven't gathered enough useful intelligence. After infiltrating Fontaine for so many years, all you've managed to get is this little bit of information. The House of the Hearth is really weak."
Behind the Arlecchino, a figure emerged, none other than the eighth seat of the Fatui, the La Signora. Because of Li Yue, the La Signora was not killed instantly by the Thunder God, so she is still alive. Having completed two missions in Mondstadt and Liyue, the La Signora has been sent to Fontaine for her third mission.
In fact, the third mission was for Inazuma, but before Inazuma could even arrive, Inazuma had already been dealt with, Thor had disappeared, and the Gnosis was taken by the Scaramouche who had been active in Inazuma. This resulted in Rosalyn being called back to Snezhnaya before the mission even began.
However, later in Sumeru, the mission of the Scaramouche and the Doctor failed. Not only did they fail to obtain the Gnosis in Sumeru, but the Gnosis that they took from Inazuma was also stolen. They failed to obtain two Gnosis at once, so Rosalyn was urgently sent to Fontaine to support her Arlecchino in trying to obtain the third Gnosis.
Especially now that Li Yue has brought Thor and Dendro Archon to Fontaine, Fontaine has suddenly gathered four gods. It is easy to imagine how difficult it will be to obtain the Gnosis under the noses of four gods. One Arlecchino is definitely not enough, so we must send someone to help.
"Rosalyn, I don't need your guidance on how well the House of the Hearth has completed their mission. I will judge for myself how well they have done."
The La Signora's reliance on the House of the Hearth aroused the dissatisfaction of the Arlecchino.
"Hmph, I was just reminding you."
Rosalyn snorted coldly and then said nothing more. After all, Fontaine was not her home turf. The Arlecchino and the House of the Hearth had been operating here for many years, and they were more familiar with the place Rosalyn.
Of course, most importantly, Rosalyn is no match for the Arlecchino. Among the Fatui, Rosalyn is only the eighth seat, while the Arlecchino is the Fourth Seat. The Arlecchino is much stronger than Rosalyn.
"As ordered by the Tsaritsa, I have come here to help you seize the Gnosis of Fontaine. Of course, if possible, the Gnosis of Sumeru and the Gnosis of Inazuma can also be obtained at the same time."
Rosalyn explained her mission for being there.
"But you should know very well how difficult the tasks that follow are."
"I have a plan for the Gnosis in Fontaine. After all, we have no problem facing only the Hydro Archon. As for the Gnosis Sumeru and the Gnosis Inazuma, the difficulty will be quite high. Facing three gods at the same time, especially three powerful gods who are always together, it will be even more difficult to obtain the Gnosis from them."
The Arlecchino, sitting in a chair with his back to Rosalyn, gave his assessment.
To be honest, she was quite disdainful of the actions of many other departments of the Fatui. Although they were all Fatui Harbinger, each Harbinger had a different background and even a different place of origin, resulting in a mixed bag of Harbinger within the Fatui.
The La Signora is from Mondstadt, the Scaramouche is Inazuma, the Pantalone is from Liyue, the Childe is from Snezhnaya, and the Arlecchino appears to be from Cainrea.
In short, all the Harbinger of the Fatui were harboring their own ulterior motives, which resulted in each Harbinger having a completely different style of doing things.
Among the Harbinger of the Fatui, the Arlecchino is considered to be very principled and has a very normal way of handling things; he is a rare normal person among the Harbinger of the Fatui.
After hearing the Arlecchino's evaluation, the La Signora spoke up unhappily.
"The difficulty is high, all because of the Scaramouche."
"If he had brought Inazuma's Gnosis back to Snezhnaya, at least Inazuma's Gnosis would be in our hands now. It was because of the failure of his and the Doctor's so-called god-making plan that Sumeru was controlled Sumeru Liyue, and Sumeru's Gnosis was completely controlled by Liyue as well, which led to the current situation."