Inventory of the Fatui

Inventory of the Fatui

Lin Feng woke up hungry.

The moment he woke, every cell in his body seemed to be urging him to eat as soon as possible. At that moment, not even the Heavenly Principles appearing before him could have stopped him from having a meal.

—That was how it should have been.

But when Lin Feng casually used Inspect on Xiao Bai beside him, he saw the following panel:

Individual Information: Weasel-Type—Novice Treasure-Hunting Weasel—Xiao Bai

Emotion: Satisfied

Favorability: 100 (It is completely full)

!!!

An inexplicable sense of panic immediately diluted the hunger in his heart. Lin Feng rushed out at once to assess the extent of the disaster.

—At the very least, don't let the entire rainforest be gone. Otherwise, I'll have to apologize to all the people of Teyvat!

Lin Feng felt a little despairing.

The rainforest morning was somewhat chilly. Moisture-rich air condensed into mist, and dewdrops falling from the leaves struck Lin Feng with soft little slaps.

Seeing that everything before him was still intact, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief and retreated into the tree hollow where he had rested last night.

"So you're saying that you found a lot of delicious food somewhere very, very far away, and even brought some back for me?"

Lin Feng voraciously gnawed on the Dundun Peaches and Raspberries he had found while interrogating Xiao Bai, who stood obediently by the tree with his little paws raised.

Looking at the differently colored, gem-like fragments in his hands, Lin Feng immediately remembered what they were.

—Elemental Shards, crystals condensed from pure Elemental Power that characters needed for ascension in the game.

Even veteran adventurers who met the Adventurers' Guild's requirements received only a tiny piece of Elemental Dust in their daily rewards. That alone showed how valuable these things were.

"You found them somewhere very, very deep? There were lots of people nearby who had electricity on them and carried hammers, but none of them noticed you?"

Lin Feng was completely numb now. He instantly understood what had happened, but that only made him more despairing than before.

Stranded in Teyvat, just arrived in the rainforest, and I've already cleaned out the supplies from a Fatui secret base. What do I do? Urgent. Please reply quickly.

Although Lin Feng's emotional control had regressed by more than a decade along with his age after transmigrating, he simply could not bring himself to blame Xiao Bai when he saw the backpack full of gifts.

—After all, the little fellow remembered his order not to chew through the rainforest at random. Even after filling his stomach, he had not forgotten to bring some food back for him.

"..."

After a brief silence, Lin Feng looked at the little treasury that could only be obtained by killing Treasure-Hunting Weasels in the game, now casually gifted to him by Xiao Bai, and suddenly felt touched.

Returning from a working corporate drone to a teenager had brought Lin Feng more than just a change in appearance. The heart that had already lost its ability to love amid endless work seemed to have come alive again.

If Lin Feng's only goal when he had first transmigrated was to find somewhere safe and live peacefully,

then now, his goal had become giving Xiao Bai a life without worries over food and clothing, taking him across Teyvat to taste all kinds of delicacies, admire rare sights from every corner of the world, and truly leave behind their own footprints in Teyvat.

Before that, though, he had to get out of the rainforest first.

Lin Feng did not accept the gifts. He told Xiao Bai to treat the shards as his own emergency rations and bury them somewhere.

The good news was that these high-Elemental-Power items seemed to be the food Xiao Bai truly needed. Not only did a small amount fill him up, but as long as he did not use his power, his hunger also slowed considerably.

After taking stock of the supplies in the backpack, Lin Feng found one fire-element Agnidus Agate Chunk, more than twenty Elemental Shards of various colors, over a dozen pieces of Elemental Dust, and more than six hundred Mora.

Watching Xiao Bai casually wave a paw and carve out a bottomless Rock Cave in the mountainside, Lin Feng felt utterly assured of the safety of this stolen loot.

After ending that overly thrilling morning, Lin Feng began to consider the origins of the pile of Sunsettias beside him. Before going to sleep yesterday, he had collected some Dundun Peaches and Raspberries along the way, but when he woke up this morning, several orange-yellow Sunsettias had appeared among the food.

Lin Feng had initially assumed Xiao Bai had found them and had not given it much thought. But after their conversation just now, Xiao Bai clearly had not done it. With a few guesses forming in his mind, Lin Feng temporarily buried the question and prepared to continue on his way.

Looking up at the sky, Lin Feng saw that although he had gone through a somewhat busy morning, the cool morning breeze and the gentle sunlight showed that it was still early.

As he traveled, Lin Feng deeply experienced the effects of Entry Enhancement. The change from Agility 1 to Agility 2 alone had increased his speed through the forest by at least twenty percent compared to yesterday.

The detailed information for the entry was as follows:

Agility 2: Your reactions are sharper, and your control over your body has been slightly enhanced.

This "slight enhancement" clearly had no small effect when put into actual action.

Lin Feng noticed that his physical fitness had not improved, but his muscular coordination and reaction speed had both improved significantly.

This made Lin Feng look forward to his own growth even more.

The only pity was that all the entries now displayed insufficient conditions. Clearly, Lin Feng's malnourished and underdeveloped body was not yet capable of supporting further enhancement. He needed stronger physical fitness.

And if the effect of Agility at only Level 2 was already so obvious, what effect would the Level 6 Elemental Affinity have? Lin Feng was rather curious.

Unfortunately, although Lin Feng could now sense the elements and enter the state called Elemental Sight in the game, he could not manipulate any type of element.

Did he also need to touch a Statue of The Seven like the protagonist to unlock Elemental Power?

But he did not have Paimon by his side from the start to teach him step by step. Lin Feng was skeptical of that guess.

Putting his scattered thoughts aside, Lin Feng continued through the rainforest.

Noon.

Feeling the raindrops striking his body painfully, Lin Feng and Xiao Bai huddled beneath a protruding rock to shelter from the rain.

He took out the wild fruit he had picked along the way from the bundle made from his coat, giving half to Xiao Bai and keeping the other half for his own lunch and dinner.

It would not fill them up, but it was still better than nothing.

Just then, a sudden commotion came from outside.

Lin Feng looked up and saw a green Terrestrial Shroombeast walking past not far away, followed by a group of little mushrooms of the same color.

The Small Shroombeast at the very end had clearly spotted Lin Feng, but rather than charging over as it would in the game, it paused curiously for a moment before continuing after the Terrestrial Shroombeast into the distance.

Slightly tired, Lin Feng sheltered from the rain while considering his next move.

According to the information from Laramoth, the humans it had seen before should be nearby. Lin Feng decided to slow down appropriately from here on while having Xiao Bai scout around him.

Lin Feng worried that if he entered the other party's field of vision first, they might attack him.

It was not that he was worried about himself. He was mainly worried about them. After all, Xiao Bai, who could not control his own power, might very well wipe them all out. Then Lin Feng's goal of leaving the forest would become endlessly distant.

He had considered sending Xiao Bai directly to help find nearby human settlements,

but after eating his fill, the little fellow seemed unwilling to stray too far from Lin Feng. And given Lin Feng's deep doubts about his intelligence, he always felt that Xiao Bai might lead him straight into a Fatui stronghold.