Teyvat, Liyue.
As the sun was about to set, Xiao Yu, a clerk from Liyue's Ministry of Civil Affairs, smiled happily.
Finally, it was almost time to get off work. Who knew what the Seven Stars were thinking? There wasn't even a chair near this notice board. She had to stand here all day long—it was exhausting.
Lowering her head to rub her aching thighs, Xiao Yu prepared to pack up and go home.
But the moment she looked up,
a dark mass of people had surrounded her.
They came in all shapes and sizes—tall, short, fat, thin—and every one of them had a scarf wrapped around their face.
Wasn't that the outfit of the Treasure Hoarders?
So many Treasure Hoarders had surrounded her. Had they invaded Liyue Harbor?
Just as Xiao Yu's imagination began to run wild, a young man pushed his way through the Treasure Hoarders and walked in.
He looked fourteen or fifteen years old and wore a fitted outfit with long boots. His pale blond hair was tied into a high ponytail behind his head, with two long locks hanging by his temples and slanted bangs sweeping across his forehead. A longsword hung at his waist. He held a crossbow in his left hand, wore a glove on his right, and embedded in that glove was an Anemo Vision. A rope ran from his palm.
Looking closely, Xiao Yu saw that the densely packed Treasure Hoarders had all been tied up.
The moment she saw the young man, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Little Bai Ye, you nearly scared your Sister Xiao Yu to death! I thought Liyue Harbor was about to descend into chaos."
Xiao Yu patted her chest as she spoke to him.
"How could that happen? What trouble could these few dozen Treasure Hoarders possibly cause? Besides, I've brought people in like this several times already. Sister Xiao Yu, aren't you used to it yet?"
As Bai Ye spoke, he gave the rope a hard tug, and all the Treasure Hoarders crashed to the ground amid a chorus of curses.
"Brat, I won't let you get away with this!"
"Big brother, I was wrong! Give me another chance!"
"You bastard! Just wait until I get out—I'll make you pay!"
"..."
"Come on, Sister Yu, hurry up and count them. A few of these Treasure Hoarders have bounties on them. Bundle up the rest and sell them off together."
Bai Ye waved a hand and dusted off his pants.
"Mm, got it. I'll handle it for you right away."
Xiao Yu began processing Bai Ye's Treasure Hoarders.
As she calculated their bounties, she couldn't help glancing several more times at Bai Ye, who was waiting for her to finish.
This young man looked so young, yet in the span of just one month, he had become the most famous bounty hunter in Liyue Harbor.
Liyue Harbor's commerce was flourishing, so naturally there were plenty of Treasure Hoarders. Even though the Millelith protected the trade routes well, Treasure Hoarders and monsters still inevitably appeared.
To maintain order, the Seven Stars encouraged capable people to capture Treasure Hoarders and kill monsters in exchange for bounty money.
Then, one month ago, Bai Ye appeared in Liyue Harbor.
Judging by his looks, he should have been from Liyue, but no one had ever seen him before.
He possessed an Anemo Vision and carried a sword at his waist, but no one had ever seen him use it. Most of the time, he relied on Art of Automata devices to capture Treasure Hoarders.
Within a month, he had risen to fame in the small circle of bounty hunters.
There were three reasons for his fame:
First, he was simply too handsome. Forget those rough bounty hunters who lived out in the elements—even in all of Liyue Harbor, he was among the very best. Luckily, he was strong enough, or else he might have ended up in some wealthy lady's bed one day;
Second, he worked far too relentlessly. Other people might bring in one or two Treasure Hoarders every few days, and those bounties would be enough to support a family. But Bai Ye could deliver an entire Treasure Hoarder gang every few days. In just one month, several long-established Treasure Hoarder gangs in Liyue Harbor had been delivered to the authorities, root and branch, by Bai Ye.
The other bounty hunters were nearly out of work and could only start competing with Bai Ye.
As a result, Liyue Harbor's public security had been unbelievably good lately. People in Liyue Harbor didn't even dare cover their mouths with handkerchiefs when they sneezed, afraid that those bounty hunters, their eyes practically red with desperation, would mistake them for Treasure Hoarders and haul them away;
As for the last reason, it was what he did after receiving the money.
"Bai Ye, I've finished counting these Treasure Hoarders. The total comes to twenty-one million Mora. I've deposited it into your account at the bank, and you can withdraw it anytime. As for the Floating Stone you wanted to buy, aside from the batch of Floating Stone fragments you bought last time, none have been circulating on the market lately."
Bai Ye's daily life wasn't exactly poor, but it was completely disproportionate to his income. He spent most of his money buying up Floating Stone in Liyue Harbor.
"Is that so? Then please continue posting bounties for Floating Stone for me, Sister Xiao Yu."
"Alright. Once I have the Millelith send these Treasure Hoarders to prison, I'll get that done for you."
"Then sorry for the trouble, Sister Xiao Yu. It's getting late, so I'll be leaving first."
Bai Ye's stomach had already started growling.
"Make sure you get some rest."
"It's fine. I'm in great health."
Do you really have to work so hard?
Watching Bai Ye leave, Xiao Yu grumbled inwardly.
As he walked toward Wanmin Restaurant,
Bai Ye silently said in his heart:
"Teacher, sorry, but I didn't find any Floating Stone today. You may have to rest more over the next few days."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I've already spent quite a few days looking at the scenery of Liyue Harbor. I'm getting a little tired of it, so resting more is perfect."
A clear young woman's voice rang beside his ear.
Bai Ye was a transmigrator.
Perhaps the wishes of those sons of his in the dormitory to get recommended for graduate school had been too strong. He had missed a step and fallen from the twentieth floor, then transmigrated into the world of Teyvat.
That had left Bai Ye rather panicked.
It wasn't as if he had never played Genshin Impact in his previous life, but he had only logged in each day to do his dailies. He had merely skimmed through the story. He definitely knew people like Ningguang and Ganyu, but if asked about Teyvat's history or the experiences of its various characters, he knew absolutely nothing.
Before falling from the building, he had been discussing the upcoming Lantern Rite event with his friends. Before he even had the chance to play it, he had transmigrated straight into Teyvat.
Fine, there was no need to play the event now. He could just see the real people instead.
After transmigrating, he hadn't awakened any powers or obtained any system. However, when passing through a domain, he had picked up a "portable old grandpa."
The young woman's voice he had just heard belonged to the remnant soul of a god he had found in that domain.
By the time he encountered the remnant soul, she had nearly been completely eroded away.
She had been attacked and killed, and her remaining soul had endured several thousand years of erosion. If Bai Ye hadn't found her, she likely would have completely dissipated before long.
The remnant soul of the god could only temporarily reside within Bai Ye.
Most of her memories had already vanished along with the erosion.
She only remembered that she was a god named Hagintos and that she knew much about Art of Automata and Adeptal Arts.
To repay Bai Ye for saving her, after taking up residence within him, she began teaching Bai Ye every bit of the Adeptal Arts and Art of Automata she still remembered.
Bai Ye was deeply grateful for this.
Teyvat was far more dangerous than Earth had been in his previous life. He needed some means of protecting himself.
However, Hagintos residing within Bai Ye did not mean everything was fine.
She still needed energy to maintain her condition.
If she lacked energy, she could only fall asleep for the time being.
At present, the only source of such energy Bai Ye had discovered was Floating Stone.
Therefore,
after mastering Art of Automata and Adeptal Arts, Bai Ye came to Liyue Harbor and became a bounty hunter.
After earning money, he began placing bounties for Floating Stone.
"Alright, then. Teacher, rest first."
"Alright."
The young woman's voice disappeared.
"I didn't manage to obtain any Floating Stone here today. Should I go to the mines next and work as a bounty hunter while searching for Floating Stone?"
Bai Ye was deep in thought,
when a light breeze blew in from behind him, carrying a faint dampness in the air.
A voice sounded beside his ear.
"I have a job here. I wonder if you'd be interested in taking it?"
Bai Ye turned around.
A short-haired beauty had lowered her head, bringing her lips close to his ear.
However, her brows were slightly furrowed.
"What kind of job?"
Looking at Yelan,
Bai Ye stepped back.
At the same time, he lowered the crossbow that had been aimed at her lower abdomen.
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