Design Completed

"Chongyun, Chongyun, I have a friend who's possessed, can you come take a look!"

"Hu Tao, are you there? A good friend of mine seems to be possessed by a spirit, how about you go over and scare it away?"

Xingqiu and Xiangling parted ways and headed off in different directions.

Soon, each returned with one person.

Chongyun, the young exorcist with short white hair.

Hu Tao, the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, wearing a hat with the parlor's emblem and plum blossom decorations, her hair in reddish-brown twin tails.

The four youngsters were now gathered together.

"Who's possessed?"

Chongyun asked Xingqiu.

Xingqiu pointed towards the room where Bai Ye was staying.

As he pointed, Hu Tao had already taken a step forward and arrived at the doorway.

"Let me open it, I want to see what this possessed spirit looks like."

She reached out her hand to open the door.

But just as her hand touched the doorknob, the door was instantly flung open from the inside.

Bai Ye, with disheveled hair, walked out.

It would be a miracle if he hadn't heard the four of them talking so loudly outside the door.

"What's going on here?"

He asked Xingqiu and the others.

His voice sounded a little tired, but incredibly clear.

At the same time, he looked at the four people in front of him.

This was his first time seeing Chongyun and Hu Tao.

Xingqiu and the others exchanged glances, all feeling like they had caused a misunderstanding.

Chongyun didn't know how to feel.

It should be a good thing that his friend's friend wasn't in danger, but the thought of him rushing over so eagerly only to not see any spirits made him feel a little regretful.

However, this regret quickly disappeared.

"We thought you were possessed and in trouble. You've never been like this before,"

Xiangling said sheepishly.

Her embarrassment was directed partly at Bai Ye, and partly at Chongyun and Hu Tao, whom she had called over.

"I have Adeptal Arts, do you think any Malevolent Spirit would dare come find me?"

Bai Ye pointed at the design blueprints in the room and said to Xiangling, "I've just been researching some mechanisms these past few days. Ah~ha~, there's nothing wrong."

Hu Tao looked at Bai Ye's dark eye circles and couldn't help but tease, "Even if you're not possessed, if you don't get some sleep soon, you'll practically become my client."

"Hey, hey, hey, it's not that bad, I'm confident in my own body,"

Bai Ye waved his hand.

"Let's talk about my design. Xingqiu, I've found a way to solve the trouble your guild is having."

He finally said to Xingqiu.

"What!?"

Xingqiu looked at Bai Ye in surprise.

He had thought his family would just have to accept their bad luck, but now it seemed like things could change?

"Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Bai Ye said to Xingqiu and the others.

"Okay."

Xingqiu nodded.

The four youngsters became five, and the five of them walked into Bai Ye's room.

Upon entering, everyone was a little surprised to see drafts and scratch paper scattered all over the floor.

"You've been doing calculations these past few days?"

Xingqiu said to Bai Ye.

"Yeah, because I need to create new mechanisms to facilitate cargo transportation, the computational load is quite heavy,"

Bai Ye nodded.

At this moment, he realized what he looked like.

He hadn't showered in days, his hair was down, and his eyes were bloodshot. He must have looked utterly disheveled. No, with his messy white hair and blood-red eyes, he could probably scare people at night.

"I'll tidy myself up first. You guys wait a moment."

Bai Ye quickly headed towards the inner room.

"Okay."

Xiangling and the others nodded.

Soon, Bai Ye emerged from the inner room after washing up.

His eyes still had a slight bloodshot look, but after a bath and changing into clean clothes, with his hair tied up, he had regained his former appearance as a dashing young gentleman.

"Phew, I'm finally tidied up. It would have been truly impolite to meet new friends looking so disheveled."

He said to Chongyun and Hu Tao.

Hu Tao waved dismissively, "It's fine, that's nothing. I'm not someone who minds dirt. A few days ago, I even used a wooden basin to bring back an adventurer who foolishly tried to fight a Hilichurl King alone to Liyue Harbor."

Brought back!?

Upon hearing that word, Bai Ye, Xiangling, and Xingqiu exchanged glances. They tacitly decided not to ask further.

"Come, Xingqiu, let me introduce you to my new invention."

Bai Ye began to introduce his new invention to Xingqiu.

Xingqiu knew this was related to his own affairs, so he listened attentively.

"You see, traveling by land from Liyue to Sumeru, whether by dravya beast or the previous vehicles, is too slow. So, to arrive on time, I've created a new type of vehicle."

Bai Ye started explaining his invention.

The inspiration for the invention came from his off-road trucks back on Earth.

Initially, Bai Ye had planned to design it like a conventional truck. However, halfway through the design process, he considered the actual roads between Liyue and Sumeru and changed his mind, adopting the template of an off-road truck.

Of course, this was just the initial template. There were differences in the actual manufacturing.

The biggest problem was the engine.

Other issues were easily resolved.

But the engine was the most crucial part.

Manufacturing one or two vehicles without regard for cost would be no problem, but Bai Ye intended for mass production. Therefore, he needed to find suitable materials and structures to build the engines.

Regarding the engine, Bai Ye could currently only rely on electrical energy as the power source for transportation.

In another world, Bai Ye might worry about energy storage. However, in Teyvat, he wasn't too concerned.

A significant characteristic of Teyvat compared to Earth is that the reactions between various elements are much greater and more intense.

Many Genshin Eye holders in this world use this for combat, which Bai Ye felt was a waste.

It would be so much better if this energy could be utilized in production!

By utilizing the Overload reaction between Pyro and Electro.

Bai Ye could generate more power with less electricity.

Of course, if you were worried about running out of power halfway, you could also bring along an Electro friend.

This way, it wouldn't even consume one Electro friend per hundred kilometers.

Given that Bai Ye currently had no Electro friends, he was unsure of the exact consumption rate.

In short, through his design, this kind of Teyvat-specific off-road truck was completed.

After hearing Bai Ye's explanation, Hu Tao's eyes lit up.

"Oh? Is that so? Then, Bai Ye, when this vehicle is ready, you absolutely must sell me one."

"Why?"

Xiangling asked curiously.

"To pick up more business, of course!" Hu Tao said as if it were obvious.

"Before, I could only bring one person back from the wild. Now, with a truck, I can bring back more."

"Hey, that's a bit terrifying, isn't it?"

Bai Ye couldn't help but retort.

The people of Liyue Harbor would probably cry if she started picking up business by the truckload.

"What terrifying thing are you thinking about? I just want to better transport people back. When I'm in the wild and see multiple bodies, I often have to transport them one by one. The remaining bodies might rot or be eaten. If I could transport more at once, I could prevent such situations. People die, yes, but their bodies must not be desecrated."

"Mhm, I'll modify it for you when the time comes."

Bai Ye nodded upon hearing Hu Tao's words.

He hadn't expected that the first customer for his vehicle invention, aside from the Feiyun Commerce Guild, would be for a hearse.