"Little brother, Inazuma has closed its borders. Both sea and land routes are sealed, so you simply can't get there."

[This is a bit embarrassing. I originally wanted to bring out all the characters from the basic timeline, but it seems there won't be a chance. Let's just move straight into the main plot!]

"Predicting the location of the next mission?"

At those words, Jiangmo Douluo froze. Then Qianjun Douluo seemed to understand. "The Teleportation Gate's introduction mentioned before that the Teyvat Continent has seven nations: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, and Snezhnaya—"

"In other words, Chen Fan found a route to Inazuma without even realizing it?"

Qian Renxue nodded slightly. "Perhaps Inazuma can only be reached by crossing the sea—don't forget, Chen Fan hasn't failed even once in any of the missions he's participated in so far!"

Qian Jun and Jiang Mo's pupils contracted, their breathing stalled, and they instinctively looked up at the scene on the light screen—

Teyvat, Liyue Harbor, Millelith Administration Office, interrogation room.

It was called an interrogation room, but it was merely a crude little chamber. Ningguang sat there alone on a wooden interrogation chair, clear bloodstains visible on her wrists.

From the Tianquan, standing above tens of thousands with overwhelming power and influence, she had fallen into the role of a major criminal. It was like plunging from the heavens into the eighteenth level of hell.

The policies she had once insisted upon had brought profit to some and losses to others.

The biggest losers were several local merchant families.

So.

When the tiger was down, even dogs dared to bully it.

Yet even so, Ningguang did not panic. She merely looked somewhat haggard.

With a creak, the door suddenly opened. Two Millelith guard captains entered, followed by a figure Ningguang knew well.

It was the Tianxuan Star!

"Lady Tianquan, your case has been cleared. You are innocent."

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