Everyone in Inazuma City was grinning, while Mondstadt and Liyue were utterly baffled.
Mondstadt and Liyue were close to each other, with merchants traveling frequently between them, so they knew many of each other's stories.
But Inazuma was far away, and it had recently begun enforcing the Sakoku Decree and the Vision Hunt Decree.
Apart from formidable outfits like Beidou's Crux Fleet, ninety percent of ships no longer dared sail to Inazuma.
[Lisa: Based on my analysis, we can eliminate two answers and choose from the remaining three.]
[Keqing: But the answers we keep eliminating might actually be the correct ones.]
[Kuki Shinobu: I know the answer, but a certain someone loves eliminating the correct answer. Isn't that right, Boss?]
[Arataki Itto: Yeah, yeah! That person must be a total idiot.]
[Thoma: ...]
[Kamisato Ayaka: ...]
[Yoimiya: ...]
[Kujou Sara: You idiot, that person is you. Look at the rankings. You haven't gotten a single question right yet.]
Arataki Itto gritted his teeth.
[Arataki Itto: Just you wait, Kujou Turtle! I'll get a whole streak of answers right and rake in the cash!]
[Kujou Sara: Heh. Six hundred thousand Mora.]
A critical hit. Arataki Itto hadn't seen any money for three weeks. Whatever he earned from working was instantly taken away.
"Countdown: three, two, one. Buzz in now."
People scrambled to buzz in in the regular livestream room, but the Elite Livestream Room was completely silent.
Nobody wanted to grab such an easy question? Five seconds passed.
"Qiqi has secured a chance to answer."
"Tartaglia has secured a chance to answer."
[Qiqi: Qiqi felt really good after drinking the medicine last time. Qiqi's memory got much better. Qiqi wants to drink more.]
[Diluc: The Fatui Harbinger couldn't resist?]
[Tartaglia: Of course. I'm Tartaglia, and I'm getting stronger every second.]
[La Signora: I hope the punishment finishes you off!]
[Tartaglia: ...]
"Qiqi and Tartaglia have made their selections."
[Yanfei: Little Qiqi, what did you choose?]
[Qiqi: Qiqi picked number four at random.]
"Ding-Qiqi chose 4. Incorrect answer. Punishment: enter the haunted mine."
"Ding-Tartaglia chose 5. Incorrect answer. Punishment: enter the haunted mine."
[Kaeya: Such talented people. They've eliminated two wrong answers for us just like that. Time to buzz in.]
[Arataki Itto: I still didn't get picked? Too bad I didn't get a chance to answer.]
[Kuki Shinobu: Boss, what would you have picked if you'd gotten in?]
[Arataki Itto: Uh... five.]
[Xingqiu: ...]
[Thoma: Brother Arataki Itto certainly is honest.]
Qiqi and Tartaglia were teleported to the entrance of the haunted mine, along with eighty or so others.
[La Signora: Why is that his only punishment? They should make him run a hundred laps around Liyue Harbor.]
[Kaeya: @Tartaglia, look how much your colleague resents you.]
Tartaglia stopped replying and strode out in front. "I'm a Fatui Harbinger. What's there to fear about ghosts and such? This is just a stroll!"
He was the first to walk inside as he spoke. Qiqi sighed. "Too bad Qiqi didn't answer correctly. Qiqi has to accept the punishment too."
Two minutes passed after they entered, with no video feed.
[Tartaglia: It's nothing. Just some rats and snakes. Surely it can't-Aah!]
Suddenly, Tartaglia screamed.
[Kaeya: ???]
[Diluc: ???]
[Paimon: What's happening?]
Tartaglia: "Don't come any closer! What is this?! I'm caught! Zombies! Aaaah-help! Why are they real?!"
His voice could be heard throughout Teyvat.
Inside the royal palace of Snezhnaya, several Harbingers covered their faces.
"Is it really that terrifying? Even a Fatui Harbinger got scared like that?"
"Now this is getting interesting. Will the millions of people in the regular livestream room be too scared to buzz in?"
[La Signora, applauding: Good, very good. Childe, you're utterly unfit to be a Harbinger, getting scared like that.]
Hearing Tartaglia's screams made La Signora very happy.
[Zhongli: That is not necessarily so. That haunted mine is likely no ordinary place. Everyone has emotions, and it is only natural to be frightened.]
Those who entered afterward also let out screams like pigs being slaughtered.
[Kaedehara Kazuha: Still better than Ye the Heavenly Emperor.]
[Chongyun: I won't casually demonstrate my techniques next time. Also, I'd like to take a look at that haunted mine.]
[Hu Tao: This director would like to take a look too.]
"The second round of buzzing in will begin in thirty seconds."
This was the perk of being in the Elite Livestream Room. With only three choices left, everyone was ready to compete this time.
"Ding-Kaeya and Lisa have secured their chances."
[Thoma: I'm jealous. There's a good chance of getting a reward this round. I haven't gotten one yet.]
[Sayu: Sayu wants to answer a question correctly too.]
[Noelle: As long as everyone is happy, Noelle is happy. As long as I don't answer incorrectly, I still have a chance in the prize draw.]
People like Shenhe, Noelle, Razor, and Sucrose weren't quite so eager to buzz in.
"Lisa and Kaeya have made their selections."
[Amber: @Kaeya, what did you pick?]
[Kaeya: It definitely isn't 1, so I picked 2: the code phrase for collecting fireworks.]
[Thoma: Hahaha, Ice-Crossing Adeptus, you were just laughing at them.]
[Kaeya: ???? It's not 2?]
[Eula: Lisa, what did you pick? Don't tell me the four of you are going to eliminate every wrong answer?]
[Lisa: I picked 3.]
"Ding-Kaeya chose 2. Incorrect answer. Punishment: perform Balala the Fairies Transformation."
"Ding-Lisa chose 3. Correct answer. Reward: the Soul-Calming Life Fluid."
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