If the previous missions had been child's play, the requirements for this one were a real eye-opener, each more outrageous than the last.
Take the first requirement: become the richest person in Teyvat? That basically meant being richer than Ningguang of Liyue, Pantalone of Snezhnaya, and Diluc of Mondstadt. But look at who they were-each held a high position in their own country. And he only had ten years.
Yucheng's first thought was to rush to the Northland Bank, ambush La Signora when she was alone, and snatch Morax's Gnosis.
But Yucheng figured that even if he had the Gnosis and could produce Mora himself, he probably still couldn't produce it as fast as those rich people made money. After all, some industries made money much faster than robbing the Golden House.
As for the second requirement, becoming the strongest combatant in Teyvat-For fuck's sake, if you dropped that qualifier, I'd rush to Sumeru overnight and become a Sumeru citizen. After all, Sumeru's Lesser Lord Kusanali was probably the weakest of the current Seven Archons.
The God of Wisdom being the weakest in combat made perfect sense, right?
Unfortunately, the geographical qualifier was Teyvat, and there was no restriction on race either. In other words, it included not only the current Seven Archons, but also the seven Dragon Sovereigns defeated back then, and even the Heavenly Principles on Celestia. Surpassing such beings within ten years? Yucheng wouldn't dare dream of it.
The third requirement: unify Teyvat? Making those gods abandon the nations they had established meant becoming enemies with the Seven Archons. This sounded a little easier than the second requirement, but only a tiny bit-the difference between 100 points and 99.5 points, more or less.
As for the final requirement, the moment Yucheng saw it, images of various female characters with pregnant bellies sprang to mind. Shenhe, Ganyu, Yelan, Ningguang... What a beautiful sight.
But imagination was one thing, and reality another. Ten children in ten years practically ruled out his hopes of monogamy. Making one woman bear him ten children in ten years wasn't treating her as his wife. That was treating her as a baby-making machine!
Was the system trying to make him a womanizer and a scumbag? Although this world had no law requiring monogamy, setting aside those little girls who would make a death sentence well deserved, which of Genshin Impact's named female characters wasn't extraordinarily gifted and outstanding?
The more outstanding a woman was, the less willing she was to share her man. Building a harem among these women would be no easier than the first three requirements.
But at least for now, option D looked the easiest, and it was also the one Yucheng most wanted to choose. Building a harem in another world-what man could withstand that temptation?
But did he really have to fool around that much? Would karma come for him? Yucheng had watched plenty of harem anime in his previous life, but none had left a deeper impression than School Days. Surely he wouldn't end up following in Makoto's footsteps?
The next day, Ningguang sent Yelan to Yucheng's home to retrieve the Kamera personally. Yelan had to oversee the recovery of this compromising material herself. If Yucheng played dirty and secretly kept a photo, wouldn't that leave trouble waiting for her down the road?
Yelan took Yucheng's Kamera without expression. As she checked the negatives, she asked sternly, "Mr. Yucheng, you haven't secretly kept any, have you?"
"Don't worry. All the negatives are in the Kamera. I haven't kept any. You can search my house if you don't believe me."
"Mr. Yucheng, you're the hero who saved Liyue Harbor now. Surely you wouldn't make things difficult for a helpless woman like me?"
"If you're a helpless woman, Yelan, then most of the men in Liyue Harbor probably don't qualify as men. You're a heroine who's every bit a man's equal."
"Hmph! Didn't this heroine still fall into your hands?"
Yelan opened the Kamera and took out the negatives to examine them. She flipped through them quickly, gradually looking surprised and confused. Then she flung all the negatives hard onto the floor, rushed forward, and grabbed Yucheng by the collar. "Is this all?"
"What do you mean? I gave you all the negatives."
"I'm asking whether these are the only photos you took. Aren't there any more outrageous, more explicit ones? Is this the only sort of leverage you have over me?"
Ever since Yelan learned that Yucheng had secretly photographed her, she had slept poorly every night, constantly thinking that one day she would make him repay this humiliation a thousandfold.
When she received the negatives, she had prepared herself for them to be full of indecent images of her. Instead, she was fully dressed in every one, and all the photos showed her unconscious. The poses were just a little ridiculous-spread-eagled, doing the splits, sticking her backside up, and so on. Not a single negative could be called pornographic.
"Doesn't this count as leverage? Private sleeping photos and embarrassing pictures of Lady Ningguang's special intelligence officer, Lady Yelan. With a title like that, they'd definitely make the headlines if I gave them to a newspaper in Liyue. Your lifelong reputation would be ruined in an instant."
Yelan's breathing quickened, and the uneven rise and fall made her ample bust look even more impressive. Yucheng couldn't help swallowing.
She truly hadn't expected this outcome. Photos of this caliber posed no threat to her at all. No wonder her clothes had been intact when she woke up, with no signs of having been forcibly stripped off and put back on. After all, her clothes were all tight and form-fitting to make moving around easier.
Still, Yucheng had definitely copped a feel, but that was nothing much to a veteran intelligence operative like Yelan.
Besides, Liyue's newspapers were all under the Liyue Qixing's control. As the nation's mouthpiece, the press naturally wouldn't let reporters publish news detrimental to governance at will. For reporting involving someone of her standing, the newspaper's head would certainly notify the Qixing beforehand. Otherwise, that newspaper could just wait to be shut down.
Even if some reckless tabloid reporter really did print it, Ningguang had the standing and ability to keep the attention it received to a minimum. All it would take was something bigger and more influential happening in Liyue.
Holding the negatives, Yelan gave an awkward chuckle. The way she looked at Yucheng changed somewhat too. Although the hostility remained, her gaze was much softer than before. At least she no longer intended to settle the score with him afterward. Instead, she felt that Yucheng was a little bad, but not blatantly so.
After only a brief inspection, Yelan said, "All right, this ends here. You're not allowed to bring it up again, and I won't pursue the matter any further.
"Also, this incident in Liyue has been resolved. You should keep your promise and tell me about my ancestor."
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