"I'll use you to test it."
Before he had finished speaking, Jiang Xiaofeng charged up to the Ruin Guard and punched its core.
The Ruin Guard staggered from the blow, then took another punch to its core. It could only topple slowly to the ground, disabled.
Jiang Xiaofeng straightened up and looked at the disabled Ruin Guard.
"Hopefully, my theory works out..."
Then Jiang Xiaofeng released his mossy head.
The flying head landed on the Ruin Guard and soon seeped inside through the gaps in its body.
The Ruin Guard's still-sparking body immediately went still.
The next moment, the Ruin Guard slowly stood up!
Then a four-pointed star lit up at the Ruin Guard's core.
A mechanical voice rang out. "The theory proved true."
Jiang Xiaofeng raised a hand to get a feel for this mechanical body and clenched his fist, unable to contain his delight.
"The power I have now is immense."
"As long as I don't fall into water or get hit in the eye, I can ignore eighty percent of the enemies in Teyvat!"
Jiang Xiaofeng felt great now.
Because he had discovered that after possessing the Ruin Guard, he could use all its skills.
Although its only actual skill was firing missiles, while everything else relied on the mechanical body's brute strength...
Jiang Xiaofeng turned his gaze ahead.
There was a Ruin Hunter over there, too.
And a chest-a precious one!
"..."
Jiang Xiaofeng crouched down, tilted his back upward, and launched six missiles at the Ruin Hunter!
Boom!
The Ruin Hunter destroyed all six missiles with the blade in its hand. At the same time, it noticed Jiang Xiaofeng, who had attacked it.
The Ruin Hunter showed no mercy just because its attacker was a remnant of Khaenri'ah like itself. It flew straight into the sky, turned its four arms into cannon barrels, and opened fire on Jiang Xiaofeng!
Jiang Xiaofeng also crouched on the ground, exposing only his back as he fired at the Ruin Hunter in the sky!
As it turned out, the Ruin Hunter did not know to hide its weak point, and Jiang Xiaofeng blasted it down with a single shot.
Jiang Xiaofeng swiftly slipped out of the Ruin Guard's shell and pounced on the disabled Ruin Hunter.
Soon, with the same reaction and the same eyes, the Ruin Hunter took flight again.
However, Jiang Xiaofeng was clearly unaccustomed to the Ruin Hunter's way of flying and wobbled through the air.
After spending some time adjusting, Jiang Xiaofeng discovered that he still could not fly fast and lost half his interest.
Fortunately, he could still fly high into the sky and fire cannons in this form.
That gave Jiang Xiaofeng some comfort.
Jiang Xiaofeng crawled out of the Ruin Hunter again, ignored the chest that could now be opened, and crawled back onto the debt collector's body.
Jiang Xiaofeng stood up and studied the two hulking machines, deep in thought.
The next moment, he raised his hand.
He wanted to see whether he could stuff these two things into his backpack.
Ever since the Spatial Backpack the system gave him had come into his hands, he had never known just how much it could hold. But Jiang Xiaofeng had tried digging a thatched hut he was touching into the Spatial Backpack, along with the ground beneath it, and it had worked.
The system had even thoughtfully generated a name for this "thing": abandoned thatched hut.
These two things were even bigger than those thatched huts. Hopefully, they would fit...
Jiang Xiaofeng placed his hand on the Ruin Guard.
The next moment, the enormous mechanical body vanished.
At the same time, something named "Ruin Guard shell" appeared in Jiang Xiaofeng's backpack.
"..."
Jiang Xiaofeng put the Ruin Hunter into his backpack. Its name was "Ruin Hunter shell."
"That name is uncomfortably accurate."
After making that quip, Jiang Xiaofeng left the place.
Jiang Xiaofeng arrived at the shallows he had passed earlier and looked at his next target.
The Electro Cicin Mage's camp.
Jiang Xiaofeng did not think this was the time for romance.
Leaving aside the fact that he did not even know whether the body he possessed still had that kind of function, his current appearance alone was something no normal person could accept.
Jiang Xiaofeng walked toward the Electro Cicin Mage.
Since he was possessing a Fatui debt collector and still wore a Fatui mask on his face, the Electro Cicin Mage did not immediately realize that the fellow before her was not her colleague.
"Who are you?"
The Electro Cicin Mage, Katarina, watched this strangely behaving colleague approach her and asked warily.
Jiang Xiaofeng pointed in the direction behind her.
"I came from over there."
Jiang Xiaofeng did not actually make any sound when he spoke.
But those who heard him heard a voice in their minds.
Katarina did not let down her guard. She raised the lantern in her hand, preparing to stay on the alert.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaofeng stopped and raised both hands helplessly.
"Come on, I just want to borrow your cooking equipment. I don't want to fight anymore today."
Only when Jiang Xiaofeng had rummaged through his backpack just now had he noticed that he had not eaten the food he bought.
Luckily, he had stuffed it into his backpack. If he had carried it on him, it would have spoiled long ago.
Katarina froze.
She watched the person before her pull a paper bag out from behind his back.
"That colleague of yours fought me and lost, so I took some of his things. Is there a problem?"
Katarina did not act rashly.
It was not that she did not want to attack the person before her. She was simply worried that he was skilled enough to cost her the Electro Cicins she had so carefully raised.
After all, Cicin Mages carefully raised their flying Cicins like children, and the flying Cicins were very close to their masters, which was why Cicin Mages could command the flying Cicins in their lanterns to attack.
But these flying Cicins were not unlimited. Once they suffered losses, the Cicin Mage would need to raise another batch.
If the losses were too great, they might even lose the chance to serve as a Cicin Mage...
Katarina did not dare gamble.
She was still thinking of a way to leave this place when she saw that the person before her had already sat down beside the cooking equipment and opened the paper bag in his hands.
One fried egg, two meat skewers, and two slices of bread.
Katarina secretly swallowed.
Camping here, how could she have such nice things to eat?
Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaofeng was still pondering how to use this cooking equipment...
Jiang Xiaofeng did not know how to use this thing.
It was not that Jiang Xiaofeng could not cook. He simply could not figure out, no matter how hard he racked his brains, how lighting a fire beneath a pot of water could produce delicacies like fried eggs, grilled skewers, slices of bread, or even Adeptus' Temptation!
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the Electro Cicin Mage beside him.
"Hey, you. Come here a moment."
Katarina paused, then said with some anger, "My name is Katarina Snezhevna!"
This guy... Why do I actually feel like he really isn't here to fight?
"All right, all right, Miss Katarina. Come teach me how to use this stupid thing."
Although Katarina was somewhat displeased, circumstances forced her to walk over, pick up the food, and ask, "Do you want it reheated, or should I make something else as well?"
Come on, Katarina. Giving in for now is just so you can settle the score later. Come on, Katarina, you can do this!
Jiang Xiaofeng grinned, took out his unfinished tomatoes, some almonds, and some lean meat and fowl contributed by animals he had passed along the way, and stuffed them into Katarina's hands.
"If you know how to cook, make some more!"