231: Kiki's Delivery Service

As the mountains shook, the Millelith urgently organized the people's evacuation.

Viewed from the periphery, The Chasm had some fairly high mountain masses, but it was essentially just the part that had tilted upwards due to the impact of the heavenly nail, which was almost negligible compared to the entirety of The Chasm.

The Chasm as a whole remained a massive basin below sea level.

Just as everyone suppressed the unease brought by the sudden teleportation and quickly retreated amidst the earth's tremors, an unheard-of yet rhythmic sound came from behind them.

“Buzz— Buzz— Buzz—”

The horn-shaped mountain structure acted like a megaphone, amplifying the sound several times. Then, someone was the first to point at The Chasm: “Look! The earth is boiling!”

Everyone looked back, and sure enough, thick smoke was billowing out from The Chasm, which had been obscured by the mountain structures!

No, was that smoke? Or water vapor? The dust and smoke contained not a single impurity.

The white mist drifted into the sky, slowly forming a massive white mass, and then—

A blue light flickered from the depths of the earth!

The light was full of rhythm, flickering in time with the previous “buzzing” sounds, causing the clouds in the sky to reflect the blue light as well.

“Buzz— Buzz— Buzz—”

The pulsing frequency was still accelerating, the strange sounds gradually merging into a single string, and the flickering of the blue light became increasingly frequent.

Finally—

“Sha sha sha— ROAR!!!”

Following an earth-shattering beastly roar accompanied by the sound of vibrating wings, the clouds in the sky seemed to be scattered by the force.

People could vaguely see a giant silver scythe emerging from above the mountain, followed by four others like it, resembling the arms of some kind of insect.

Someone was the first to take a step back.

Someone was the first to tightly clutch the bundle in their arms.

And someone's breathing became increasingly rapid, until finally—

“M-m-m-monster! Aaaaaah!”

Everyone seemed to wake from a dream, hurriedly running into the distance.

“Run!”

“There's a monster! A monster!”

“The Abyssal Monsters from beneath The Chasm have escaped!”

...“You're saying this is Huo Xi?”

Upon hearing Lumine's explanation, Little Jiu was completely stunned.

She suddenly turned her head to look at Zhongli. This wasn't what they had agreed upon at the beginning, was it?

Zhongli was also a bit bewildered; hadn't they said some extraterrestrial divine power would be used to purify the spirits? How did it turn into this?

“The Abyss has rioted!” Paimon added to Lumine's explanation. “When we were down there, those souls were only blocking us from leaving, but the rioting Abyss polluted them, turning them into monsters that constantly devour living beings to grow stronger! Huo Xi became like this just to turn that thing back into ordinary souls!”

Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Nahab Mariscatta exchanged a look.

“And the fact that it has now appeared on the surface alone means...”

“Were the countless souls, along with the Abyss pollution, actually defeated by it in such a short amount of time?”

Looking at the silver-white giant beast that was nearly four hundred meters tall even with only half its body emerging from the ground, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Skirk looked at Lumine: “What did you say his name was just now?”

“[Companion Star Perturbation Scattered Disc • Opitort • Planet Eater], why, is something wrong?”

“Planet Eater?” Skirk frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook his head. “No, I have no idea. There are many planet-eating beasts in the universe, but I've never seen one that looks like this, and I can't think of its weakness.”

“Like my master's pet, the All-Devouring Narwhal, it also shows a very violent side when extremely hungry. But fortunately, he currently looks quite docile.”

Everyone looked at ORT, who was flailing his arms and legs: “This is docile?”

Skirk thought about the desperate state of hungry planet-eating beasts, then looked at ORT, who didn't seem to have any intention of actively attacking: “Is this not docile enough?”

For a moment, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of cultural difference.

Hu Tao looked at the group of various big shots around her, and finally turned her gaze to Zhongli: “Zhongli, why are you standing with the Adepti?”

Zhongli: “...I believe the priority is to consider how to stop Brother Huo Xi, who has clearly gone berserk.”

“Oh, enough! Morax, now is not the time to hide things from them, there are no outsiders here!” Little Jiu was the first to rush out: “Yakshas, hear my command, follow me into battle!”

“““Yes!”””

Azhdaha transformed into a streak of golden light and rushed out, and the five Yakshas also raised their weapons, attacking together!

Hu Tao was stunned for a moment, then she, along with Lan Yan, Shenhe, the Yakshas, Zhi Qiong, Yanfei, and even Miss Yakoda, all looked towards Zhongli.

Yakoda's hand pointed tremblingly at Zhongli: “R-Rex Lapis?”

Zhongli closed his eyes in resignation.

Then, someone tugged at his clothes. He turned around to find Hu Tao pulling at the corner of his coat, looking at him with a face full of confusion.

“Since you're the God of Wealth, why don't you give me Mora? Why do I have to pay you a salary?”

Zhongli: “...”

“If you can't beat Huo Xi, you're in big trouble, I'm telling you. Don't send your bills home anymore.”

“Director, in terms of universal rationality...”

Before Zhongli could finish his sentence, six figures flew backward, crashing heavily onto the cliffside.

Everyone looked over and saw Little Jiu struggling to pull herself out of the mountainside, while the five Yakshas had also lost more than half of their combat effectiveness from just that one strike.

Looking back at ORT, having completely pulled its upper body out of the ground, it could now exert force freely. It suddenly pushed upwards, the ground instantly shattering, and its entire body was completely liberated from the earth's confinement.

Everyone helped Little Jiu up. Little Jiu spat out a mouthful of blood and said indignantly: “No, everyone among us who can fight must go up, don't hold anything back! This thing is unreasonably strong; we must use all our power!”

Zhongli immediately looked at Yelan: “Miss Yelan, please return to Liyue Harbor at top speed and have Ningguang ready the [Jade Chamber Emperor] at any time.”

Yelan looked at ORT and then at Zhongli, finally nodding: “Lord Imperial, please take care.”

He then turned and left quickly.

Skirk glanced at everyone, dual blades appearing in his hands: “You guys make the arrangements; I'll go stall him.”

He then transformed into a purple stream of light and rushed out.

He did not collide directly with ORT, but instead used his flight ability to maneuver around ORT in the air.

ORT raised its head as if trying to catch Skirk, but every time Skirk attacked, he would immediately flee, giving the opponent no chance to catch him.

Seeing this, the five Yakshas also stepped forward, using similar methods to begin maneuvering against it from a distance.

Zhongli looked at Lumine again: “Lumine, the thing in your hand is called a command spell, right? Did Brother Huo tell you the function of this item?”

“He didn't say, but I can sense it myself.” Lumine raised her right hand: “I can perceive his status through this thing, but it seems to be a modified ability he created. The main function of this item is to command; I can use these three command spells to issue three orders that it must obey.”

“Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and command it!” Little Jiu was also about to rush up, but upon hearing Lumine's words, she hurriedly wanted Lumine to stop ORT, but she was stopped by Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.

“No, don't act rashly. There are only three opportunities to command; they are far too rare! We cannot recklessly waste a single chance.”

“Exactly.” Maricatta also joined in: “In case Lumine really can command it, but the effect only lasts for a few seconds, then we would have wasted a precious opportunity.”

Zhongli also nodded: “Precisely. Lumine, next I will use the Art of Synesthesia, and I need you to read out all of Huo Xi's information, which I will then transmit into everyone's minds.”

Lumine nodded with a firm gaze: “Okay!”

Zhongli immediately performed the hand seals to cast the spell, while Little Jiu rushed out again to buy time, gathering countless Geo Elemental Power onto her body as a massive golden torrent of light surged forth.

This was the High-density Geo Roar she had once used against Huo Xi when she went berserk. The world-destroying strike, carrying an impact force capable of leveling the entire Chasm, attacked Huo Xi. She was confident that since Lumine said Huo Xi currently couldn't use his damn Anemo element, this strike would deal extraordinary DMG!

Skirk quickly dodged, and the five Yakshas also retreated as the golden light hit ORT directly!

However, the result was far beyond everyone's expectations.

It had zero effect.

Or to be precise, not even the most basic collision damage, let alone an explosion, was produced.

Little Jiu's hands dropped, her eyes widening: “How is this possible?!”

This was almost her strongest strike, yet it dealt no DMG to ORT.

Regarding this, the five Yakshas and Skirk also frowned; they had also experienced it.

Any attack that hit directly would have some effect, while elemental attacks fired from a distance caused no damage, and even mental attacks carrying Elemental Power would have their damage weakened.

At this moment, Lumine's voice rang out in everyone's minds. Zhongli's spell was complete, and Huo Xi's Servant panel appeared in their thoughts.

[Servant Name: Companion Star Perturbation Scattered Disc • Opitort • Planet Eater]

Class: Beast-i

Alignment: Imaginary Beast

Noble Phantasm: None

Principle Held: [Mercy] (Will not generate hostility towards specific targets, will not have aggro continuously pulled by any target, will not take damage from attacks exceeding the physical endurance limit, and equally maintains a restraint relationship against any class. Attacks launched by humans will not be subject to the above restrictions.)

Class Skills:

[Anti-Hero] (Nega Gibor) EX: Hidden

[Independent Manifestation] EX: Possesses the clearance to walk between worlds without relying on a Master. The S2 Engine in its chest is its energy core, an energy source that will never be exhausted.

[Clairvoyance] EX: Possesses superhuman vision and has derived future-sight level abilities, with the capability to foresee enemy attacks. However, due to the influence of the remaining “Huo Xi” personality, it will not actively use this skill.

[Magic Resistance] EX: A resistance to magic that exceeds all specifications. All attacks categorized as magecraft or magic cannot cause damage to it, and it can completely resist the control effects of command spells. All non-physical damage that cannot be categorized as magecraft or magic (such as Elemental Power) has its effects reduced to the minimum value.

[Self-Admonition • Armament Degradation] EX: Disables all human-related abilities, currently including but not limited to Elemental Power, Gate of Babylon, spear of lucretius, and other abilities or items.

[Fictional Logic - Spiral of True Knowledge] B: A skill born from the fact that Huo Xi fabricated the Beast class out of thin air. It hides the content of one Class Skill's effect. Current hidden target: [Anti-Hero].]

The good news was that the information sharing was successful.

The bad news was that it was all bad news.

The translation of the Principle of Mercy meant that, except for attacks launched by ordinary humans, it was immune to instant-kill skills. The damage received must be less than or equal to its maximum health limit to cause any damage.

Magic Resistance also directly negated the possibility of all special energy attacks, and even the command spells they had pinned high hopes on would not work.

And this monster had no circulatory system and didn't even have a respiratory tract, so there was a high probability that things like toxins would also have no effect.

In summary, only clashing with physical attacks would be effective, yet the opponent was a seven-hundred-meter-tall stat monster with the mass of an island.

The entire scene instantly fell into silence.

It was unreasonable, simply unreasonable. Lumine even doubted if Huo Xi himself knew what kind of thing he had casually created.

At that moment, out of the concept of equal mercy, ORT, who was being focused on, actively attacked the place where Lumine and the others—the largest group of people—were located.

Zhongli was about to release his Jade Shield, but a massive Golden Birdcage descended from the sky, barely managing to trap ORT inside.

“Oh dear, I originally wanted to go back and see my little Klee, but I didn't expect to hear that little Klee had come to Liyue.”

“I finally managed to rush to Liyue, but I didn't expect to see such a terrifying sight again!”

A light, upbeat, yet melodious and mature voice came from the sky. It was a figure red as a flower yet shining golden like the sun, slowly descending from the sun while holding a parasol.

To put it simply, he looked like a witch.

“Well then, everyone, although I can't be of much help due to that [Magic Resistance], I can still manage to change the venue for everyone.”

“Now, please relax your minds and bodies; the miraculous journey is about to begin!”

The door of the birdcage closed, and before ORT could react, a sense of weightlessness instantly arrived, causing everyone in The Chasm to float up.

That was not magic, but the summons of the Realm of a Thousand Stars.

The witch in the sky—Alice—held the golden brim of his hat and waved a magic wand, calling out to everyone: “Recite the incantation with me~”

“Octavia, open the door~”

“Kadiali—Simulanka!”

The gates to the Land of Fairy Tales opened at that moment.

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Four thousand words. Thanks for the tips; I'll update more this time.