Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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Huang Quan walked to Liu Bai's side, and the paper umbrella just happened to cover Liu Bai.

"It's time to go back."

"I'll go check on Hu Tao again."

Liu Bai was a little worried about Hu Tao's situation, since Hu Tao hadn't had a moment's rest all day.

"Okay." Huang Quan nodded gently, glanced back at the riverbank one last time, and slowly walked away.

Peruvelli glanced at Huang Quan, then at Liu Bai.

"...I'll stay with you for now."

Peruvelli spoke as if she were her father—but Liu Bai was used to it.

This probably means that their cold war has completely ended, right?

On the way, Liu Bai saw Gan Yu, Ke Qing and others. After exchanging greetings and asking about each other, it took Liu Bai about half an hour to find Hu Tao, who was standing further upstream and almost out of the group.

"Are you alright, Walnut?"

"Liu Bai?"

Hu Tao turned to look at Liu Bai in surprise.

"You... uh, you even found this place?"

I'm a little worried about you.

"That's just how he is; he likes to worry about everyone even when there's nothing wrong."

Peruvéli chimed in from the side.

Peruvieri also admired Kurumi; she carried such a large white banner all day and still had so much energy.

"What could possibly be wrong with me, Master?"

Hu Tao patted her chest, which was completely empty.

"I was just chatting with the ghosts~"

"……ghost?"

"Yes, we're already very close to Wuwangpo."

Hu Tao pointed ahead.

"So, still want to go on an adventure?"

"Please have mercy on me, I've been walking all day." Bai raised his hands in surrender. "I thought you'd be feeling down, but it seems I was worried for nothing."

Anyway, Liu Bai wasn't particularly interested in the others... or even in himself.

"Hmm... After all, I'm a professional!"

Hu Tao puffed out her chest, looking proud. But the next moment, Hu Tao became serious.

"However, this is all thanks to you, Liu Bai. Without you, the ceremony probably wouldn't have been so successful. Thank you so much!"

Hu Tao solemnly bowed to Liu Bai.

"..."

"Are you the type to get shy when you're praised?" Peruvieri tugged at Liu Bai's sleeve.

"...That was a bit too direct, it was like Kiana was very formally thanking me for taking care of her."

"Is that so? But who is Kiana?" Kurumi scratched her face, looking uncharacteristically embarrassed. "Ahem, anyway, everyone who's still staying at Wuwang Slope is very grateful to you!"

"That sounds really scary... but I accept your thanks, please pass on my regards."

"Sure, but they might have already heard it."

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The next day.

"Hmm...what are the plans for today?"

Liu Bai got out of bed in the mortuary and asked Rita, who had already brought breakfast.

Yesterday, the favorability ratings of most Liyue members, including Hu Tao, surged.

So much so that Liu Bai chatted with Hu Tao a little longer before being pulled away to eat.

I didn't drink alcohol, but I stayed up a bit too late.

...If he were drinking, there would probably be some kind of walnut-flavored sweet rain under his blanket right now...

"There's nothing planned for today, but Miss Domination just relayed something very interesting."

"A pairing of two O-group members? (How interesting!) It's too suspicious that these two O-group members are paired up like this." U Bai complained.

What good things can the Law of Domination possibly bring?

I'd be grateful if they didn't cause any more trouble.

"Hmm... Judging from the content, it is indeed a very interesting thing."

Rita touched her lips, revealing a slight smile.

"Did you know? Dr. Ruan Mei took two days off."

"……Eh?"

"And Dr. Nguyen Mai has been staying in your room for the past two days—isn't that interesting?"

Chapter 318 An Invisible Net Is Enveloping Liu Bai

"Is this... interesting?"

Ruan Mei?

I stayed in my room for almost two days.

If I go back now, will I find a bunch of delicious-looking unidentified creatures in my room?

“Doesn’t that count?” Rita retorted.

"To give you a serious example, after your business trip, you heard from someone else that Otto stayed in your room for two days. Do you think that's an interesting thing?"

"..."

This vivid analogy left Rita speechless for a moment.

"...That analogy is too harsh. Dr. Ruan Mei wouldn't go that far, would she?"

Rita and Ruan Mei were not familiar with each other; in fact, they had only known each other for a couple of days and had probably spoken less than five times.

Ruan Mei's usual gentle demeanor successfully deceived Rita.

Rita categorized Ruan Mei as a normal person.

“I’m telling you, Rita.”

Liu Bai got out of bed and pressed down on Rita's shoulder.

"..."

(...Isn't it a bit too close?)

Rita's eyes involuntarily glanced at Liu Bai's disheveled pajamas.

“Rita, you say it.” Fortunately, Liu Bai didn’t notice this and his words pulled Rita back to reality in time. “So far, in our circle, have you ever met a truly normal person?”

Although it's not nice to say it like this, there isn't a single normal person in this circle, including himself, okay?

Rita thought about the question for a moment, and then... silently pointed to herself.

Snapped!

Liu Bai tugged at the leg ring on Rita's leg, and then her plump thigh made a very bouncy slapping sound.

"What are you doing...?"

Rita rubbed her legs, her expression resentful.

"I wanted to ask you what nonsense you were spouting." Bai reached out to try again, but Rita slapped his hand away.

Am I not a normal person?

Rita declared, "I don't want to work in your industry!"

Your circle is going to kill me in no time!

Especially you! Just two or three months ago you were a weakling who couldn't even kill a chicken, but now you can talk about "the power of three towers" right in front of me.

Toxic!

"You're not a normal person at all."

"I am where I am today entirely because of my own hard work."

"Yes, I think Bianca would agree with you."

Liu Bai rolled her eyes.

"You say you're normal... no, an ordinary person, do you think your teammates believe you?"

Rita was speechless.

That makes sense. At least Rita wouldn't expect her team members to be fluent in more than ten niche languages, to be awake all day after sleeping only four hours, to have such a broad knowledge base that it could be used as a daily encyclopedia, or to become an S-class Valkyrie at the age of 20.

Having risen to this position, Liu Bai's expectations of being a normal... no, an ordinary person, are simply nonexistent.

But compared to those perverts, she really is just an ordinary person.

"...Getting back to the point, so Dr. Ruan Mei's case isn't as simple as I thought?"

"...Not necessarily."

Liu Bai considered his and Ruan Mei's level of affection.

Hmm... things don't seem so serious after all...

No! If Ruan Mei really targets me, wouldn't the problem be even more serious?

Although Liu Bai is no longer the same as before, even Huang Quan is now his defeated opponent in bed.

Liu Bai has already figured out Ruan Mei's sensitivity, so she is not a threat as an opponent.

However, as the saying goes, a general should consider defeat before victory, and thus he can win every battle.

If Ruan Mei pulls out some strangely colored bottle and knocks me out, will I be fed another strange bottle by Ruan Mei?

"Could you please be a little more concise and to the point?" Rita was speechless.

"It's precisely because things can be quite complicated that they can't be summarized simply and concisely."

As Liu Bai answered, he fell into deep thought.

"Simply put, simple things can become complicated under the influence of certain external factors—you should be very familiar with this process."

"...Um, I was saying that sometimes the bishop..."

"No, I meant when you crashed."

"...Do you really enjoy making me angry?" Rita glanced at Liu Bai with a bright, murderous look in her eyes.

"Ah, mine." Bai admitted defeat after flirting for a while. "How about this, Rita, help me make an appointment with Dr. Mebius."

"...I feel like I'm doing something really bad for you."

Rita let out a deep sigh.

Now that the conversation had gotten to this point, she began to understand what Liu Bai was trying to do.

Hmm... a little melancholy.

Did Liu Bai really treat her like a personal secretary?

"Just Dr. Mebius? Should I contact a few more for you? So that everyone can have a more even share of your body?" Rita's tone was tinged with sarcasm.

"Don't say such scary things."

Liu Bai's lips twitched.