: But the two generals' attitude was still very friendly, so at least within the 'military,' they still favor Jing Yuan?
: These waters run far too deep…
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: And then there's Dan Heng, should I say worthy of being Dan Feng's reincarnation? His sharpness is truly a whole level above others...
: Dan Feng's approval, you deserve it.
: But pity Yanqing, this child will probably feel even more pressure.
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Beneath the Luofu, dark clouds gathered.
It made the audience both expectant and worried.
And in the scene, after receiving Dan Heng's "guidance," Yanqing suddenly came to a realization.
Clearly a youth in appearance, yet his expression was as heavy as though it would drip water.
"After hearing Mr. Dan Heng's words, I finally realized this hidden undercurrent."
At this point, the first person he thought of was his own general: "The General is shouldering enormous pressure at this moment, but I completely failed to notice the General's troubles... How childish of me!"
Regret was written across Yanqing's face.
But at his age, to say such words truly showed a maturity far beyond his years.
This scene also indirectly confirmed what Yunli said before: for a swordsman, being burdened with too many thoughts is not a good thing.
"Don't think that way!"
March 7th shook her head lightly, comforting: "Adult matters should be left to adults to worry about. Besides, what can you really do for your General right now?"
These words startled Yanqing, leaving him frozen in place, silent.
"..."
"Ah, did I say something wrong again?" March 7th scratched her head.
"When it comes to speaking skills, you still win!" Stelle put hands on her hips, teasing.
Just as Stelle was about to say something to comfort Yanqing.
Yanqing suddenly spoke: "Miss March is right. My abilities are weak, and at the moment I cannot yet help the General."
"But... I can do my utmost to complete every single task the General entrusts me with. Let's go, after I settle your lodgings, I still need to deal with the company's protests."
These words carried the feeling of someone forcing themselves to raise their spirits.
As though setting responsibility and goals for himself.
...
: Sigh, looking at it this way, Yanqing really is a bit pitiful.
: Before I just thought this kid was arrogant, so young, yet already following the General.
: Even though his fights against Jingliu, Blade, and the others were a bit comical, his future still seemed promising.
: But thinking now, maybe this is exactly where things went wrong.
: By the Xianzhou's reckoning, Yanqing hasn't even reached 16, yet has already fought five heroes, seen how vast the world is, and faced so many powerful figures.
: In the last Xianzhou storyline, Yanqing was still a brat who charged out before Jing Yuan even finished speaking. Now he's already this steady, I can't help but feel this is a bad sign.
: But even after repeated defeats, and after being stabbed in the heart by March 7th's words, he can still muster up the spirit. That resilience, I respect it!
...
Yanqing, who doubts himself, yet still strives to do his best in everything.
The audience immediately felt his growth.
The Xianzhou story was still in the audiences memory.
For the audience, it was less than two months ago.
Yanqing had gone from being a somewhat comical child to someone who even the audience nodded in recognition of.
As Yanqing planned to continue doing his best, March 7th, a little embarrassed, proposed: the Nameless also follow Yanqing.
They wanted to find a chance to help him too.
"All right, since the teachers are willing to help, then I won't refuse." Yanqing wasn't pretentious.
From the bottom of his heart, he truly regarded the Nameless trio as teacher-level figures.
With them around, he could indeed feel more at ease.
The four of them set off together and arrived at the harbor docks.
Before they could see clearly who was causing the commotion.
A familiar voice reached everyone's ears.
Back in the storyline, Scott not only appeared in the main plot.
He also accompanied the web event that followed, leaving a strong impression in fans' minds.
Moreover, Scott was one of those characters without an actor, whom the system's special effects team had to craft personally.
No choice...
He was... Just too important!
Without Scott, Honkai: Star Rail would be like jokesters losing their joke material, always feeling like something's missing.
Because of that with the system support, even in web events, his presence never diminished.
...
: Yo, who did I think it was? Isn't this Scott?
: Back then, barking and fleeing in disgrace, and now he actually dares to appear again.
: No way, I've developed a disease where I want to laugh every time I see Scott.
: Damn, does this mean Scott is going to bring joy to everyone again?
: I can still remember when watching the storyline, seeing Scott's true colors in that scene.
: For real, that scene made me laugh till I fainted.
: It's rare to see someone be rotten in such a pure way.
....
The live chat scrolled rapidly.
In the scene, the four arrived amidst the clamor.
After listening for a bit, they understood the situation.
There was a problem with the cargo.
The Xianzhou detained it. But Scott refused to let it go, demanding an explanation, and even tried to leave port with the cargo by force.
Just as he was battling with words against the crowd.
Stelle's voice suddenly floated over lazily from the side.
"Sounds like I heard a dog barking." Scott, like having his tail stepped on, turned furious: "Bastard! Who are you calling a dog? How... how is it you again..."
Originally fierce and aggressive, Scott's voice faltered the moment he saw Stelle.
Encountering the Nameless. This farce naturally grew even noisier.
Stelle had no intention of saving his face. Whenever Scott tried to argue, Stelle always found a new angle to leave him utterly speechless.
"You should at least follow the law, shouldn't you?"
When Scott tried to use law as an excuse for himself.
Stelle's first choice was to disgust him before anything else.
"Didn't expect to see you again, I kinda miss our little back-and-forth. Maybe this is fate between us."
And when Scott attempted to keep quibbling.
Stelle figured instead of reasoning, it was better to just go crazy: "If I swing a bat and smash something, you'll have to call someone to tally up damages and compensation, right? That way, doesn't it save the trouble of safety inspections?"
Although sometimes such unreasonable words gave Scott chances to counterattack.
But how should one put it. It all came down to one thing. Battle is exhilarating! Stelle doesn't care about any excuses.
The two conversed.
When Scott was moving out of the way being fed up of Stelle, things reached a climax.
Stelle immediately turned around and started to put a hat on Scott.
"On a small scale, you're the victim of a Borisin attack, but on a larger scale, why did the Borisin choose to attack you on the route?"
"Could it be that you have colluded with the Borisin?"
With that accusation slapped on, Scott was dumbstruck.
He knew very well that if this statement stuck, with the style of those hunter brats, he, a member of the IPC, was most likely doomed to die…
And so, in this back-and-forth, Scott gradually lost ground.
Their conversation was practically like a comedy sketch, making the audience laugh endlessly.
...
: Hahaha, Stelle is beating Scott with no chance to fight back.
: Why does it feel like Scott's aggressiveness is really just submissiveness?
: Damn! Where did our beautiful little gray fur learn such dirty rhetoric!
: On the internet, Stelle is probably one of those who can curse really well.
: Stelle's smile is getting more and more arrogant, wow!
: ?
: You're even weirder than Scott.
...
In the cheerful atmosphere of the bullet screen, Scott took a breath and decided to change strategy.
When Yanqing was about to carry out the inspection task, Scott said he had to first communicate with Pier Point, since it was a major matter.
This was obviously just a stalling tactic.
While Yanqing frowned, thinking things over, a female voice rang out from the side.
"As long as it doesn't violate the law, the Xianzhou naturally can exercise discretion."
Hearing this, Scott was overjoyed: "Finally, someone with insight. But, who are you?"
The camera shifted, revealing, Lingsha, wearing long, flowing classical clothes that concealed her figure, with a fairy-like air, also appeared.
The clothing was long, covering most of her body, only revealing parts of her lower legs and forearms, showing unique vermillion-red skin.
The moment she appeared, the audience's eyes lit up.
Damn, so beautiful! Lingsha's beauty wasn't only in her face and lips.
More importantly, she naturally carried a unique aura.
Gorgeous but not too much, a gentle aura without showing any weakness.
...
It also fit perfectly with her real-life identity as a doctor.
It was also due to business dealings with Feixiao that she entered the Xia Wen's sight and was invited to join MiHoYo.
Speaking of which, in real life, Lingsha's acquaintance with Feixiao was quite dramatic.
According to Feixiao: someone's body was ruined due to training and tried to extort her studio.
Fortunately, with Lingsha's help, the person didn't succeed.
...
On screen, Lingsha approached the crowd with a bright smile: "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the newly appointed head of the Alchemy Commission, Lingsha."
This beauty was the newly parachuted-in Alchemy Head of the Luofu Alliance.
After learning her identity, the audience's eyes became more scrutinizing.
They wondered how competent this new charioteer would prove to be.
At this time, facing Scott's stalling, Lingsha smiled and said: "Mr. Scott, if you truly don't want us to inspect, then we won't inspect, of course."
Scott found it odd, but played along: "Why so agreeable all of a sudden? Since you said no inspection, then I'll take this cargo box with me as well, no problem right?"
"Problem? How could I have a problem?"
Lingsha chuckled softly, folding her hands: "Not just these samples, even the cargo on the transport ship, you can keep it all, we won't bother inspecting."
"Wait a minute!"
"How can we just let him off like that?"
Yanqing instantly protested upon hearing this.
Lingsha narrowed her eyes slightly, saying nothing, just shaking her head subtly toward Yanqing.
"Haha."
Seeing Yanqing's agitation, Scott, satisfied, put his hands on his waist: "Now that's more like it. With such a reasonable… I mean, humane attitude, there was no need to fall out earlier! After the engine's repaired in a few days, we'll leave."
"The ship may leave, but the cargo cannot."
Still smiling softly, Lingsha said: "According to the import-export regulations signed between the Xianzhou and the IPC, all biological materials can only leave the port once confirmed not to cause harm to the outside world or once they lose biological signals."
"However, since we cannot determine whether it's harmful, the only option is to wait until it loses its activity."
"According to existing precedent, let me think… "
Lingsha's eyes curved like a beautiful crescent moon: "Usually, forty-seven years or so is enough."
Since you won't let us inspect, then Xianzhou doesn't mind, just keep it here until the time feels right, then let the goods go.
You drag, we drag.
"Only forty-seven years?"
The long-life species' way of handling things left Scott deeply shocked.
"No need to be so surprised. You look young, strong-voiced, probably can live a few more decades easily, right?"
Lingsha "kindly" consoled him.
"No wonder you're long-life species…" Scott clutched his head, forcing out words through gritted teeth: "Move aside, brothers, let them inspect!"
What else could he do? Could he really compete with the Xianzhou long-lives on who could outlive whom?
Seeing Scott humbled, the audience spammed the bullet screen.
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: Beautifully done, sister!
: Lingsha's speech really gave Scott a hard time!
: Xianzhou just have to wait forty-seven years, but Scott has way more to consider.
: Lingsha's move of retreating to advance is brilliant!
: Such a scheming elder sister, I love it!
: Lingsha's scene feels like she's bullying Scott! But that's exactly what's needed!
: Only Xianzhou people could invent this "Xianzhou-style bullying," hahaha!
: And Lingsha doesn't seem like someone who suffers losses, her words are sharp and cutting.
: But with this, I feel reassured, Luofu really has things under control!