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"You, you..."
Katheryne finally recovered from her shock.
She gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, looked at the scene before her, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Lin Mo... how did you do this?"
"How did I do it?"
Lin Mo chuckled, "I just got lucky."
Katheryne: ...Other Adventurers: ...
"Just got lucky?"
"This is called getting lucky?"
"So we run all over the outside of Mondstadt City every day and can't even get a fifth of this, and you casually bring back two sacks... Is this reasonable?!"
As everyone wore expressions of seeing a ghost, Fischl, standing to the side, slightly raised her chin, crossed her arms, and with a naturally noble demeanor, proudly declared, "We have endured the baptism of fate, received the bounty of the abyss, and all victories are due to the forest's favor."
Oz thoughtfully translated beside her, "My lady means that it is only natural for us to have such a harvest in the Whispering Woods."
Everyone: "..."
"The point is, how did you even find this many resources?!"
The Adventurers present were on the verge of collapse.
This kind of harvest made those Adventurers who relied on resource gathering for a living so ashamed they wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.
"Could it be Oz?"
"It shouldn't be, even Fischl... *cough*, Her Highness the Prinzessin, didn't have such a harvest during her previous expeditions, did she?"
"That's right, when Her Highness the Prinzessin acted before, she never brought back such an exaggerated amount of resources."
"And Vision Holders aren't more likely to find things that match their elemental power? They can sense them, but these four sacks are too outrageous."
"I'll go to the Whispering Woods tomorrow and try my luck!"
"No! With so many specialties, the outer Whispering Woods must have been plundered clean already?!"
"Then we can only go to the inner area, but the inner area seems quite dangerous..."
At this moment, Katheryne finally recomposed herself, cleared her throat, and her gaze, still filled with a hint of incredulity, turned to Lin Mo.
Then she took a deep breath and began to organize the resource data.
"Alright, please wait a moment, I will calculate the total value of these resources for you as quickly as possible."
As she spoke, she began to meticulously count the mountain of supplies piled on the table.
Lin Mo didn't pay too much attention to the gazes of those around him.
He knew very well in his heart that this was just the beginning.
With the Biowave Detector, the specialties he could find were far more than these!
He also didn't intend to hide his abilities; there was nothing to hide.
It was just some resources, after all.
Converting them into mora and quickly transforming them into what he needed was the most important thing.
And next, he would continue to bring resources back to the Adventurers' Guild.
Surely no one would try to rob him just because he had too great a harvest, right?
The Adventurers of the Mondstadt City Adventurers' Guild wouldn't actually do such a thing.
The only ones who would do such a thing would be the old nobility and the Fatui.
But for them, there was no need to steal these resources either.
As Lin Mo was thinking this.
On the other side.
Knights of Favonius Headquarters.
The dark room.
Inside the dark room, the light was soft and quiet.
Though small, the room was neat and clean, without any real sense of confinement; instead, it felt more like a temporary isolation room.
Klee sat obediently on the small wooden bed, hugging a pillow embroidered with a Dodoco bomb, swinging her little legs, and softly humming an unknown melody.
Her backpack had been temporarily confiscated, but she herself wasn't flustered at all; in fact, she seemed quite energetic.
"Click."
Just then, the door was pushed open.
Outside the door, a familiar tall figure appeared in Klee's line of sight.
Golden hair, deep blue-green pupils, a white and gold Alchemist's robe... —It was Albedo!
"Wow! Big Brother Albedo!"
Klee's eyes immediately lit up, her little face filled with surprise, and she directly jumped off the bed, excitedly rushing towards the door.
Her short legs ran incredibly fast, as if afraid Albedo would slip away.
As she rushed over, she excitedly asked, "Big Brother Albedo, are you here to let Klee out?"
"Klee really knows she was wrong!"
"Next time, I won't blow up Cider Lake again!"
Klee's voice was incredibly clear, carrying a hint of flattery and anticipation.
Her two small hands were clenched into fists, held tightly against her chest, afraid Albedo would say no.
However, Albedo did not answer immediately.
He looked at Klee in front of him, rubbed his forehead, and showed a helpless expression.
This child didn't seem to understand the main point.
Just as Albedo was still figuring out how to explain to Klee, Acting Grand Master Jean spoke up.
"Klee, I have some questions I want to ask you. If you cooperate well, we will let you out immediately."
"Really?!"
Klee's eyes instantly lit up!
She immediately nodded vigorously, her golden hair swaying, her small face full of seriousness and anticipation: "Klee will definitely cooperate! Acting Grand Master Jean, what do you want to ask? Hurry up and ask!"
Seeing her so well-behaved, Acting Grand Master Jean finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then her expression became serious, and she asked with a slightly solemn tone: "Klee, these past few days, have you encountered... anyone from the Abyss Order?"
Klee blinked, her small face full of confusion.
"Abyss Order?"
Klee tilted her head, her small hand on her chin, and thought seriously for a moment.
Then she shook her head honestly: "Klee doesn't know."
Acting Grand Master Jean's brows furrowed slightly, and just as she was about to ask something else, Albedo suddenly took out a sketchbook from his Pregnant, opened a page, and spread it out in front of Klee.
On the drawing were several monster-like figures wearing mage robes and surrounded by shields of different elemental powers.
They were clearly Abyss Mages wielding different elemental powers.
Albedo spoke: "Klee, have you seen these guys?"
Klee looked down at the drawing, her small eyebrows tightly furrowed, staring at the image for a few seconds, her face full of seriousness.
Then, she shook her head vigorously: "I haven't seen them!"
Acting Grand Master Jean and Albedo exchanged glances, both lost in thought.
— Klee didn't seem to be lying.
Klee's expression was very sincere, indicating that she had indeed not seen any Abyss Mages.
So... who tampered with her bombs?
Albedo's eyes narrowed slightly, and his doubts deepened.
As for directly asking Klee if she knew who modified the bombs, that question was unnecessary.
Because if Klee knew, she wouldn't have bombed Cider Lake.
Klee certainly didn't know who modified her bombs.
"Then have you encountered any strange people these past two days?"
Acting Grand Master Jean thought for a moment and asked: "For example, before you got the bombs, did anyone approach you? Did you always carry your bombs with you? I remember yesterday when you went out to Mondstadt, your backpack seemed to be empty, without any bombs?"
As she spoke, Acting Grand Master Jean pondered, recalling that she had let Klee go out to Mondstadt yesterday.
Klee's backpack at that time was empty.
"No."
Hearing Acting Grand Master Jean's words, Klee continued to shake her head: "As for the bombs, Klee only had a few in her backpack before going out. The rest were all dug up from where they were previously buried in the Whispering Woods."
As she spoke, Klee thought of Lin Mo.
Brother Lin Mo was definitely not a strange person, and he didn't approach her.
She was the one who pestered Brother Lin Mo.
It was different from what Acting Grand Master Jean asked.
"I see."
Hearing Klee's words, Acting Grand Master Jean's brows furrowed tightly.
The reason for her frown was that she hadn't received any news from Klee.
Thinking of the Abyss Order's hidden schemes, Acting Grand Master Jean's brows furrowed even more deeply.
"What's wrong, Acting Grand Master Jean?"
Seeing Acting Grand Master Jean and Albedo not speaking, Klee scratched her head, a little confused.
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