"The guidance of destiny has arrived, wanderer of the Evernight Realm, your journey shall unfold once more!"
Lin Mo's mouth twitched.
Without even looking back, he knew who it was.
— Fischl.
Immediately, the three of them set off under the gaze of the Adventurers.
The next day, at noon.
Knights of Favonius Headquarters.
Acting Grand Master Jean's office.
Outside the window, sunlight streamed through the glass, falling upon the spacious and tidy desk, casting a faint golden glow.
Acting Grand Master Jean sat behind the desk, perusing a thick file, her brow slightly furrowed, her eyes filled with scrutiny and doubt.
A steady sound of footsteps approached, and the office door was gently knocked.
"Come in."
Acting Grand Master Jean collected her thoughts and spoke calmly.
The door was pushed open, and a familiar figure stepped into the room.
It was Albedo.
He still maintained that composed demeanor.
Rational light flickered in his golden eyes, as if he was constantly analyzing and contemplating.
"Acting Grand Master Jean, how is the information gathering progressing?"
Albedo walked to the desk, nodded slightly, his gaze falling on the document in her hand.
Acting Grand Master Jean did not answer immediately, but instead sighed softly, handing the document to Albedo, her tone slightly grave: "After you've read it, you should understand my current doubts."
Albedo took the file and lowered his head, carefully flipping through it.
As time passed, a thoughtful expression gradually appeared between his brows.
According to the information collected and investigated by the Knights of Favonius.
Lin Mo grew up in Mondstadt from a young age, an ordinary "Mondstadter."
As a child, he was exceptionally intelligent, with strong learning abilities, and displayed extremely high talent in swordsmanship.
He was even once favored by the Lawrence family, who tried to recruit him as a son-in-law.
But he ultimately refused, choosing instead to embark on the path of an independent Adventurer.
Most of Mondstadt's swordsmanship traditions originated from nobles, and talented swordsmen among commoners were rare, but Lin Mo was one of the very few exceptions.
Yet, even so, most of the information contained no records of any supernatural abilities.
The only talent Lin Mo ever displayed was swordsmanship.
However, according to the information, it showed that.
Lin Mo had been invited multiple times by the Fatui, but he had refused all of them.
This meant he had not cooperated with the Fatui.
At least on the surface, he had always maintained a consistent stance with Mondstadt.
This made Albedo narrow his eyes slightly.
An ordinary Adventurer, growing up in Mondstadt, with extremely high swordsmanship talent, courted by noble families, and recruited by the Fatui.
Any normal person would have agreed long ago.
But he refused all of them?
This was truly... too "clean."
However, the next second, Albedo saw the subsequent information, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
Noticing the change in Albedo's expression, Acting Grand Master Jean gently tapped the desk and said with a solemn gaze: "That is the problem."
Albedo remained silent.
In just a few days, Lin Mo's mission rewards were highly abnormal.
On the first day, he earned over a hundred thousand mora from Adventurers' mora.
On the second day, he went to Whispering Woods with Fischl and harvested four large bags of resources, worth six hundred thousand mora;
On the third day, he went out with Fischl and Klee and harvested six more large bags of resources.
He also hunted down a complete Whopperflower corpse and brought it back.
All of this had appeared recently.
Looking at the silent Albedo, Acting Grand Master Jean also frowned deeply, flipping through the information, and said in a deep voice: "Previously, he did not show the ability to efficiently acquire resources."
"In fact, his past records show his resource gathering efficiency was very average."
"However, in the past few days, his actions have suddenly become as if resources automatically fall before him."
Hearing Albedo's words, Albedo gently closed the information and said thoughtfully: "This indicates that he may have mastered some special ability, or acquired one?"
Speaking of this, Albedo paused, then continued: "I can understand his extremely high swordsmanship talent, allowing him to slay monsters, but the problem is — how can he accurately find these resources?"
Acting Grand Master Jean nodded slightly upon hearing this, a calm thought flashing in her eyes.
"So, I currently have three possible conjectures."
She said slowly, her fingertips gently tapping the table.
"The first possibility: Lin Mo possesses some kind of treasure-hunting talent, or a special ability that allows him to accurately locate various resources."
"The second possibility: Behind Lin Mo, there is a powerful force we have not yet discovered, supporting him in secret, providing him with resources, information, and even power."
"The third possibility: Lin Mo found a secret realm, and it's a secret realm with renewable resources. There are many wild secret realms, and lucky Adventurers who encounter them can become completely rich upon entering."
Hearing Acting Grand Master Jean's words, Albedo gently raised his eyes, looking at Acting Grand Master Jean, and pondered: "But the problem now is that we have not yet found any trace of him contacting any force."
This was the most puzzling aspect.
If Lin Mo really cooperated with some mysterious force.
Then, logically, the Knights of Favonius, the Fatui, and even the various forces within Mondstadt should have noticed something.
But the problem was, there was no intelligence indicating that Lin Mo had ever negotiated with these forces.
In other words.
Lin Mo seemed to be a completely independent individual, yet possessed abilities beyond an ordinary Adventurer.
This was too unusual.
"Yes."
Hearing Lin Mo's words, Acting Grand Master Jean sighed softly, rubbing her forehead: "To be honest, I originally thought he was just an ordinary Adventurer... But now, I'm increasingly feeling that he's not as simple as he appears."
She recalled Kaeya's investigation at Starfell Lake.
The explosion traces Kaeya found still carried that destructive aura, which forced her to raise a new question:
"Is the death of the Fatui elite truly unrelated to Lin Mo?"
She had been to the scene; the wounds there resembled sharp cuts caused by swordsmanship.
But at the same time, there was a hint of an unusual aura.
If Lin Mo truly possessed some special power, could he have done this?
Thinking of this, Acting Grand Master Jean and Albedo exchanged glances, both seeing a hint of profound meaning in each other's eyes.
Albedo sighed softly, closed the file, and shook his head slightly: "It seems we need to understand him more deeply."
Acting Grand Master Jean nodded and said: "There's one last possibility.
Chapter 55: Klee: Brother Lin Mo is a Treasure-Hunting Radar! Stormterror Attacks, the Dumb Blond Appears
Speaking of this, Acting Grand Master Jean paused.
Then she continued: "That is, the Abyss Order contacted him. Given the Abyss Order's actions, they could completely give him resources."
"But if that were the case, there's no reason he would be acting with Klee and Fischl."
"I originally wanted to ask Klee about the specific resource information, but Klee ran out early this morning."
"According to the Knights of Favonius' report, Klee, Fischl, and Lin Mo left Mondstadt, apparently to complete a mission again, and this mission was completed very ordinarily."
"Let's ask Klee when she returns."
Hearing Acting Grand Master Jean's words, Albedo thought for a moment and said: "We can ask Klee how they found so many resources."
"Since Lin Mo didn't avoid Klee and Fischl, it proves that the source of the resources should be explainable."
"When I left last night, I checked the activity of some Mondstadt specialties at the Adventurers' Guild and found that they had all been picked not long ago."