Xingtie: My mission master joins the chat group.

Chapter 1149 Sandon: Sumeru is truly full of talented people.

"I've discovered that you Sumeru people are quite adept at creating interesting things."

Lin Mao complained.

Jingshan Palace is built on a high point in Sumeru City, where one can see far into the distance.

The mountains and forests outside Sumeru City collapsed during the tremors, which was initially thought to be an ordinary collapse.

As a result, a pair of mechanical arms extended from it, dug through the soil where it was stuck, and the main body emerged from the ground, entering Lin Mao's field of vision.

"What the hell is this thing?" Lin Mao stroked his chin, staring at the enormous machine that had appeared, his eyes revealing his contemplation.

He had no recollection that, apart from the already deceased 'Seven-Leaf Silent Illumination Secret Master,' also known as the Scattered Soldier, there were other such massive machines within Sumeru.

Lin Mao pondered for a moment, then asked Naxida, "Does your Sumeru region have a project to repair those abandoned machines within its borders?"

Nasita nodded and said, "Yes, but..."

The gaze was directed at the enormous machine whose movements were very human-like, seemingly adapting to its own body; the pause was quite obvious.

There are projects to repair machines, but this is clearly not the one in front of us.

"Got it, who secretly made this?"

Lin Mao understood.

His eyes saw clearly that the earth's ley line energy was constantly flowing into the massive machine through the gap, providing it with the power to move.

"Sumeru, Sumeru..."

The mechanical sound rang out intermittently.

It seems that the consciousness within it is not yet adept at controlling this body.

Lin Mao frowned. "Who brought this thing back to life?"

"Who?" Nasita asked curiously. Judging from Lin Mao's tone, the other person seemed to be someone Lin Mao knew.

"Scattered soldiers".

Lin Mao immediately sensed the consciousness within the massive machine; it was none other than the already deceased stragglers.

But somehow, he got pranked again.

Lin Mao looked down at the earth's veins.

When a Teyvat dies, their consciousness does not dissipate, but rather merges into the ley lines, becoming a force that resists the abyss.

As expected, the consciousness of the stragglers went into the ley lines after their deaths. Now, someone has pulled his consciousness out of the torrent of the ley lines and stuffed it into this enormous body.

"The power of the ley lines, consciousness that has been elevated through forbidden knowledge..."

Lin Mao shook his head and said, "It seems someone is trying to create a god again."

Dotoree created gods to pave the way for his own future, to practice his skills here. What are you doing creating gods?

Paving the way for yourself? Do you even have the ability?

Do they really think that if they succeed, the gods they create will obey their commands and help them control the world?

Kiana wouldn't even have such a thought.

"Ah!"

Kiana rubbed her nose, not minding at all. After all, she sneezes every few days and is almost used to it.

My gaze shifted to the chat group.

【Ding dong! 】

Kiana: @LinMao, what's wrong on your end?

Lin Mao: It's nothing, don't worry about it.

Xing: Wherever you go, there are explosions. I'm starting to believe that you and Ying are siblings.

Lin Mao: Closed anus.

Ying: My brother and I are siblings, why would I need you to believe me?

Funina: So what exactly happened to Sumeru?

Lin Mao: Some people are still unwilling to give up and are still trying to create gods in Sumeru, dragging out the already dead stragglers and whipping their corpses.

Puppet Master: Scattered Soldiers? God-Making?

Puppet Master: I remember that arrogant guy, didn't he die in Sumeru in Dotole's report?

Why is he involved?

Lin Mao: Someone pulled him out of the earth's veins.

Earth veins? Recruiting people?

Puppet Master: ...To be honest, could there be a god involved in this?

Surely everyone knows how difficult it is to pull a person out of the earth's veins, right?

Not all ley lines are as dilapidated as Nata.

Even so, it was only through the support of the ruling power that they were able to pull people out of the Kingdom of Night and revive them.

Lin Mao: The consciousness of the stragglers has undergone an upgrade, and at the moment of death, they are infinitely close to the divine.

Puppet Master: Oh, then that's not surprising.

The consciousness of a deity may indeed be able to resist the impact of the earth's ley lines and not lose itself in them.

Because of its unique characteristics, it is easier for others to discover it when they try to search for it.

Even so, it's not an easy thing to do.

Puppet Master: Sumeru truly lives up to its reputation as a land of knowledge, teeming with talented individuals.

Naxida: ...

Puppet Master: ? This guy is the Sumeru Grass God?

Sandonne had only intended to express his feelings, but he never expected that the God of the Sumeru Grass was also in this chat group.

suddenly.

Sandonne realized a possibility.

Puppet Master: ...Could it be that you guys were the ones who killed the skirmishers back then?

Ying: You hit the right shot.

Ying: You mere stragglers, you're only fit to be hung up and whipped by us!

Are stragglers who become gods no longer stragglers?

Did they think that by changing their name to something like 'Seven Leaves of Silent Illumination Secret Master', they could abandon the fact that they were 'scattered soldiers'?

Obviously impossible.

The chat group remained indifferent to the matter of Sumeru.

I have no interest in it whatsoever.

They may seem indifferent and uncaring about the lives of others, but in reality, there's nothing to worry about.

Because Lin Mao is on vacation there.

"Arenchino!"

A roar echoed across the sky. Lin Mao shifted his gaze from the chat group to the stragglers, a slight smile playing on his lips.

This guy is clearly still upset about being killed by 'Arechino'.

Lei Yingdian withdrew his gaze, looked at Lin Mao, and said, "You do it, I'll do it?"

"I'll do it; I have nothing else to do."

Lin Mao stretched and then vanished into thin air. Lei Ying looked around for his whereabouts and finally found the extra figure above the soldiers' heads.

"Who are you? Get down here!"

The stragglers realized there was someone standing on their heads and immediately reached out to grab them, intending to crush them to death.

"You don't even remember me? It seems your consciousness wasn't fully preserved during your journey through the ley lines."

The original stragglers must have known him, after all, he caused quite a stir in Liyue back then, and Tartaglia would definitely mention him when he went back.

call--

The palm stirred up a gust of wind that swept towards Lin Mao.

Lin Mao stood still, watching the hand that reached out to grab him. He neither dodged nor flinched. He swayed his body, and the hand passed right through him.

"what?"

The skirmisher hadn't expected his attack to miss in this way, and he immediately became alert inside his mechanical body.

"The power of space..."

"Tell me who pulled you out and where they ran off to, and I can let you pass away peacefully."

Lin Mao sat down cross-legged, rested his chin on his hand, and said.

The stragglers sneered, "Defeat me first!"

While the power of space is alarming, it's not enough to make the scattered soldiers surrender outright.

Not to mention that now he has the entire Sumeru ley line as his source of power, so he fears no one.

If I were to face the 'Aregino' of yesteryear now, I'm confident that I would be the one to die back then.

Hearing what the stragglers said, Lin Mao almost burst out laughing. "Fine, you chose it yourself, don't regret it."

Do you really think that by connecting to the ley lines and having them as a source of power, you can be invincible against Teyvat?

With a thought, Lin Mao appeared directly inside the body of the stragglers, facing off against the consciousness within.

"..."