Genshin Impact: My villain system is a little different.

After resting for a night, Jiang Ning prepared to head into the wilderness.

Last night, Jiang Ning hadn't slept in the Serenitea Pot, because going there would likely lead to another wild night.

Fortunately, Master had said Jiang Ning had important business in Inazuma, so Shenhe, Ganyu, and Eula didn't insist he come to the Serenitea Pot every night.

As for Ningguang, with Keqing's departure, she had to help with some matters and had no time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning suddenly felt pitiful:

"Sister Havria, am I somewhat unfortunate?"

Being in the wild with no one around, Havria came out for some air.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, she was puzzled: "What's wrong? Suddenly feeling melancholic?"

"How are you unfortunate?" 

Havria felt she'd never seen anyone more blessed.

Jiang Ning worried: "Look, the Serenitea Pot is a private space, right?"

"When others have private spaces, they hide their beloved ones there, living like immortals. Why does it feel like I'm the one being hidden when it comes to me?"

He paused, adding: "And hidden by a group of people, taking turns enjoying me."

He could only take control after the older sisters were satisfied.

His mountain-crushing fists had no strength against the older sisters' holds.

Havria looked at Jiang Ning expressionlessly: "You're complaining about your good fortune..."

Just ask - would others even dream of having not just one, but multiple such beauties treating them this way?

Jiang Ning looked world-weary: "You don't understand..."

Havria laughed: "I don't understand? I've lived so many years and I don't understand?"

Jiang Ning pursed his lips: "When you get to my age, you'll understand."

One sentence, two people saying it - Jiang Ning fried Havria's CPU, just as Hu Tao had fried Zhongli's.

Ignoring the questioning-life Havria, Jiang Ning continued forward.

He casually dealt with monsters possessed by divine remains along the way.

Even small gains counted.

"Inazuma really has divine remains everywhere."

Jiang Ning's eyes brightened.

In Liyue, except for specific spots, other places rarely had monsters affected by archon remnants or karma.

But Inazuma had them everywhere - delightful.

Havria said: "Has Guizhong shown any response?"

Jiang Ning looked at the Memory of Dust. After absorbing this energy, they seemed brighter but showed no movement.

"Not yet, probably need more divine remains."

Havria said: "Then let's go to that place we saw earlier. That place felt like it had a huge mass of divine remains."

"Looking at the map, that direction seems to be... Tatarasuna?" Jiang Ning muttered.

"Right, heard locals mention something about a furnace there," Havria said.

"That must be it then, let's go."

Jiang Ning put away the map.

...

Arriving at Tatarasuna, Jiang Ning saw the divine remains' aura was very dense, even affecting surrounding plants.

There were many abandoned houses nearby - seemed like people had been forced to move away.

"This thing seems designed specifically to suppress and absorb divine remains."

Looking at what appeared to be a mining pit in Tatarasuna, Jiang Ning stroked his chin.

Havria said: "Whoever designed this thing must be impressive... really skilled."

"But now it's leaking, and looking at it, some parts are very precise while the leaking parts are rough... feels deliberate?"

From the mountaintop, Jiang Ning looked at something below that resembled both a sphere and a large furnace.

Havria said: "Who cares, this is good stuff, let's take it all!"

Jiang Ning gave Havria an approving look:

"Sister Havria, you've learned my essence well - pluck the goose and skin the beast."

Havria knocked Jiang Ning's head: "What are you saying, that's slander... But there seem to be many Fatui around, causing trouble?"

Jiang Ning smiled, looking at the sneaking Fatui, saying:

"Mm, can't let them do this. If this thing is destroyed and explodes..."

"The surroundings would be greatly affected?" Havria said.

"No, I'm afraid collecting it myself would be time-consuming. What do I care about these people's lives?"

Havria rolled her eyes - truly worthy of you, practically the definition of chaotic evil.

Jiang Ning didn't want to waste time with these people. He directly used divine power to conceal himself, walking brazenly past the Fatui.

Was Scaramouche ordering this place destroyed?

That Sixth Harbinger of the Fatui?

Jiang Ning scratched his head - seemed like Lumine mentioned meeting that person in Mondstadt, an Inazuman who looked troublesome.

Seems this Sixth Harbinger had a grudge against Inazuma, otherwise why cause trouble here?

However, this wasn't Jiang Ning's concern. He directly put his hand on the furnace core in front of the Fatui. The next second, that huge core vanished, and Jiang Ning quietly left.

As for the Fatui? They were all shocked.

Wait, where was their thing? Such a huge thing? How did it disappear?

Bad news, would Scaramouche kill them?!

Meanwhile, in a distant straw house, a certain engineer woke up early, deciding to continue exploring ways to repair the furnace core...

Looking from afar, the core seemed the same. Good, at least it wouldn't explode today.

But turning around, he was stunned.

Wait, where's the core?! It disappeared?!

"I must be dreaming... Better rest today..."

The Fontaine engineer muttered.

Jiang Ning arrived at an uninhabited area of Tatarasuna, covered in cold sweat.

Damn, after getting close and touching it, he realized this thing was basically a time bomb. That compression and explosion power...

Even with his shield, taking it head-on would definitely cause significant damage.

Whoever designed this and whoever was trying to destroy it must have a grudge against Inazuma.

If this exploded, all of Tatarasuna would probably be gone.

Fortunately, his adeptal power of cryo and divine powers of geo and anemo immediately contained it, making it safe to take.

At least, ensuring nothing would go wrong during absorption later.

Havria floated out again:

"This thing... worth almost two months of your grinding in Liyue?"

After his fear subsided, Jiang Ning was excited: "Yeah, hit the jackpot this time."

Havria said: "Aren't you afraid the Raiden Shogun will cause trouble? This place seems specifically designed to store this... you just took it?"

"Hmph, I helped her solve a time bomb problem. If she dares cause trouble, I'll deal with her... let Master deal with her."

Jiang Ning corrected himself. Master said Beelzebul, this Raiden Shogun, was extraordinarily powerful with divine martial arts - simply put, you can't beat her now.

Why else did you think Jiang Ning tried to avoid meeting Beelzebul?

However, if he could use this to directly obtain an archon's body, that would be different.

"What do you want to do now? Go back?"

Havria said.

"Find a place, I need to absorb this thing."

Jiang Ning thought, taking out his Serenitea Pot.

"Let's do it in the Serenitea Pot. First return to Inazuma City, after giving the pot to Keqing, I'll go in."

Havria nodded: "That works, the Serenitea Pot is indeed very safe."

After collecting more minerals and plants needed for body creation in the wild, they returned to Inazuma City before dark.

...

"How was today?"

Jiang Ning asked seeing Keqing.

The cat girl looked angry - seemed someone in Inazuma had offended her.

"How can Inazuma's three commissions be like this? I quite like the Kamisato Commission, dealing with them feels like proper diplomacy."

"But the Kanjou Commission keeps picking at our supplies and goods, and the Tenryou Commission people have their noses in the air, incredibly arrogant."

"Really, even the Fatui didn't dare speak to us Liyue people this way."

Keqing was truly angered. She was still one of the Qixing, and Rex Lapis was still alive.

But what was their attitude? Like they were doing us a favor letting us do business here.

And those merchants could be released, but they wanted ransom? Getting the goods back was impossible, with various excuses.

Almost like thugs collecting protection money.

Of course, today's negotiations ended badly.

Jiang Ning poured Keqing some water: "Calm down. I said, negotiate however you want with them. You have me, Liyue's adepti, and Master. But where's Yae Miko? Didn't show up today?"

Keqing said: "Seems she left halfway through, something about sealed objects having problems. After Lady Yae left, those people immediately changed their attitude."

Jiang Ning pondered. Sealed objects... seems Inazuma had many harmful things, but not necessarily harmful to him.

He decided to resume his grinding profession later.

But right now, most important was absorbing the divine remains from the furnace core.

Jiang Ning took out his Serenitea Pot, saying seriously:

"Keqing, I need to ask you something... you're the only one I can trust in Inazuma."

Keqing also became serious, saying: "Tell me."

Jiang Ning said: "I need to absorb something, and need a quiet and safe place for seclusion. Thinking about it, the Serenitea Pot seems safest, but if left at home, I'm worried someone might sneak in, so please carry it with you."

Keqing said solemnly: "Don't worry, where I am, the pot is."

Jiang Ning scratched his head: "No need to be so dramatic, just want a peaceful place..."

After all, with his constitution, there was no risk of cultivation deviation. If disturbed, he could just end seclusion early.

He just wanted to use this chance to properly obtain an archon's body.

That's why he asked Keqing this favor.

Missing this chance, who knows when the next would come.

Thinking about it, Jiang Ning felt his life was tough - having to feed Havria, then feed the unseen Guizhong, making it hard for himself to eat well.

Keqing said: "Don't worry, I'll protect it well... Inazuma shouldn't dare move against us directly."

Jiang Ning still couldn't help saying: "Just be careful of the Fatui. Though with your strength, you should be able to run even if you can't win?"

Keqing was very confident: "As one of the Qixing, though daily work is complex, I haven't slacked in sword arts and elemental power training."

As long as not facing an archon, even against normal divine attendants, she could run if she couldn't win.

Jiang Ning nodded: "Here... take this. If there's real danger, crush it. I can sense it, and it can generate a shield from Master's divine power that can even block one strike from the Raiden Shogun."

Traveling abroad with many elders at home and high expectations, his survival skills were maxed out. He had various items, and in an unrestricted fight, Jiang Ning was confident he could frustrate even the Raiden Shogun.

After arranging everything, Jiang Ning entered the Serenitea Pot.

Keqing carefully put away the pot, deciding to carry it daily.

However, the Serenitea Pot couldn't go into her Vision, so she'd need to carry a bag when going out...

Fortunately, she was used to carrying a briefcase, just needed a slightly larger one - wouldn't attract attention.

...

Inside the Serenitea Pot, on the realm island with their home, Jiang Ning first left a note asking visitors not to disturb him.

Then he chose an uncultivated realm island to begin his absorption.

"System, full power, absorb!"

[Received!]

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, suddenly opened a hole in the furnace core. As divine remains' energy poured out frantically, Jiang Ning maxed out power, frantically absorbing the divine power.

His innate constitution also operated at full power, converting the divine remains' energy into pure energy and soul supplements.

Jiang Ning directly made himself a huge purification pool.

Energy and remnants useful for soul repair were slowly fed to the Memory of Dust.

But useless or harmful ones were all taken by Jiang Ning himself.

Jiang Ning gradually entered a mysterious state, his body's strength and rank slowly changing.

The floating Memory of Dust beside him also began to shine.

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