**Today's Liyue seems quite different compared to before Xiangling and Yanfei left.**
The atmosphere is livelier!
The most special thing is that a group of people from Mondstadt claim to have mastered the latest Fontaine technology!
They've brought something more interesting from Mondstadt!
This thing is called anime!
As for what anime is, that's what this group of businessmen from Mondstadt say.
It's like illustrations that can move.
Everyone knows about illustrations, especially the ones featured in Liyue's popular light novels. But illustrations that can move? That's something they haven't heard of.
Today, in Liyue's square, this group of "businessmen" from Mondstadt started to set up shop.
At that time, an old man had just left the Xiangsheng Hall. He was planning to visit Lao Liu's side to listen to a book or something. However, when he was about to go, he saw a crowd gathering in the square!
"Um?" the old man murmured.
"What's going on? The square is quite lively today, with so many people!"
Although the old man looked younger, his brown robe gave him a solemn presence.
That's right. This was Zhongli—an old man who had long since planned how to retire with honor, and a guest at the Hall of Death!
Liyue has worshipped the gods for thousands of years, especially the God of Contracts, the Geo Archon, Rex Lapis—or, as he's known now, Zhongli.
Before reaching the square, Zhongli saw many Liyue citizens gathered around, watching the Mondstadt businessmen in front of them.
These Mond merchants seemed a bit... off.
"What's the matter? Why is the square so lively today?"
"I heard a businessman from Mondstadt is here to promote something called 'anime.'"
"Anime? What is that?"
"I don't know, but it looks interesting!"
"Why do I feel like I've seen these people before? They seem so familiar."
"Really? Where?"
"I don't know... maybe they're on the wanted list? No, these people are just Mondstadt businessmen!"
The treasure robbers had a simple device in their hands, which seemed to be from before the fall of the civilization. Even so, it looked expensive!
After all, Fontaine's products are costly, mostly because Fontaine is so far away. As a result, these items are hard to come by in Liyue.
The boss of the treasure robbers had obtained a camera from the black market. If it broke, that would be disastrous.
Outside the square, a curious Zhongli—also known as Uncle Zhong—watched the crowd play with the devices.
As a guest of the Pastoral Hall, many people recognized him. However, due to the reputation of the Walnut Clan, many kept their distance.
After a short while, the show began!
The boss of the treasure robbers had some business savvy. Within this brief period, they had already managed to set up the PPT (PowerPoint) presentation.
After gathering a few people, they began speaking.
"Here, the young master of the Wang family from the Qi Dao League didn't expect to be so closely linked with this spider spirit!"
"This spider, who has clear eyes, was actually the lover of Young Master Wang from five hundred years ago!"
"It's a pity that the appearance of this beaked beast led to the swords of the original lovers facing each other."
"And at this critical moment..."
"Things began to change! Everything started to shift at this moment!"
"The Fox Demon Clan, take out the Dream Remembrance Hammer!"
"Yes, that's right, it's a prop in our hands. If you like it, you can buy it for one million moras!"
"Hurry up if you want to buy!"
Well, everyone was here to watch the anime, as they were told!
But, to Zhongli's surprise, these people started presenting it on the spot!
What caught Zhongli's attention further was that there was a power emanating from the hammer that even he couldn't quite understand.
It was a power of life and death!
"Where did this thing come from?" Zhongli murmured.
Using his elemental power, Zhongli tried to sense it more clearly. But the power surrounding the hammer was unlike anything he'd felt before, reminiscent of the eerie floating power of death from Wuwang Po.
Zhongli couldn't penetrate the power emanating from it, though the time didn't last long. It seemed no one was paying much attention to the hammer anymore.
The treasure robbers began to talk again, continuing their PPT presentation.
And under the green smoke surrounding them, people never expected the following:
"The past-life memories of Young Master Wang and Jeangtong have appeared!"
"I saw, outside Wang Quan's house, countless monsters gathered in the city!"
"These monsters all have the aura of demon gods, even scarier than the legendary ones!"
"But at this moment—"
"One person, one sword, stood in front of them all!"
"This boy, wearing a yellow Taoist robe and a Tai Chi crown on his head..."
"The bangs parted in the middle, revealing the boy's handsome face to everyone!"
"The most surprising thing is the sword in the boy's hand!"
"That sword is named Wang Quan!"
I have to say, the storytellers in Teyvat are quite talented!
In normal storytelling, the narrator would simply tell the content of the book. But these stolen shots—without video—could only release the pictures they took frame by frame.
To compensate, they used narration to tell the story shown by the PPT slides, adding an extra layer of excitement.
Especially the moving illustrations!
Each time a new scene was shown, a picture would pop up!
It's just a shame the quality of the animation wasn't very good.
No wonder Takumi's animations had anti-theft logos.
If you take pictures with a camera, the "Tili Tili" logo will be stamped on them, and no matter how much you edit, it remains.
As a result, this PPT was displayed in 480p, which greatly disappointed the Liyue citizens who had been hoping for a clearer view.
"What rubbish! The story's great, but the graphics are terrible!"
"I remember now! Aren't these people from the treasure robbers group that visited Liyue and Mondstadt?"
"Wait... I think I understand now! They even stole this thing!"
"Could it be that anime isn't created in Liyue, but actually in Mondstadt?"