"I can't wait to join the tournament!"
"I really envy Klee and Master Diluc..."
"Yeah, they already have their own Decks."
"They're way ahead of us. No rush—the shop opens tomorrow!"
"True... a day passes pretty fast."
...
Luya weaved through the crowded street, listening to the lively chatter around him. Everyone was talking about his shop. From their words, he could tell people were all looking forward to its opening—eager to become Duelists themselves, to battle others with Monsters, and even win generous prize money.
Under their curious gazes, Luya returned to his shop in Mondstadt City. Amber and Diluc followed at his side.
"Shopkeeper, if you need any help, just let me know."
"In Mondstadt, my connections aren't bad at all," Diluc said seriously.
"If anything comes up, I'll definitely ask for your help." Luya nodded at Diluc's sincerity.
Although... there really wasn't much he required from him. Luya lacked neither money nor strength.
Right!
What he did lack was labor for his electronics factory.
But there was no rush. He still hadn't finished sorting out matters in Liyue, and besides... Mondstadt didn't have the materials needed to manufacture game consoles. Production would be troublesome.
Bringing Mondstadt workers to Liyue would also mean a very long journey.
However... once Xianyun completed her research on an Elemental-powered, self‑charging vehicle, Luya would no longer have anything to worry about. With that kind of transport, moving game consoles and raw materials across Teyvat would be effortless.
So for now, he simply had to wait.
At the moment, the first batch of factory operations—namely Keqing completing recruitment—was still pending. Luya's electronics factory and production line at Guili Plains could accommodate up to five thousand employees. He just wasn't sure how efficient those five thousand would be.
He planned to pay each employee a salary of two million Mora.
A single game console sold for 350,000 Mora. As long as each worker produced an average of six consoles per month, Luya wouldn't lose money.
Still, he believed their efficiency would exceed that. With an assembly line, productivity would skyrocket. Exactly how much they could produce remained to be seen.
He also didn't know how many employees he would end up recruiting in total.
Luya looked around the shop, which had only one counter, and found it terribly empty.
So...
He decided to renovate it, just as he had with the shop in Liyue.
Compared to the Liyue Harbor location, the Mondstadt shop was tiny—not just a little smaller, but far smaller.
But there was nothing to be done. Mondstadt City only had so much space, and there was no room to expand outward.
However!
With Luya's Shop Renovation function, he could remodel the entire place in an instant.
He checked the Teyvat map within his consciousness. On the Mondstadt City section, he saw a red glowing point—just like the one marking his shop in Liyue Harbor.
Luya locked his consciousness onto the point.
The shop's information, along with a full 3D model, appeared in his mind:
[Mondstadt City Shop]
╵Current Shop Level: 1 (Upgradeable)
╵Normal Duel Stages: 0
╵Area: 200 square meters
╵Daily Automatic Card Pack Generation: 1000
╵Portable Duel Disk Stock: 0
╵Available Mora: 500 million
Just like the Liyue Harbor shop, he only needed to spend Mora to upgrade it.
The Mondstadt shop... compared to the one in Liyue Harbor, it was downright shabby and bare. There wasn't even a shelf—just a lone cashier counter.
So—
Luya immediately took out 800 square meters of freely assignable space from the system, expanding the shop to a full 1000 square meters—just like in Liyue Harbor.
Although the interior expanded, the outside showed almost no visible change. Only the space within became vastly larger.
Amber and Diluc felt the ground tremble beneath their feet. Amber quickly grabbed Luya's hand to steady herself, while Diluc adjusted his posture and kept his balance.
"W-What just happened!?"
Even Diluc—calm and experienced as he was—looked utterly stunned by Luya's display.
Amber was even more dramatic—she practically leapt like a startled cat. Her wide eyes fixed on Luya, brimming with astonishment.
"That's amazing!"
"Are you... the Geo Archon from Liyue!?" Amber exclaimed.
For someone who had never seen such power, Luya's ability was simply unbelievable.
"Don't panic. It's just a bit of interior expansion," Luya said with a calm smile.
Although the space was expanded, many facilities were still incomplete.
Then, Luya activated the Construction Module, selecting a structure suitable for creating a screening room.
In an instant—
A 200‑square‑meter screening room materialized.
Diluc and Amber were even more shocked than before.
Right then, Kaeya and Klee arrived at the entrance. Seeing the scene inside, both froze in place.
"This is amazing!" Klee rushed inside.
Klee only knew how to destroy things instantly—she had no idea things could also be built instantly.
The moment she returned to the Knights of Favonius Headquarters, she had clung to Kaeya, begging him to take her to Luya's shop.
Kaeya himself had wanted to come... so the two of them came up with an excuse about "handling business" and snuck out.
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