High above Mondstadt, the wind howled.
Dvalin carried Venti and his companions, flying steadily, his dragon wings spread wide, enjoying a long-lost freedom—until a black shadow "whooshed" past them, instantly becoming a tiny black dot in the sky.
Dvalin's dragon eyes contracted violently: "Barbatos... where did those four 'living dads' come from?! This is too unreasonable! And wasn't that thing already crashed? Why did it appear again?!"
Recalling those four guys, Dvalin's rear end reflexively tightened. If not for the painkiller's effect, he might have already cried and screamed, putting on a show of a high-altitude dragon fall right there.
Lumine clutched Dvalin's scales tightly, her voice trembling: "How... how did they build another one?!"
Paimon floated beside her, muttering as if her soul had left her body: "I should have thought of it... they can even pull out that Galaxy Annihilation Bomb so casually, what's building another RV..."
Acting Grand Master Jean's face suddenly turned pale: "Wait! That speed... are you sure it won't crash into Mondstadt City?!"
As soon as she spoke, everyone on Dvalin's back suddenly straightened up, staring intently in the direction where the RV had vanished—that was exactly Mondstadt City!
Recalling the tragic crash site of the RV in Stormterror's Lair, everyone fell into a deathly silence.
Venti flopped back onto Dvalin's back, resignedly sighing: "Let them be... their nature dictates that they won't harm anyone they don't intend to harm, it's just that there might be some economic losses..."
No sooner had he spoken—
"Boom—!!!"
On the distant horizon, a spectacular Mushroom cloud slowly rose, the blazing firelight dyeing half the sky red, and the shockwave even sent ripples through the high-altitude clouds.
That location... was the very center of Mondstadt City.
Everyone: "..."
Venti was silent for three seconds, then slowly corrected himself: "...Alright, I take that back."
Mondstadt City · Disaster Site:
At the Knights of Favonius Headquarters, Kaeya was leisurely sipping his afternoon coffee.
Suddenly, the entire building shook violently, and the window glass shattered everywhere with a "crash."
Kaeya's coffee cup was still suspended in mid-air, but the coffee inside had all splashed onto his face.
"Enemy attack?!"
He suddenly stood up, rushed to the window, and then—
He saw an RV emitting black smoke, firmly lodged in the fountain of the Knights of Favonius Plaza, its front still on fire, with the words "Dvalin Express · Improved Version" written crookedly on it.
Beside the vehicle, Jesse was holding up a sign: [Landing error only 200 meters, significant improvement]
Elliot crawled out of the driver's seat, patting the dust off himself: "It didn't fall apart this time! I declare the test flight a success!"
"Success my foot, success!!"
Zane roared in fury, and with a backhand, pulled out an "Fatui thunder hammer · Improved Version" from his four-dimensional pocket, with a fluorescent sticker reading "80!" on its hammerhead.
Elliot: "W-wait! Zane, calm down!"
"80—!!!"
With one hammer blow, Elliot instantly turned into a shooting star in the sky, drawing a perfect parabola over Mondstadt, finally crashing with a "boom!" through the wall of the Knights of Favonius Headquarters' Brig.
Inside the Brig—
"Hi~"
Elliot was stuck in the wall, waving to a certain little darling in the Brig.
Klee, who was busy making bombs, was startled by the sudden loud noise, and her "Super Invincible Cute Jumpy Dumpty 3.0" flew out of her hand: "Ah! Hilichurl!"
Elliot reflexively caught the bomb, looked down—
"Bang—!!!"
Faster than he had arrived, Elliot, covered in scorch marks and with an exploded hairstyle, returned the way he came like a launched cannonball, crashing with a "thud!" onto Matt's head, who had just stood up.
"Thump!"
The seven-meter-tall Electro Lawachurl staggered, his massive body falling backward like dominoes—
Kaeya, who had just arrived leading his team: "???"
"C-Captain, look out!"
The Knights behind him shouted in horror.
Too late, unfortunately.
"Splat!"
Matt and Elliot perfectly stacked on top of each other, flattening Kaeya into a human paper cutout, lightly sticking him to the ground.
"Ding ding."
Paper-thin Kaeya blinked his only exposed eye, apparently still not having realized what had happened.
The scene was dead silent.
Dvalin, who had just arrived: "..."
Lumine: "..."
Acting Grand Master Jean: "..."
Amber: "..."
Venti: "...How about we pretend we don't know them?"
Paimon had already pulled out a small notebook and started writing her will: "Paimon's inheritance: a bag of Sunsettias, half a bottle of Dandelion Wine, and unpaid restaurant bills..."
—Mondstadt City's disaster level, once again, broke a record.
The Fatui Harbinger, Lady Rosalyn, observing from afar: "..."
The crystal wine glass in her hand shattered with a "crack," and red wine dripped through her fingers onto the ground, freezing into a blood-colored ice flower.
"Mondstadters... have finally gone mad."
Her voice sounded like it was squeezed through her teeth.
"Such dangerous, uncontrollable factors, they just let them in like this?"
On the other side, Diluc stood at the entrance of Angel's Share, his eyes slightly narrowed: "..."
The grape juice glass in his hand tilted slightly, and the liquid dripped onto the ground, but he didn't notice.
"What in the world are the Knights of Favonius... doing?"
His tone, unusually, carried a hint of confusion.
"Such destructive power, and they can still move freely in the city?"
However, just as the two fell into deep suspicion—
"Whoosh!"
A huge curtain appeared out of thin air, with the words "Mondstadt City Construction Group · Otherworld Express Construction Team" printed on it, instantly enveloping the entire damaged area.
Immediately after, a series of astonishing construction sounds came from behind the curtain:
"Ding ding dang dang!" (Hammers striking)
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—" (Welding flashing)
"Boom!" (Suspected demolition work)
"La la la~" (Zane was even humming a song)
Five minutes later—
The curtain "whooshed" open, revealing a brand new Mondstadt City Plaza:
The wall of the Knights of Favonius Headquarters, which had been smashed through, was as good as new, even with an added relief decoration (the pattern was a chibi Kaeya being flattened into a paper cutout).
The RV wreckage in the fountain had disappeared, replaced by a brand new "Flying RV Monument," with "Commemorating Mondstadt's First Supersonic Transport" carved into its base.
All the glass windows shattered by the shockwave were replaced with explosion-proof ones, and the glass even had the quartet's signatures printed on it.
Mondstadt citizens: "..."
Klee, emerging from the Brig, rubbed her eyes: "Acting Grand Master Jean, am I seeing things?"
Acting Grand Master Jean: "...No, Klee, I saw it too."
Lisa's magic book "thudded" to the ground: "This doesn't conform to elemental mechanics..."
Venti let out two dry laughs: "Haha, as expected of otherworld technology..."
(Inner thoughts: This is even more outrageous than my divine power!)
Diluc stood at the tavern entrance, his wine glass slowly slipping.
"Crack!"
The sound of breaking glass startled him.
"...I must have drunk too much."
He rubbed his temples, turned and staggered into the tavern, "Charles, a cup of sobering tea, please..."
Charles silently handed over the tea, muttering softly: "Master, you drank grape juice today... and you don't even drink alcohol..."
Diluc: "..."
On the other side, Rosalyn had already pulled out her communicator, thought about it, then put it back down.
After all, only the Doctor could investigate such matters, but she didn't want to see that madman.
—From then on, Mondstadt City had a new rule:
"When an outworld construction team appears, all citizens please close your eyes for five minutes."
the Doctor