Late at night.
Ye Family Compound.
Keqing was panting slightly, her pair of beautiful eyes filled with a hazy, mesmerized look.
She had never experienced the sensation of roaming through a fantastical starry sky before.
Ye Xi gazed at the moonlight outside the window, fiddling with Keqing's warm and soft little hand while thinking about the matter Keqing had just mentioned.
Now that he had Keqing, he had to face a problem.
That was the matter of moving.
After all, Keqing worked in Liyue Harbor. Walking there from here would take a day and a night; it was very far away.
He couldn't just let Keqing be unable to return home, could he?
The problem was, if they moved, his Sumeru wives would face the same issue as Keqing.
How should this matter be resolved?
He couldn't possibly abandon his other wives for Keqing's sake.
Of course, he couldn't let Keqing suffer any grievances either.
He thought for a long time, and in the end, there was only one solution: for him to fly the plane to shuttle her back and forth.
However, this was not a long-term plan.
Just as Ye Xi was feeling a headache coming on, an ethereal notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding~]
[Task [Branching] completed!]
[Body Strengthening +14]
[Electro Elemental Power +18]
[Anemo Elemental Power....]
[...]
[Abyss Power +18]
[Hint: A new Abyss capability can be unlocked.]
Under a series of bonuses, Ye Xi felt all his various powers improving comprehensively.
Electro Elemental Power, Dendro Elemental Power, Anemo Elemental Power, Body Strengthening, Mental Power.
It wasn't until the Abyss Power increased that Ye Xi's heart stirred.
He could unlock an Abyss-type power again!
From [Stand] to [Drain], from [Abyss Core] to [Bestow].
These abilities had brought him pleasant surprises every single time!
So what about this time?
If it could solve the annoyance of the [Moving] problem, that would be great!
Just as he was thinking this, a semi-transparent system panel popped up in front of him.
A query window appeared on it.
[Unlock new ability?]
[Yes?] [No?]
Ye Xi chose [Yes] without hesitation.
Subsequently, the fifth branch of the tree diagram symbolizing Abyss Power lit up!
[Congratulations on unlocking [Copy and Paste]!]
[Copy and Paste: Perform a backup of inanimate objects and consume Abyss Power to perfectly replicate them!]
[Hint: The target objects for Copy and Paste will have restrictions, but these restrictions will gradually be lifted as Abyss Power increases.]
Seeing the name of this ability, Ye Xi only felt it was... simple and crude.
[Copy and Paste]
A name like this didn't look stylish at all.
However, although it didn't feel high-end or classy, there was no doubt that this power was absolutely an unparalleled god-tier skill!
This was copying!
In other words, as long as he had Abyss Power, he could ignore science, ignore logic, and ignore rules!
Nature might need hundreds or thousands of years to produce Cor Lapis ore!
Yet he could ignore the time required for mineral formation and directly create countless pieces of Cor Lapis out of thin air!
A well-crafted sword required excellent steel materials and a skilled blacksmith master to forge.
Yet he could directly ignore the materials and technique, perfectly copying thousands upon thousands of them!
This kind of ability was simply defying the natural order!
Ye Xi carefully looked at the so-called restrictions.
A rough understanding revealed that he could not copy living targets, such as humans, animals, flowers, grass, or trees.
Moreover, the size of the copied individual also had limitations.
However, this restriction would be continuously relaxed as his Abyss Power increased.
Now he could copy a building; then in the future, it might be possible for him to copy the entire Liyue continent!
He could even copy a Teyvat into existence!
This was too outrageous!
If Teyvat faced a huge disaster in the future, he could take everyone and directly switch to live in [Teyvat No. 2]!
When that time came, he could even copy Teyvat's resources!
If this ability were placed in the real world, humanity wouldn't even need to explore the stars and seas; even if Earth was done for, they could just get a new one!
Of course.
These things were still somewhat distant for him currently.
Right now, his own Abyss Power value was too low; he simply couldn't achieve that step.
At most, he could copy a building, a pavilion, or the like.
[Forced Calm]
Ye Xi let his thoughts calm down.
Although he had obtained such a future-proof ability, this matter still couldn't solve the immediate problem of [Moving].
Just as he was thinking, the ethereal voice came from his mind again.
[Congratulations on obtaining Superpower - Space Portal!]
[Space Portal: Utilize portals to achieve spatial displacement with no distance limit!]
[Hint: Set an anchor point at the departure point and an anchor point at the arrival point to complete the fixation of the portal!]
Now, Ye Xi's eyes instantly lit up.
This was truly someone bringing a pillow just as he was dozing off!
The reward given by the system was too spot-on!
Wouldn't the problem be solved now!?
He would go to Liyue Harbor with Keqing tomorrow, install a portal, and then they could come home at any time!
However, at the same time, he had a new idea.
If he could utilize the portal to transport goods, then wasn't there no need to plan for trains and trucks?
But immediately after, a super-large hint window popped up on the semi-transparent panel before his eyes.
The text on it detailed numerous restrictions.
Summarized, it meant that this portal could only be for private use, not public use, otherwise it would be very troublesome.
Because transporting large amounts of people or goods would cause spatial instability, facing quite a few risks.
Fortunately, this restriction existed, otherwise Ye Xi would feel that he, who had been busy with infrastructure for so long, was like a donkey.
In this way, the matter of [Moving] was perfectly resolved....
He was just about to tell Keqing this good news when the notification sound came from his mind again.
'There's actually still a reward!'
He had already obtained two heaven-defying skills, and there was actually more!
[Congratulations on obtaining Superpower - Transformation.]
[Transformation: Can turn oneself or others into the appearance imagined in one's mind.]
[Hint: Transformation duration can be changed at will!]
Ye Xi: ???
Good heavens.
This skill sounded interesting as soon as he heard it!
The skill introduction provided by the system came into his mind.
Utilizing the [Transformation] skill, he could do very interesting things.
For example, turning Keqing into a real cat!
A catgirl would work too!
He could turn Nahida into a Fungus, and turn Scaramouche into Bongo-Head.
He could even turn Rex Lapis into a female Rex Lapis!
This was truly a skill for memeing; it had a lot of fun potential!
He was already somewhat impatient to play around with it.
After waiting for a long time and seeing that the system had no more reward notifications, Ye Xi finally set his mind at ease.
He pinched Keqing's cheek.
"..Mm.. ~"..."
Keqing seemed to slowly recover a bit of rationality from the afterglow, waking up from the madness.
Seeing Ye Xi's gentle gaze, and those heart-moving starry eyes, Keqing's cheeks were full of flushed redness.
She stammered, "No... no more... I really can't anymore..."
Saying so, she lowered her head, the quilt covering her small head.
Like a hermit crab retracting into its shell.
Ye Xi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"It's a serious matter."
"Eh!?"
Hearing Ye Xi say this, Keqing poked her head out, her pair of beautiful amethyst eyes secretly sizing up Ye Xi: "Re-Really?"
"It's about the matter of going to Liyue Harbor."
Ye Xi briefly described the matter of the portal: "...Utilizing this method, we can come and go freely between Liyue and Sumeru every day."
Keqing's small face was full of disbelief.
She couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "So amazing! The mechanism technique can actually achieve this degree!"
Using a portal to teleport?!
She simply didn't know how such a thing was done!
It was simply too magical!
And Ye Xi had actually produced such a convenient mechanism!
In the future, as long as she wanted, she could go from Liyue to Sumeru at any time!
Even if she encountered difficult problems, she could immediately come to find Ye Xi!
Thinking of this, her heart was filled with joy.
"Master Ye Xi, you are so awesome!"
Saying this, she pounced into Ye Xi's embrace, enjoying that unprecedented sense of security.
Ye Xi stroked Keqing's small head and said softly, "Alright, rest early, we still have to return to Liyue Harbor tomorrow."
"Mm..."
"Wait a moment!"
Keqing's eyes suddenly lit up, remembering something, and she spoke, "Ye Xi, I have a matter to ask of you!"
"Oh? What matter?"
Seeing Keqing's face full of seriousness, Ye Xi was somewhat curious.
"Can you take Ningguang too!"
Ye Xi: ???
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