[The moment you step inside, you notice a familiar figure sitting in your room.]
[Seeing someone appear out of nowhere, you immediately take a defensive stance.]
["Heh."]
[The visitor lets out a soft chuckle, brushing the hair from her chest back over her shoulder and revealing skin.]
[The half black mask on her face looks unfathomably mysterious in the candlelight.]
[It's La Signora.]
[Your guard shoots up instantly.]
[You and Yelan only spotted La Signora in Mondstadt not long ago. How did she suddenly appear in Liyue?!]
["Kael… There's no need to be so tense."]
[Dragging the hem of her long dress, La Signora walks toward you with an alluring, unhurried grace.]
["I'm not here to hold you accountable today. I brought you a gift."]
[La Signora fixes you with a deep, unreadable gaze.]
["A gift you'll definitely like."]
[The moment her words sink in, you react. Cryo Elemental Power gathers rapidly in your hand.]
[You shift into an attacking stance.]
["Did you take Chenxi?"]
[La Signora glances casually at the ice forming in your palm, utterly unconcerned by your threat.]
["Your sister has nothing to do with me. I just happen to know where she and your little lover are."]
[She places a sheet of paper on the table.]
["I've already marked their location. Take a look for yourself."]
[After saying that, La Signora brushes past you, clearly intending to leave.]
["Wait!"]
[You stare at her with suspicion.]
["The Fatui went to great lengths to hide Chenxi. How could you tell me her location so easily?"]
["I'm not the one hiding your sister. As for who you offended, I think you already know the answer yourself."]
["As for this intelligence, it's simply part of a deal I made with someone. My task is finished. Whether you believe it or not doesn't matter to me in the slightest."]
[La Signora scoffs.]
["I pursue far greater ambitions. Your petty struggles mean nothing to me."]
Someone?
Kael recalls how his life simulation self saw La Signora in Mondstadt with Yelan not long ago.
Could it be that she appeared there because she learned something about the Anemo Archon?
If that was the case, then this life simulation's storyline should be approaching the point where the Traveler was about to descend upon Teyvat.
That "someone" could only be Zhongli.
In the original Genshin Impact story, Zhongli trades his Gnosis with La Signora.
Perhaps in this life simulation, Zhongli included this matter in the deal as well.
After all, Kael had spent time with Zhongli in this simulation, and his relationship with Hu Tao ran deep.
And this situation did not only affect him.
Yelan had been dragged into it as well.
For Liyue, Yelan was indispensable. She had always protected the nation from the shadows.
If anything happened to Yelan, it would be an enormous loss for Liyue.
Seen this way, it was not surprising that Zhongli would intervene.
[After La Signora leaves, you unfold the paper on the table.]
[You realize it is a map of The Chasm.]
[So that's how it is!]
[In your search for Chenxi and Yelan, you already sent ghosts to scour all of Liyue.]
[The Chasm was no exception.]
[But to most people, The Chasm was nothing more than an abandoned mining site.]
[Without La Signora's map, you would never have known that deep within The Chasm, there was something else entirely.]
[You decide to head to The Chasm and investigate it yourself.]
[However, before leaving, there are still things you must do.]
[You know the Fatui sent several elite units to The Chasm to resist the Dark Calamity in order to cooperate with Liyue.]
[If Chenxi and Yelan are truly being held there, you must prepare for the worst.]
[You sit at the desk and write furiously, recording all the intelligence related to the Fatui that you have gathered over the years.]
[If something happens to you, this information will become a blade Liyue can wield against Snezhnaya.]
"System, switch to Sensory Mode."
Kael's thoughts align perfectly with those of his life simulation self.
He has a strong feeling that this life simulation is nearing its end.
Among his three Talents, there is still one gold Talent left. Possession allows him, after death, five chances to possess another person's soul.
However, Kael remembers his previous experience with a revival Talent in earlier simulations.
He strongly suspects that this Possession Talent will end up just as unreliable.
He needs to be prepared.
[Received. Switching to Sensory Mode.]