Genshin Impact: My roommate and I became funny Hilichurls

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Gu Qian awkwardly got up, holding Paimon, who was foaming at the mouth, in his hands: "Uh...did I use too much force?"

He quickly shook the four paper figures, and they instantly returned to their original shape like inflatable dolls.

"The culprit is..."

Five murderous gazes simultaneously turned towards the bushes.

A girl with two braids was drooling over the wild boar herd, muttering to herself, "Boiled pork slices... Stir-fried pork kidneys... Grilled ribs..."

Qingyu helplessly reminded him, "Wipe your drool. This is a wild boar habitat. We can't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

Xiangling snapped back to reality and wiped her mouth.

"That's right! Sustainable development is even more important!"

As she turned away, she was still muttering to herself, "Only the most suitable environment can produce such delicious meat..."

The air suddenly froze when her gaze fell on the five people.

"Aaaaaah! A Hilichurl!!"

Xiangling's scream startled the birds in the tree.

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"Can you hear people now?"

Qingyu crossed his arms and looked at Xiangling, who was squatting on the ground.

The girl had two freshly formed bumps on her head (a "friendly reminder" from Gu Qian), and tears still clung to the corners of her eyes: "I...I can..."

Er Kang straightened his collar, which was scorched by the flames: "We're not Hilichurls, we're just..."

He glanced at his appearance as a water-dwelling ranger.

"Uh, I'll borrow this look for now."

Xiangling rubbed her head, then suddenly leaned closer and sniffed hard: "Wait... you smell like Mondstadt dandelion wine!"

Her eyes lit up.

"You're from Mondstadt?"

Ying seized the opportunity to explain, "We are travelers heading to Liyue."

"What a coincidence!"

Xiangling jumped up excitedly, completely forgetting the bag on her head.

“I can be your guide! Although…”

She scratched her face sheepishly.

"I misunderstood you at first..."

Only then did everyone notice that the small bamboo basket behind the girl was filled with colorful mushrooms—some of which were even wriggling strangely.

Zhang Chu's body trembled: "Those are..."

"I just bought these Sumeru Mushrooms from the caravan!"

Xiangling excitedly held up a mushroom that was emitting a purple glow: "I'm going to develop 'Fluorescent Mushroom Stewed with Wild Boar'!"

Paimon quietly drifted to Ying'er's ear: "I suddenly feel that being mistaken for a Hilichurl might be safer..."

at this time--

"rustle……"

The bushes by the roadside suddenly shook violently.

Xiangling instantly went into battle mode, grabbing her spear: "Is it a wild boar?!"

Qingyu silently took out a throwing knife.

A heavily wounded abyss water mage staggered out, and upon seeing the group, let out a heart-wrenching scream: "What?! It's you again?!"

After saying that, she fainted.

Everyone: "......"

Xiangling blinked in confusion: "Who is this...?"

"do not worry about it."

Er Kang kicked the unconscious monk back into the bushes.

"They were acrobats who were passing by."

On a distant hillside, another Abyss Mage was frantically shaking his companion: "Wake up! They're going to Liyue! We can finally go back to Mondstadt!"

Chapter 18 Cooking Competition

In front of the temporary arena at Qingquan Town Square

"So you want to compete in cooking with a chef named Brock?"

The four had just finished explaining the wild boar situation to the hunter leader, Duraf, when they returned to find Xiangling confronting a chef.

Ying and Paimon stood to the side, their faces clearly saying, "This is going to be interesting."

"What a sin..."

Qingyu rubbed his forehead in anguish.

He really wanted to suggest going straight to Liyue, but Xiangling had already accepted the challenge with a confident pat on her chest.

Er Kang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Why don't we join in? We're just killing time anyway."

"You guys are participating too?"

Xiangling turned her head in surprise.

"Yes, but we are competing independently."

Er Kang pulled out a chef's hat from somewhere and put it on.

"The team name will be..."

"【Otherworldly Gourmet Research Society】!"

Gu Qian answered quickly, and at the same time conjured up a banner with the name printed on it, which also depicted a chibi-style four-person group beating up an abyss mage.

Ying squinted: "Wait! You're not going to conjure up the finished product right away, are you?"

She had personally witnessed this group of people pull out a Manchu Han Imperial Feast from thin air.

Zhang Chu adjusted his mask and said righteously, "This is a cooking competition, so of course we will abide by the rules."

"Let's not delay, let's go gather some ingredients!"

Xiangling jumped up excitedly.

The four vanished instantly, leaving only four exaggerated trails of dust:

A leaf exploded in Qingyu's direction.

Er Kang left a trail of footprints on his path.

A magic circle flashed as Zhang Chu disappeared.

Gu Qian stomped directly into the ground, creating a meteorite crater.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ying coughed, choked by the dust.

"That speed is outrageous!"

"We cannot show weakness either!"

Xiangling grabbed Ying's wrist.

"Ying, Paimon! Let's go!"

"Hey! Wait for me!"

Paimon followed closely behind.

【Qingyu Chapter: The Adventure at Bear Ridge】

A familiar pine forest

"The stinky bear isn't around, let's get to work!"

Bald Qiang, carrying a chainsaw, hummed a little tune as he walked toward the target tree.

The chainsaw had just started to hum—

A round object hit him squarely on his shiny forehead and bounced into his hand.

"Ouch! What is that?"

He looked down and his face turned deathly pale: "A hornet's nest?!"

"Buzzing—"

The enraged swarm of bees poured out and instantly turned Bald Qiang's head into a hedgehog-like shape.

"Help me!!"

He threw down the chainsaw and ran wildly, followed by a swarm of bees like a dark cloud.

Qingyu gracefully descended from the treetop, picked up the beehive, and skillfully extracted the honey.

When bottling, they even put a label on the bottle: 【Special Offer from Bear Ridge - Bald Qiang's Pick】

[Erkang Episode: The Cat and Mouse Game]

A cartoon-style kitchen

Erkang sneaked in through the window and bumped into Jerry carrying a giant cheese and running for his life, with Tom chasing after him with his claws outstretched.

With a nimble hand, Er Kang instantly switched the cheese with plastic.

Jerry, completely unaware, happily scurried into the mouse hole.