Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Landing on the Lonely Island (Part 2)

"Let's discuss this. How do we deal with the pirates' cannonballs that look intimidating and are actually quite powerful?"

After returning to the safe island, the Marine Aid Team immediately convened a meeting with the team leaders and some outstanding team members to discuss a plan to deal with the pirates. Li Tao was among these "outstanding" people with a certain say. But perhaps the morale of the crowd was hit by the powerful firepower of the pirates, and no one was willing to be the first to speak. After a long while, someone reluctantly asked: "Don't we have crossbows on our ship?"

Someone immediately responded: "Why would a sand ship be equipped with a crossbow? It's not a warship, and no one cares about it normally."

The Maritime Affairs Officer who raised the question sighed and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. This is our Maritime Affairs Department's problem. In the past, we issued a mission to eliminate pirates first, then conducted a thorough investigation and made full preparations before we started. But this time, the Emperor came to us in a dream, and the orders from the Seven Stars were more urgent than the last. We didn't have time to upgrade our ships, so we could only use the ships in the warehouse."

"Besides, we still underestimated these pirates. It's not that our combat team wasn't brave enough, but we didn't realize that they could develop such a powerful alchemical shell. We really suffered a great loss. But it's meaningless to complain about these problems now. We have to find a solution! Everyone, use your brains!"

Wan Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Minister, I think the solution to the problem is to avoid this kind of shells. As long as we can find a way to bypass the enemy's defense line and let the combat team directly engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, unless the enemy is crazy enough to not care about his life and dare to throw bombs at our own people in close combat, otherwise as long as it gets into close combat, the opponent's [Bao Lao Jade] will be useless."

The officers looked at each other and asked seriously, "Is it really possible, Fengyuan Manye? If you were in charge of the combat group, how would you quickly approach and defeat the enemy to prevent them from desperately attacking at the last minute?"

"I can't guarantee that. After all, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and I can only do my best." Wan Ye tapped his sword handle with his knuckles and said leisurely, "When the time comes, it will all depend on our own abilities."

Li Tao heard this and sighed in his heart: There is nothing we can do about it. In a world like Teyvat where the gap between the upper and lower limits of military power is so great, it is indeed difficult to improve combat capabilities through unified command and dispatch. Moreover, the combat capabilities of the members of the Kaientai combat team are indeed uneven, and it is natural that Manye has no confidence in them. But from what he said, does he have confidence in himself?

The chief of the surveying and mapping team of the Marine Aid Team also asked, "Captain Fengyuan, from what I heard from you, do you think you can break through the formation alone and hold up the battle?"

Manye's answer was flawless: "I think I have the ability, but I must be responsible for the members of the battle group. I believe that we must select members who are truly courageous and capable to form the vanguard, so that we can defeat the enemy as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the more time the enemy has to prepare, the greater the threat to our ships and personnel."

Li Tao thought about it carefully and found that what Wan Ye said was not wrong at all. Although the Haiyuan Team had a large number of people, only a part of them were combat members, and the rest were logistics and technical personnel. The number of these combatants was far less than the pirates on the nameless island. Because although the total number of pirates was less than that of the Haiyuan Team, almost all of them were desperate criminals who escaped from Inazuma, and each of them had a certain combat power. In addition, they also had the terrifying alchemical shells, so the Haiyuan Team had to be very careful.

However, no matter how careful they are, the Marine Aid Team is here to eliminate pirates, so they must act when it is time, and cannot hesitate because of fear of danger. Li Tao suddenly recalled what Sister Lan once said - knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, go to the tiger mountains, dare to face unknown or known challenges, this is the true meaning of the spirit of adventure.

This is also one of the reasons why the Haiyuan Team recruited adventurers. To put it nicely, it is "adventure is the most essential desire of human beings", and to put it bluntly, it is because adventurers are cannon fodder. But Li Tao had already made up his mind to get rid of the status of cannon fodder and become a real strong man. How could a mere pirate stop his ambition?

Therefore, when Wan Ye asked for a vanguard team, Li Tao was the first to raise his hand to indicate that he wanted to join, setting an example for everyone. Wan Ye also looked up to Li Tao and praised him, "Good! Brother Li is brave and resourceful, brave and good at fighting, and is suitable to be a vanguard to defeat the enemy. Who among you is willing to serve as a vanguard? Come forward."

Immediately, several people were provoked by Li Tao and stepped forward. However, Wan Ye still carefully identified their strengths and selected the ones who were truly suitable.

"After all, the vanguard has to risk their lives to break through the enemy's defense line." Jiang Miao, who was standing not far from Li Tao, stared at Li Tao worriedly, and turned his head to ask Shan Hai beside him, "Grandpa, can Li Tao make it?"

Shanhai rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you think Li Tao is you? His strength is obvious to all. It took him less than half a year to go from a rookie adventurer to being able to fight against the Green Shirt Knights and the Taoist priests. If the Qianyan Army wants to recruit him, he will probably be able to climb up and become a general soon. Unfortunately, he is not from Liyue, so he has to stay in our Adventurer's Association and make his mark."

Jiang Miao was a little puzzled: "It is said that he was born a refugee...but refugees should also be able to apply for a Liyue residence permit, right? Not to mention that he is so active now, even if he has no merits, he must have worked hard."

"Oh, don't try to guess what those officials are thinking. Although the Seven Stars and Eight Sects are harmonious, they all have their own little thoughts in private. We don't need to worry about Li Tao. Whether he wins or loses, it's his own choice." Shanhai frowned and said leisurely, "I've seen too many things like this. I hope he can protect himself."

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Li Tao didn't know that his colleagues were worried about him. But even if he knew, he would just smile and say, "If you don't fight and fight, and don't want to pay a price, you will never become a strong man."

If you want to become a strong person, you must first adjust your mentality, and then slowly accumulate strength. Just like all things in nature, the fittest survive, and the unfit die. There is no point in mourning its departure. At least, in this world of Teyvat where the law of the jungle prevails, accumulating strength is by no means a bad thing.

Li Tao could not expect a Rock King to fall from the sky and protect him for life like he did thousands of years ago when he saved the people of Liyue from fire and water. There are very few strong people like this who are absolutely selfless and willing to protect the people. Moreover, this person also said to the people of Liyue: "Don't miss me anymore, and don't think that I can protect you forever. Missing should not be placed on dead things. The best protection is to be strong yourself. I hope that the people of Liyue can solve their own problems and stand tall among the nations of Teyvat."

Li Tao is not from Liyue, but he knows these principles well. True strength is not dependent on other things. Those pirates only rely on a few alchemical products that Liyue also has but did not bring with them this time, and they want to fight the Marine Aid Team. As the vanguard, Li Tao will kill them all mercilessly and defeat them, using their blood to satisfy his desire to become stronger and lay a stepping stone for himself to go further.