Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 170 Strange Shadows

Seeing Le Yi's warm smile, the child slowly smiled back. Le Yi then took the boy's hand and gently helped him to his feet.

"What's your name?" When Le Yi asked his name, the boy replied, "My name is Qiuhe." Le Yi smiled and said...

"Hmm, it's a very nice name. Where are your friends? I'll take you to find them," Qiuhe said, but only smiled and remained silent.

Seeing this, Le Yi was somewhat puzzled. Just as Le Yi blinked, Qiu He vanished from her sight. Le Yi was holding Qiu He's hand.

Still suspended in mid-air, seeing that Qiuhe had disappeared, Leyi was still somewhat dazed. His hand slowly fell to his sides, and then he looked around.

No one could find Qiuhe. "Qiuhe, Qiuhe? Are you there?" Leyi called out twice, but there was no response. Just as Leyi was feeling very puzzled...

Suddenly, Le Yi felt her brain freeze, and a flood of memories rushed into her mind. She felt dizzy and then gently shook her head, clutching it.

"What is this?" Suddenly, memories of Qiuhe flashed through Leyi's mind, of watching Kree die right before her eyes.

Le Yi suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes already wet with tears. "These are... that person's memories... but why?"

"Why are Clay and the others?" Thinking this, Lei started running around frantically, trying to find an exit, trying to leave this strange, dark place.

He didn't know where he was, why he was there, or who the person named Qiuhe was, or why he had memories of Kree and the others.

But after running for what seemed like forever, Le Yi suddenly spotted a person standing ahead. Upon seeing this, Le Yi called out to the person:

"Hey friend, do you know where this is? Do you know how to get out of here? Please, please help me get out of here!"

Upon hearing the voice, the person standing in front slowly turned their head. Le Yi was surprised when she saw the person's face, because the person in front of her was none other than Qiu He, who had suddenly disappeared just now.

But she noticed that this Qiuhe was completely different from before. Although their appearances were exactly the same, for some reason, this Qiuhe...

All that could be sensed was intense hostility and danger, and his expression was extremely cold. The Qiuhe who had appeared so innocent and naive before was completely different.

But Qiuhe exuded a very strong sense of danger, as if standing next to him was perilous. "Qiu, Qiuhe, why...why are you here now?"

Seeing that the unfamiliar child in front of him had called out his name, Qiuhe was somewhat surprised. Then, he frowned and asked in a cold voice:

"Who are you, and why do you know my name?" Le Yi was also puzzled by this question. They had just met, and he had even told her his name.

"Why don't you recognize me now?" Qiuhe asked, confused. "My name is Leyi. We just met." She couldn't understand when she had seen him before.

But upon hearing his name, Qiuhe suddenly looked shocked. He then glared at Leyi, moved closer, and questioned her in a low voice, enunciating each word clearly:

"Tell me, what's your name?" Seeing this, Le Yi was somewhat taken aback, and finally said in a trembling voice, "Le...Le Yi."

Upon hearing this answer, Qiuhe grabbed Leyi by the neck without hesitation and lifted her up, feeling a suffocating sensation on her neck.

Le Yi struggled frantically, finally managing to open her eyes, only to see Qiu He's almost maniacal smile. Then, Qiu He suddenly spoke.

"I never expected this! It's truly a case of 'enemies meeting on a narrow road,' I never thought I'd run into you here." Hearing this, Le Yi was completely bewildered.

Completely unable to understand what he was saying, Qiuhe said, "I...we just met, what 'enemies'? I...I don't understand what you're talking about." Qiuhe remained silent for a few seconds after hearing this.

Finally, with a wicked smile, he said, "Do you still remember her?" Qiuhe's sudden question caused Leyi's eyes to widen in surprise.

His face was filled with fear, as if he had heard some terrifying words, or as if a long-dead memory had suddenly attacked him.

Seeing Le Yi's expression, Qiu He said, "Haha, looking at you, you remember now." Le Yi was also struggling violently, constantly swinging her legs.

With a violent struggle, he kicked Qiuhe directly in the stomach. The sudden kick to the abdomen caused Qiuhe to feel a sharp pain and immediately let go.

Le Yi plopped down on the ground, and seeing Qiu He's furious expression, she was so frightened that she stood up and ran away.

But before Le Yi could run very far, Qiu He caught up, grabbed her hair, and tripped her.

Le Yi lost his balance and fell forward. Qiu He used the force of Le Yi's fall to press his head down and slam it onto the ground.

Qiuhe slowly squatted down, grabbed Leyi's hair, and lifted his head. Leyi's forehead was covered in blood.

The pain in his head caused tears to stream down his face, and Qiuhe, seeing this, showed a very satisfied expression. "Ah~. I'm so glad you're still the same as always."

"Weak and incompetent~." Le Yi asked with difficulty, "Why, why are you doing this to me? We've never even met before."

"Why won't you let me go?" Looking at Le Yi's appearance, Qiu He suddenly felt dizzy and covered his head with one hand.

When Qiuhe regained some clarity, the way he looked at Leyi suddenly changed, as if he had suddenly remembered something.

After a brief silence, Qiuhe released Leyi's hair. Leyi was somewhat incredulous that Qiuhe had let her go.

After Qiuhe stood up, he turned to leave, but after hesitating for a few seconds, Leyi called out to him, "Hey, wait." Qiuhe stopped in his tracks.

Seeing this, Le Yi continued, "Um, do you know how to get out of here? I need to find my friends."

Qiuhe paused for a few seconds before continuing to walk forward, saying as she went, "You're like me, you can't leave this place. Also, you're not allowed to talk to me anymore."

"I will never believe it." Hearing this, Le Yi was completely bewildered. She didn't understand what "won't believe it" meant at all.

"Wait, why can't we leave here? If we came here, we should have a way to leave," Le Yi said, tears streaming down her face.

"Please, something might have happened to my friends. Please, please help me." Hearing Le Yi's sorrowful pleas...

After a few seconds of silence, Qiuhe turned her head and said, "Stop crying like a coward. I've already told you not to follow me."

But before Qiuhe could finish speaking, he turned around and found that Leyi was already gone. Qiuhe looked around but couldn't find Leyi anywhere.

As he wondered what was happening, the dizziness he had felt earlier returned. Qiuhe covered his head with his hands, clenching his teeth, clearly disgusted by the sensation.

After a short while, the dizziness gradually subsided, and when Qiuhe slowly opened her eyes, the fierce look on her face had completely disappeared.

His eyes were now filled with confusion and bewilderment. "Where am I? Why am I here?" Qiuhe was still thinking when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead.

I gently rubbed it with my hand, and suddenly felt something sticky. When I put my hand down, I realized that my forehead was covered in blood. Looking at this scene...

Qiuhe froze on the spot, completely bewildered. After wiping the blood from his head, Qiuhe wandered aimlessly through this strange place.

At this moment, Qiuhe had no idea why he was here, or where he was. In fact, Qiuhe seemed to have lost his memory.

This feeling was as if he had forgotten something important. Just as he was aimlessly wandering around with his head down, Qiuhe suddenly stopped.

Just then, Qiuhe noticed a pitch-black humanoid object on the ground not far ahead, its arms wrapped around its knees. Qiuhe blinked.

Then, feeling disbelief and as if thinking I was hallucinating, I rubbed my eyes. When I opened them again, I could still see the black humanoid object.

At this point, Qiuhe was certain he wasn't seeing things. After carefully examining the humanoid object, he discovered that it wasn't just ordinary black.

He was like a shadow, but not two-dimensional; he was three-dimensional, and Qiuhe could even discern from the outline of that shadowy form...

At this moment, the shadowy figure appeared to be dressed in women's clothing, and with its long, flowing hair, Qiuhe was certain that this humanoid object was a woman.