[Tinari paused the video and began narrating: "The biological name for this creature in the video is *Tectus versicolor*, a type of fungus that, through a long process of evolution, has developed strong animalistic traits and intelligence comparable to that of animals."]

"Also, it's not a chicken, it doesn't shed poultry, and it doesn't lay eggs. Travelers should be rational; if you push it too far, it might throw a basketball at you!"

【Ding! 】

The second video is titled "[Travelogue] Teacher Xiaoti told me that this chicken is a fungus, but why doesn't it shed its meat?"

Ying, having defeated the Emerald Terror Fungus, asked with a puzzled look, "Teacher Xiao Ti, why isn't this chicken dropping any poultry meat?"

[Tinari paused the video: "No, it's a mushroom! A beast! Not a chicken, okay?"]

【Ding! 】

[The third video, also posted by Ying, is titled "[Travel Log] I understand the logic, but why doesn't it shed its poultry meat?"]

[Ying stands before the Leyline Blossom that spawned after defeating the Emerald Terror Fungus: "Teacher Ti, this chicken..."]

Before she could finish speaking, Tinaari paused the video.

He then turned his phone around and looked at the camera with a broad smile.

The next second, he started hitting the camera forcefully, as if he were banging on Ying's blockhead.

[Sino: Help! A fennec fox is hitting me!]

[Star: Let's play a little longer, bro.]

[Qingque: That smiling face is terrifying; it reminds me of the diviner who dragged me to work.]

[Ying: Teacher Xiaoti, why doesn't this chicken lose any meat?]

[Paimon: Stop talking, Traveler! If you keep going, my blood pressure is going to rise too.]

[Star: Aren't you curious about what this tastes like?]

[Paimon: If that's what you mean...]

[Star: Teacher Ti, look, some people don't know how to distinguish mushrooms!]

[Paimon: Ah, this is entrapment!]

[Bronya (Honkai Impact 3rd): Mushrooms can actually evolve into this shape; life is truly amazing.]

【Ding! 】

The fourth video is titled "Going out to find ingredients, I got beaten up by the ingredients, it hurts so much, waaaaaah!"

Xiangling looked at a mushroom-like creature about her size and pondered, "Should I make it with salt and pepper, or garlic...?"

Before Xiangling could finish her thought, the mushroom beast's attack struck her.

"Wow! Today's ingredients are amazing!"

[Tinari paused the video: "The mushroom that's hitting people in the video is called *Aquilaria terreus*, also a mimicry organism made of spores. Its characteristic is that it runs very fast. I know what you're most concerned about: this thing is edible, but it tastes terrible, so I don't recommend eating it."]

[Walnut: Help! The ingredients are attacking me!]

[Xiangling: Walnuts?!]

[Hu Tao: Hehe, I was just imitating.]

[Paimon: Seriously, is this stuff actually edible?]

[Xiangling: There are no bad ingredients, only bad cooks!]

Chapter 43 Diluc? Crocodile!

[Ke Qing: With this kind of philosophy, it's no wonder Wanmintang is so popular.]

[Xiaogong: I heard that in Liyue, everything edible has been eaten, and even the inedible has been made into medicine and consumed. It seems this saying isn't unfounded.]

[Xiangling: It's not that exaggerated.]

[Yun Jin: But don't you like using slime gel in your cooking?]

[Xiangling: That, that's...]

Her face flushed red, and the veins on her forehead bulged as she argued, "Slime condensate can't be considered an indiscriminate use of ingredients... Creative cuisine!... Can a chef's work be considered an indiscriminate use of ingredients?" Then came a string of incomprehensible words, such as "Food should have no distinction between high and low" and "One should have an absolute love for cooking," which made everyone burst into laughter: the atmosphere inside and outside the discussion area was filled with joy.

[Paimon: Speaking of which, Mondstadt is currently plagued by dragons. Xiangling wouldn't be thinking of coming to Mondstadt and turning the Stormterror into a dish, would she?]

[Xiangling: ...]

[Paimon: ...You can't be serious, right?]

[Xiangling: ...I did have that thought...]

[Paimon: Are all the chefs in Liyue monsters?!]

After watching the video, Tinari switched the camera to himself and started promoting his products: "If you're interested in these plants and animals, you can check out my book, 'The Rainforest Biology Guide.' It's a really good book, and I hope you'll buy it like crazy."

【Ding! 】

[Tinari continues identifying the creatures of Sumeru. This time, the video was also posted by Ying. She filmed a large group of hairy animals sleeping on the grass.]

"This animal is called a yak-camel. I always felt that the Mondstadt people gave it that name. It has a very gentle temperament, but if you bully it, it will fight back."

"As its name suggests, in Mount Sumeru, people used it to transport goods. Large caravans often had a huge herd of camels, which was regarded as a symbol of wealth."

[Dishia: I remember rescuing someone from the camel beast. When I asked him, he said he thought the camel beast looked easy to bully, so he tried to tease it, but the enraged beast rammed him a long way and he couldn't move.]

[March 7th: He was carried so far by such a huge animal, it's amazing he still survived.]

[Wendy: Haha, but I have to say, thinking about it, Yak-like Beast really does sound like a name a Mondstadt person would give it... Loose Mold, Hooked Fruit, Dudu Lotus, Count Bunny, Bouncing Bomb, Booming Spark, oh, and Barbara and Barbatos!]

[Barbara: Huh? How can I be grouped with Lord Barbatos?]

[Hu Tao: It might not necessarily be a Mondstadt name. I remember the Winterborn who often came to see Zhongli was named Tartaglia.]

[Young Master: ...Couldn't it have been named by the people of Sumeru? Sumeru also has a name called Dunduntao.]

[Aha: a reduplicated word, meaning disgusting.]

[Lisa: It's said that scholars of the Sumerian school studied documents from various parts of Teyvat and initially concluded that reduplication makes a name sound cuter, which I think makes some sense.]

[Fire: No wonder Klee is so cute!]

[Kurumi: Are the Knights of Favonius here? Hurry up and take this guy away.]

[Kaiya: Okay, let's get going.]

[Ying: No!]

【Ding! 】

The title of the next video is "Don't you think this color scheme looks a lot like someone else's (laughs)?" The video was filmed by someone nicknamed "[Really Impatient]".

The video content is very simple; it just shows crocodiles in the water.

[“I saw a comment under this video saying that this thing looks like Diluc in his new clothes. How does it look like him?”]

"This thing is scientifically known as the crowned crocodile, a very ancient creature that was once worshipped as a messenger of the gods. Its distinctive feature is the crest on its head. It's very fierce and will bite; don't provoke it."

[Kaeya: Not only does he look like him, but he also has the same personality—very fierce, he bites, haha, that's him!]

[Diluc: ...Boring. If you have nothing better to do, hurry up and help deal with the dragon scourge.]

[Paimon: But this crocodile really looks like Diluc! When you squint, they're practically identical!]

[Charles: That back view is so similar, especially that crown. From a distance, it's indistinguishable from Diluc's ponytail. It's so similar that when I first told you it was Diluc, I didn't find it strange at all.]

[Diluc: Charles, you don't need to come to work tomorrow.]

[Charles: No! Lord Diluc, I was wrong!]

【Ding! 】

The next video was posted by [It's a Scout Knight!], who was filming a flower: "Teacher Xiao Ti, I saw a very beautiful flower, what's it called?"

[Tinari paused the video: "This is a Patishalan, a very sacred and noble flower, generally growing near Sumeru City. It has very demanding requirements for its growing environment, but its stamens can be made into precious spices."]

After the introductions, Tinari realized something: "This questioner seems to be a friend of Cole's, named Amber, right? Amber, welcome to Sumeru."

"But I must warn you, if you're in the forest, never use fire magic carelessly, it's very dangerous. I've also heard there's a little knight in Mondstadt who's skilled in explosives, she... I hope she's not here yet. Otherwise, my workload would probably increase even more."

【Ding! 】

[In the next video, Klee runs happily across the grassy field of Sumeru: Ta-da! Klee's here!]

She pulled out a bomb: "Boom Bomb!"

[Tinari cried out in a panic, "Wait, wait, no!"]

[Wendy: Haha, is the last one something Abedo posted to let Tiamat know that Klee has reached Sumeru?]

[Xingqiu: Huh? Wasn't the person who posted the last video called Bai'e? Could it be...?]

He finally found out who his illustrator was.

[Klee: I'm doomed! I'm doomed! Fireworks in the city, report to solitary confinement; bombs injuring people, Jean comes knocking; arson on the mountain, Klee's doomed... Waaah...]

[Kaeya: Klee, you didn't go to Mount Sumeru, and you didn't set the mountain on fire, right? So you won't die.]

[Klee: Really? That's great!]

[Jean: Sigh, Klee's reputation has even spread to Sumeru...]

[Lisa: Actually, I think we should be more worried about Ms. Alice than about Klee.]

[Qin: You're right...]

Congratulations to Tinari for receiving a copy of "Notes on Marine Creatures".

[Tinari: A book introducing creatures from another world? Pretty good reward.]

Should I actually write a book about Sumeru creatures myself...? It seems like a good idea.

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