Chapter 1001 Times have changed, thief! The real and fake Albedo

Studying, fighting, practicing, refining the mind, and tempering the soul in dreams… can be summarized as the method of attaining enlightenment in dreams.

New books appear.

"Atlas of the Seas of All Nations" is a nautical chart that records in detail the ocean currents and climate around the continent of Teyvat. It is a strange book that drifted to Liyue from a foreign country via trade routes.

Jiang Yi flipped through the information above, from whirlpools to undercurrents, from shallow seas to deep seas, from ocean currents to monsoons... the many laws of all things in the world interact with each other.

The sea is above the rock layers. The mountains, cliffs, and canyons on the seabed cause changes in the water. Storms in the sky cause big waves. Undersea volcanoes and extremely low temperatures cause hot and cold glaciers.

All things together make up the language of the world.

So, water evaporates, melts, spreads, freezes, and condenses into crystals...

Outside Albedo's camp, Shiranui and Yuki Onna stood at the door looking at the dragon skeleton outside the cliff. The pure white of the snow and the filth of the skeleton were intertwined together.

distance.

Ying, Paimon, and Albedo followed the thief's trail and came to the west side of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, the junction of the old palace of the Snow Burial City and the suburbs.

"Hmph! Ying and I have perfected our tracking skills during our travels. No clues can escape our eyes." Paimon looked at the cave in front of him proudly.

"But... you damn thief, you made us run such a long way. I will definitely teach you a lesson when I catch you!" She maintained her coolness for three seconds before becoming furious.

I am so tired from flying.

Ying was about to step into the cave.

"Wait!" Albedo stopped him, "Ying, you and Paimon stay here to guard the cave entrance, I'll go in. There are two entrances and exits in this cave, and there is a shortcut inside. Judging from the footprints, he hasn't been in for long, I should be able to reach the other entrance before him."

As a scholar who often conducts research in the snow-capped mountains, Albedo has already memorized most of the terrain of the snow-capped mountains.

"I understand. Surround them from both ends." Ying said with her hands on her hips.

After discussing a more detailed capture plan, Albedo entered the cave alone.

Paimon held the jade slip and said, "As Albedo said, the prisoner is so powerful that even our famous traveler from the Seven Kingdoms cannot catch up with him. He is probably not an ordinary person. We must pay attention to safety. Wait, if Albedo blocks the prisoner, he will notify us."

Ying looked at the contact signal between herself and Albedo. On the jade slip, the signals of every two people were displayed separately according to the distance. Of course, in order to protect privacy and prevent others from calculating their real location, they could also turn on the hidden mode.

"The signal on the snowy mountain is pretty good." She looked around, "There's a star silver mine over there, let's mine some!"

Star silver ore can be used as pigment, and the color rendering of the pigment varies depending on its glossiness and purity.

Albedo classified the inferior star silver ore with high impurity content, which also contained fine silver particles at first glance but had a poor luster, as fake or inferior products.

"Great!" Paimon flew over. The location of the Star Silver Mine happened to allow him to see the cave.

The entrance to the cave is narrow, barely enough for one person to pass through, so anyone who runs out can be seen at a glance.

Unless he can fly like a bird, is invisible, does not use elemental power, and does not leave footprints.

Otherwise, Ying's elemental vision and Paimeng's fiery eyes would tell him what it means to be unable to even fly away.

Dangdang Dangdang!

One-handed sword mining!

Ying quickly dug out a pile of star silver ore.

Paimon raised his two-handed sword with great effort, holding the Pearl Sea Emperor, and used the extremely hard big salted fish to cut off a piece of star silver ore.

I was so tired that I could hardly fly.

It feels like emergency food is struggling with emergency food.

"Okay, okay, let's stop digging. Ying, this is enough!" Paimon held up his only piece of ore and pointed at Ying's pile.

"You're so inefficient, Paimon..." Ying looked at him with disdain.

Paimon scratched his head awkwardly and pretended he didn't hear it. I'm just a piece of trash, so what?

"Ahem! These star silver ores are clearly the same ore, but the difference in glossiness is really huge."

The words fell.

She saw a figure emerge from the cave.

"Eh? Albedo, you're back." Paimon waved his hand.

Ying also walked over holding the ore: "Where is the thief?"

"Sorry, I didn't catch up. It seems that the opponent is faster than we thought." Albedo said calmly.

Paimon was a little disappointed: "Is that so... We ran so far away, but in the end we lost him. We didn't even find out who the thief was..."

"Okay!" She smiled at Albedo, "But it's not like we got nothing. We just went mining."

"Mining?" Albedo's voice was very soft, and his tone seemed a little confused and surprised. He crossed his arms and looked at the two of them.

"Look, it's just as you said. Some of the starsilver ore has a very high gloss, while others are just slightly shiny stones." Paimon held up pieces of starsilver ore for comparison.

The jade slip on Ying's waist flashed because of the news.

Then, vibrate slightly.

This function is usually used when two parties are communicating about something important, and it can quickly attract people's attention and prompt them to check the messages.

"Starsilver Mine..." Albedo put his hand down, "I just said it casually, I didn't expect you to really go dig it."

Ying stretched out a hand and touched the jade slip at her waist.

"You were the one who told me that this ore can be used as paint, so I went to dig it out of curiosity." Paimon thought of the hateful thief and stamped his feet in anger. "It's all that guy's fault, otherwise we would have been painting in the warm camp."

"Yeah! It's all that guy's fault!" Albedo's eyes were slightly cold, and he closed his eyes slightly to hide the coldness. When he opened his eyes, he was full of gentleness, "The notes are very important, let's follow the traces and look for it again!"

Ying picked up the jade slip and looked at the words on it in a daze.

"I haven't encountered any criminals here, how about you? If you receive a message, please reply." This message was just sent by Albedo.

She blinked her golden eyes in confusion, then looked at Albedo in front of her, then looked at the message in the jade slip, and moved her fingers slightly.

"Where are you now?"

The message was sent successfully.

"I'm still at the entrance of another cave! What happened?"

Albedo replied.

"I saw you here?"

Ying types quickly.

"Hmm?" Albedo asked in surprise, "Wait a minute, I'll be there soon!"

Next to him, Paimon was still chatting with Albedo.

"Are we going to take back all the ore we just mined? Just throw away those useless and defective products. They are of no use anyway, and it would be a waste of energy to carry them back on the way." Paimeng was carrying the ore.

"..." Albedo narrowed his eyes slightly, "Indeed, it is necessary."

"Humans are very realistic creatures and only like good things. Once they learn to distinguish between good and bad, they will always compare them in their minds." He said in a calm tone, "Useless things should not be kept in the first place."

"Even if you encounter the sorrow of being spurned by the world, you can still bask in the glory of this princess. My followers, lead us to break through the extremely cold Valley of Ruins." Suddenly, a noble holy voice came from the sky.

Fischl and Mona stood on the back of Oz, who had grown huge and had wide wings.

"Ahhhh! He fell down!" A mournful cry came from below.

Bennett, who was holding Oz's paw, inexplicably slipped from Oz's paw, faced the ground, and screamed in fear.

"Sorry!" Oz swooped down to grab Bennett.

Ying and Paimeng looked up at the black spot in the sky to the side.

Albedo didn't look up, but looked at the jade slip in Ying's hand and touched his chin.

He turned around instantly.

I saw a figure quickly emerge from the cave.

"Albedo!" he whispered, tapping his heels on the ground and quickly backing away.

"Thunder Shadow!" Ying threw away the ore and jade slip in his hand, raised his head and looked back with a sharp gaze, and the blade of the Sword of Advent instantly came out from his palm.

The swift and shining Thunder Sword suddenly split into three and crossed the sky.

Albedo raised his hand in the air, and a golden alchemical flower bloomed from his hand, catching the thunder.

The purple lightning and alchemical light collided, turning into a dazzling energy shock wave that spread out, and Paimon was blown away.

The loud noise echoed through the valley and snowflakes flew up.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Paimeng yelled in the air, raised his hand to catch the flying Yingyu slip, and looked at the two people who suddenly started fighting. No! Three people!

"Why are there two Albedos?" She looked at the scenery in surprise after the wind and snow subsided.

"clang!"

A sword also appeared in the hand of the fake Albedo, and it swung away the cinnabar spindle of the real Albedo with one strike.

The body continued to retreat using the force of resistance.

With an ambiguous look in his eyes, he looked at the real Albedo who had arrived so quickly, which was beyond his expectations.

His toes landed on the top of the tree, and his whole body flew away like a flying bird.

"Desolate Star!"

Ying raised her hand, and stars fell from the sky.

Wrapped in lightning, his body turned into purple thunder and appeared in front of the fake Albedo.

boom!

The fake Albedo's eyes narrowed slightly.

The sword shone brightly, and he swung it out to block the attack. He moved his body sideways, avoiding the desolate star behind him, and continued to flee in another direction.

Just now, this person seemed to have discovered his impersonation.

That glowing jade slip.

The fake Albedo stepped on the ground, and the whole earth shook. Rocks rose from the ground and became a barrier between him, Ying and the real Albedo.

"The plan failed."

"But fortunately we found the reason!"

With no intention of staying to fight, he quickly fled into the distance.

"Fake Yang Hua!"

Albedo ran quickly, leaping up on the rock peaks, and golden rock flowers bloomed in the void beneath his feet.

A hundred meters in the sky, a rock flower stood upright, turning into a flying platform, taking him to the second stage of acceleration. Using the force in the air, it turned into a golden meteor like an arrow shot from a bow and chased after him.

Boom! An energy shock wave exploded in the distance, shaking the surrounding fronts, and the heavy snow rustled and turned into a huge avalanche.

It rumbled down with tremendous force.

Huge rocks rolled in the snow, and the ice was like spears.

"Paimon!" Ying, who was about to chase, stopped.

He grabbed Paimeng, who was holding the jade slip and several pieces of ore, and flew high into the sky.

Over there, Albedo watched the impostor step into the forest, thought for a moment, and looked back at the huge avalanche that seemed to be caused not only by the interference of their energy shock wave.

"Lure the tiger away from the mountain?" The worry and responsibility for his friend made him return with his sword in hand.