Chapter 1172 Zhiqiong's illness, deep malice

"Faced with the crystal that was here before, Zhiqiong showed a very uncomfortable state. On the way here, she coughed from time to time. After seeing the crystal, her coughing became more and more rapid."

"According to my recollection, her condition is probably similar to that of the miner who wrote the diary. Her senses are more sensitive, and she has auditory and visual hallucinations. Sometimes, even though Paimon didn't say anything, she said that Paimon was so noisy that she got startled. Even though the ground wasn't shaking, she said she felt it shaking."

"As for the sense of smell, the previous safety technician smelled an unfamiliar smell, but she didn't smell it. She clearly said that she could be comparable to the old miners here, and this skill is a must for old miners. I thought her nose was not working, but now it could be...something else."

"When we arrived at the ore, theoretically, the air here did not change for ordinary people, but she felt dizzy and nauseous when riding in a carriage, or lost her sense of direction when riding on a boat in the wind and waves... Her face was extremely pale. She also said that the air here was inexplicably thin. That crystal stone looked bad."

Ying sighed inwardly. Since he had already told her in advance, he should give the patient's information in more detail.

"It's just..." Paimon interrupted, "At that time, I thought she was going to die."

"Whenever she gets close to the light of the crystal, she says she feels very hot, wondering why the temperature suddenly rises so much when she is clearly underground... I thought she was wearing too many clothes, but later I found out that she seemed to be being purified by the crystal as well."

"She said she was so hot that her skin almost peeled off. After leaving the light, she felt the temperature returned to normal. Finally, when we unlocked the mechanism, the crystal gathered huge energy, emitted a strong light, and flew underground."

"I turned around and saw Zhiqiong. He looked like a man who had returned to visit Zhao. He was extremely scary."

"But she said it felt much better, and the air suddenly became fresher."

Ying put her hands on her hips and said, "Paimon, let me correct you. It's 'last breath'. You said it wrong last time, and you haven't remembered it this time?"

"..." Paimon scratched his head awkwardly, "It's my memory inertia. When two idioms fight, the wrong one will pop up in my mind first."

This place seemed to be exceptionally "clean" because of the explosion of the crystal. There was not a dark or ominous aura at all. It was bright and there were blue energy balls formed by the emergence of lumen stone energy on the ground.

The surrounding lamp stones are also very bright.

There are also several pieces of lumen stone ores that are different from ordinary lumen stones.

"I already understand the situation. For specific treatment, I have to go see Zhiqiong." Jiang Yi looked at the map given by Ying. The cartographer called this place "Rugged Stone Hall."

The cave is quiet and cold, and the scenery formed by the stone pillars is magnificent and magnificent, just like a "rock palace".

"To the west is the nameless ruins, where the inverted city is located." Ying said while holding the map. "There is a secret mine tunnel in the west that can bypass the large area polluted by black matter and the strange monsters. Zhiqiong said that it might be a mine tunnel dug by the treasure-stealing group."

"However, when Paimon and I left the team, we did not go with them. Instead, we met two Abyss Singers in a mine covered by black fog. We accidentally knocked them down and took the strange 'magic cube' from them."

"It's a construct. Dark blue background with light blue patterns."

"It was later that I opened the underground door and found the key to the nail."

Jiang Yi nodded: "It seems that the Abyss Cult is also interested in the 'nail', and you have accidentally ruined one of their plans. Let's go and take a look at the ruins."

When Ying and Paimeng came here, all they saw was black mud and black fog, and their entire vision was surrounded by purple and black air.

In the middle, there is a radial square, and the purple-black fog is like an evil lotus covering the sky and blocking the way forward.

At that time, Ying had no idea that there was an inverted city above her.

The surrounding trees and rocks showed strange honeycomb-like depressions, like densely packed eyes of the abyss, permeated with ominous purple-red. Even now, the thick fog has dissipated, and the source of the mutation, the "crystal-like nails", which had emitted power to purify the earth veins, has not dissipated the purple-red.

Black mud and monsters often appear on the earth.

The plants here, growing in this land of death, have withered trunks, purple leaves, and ominous flowers.

Jiang Yi looked up at the inverted city. His clairvoyance allowed him to ignore distance and space and see the pool in the room at the center of the city.

The pool water, which has purifying power, exists as one with the entire city.

As if it could not be taken away.

In other rooms, there were hillbillies surrounded by black air, waiting for their end, and the black snake knights.

"You said that the black fog at that time seemed to resist your progress, so you had to find a way to clear the black fog." Jiang Yi looked at history.

"Well, the Black Mist was cleared away by the Fatui before we came, and they reunited later." Ying said, "The way they cleared it was very strange. They rang the big bells on the northwest and southeast sides of another ruin."

"When we saw it, the bell was covered in black mud, which made us doubt the Fatui's intelligence. Such an item can really dispel the black fog."

Yes, this information comes from the Fatui's log.

The Abyss Cult, the Fatui, and the Treasure Thieves have all visited here.

The Fatui's log also recorded a lot of information, including the sacrifice of ten of their teammates, the heavy losses suffered by both vanguard teams, and the final evacuation.

The map they drew was marked with two huge skulls.

The map and the dangers within it have now been supplemented with the underground map drawn by Zhiqiong.

"After the bell rang, a terrifying sound was heard, and a blue light actually spread out. We didn't feel any other unusual movement at the time. But later, we heard from the exploration team that after they heard a few bells, the mine tunnel suddenly began to collapse. They struggled to escape and saved most of the supplies."

Speaking of this, Ying felt a little embarrassed. This was the second time she and Paimon almost buried others.

The first time was when the Pan key was released. The members of the treasure-hunting group who joined the exploration team later said that they were almost buried alive because of the earthquake they caused.

One wonders if there are other people affected by this huge rock abyss.

However, the people below were either monsters, the Cult of the Abyss, or the Fatui, so she didn't feel too much psychological burden.

"In the words of the Fatui, it was '... a terrifying howling sound echoed between the rock walls, and the black fog dissipated. An inexplicable strange phenomenon... seemed to be announcing someone's appearance...'" Paimon said, "At that time, there were purple words written by the Abyss Cult on the stone walls of the ruins over there. It's just that Ying and I don't know what they wrote."

"The sound of the bell that cleanses the black fog, the words of the Abyss Cult, the light of the Lumen Stone, the ruins..." Jiang Yi pondered, the sound of the bell and the purification of the inverted pool, but they came from the same source, or at least they were greatly related.

Ancient civilizations mostly believed in the power of the sky. What was the difference between the power of purification and the power of the Lumen Stone? Was the destruction of this civilization due to the exploration of the power of the sky? So, it was able to suppress the curse of the sky on the Kanreya people?

History began to rewind. In this place, the ground veins, no! The space of the layered rock abyss seemed to come alive, with its own consciousness, interfering with Jiang Yi's rewinding.

The surrounding geological structure seemed to change vaguely with the consciousness deep in this huge rock abyss, slowly and steadily, and a passage seemed to turn into an incomparably natural stone wall.

Deeper inside, a sense of malice emerged.

It was extremely blurry, as if being suppressed by something.

Jiang Yi's eyes turned into a dazzling golden color, and the power of the light world turned into golden corals that grew in his pupils. Through the space and layers of seals, he looked at the source of malice deep in the depths.

That was... the place he and Xiao agreed to go.

Jiang Yi's gaze did not collide with the malice, but turned into a divine sword, cutting off the revealed malice with one sword.

"Living space..." He whispered, his eyes solemn.

There are reasons for the existence of some forbidden areas in Teyvat. They are powerful, strange and terrifying, and even gods cannot ignore them.

"Do I have to go?" He thought of himself and Xiao, and the question Zhongli asked when they met him.

Jiang Yi became more cautious about the action that he was about to start with Xiao.

"I will be fully prepared and explore the surroundings first..." This was Jiang Yi's response at the time.

"Okay!" Zhongli said, "If you just want to take a look, maybe you can come back easily with your strength, but if you plan to do something else, be careful."

Yes, even with his current strength, Zhongli reminded him to be careful.

Jiang Yi didn't tell Ying about this. To be honest, he wanted to warn Ying not to come to the Layered Rock Abyss unless necessary.

He and Xiao were only going to enter together.

Or, if he hadn't taken the initiative to look for it, Xiao would have prepared to enter alone.

"By the way, when I defeated the Abyss Singer here before, he said something strange." Ying remembered something.

"Who are you? This is a forbidden place. Why would a sinner trespass in?" Paimeng put his hands on his hips and described the situation vividly.

"It's not this sentence!" Ying said speechlessly, "It was before the Singer of the Abyss died."

"...the light...of the sky..."

"... Lies... all gone..."

Paimon touched his chin: "Is there any mystery?"

"This sentence is not as good as the other sentence we heard secretly before they died... 'Black fog, pain, like birth...'"

"Maybe we are too sensitive and startled, thinking that every word contains hidden information."

Jiang Yi smiled: "Thinking more means being more prepared. Even if it is not used, it is good."

Everyone went to see the national flower of Kanreya, "Intivat".

Then, Jiang Yi spent half a day studying the big clock above the pool and other ruins.

"The fairy under the rocky abyss has a white and flowing body and a blue scarf?" Jiang Yi heard Ying talk about a completely new color of fairy in the ruins of the big bell.

Also, after being contaminated by black mud, the relic machine became powerful and restless like a living creature.

Even machines seem unable to avoid the influence of black mud.

This black mud adds a new horror.

We continued to move forward for a long time.

Finally we arrived at the camp and met the members of the exploration team.

In front of the camp, through a long tunnel, is where the "nail" is.