Chapter 1176: The Secret of the Underground, Exploring the Ancient Times

A huge rock abyss, deep underground.

Jiang Yi, Ying and Paimeng took Zhiqiong back to the camp.

"Finally back." Jin Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

After listening to what Ying and Paimon said.

Jinwu looked at Zhiqiong who was sitting there, deep in thought.

"Which is more important, life or leaving behind a great legacy and being remembered? I have never thought about such a grand question. Before, I did ignore her efforts and achievements. I only cared about her health and advised her to give up. She was different from us miners from the beginning. I should have understood it sooner."

Now in her middle age, she has many wrinkles on her face and no longer has the vigor and vitality she once had. Instead, she is numb and resigned to her fate.

He laughed at himself.

"When I think about how I once gave up my determination to become great... and got used to the ordinary life day after day... I don't have the face to judge young people like Zhiqiong."

"It's just that Lord Jiang Yi is right. If you want to take risks, you should be fully prepared."

Jiang Yi shook his head.

"No! Ms. Jinwu, although you are an ordinary person, aren't you great? You raised your daughter alone and took care of the children left behind by the miners. You are comparable to the most beautiful and precious jade in the Abyss." He said sincerely.

"Haha! Lord Jiang Yi, you are joking. I am not that amazing." Jin Wu said, "But your words make me very happy. Compared with those chosen ones who are blessed by God by chance and possess the Eye of God who control the elemental power, we always have the thought that... 'the Gods in the sky never examine ordinary people like us'. I have also complained about life before."

"Fortunately, we still have you..."

"I think many people would envy you for being remembered and praised by Mr. Jiang Yi. After all, you are a big shot."

Jiang Yi smiled helplessly: "Big shot?"

Beside him, Zhiqiong was listening with her ears perked up.

"The God of Man..."

"What kind of mood did the residents of Haizhi Island have when they welcomed and worshipped this god?"

“I never understood it before.”

"Now... I think I understand."

She propped herself up with her hands and looked at His Highness Jiang Yi, who seemed to be glowing underground.

It always seems foolish for a person to find someone to be a human god. The people of Inazuma were once evaluated in this way.

But such a person possesses the power of the ancient gods to "break rocks into mountains and give stones into seas", and can overlook his own body and watch the ordinary love and hate in the world, the ordinary happiness and suffering, the ordinary achievements, the entanglements and ties formed by ordinary people... All these may be scenes that the gods once disdained to watch.

This seems to explain why they believe in it.

It is not because of fear, but because "the way God walks" is worthy of being worshipped like the immortal saints in the clouds.

From now on, there really is a "God" watching over us, the insignificant ones.

Stand on one side of the person.

That's what they think.

"Maybe, if I have a chance, I can go and visit Inazuma..." Zhiqiong had this thought.

Compared to those great adventurers who have traveled to all the forbidden areas in the continent of Teyvat, except for this time, she herself has only completed some commissions from the Adventurer's Association, and has not explored any places independently or left any stories.

Compared with the great adventurer, I really have a lot of shortcomings.

"Only adventurers who are well prepared are great adventurers..." She thought about what Jiang Yi said, "Leonard, Stanley..."

Jiang Yi walked to the side of the Xumi scholar Haidifu and looked at the instrument that checked the energy fluctuations of the earth veins with him.

"I found some logs left by the Fatui during my exploration," said Khaidi. "They scouted the space where the crystal fragments were located before us, and then used the 'sound capture device' to detect... a grand but dull pulsation deeper underground."

"The Fatui's technology is quite good."

"They took samples and analyzed the age of the crystal. According to the data, the crystal is older than the Layered Rock Abyss."

"I recently asked some of the miners up there."

"It seems like there was a legend a long time ago."

"Into the abyss, a 'star' once fell. In one legend, the star returned to the sky. In another legend, the star escaped deep into the abyss."

"According to legend, there are things like 'spiritual stones' and 'wish stones'. According to investigations, they basically come from the mysterious crystal mine in the rock hall."

"That is the crystal stone below. It is probably what the Liyue people call 'spiritual stone'."

"…sampling shows that its composition is significantly different from most minerals on the continent of Teyvat, and has a tendency to slowly change the structure of the surrounding materials."

Jiang Yi was not in a hurry to look at the crystal, but looked at the many data that Hedief had placed here.

"I know the specific legend about the falling stars...

"To the north of Lisha Suburbs, there is a place that the Liyue people call 'Dunyuling'. The ruins there are said to have existed long before the era of the war between demons and gods."

"The name 'Dunyu' means 'the place where the beautiful jade escaped'."

"The two legends you mentioned may be one legend."

Jiang Yi held the Lumen Stone in his hand.

"It is recorded in Liyue's Jueyun Chronicles."

"In the ancient times that cannot be recalled, when even the Geo King was still young, a star fell in the wasteland west of Liyue. As the star fell to the ground, the wasteland facing the impact turned into a vast and deep abyss, from which beautiful jade, gold and stone grew inexhaustible... Thus, Liyue's mining industry was established for thousands of years."

"This describes the Layered Abyss."

Haidifu frowned and said, "Wait a minute. Ying took a few photos for me earlier. The photos showed the fossils of ancient creatures on the cliffs of the Layered Rock Abyss."

"That's the skeleton of an ancient marine creature. It's in good condition and the shape is very clear. I won't make a mistake because those few photos alone are enough to reimburse all the expenses of the exploration team. If it were in Xumi, I would have moved the fossil back to the Ordinance House long ago."

"Ahem!" Realizing that he had gone off topic, he stopped quickly.

"You mean this is not a wasteland but a sea?" Jiang Yi raised his eyebrows.

"It's possible!" Hediv nodded.

"Although the locations of the fossils vary greatly, from a geological point of view, the fossils of the stratosphere basically appear at a fixed altitude, and the period of formation of the fossils is very short and quite close... This shows that a particularly large ecological change occurred in a very short period of time."

"Like a huge impact?"

"It's that star or something..."

Jiang Yi touched his chin and said, "Ms. Alice also mentioned in the Liyue chapter of the Teyvat Travel Guide that the terrain of Jueyunjian and the Huaguang Forest are very similar to the landforms that can only appear deep underground, and there is a large amount of water stored underground. Perhaps if all the groundwater is drained into the sea, Jueyunjian will sink back into the ground..."

Zhongli, who was accompanying Alice at the time, changed his serious expression when he heard this and laughed out loud for the first time.

He thought again of the information he had obtained in the Inazuma Sakura Garden.

"In ancient times, the mountains were higher than the sky, and the earth was larger than the dome. Until the mirror was broken and the ocean rose. The connection between the ancient Sakura Garden and other islands was severed."

There is also a mansion in the north of Haizhi Island, "Shuiyuechi", which was once submerged.

In ancient times, according to "The History of the Sun and the Moon", it can be inferred that perhaps the war caused the ocean to flood the land. No! It seems that it was mentioned in some book that the sky sent down punishment and let the sea destroy mortals.

Therefore, this Liyue or all the countries were once at the bottom of the sea.

Later, the sea receded and new humans were born?

If you see through history, you can spread the power of time.

And in the earth veins, the further back we go, the more vague the information becomes.

That period of ancient history seemed to be isolated. Even if Jiang Yi traced back the earth veins, it was difficult to see it as it was greatly disturbed.

The older, the more secretive.

Otherwise, Jiang Yi could know all the history of Teyvat and become omniscient by sitting on the earth veins.

The topic has gone too far.

Continuing from before,

"Legend has it that when the nameless star fell, a fragment flew out and landed among the rocks in the northern part of Lisha Suburb. The people of Liyue believe that the silent metal and stone contain spiritual energy and spirit. Rocks also have personalities. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Demon God War, the falling stars from the sky could not bear the disturbance and returned to the sky. Some say that it was the 'Yang Bridle Chariot' that patrolled the earth."

Jiang Yi recalled.

"People built new cities and fortresses in the tiankeng where the fragments were. Until five hundred years ago, the Valley of the Jade was still thriving and had exchanges with Liyue Port. But with the arrival of the Dark Disaster, the residents closed the ancient city and left their homes to scatter to various places."

"People speculated on the reasons for closing the ancient city, but no one spoke out. Including the immortals and Yakshas of Liyue."

In his memory, there is part of the history given by Master Liuyun Jiefeng.

It's also written very cryptically...similar to the obscure messages left in the ruins.

The immortals who fought desperately hid something in the rocks and suppressed it in the rivers and seas.

Could it be...

He looked deep into the room.