Original God, but the real world

Chapter 178 177-Stone Pillar

Exploration into the Chasm continues.

Neither Jiang Qing nor Ye Lan took the casual exchange to heart, because it was not something they needed to think about.

Putting aside the hunt for the Fatui, Jiang Qing also hopes to find a giant mushroom - Zanmaran - under the abyss.

In the current plot, this big mushroom seems to have a great connection with Xumi.

The treasure chest it gave included the follow-up tasks of the Forest Book, which should have something to do with Lannaro in the dream.

The position of the big mushroom is uncertain, but according to the current situation, it should be considered a friendly party.

In fact, under the entire abyss, any means related to the Seven Kingdoms are considered friendly forces.

The problem in the Chasm is so severe that even the Fatui are willing to send an advance party to combat the trouble beneath the Chasm.

If it weren't for the conflicts on the ground, the Fatui surviving below would indeed be considered friendly forces.

Even the Fatui can be considered friendly forces. If Zanmaran is considered a means of Xumi, then it can naturally be considered a friendly force as well.

In addition, the so-called source of pollution is related to the Abyss Mage.

Theoretically speaking, those who are opposed to the abyss are generally considered to be the party that can be accepted.

But there is no rush in this matter.

Because the Zanmaran is too conspicuous. It is such a big mushroom and it doesn't move, so it will inevitably appear in the old place eventually.

As long as we proceed step by step, the whole thing will soon be over.

Jiang Qing thinks so.

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"You said that when you were developing the tunnel, you discovered that a certain rock wall was actually fake?"

Jiang Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at the little girl in front of him who was quite shy and lowered her head.

Based on his management of Klee, he might have failed to control the bomb and accidentally blew it up somewhere.

"Be careful next time."

Jiang Qing had nothing to say.

The Wings of Wind have indeed given many people the courage to commit suicide. This black technology can really allow people to land smoothly from a height.

Unlike in the game, as long as you have enough stamina you can glide in various ways.

Using the Wings of Wind requires skill.

This is the flight guide that didn't appear at all in Amber's Rabbit Chapter.

Amber took out a fairy tale book and told Ying to read it carefully and study hard because she would take an exam in the future.

Then when the two met, they discovered that they had taken the wrong thing, and it turned from a professional book into a fairy tale.

Finally, the flying champion lady from Mondstadt clapped her hands, smiled, and said that as long as she had the courage, everything would be fine!
When Jiang Qing thought that the person in charge of issuing pilot licenses in Mondstadt was such a courageous knight, he became worried about the people of Mondstadt.

Of course, this should be Amber's special care for Ying.

After all, at that time, she had already used the Wings of Wind to engage in an aerial battle with Tevarin.

Apart from the terms and conditions, the actual operation is completely trustworthy.

However, the Chasm is not a good place.

If you spread your wings of wind carelessly in this place, you may easily lose your life.

But with Albedo following her, nothing would happen to Klee.

So the only thing Jiang Qing could remind everyone was to be careful.

"We have discovered a special kind of life form." Albedo said calmly, "I'm not even sure if they can be considered life."

Jiang Qing could probably guess what they had encountered.

Black snakes.

Among the palace guards of the Kingdom of Kanreya, the ones who retained their souls after the catastrophe were the Black Snake Knights, while those whose souls completely dissipated became the Dark Shells.

There shouldn't be many palace guards in a kingdom, and it's impossible for all of them to turn into these monsters.

Putting aside those who died directly in the destruction of Kanreya, there were also those who were constantly being lost five hundred years ago.

The number of these black snakes is limited. Since they have appeared, they should be a new branch.

Jiang Qing was not interested.

These things are quite infernal. Whether it is the nine purple codes or the nine gems, Jiang Qing doesn't know how to collect them all...
No, it seems that it is not necessary to collect them all.

How about trying brute force?
"What do you think about the situation under the Abyss?" Jiang Qing calmly chatted with Albedo about other things, "For example, the giant snake?"

Kanreia really has a lot of advanced technologies, and there are many traces of Kanreia left in the Layered Chasm.

Ye Lan forbids anyone to touch these things.

The strange thing is that the Chasm has always been the private territory of the Liyue people.

Keep moving upwards until the end of the Demon-God War and the sealing of the Dragon King Ryota, at which point only the people of Liyue will be found here.

The specific time of Kanreya's destruction was five hundred years ago, and their active period may be pushed back one or two hundred years earlier.

It was at this point in time that their traces could be found in the snow-capped mountains, the rain forests of Mount Sumeru, Inazuma's Abyss Palace, and even the abyss of rocks.

They sent an envoy to the Abyss Palace and tried to steal [Previous Events of the Sun and the Moon]. The time point was the day before Oropas led the people of the Abyss Palace to the continent of Teyvat.

Are these people so technically competent?

It’s okay for Snow Mountain, as the kingdom of Snow Mountain had already been destroyed at that time, so they can only be considered as archaeologists.

But in other places, the actions were carried out right under the noses of demon gods such as the Great Mercy Tree King, Orobas and Morax.

It looks like a giant relic snake, and it doesn't look like it can be covered up at all.

"No." Albedo lowered his eyes. "The technology on the Ruin Serpent is very special. I can't get any useful information."

If we just kill the giant relic snake, there is still hope.

Although Rhinedort created a poisonous dragon named Durin that almost killed Tevarin, a creature of Durin's level cannot be said to be the only work of Rhinedort. At least the resources required are not a small number.

The giant relic snake is not at this level.

"When this giant snake enters an attack mode, it will continuously release black mud. It's hard to say that the current problems of the Layered Rock Abyss have nothing to do with it."

Jiang Qing didn't delve into it, "But we can't do anything about it."

This bastard can escape underground.

In the game, you can just burrow underground, and it won’t have any impact on the environment.

In reality, such a large mechanical device running beneath the ground would be a disaster for the entire mine.

Without absolute certainty, Jiang Qing couldn't try to pick its core.

"The only way to deal with this kind of enemy is to find a reason for it not to retreat, so that it has no choice but to fight to the death."

Otherwise it would just squat on the ground and Jiang Qing would have no way to deal with it.

As time goes by, the Thousand Rocks Army's control over the Layered Rock Abyss is recovering.

It’s not that Jiang Qing and Ye Lan are so strong that they can do things that the Fatui are completely unable to do.

It is true that the two of them are not at all arrogant and they charge forward when they see the enemy, which makes them more efficient than the Fatui. However, the trouble underground cannot be completely solved by simply dealing with some silt and black stone.

The Fatui already knew something, but despite their underground battles, they could only barely gain a foothold and advance step by step.

The Thousand Rocks Army's progress was fast because of their efforts, and the danger in the entire Layered Rock Abyss seemed to be decreasing.

No, maybe he is planning a big move.

If the end of the event plot is regarded as a secret realm, then this huge rock abyss undoubtedly gave birth to a place in another dimension, and then swallowed and killed all those who were trapped in it.

Speaking of things like secret realms, the principle of their existence is really hard to explain.

In the end, even though Xiao had sacrificed his life, it was still not enough to take the rest of the people away.

It was Zhongli who arrived earlier and pulled everyone out from underground at the critical moment.

If the crisis dissipated because the underground world was accumulating strength and giving birth to a secret realm with self-awareness, then this matter was not incomprehensible.

"The big snake... and this pillar high in the sky." Ye Lan beside him sighed slightly, "These things are always hard to understand."

A huge broken stone pillar floats high in the sky, with a blue gem shining brightly in the center.

If I remember correctly, the next step is to activate this stone pillar, and then you can smash a big hole and enter the space below.

Jiang Qing's memory is pretty good.

Taking this place as the dividing point, if you continue going down, you will encounter Zanmaran and the true tail of the entire Layered Abyss.

If you reverse the direction and face the right on the map, you will come into contact with the secret hidden by the Black Snake Knight.

There are a limited number of Black Snake Knights, and the fact that they gather there means there is some secret there.

"Hasn't this always been Liyue's private territory? Have you never gone deep into this place?"

Other things are fine, but this and the stone pillars cannot be concealed at all.

In the subsequent mission, a miner dropped a teddy bear for his daughter here, and further down, there were also the Fatui.

Just like the Frost Nail, it exists purely to destroy or suppress something.

They have been here for hundreds of years, never hiding their presence.

However, no one can solve their mystery and can only watch these strange creations exist silently.

There are many people who are curious about these things, but only Ying can solve these mysteries and free these nails that are embedded in the earth and suppress something.

This is... the fate of a hero.

Jiang Qing knew the scenery below.

After initially unlocking this stone pillar, going deep beneath the abyss of rock layers, one will find an upside-down floating city.

The Upside-Down City is not even the real secret of this abyss. There are deeper secrets and even greater dangers.

This was also one of his goals in entering the Layered Rock Abyss, but now, he first had to find a way to unlock the seal of the stone pillar and then reach the space below.

There are always secrets in this world. Jiang Qing once thought that the Seven Rulers were the upper limit of this world, but later he learned that there are even deeper powers in this world.

The [causal loop] that manifested on Raiden Makoto arrived in the future from a point in the past, planted the seeds of the sacred cherry tree and provided for the growth of the tree, and then returned to the past five hundred years in the future, completing the logical loop.

For example, the infection encountered by the Great Compassion Tree King will bring trouble as long as it is known. Even death cannot solve the problem. It must disappear fundamentally and let the world completely forget the existence of a tree called the Great Compassion Tree King.

These abilities are far more than just strength itself, and are also what Jiang Qing is pursuing.

Anyone who pursues power will find it impossible to resist such a display of power.

This is a world cap.

It is impossible for everyone to possess this power, but at least it tells everyone openly that among the many routes in Teyvat, there is a route that can allow people to possess such power.

Even though one can tell with one's knees that it is very difficult to obtain this kind of strength, at least the path is there and there is still hope.

Jiang Qing took a deep breath and his expression returned to calm.

The Frost Nail, or the Abyss version of the stone pillars, these great powers from the Sky Island always make people imagine their greatness.

This may be somewhat out of place, but imagination of the starry sky and the future is indeed a major driving force for human progress.

Back to reality, there must be a way to go down here without going through the stone pillars, because there are already people from the Fatui below.

Since they can survive down there, there must be another route.

The environment of the Chasm is complex, and it is difficult to describe where a certain rock wall suddenly points to.

Jiang Qing looked at Ye Lan, "Do you know the Fatui's route map?"

It is hard to say whether the road our predecessors have traveled was difficult or not, but at least it shows that this road is worth traveling on.

"Many places are difficult to track." Ye Lan shook her head, "For example, some small paths, after they leave, they often directly bury traps to ensure that no one or monster enters."

"If the tunnel is destroyed, won't they be unable to return?"

Jiang Qing was a little confused.

"In the Layered Abyss, there won't be any danger, except that there will be a group of people with unknown purposes following you." Ye Lan thought for a moment and gave her own answer. "If you lose the road, you can still continue to search, but if you are ambushed by monsters or others in some narrow paths, there will be no chance of struggle."

Ambush and counter-ambush, pursuit and counter-pursuit.

The traps set by these fools often have no marks, and even if their colleagues walk into this path, the final result will not be any different.

Because no one can guarantee that other colleagues will not betray the Fatui.

If everyone shares a security system, then once one person betrays, the entire set of confidentiality measures based on this system will be completely wasted.

In this case, Ye Lan could only describe a few locations.

However, it would probably take some time to open up these locations and ensure that they would not be blown up by the Fatui's security measures.

In this case, we still have to find a solution to the problem from this stone pillar.

Jiang Qing looked at the stone pillar suspended in the air.

By the way, if we arrive at the Upside-Down City below, it is hard to say whether we can run into Dainsreb, but everything that happened in the Upside-Down City should have happened, right?

The Hilichurls have already poured into the abyss, and the story has begun. Without the presence of the protagonist, it can only be said that the story will develop in another direction.

It can't just stop, can it?
(End of this chapter)