Cross through Teyvat, and you'll become stronger by taking the hits!

"As long as you have a little pigeon, you will succeed in whatever you do."

"The beauty of the Frost Moon Goddess Columbia is unparalleled!"

"Columbia is unparalleled! Columbia is exceptionally intelligent! Columbia is a beauty that could rival the most beautiful women in the world!"

"..."

Nibelungen was speechless to find that the chat inside the Moon Gate had suddenly turned into a praise contest.

However, seeing that Lu Li had the energy to keep going, it didn't say anything.

It would be a very long journey to travel backwards through the Moon Gate to the end of time, and it was genuinely worried that Lu Li wouldn't be able to persevere.

After passing through the five-hundred-year mark, their next target was the War of Burial Fire, which was the period when the prison within the Moon Gate was first created.

However, just as Lu Li continued forward, another figure appeared in front of the Moon Gate at some unknown time.

……

After bringing back the Moon Essence offered by the Frost Moon Child, since the secret place of offering had been destroyed, Ying could only preserve the Moon Essence in her own body by virtue of her special constitution.

Afterwards, in order to eliminate the wild hunts that had appeared in the wild, Ying returned to Nasha Town and, together with Inef, inspected the Moon Torque Cannon in Nasha Town.

That cannon was made by the genius mechanical inventor Aino; a single shot could wipe out the Wild Hunt in the wild.

After successfully activating the Lunar Torque Cannon, the Wild Hunt in the wild was also successfully destroyed.

Ying then took Yue Sui to Colombia.

In fact, she would go to see Columbia almost every day.

After all, Lu Li is no longer here, and as his close friend, she naturally has to help take care of his family.

"Lu Li, don't worry down there. I'll take good care of Columbia and won't let anyone bully her..."

Ying thought to herself.

If Lu Li knew, he would definitely want to jump out of the Moon Gate.

"..."

Columbia, who was nearly starving, agreed to help Ying with the food she brought, and also with the help of the lunar marrow to restore some of her own power.

She took the Moon Essence that Ying brought, and with its power, Ying saw the scene after the spaceship crashed in Nordkalai, as well as the scene of her brother waking her up.

Afterwards, Columbia provided Ying with some information about the Fools.

The Wild Hunt's previous pursuit of the Frostmoon Children's Moon Essence, coupled with its ability to impersonate others, suggests that someone is controlling the Wild Hunt. This being could very well be one of the five great sinners from the Calamity of Kanria, the [Moonhunter].

After learning this information, Ying bid farewell to Columbia, intending to share the information with others.

Upon returning to Naxia Town, they learned that the lamplighter who had previously directed the firing of the lunar torque cannon had been murdered.

After some investigation, all the evidence pointed to another lamplighter whom Flint had met by chance when he first arrived in Nordkalle.

However, considering that the Moon Hunters could disguise themselves as other people, Ying did not draw a conclusion but continued to investigate. In the end, she did encounter Philins, who was attacked by the Moon Hunters, in the wild and helped them repel the Moon Hunters.

Later, in order to investigate the Moon Hunters, Ying followed Philin to the Cemetery of the Night.

After investigation, they confirmed one thing: the Moon Hunters deliberately lured Naxia Town to fire the Moon Torque Cannon to eliminate the Wild Hunt, because those Wild Hunt had fragments of his on them.

At the same time, he can also absorb lunar torque to restore himself; the lunar torque cannon is practically a power bank for him.

Just as Ying guessed this, the crisis of the Wild Hunt had already threatened Naxia Town, and the Moon Torque Cannon also started operating on its own under the intervention of the Moon Hunters, aiming at Star Sand Beach.

Although Luminous and Philinse rushed to Star Sand Beach and wrote to Rauma and Inef to inform them about the situation of the Moon Torque Cannon, they were ultimately unable to stop its launch. Luminous and Philinse were the only ones who could withstand the attack.

Even so, the Moon Hunters still absorbed a large amount of the dissipated lunar moment force...

Numerous purple arms emerged from the cracks in the ground, converging to form a ball of purple abyssal energy.

Then, a hand reached out and tore it open from the middle, revealing a tall figure with white hair, wrapped in black bandages, and only one purplish-red eye showing.

"Ha...this is bad."

Seeing this, the purple-haired fairy lantern bearer next to Ying crossed her arms, realizing that their previous attempts to stop her had been ineffective.

"Sluggish, numb, this body really disappoints me."

"Compared to my former self... tsk, I can only unleash one-tenth of my power. You've ruined my plans once again!"

Looking down to assess his own physical condition, the Moon Hunter glared angrily at Luminous and Paimon.

"What you've retrieved isn't a human body, is it?"

Despite the Moon Hunters' anger, the fairy Lamplighter named Philinus spoke with certainty.

"Huh... Uh?! Ahhh—!"

The Moon Hunter sneered, about to say something, when he suddenly felt a splitting headache, covered his head with both hands and let out a roar.

An extremely terrifying aura of the abyss emanated from his body, causing Ying to instinctively tighten her grip on her weapon.

Judging from the aura emanating from the abyss, he seems to be on par with Gustott...

Is this only one-tenth of the power...?

In his agony, the Moon Hunter suddenly shouted out the names of several people:

"Viserfnir...! Rheindorf...!"

"Ugh... Solindis! Solindis!"

……

"Are you Solindis?"

Inside the Moon Gate, Lu Li was surprised to recognize the figure that appeared in front of him.

She was a woman with short, light green hair and purple-green gradient eyes, wearing a gold headdress on one side of her head and a blue and white dress in the style of Canria.

"You...know me?"

Solindis instinctively became wary of the stranger who suddenly appeared inside the Moon Gate and called out her name.

"Oh, of course I know you. You're Raelil's lover, right?"

Lu Li immediately waved his hand and walked up to Solindis with delight, saying this.

"You know Rael... Is he alright?"

Upon hearing that Lu Li knew Raelil, Solindis instinctively asked him about it.

She knew that after she entered the Moon Gate, Rayleigh followed her in.

The Moon Gate is a prison used to confine the Goddess of the Third Month. No one else is even qualified to enter. Anyone who enters will be torn apart by the power of the Moon Gate unless they already possess the power of the Goddess of the Third Month.

Solindis was like that; although her body was torn apart, her soul was not torn apart and thrown out of the Moon Gate because she had come into contact with the power of the Crimson Moon.

However, she was too weak to reach the end of the Moon Gate, and thus never saw the Goddess of March.

She worried that Rael would also be torn apart by the Moon Gate after entering...

"Ah, he... alas, he has been shattered into a thousand pieces, withering away in a foreign land."

Upon hearing this, Lu Li sighed and said with regret.

"I see..."

Upon hearing Lu Li's answer, Solindis's eyes dimmed for a moment.

"Hey! Don't worry, he's recently come back to life."

Seeing Solindis's expression, Lu Li immediately added an explanation.

"Has it come back to life...?"

Solindis raised her head again, feeling a sense of relief.

"Thank you for telling me this. This is the first time I've met anyone else here. If you need any help or information, please let me know."

Afterwards, Solindis thanked Lu Li.

She had actually been walking inside the Moon Gate for a long time and had a little understanding of this space. She thought that she might be able to help Lu Li, who came later.

"Hmm, there is indeed something I need your help with."

"That Raleigh, after being resurrected, actually dared to hit my wife! He's absolutely despicable!"

"I'm going to beat up his wife too!"

Lu Li looked furious, clenching his fists and speaking with a fierce expression.

Solindis: "..."

……