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"But underground space is always limited. Without sunlight, how can crops grow? And without crops, where will food come from?"

In his understanding, the underground is at most a large cave, a large rift valley, or a combination of multiple caves, and the only visible space is the overhead rock wall, so the space can't be very large.

In such a place, an ancient kingdom was born!

“No, you’re mistaken.” Abedo shook his head, looking at Jiang Bai with curiosity. “I feel that your understanding of the underground is different from ours. Could you tell me how you understand Teyvat?”

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Jiang Bai thought for a moment, found a patch of soft sand, casually used rock element to condense a stone stick, and started drawing circles on the sand.

Do you have any knowledge about the universe, the starry sky, or planets?

As of now, he hasn't met anyone with this kind of knowledge. Perhaps some do, but they haven't discussed it with each other.

Knowing that Jiang Bai was going to talk about knowledge he had never heard of, Abedo told Keli to go play by herself and not to go too far, and squatted down on the sand in front of him.

"My teacher once had an astrologer friend. According to that astrologer, the celestial bodies in the sky represent a person's ruling planet, and the ruling planet is composed of several ruling planets. These countless ruling planets make up the starry sky we see..."

Hearing Abedo's words, Jiang Bai blinked blankly.

What is the constellation of destiny? What is the ruling planet? Why does he suddenly feel so illiterate?

"You seem to know absolutely nothing about this?"

“That’s right.” Jiang Bai nodded, but then he had more questions.

"So what do Constellations represent? If everyone in Teyvat has their own Constellation, then what is yours?"

"The constellation determines destiny, and my constellation is [Child of Chalk]."

Abedo used a twig to draw the constellation of the Child of Chalk in the sand. Although it was just a line connecting a few stars, Abedo extended it beyond the line, drawing a pattern resembling the baby in a bottle.

Jiang Bai looked at it and thought it resembled the constellation he knew.

But the baby in this bottle looks a bit unusual. "Does it have any special meaning?"

"You know, I am a product of alchemy. Alchemy has four processes: black clay, chalk, red clay, and gold."

As he learned more and more about Jiang Bai's secrets, Abedo reciprocated by telling him a lot about himself.

In some ways, their relationship is much better than that of ordinary people, after all, they have already achieved the "Secret Sharer" status.

"Black soil is the etymology of alchemy, and also the initial state. White chalk is the beginning of change, the removal of impurities. Red cinnabar is refining."

"Gold represents the final stage of alchemy, where worthless things finally find their meaning and are transformed into gold..."

Abedo grabbed a handful of sand and, while describing the four steps of alchemy, demonstrated them to Jiang Bai.

After he finished speaking, the sand in his hand turned into gold.

“My master was called ‘Gold,’ and after I completed my apprenticeship, he bestowed upon me the title ‘Son of Chalk.’ From then on, the Son of Chalk became my destiny.”

Jiang Bai took the glittering gold from Abedo's hand, squeezed it hard, and after confirming that it had really turned into gold, he put it into his pocket in front of Abedo.

Although gold is not used as an equivalent value for commodities here, it is still very valuable because of its glittering appearance.

Will the constellations change?

"I do not know."

Aberdo looked up at the sky; it was not yet dark, and the starry sky was hidden in the sun's radiance.

“My master once told me that the starry sky we see now is an illusion.”

"Fake?" Jiang Bai was even more confused.

Even the sky is fake. How can this world be so strange?

“I don’t know either.” Abedo gave a slightly helpless smile.

"Before my master left, his last task for me was to reveal the truth of the world and its meaning. But I haven't made much progress. After meeting you and Kong, I think this task will take a big step forward."

"I don't know how to do research, but I'll definitely help if I can. Let's get back to the main topic..." Jiang Bai steered the conversation back on track.

The conversation was supposed to be about our understanding of the universe and the stars, but it veered off onto the topic of constellations.

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Chapter 328 Teyvat is too strange!

"Although the planet is a sphere, due to the effect of gravity, we are on the planet, just like standing here, with the sky always above us."

Jiang Bai drew a cross-section diagram: "Inside the planet, there are endless rocks, scalding magma, and all kinds of tangible matter. There may be cracks and canyons, but there is no space larger than the surface."

"And it is these individual planets that make up the vast galaxies and universe."

Abedo listened attentively. This knowledge was something he didn't have, and although it might not be applicable to Teyvat, it was still very valuable for reference.

"In my understanding, if a person lives underground for a long time without seeing sunlight, it will greatly affect their mental state. However, if they have never seen the sun, that's not necessarily true..."

For example, he himself had spent a considerable amount of time in a dark and dangerous environment, which greatly affected his mental state and was one of the reasons why he felt extremely insecure before.

However, after living with this condition for more than a year, the problem has been cured.

"I used to think Teyvat was also a planet, even though it had gods and elemental power, it was still just a planet in the universe..."

Jiang Bai sighed; Teyvat was constantly shattering his understanding.

Regardless of whether it's a false heaven, a constellation of destiny, or some abyss or sky island, it makes it impossible for him to use common sense to deduce Teyvat.

"Your memory has returned?" Abedo looked up at him.

It's obvious that Jiang Bai has regained a lot of his memories, otherwise he wouldn't know so much.

"It has recovered a lot." Jiang Bai nodded.

Memories of my hometown are so distant, but even so, they still feel like an instinct when I think of them.

Abedo didn't rush to ask him about his memories, but instead continued with the topic they had just discussed.

He drew a horizontal line on the ground. "Is it possible that Teyvat is like this...?"

"This horizontal line represents the ground, above the horizontal line is the sky, and below the horizontal line is the earth."

And the false emptiness covered their heads, above the Sky Island.

He then drew countless intersecting lines under the horizontal line, which intersected like a large tree growing upside down.

"These are the ancient silver trees that run through the earth. These interconnected branches record all the information about Teyvat and are called ley lines."

Jiang Bai listened while watching him paint.

"If the tree is called the Silver-White Ancient Tree, what about its crown and leaves? It's a towering tree; surely we can't see it?" Jiang Bai asked.

A normal tree has roots and leaves.

If the roots spread throughout Teyvat, then where will its leaves be?

Aberdo countered with a question, "Have you heard of the World Tree?"

"No." Jiang Bai shook his head.

“Like the ley lines, the World Tree stores all sorts of information about Teyvat.” Abedo stroked his chin. “I’m wondering if the World Tree could be the surface part of this ancient silver tree?”

Jiang Bai scratched his head; it was the first time he had ever heard of the World Tree.

But is the World Tree really just the ground-level part of the ancient silver tree? One tree is enough to record information about the world, so why are there both ley lines and the World Tree?

He remembered that there was a withered, silvery-white ancient tree on the snow mountain, which should also be considered part of the ground, right?

However, these are all their conjectures and assumptions. When information is insufficient, one should boldly make incorrect conjectures and carefully seek verification.

"Where is the World Tree?" Jiang Bai tilted his head.

"I've never seen it either. Perhaps it exists in a world that's normally inaccessible. Maybe I'll see it when I meet the Grass God of Mount Sumeru..."

Abedo had never seen the World Tree; he only knew of its existence from various documents.

The concept of the World Tree is similar to that of the Ley Lines, both recording all information about Teyvat. That's why he wondered if the World Tree might be the above-ground part of this towering tree.

Leaving that topic aside for now, Abedo continued drawing on the ground, creating a circle that enveloped the entire sky and earth.

This circle, like a bubble, envelops Teyvat within it.

“Teyvat has boundaries, and these boundaries protect Teyvat. Aunt Iris is currently working on repairing these boundaries.”

This is certain, because Alice herself is proof of it.

However, it is unknown whether the border actually looks like this.

"Is that Klee's mother?"

“Yes.” Abedo nodded.

Alice didn't leave her young daughter in the Knights for no reason; she had more important things to do and couldn't be with Klee.

"And what's outside the border? What is there?"

Jiang Bai's gaze fell on the part of the sand that was not covered by the line.

"I don't know, I've never been to the border. Maybe Aunt Alice knows."

Abedo wiped away all the drawings on the ground. "These are just my guesses, some hypotheses I've put forward for my research. We don't know what the real situation is yet."

Although Abedo said these were just his conjectures, Jiang Bai had a feeling that these conjectures might be very close to reality.

In any case, he no longer considers Teyvat to be a ball.

Aberdo steered the conversation back five hundred years.

"Five hundred years ago, the ancient underground kingdom of Kanria was destroyed, and countless guardians of the ruins emerged from the ground. Not long after that, a tribe that worshipped the Black Sun appeared in Dadaupa Valley."

He did not know the exact location of the ancient kingdom of Kanria, but it may have had many entrances and exits that connected the entire Teyvat.

When Kanria was destroyed, countless dark calamities emerged, and all seven kingdoms were greatly affected.

However, he hadn't been born yet, so we could only learn about the situation from books and documents.

In short, the events of five hundred years ago are not pleasant memories for anyone.

"Did the Kanreia people used to believe in the Black Sun?" Jiang Bai asked a pointed question.

If the Kanriyans also worship the Black Sun, he would suspect that these Hilichurls might be former Kanriyans who have transformed.

Aberdo remained silent for a long time, which was tantamount to acquiescing.

His attitude struck Jiang Bai like a bolt from the blue.

Goosebumps appeared on his hands, and an endless chill enveloped him.

People turned into monsters! This is bizarre! Absolutely bizarre!

Since discovering the evil in Teyvat, more and more strange events have unfolded before his eyes!

No wonder he needs divine protection; he feels insecure without it!

He needs to cling tightly to Zhongli's coattails!

And then there's Wendy; you have to bring him some drinks every now and then. He's a bit useless, but he's still a god, and he can always come in handy at crucial moments.

"The origins of the Hilichurls remain a mystery, so let's not talk about that..."

Chapter 329 How much of your memory have you recovered?

Abedo didn't want to continue the conversation; the topic was too taboo, and continuing might lead to something unpleasant.

Jiang Bai didn't want to continue talking about this topic either; it was too creepy.

Glancing at Claire, who was grazing with two horses and noticing she wasn't wandering off, the two returned to their makeshift camp. Abedo opened the pot lid and tasted it briefly with a spoon.

He felt the flavor was a bit bland, so he added some salt and continued cooking.

"How much of your memory do you retain?"

"I feel like I remember everything, but I'm not sure if there's anything I've forgotten."

Jiang Bai didn't hide anything from Abedo; sometimes he needed a knowledgeable and trustworthy scholar to think with him.

"Could you tell me how you came up with that idea?" Abedo asked curiously.