Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Clearly, this is the site of the Fools.

Jiang Bai was initially surprised, but when he thought that Haidifu also had such a key, he was not surprised that the Fools were also able to get in.

There was clearly more than one key; there might be others in some undiscovered place.

Jiang Bai was very interested in this log. Although many of the soldiers who came down had died in it, these important logs had been carefully preserved by them.

Whether it's the people who come down to investigate later or the Fatui's recovery team, as long as they find these logs, they can directly gain a general understanding of the situation underground.

He opened the logbook and examined it carefully; some important entries immediately caught his attention.

An explosion of unknown origin occurred, and the Mokosh Device, theoretically capable of cleansing the abyss of contamination, was completely overloaded and destroyed...

The filthy substance on the main fragment has begun to regenerate; we need to learn from past mistakes...

[...Aim at the appropriate point of impact on the main fragment and deliver one or more heavy blows to remove the black substance from the crystal...]

The detective team discovered shadowy figures moving in different locations, their identities unknown—whether human or some other creature—and perhaps they were the culprits causing the black substance to spread...

Chapter 614 What's wrong with you?

Looking at the contents of the log, Jiang Bai couldn't help but frown.

Are the moving figures found in different locations Apostles of the Abyss?

But if it's an Abyss Apostle, it should be easy to recognize.

However, it's normal to be blurry and unclear underground because it's dark there.

And that [Mokosh Device], it can actually cleanse the Abyss of its pollution? It seems the Fatui have studied the Abyss far more deeply than we imagined.

"If nothing unexpected happens, we'll reach the location of the Sky Nail a little further in."

I wonder if that fragment from before also came together here, and how it got here.

Unfortunately, the fragment was moving too fast and making a huge commotion, so I didn't think to chase after it at the time.

Jiang Bai didn't take the logbook with him, but put it back in its original place.

Ye Lan should be coming over then. If she comes, she'll be able to see this log and retrieve it.

"Let's keep going, it shouldn't be far."

After walking out of the cave for more than ten minutes, a huge underground space appeared before them.

This space is exceptionally large, and the rocks are regular squares, unlike naturally formed caves, which seem to be terrain carved out by something huge.

The culprit behind this scene is right in front of them.

The enormous celestial nail floated in the air, radiating pure light that illuminated the space.

However, black contaminants spread across what should have been a pure celestial nail, and these dark forces constantly clashed and struggled against the pure forces, creating a bizarre scene.

An oppressive atmosphere permeated the cave, making it hard to breathe.

Jiang Bai immediately looked over when he heard Xiao's suppressed, painful voice coming from the side.

He was hunched over, breathing heavily, his fists clenched, his eyes bloodshot, and black energy spreading around him.

Jiang Bai quickly took out the Lianli Zhenxin Powder to give it to him. Xiao's karmic obstacles had flared up many times along the way, but this was the first time it had been so severe.

It must be because of the environment here; Xiao's calmness along the way made him careless.

Xiao reached out to stop him, his voice hoarse, "Not for now."

He had taken one dose recently, and taking it multiple times in a short period of time did not have much effect.

Jiang Bai helped him up, her tone firm, "If you don't take medicine in this situation, when do you expect to take it?"

Who cares if it works or not? If one serving doesn't work, I'll just have another!

If this continues, he's really afraid that Xiao will be killed right here.

A suppressed groan escaped from Xiao's lips, and countless roars rang in his ears. Jiang Bai's voice was mixed in with these roars and could not be clearly heard.

Seeing that he was in extremely poor condition, Jiang Bai quickly helped him sit down, grabbed his cheek, and forced him to swallow the medicine.

Almond tofu, mint jelly, sweet flower sugar cubes, ice mist flower raspberry juice... he stuffed everything he could eat into his mouth. If it were an ordinary person, they would have choked to death by Jiang Bai's actions.

I don't know if it was Jiang Bai's actions that had an effect, but Xiao's condition did improve a bit.

He opened his still somewhat bloodshot eyes, pulled the water bottle from Jiang Bai's waist, and poured water into his mouth.

"Next time... don't give me so much food..."

Clear water slid down his lips, and he coughed twice, his face pale and weak, as he covered his forehead.

Seeing that he had recovered a little, Jiang Bai breathed a sigh of relief. "It's an emergency, after all. Your karmic affliction this time was really too severe."

He didn't know that everything was useful, so he just tried whatever methods he thought were useful.

Unfortunately, the fragments of the Frostfire Nail were useless to him, otherwise Jiang Bai might have taken out all the fragments he had and placed them next to him.

"How did it suddenly become so serious?"

“Affected by the atmosphere here…” Xiao’s voice was still hoarse.

The intense change caused the karmic energy within his body to become agitated. Unable to adapt to the atmosphere here, he was directly attacked by the karmic backlash.

"You should adjust your breathing first, and I'll try to clean off the black mud that was nailed on that day."

The karmic burden on Xiao's body was affected by the conflict between the two forces here, so weakening one side would definitely slow down the conflict.

Fortunately, the Fools' log contains a method for purifying the black mud, so why not give it a try?

Bai Yuan appeared in Jiang Bai's hand, and dense elemental power surged into the spear.

boom--

The golden bullet struck the long spike, causing the spike to emit a strong shockwave.

A pure blue light, visible to the naked eye, spread out, and the black substance attached to the nails immediately diminished considerably.

Seeing that it really worked, Jiang Bai persevered.

The pure purifying power continued to spread, and the black substance on the nails quickly faded away.

Just when Jiang Bai thought it was about to end, rubble flew up from the ground, and a huge mechanical serpent emerged.

This giant serpent is exceptionally large, its entire body made of machinery, with rotating drills all around it, created entirely for excavation and development.

The giant snake launched a direct attack on Jiang Bai. As its head slammed into the ground, the surrounding rock strata crumbled.

Jiang Bai and Xiao instantly teleported to another high place.

Xiao Shou and Pu Yuan stood up, their scarlet eyes looking over. "Don't worry about me, I haven't reached the point where I need your protection."

Jiang Bai nodded, then darted away, leaping between the rock strata to attract the giant snake's attention.

This giant serpent, in terms of both the structure of its mechanisms and its architectural style, is very similar to the guardians of the ruins that roam outside. Clearly, it is also a creation of Kanria.

It has now been confirmed that Kanria is closely related to the Abyss Order, and Jiang Bai even suspects that the Abyss Mages and Abyss Apostles in the story may actually be original Kanria people.

Golden bullets kept shooting out of the gun. These powerful bullets would have a terrifying effect, like an explosion, if they hit ordinary rocks, but they had no effect on the giant serpent of the ruins.

It has an exceptionally high immunity to elemental forces, and Jiang Bai even felt that its energy source was no different from the black mud below.

Jiang Bai already knew that Kanria used abyssal power as its energy source when he was looking for the first tractor. Now it seems that not only is the core of the first tractor pure abyssal power, but the energy source of this giant serpent of the ruins is also extraordinary.

Jiang Bai turned his gaze to the sky nail floating in mid-air. Since elemental power was useless against it, he would have to use other powers.

The bullet struck the Sky Nail, and the pure energy spread out again, causing the giant serpent of the ruins to slow down and stop moving.

Jiang Bai pressed on, and the power of the Heavenly Nail continued to spread, becoming increasingly pure. When all the filth on the Heavenly Nail was cleared away, the entire Heavenly Nail seemed to break free of its shackles, radiating an extremely pure light.

Compared to the power emanating from the Snow Mountain Cold Sky Nail, it's like comparing heaven and earth.

Chapter 615 A ​​Clue Has Been Found

Just as Jiang Bai was pondering why the same Heavenly Nail could have such a large energy difference, the Heavenly Nail sensed the abyssal energy on the giant serpent of the ruins below, emitted a bright light, and smashed down directly.

The massive celestial nail struck the giant serpent, embedding the enormous relic serpent directly into the rock strata beneath the ground. It stubbornly twitched twice, but ultimately remained motionless.

After suppressing the giant serpent, the Heavenly Nail returned to mid-air, continuously emitting pure light.

Jiang Bai put away Bai Yuan and stood up, somewhat dumbfounded.

Does this Heavenly Nail even have an automatic sensing and automatic attack setting?

Jiang Bai suddenly felt a little guilty.

His habit of occasionally going to the Heavenly Nail to steal fragments shouldn't trigger the nail's defense mechanism, right?

Jiang Bai arrived at Xiao's location. "Xiao, how are you feeling?"

The filth in this cave has been cleansed by the Heavenly Nails, but the power of the abyss still exists in this giant abyss. The struggle between the two forces will not disappear completely, but it will certainly not be as strong.

Xiao has recovered. "Much better."

"Let's go down and take a look."

This is already the deepest part of the Abyss of Layered Rocks. If that Yaksha is really sealed under the abyss, this is undoubtedly the most likely place.

Jiang Bai arrived at the foot of the Heavenly Nail. Most of the giant snake's body was covered by rocks, but a considerable portion was still exposed outside the rock strata.

Although the giant serpent of the ruins had lost its energy and could no longer move, its sharp horns still looked dangerous and ferocious.

This mechanical creation does not disappear when it loses energy; as long as energy is provided again, it will emerge from the rock strata once more.

Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Bai decided to dismantle it, lest someone from the Abyss Cult come and fix it again.

This thing is a bit troublesome to deal with.

Jiang Bai tapped and knocked around the giant snake in the ruins, while Xiao carefully explored the surroundings, trying to find traces of Fu She.

"Ok?"

He sensed something amiss directly beneath the Heavenly Nail.

There seemed to be a space below, and he could even sense the power of the magic array. Judging from the power structure of the magic array, it was indeed a celestial magic array.

Moreover, it seems to be a trapping formation, a trapping formation that closes the door from the inside.

Xiao frowned.

What exactly happened to Fushe that caused him to imprison himself in this magic array?

Is he still alive? He's just isolated by this space, which is why his soul lamp went out.

Although the possibility is extremely slim, people always like to create a glimmer of hope for themselves.

The thought of this possibility immediately made Xiao unable to calm down.

He formed hand seals, and his immortal power spread out as he began to search for a weak point in this space, so as to create a door that he could enter through.

Fortunately, due to the collision between the Heavenly Nail and the Giant Serpent, the boundary of this space has been weakened considerably. With the addition of some external stimuli, entering it is not impossible.

Various runes spread out from under Xiao's feet and extended into the ground.

He looked at Jiang Bai, and hesitated for a moment.

Should we really bring him in with us?

The space below is extraordinary; once you go in, you may never come out again.

After thinking it over, Xiao ultimately decided not to bring Jiang Bai along.

This is his own business. If Jiang Bai is also implicated because of it, he will be held responsible to the death.

A flash of light appeared, and his figure disappeared within it.

Holy crap!

Seeing that Xiao had left on his own, Jiang Bai, who had been watching him closely, cursed. He didn't even have time to take the core of the giant serpent from the ruins with him. He touched the earring on his ear, sent a message, and flashed inside before the light disappeared.

As his figure disappeared into the cave, the entire cave fell silent. If it weren't for the remains of the enormous relic serpent, the cave would have seemed as if no one had ever been there.

……

Liyue Harbor.

Hu Tao is showing Ichidou and Shinobu around Liyue Harbor.

Hisaki Shinobu had been to Liyue to study law before, so he was quite familiar with Liyue Harbor, but this was Ichidou's first time there, and everything was new to him.