Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

With Jiang Bai around, the two of them together are greater than the sum of their parts, and very few things can stop them anymore.

It would be best if we could go together.

"Alright. I'll let the hall master know."

The Abyss Order must be planning something of immense importance. Jiang Bai knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't delay. He sent a message to Hu Tao, informing her of the details and whereabouts, and headed straight for the Layered Rock Abyss with Kong.

Jiang Bai led them at breakneck speed all the way to the Layered Rock Abyss. As they flew, all three of them had their hair standing on end.

"Wow...so fast!"

Paimon was dragged along by Jiang Bai the whole way, and it took him a while to recover.

"Even though I've been flying the whole time, you're flying way too fast, I almost threw up... I just had braised fish for lunch, I can't throw up..."

I covered my head with my hand, feeling a little dizzy.

"Why don't we use anchor points?"

Jiang Bai: ...I forgot.

Jiang Bai coughed twice and said in a serious tone:

"I'm worried that the Abyss Textbook might block our way through the leyline anchors, so flying directly here is the safest option!"

"Alright, you're right... The client is nearby, let's go find him and ask him."

The Abyss Order's plan must have been underway for several days already, so a little extra time flying over won't make a difference.

The client was a mining foreman.

Since the opening of the Laminar Abyss, many mining bosses have renewed their mining licenses and started working underground with their miners.

They were mining underground when a dozen or so Hilichurls walked past them.

They were a little nervous, afraid that the Hilichurls would attack them.

After all, there were quite a few hills, more than a dozen, while there were only eight or nine miners. If a fight broke out, the disparity in numbers would be too great.

Moreover, Hilichurls are fearless and can cause a lot of trouble if you mess with them.

As a result, the group of Hilichurls acted as if they hadn't seen them at all; they seemed dazed and confused, and some of them were even walking unsteadily.

This wasn't a one-time occurrence; they've encountered it four or five times already.

Out of sheer fear, they dared not go any further. While reporting to the General Affairs Department, they also issued a request to the Adventurers' Guild.

"You absolutely must investigate this thoroughly! We've only been mining for a few days..."

The miner foreman held his empty hands tightly, placing all his hopes on them.

Paimon patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely investigate this thoroughly!"

Jiang Bai took out a map of the Layered Rock Abyss drawn by Zhiqiong and said, "Mark for us which direction those Hilichurls went from and which road they took."

"Ok, no problem!"

Jiang Bai looked at the map for a while and then handed it to Kong.

"As I suspected, these Hilichurls' destination is that upside-down ruin."

It is now certain that the Hilichurls' abnormality is inextricably linked to the Cult of the Abyss.

"Let's go straight there!"

Instead of rushing into the upside-down ruins, the group used a teleportation point to get to the side of the ruins.

Paimon spotted the footprints immediately. "There are many Hilichurl footprints, very obvious!"

"Judging from the direction they're going, could they have entered those ruins?"

Jiang Bai looked up at the upside-down ruins, which were no different from the last time he saw them.

Then he looked down at the area below the ruins.

"Huh? Where's the piece I put there?"

He had placed a fragment of the Frostfire Nail there, but now the fragment is gone!

The fragments disappeared, and the black mud here returned to its original state, remaining at a certain limit and not increasing further.

"It must have been taken by the Abyss Order; that fragment has affected their plans."

Kong's expression was very serious.

What exactly is the Abyss Order trying to do by gathering so much black mud beneath this upside-down ruin?

Is it the same as last time, with the intention of polluting something?

But these ruins aren't statues of gods, so what can they possibly pollute?

"Last time I flew straight up. Do you know any routes that lead directly up there?"

“We know! We investigated the ruins last time as well.”

Following Paimon into the ruins, they indeed saw many scattered Hilichurls.

These Hilichurls sat unconscious in a corner of the ruins.

Besides the unconscious Hilichurls, Jiang Bai also discovered many dead Hilichurls.

"Strange? Why are so many Hilichurls dead?"

Jiang Bai couldn't quite understand it.

If the Cult of the Abyss summoned these Hilichurls to this abyss, then why kill them?

If the Abyss Order didn't kill them, then how did these Hilichurls die?

Furthermore, ever since they entered the ruins, Jiang Bai had felt that someone was watching them.

But as soon as he looked back, the gaze vanished without a trace.

Being wary of those lurking in the shadows, Jiang Bai had no intention of lingering here.

"Let's go check out other places."

The three arrived at the spring in the very center of the palace.

This spring, which defies gravity, is always awe-inspiring whenever you see it.

Just as Paimon was about to say something, a spatial rift suddenly tore open in front of them, and a familiar figure appeared in their sight.

"Dains Reeb!"

Jiang Bai looked at him in surprise.

Last time, Daines Reeb charged straight into that abyss passage, carrying the crucial tractor core.

"You've finally shown up. I thought you'd just walked right into our trap," Jiang Bai said sarcastically.

He was carrying the core of that tractor machine; with something so important, how dare he just run around like that!

Jiang Bai felt annoyed just thinking about it.

Daines Reb had no visible injuries and appeared to be in good spirits.

Clearly, he was not in any danger.

"If I want to run away, the Abyss Order can't stop me."

"But you, where is this?"

Paimon put his hands on his hips and said, "That's what we wanted to ask you too. Why did you come to the Layered Rock Abyss, and why did you appear so suddenly?"

“The Abyss of Layered Rocks?” Daines Reb was quite surprised.

But soon, he realized something.

"So this is the bottom of the abyss of layered rocks... A place I've never even been to before, so this is what it's like..."

"I have a lot of questions for you." Kong looked at him seriously, winked at Jiang Bai, and blocked his way.

He had so many questions, and now that he had finally met Dain again, he had to get them all out in the end!

"Our last meeting and parting were rather abrupt, and I understand how you feel. Judging from this coincidence, fate does indeed owe you an answer."

Chapter 668 The World Tree and the Silver-White Ancient Tree

"Why are you acting so mysterious?" Jiang Bai felt that Daines Reeb was a bit like a charlatan.

You can sense his strong fatalism.

He seemed to know everything about fate and the past, yet he also seemed to have lost something of paramount importance.

Dain ignored Jiang Bai's meaningless question.

"Let me answer the question you're most curious about first. Last time, I followed Ying into the portal, but I didn't catch up with them. Instead, I ended up at the wrong coordinates they gave me."

Daines Reeb answered one question, but the next moment, Jiang Bai threw out a series of questions.

"So, that crack-like passage is a portal? Is it located in a fixed place? Or is it everywhere?"

"Is its nature similar to that of a ley line anchor? Speaking of which, can you use a ley line anchor?"

"If we enter one of those portals, can we also travel to other places via the teleportation network?"

Jiang Bai was really curious about that teleportation method.

"I'm not sure either. Based on recent experiences, I can only deduce that the Abyss's teleportation capabilities are not point-to-point, but rather a network structure."

As for whether what you're referring to is similar to leyline anchors, I can't answer that. I can't use leyline anchors.

Jiang Bai fell into deep thought upon hearing Daines Reeb's reply.

Could this Abyss Teleportation be a teleportation network specifically created by the Abyss Order? If so, what is it based on?

Besides the ley lines, what else connects the entire world?

Or did they build it out of thin air using the power of the abyss?

But this difficulty is simply too great.

If establishing a teleportation network connecting the entire world were so easy, the whole of Teyvat would have been interconnected long ago.

Even the gods can only rely on primitive methods of travel to get where they want to go.

Therefore, establishing an independent transmission network must be an extremely difficult task.

If the Abyss Order had such power, it would have overthrown the Seven Kingdoms long ago. Why would it need to operate in secret?

Therefore, this transmission must have been established on the basis of some kind of transmission network.

But what is the basis for this teleportation?

"What do you think connects the entire world besides the earth's veins?" Jiang Bai asked.

Paimon rested his chin on his hand and thought about it seriously for a moment, then said uncertainly:

"An ancient silver-white tree?"

Jiang Bai was momentarily stunned by her answer.

"Isn't the silvery-white ancient tree one with the earth's veins?"

He subconsciously believed that the branches and roots of the silvery-white ancient tree were the network of earth veins.

Is not it?

"Yes...right..."

Suddenly faced with this issue, Paimon became uncertain.

"To put it more accurately, the ley lines are the root system of the World Tree."

All eyes turned to Daines Reeb, who was speaking.

"The World Tree?"

I think I've heard of the name Jiang Bai before, but I don't think I have.

What is the World Tree?

Daines Reeb patiently explained the concept of the World Tree to them:

"The World Tree is not a tree in the biological sense. You can think of it as a large tree that grows upside down. The memories absorbed by the earth's veins converge here, and all the knowledge and memories of the world are stored in it."