Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"Where is the big pillar? Where is that damned big pillar?"

She muttered to herself, and soon she saw the enormous, frosty nail.

She had completely forgotten about the cold and ran towards the Frost Spike with small steps.

Aberdo sighed and rubbed his forehead, not stopping her actions, because it would be pointless anyway.

"Slow down, the ground is slippery."

Klee truly lived up to her reputation as a lucky girl; she didn't slip or fall even once on this slippery surface.

She ran to the base of the Frost Spikes, and just before she was about to crash into the giant ice cones, she came to a sudden stop, stopping just before her nose was about to make intimate contact with the large ice blocks.

She looked up at the enormous, frosty nail and exclaimed in awe.

"Wow, it's huge..."

It doesn't seem very big when viewed from a distance, but when you get closer, you realize how small you are.

Abedo shouted a reminder: "Claire, don't throw bombs randomly! Let's discuss it before we set up the explosives together!"

"Know it!"

After circling the Frost Spikes, Klee rubbed her cold hands. Once the novelty wore off, she ran to the fire to warm herself.

At this moment, Jiang Bai and Kaiya also climbed out of the cave one after the other.

"Phew~" Kaiya breathed a sigh of relief as he climbed out.

"This cave is really hard to climb, I'm almost frozen stiff!"

"You'll get used to it after climbing it a few more times." Jiang Bai was in better shape than Kaiya; this was already his second time climbing this cave.

"Kaiya, you're here too."

Abedo was somewhat surprised to see that Kaia had also arrived.

However, I was only surprised for a moment, not particularly unexpected.

After all, Klee is already here, so it's not unacceptable for another person to come.

Kaeya shrugged. "Yeah! Klee kept insisting on coming, so I had no choice but to come along."

Abedo nodded without asking further questions, then looked at Jiang Bai and asked, "Did you bring enough explosives?"

"That should be enough."

"Alright, let's not delay, let's go to the camp and discuss how to make the arrangements."

The campsite was set up by him over the past few days, making it convenient for him to rest and conduct research.

While Jiang Bai was retrieving the bomb, he gained a deeper understanding of the Frost Nail and even devised several detonation plans.

"It's up to you now!"

Jiang Bai handed over command to Abedo, and decided to just do the work himself.

Several people sat around a table in front of the fire, listening to Abedo explain the possible weak points of the Frost Spikes, and how to place the explosives, and how much to place.

"To completely shatter the Frost Nail, we need to install several rings of explosives on its shaft. The shaft is about 17 meters long, so to be on the safe side, we'll install one ring every meter and then detonate them simultaneously."

"But to avoid the loud noise and commotion causing an avalanche, we need to evacuate the adventurers from the snow mountain in advance, so they won't be trapped by the avalanche..."

"Isn't there any soundproof formation?" Jiang Bai asked, raising his hand.

Evacuating the adventurers would be a massive undertaking. They didn't know how many adventurers were in the mountains, and it was easy to miss some, putting them in mortal danger.

Aberdo shook his head.

"Isolating the sound is useless; the huge shockwave from the bomb explosion is the real culprit that causes avalanches."

"Are there any formations that can isolate the vibrations?"

"Yes, but the mountaintop where we are is connected to the entire mountain, so it's impossible to completely prevent vibrations."

Kaiya rested her chin on her hand and clicked her tongue. "This is really difficult..."

"When I first proposed using explosives, I didn't consider all of this."

"But while I was doing mental simulations these past few days, I discovered this area we overlooked. However, without a convenient way to contact you, I cannot inform you so that the Knights can take action..."

Abedo sighed.

That was indeed something he overlooked.

After seeing the Frostfire Nail, his attention was completely focused on it, and his mind was constantly thinking about it, so much so that he ignored these things.

After thinking for a moment, Kaiya drew a small snow mountain on the frozen ground melted by the flames with a twig, proposing a solution.

"We are on the mountaintop now. This is the only section of the main peak with a lot of snow. There is snow in other places, but it is not deep, so even if there is a collapse, it will not have much impact."

Kaiya pointed to the slope drawn on the ground and continued to draw, saying:

“This is a ravine; avalanches stop here and cannot proceed further. Our task is to prevent any people from entering this area…”

Jiang Bai was not familiar with Longji Snow Mountain, so he could only listen to the two people discussing things.

Klee didn't quite understand, but she knew they were discussing something important, so she sat obediently by the fire.

"...This will greatly reduce the workload."

Aberdo nodded. "That is indeed a solution."

Because of the presence of ley lines, Teyvat's geology is much more stable.

Large avalanches are rare, and even if an avalanche were to occur on the main peak they were on, it would not affect other peaks.

“Here’s what we’ll do. I’ll forge a device that can detect life. We’ll split into two groups. Kaiya, you take this device tomorrow to disperse the people around here, while we’ll plant the bombs here.”

Chapter 135 The Message Delivered by the Ruins Guardian

As the cavalry captain of the Knights, Kaeya already possessed a certain level of credibility, and many people in Mondstadt knew him. He was also able to disperse the adventurers in the vicinity in the name of the Knights, which was better than him and Jiang Bai doing it.

"We should be able to completely plant the bombs by 3 p.m., and we will detonate them at that time. You need to make sure that no one comes here during that time."

"no problem."

Kaiya readily agreed.

It's getting a bit dark now, but it's not completely dark yet.

Until tomorrow, this time belongs to him.

He turned to look at the enormous, frigid nail, his eyes burning like intense flames in the reflection of the fire.

With the plan set, everyone went to rest.

After a day of climbing snow-capped mountains, even the most physically fit person needs to rest.

Jiang Bai was drying his cloak, which was a little damp from the snow, preparing to teleport along the anchor points one by one to see if he could find Hu Tao.

Abedo was preparing dinner for them, who were exhausted from their journey, while Claire sat to the side, drooling.

To minimize the impact of the chaotic ley lines, Katis slumbers in his diary, remaining hidden unless called upon.

Only Kaeya, after warming up, walked to the front of the Frost Spike.

He looked up at the huge nail, his expression full of complex emotions.

Although he is the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt, he has another identity—the last descendant of the ancient kingdom of Kanria.

Kanria is a country that was destroyed five hundred years ago and disappeared from history.

Few people know of their existence now, and even fewer mention their names.

But the Ruins Guardians scattered throughout Teyvat all originated from this once-prosperous nation.

The history of this country is now impossible to ascertain; all that is known is that it lies deep underground and is a land ruled by no gods.

Kaeya doesn't have many memories of Kanria. He came to Mondstadt when he was a child, and his memories of Kanria come from his father's teachings.

The enormous, frigid nail before them originated from the sky, and Kanria perished beneath the sky.

He looked up at the sky, and beneath the layers of clouds, he seemed to see a floating island.

He, named "Heavenly Principle," gazes upon this land.

He looked up for a long time, until his neck ached, before he finally looked down.

Instead of touching the cold nail, he slowly paced around, trying to discover something.

This nail of ice in the cold sky did not fall for no reason; there must be something special about this snow-capped mountain.

As far as he knew, there was once an ancient kingdom in this snow-capped mountain, but the kingdom was later destroyed.

He didn't know how the ancient kingdom had been destroyed before, but now the answer was obvious.

It was this long nail that fell from the sky that nailed the country to death, causing it to perish under the snowstorm.

This is so similar to what happened to Kanria, the only difference being that what descended was different.

But what did this country do to deserve such punishment from the heavens?

He walked around the mountaintop, looking around, and soon found the ruins guard that Jiang Bai had defeated and that was now covered in snow.

The relic guardian was paralyzed and unable to move, but its core was still flickering and emitting unintelligible sounds.

Kaeya swept away the snow on the ruin guardian, revealing its dark core.

Without the obstruction of snow, the sound became clear.

After listening for a while, Kaiya showed a surprised expression.

The relic guardian was transmitting a message using a unique encryption method specific to Kanria, a method he had just learned.

After deciphering it, he obtained a string of text.

[For the sake of our nation, we could not relinquish this heavenly power, but we failed.]

The power brought from the heavens?

Failed?

Does this message refer to this ancient kingdom, or to Kanria?

The deciphered content only deepened Kaiya's confusion and raised more questions.

He stood up and continued walking until he reached the highest point of the snow-capped mountain, a place once known as the closest to the sky.

By this time, this place closest to the sky was already badly damaged, and only half of the altar that had been built remained, the other half covered by thick snow.

Standing here, the entire snow-capped mountain comes into view.

Just then, the sun had disappeared behind the mountains, and the snow-capped peaks were revealed to a rare clear sky.

He stood there, gazing at the sky, his eyes brimming with inexplicable emotions, until the sky was covered by night.

……

Jiang Bai gnawed on the roasted snow rabbit made by Abedo, his mouth greasy from the food.

Abedo's cooking skills are quite good, especially his grilling skills, which are absolutely superb.

"That's great! Abedo, you're really good at grilling meat!"

“I used to barbecue a lot,” Abedo chuckled, recounting his past experiences.

"When I was doing experiments with my master, we would often encounter a large spider under the petrified ancient tree. Although this spider did not look good, its meat was extremely delicious."

"I'll tie it up tightly with gardenia and lemongrass, then smear it with white cardamom and smoke it for several hours. The taste will be several times better than this snow rabbit..."

As he spoke, Abedo also began to miss the taste of the spider.

Jiang Bai recalled the appearance of the spiders and, after confirming that the spiders here were the same species as those in his memory, he was filled with deep doubt.

"You can actually eat spiders?"

Can you really roast and eat a creature that's covered in hair and has no flesh on its legs?

Jiang Bai didn't understand.

“That spider was huge, bigger than Klee…” Abedo gestured to show Klee’s size.

Klee drooled. "A giant spider, roasted..."

She remembered there were a few spiders with webs in the attic. She would catch them when she got back and have her brother Abedo roast them!