People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 203: The Sky Nail Falls into the Rocky Abyss
The abyss of rock, below the main mining area.

Next to the glowing crystal that looked like a spherical blue crystal dug out by the miners,
Lin Feng and Zhongli, who came here, have been studying silently for a while.

Different from the main mining area of ​​Juyuan, which is covered with purple-red strange rocks,

There was no aura of the abyss around this glowing sphere.

There are even some fluorescent flowers and vines with purple leaves, clinging to the surrounding rocks, exuding a strong breath of life.

Under the light blue fluorescence, countless light purple flowers and plants swayed slightly in the air current coming from deep in the cave, and for a moment, it felt like being in a fairy tale wonderland.

Lin Feng: “.” Isn’t the contrast a bit too great?
The main mining area of ​​the abyss, separated only by a layer of rock wall, was filled with black mud like crude oil and explosive gases that would ignite when exposed to fire.

As a result, when we got to the vicinity of the nail fragments, we actually saw a peaceful scene.

He shook his head, shifting his attention away from the sharp contrast.

Lin Feng looked at Zhongli in front of him, pointed at the mysterious devices around him that were full of ancient civilization style, and said:
"Although I knew about the existence of the 'Frost Sky Nail' in the history of the Xumi Desert,

But I never expected that just a piece of debris from it could have such a powerful purifying power."

"If we can figure out how the ancient devices around it that transmit power to it work,

Then maybe even ordinary residents can have a little more vitality when facing the infection of the power of the abyss."

"——I wonder if you have any idea about the source of this thing's power, old man?"

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Zhongli glanced around at the scenery that was completely different from the scenery above.
After hearing this, he was silent for a while.
After a moment, he shook his head and said:
"To be honest, the world's research on this 'Nail of Judgment' has never stopped in the past thousands of years.
Even I and a few old friends have tried to analyze its power."

"——But the right to use this power belongs only to the one who made the rules.
Even the Kingdom of Kanreya, which was once famous for its research capabilities, ultimately failed to gain any results from the various 'Nails of Judgment'."

Looking at the spherical fragment in front of me,
As if recalling some past events, Zhongli paused for a moment.
After noticing the curious gaze of the boy beside him, he continued:

"——But the only thing that is certain is that the power of the 'Sky Nail' and the Abyss are mortal enemies.
As soon as they come into contact with each other, they will enter a process of mutual neutralization and cancellation, and the two are almost completely unable to coexist."

"——Generally speaking, it is only in the 'gaps' of the world, and in areas where the pollution in the Abyss is so severe that it cannot be suppressed.

Only then can we see the shattered crystals like this one in front of you and me.
And this is only a fragment of the complete Sky Nail, the main body is probably still deeper underground."

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"For me, it is enough to get this information. Thank you, Emperor, for clearing up my doubts."

After learning that ancient demon gods like Zhongli did not fully understand the source of the power of the Frost Sky Nail, or at least could not use it,

Lin Feng also became more and more curious about the high and mighty "Heavenly Law" and the rules she used to deliver these heavenly nails.

——Even if it is just in the game, the players can actually find and touch the sky nail,
After adding them up, the number is actually quite large.

However, there are still many doubts about the specific reasons why Tianli delivered these Frost Sky Nails.

——Texts in many places explain that these Frost Nails released by Tianli seem to have a certain "advance amount" in some special circumstances.

Even if the abyss pollution in this place is not serious at the moment, and it seems that there is no need to release the sky nail at the cost of damaging the earth veins and destroying the ecology,

But it just so happens that these heavenly nails that are delivered always seem to play a key role as if "destined" at some point in the future.

- At least according to Wendy, the Sky Nail in the Mondstadt Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain has greatly reduced the pollution of Durin's poisonous blood and avoided the end of the entire Mondstadt life being destroyed.

Shaking his head, Lin Feng shifted his attention away from the thoughts that could not come to any specific conclusions for the time being.

Feeling the extremely low conversion rate of the sky nail energy, just like absorbing the earth vein energy, his interest in this thing decreased a lot.

——Now that the people of Xumi and Liyue can provide him with anchors, even if he encounters the power that the Abyss Will personally "added" like last time,

He also had the confidence to consume it completely and use it as nourishment for his own growth.

——It can be said that the current Lin Feng, if we only look at his role,
There would be no problem even if you regard it as an enhanced version of the Sky Nail that can move on its own and possesses powerful combat capabilities.

Because he can devour and purify the power of the abyss in a way that is less destructive to the outside world.
Well, apart from being excellent in sealing breaches in the world, these Sky Nails naturally have no irreplaceable value to him.

Back to now,

Through the powerful perception of God,

In fact, Lin Feng and Zhongli already knew how to release the fragment of the Sky Nail and return it to its original form.

After completing the discussion on the Sky Nail,
The two looked at each other and officially began the core purpose of this trip.

- Completely seal off the deep mining area that still contains the pollution from the Abyss and the power of the Sky Nail, and while cleaning up the working environment for the miners, complete the repair of the damaged earth veins.

Trigger those ancient mechanisms that would cause monsters to pop out when touched in the game, but now each one is more obedient than the last.

"Om-"

The next moment, the crystal stone was suddenly freed from its restraints, and under some inexplicable attraction,
It broke through the extremely thick rock layer below and headed to a deeper space.

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Subsequently,

When this last object that could be considered an obstacle was gone,

The golden power belonging to the rock element also shone on the two gods at the same time.
The barrier outside that was used to block the influence of the changes in the earth veins was reinforced again.

Just like rising water, countless solid rocks, under the catalysis of authority, filled up all the space except where the two stood.

These rocks were created by the gods themselves, with special emphasis on solidity.

Not only will the vast space below the main mining area of ​​the Layered Rock Abyss be completely blocked,
At the same time, it will also completely change Liyue's production model for thousands of years, in which once the efficiency of ore output drops slightly, it will continue to dig downwards.

——The various forces in the abyss are too complicated. With hundreds of meters of holes already underground, any further digging will not bring the benefits they expect.
It is because of the endless disasters brought about by damaging the earth veins and releasing the abyss.

Back outside the barrier,

Because while Lin Feng was responsible for filling the space,

Zhongli is also trying his best to distribute the half-mined mineral veins above the rock layer at a reasonable mining density to ensure that Liyue's mining industry will not suffer a fatal blow in a short period of time.

Therefore, under such large-scale geological changes,

Even with the barrier, people close to the abyss could still feel slight vibrations.

now,

A young man with golden hair, wearing a half black mask and a strange robe stood in front of the golden barrier.
It's not just the clothing that's different from the current residents of the Seven Kingdoms;

This blond man also has a unique quadrilateral mark in his pupils.
As if some kind of soul quality was revealed, there was a sense of vicissitudes that was different from his youthful appearance.

In the past few days, with the activity of a certain Xumi God,
For some unknown reason, all signs of activity by the Abyss Cult members around the Grass Country have almost completely disappeared.
Now, after much difficulty, he has tracked down an Abyss Apostle and arrived at the Layered Abyss area.

Looking at the barrier in front of him, which was undoubtedly created by the "God", and even completely cut off the connection in "space",
After standing still for a moment,
In the end, he did not raise his hand to touch the seemingly 'thin' yellow light film in front of him, but simply chose to turn around and leave.

——Although I don't know who this power comes from, since I can't teleport,
Then, that unfortunate apostle of the abyss would definitely not appear in front of him again after the head-on conflict with the gods.

Instead of wasting time doing such meaningless things, it would be more practical to continue looking for new goals.

I heard that a few days ago, most of the main forces of the Knights of Favonius seemed to have left the territory of the Kingdom of Wind.

In a country that has fallen into a power vacuum, it might be easier to find traces of the Abyss Cult...

——Since Xumi and Liyue can no longer find any trace of the Abyss Cult, let’s go to Mondstadt to take a look next.

After re-determining his goal, Deinsreb shook his head.
Just like every day in the past five hundred years, I silently embarked on the journey to find the answer.

After completing the filling work of the upper rock layer in the lower layer of the abyss,
Lin Feng and Zhongli also came to a dark purple mist.
Looking at the power of the abyss that is steaming like gas,
After his level increased, Lin Feng’s memory improved a lot, and he quickly remembered where this place was.

——In this purple mist, there is a Lightning Elemental Abyss Singer and a Fire Elemental Singer hidden.
These two mysterious guys seem to have existed for a very long time and do not belong to the Abyss Cult.

In the plot, they called this area the "forbidden land", which caused a devastating disaster to the Fatui group that trespassed there.

Lin Feng originally planned to come to the Layered Rock Abyss to collect more abyss power so as to raise his level. Naturally, he would not miss these two walking experience packs.

"Om-"

But before he could disperse the fog,
Not far from the two of them, a portal to the abyss that was flashing with strange colors suddenly opened up without any warning.

A grey-blue water elemental abyss apostle half-peeked out of it, seemingly feeling lucky that he had finally escaped someone's pursuit.
Because of the adaptability of the power of the abyss to space,
To Lin Feng, the movements of this water element apostle even had a sense of elegance and ease.

——But this feeling soon disappeared.

——After it saw the two figures in front of it that looked like "ordinary people".

As a passer-by,
Lin Feng noticed that after seeing his appearance, the Abyss Apostle's body movements froze.
Then, as if he had seen something horrible, he quickly tried to retreat back into the portal behind him.

But the surrounding barriers had already been strengthened by him during the landfill process.

This Abyss Apostle who had somehow hit upon this opportunity,
In the midst of visible despair, he was actually squeezed out by the abyss portal behind him.

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For a moment, in the dark underground space, three figures stared at each other, and fell into a strange silence.

After a while,

Zhongli, who was standing beside Lin Feng, was perhaps because he had never seen an Apostle of the Abyss who dared to attack him in all these years.

He simply ignored the twisted monster beside him that was invincible to ordinary people.

He looked at Lin Feng beside him with some interest and said:
"...Oh, this is really rare."

"——I saw this Apostle of the Abyss the moment he saw you,

It seems to have a certain kind of 'fear' emotion which is very rare for this kind of creature. Have you ever had any encounter with it before?"

Lin Feng shook his head and answered with some curiosity:
"To be honest with you, old man, even in my memory, this is only the second time I have seen such a thing as the Apostle of the Abyss."

"On a normal day, let alone encountering monsters from the depths of the abyss, even ordinary abyss mages like me can hardly see one."

Thinking of the special physique that I have had since crossing over, which makes the monsters in the abyss avoid me,

Lin Feng was also very curious as to why this Abyss Apostle was so afraid of him.

Apostle of the Abyss: “.” Your Highness, I think I’m going to die heroically.

“——I don’t know anything.”

Ignoring the monster that seemed to be leaving some last words,

From the countless records in the past, the two knew that it was impossible to get any information from the mouth of the Apostle of the Abyss through "questioning".

He called upon his own authority without hesitation.
With the overwhelming advantage in strength, he did not give the opponent any chance to struggle, and easily turned the Apostle of the Abyss, who seemed to be planning to "commit suicide", into a stone sculpture.

Zhongli, who already knew about Lin Feng's special resistance to the power of the abyss and his ability to read thoughts through dream authority,

He reached out and pulled the Apostle of the Abyss, who was in a state of near permanent petrification but was undoubtedly still "alive", to his side.
He handed it to the black-haired boy who was very confused about his own situation and finally captured a prisoner for the first time.

(End of this chapter)