I picked up this little grass god.

"what happened……?"

Nata, Mavica, who had just rested for more than half a year after the decisive battle with Gustott, looked up at the dark sky and suddenly had a very strong premonition of danger in her heart.

"..."

"Ok?"

Inazuma, when the sky turned dark, Ying suddenly grabbed Raiden's hand tightly.

The ominous smell evoked bad memories in her heart.

"Forbidden knowledge..."

Xumi, the Great Compassionate Tree King looked out the window worriedly.

Apep also rushed over and stood guard beside the Great Tree King.

"You protect Fontaine, and I'll take care of the rest."

Fontaine, Villette frowned as she looked at the black rain falling from the sky, and spoke to Funina and Fucaros first.

Then he slammed the scepter in his hand into the ground, and instantly all the polluted black rain in the air returned to the sky.

In winter, under the order of the Ice Queen, the entire Winter City entered a state of wartime alert.

Liyue, the Liyue Seven Stars who discovered the abnormality also responded immediately, and the demons and immortals joined together as soon as possible.

"Oh, that's too much. I haven't had enough wine yet. I won't have the chance again in the future..."

Mondstadt, Angel's Gift Tavern, Wendy walked out the door holding a bottle of wine.

Near the Thousand Winds Temple, as the space cracks expanded, the terrifying aura of the abyss burst out from it, and the first to be hit were Ying and the Knights of Favonius.

Fortunately, Ying reacted in time, stood in front of everyone, and used the ability to absorb the power of the abyss to protect them.

What made Ying's expression solemn was that this aura was even stronger than that of Gustot, who was entrenched deep in the Kingdom of Nata Night God.

What exactly is that? Why did the power of the abyss appear in Qianfeng’s temple...?

The outburst of the abyss aura did not last long. When it calmed down, the Thousand Winds Temple, which had originally appeared sacred and solemn after being restored to its original state, had been ruined again, and dark power was surging within it.

"Amber, take them away from here. The aura of the abyss is not something they can touch!"

"Paimon, Krevy, you guys go too, this power is stronger than Nata's Abyss!"

After the explosion of the abyss breath ended, Ying hurriedly spoke to Amber, Paimon and the others.

"Wait, Traveler, you don't want to stay here, do you? It's too dangerous. Come back to Mondstadt with us first!"

After understanding Ying's words, Amber hurriedly grabbed Ying's hand.

"There's no time left. If you stay any longer you'll all be affected!"

Ying said to Amber hurriedly.

"I'm fine, Sister Ying. My inner strength protects me from the abyss's aura. You see, I'm totally fine."

Krevy was unwilling to leave, and even held out her hand as proof.

"I, I also have inner strength!"

Paimon didn't want to leave Ying, and although he was very scared, he still mustered up the courage to speak.

"Okay, then be careful and don't leave my side."

Seeing that Krevie was really not affected, Ying nodded and agreed, but still gave serious instructions.

"Travelers, you must be careful! Don't be so stubborn!"

Amber saw that others were feeling unwell, so she didn't care about anything else. After instructing Ying and the others, she hurriedly took everyone away from the Thousand Winds Temple.

After Ying saw Amber and the others go away, she turned around to look at Liu Bai, only to find that Liu Bai had already walked into the Thousand Wind Temple.

"Let's follow Liu Bai."

Ying immediately gave a reminder, and then the three of them followed Liu Bai.

At this time, inside the Thousand Winds Temple, a huge space crack opened in the center, and wisps of misty abyssal power flowed from the space crack to the ground, filling the entire Thousand Winds Temple with purple mist.

"..."

Just as Liu Bai approached the space crack, a sound of footsteps suddenly and slowly came from far away, which seemed to be the sound of high heels hitting the floor.

Liu Bai looked into the space crack and saw a familiar figure slowly walking out.

She looked around, and finally her eyes fell on Liu Bai in front of her. She also saw Ying and Paimeng behind her out of the corner of her eye.

"Eh……"

When they saw who walked out of the space crack, Ying, Paimeng and the others were stunned for a moment.

"Huh? Where is this place? How did I get here? Did you, Xiaobai, pull me here?"

After two seconds of silence, Nashida asked Liu Bai curiously, then came forward and skillfully took one of Liu Bai's arms.

"Travelers, you guys are here too? Long time no see~"

Then Nashida and Ying greeted the others.

"N-Nasida...? How did you get out of there? What's with all this power from the abyss?"

After being stunned for a moment, Paimon couldn't help but ask with his eyes wide open.

"Yeah, girl, how did you get out? Is your body not dirty? Let me have a taste..."

Liu Bai finally reacted after Paimon finished speaking. He hurriedly grabbed one of Nashida's hands and licked her palm to taste it.

"Hehe~ It's so itchy... Stop making trouble!"

Nashida quickly retracted her hand, and then answered Ying and the others' questions.

"Here's what happened. Just now, Apep packed up the pollutants produced by the factories and sent them to me. When I tried to use the portal to throw the pollutants into the abyss as usual, something unexpected happened."

"Then the abyss reacted like a cat whose tail was stepped on. It jumped up and down, and I was pushed into the portal accidentally."

"I kept walking inside and finally found an exit, and when I came out I saw you guys."

Nashida explained in detail what had happened.

"Is that so? Then is the situation here...similar to the sewer gas explosion in Fontaine, where the abyss suddenly exploded because too many pollutants were dumped into it?"

After listening to Nashida's explanation, Paimon couldn't help but guess in shock.

Previously when they were in Xumi, Ying asked about the pollution problem when she saw the power plant, and then Nashida introduced them to Apep.

It was this incident that made them realize that Xumi had thrown all the pollution into the abyss.

Of course they agreed very much and said things like "Let the abyss also taste the feeling of being polluted."

"That's an interesting statement, Paimon. I think it's probably like this. This place was bombed pretty hard, and the buildings were damaged... huh? So I should be the one to pay for it!"

Nashida nodded in agreement with Paimon's statement, then looked around the Thousand Winds Temple and suddenly thought of an important issue.

"Actually, there's no need to pay compensation. This is Mondstadt's Thousand Winds Temple. It was in such a dilapidated state from the beginning. It has suddenly recovered in the past few days, so it shouldn't matter if it was blown up."

Paimon explained to Nashida and also answered Nashida's question about where this place was.

"The Thousand Winds Temple in Mondstadt... Since you're here, I just happened to want to find him for something."

"Traveler, could you please take me to find Barbatos?"

Nashida muttered something, then asked Ying and the others.

……