Chapter 204: The Abyss is over, and Mondstadt is in turmoil again
After Dain left, Tianhe found Haidifu and told him about his experience in the depths of the Abyss. He also informed Haidifu that the Abyss Cult had all withdrawn from the Layered Abyss. However, Tianhe still felt that the Abyss Cult would never give up. He always felt that he had forgotten something and maybe he would return to the Layered Abyss later.
After learning about this, Haidi naturally had to confirm first that after a period of material preparation, the exploration team camp was ready to move on. After receiving this news, the only concern was gone, so the next matter of the exploration team camp was not something Tianhe needed to consider.
After explaining other things, Tianhe handed the map of the remaining area of the Layered Abyss drawn by Zhiqiong to Hedifu, and then Tianhe used the ground vein to teleport and left the underground mining area of the Layered Abyss. After returning to the surface mining area, Fushe and Xiao had already left, probably because Fushe needed to recuperate. At present, only Halfdan, Jiuqi Shinobu, and Zhiqiong are still waiting for Tianhe here.
"Hmm? You haven't returned to the cave yet? Well, let's go back together. We have experienced a lot in the Layered Abyss during this period of time." Tianhe could also see that A'nin and Zhiqiong were also very tired, so they needed to rest. Halfdan did not seem to be very tired. Tianhe thought about it and decided to let her go back to the cave first.
As for the former members of Kanreya's palace guard, Halfdan took them to the General Affairs Department to find Keqing and join the Liyue clan. Tianhe took Zhiqiong and Jiuqi Shinobu's hands and took them back to the cave, while Halfdan followed silently. She also wanted to join in, but Halfdan felt that it would be better for him to maintain the previous relationship.
Tianhe naturally noticed Halfdan's situation. He could guess Halfdan's little thoughts. The contradictory feeling of a normal person wanting to get close but being embarrassed was very obvious in Halfdan.
"Hafdan, it seems that you want to join us too?" Tianhe teased Halfdan with a smile on his face, "Ah? Is that so? I'm not, Tianhe, don't talk nonsense." Halfdan always felt that this was not the first time that Tianhe teased her. When they were in Kanriya, even if Kongying and the others were there, Tianhe would still tease her.
And now, Tianhe's words seemed like what happened yesterday in Kanreya, familiar yet unfamiliar. Tianhe's voice came to Halfdan's ears again, "Don't be in a daze, Halfdan, let's go." Halfdan came to her senses and found that Tianhe and the others had walked quite a distance, so she hurried to catch up.
In Mondstadt, Diluc, the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius, was looking at the current intelligence from the snowy mountains with a frown on her face. After Falgar led four-fifths of the Knights' forces to the northern border of Teyvat, Mondstadt had to shrink its forces due to a severe shortage of Knights of Favonius, which was not a good thing.
After the full withdrawal of the Knights of Favonius, the crime rate in Mondstadt once soared, treasure-stealing gangs were rampant, and the number of monsters increased sharply. In order to change this situation, Diluk replanned the patrol routes of the Knights of Favonius, vigorously rectified public security issues, and even personally led the team to deal with the treasure-stealing gangs and eliminate monsters. After a period of time, the situation in Mondstadt gradually improved.
During this period, not only Diluk was very busy, but also Jean, Kaeya, Eula and others, the workload increased sharply during this period. However, as time went by, the most difficult period passed, and everyone gradually returned to their original state, and the Knights of Favonius were also running in an orderly manner.
Diluk had intelligence from the snowy mountains. The current situation in Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain was not optimistic and more personnel were needed urgently. However, the Knights of Favonius had few manpower available as they were all fully occupied with other tasks. Diluk could only sigh. When she looked at Fargar normally, she didn't think he had a lot of things to do.
Why did she have so many things to do when she became the acting leader? Suddenly, Diluk thought of a person. Maybe he could handle the matter of the snow mountain. That's right, it was our Tianhe. So, in the evening, after finishing his official duties for the day, Diluk left the acting leader's office and went directly to Dongtian to talk to Tianhe.
A few days ago, in the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, Eula had teleported back to the guerrilla camp from the cave, but there was an unexpected guest. The investigation team leader, Albedo, was standing outside the guerrilla camp. Eula was a little confused and came over to ask, "Huh? Albedo, weren't you doing research in your camp? Why are you here?"
Albedo looked around and confirmed that no one was around, then he came close to Eula and said, "Some strange things happened when I was conducting experiments in the snowy mountain camp not long ago. My research was taken away by someone. Later, these strange things happened more and more, and I haven't noticed them for a while, so I wanted to find you to see how to solve this problem."
Eula thought about it, she had no idea about it, so she agreed. However, after searching for a few days, she did not find any clues of the thief. In desperation, Eula discussed with Albedo and decided to find Tianhe and invite him to the snow mountain. To be continued~