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The footprints left by the ruins guards were very large, and their length alone was longer than Ying's forearm.
Wherever the footprints passed, the soil sank and the grass growing on it disappeared, leaving only a bare patch.
The footprints exuded a familiar smell, which made Ying very concerned. Following the footprints, Ying saw a hint of green suddenly appear next to the footprints.
It was a trampled dandelion. The familiar scent gushed out from the dandelion and went straight into Ying's mind, awakening long-lost memories.
Meteors, collapse, angels, seals...
The yellowed past flashed through Ying's mind rapidly, making her feel dizzy.
"what……"
Ying covered her forehead with her hands, her face twisted. Her only relative, Kong, was in those pictures, and every time Kong appeared, Ying's heart was affected.
"Relax." The warmth first came from Ying's shoulders and then spread to her entire body.
When she opened her eyes, Ying found herself surrounded by people.
"What's wrong? Did you suddenly remember the nightmare you had yesterday?" Paimon looked worried. She would sometimes be like Ying, but Paimon always treated them as nightmares and forgot about them.
"As long as memories are in your mind, there is no rush. It's just a matter of how long you recall them." Dai Yin glanced at Ying and was lost in memories. He had experienced this too many times.
"There's something wrong with this dandelion. I'll pull it out for you." Yu Jin also walked over, holding a wilted dandelion.
"Thank you... thank you."
Seeing this scene, Ying suddenly felt that the melancholy in her heart disappeared, and she was full of confidence in her future journey.
Chapter 350 Peeping at the Foursome
2023-12-13
"It seems that you have recovered. How is it? What have you gained?" Dai Yin saw the smile on Ying's face and knew that she should be fine.
"It was very blurry, the picture moved too fast, I couldn't see anything clearly." Ying covered her forehead with her hands. These memories at most reminded her of some past experiences.
If it really helps her find her brother, I'm afraid it will be of limited use.
"In that case, doesn't that mean we have gained nothing?" Paimon spread his hands. The sun was already setting, and they had worked all day but found nothing.
There was no news from the Abyss Cult, and no trace of Brother Ying was found. So today I just came to tour the entire Mondstadt.
"That's not the case. At least you know your brother is still here and has been to Mondstadt. That's a good gain."
"Dain, you are right. I will definitely figure out these memories!"
Ying nodded. It had been a long time since she felt her brother's presence. It was worth it for her to be busy for so long today.
"Do you want this? Maybe if you touch it every day you can find your brother's trace."
Ember held up the dandelion that had been pulled up by the roots. It was bad enough that it was stepped on by the ruins guard, but it didn't expect that it would be pulled up by Ember now.
It is no exaggeration to say that growing plants is difficult.
"No." Ying looked at the dandelion that was about to burst and shook her head.
The moment she came to her senses, the familiar breath near the cliff disappeared. Now for Ying, this place is just like any other place, except that the wind is a little stronger.
"Haha, your journey has just begun. I'm sure you will gain more and more."
Dai Yin looked up at the fiery red sunset, then turned around and said to everyone, "Everyone, let's say goodbye here. The time I spent with you... was quite enjoyable."
Dain turned his head and smiled, then turned into a blue afterimage and burrowed into the earth.
Unfortunately, he was pulled out by the embers before he could run too far.
"Since you are happy, then stay for a while!" Yu Jin supported himself on the ground with both hands, then lifted them up with force.
"Boom!"
The earth seemed to be imprisoned by something, and a square, thick piece of ground was lifted up by the embers.
And Dain also fell out from the bottom of the lifted earth.
Recovering from the blue afterimage, Dyne was now shrouded in shadow.
In the distance, there was Yu Jin with his arms raised high, supporting the entire earth, and behind him, there were Ying and Paimon who were staring in amazement.
"What do you want to do?" Dain clenched his fists. He wanted to beat someone up, even if that person might be his fellow villager.
"Come out, I'm so tired, I don't want to lift it anymore." As he said that, Yujin's arms began to tremble, and pieces of sand fell from the sky, many of which hit Dain's head.
Seeing this, Dain had no choice but to jump out of the deep pit in the ground.
"Boom!"
The ground that was lifted up by the embers in an unreasonable posture fell down. Except for some soil turned out at the edge, a quick look showed that it was almost the same as before it was lifted up.
"Nice to meet you again!" Yu Jin clapped his hands and said to Dain, who had an expressionless face.
Dain was really confused now. He felt that the embers were hiding more than he had imagined.
He was just traveling through the earth veins, and it was with this power that he was able to track the Apostles of the Abyss over the past few hundred years.
This ability has never failed, even in dangers deliberately set up by the Abyss Cult.
But now, he was intercepted by Yu Jin. And it was in such a simple way.
"Cut off the earth veins?... The world is so big that nothing is impossible."
Dain was traveling through the earth veins. The earth veins had no entity. They were more like virtual veins formed by countless memories flowing beneath the earth.
Lifting the earth will not affect the earth veins at all, otherwise the war between demons and gods would be enough to completely disrupt the flow of earth veins in the entire Teyvat.
As for the consequences of the complete disruption of the earth veins, Dain estimated that they would not be much different from the catastrophe five hundred years ago.
"Come on, I'll take you to meet more people." Yu Jin patted Dain's shoulder and pulled him towards Mondstadt.
It's easy for a person to suffer from depression when he's alone underground. Yu Jin thinks that Dain has this tendency - because he has a stern face all day long, as if someone owes him Mora.
"It's meaningless. I'm different from you. Meeting you will only bring me more pain." Dain refused without thinking.
At the beginning of his journey, he met many friends, but in the end all his friends turned into dust, leaving Dain alone.
So from then on, unless necessary, Dain generally would not have any interaction with people on the ground.
Moreover, sometimes he stayed underground for several years or even longer, and when he returned to the surface, everything had changed.
"Moreover, since there is no movement from the Abyss Cult on the earth, it means that they are planning something underground."
"I must find out and stop them!" Dain said resolutely, clenching his fists.
"What is this? Do you remember what I told you?"
"what?"
As for what Yu Jin said, Dyne always let it go in one ear and out the other. As for what he actually said...
Sorry, Dain doesn't know.
"More friends, more paths."
Yu Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and stretched out his hands to Ying and Dain. At the same time, his consciousness began to connect with the roots of the golden tree that were everywhere under the earth.
……
In the dark pit beneath the earth is the headquarters of the Abyss Cult after its relocation.
Teyvat has had many civilizations, both above and below the earth. It's easy to find some ruins to use as a headquarters.
"Crack!"
The sound of rubble being pushed aside did not attract anyone's attention. Although the underground was quiet, the sound of the dim bonfire burning did not stop for a moment.
The sound of the gravel breaking was so small that it was drowned out by the sound of the burning campfire.
In the dim firelight, a golden branch emerged, but soon it shrank as if it had been hit by someone.
Then the light of the branches dimmed and disappeared completely in the dark background.
At the top of the branch, an eyeball protruded. If someone saw this scene, they would probably be scared to death.
The eyeball was rotating, and the pupil inside it was constantly changing, as if looking for the best structure to see things clearly in the dark.
"Where is this?" Ying's voice echoed, and she seemed to have entered an inexplicable state, very similar to a dream.
But this dream was a group one, with Ember and Dain also present.
"It should be underground, and in a base of the Abyss Cult." After a brief moment of surprise, Dain focused on the scene in front of him.
The eyeballs on the branches seemed to be theirs at this moment, and everything they saw was reflected in Ying and Dai Yin's minds at the first time.
"Where is the senior?" Ying looked for a while and found that his gaze seemed to be still, so she asked Yujin, the instigator of all this.
But Ember didn't answer because he was busy dealing with Paimon.
"Wow! Ember, what did you do? I want one too!"
On the cliff of the Wind Dragon Ruins, Paimon was slapping the embers' armor, looking extremely anxious.
Because she found that Ying and Dai Yin fell into a deep sleep after being touched by the embers.
Considering Ember's style, Paimon thought there must be something fun, but Ember didn't take her with him, so she became anxious.
"Stop filming, wake up!" Yu Jin woke up with his hands on Ying and Dain's shoulders, while the latter two were still sleeping.
Yu Jin looked at his occupied hands, raised his feet and said, "Come to my feet and I'll step on you, okay?"
"No." Paimon crossed her arms and stared at Ember with an expressionless face. She felt that Ember was making fun of her.
"You're quite pretentious." Yu Jin chuckled, and then a new arm popped out from behind him and grabbed Paimon's head.
Chapter 351 Shifting Position
2023-12-13
"Where is this? It's so dark!"
After a moment of trance, Paimeng found that everything in front of his eyes turned dark.
Actually, it’s not that dark, but Paimon just says that out of habit.
"Stop talking, Paimon, be quiet!" A familiar voice appeared in Paimon's ears, but when Paimon wanted to turn his head to look, he found that his vision had not changed at all.