"She'll be safe."

Ying was comforted.

"Hopefully."

Jinwu sighed, shook his head, and said to Ying again.

"Traveler, you must have seen a lot of lumenstone crystals on the road, right? That thing was just right to contain the contaminants of this mutation, though I don't know how...... But it's great to have a solution."

Jinwu told Ying about the processing process, and finished processing everything in Ying's hand before letting them go.

"You go investigate first, I have some things, go and deal with them."

After Yue Yang left the camp, he did not go back with Ying, but went in another direction.

According to his memory, it should still be very safe, at least until Ying opens the mine, he can leave Ying alone for the time being.

And he was about to meet an old man.

Ying nodded, agreed with Yue Yang to meet a place, and then went to the cannon.

Yue Yang, on the other hand, went in a completely opposite direction.

It wasn't until there were few people around him, and there were even very few monsters, that Yue Yang stopped.

"How long will you stay with me?"

He clasped his hands in his arms and quietly looked at the open space in front of him.

After a while, a figure appeared in front of him.

It's Yelan.

"Finally reluctant?"

Yue Yang looked at her amusedly.

Yelan pursed her lips.

"Why do you have to see me?"

She had always been calm and self-controlled, but when she saw the man in front of her, it all turned into smoke.

She seemed to be back in the noisy place of the past, where the man easily disintegrated everything in front of her.

Just like today.

"From the moment I stepped into the underground mines...... No, you're looking at me when the Chasm is in the Chasm, aren't you?"

Yue Yang smiled slightly.

He knows.

From the very beginning, he felt it.

Yelan's body trembled slightly.

"I still can't hide it from you......

"Lord Yueyang."

Also.

He taught him all his skills.

How could it be possible to hide from his sight.

"Long time no see."

"Xiaolan."

Yue Yang held out his hand to her.

Yelan's body trembled when she heard this.

Now the people around her call her 'adult' or 'that', even if it is Ningguang, it is just to call her Yelan, and no one dares to use such a title for her.

But hearing this sound from Yue Yang's mouth, she didn't have any thoughts of being offended.

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Yelan stepped forward and did not take Yue Yang's hand.

She hugged her.

She has always been alone, and it is the first time she has shown such a vulnerable side in front of others.

Yue Yang was stunned by her movements.

He originally thought that Yelan was angry with himself by refusing to meet him for so long.

After all, after he entered the depths of the Chasm, he never returned.

Yelan should be angry, right?

But now it seems.

Not like that.

His hand wrapped around Yelan's waist and patted it gently.

"I'm back."

"You can't leave when you come back, Lord Yueyang!"

Yelan's voice was a little choked.

She rarely shows the delicate appearance of such a little daughter.

This is also a scenery that belongs exclusively to Yueyang.

He touched her head.

"Okay, let's go."

"How can you be like a child?

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Yelan coughed lightly and let go of him, her cheeks flushed uncomfortably.

"Anyway, I received a special order to keep an eye on the traveler, so I'll always be with you, you...... You can always come to me if you have something."

"There's nothing I don't know about in this underground mine."

She explained far-fetchedly.

Yue Yang didn't demolish her, and nodded.

"Okay, I see."

"Then please trouble our Lord Yelan to continue to protect me around."

He had a smile in his eyes.

Yelan was in a trance for a while.

He was always like this, revealing all his thoughts and calculations frankly in front of people, so frankly that she couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

Just like now, she knew that he didn't need her own protection at all, but she still nodded involuntarily.

By the time she reacted, Yue Yang had already left.

"Ugh."

"Sure enough, I still can't refuse."

Yelan clenched the dice in her hand.

He is her calamity.

Every time I encounter it, I will lose completely.

When Yue Yang returned to the location of the Kaishan Cannon, he saw that Ying and Zhiqiong were already standing together.

What was once blocked by boulders has now become a passageway.

"This is the way to the depths of the mine, right?"

Yue Yang looked inside, and it was pitch black.

Ying nodded.

"But it doesn't look good."

She always felt that there was an air here that was not too friendly.

"The greater the risk, the greater the benefit!"

Zhiqiong's eyes were still shining.

The unknown area is where she can show her skills again.

We won't disappoint you this time!

"Zhiqiong, you're really not afraid at all......

Even Paimon, who has always been lively, is quite helpless at this time.

Zhiqiong waved his hand.

"I'm an adventurer, looking towards the stars and the abyss to explore the mysteries and truths of the world, which is exactly what I should have done with my life, why should I be afraid?"

After Yue Yang's explanation, Zhiqiong had completely figured it out.

Instead of being timid, it is better to be brave and fight.

Even if she is an ordinary person, she will definitely be recorded by history.

To the stars and the abyss!

Ying looked at Yue Yang in confusion.

How do you feel that Zhiqiong is getting more and more enthusiastic?

Yue Yang didn't know that he had such a strong power in a few casual words, and he shrugged helplessly.

But the group still stepped into the passage.

"Fortunately, Sister Jinwu made preparations in advance......

It was dark in the passageway, and only the light of the lumen stone shimmered slightly, providing light for everyone.

"Wow...... Is there such a long tunnel dug by the miners?"

Everyone has walked for a long time, and there is no end in sight.

Paimon couldn't help but marvel.

"yes, this tunnel leads to a strange hedron that, well, seems to be of the same origin as the lumenstone. After that, though, it was quickly sealed off and the miners left."

Zhiqiong nodded, looking quite helpless.

"Normally, these tunnels also have refuge rooms and rest areas...... But there was an accident, and everything was abandoned before it could be completed."

"But I've heard that deeper down, there are bigger tunnels and broken spaces...... Legend has it among the miners that there is a giant snake hidden in the ground, and it has been writhing and digging here."

Zhiqiong said mysteriously.

After attracting everyone's attention, she stretched again.

"Ha, unless I saw it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe this kind of legend."

"I always feel very unreliable......

Paimon commented on the side.