With the news provided by the Fatui, this trip to the underground finally has a goal.

It's just that the underground of this rock abyss is intertwined, and the scenery of the various stone caves seems to be the same, and as Sasuke goes deeper, the underground space becomes more and more open, as if he can't see the end.

Even if he had Dvalin mode and could fly, there was no reference to it and there were stone pillars everywhere underground, so flying didn't have much of an advantage.

On the contrary, if you fly too fast, it is easy to hit the stone wall.

"Sasuke, did we just come here before? Feels like coming full circle, and we're back again? ”

After going back and forth in circles in the pitch-black cavern for the first time, Paimon sat down on Sasuke's shoulder and asked a little discouraged.

"It feels like I've hit the wall of the legendary ghost in Liyue, and no matter how I go around, I ...... in place."

Sasuke could only stop exploring.

Dvalin's elemental chakra was no big problem keeping him flying, but in this dark cavern, it was too oppressive to rely on the light of a flashlight to find his way.

There are many forks here, each of which is divided, sometimes it is a dead end, sometimes it is another fork in the road, and after traveling to the end, it may return to the original point, like a huge labyrinth.

In the depths of the labyrinth, there are monsters hiding in the black mud, and when they get closer, they quietly carry out a wave of sneak attacks.

It's no wonder that the Ninth Company of the Fatui was so badly damaged before, this is completely exploring the way with human life.

It's just a pity that they don't have a map on their log.

After eating slightly, Sasuke began to think of a solution.

Earlier, he had tried to use shadow clones to find his way.

The amount of elemental power chakra I have now can indeed release enough shadow clones to explore the path, but the huge amount of information returned by the feedback and the negative feedback brought back by this underground exploration are really fatal.

He had tried to find his way with a dozen shadow clones before, and the information that came back made him dizzy for a while.

And although he sorted out the information brought back by the shadow clone, he couldn't draw the whole picture of the underground mine because he didn't study the map drawing, and the information brought back by the shadow clone could only vaguely remember some fork directions, and he would still get lost in the follow-up advance.

If only Naruto were here, he could send a large number of shadow clones at each fork in the road to explore the corners, and then choose a route that could go deep and explore layer by layer.

Now, he can only take a stupid way, using the shadow clone to mark the initial position after exploring the various forks, and if there is no particularly urgent information, he will not pass it back, so as to reduce the side effects caused by the shadow clone.

After using this method, Sasuke's advance was finally able to continue slowly.

After spending most of the day, one of Sasuke's shadow clones suddenly delivered a message.

And the news that came back also made Sasuke stunned.

His shadow doppelganger found a large glowing stone at another fork in the road, and a woman in a green Adventurers' Guild uniform was squatting on a platform not far from the stone.

Zhiqiong.

Why was she there?

Or rather, how did she get there?

Sasuke has Dvalin's ability to fly, and the shadow clone has been working step by step to explore this place, how did that adventurer who doesn't have a vision and looks extremely ordinary do it?

Sasuke immediately withdrew from his current passage and rushed to Zhiqiong's location according to the route provided by the shadow clone.

In front of her, there was a spectacle, a sphere larger than a person, which seemed to be composed of streamers of stones, suspended in the center of the cave, and the rocks on both sides of the upper and lower sides seemed to be attracted to him, twisting and spreading towards this stone.

And the strange light emitted by the streamer stone in the center made Sasuke feel a little uncomfortable now, and he felt like he was seasick.

At this time, Zhiqiong had already stood up and looked directly at the wonder caused by this streamerstone, but her face looked very bad, and even a little purple.

When she noticed that Sasuke and Paimon were coming, she was overjoyed at first, but then coughed violently.

"Ahem...... Cough...... Hilichurl killer senior...... I saw you just now, but it was far away, and it flashed by...... Ahem...... I thought I was hallucinating...... Ahem"

"Great, it's really you guys...... Cough...... I'm not confused yet. ”

Paimon looked at Zhiqiong, who was coughing incessantly, his face full of worry.

"Ah...... Zhiqiong, are you alright? ”

"I think you're coughing so badly."

Zhiqiong didn't care about her body at all, and showed off a drawing.

The drawing is a half-finished drawing, but you can already tell that it seems to be the prototype of a map.

"I'm fine, senior, you see, I did it!"

"Alice's predecessor is right, what I've learned so far is finally coming in handy for The Chasm...... Ahem......"

"I've definitely been able to draw a map that all the adventurers have since come to praise, and there shouldn't be anyone yet, ahem...... Draw such a detailed map of the underground as I am. ”

may be because of her emotional excitement, her cough is getting worse and worse, and even the whole person has a tendency to fall backwards.

Sasuke stepped forward to hold on.

"You're in a bad state right now, so let's go back to the ground first."

"This stone is supposed to have radiation, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, and if you continue to stay here, you will die."

Zhiqiong struggled slightly, but found that she couldn't break free from Sasuke's grasp.

"It's okay senior, thank you for your concern, I don't have to do it."

"It's not like I haven't endured altitude sickness and seasickness before, but now it's a little bit stronger, no problem."

As she spoke, she pointed to the huge streamer stone and said:

"That's it, according to what I've learned before, after the miners found this thing, the lumen stone, oh, that's it."

Zhiqiong said, pointing to the blue glowing stone that Sasuke had been carrying.

"These lumens began to grow in the Chasm."

"Recently, the geological structure of the strata chasm has been changing at an accelerated rate because of it."

"Ancestor, you should have noticed when you came, the black material that covers the rocks has only recently grown rapidly and in large areas."

"Now I can be sure that there must be some connection between them! This is the key to solving the mystery here! Predecessor! ”

"And I, as an adventurer, have witnessed all this happening, and you should be happy for me."

She said excitedly, and her purple cheeks also showed an unhealthy flush because of the excitement, and now her face was purple and red, which was very terrifying.

Sasuke nodded, and then the writing wheel eyes in both eyes met Zhiqiong's.

Zhiqiong, who was still excited, tilted his head and collapsed forward after looking at Sasuke.

It worked, and it seems that the illusion of the Sharingan is also useful for the humans of Teyvat.

Seeing Zhiqiong suddenly collapse into Sasuke's arms, Paimon was startled and hurriedly flew closer to check.

"Huh? Sasuke, what's wrong with her? It won't be ......"

"No, it's just that I'm going to hypnotize."

Sasuke picked up Shiqiong and re-unfurled Dvalin's wings.

"She's in a bad state now, I'm afraid something will really happen if she stays down there again, and we have enough clues now, let's go back to the ground first and hand her over to Wendy to take care of."

Paimon nodded repeatedly.

(End of chapter)