Chapter 338

The reason for spending time here with Keqing was mainly because Luo Li was waiting for Lumine and Paimon to enter The Chasm.

Although he was going to retrieve the "Taiwei Instrument," since that thing was left in the abyss during the Abyss disaster, it must be hidden in the depths.

If the road to the depths was opened by the tool duo in advance, then it would be much easier when he went.

Holding such thoughts, he began to calculate the time secretly.

It wasn't until after noon that Luo Li left leisurely under Keqing’s constant urging.

"Then I'll leave first, see you later."

"Hmph, it would be better if I didn't see you!"

Keqing rolled her eyes at him; half a day had passed, and her work efficiency was seriously dragged down; today she might even need to work overtime.

This guy was really someone you love and hate.

Luo Li didn't care about her insincere angry words; he winked at her and chose to drift away.

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Unlike Luo Li’s ease, the tool duo in The Chasm were currently turning into explorers.

After accepting the request of the miner leader Yuehui, Lumine and Paimon, thanks to Keqing’s previous hints, lifted the seals blocking the underground mining area without difficulty.

Solving those things called Bedrock Keys didn't take much time.

The Bedrock Keys circling various places in The Chasm were divided into four or five.

According to the method Keqing had taught in advance, when all the Bedrock Keys emitted brilliance, an invisible wave swept across the entire valley.

"This is the last one, right?"

After the last Bedrock Key located underground sank, Paimon couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

One must know that the two ran back and forth throughout The Chasm valley, and there was almost no stop during the period.

Fortunately, there were no monsters on the surface of the newly opened valley, and even the Hilichurls the workers said they saw were rarely seen.

Only a scene of desolation appeared.

"Hmm, according to Keqing, after the last one is lifted, the passage to the underground mining area will open."

Lumine waited with anticipation.

But in a moment, she witnessed the Bedrock Key, similar to the "Nail of Cold Sky," fall from high altitude.

As if triggering some mechanism, the invisible waves in different places connected with each other.

People located here could feel a slight abnormality, followed by a slight tremor of the ground, like a small earthquake.

At the same time, streams of bright yellow light flew down from the sky, gathering toward the center of The Chasm along the locations of the Bedrock Keys.

Many miners didn't know why and ran out worriedly, fearing that the earthquake would expand.

Only those who knew were as steady as a mountain, knowing that this was just a side effect of the Bedrock Keys being unsealed.

"Look over there!" Paimon pointed to the distance and said urgently to Lumine.

The blonde girl looked in the direction of the sound, only to see the center of The Chasm emitting dazzling brilliance, illuminating the originally dim area very clearly.

"The road to the underground mining area is open!"

While Paimon was pleasantly surprised, she flew toward that direction first, and Lumine followed closely behind.

Not a moment later, when the two arrived, there were already many Liyue official figures gathered here.

Fortunately, before coming, they received orders from the the Liyue Qixing not to block Lumine and Paimon, and to let the two act freely.

After greeting them, the two acting as the vanguard didn't stop at all and jumped straight into the bottomless mouth of the giant abyss.

"It's so dark! Lumine, I'm a little scared!"

When Lumine spread her wind glider and entered the darkness under everyone’s gaze, Paimon watched the light gradually disappear and the surroundings shrouded in darkness; the initial excitement disappeared without a trace.

She shivered and hid beside Lumine, wishing she could stuff herself into her clothes.

"Relax, it's okay; this is probably the same as the road to Enkanomiya."

The well-informed Lumine was very calm and turned a blind eye to the surrounding darkness.

Along the way, they had seen countless strange horrors, even ghosts, and even actively accompanied Hu Tao to Wuwang Hill.

What was a little darkness?

Encouraged by this, Paimon was finally not so scared.

In the darkness, I don't know how long passed, as if time had stopped here.

"Why haven't we reached the bottom yet?"

"It should be soon; the air is starting to circulate, and the temperature has dropped quite a bit."

Because of the wind glider floating, the descent speed of the two was definitely not fast.

After about ten minutes, the originally pitch-black scene suddenly changed.

I saw that in the depths of the underground, visibility gradually recovered a little bit.

Wisps of blue brilliance gradually flickered, some dancing in mid-air, and some motionless in the corner, emitting a faint light.

"Is that... a bug?"

Paimon was surprised to find a blue light flying in front of her; looking closely, she realized it was a flying light bug, its tail contracting and expanding to bloom with light.

Unlike her focus, Lumine mainly focused on the surroundings and took out the map given by the the Liyue Qixing to start comparing.

The location where the two were now was the temporary main mining tunnel, and everything in sight was mining tool carts and temporary bases.

0 ..... ....

However, because no one had come, these buildings and mining tunnel carts were temporarily abandoned, although they were still intact because the time was not long.

Some hanging lights still provided light, struggling to open the field of vision into the distance.

"Where are we going now?"

Lumine looked carefully at the map with few markings and fell into deep thought.

Although there was a map, this map was not complete; Keqing had already explained this before coming.

Liyue mining had only explored half of it, and a considerable part of the area had not been set foot in; this part of the area needed her to explore it herself.

Thinking for a moment, Lumine made a decision: "Let's search along the main road of the mining tunnel first."

The map was divided into three main bodies: the temporary main mining tunnel, the main mining area of the giant abyss, and the underground water marsh where dark rivers were rampant.

Further ahead was pitch black, and there were no marked buildings at all.

Although she didn't think the Abyss Order would make trouble in the places explored by Liyue officials, she still searched it once before heading to the unknown land.

Lumine had a premonition that the missing piece on the map would definitely make her gain a lot.

Paimon agreed with her proposal: "Alright then, let's set off now!"

With light, the little guy was not as scared as she was at the beginning, gradually recovering her energy and her usual playful and mischievous appearance.

Showing a little smile, Lumine handed over a lamp and set off according to the markings on the map.

— Author's Notes —

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