Chapter 177

"Holy crap, what's going on? I think I just saw someone flying."

"No, it's not a person flying, it's a sword flying! Look, that's a sword, and there are two people standing on it."

"Is that an Anemo Vision holder? Did Liyue send elites here?"

"Uh, that outfit... is that a Millelith soldier? How can a Liyue Millelith soldier fly on a sword? I've never heard of anyone with a Vision going off to become a Millelith soldier."

As Lin Mo flew on his sword, carrying Yelan to break the Bedrock Keys.

Some of the miners in The Chasm, along with adventurers secretly sent to investigate, were left dumbfounded by the sight.

What the hell was going on?

People with Visions held a status different from ordinary people.

How could someone with a Vision be a Millelith soldier?

That sword-flying technique had to be the ability of an Anemo Vision holder.

Someone like that went to Liyue to be a Millelith soldier?

Are you kidding me!

One person after another stared with wide eyes.

【Your Sword Flight has attracted the attention of others, Influence +1】

【Your Sword Flight has sparked discussion among others, Influence +2】

【Your Sword Flight has shocked others, Influence +3】

While everyone was dumbfounded and shocked, Lin Mo could see lines of information constantly refreshing on his virtual panel...

"So, if I want to gain Influence quickly, should I fly on my sword, or go to other nations where I can gain a large amount of Influence from Sword Flight?"

Looking at the information appearing on the panel before him, Lin Mo pondered secretly, thinking it over.

This seemed like a good method.

But unfortunately, this Sword Flight wasn't easy to use to shock people.

Because Teyvat had Anemo Vision holders, and these people could also control objects to fly or ride the wind.

He needed a powerful ability that Teyvat didn't have to cause a sensation.

For the moment, Lin Mo couldn't think of anything.

Even if he did, he would need Influence Points to replicate it first.

Immediately, Lin Mo stopped thinking about it and headed straight for the three Bedrock Key locations with Yelan.

Upon arriving at the first Bedrock Key, Yelan directly used her Hydro power, drawing her bow and nocking an arrow, preparing to shatter it from a distance.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar rang out as the arrow of Hydro energy Yelan condensed struck the Bedrock Key directly.

The result was not the destruction of the Bedrock Key; instead, it only cracked open a small hole.

"How is this possible?!"

The sudden turn of events made Yelan frown: "I can ensure that my Hydro power attack is capable of shattering rock. How could this Bedrock Key not break? And the power seems to have been weakened, leaving only a hole?"

Yelan was a bit confused.

The current Bedrock Key wasn't at the full duration of the formation's activation, so it didn't have that much defensive power.

When the Liyue Qixing originally set up the heaven-shaking formation to seal the depths of The Chasm, the Bedrock Keys were indeed very strong, but after the erosion of time, without enough elemental energy to drive and assist, the power of the formation would only decrease.

Now that this formation set up by the Liyue Qixing had even had one Bedrock Key destroyed, there was no reason for it to still be this hard.

After all, even people like Zhi Qiong, who didn't possess Visions, could spend quite a bit of time and eventually destroy a Bedrock Key.

"It's that thing."

Lin Mo landed on the ground, pointing his finger at the ore around the Bedrock Key, and spoke: "This thing can absorb elemental energy. If the attack power of your water arrow was ten, then the amount absorbed by this thing was five or six, and only three or four, or even less, landed on the Bedrock Key, which is why it wasn't destroyed."

Lin Mo recognized at a glance that this was the polymer from beneath The Chasm, growing and spreading from below.

"This thing?"

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Yelan pondered, recalled the intelligence, and nodded: "I remember now. According to the reports, these things have been spreading from the bedrock of The Chasm over the past few years. Their nature is very similar to the things below. These strange polymers have been troubling the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and this thing also needs to be investigated."

"According to the reports, these things have undergone some form of disintegration under the influence of the mutation. According to the investigation by the Yanshang Teahouse, they can absorb the surrounding Geo elemental energy and can also absorb other elemental energy. While slowly weakening the Bedrock Key, they are also strangely protecting the Bedrock Key. It's very strange, very contradictory."

"It's as if it has a conscious intent to destroy the formation, but after destroying it, it protects this Bedrock Key."

Recalling the intelligence, Yelan pondered and spoke, paused, and continued: "In the past year, the Millelith and the Ministry of Civil Affairs commissioners in The Chasm have had to clean them up every month. As a result, the cleaning has become increasingly difficult, from easy at the beginning to difficult now. These things are growing more and more frequently. It can be guessed that the thing below is restless and even wants to destroy the formation and claim it for itself."

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo nodded.

If it's difficult to break this with elemental energy, what about the power of the Path?

Thinking this, Lin Mo waved his hand, and the power of the Path of The Hunt instantly attached to his sword, and then the sword slashed fiercely at the Bedrock Key.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar rang out. The Bedrock Key, which was previously able to absorb elemental energy and weaken it, shattered on the spot like tofu, splashing into gravel.

"Sure enough, it works."

Seeing this scene, Lin Mo wore a smile.

This thing could absorb elemental energy and weaken it, but it couldn't weaken the power of the Path.

This was a brand-new power.

"It just shattered?!"

Seeing this, Yelan was also shocked.

Just a moment ago, even with her elemental energy burst, she couldn't break this Bedrock Key, only creating a crack.

Lin Mo just waved his hand, letting the sword directly blast this Bedrock Key apart.

Was it because of the sword itself?

Thinking of the Summit Shaper that Lin Mo was wielding, this sword itself was extraordinary, and Yelan felt she had found the reason.

She immediately smiled and said: "It's fortunate that you came too. Otherwise, just by myself, it would take a lot of energy and effort to destroy these Bedrock Keys. I'll leave the next Bedrock Keys to you."

It was a good thing she brought Lin Mo along; otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy for her to destroy these Bedrock Keys alone.