Chapter 433

The vines and vegetation surrounding the group seemed to hear the call of Mother Nature and began to grow rapidly. The vines writhed like living creatures, lush with greenery and bursting with vitality.

Collei extended her hand, green light flickering at her fingertips. Guided by her, the vines began to wrap around the bodies of Lin Mo, Hu Tao, Lumine, Paimon, Fischl, Mona, and the others, yet they carried not a hint of restraint, feeling like the most natural of embraces.

These vines quickly formed a green "ladder," extending upward along the steep cliff face.

Seeing this, Lumine couldn't help but widen her eyes and exclaim in astonishment: "This is way too convenient!"

Is this the power of a Dendro Vision? It really is so convenient.

For things like wilderness adventuring, a Dendro Vision is simply the best tool for scaling mountains and crossing ridges.

Lumine's eyes were filled with awe and curiosity toward the Dendro Vision; she hadn't realized one could manipulate plants for climbing in such a way.

Come to think of it, she hadn't yet seen a Dendro Vision wielder back in Mondstadt.

To Lumine's words, Collei offered a faint smile and said nothing.

At this moment, as the vines continued to rise, paths of green stood out strikingly in the night, as if inviting Lumine and the others to explore a higher world.

The group was carried upward by the vines at a rapid pace. These plants, which had originally lain quietly in the embrace of Mother Earth, now served as a sturdy support for their ascent to the peak under Collei's call.

As their altitude increased, the night view of Qingce Village grew smaller and smaller.

In no time at all, the group climbed to the summit.

After reaching the top, the group's gaze was quickly drawn to the five solemn and dignified statues of the Geo Archon.

Those statues stood upon a mysterious stone platform, each carved so lifelike that they seemed the work of ancient, ingenious craftsmen.

The appearance of the Geo Archon statues was archaic and solemn, each face bearing a majestic and mysterious expression, as if they were the deities guarding this mountain range.

The surfaces of the statues had been weathered by the passage of time, but this only added to their sense of history and mystery.

Intricate patterns were carved into their bodies, each line seeming to hold some meaning, waiting for the correct interpretation.

These five statues surrounded a central pool; perhaps there was some unknown connection between this pool and the statues, and perhaps it was the key to unlocking the secrets here.

"Really convenient."

After landing, Lumine looked around and said softly: "If it weren't for Collei, how could we have climbed up in such a short time?"

"Yeah."

Paimon also nodded: "If Lin Mo hadn't told us, we wouldn't have found this place either."

"Is this the place we were looking for?"

Paimon stepped forward to examine the Geo Archon statues and asked curiously: "Lin Mo, this must be the mechanism you were talking about, right?"

"Hmm, how should this be activated?"

As she spoke, Paimon looked at the mechanism before her with a troubled expression.

It wasn't just Paimon; Lumine and the others circled the Geo Archon statues, attempting to find a way to trigger the mechanism.

Some kind of power seemed hidden between the statues; their arrangement and orientation were unusual, giving the feeling that they weren't mere decorations, but rather a complex mechanism.

"This is a mechanism left behind from ancient times; to activate it, one must have a specific incantation."

Mona stepped forward, took a simple look, and frowned: "It is very likely a mechanism set by the Geo Archon Morax himself."

"Can't Mona divine it?"

Hearing Mona's words, Paimon looked at her suspiciously.

Isn't Mona an astrologist?

Mona: "..."

"Astrology is not omnipotent!"

Mona put her hands on her hips and glared at Paimon.

"Due North—Southeast—Northwest—Northeast—Southwest."

Lin Mo examined this familiar yet strange mechanism and spoke slowly: "Activate it according to this."

"Eh? Lin Mo actually knows?"

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Paimon and the others immediately looked at him, their faces shocked.

It was one thing for Lin Mo to know the location, but he even knew how to activate the mechanism here?

"Lin Mo, you aren't from Qingce Village, are you?"

Hu Tao looked at Lin Mo with suspicion, lost in thought.

Lin Mo actually knew so clearly, even the secrets of Qingce Village.

"No, this is my first time in Qingce Village."

Hearing Hu Tao, Lin Mo smiled faintly and said: "However, because I have read much, I know much."

"Where on earth do you read these things?"

Hearing Lin Mo, Hu Tao scratched her hair.

Even if they were ancient texts, how ancient would they have to be?

"Impressive, Lin Mo."

Paimon looked at Lin Mo in amazement: "It is truly our good fortune to know you, Lin Mo. We owe this trip entirely to you."

If Lin Mo hadn't been here, they wouldn't have known how to find the point at all.

"This sort of thing is very simple; the village head of Qingce, Ruoxin, must know, and the elders here surely know something as well."

Lin Mo shook his head and laughed: "Even without me, you would have been able to ask around; I merely took you on a shortcut."

As he spoke, Lin Mo looked down at his feet.

One of the spatial nodes of Qingce Village was right beneath his feet.

Through Silver Wolf's technique, Lin Mo had already instantly hacked into the ley line spatial teleportation point here; he could pause the teleportation point or set a coordinate.

"How come it feels like, if I want to use this teleportation point now, it's just like activating a waypoint."

Feeling his control over the ley line energy at the teleportation node beneath his feet, Lin Mo fell into deep thought.

Before coming to Qingce Village, the only thing he could control was the spatial teleportation point in Liyue Harbor.

That teleportation point could be used if one wanted to, but for inactive teleportation points, he couldn't move to them.

Because one needed to activate the direction of the next teleportation point before one could teleport toward it.

Now that he had arrived at Qingce Village, he discovered there were two teleportation points here.

These were spatial nodes established upon the ley lines, and only by using Silver Wolf's technique could they be utilized.

But at the same time, he couldn't instantly return to the teleportation point in Liyue through the one here.

Because there were many branching ley line spatial nodes in between.

Those branching spatial nodes had to be visited first and activated using Silver Wolf's technique; once a clear, unobstructed ley line branch was established, only then could one instantly travel back and forth across thousands of miles.

This situation gave Lin Mo the feeling of unlocking waypoints.

And this waypoint was a bit more complex than the ones before.

"Click!"

"Boom!"

While Lin Mo was thinking this, Lumine and the others had already stepped forward and began to activate the Geo Archon statues as Lin Mo had instructed.

Every time they turned, a crisp sound of a mechanism rang out.

Accompanied by a "rumbling" sound.

When the five Geo Archon statues were activated by Hu Tao and the others in the directions Lin Mo had specified.

The five statues surrounded the central pool, and suddenly a pillar of water shot into the sky from the center of the pool, clear water droplets shimmering in the sunlight, emitting a brilliant radiance.

As the water pillar dissipated, a beam of light stood tall.

Within the light beam, a fragment was suspended.

"Found it!"

Seeing this fragment, Paimon couldn't wait and immediately reached out to grab it.

When the fragment was in hand, the light beam instantly dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

"Now we have two fragments!"

With this fragment in hand, Paimon looked at Lumine and Lin Mo with excitement: "Only the last fragment remains."

If it weren't for Lin Mo, they really wouldn't have imagined that this Adventurers' Guild commission would be so simple and convenient.

"Mm."

At this moment, Lin Mo looked at the excited Paimon and nodded gently: "The last location is at that high mountain peak to the west."

As he spoke, Lin Mo looked toward a mountain peak in the distance that also stood among the clouds.