"When I was in Mondstadt, I once chased Treasure Hoarders with someone. Their hiding place was very similar to this," Star whispered to Yelan.
"There are many such ruins throughout Teyvat, and they vary from country to country, but they often come with certain dangers," Yelan was saying when the so-called danger quickly arrived.
Two arrows flew rapidly towards them from the darkness in the distance, but this level of threat posed no danger to them.
Star immediately pulled out his baseball bat and directly knocked the two rapidly approaching arrows away.
At the same time, Yelan also pulled out his bow and arrow. An arrow imbued with the Hydro element instantly flew towards the mechanism. With a splash of water in the distance, the mechanism that had been continuously firing arrows also ceased to respond.
"It feels so dangerous. I hope those two aren't in trouble?" Star asked, resting the bat on his shoulder and raising an eyebrow.
Every Domain has more or less similar mechanisms. These arrows are still relatively simple; some can breathe fire, floors can rotate, and some even require considerable effort to solve.
It felt like something unexpected would happen if those two ordinary people, without a Vision and seemingly no special abilities, rashly entered such a dangerous place.
"At least we haven't found their bodies yet, and since they dared to come here, they probably made some preparations," Yelan said, shaking his head and looking into the distance.
"That door seems to have just closed recently. Perhaps the mechanisms here were activated by those two themselves."
"Then let's hurry over," Star said, weighing his bat. After so much time, he just wanted to end this incident as quickly as possible.
"Yes, but still be careful."
The two headed towards the distant door, encountering nothing particularly dangerous along the way. Although these mechanisms looked intimidating, most were old and dilapidated, almost breaking with a touch.
So, they smoothly arrived in front of the large door.
This door was entirely made of Stone, appearing incredibly sturdy.
And looking around, they couldn't find any way to open this door.
Clearly, there must still be some mechanism, otherwise, those two wouldn't have been able to get in.
"Should I just smash this door?" Star frowned. He didn't want to make things so complicated. Although this door made of large Stone looked sturdy, under his bat, it probably wouldn't last even a quarter of an hour before turning to dust.
"This is a cave. If you're not careful and make too much noise, we could both be buried here," Yelan said helplessly.
Along the way, he had witnessed Star's abilities, and besides, he had never underestimated someone capable of saving the neighboring nation of Mondstadt from the very beginning.
He had no doubt about Star's ability, but other issues also needed to be considered.
Even if it truly collapsed in the end, they could both be safe, but what about the two suspects? They couldn't let them die here, could they?
"Ugh, alright, then we'll just have to slowly find a way to open the door..."
"Don't worry, it won't be too troublesome," Yelan said, looking down at his surroundings.
He had cleared countless mechanisms of this type; the solutions were always one of a few.
"Look at that," Yelan quickly said, having found something.
"Which one?" Star asked, looking confusedly in the direction Yelan pointed. "This is..."
"It's a pressure plate. If I'm not mistaken, as long as there's enough pressure, this large door will open," Yelan said, walking over first and stepping onto the pressure plate.
The pressure plate immediately lit up.
However, the light only illuminated half of it, with a large portion of the outer ring still unlit.
"Not enough pressure. You come too," Yelan frowned, then looked up and said to Star.
His weight was still a bit too light.
"Coming!" Star quickly walked over, and Yelan also slightly made some space for him.
But the problem was that the pressure plate was simply too small. Even with Yelan making some space, it was still very crowded when Star stepped on it.
The two stood face to face, very close.
Star's movement was slightly too big, and he was a bit unsteady when stepping on it. Yelan instinctively reached out and held Star's shoulder.
Then... their postures instantly became a little awkward because of it.
It looked as if Yelan was about to embrace Star and kiss him.
If an outsider saw them, they might misunderstand.
"Don't move, just wait a moment." After a brief stiffness, Yelan quickly recovered. He looked down at the pressure plate beneath his feet; the outer ring of light was slowly illuminating, but the speed was a bit slow.
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