Eula looked at the man shrouded in black mist before her and said, "Thank you for what you did in the outskirts and at the night market last time."
Over the past few days, she had heard many rumors in Liyue about the Ink Shadow Adeptus.
She knew that this Adeptus held a rather high status in the hearts of the people of Liyue.
So she remained very cautious toward such an important figure.
Junze glanced at her but said nothing.
He was Master Ganyu's devoted follower. How could he casually chat with other women?
A man had to uphold his principles.
It was definitely not because he could not change his voice and was afraid of exposing his identity.
Boom.
Suddenly, the entire mine trembled again.
The structure began to shake violently, on the verge of collapse.
There.
Junze sensed a violent aura. Ignoring Eula, he quickly rushed deeper into the tunnel.
"This Adeptus is truly difficult to approach."
Eula watched him charge ahead without acknowledging her, but she did not mind.
She was not someone petty or vengeful.
With that, she followed the trail of black mist deeper into the mine.
Soon, they encountered an obstacle.
A massive fallen boulder blocked their path.
Junze frowned, thinking about what to do.
"Shatter."
A sharp cry sounded behind him.
A slash carrying a freezing gale swept past Junze and slammed into the boulder.
The rock split cleanly into two, without damaging the surrounding tunnel structure.
Though Eula wielded a claymore, her control was precise and nimble.
"Please."
She smiled politely at Junze.
Junze twitched slightly.
Was she provoking him?
He walked to another boulder blocking the path and placed his hand on it.
Cryo energy spread across the rock. A small ice lotus condensed at its core, then burst.
With a muffled sound, the boulder shattered into icy fragments and scattered across the ground.
Condensing ice lotus and frost shards was one of the primary techniques within Trail of the Qilin.
Eula smiled faintly.
Why did this so called Adeptus feel like a child?
Was there really a need to compete like this?
Just like that, the two advanced back and forth until they reached the source of the disturbance.
When she saw the depths of the cavern, Eula's pupils shrank.
"What a massive Geo Vishap."
Ancient Geo Vishap.
Junze was equally shocked.
The Ancient Geo Vishap was an evolved form of the Geo Vishap.
Its size and strength far exceeded ordinary vishaps. It could absorb Hydro, Cryo, Pyro, and Electro elements, then unleash corresponding primordial blasts.
He had not expected one to appear here.
And now, three unconscious miners were clutched in its claws.
Roar.
Each roar was like its name suggested, a dragon that shook heaven and earth.
The entire mine trembled under its power, teetering on collapse.
Seeing the captured miners, Eula stepped forward to rescue them, but Junze stopped her.
She frowned. "What are you doing?"
Junze pointed at the mine ceiling.
Eula froze for a moment, then regret appeared on her face.
If they fought this enormous vishap here, the mine would collapse instantly.
The miners would die, and so would they.
"I am sorry. I was impulsive."
She lowered her sword.
Junze nodded and kept his gaze fixed on the Ancient Geo Vishap.
But confusion filled his mind.
Logically, Ancient Geo Vishaps should appear near the edge of the Chasm, around areas like Tianqiu Valley.
Why had one come to a human mining site?
And it was holding humans.
As if it had already obtained what it wanted, the Ancient Geo Vishap suddenly leapt and burrowed into the ground.
It escaped by drilling underground.
This action destabilized the surrounding ley lines, causing the section of the mine to become even more unstable.
Junze immediately followed, diving into the tunnel left behind. Eula did not hesitate and chased after him.
Soon after, that portion of the mine collapsed entirely, filling in the hollow left by the vishap.
By the time Keqing and the others broke in, there was no trace of Eula or Junze.
When Junze and Eula reached the underground depths, both were stunned.
The entire subterranean space was filled with a maze of intertwined tunnels.
Clearly, these had all been dug by the vishaps.
Junze's heart pounded.
What are these vishaps doing?
At that moment, he finally understood what had happened at Liyue Harbor's night market.
These tunneling vishaps had burrowed beneath the harbor and, startled by the crowd, burst out of the ground.
[Main Quest: The Purpose of the Vishaps triggered]
[Description: Investigate the abnormal behavior of the vishaps.]
[Reward: 300 Primogems]
Junze's system responded again.
Compared to the previous mission about the vishap riot, this issue was clearly more serious.
Three hundred Primogems.
Bang.
A dull impact sounded.
"Hm."
Eula's soft grunt followed.
"I was careless."
Behind her, a juvenile Geo Vishap had appeared.
It had slammed into her while she was distracted.
Before losing balance, Eula threw her claymore.
The weapon pinned the vishap firmly to the ground.
But she herself stumbled forward.
Before Junze could react, something soft like a marshmallow pressed against his back.
A warm, supple body fell onto him.
The two of them crashed together onto the underground floor.
Eula sank straight into Junze's black mist.
The moment she entered the mist, her vision vanished completely.
She could see nothing.
She only sensed that the tall silhouette before her concealed something much smaller inside.
"So small. So soft."
And there was a strangely sweet milky scent lingering in the air.
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