Genshin Impact: I was robbed at the beginning and I hated being ranked third!

To reach Xumi, they did not take the sea route, but went to the Layered Abyss. After all, Xumi borders Liyue, and through the passage under the Layered Abyss, they can quickly reach Xumi.

If they took the sea route, they would have to go around a long way to Ormos Port before heading to Xumi City. This was undoubtedly the most time-consuming for them, so it would be better for them to take the land route in peace.

Arriving outside the abyss, everyone looked at the abyss in front of them and was shocked, their mouths opened wide.

"This... is this a huge rock abyss? Was this really dug out by humans? This is too scary."

Paimon looked at the huge pit in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

“What’s in front of us is not dug by humans, but a huge pit created by the stars cast by the Rock King Emperor during his battle with Ruotu.”

"The star smashed down and created a huge pit, which is rich in minerals. Hundreds of years ago, in order to develop the Liyue people to go into the mountains to mine, the Layered Rock Abyss was created."

"What you see is just the surface. The interior of the place is even more stunning, but we don't have that much time to explore it right now."

"Maybe there will be a chance in the future, but not now. We need to go to Xumi."

What they didn't know was that the Chasm was the hometown of the Dragon King Rota. The people of Liyue went into the mountains to mine, and after mining all the ore outside the Chasm, they continued to dig deeper until they reached an earth vein, which angered the Dragon King Rota.

The Dragon King's rage caused landslides and earthquakes, burying a large number of miners in the mines. The Emperor arrived and fought with him, and finally ended up with Tianxing, who sealed the South Gate of Heaven.

He arrived at the entrance to the passage leading to Xumi and opened the sealed stone.

Paimeng looked at the dark entrance and asked uncertainly: "Yang... Yang Ming, are you sure we can go to Xumi from here? It looks a bit dark inside. Will we encounter any danger?"

Yang Ming patted Paimon's head speechlessly, and then led the way in. Columbia passed by Paimon and patted Paimon's head gently, then followed in, and then Eula, Shen He, and Rosaline patted Paimon's little head one after another.

"Hey, you guys are going too far, aren't you? You're all patting my head. Sister Ying, take a look."

Paimon complained to Raiden Shin, who smiled, rubbed her little head, held her in his arms, and then walked in.

Although the first part of the cave was a bit dark, the further you went in, the more glowing minerals appeared. Although these minerals were not that bright, they added a touch of light to the dark passage.

This glimmer of light was enough for people to see the situation in the mine tunnel clearly. Yang Ming walked in front, alert to anything that might happen.

In the plot, this passage leads directly to Sumeru and there is no danger at all, but this is not the case now.

Fortunately, trees and star camphor trees unique to Xumi appeared in front of us, followed by green moss and some water.

Finally, there was a huge tree blocking the way. After climbing over the tree, the passage ahead was blocked by leaves. After breaking through the leaves, we arrived at a forest.

"Look, this is Xumi. Paimon, do you have anything else to say?"

Paimon, who was in Zhen's arms, poked his fingers, but ultimately said nothing more.

They continued forward and soon got lost in the forest. In the game, there was a map to guide them, and there were mission indicators, but Yang Ming didn't expect that all the forests here were the same.

"Yang Ming, we have walked through this place three times. Do you know the way?"

Yang Ming was also in a state of distress at this time. He was clearly walking forward, so why did he go back? In the end, they had no choice but to rest in place. Not long after, a person walked past them. Yang Ming then remembered that there was an NPC in the Xumi plot.

The purpose of this NPC is to lure out a creature unique to Xumi, the Hypatia of Lannaro.

"Yang Ming, you see there is a local over there, why don't we ask her for directions?"

Yang Ming nodded, of course he knew that Haibasha would ignore them.

It turned out to be true. Paimon greeted Hypatia, who just gave them a cold look and continued walking forward.

"This person is so weird. Not only did he ignore us when we greeted him, he even glared at us."

Then they followed Hypatia to the outside of a cave, and were about to say hello again when they suddenly smelled a strange fragrance.

Ying fell into a coma when she smelled the fragrance, and strangely, Yang Ming also fell into a coma.

"Ying! Yang Ming! What happened to you? Why did you suddenly faint?"

There was no time to care about Haibasha, they quickly carried Ying and Yang Ming into the cave.

In the dream, Yang Ming came to the World Tree, but he did not stand on the roots of the World Tree like Ying in the plot.

He came directly in front of the World Tree, and there was also a figure in front of him. It was the mysterious hooded demon he had seen in the past. What did this demon seem to be doing?

"It's you again. Who are you? I'm a little confused now whether I'm following you or you're following me."

Yang Ming looked at the hooded demon in front of him and said.

The person in front of me didn't seem to intend to say anything to him. Soon after, a woman suddenly appeared in front of that person. It was Buyer, the King of the Great Compassion Tree.

They seemed to be talking, but the content of their conversation could not be heard clearly. Suddenly, the Hooded Demon turned around and glanced at Yang Ming, but Yang Ming did not see the Hooded Demon's face clearly.

Buyer looked at the demon in front of him, and suddenly looked at a certain location. Everyone followed his gaze and looked at that location, but there was nothing in front.

"What's wrong? ****** Is there a trace of time in the direction you are looking at?"

The hooded demon smiled and continued talking to Boyer.

"Nothing, my dear Boyer, nothing, except that time is a little out of order there."

"I have already repaired it, and it will not affect our plan. So let's start now. Break off the purest branch from the World Tree and completely eliminate the forbidden knowledge at the cost of the world forgetting you."

In Yang Ming's eyes, their conversation seemed to be over, and then the scene in front of him shattered, and Yang Ming returned to reality.

Yang Ming woke up and found himself in a cave. There were people around him. Ying was lying beside him and seemed to be still asleep.

"Maizelun, you're awake! I was really scared just now. You and Ying fainted at the same time, and we thought you were attacked."

Columbia said with some concern, Yang Ming smiled and rubbed Columbia's head.

"Okay, I'm fine. I just felt uncomfortable when I smelled the incense. Maybe it was because I couldn't adapt to the local climate, so I fell asleep."

"By the way, Ying hasn't woken up yet? How long have I been sleeping?"

Columbia shook her head and then spoke.

"You were only unconscious for a short while. Ying was unconscious as well as you, but it seems that she is not going to wake up at the moment."

Ming nodded. Since he had already met Haibasha, he believed that he would meet Cole soon.

Just as Yang Ming was thinking about Ke Lai, a crisp voice came from outside.

"You...you...who are you and what are you going to do to Hypatia?"

When I turned around, I saw a little green-haired girl wearing a ranger's uniform.

When Columbia saw Clay's appearance, she suddenly remembered the child who escaped from the laboratory a few years ago.

She was about to speak, but was stopped by Rosalin and Yang Ming at the same time.

"Columbia, don't reveal her identity yet, and don't reveal our identities as executive officers."

Yang Ming whispered in Columbia's ear, and Rosalyn also said it on the other side at the same time.

"I know a little bit about her. She is a poor child but the power within her is extremely unstable."

"And with your eyes you should be able to see that its seal is very fragile. I don't know what the Xumi people were thinking to use such a fragile seal to seal the Black Flame Snake."

After listening, Columbia opened her eyes and looked at Cole. Sure enough, there was a seal on Cole's chest.

Under the seal is the power that can burn everything. This is the new product created by the doctor's laboratory.

The black flame snake was obtained from the body of the demon. It is said that in order to test whether this power could be controlled, the laboratory at that time reached a cooperation with Kugavina's orphanage. Kugavina continuously provided children from various countries for the doctor to conduct experiments.

In the end, it seemed that only Cole was a successful experiment, and the other experiments were burned by the black flames. No one knew why Cole was not burned by the black flames, but of course, this was not their concern.

In addition to the black flame snake in Columbia's eyes, the woman's arms, neck, and ankles appeared gray.

"This must be the Demonic Scale Disease. 500 years ago, the Red King came into contact with forbidden knowledge in order to revive the dead flower god, causing the World Tree to be contaminated."

"Although Buyer cooperated with the Red King in time to ban all the forbidden knowledge, this disease caused by the forbidden knowledge still remained."

Yang Ming was stunned. Although he knew that Columbia had lived a long life and had a lot of experience, he didn't expect that he knew so much about the affairs of the Red King, the Flower God, and Buyer.

"The forbidden knowledge was not completely eradicated, but left on the World Tree. The World Tree is the foundation of Teyvat, and because of the pollution of the World Tree they also suffered from this disease."

"Dottore can create a potion that curbs the disease, but it can't completely eradicate it. However, he seems to have found a way to completely eliminate it, but she is not willing to share it."

How could Yang Ming not understand the method that Dotole mentioned? Wasn't it just to gather all the boys and girls with magic scale disease together?

As long as they all died, how could it not be considered an eradication? But he certainly wouldn't let them die easily. At least they had to cooperate with him in at least two experiments.

Yang Ming remembered that at the end of the story, the Great Compassion Tree King disappeared and took away all the forbidden knowledge, but the price was that the world forgot about her.

Let the world forget the forbidden knowledge, thereby purifying the world tree. The disappearance of the forbidden knowledge will also be accompanied by the disappearance of all the effects it has caused.

Back to the topic, Cole still stared at Yang Ming, Columbia and others with a vigilant look.

"Little girl, don't be nervous. Just listen to me first, okay?"

Yang Ming comforted Kelai, and Kelai nodded, but he did not relax his vigilance at all.

"Here's what happened. We are travelers. We didn't know the way out of Xumi, so we wanted to find someone to ask for directions. We happened to meet this woman in front of us."

"But she ignored us, so we had no choice but to follow her here. When we got here, my companion and I smelled a strange fragrance and fell into a coma. Fortunately, I will wake up soon."

"But my companion is still in a coma, and I hope I can get your help."

Cole glanced at Hypatia and saw that the way she sat seemed like she was really lighting the incense herself and then falling asleep.

Then he glanced at Ying lying on the ground, and finally confirmed that they were travelers who fell into a coma because of Hypatia.

"I'm very sorry to bother you. This is Hypatia, a scholar. He is practicing in the forest and the incense he lit is spirol incense, which is used to help scholars fall asleep."

"You are new here, so it is normal for you to have adverse reactions when you smell this fragrance. It will not harm your body."