The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Yu Jin looked at the desolate mountains in front of and behind him. He couldn't remember where he came in, and he had no idea where he came out.

Are there any places that must be built in such a natural maze?

"A hospital," the scholars scratched their heads and chuckled awkwardly. They only knew that Vitality House was a hospital used to treat patients with Demonscale Disease, but after working there for the past few days, they had a pretty good idea of ​​what Vitality House was used for before.

"A hospital built in a place like this? To treat Hilichurls?" Ember looked around. Such a remote hospital could only mean that the Faculty of Orders knew how to find a place.

"It was a hospital used to treat Demon Scale Disease, but it's been abandoned for a long time." The scholars' expressions were twisted; they just hoped that once Ember went inside, he wouldn't be able to tell what the hospital had been used for.

"By the way, I heard that Demon Scale Disease is a disease unique to your Sumeru region. How is it now?"

"It's much better. Not only are there fewer new patients, but many patients with scaly skin disease are also starting to recover on their own."

A smile finally appeared on the scholars' faces. The Demonic Scale Disease was showing signs of being suppressed, which was something the entire Sumeru region should be happy about.

Previously, this strange disease had been a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of the Sumeru people, incurable, with an unknown pathogenesis and completely random onset.

This disease is enough to make even the people of Sumeru turn pale at the mere mention of it.

"It seems that Xiao Huang is quite useful after all." Yu Jin nodded with satisfaction. He had once offered some prayers to Seno.

However, prayer requires sufficient faith. With the Church of Christ like this, Ember really can't think of any faith they have. Faith in the Void Terminal? That wouldn't work on the Golden Prayer either.

Fortunately, he planted the golden tree, otherwise Sumeru's demonic scale disease would definitely be much more serious now.

"We're here. The House of Vitality is just ahead." The scholars pointed to a dilapidated building in front of them, making it hard to believe that people could still live there.

"A vibrant home? Are you sure this isn't a junkyard?" Yu Jin ran up and touched the weathered wall. With a "crash," a large piece of plaster peeled off.

"Ha...haha." The scholars hesitated upon arriving at the House of Vitality. Their eyes darted around, as if searching for an opportunity to escape.

"That's good, there's even a gate." Upon arriving at the entrance, Ember found that there was no gate, only a grass-green elemental barrier.

Generally speaking, there must be an elemental monument controlling this barrier nearby. As long as you stimulate it with elemental force, the barrier will disappear.

However, Ember couldn't wait that long. He placed his palm on the elemental barrier and exerted a little force.

"Crack!"

Cracks appeared in the otherwise seamless elemental barrier, and these cracks quickly spread, covering the entire surface of the barrier.

"Boom!"

The elemental barrier shattered into fragments and dissipated in the air, and a cool aura swept over him, quickly cooling down the armor that had been burning hot from being exposed to the sun for so long.

"What are you all dawdling about? Hurry up and come in!"

Standing at the door, Yu Jin noticed that the scholars behind him were dawdling and not coming in, so he waved impatiently.

The scholars, witnessing Yu Jin's move, turned ashen-faced. They forced themselves to keep up and followed.

"Where are they? Didn't you say that all the mad scholars collected by the Order of the Church were here?"

The interior of the Vitality House is very spacious. There is nothing inside except for walls, floors, and ceilings.

“Here…” The scholars, as if their souls had been ripped out, hung their arms listlessly and led Yu Jin to an inconspicuous hospital room.

"squeak--"

A sickening scraping sound rang out, revealing a tunnel beneath the small ward.

A chillier breeze swept in, and the temperature was already enough to give you goosebumps, but this was in the desert, and there were no sun protection measures at Vitality House.

The air beneath the tunnel reeked of expired disinfectant, making one want to vomit. Of course, Yu Jin didn't notice any of this; he stared at the dark basement, a gleaming straight sword that had appeared in his hand without him noticing.

"Come, come, since you led the way for me, I'll let you choose how you die."

Ember frantically stabbed the wall beside him with his straight sword. The blade pierced the brick wall as smoothly as cutting a slime.

"Spare us! We didn't do what happened down there! We were just a bunch of slackers who were going to Omos Port to buy their theses after graduation. Who knew such a terrible thing had happened down there!"

"That's right, that's right! If we had known that Vitality House had conducted human experiments, we would never have dared to come here!"

Upon seeing the wasp nest on the wall, the scholars on the ground immediately slid to their knees and began to explain it to each other, almost clinging to Yu Jin's legs.

Look at the state you're in!

The leader, seeing his companion groveling before Yu Jin, was instantly enraged. When did the students of the Order of the Fathers become so cowardly and afraid of death?!

"We are scholars, not soldiers. It's bad enough that you treat us like cattle, but you won't even let us beg for mercy..."

Several people kneeling on the ground were muttering to themselves. Perhaps feeling that their lives were in danger, they decided to vent all the frustrations they had accumulated over the past few days.

"you……"

"Chong-"

A flash of sword light, and the leading scholar suddenly felt a chill on his head. He touched his head and found that all his hair, along with his entire scholar's hair, had vanished.

"call!"

"What did you just want to say?"

Yu Jin blew on the strands of hair on the sword, gestured a couple of times, and asked.

"Snapped!"

"It's nothing, I admit I was a bit too loud just now."

Inside the ward, no one could be taller than Yu Jin's waist—because everyone else had knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Spare my life!"

"I was forced into this by those old men, you have to see the truth!"

"roll roll roll!"

Annoyed by what he heard, Yu Jin kicked them both into the basement. He followed the scholars who had rolled down into the basement, and even closed the lid behind them.

Apart from the closed manhole cover in the basement, there were no other openings inside. Looking around, only the fluorite embedded in the ceiling and the oil lamps hanging on the walls emitted a pale green glow.

"Why don't you replace the green light in this place?" Yu Jin asked, fiddling with the oil lamp on the wall that was emitting a green glow.

Anyway, he felt that people who use green lighting were probably suffering from some serious illness.

"The Order of the Church won't approve it, so we have to make do with what we have. Even the device for extracting divine knowledge was made by hand."

"Well... at least you guys are starting to look like scholars."

Ember's impression of the Order of the Church worsened; when he asked his subordinates to do things, they provided nothing, and they were quite good at exploiting labor.

"Where are the scholars? Why is there no movement here?"

Looking around, Yu Jin noticed something unusual. This place should have been dark and quiet, but it was where the villagers were kept.

It's definitely not normal if there aren't any calls full of primal energy.

"They should all be resting." Several scholars shrank back.

"rest?"

"Extracting knowledge from the gods is not an easy task for us... or for them."

"If someone else were to wake up normally, it would mean they could continue to extract knowledge from their brain..."

Meeting Yu Jin's gaze, the scholars had no choice but to reluctantly reveal the truth.

"Good, good, you guys are really talented. You can even calm down a mental patient."

"Take me to see it! Otherwise, you lot can start mass-producing that damn knowledge of gods!"

"It's your brains that are being used!"

Chapter 664 Devices for Extracting Knowledge

2024-05-13

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

The only sound in the quiet basement was the footsteps of a group of people. As he walked down the narrow corridor, Yu Jin looked to both sides, unsure whether the rooms next to him were prison cells or hospital wards.

Unpleasant memories began to flood Ember's mind; he recalled his experience in the Irithyll dungeon.

It's similar to this place, but bigger, darker, and with more people imprisoned there.

Irithyll's underground prison is where Sulyvahn researched dragon transformation; this "research" actually involved piecing together various materials onto human bodies.

Sulyvahn's experiments were so large that they made the entire underground of Irithyll smell bad and become soft.

Unfortunately, this ambitious man ultimately failed to achieve his desired outcome. Those still alive in the prison were either undead or mindless, large-headed dolls.

Of course, the biggest surprise was Ember, who had escaped from prison and was eager to take a shower.

"Hurry up!"

Pulling himself back to reality, a slightly annoyed Ember couldn't help but kick the scholars dawdling in front of him. Their feet seemed to have thorns, making it impossible for them to take a step.

"I...I understand!" The disorganized scholars rubbed their backsides and responded in a low voice.

Even if the scholars were incredibly verbose, the size of the Vitality House was still limited. After passing through the prison-like wards, the space opened up a bit more before them.

"What is this?"

Before Yu Jin were several iron chairs, with a green hood hanging on top of them.

He only glanced at it briefly and immediately felt that this thing was no good.

“A device for extracting divine knowledge.” The scholars shrank back and responded tremblingly.

"Is that so?" Yu Jin circled the chair a few times, seemingly lost in thought.

He wandered around, and the scholars were not idle either. They moved closer to each other, shielding one of their companions behind them.

"By the way, this batch of divine knowledge will be delivered soon. Others from the Order of the Church will be coming then. If you want to know more, you can wait here for a few days."

Seeing that Yu Jin was bored, the scholars took the initiative to talk to him.

"You guys are quite sensible, which makes me a bit conflicted."

These words immediately drew Yu Jin's attention. However, amidst his surprise, he also showed signs of inner conflict.

But the scholars didn't care about all that; all they knew was that their chance to escape was coming.

"Hehe, that's right, you can stay here and keep these lunatics company forever!"

"Everyone spread out!"