People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"See, I told you to go to the left." Bennett skillfully wrapped several layers of gauze around the wound.

Ah, this... Shen Qin fell silent and began to reflect on himself. Could it be that Bennett's luck was not that bad, and the previous few times were just coincidences?

They returned to the fork in the road and headed to the other side. Sure enough, the journey was smooth and nothing happened.

Shen Qin lowered his head in shame.

The third fork in the road appeared before him. Bennett looked at Shen Qin proudly: "How about it, you listen to me this time?"

"to make."

Bennett wanted to go left, but then he thought that he could just go in the opposite direction, so he said, "Let's go right."

After walking about twenty meters, they still did not encounter any danger, and Bennett felt relieved, but at this moment, they heard someone talking!

They looked at each other, slowed down their pace in suspicion, and walked to the end of the passage.

At the end of the passage is a relatively open room. In the middle of the room stands a large pot with a strange flame burning at the bottom of the pot. Puffs of black smoke rise from the pot, which looks very ominous.

Fire, water, ice and thunder, four abyss mages with different attributes danced an ancient sacrificial dance around a cauldron. The obscure ancient syllables uttered from their mouths, forming a very rhythmic ballad.

"What are they doing?" Bennett asked Shen Qin in a low voice.

Shen Qin did not answer immediately, but carefully identified the words they spoke.

D. Dvalin... Tevalin! Shen Qin said to Bennett in shock: "They may want to attack Tevalin, the dragon of the east wind! If I'm not mistaken, the pot is cooking the pot to contaminate Tevalin!"

Yes, if we calculate the time, the Abyss will take action against Tevarin, and then there will be the Dragon Disaster in Mondstadt! One of the Twins will also arrive in Mondstadt soon.

"What, they want to attack the East Wind Guardian? Are they looking for death?" Bennett was very surprised. He knew how powerful Tevarin was.

"Tevalin is at its weakest now. If they succeed, they can control Teevalin to deal with Mond... Hey! Hey! What are you doing over there?!" As Shen Qin was talking, he found that Bennett was no longer hiding himself and was walking straight over there.

"Now that I know their purpose, how can I let them succeed?" Bennett turned his back to Shen Qin and looked at him from the side. He exuded amazing handsomeness. "You hide in a safe place first. I will come back to you after I deal with them."

The Eye of God on Bennett's waist emitted a fiery red light, and a strong flame rose from his one-handed sword.

"Ha—burn it!" He rushed towards the four abyss mages, jumped up, and raised the flaming sword high.

Shen Qin stared at him in amazement, and stretched out his hand: "Calm down, there is a fire abyss mage over there——"

Seeing Bennett suddenly appear, the three Abyss Mages of Water, Ice and Thunder quickly teleported to the back row. The Abyss Mage of Fire teleported to right in front of him, and with a wave of the staff in his hand, a flame shield appeared on himself.

Oops! Bennett didn't have time to put away his sword, and the flaming sword slashed heavily on the flaming shield, causing damage - zero!

What's worse is that his sword actually broke in the violent collision!

The four Abyss Mages covered their mouths with their hands and laughed in a gloating manner.

"Where did you buy that low-quality one-handed sword?" Shen Qin ran over and pulled Bennett back, took out two miniature bombs that he carried close to his body in his clothes, and directly blew down the passage at the door of the room.

Chapter 41: Find a way to have a good time

"Pah! Pah!" Bennett spat out the dirt in his mouth, "Where did you get the bomb? It's so powerful!"

"Keli gave me self-defense."

"So it was she who made the bomb, no wonder!" Bennett suddenly realized.

Shen Qin said to him dissatisfiedly: "Why did you rush out just now? We were almost caught by them!"

"Alas, I was impulsive. By the time I reacted, I had already jumped up and couldn't stop!" Bennett explained, and then blamed Shen Qin, "Why didn't you take out the bombs earlier? If we had known you had bombs, we could have secretly thrown a few when they weren't paying attention. Even if they didn't get hurt, the pot of potion would definitely not be saved."

"I haven't had time to say it yet. You have to give me some time to say it!"

They returned to the fork in the road and walked into another passage.

Shen Qin: "Look, it's safer to go the opposite way than you do. That way we go directly to the enemy's lair."

Bennett retorted: "Nonsense! I wanted to go this way, but I deliberately went the other way, and that's why I ran into them!"

Shen Qin: “…”

Schrodinger's Bennett?

Before Bennett made the decision, the states of danger and safety were superimposed on each other. The moment Bennett made the decision, no matter what processes he went through before making the decision, the possibility of safety immediately disappeared, leaving only the certainty of danger.

Alas - thinking about the hardships along the way, a tear fell from Bennett's eye.

"Just tell me what route you want to take next, okay?" Shen Qin discussed with him.

"Okay..." Bennett compromised, at least they should wait until they left the ruins safely before discussing this topic.

In the next ten minutes, thanks to Bennett's guidance in the opposite direction, they did not encounter any danger.

Seeing the light coming through the front, Shen Qin breathed a sigh of relief - he could finally leave this damn ruins, but just as he stepped out of the passage, Bennett pulled him back.

Hush! Bennett made a gesture to silence him.

Only then did Shen Qin hear someone talking over there.

They lay on the ground and looked out. Outside was a large room with a high dome. A corner of the dome was broken, and the light was projected from there, falling obliquely on a small area outside the passage.

In the center of the room, a tall throne stood there, and in the darkness, a vague figure was kneeling on the ground facing the throne.

Their perspective was from the side and rear of the throne, so they couldn't see who was sitting on it.

"Barbatos has also awakened. He tried to stop us, but he was a little too arrogant. He is no longer as powerful as he was five hundred years ago. After all, even gods can be worn down by the power of time."

The figure knelt on the ground, showing the low status and position of himself, but even so, when he mentioned the God of Wind, one of the Seven Gods, his tone was so contemptuous.

"Barbatos is not someone who can be easily underestimated. He became one of the Seven Gods by relying on more than just strength."

Listening to the voice of the man on the throne, Shen Qin and Bennett felt a little pain in their heads, as if even this voice contained a power that they could hardly resist.

"Of course, we have never given up our vigilance against him, so we set our sights on that little lizard. Haha, it will be interesting to see our former companions killing each other!"

But as soon as he finished saying this, he groaned and lowered his head in pain.

"Remember, war and killing are not our goals. How can our lofty ideals be tainted by these base desires? I don't want you to enjoy the pleasure of torturing the enemy. It will make you lose yourself in these useless emotions."

"Yes, yes...I'll remember it..." The figure's voice was a little weak.

"That's the end of this matter. I won't repeat it again next time. How's the matter I asked you to do last time? Did you bring that person back?"

"I have brought him back. He is now locked up in the ruins. Do you want me to bring him to you now?"

"Wait a minute, let's temper him down so that he can talk to me calmly. What's the reaction from Mondstadt? According to your previous report, the Knights seem to attach great importance to him. We don't want to expose our base by capturing him."

"Don't worry, I caught him at the Dawn Winery, which is in the exact opposite direction of the base. There will be no problem sending him back there when the time comes."

"Well, I believe you can handle this little thing." The man on the throne said, "Dawn Winery, it belongs to that little guy Diluk, right? I was quite optimistic about him at the beginning, but unfortunately, he has always been prejudiced against us and has ruined a lot of our good things over the years. If I had known earlier, I would have personally taken action to get rid of him back then."

The figure said, "What is so special about Diluk that he deserves such praise from the Lord? In my eyes, he is just a businessman with a little secret."

"Haha, this secret is no small secret. In any case, don't mess with him if you have nothing to do. His Dawn Winery and the Knights of the Order, one in the open and one in the dark, are the last line of defense for Mondstadt. I don't know if he deliberately quit the Knights of the Order at that time. Didn't you say that he has been getting close to the Knights of the Order recently?"

"Yes, it was because of Shen Qin's alchemical invention that he started to cooperate with the Knights, so naturally they had more contacts. According to reports from secret sources, after the flying skateboard appeared, he spent most of his time living in Mondstadt."

"Shen Qin, it's Shen Qin again. We should release him as soon as possible to avoid involving Chenxi Winery. Go and bring him here. I want to have a good chat with him and find out why there are so many things in his head."

"Yes!"

The figure stood up and walked towards Shen Qin and the others.

The two of them quickly turned their heads back

"What should we do?" Shen Qin asked Bennett in a low voice.

"Run back?" Bennett pointed in the direction they came from.

"No! I think that's the only place we can leave the ruins." Shen Qin pointed upwards, meaning the gap in the dome.

Bennett spoke honestly: "I probably can't even beat one of them! Let alone two."

Shen Qin gritted his teeth and took out all the remaining five bombs from his arms: "Let's find a way to make a big shot and collapse the roof!"

"Okay!" Bennett also bent down decisively, with his back to him, "I can run fast, let me carry you, you just use the bombs to throw at those two people and the roof, and leave the rest to me!"

"Okay!" Shen Qin climbed onto his back swiftly and held the five bombs tightly in his hands.

"Charge!" Bennett roared, flames burst out from under his feet, and the reaction force accelerated his speed.

Fire in the hole! Shen Qin turned into a bomber, throwing one at the person walking towards him, one at the throne, and the last three at the load-bearing columns of the dome.

"It's over!" Bennett stepped on a piece of gravel, his foot slipped, and the two of them fell heavily. Now they were only five meters away from Klee's grenade!

Chapter 42 The Forgotten Corner

Next time I must make a defensive alchemical product - this was Shen Qin’s last thought before he fell into a coma.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a soft bed. Warm sunlight shone in through the window, making the whole room spacious and bright.

He tried to sit up from the bed, but he had no strength at all.

Turning his head slightly, he saw a girl with blonde twin ponytails sitting on a chair beside the bed, reading a book intently. The sunlight illuminated the outline of her profile and dyed the fine hair golden.

Barbara seemed to have noticed something. She looked up and saw him staring at her absentmindedly. She didn't take it seriously and just said in surprise, "You're awake! How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No strength."

"It's normal to feel weak. You've been unconscious for a whole day. It might be because you didn't eat! I'll go call Qin... the captain and the others, and then I'll get you something to eat."

Barbara trotted away, her twin ponytails bouncing behind her head.

Not long after, Jean, Kaeya, Lisa, Diluk, Sucrose, and Klee came into the room.

“Brother Shen Qin!” Keli rushed to the bedside and hugged his neck with both hands. “It’s all Keli’s fault. Keli failed to protect you. Wuuwuwu… Keli thought she would never see you again!”

"Okay, Klee, don't disturb him while he's recovering." Qin pulled Klee back.

Ke Li sat down on the edge of the bed and held Shen Qin's hand tightly.

"It was my fault this time. I invited you to the Dawn Winery, but failed to fulfill my responsibility to protect you." Diluk apologized to Shen Qin.

Lisa stepped forward and said, "Alright, alright, one by one, now is not the time to discuss who is responsible. Little cutie, tell us everything you remember after you were captured. You were brought back by other knights. When they were searching, they found that a small hill not far away suddenly exploded. When they rushed over, they found you unconscious in a collapsed ruin."

"By the way, what about Bennett? How is he doing?" Shen Qin asked.

"He was injured more seriously than you. He is still in a coma, but his life is not in danger."

Shen Qin thought of the moment before the bomb exploded, when he threw himself on top of him and protected him. But when he thought of the time he slipped, Shen Qin didn't know whether to thank him or blame him.

After confirming that Bennett was also rescued, Shen Qin breathed a sigh of relief and began to tell everyone everything that had happened in detail, as well as his "guesses" from a God's perspective.

"It's really the work of the Abyss Cult, and the East Wind Dragon has appeared again!" Qin's expression was very solemn, "I wonder what conspiracy they are planning with it..."

During the Demon War five hundred years ago, Tevarin was summoned by the wind god Barbatos. After defeating the dragon that attacked Mondstadt, it fell into a deep sleep. It has been forgotten by most of the people of Mondstadt since it last appeared.

"The key issue now is... we don't know the location of the East Wind Dragon, and we still can't stop the actions of the Abyss Cult." Lisa frowned, "Jin, have you sent anyone to investigate the ruins?"

Qin shook her head: "All the passages in the ruins have been destroyed. I suspect that when the knight brought Shen Qin and the others back, the people of the Abyss Cult took the opportunity to destroy it, in order to prevent us from discovering the secrets inside."

“Heh, they’re still so meticulous in their work, what annoying bastards.” Diluk said unhappily.

"If you're asking about the current location of the East Wind Dragon, I have a guess. It's the ruins of Old Mondstadt." Kaia suddenly interrupted, "Some time ago, an adventurer brought back news that the entire ruins of Old Mondstadt were covered by a huge wind element barrier. People inside can't get out, and people outside can't get in."

Diluk nodded. "That makes sense. If we were to ask where in Mondstadt would be the best place for the Dragon of the East Wind to lair, besides the uninhabited islands overseas, it would be the dangerous ruins of old Mondstadt. There are few people there, so it would not be easily discovered."

"I will list the ruins of Old Mondstadt as a target for investigation later, but before breaking the barrier, I can only investigate from the periphery." Qin looked at Kaiya, "You heard what Shen Qin said. The Abyss Cult has spies planted in Mondstadt. You should spend some time on this and see if you can find them out."

"Ok."

Diluk looked at Shen Qin and said, "You said they didn't seem to have any intention of harming you. The man on the throne just wanted to get in touch with you and then send you back safely?"

"That's true, but I suspect they will do something to me, such as tampering with my memory and personality." Shen Qin said in a deep voice, "I don't even know if I am affected by the abyss now."

Sandang looked at Shen Qin nervously and said, "If you are worried, I will ask Mr. Albedo to help you. He is a very knowledgeable alchemist and has also studied the abyss."

"Okay." Shen Qin smiled and nodded to her.

Barbara came over with a bowl of hot millet porridge: "You haven't eaten for so long, and your body is just beginning to recover. You can only eat something thin to fill your stomach."

Shen Qin was unable to use his strength, so Kaiya helped him lean against the bed. Looking at the porridge handed over by Barbara, Kaiya smiled stiffly: "Do you want me, a grown man, to feed him?"