Chapter 376: Ch 376 : Another blunder from the Left Hand’s intel?
Watching Lumine die right in front of him, Su Yuan couldn’t understand why she would do such a thing...
She had clearly already used the power of the Abyss to break free from "Madame Ping’s" suppression...
With her strength, if she had truly wanted to escape, "Madame Ping" wouldn’t have been able to stop her at all...
And most importantly—why did Lumine say "I’m going ahead" to him?
But before Su Yuan could think it through, "Zhongli" had already appeared before him...
"Zhongli" pried open Su Yuan’s mouth with one hand, and with the other hand, continuously condensed Geo elemental energy into rock and soil, forcefully stuffing them into Su Yuan’s throat...
Very soon, Su Yuan felt his mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines all filled with dirt and stone—more and more, endlessly more...
He felt like his entire oral cavity, his entire abdomen, his entire body was about to burst apart from the pressure...
Then, blood began pouring from all seven of Su Yuan’s orifices, and he felt his consciousness slipping away...
But in the very next instant, Su Yuan suddenly snapped awake.
He felt his body become incredibly light, and everything around him seemed to slow down...
Su Yuan realized—this must be the activation of that powerful ability, the one similar to that of the "Famous Siming Sword"...
Even though his body was nearly filled to the brim with stone and soil, Su Yuan still felt incredibly light and agile...
It seemed that this ability could even partially dispel his negative status effects...
If that was the case, then could triggering this ability while being suppressed by the Eerie force allow him to break free from its control?
Even though Su Yuan was now capable of escaping from "Zhongli," he chose not to...
For now, he decided to let "Zhongli" continue executing the punishment of Warth of the Rock—killing him...
As for that question... he’d leave it for next time to find out.
............
Su Yuan abruptly opened his eyes—once again, that familiar, heart-wrenching sensation...
Feeling the sting in the palm of his left hand, Su Yuan knew—he had died once more...
He raised his left hand and looked at his palm:
[Unfortunately, you’ve died again, and one rewind attempt has been consumed...]
[Remaining available rewinds: 1.2]
[Chongyun and Xingqiu are highly likely to find and bring the Traveler, Aether—but no matter how convincing the disguise may be, she is ultimately not Aether...]
[The one they will bring is Lumine, disguised as Aether...]
[So even though the Shimmersoil and Smaragdus Jadeite have been gathered, things are far from over...]
[A fake Aether kneeling and apologizing to Madame Ping will never be enough to undo her Eerie state...]
[Lumine’s true intentions remain a complete mystery—please proceed with utmost caution...]
[After all, Lumine is the Princess of the Abyss Order. Behind her stands the entire Abyss...]
Staring at the message inscribed in his palm, Su Yuan felt both shocked and deeply confused...
So the "Aether" he met last time was actually Lumine in disguise?
Was that why their plan to undo Madame Ping’s Eerie state had failed?
"...Baizhu... Zhongli..."
Su Yuan looked over at Baizhu and Zhongli and said:
"If the Traveler Aether shows up later, please be extremely cautious..."
"Because that Aether... is actually Lumine in disguise."
Upon hearing Su Yuan’s warning, Zhongli and Baizhu both furrowed their brows slightly.
Then, they nodded and replied:
"Su Yuan, is this new intel you’ve obtained? Understood. We’ll be careful."
Not long after, the voices of Chongyun and Xingqiu came from outside Bubu Pharmacy.
"Everyone, I have some good news to share!" Chongyun called out.
"Chongyun," Su Yuan spoke up, "is the good news that you and Xingqiu have found the Traveler, Aether, and brought him here?"
"Huh? Su Yuan, what are you talking about?" Chongyun asked in confusion.
"The good news I was going to share is that this chivalrous and warm-hearted man, Xingqiu, wants to join us in the fight against the Eerie."
"With him and the Feiyun Commerce Guild backing us, we’ll definitely have a much smoother time fighting against the Eerie!"
"As for the Traveler—although I asked Xingqiu yesterday to use the Feiyun Commerce Guild’s connections to search for any trace of the Traveler, we still haven’t found any useful information..."
Hearing Chongyun’s explanation, Su Yuan widened his eyes, not knowing what to say...
What was going on?
Was the intel from the palm of his left hand wrong again?
Even though the message from his left hand did use vague wording like "highly likely," that still didn’t change the fact that it had made a faulty judgment and provided incorrect information...
No wonder the message in his right hand had warned him again today not to trust the intel from the left—it seemed that warning wasn’t without reason after all...
"What’s wrong, Su Yuan? You look surprised—didn’t expect me to join your team against the Eerie?"
Seeing Su Yuan’s shocked and slightly dazed expression, Xingqiu smiled and said:
"I’m not your typical spoiled rich kid, you know. I’ve got a heroic heart and noble ideals—I want to become a true chivalrous swordsman. Don’t underestimate my resolve!"
"No, no, Xingqiu, you misunderstood. That’s not what I meant at all..." Su Yuan quickly explained. "Anyway—welcome aboard!"
After a brief exchange of intel, Su Yuan spoke up again:
"In short, we’ve already successfully gathered both the Shimmersoil and the Smaragdus Jadeite. Now, we have two days left..."
"And in these next two days, our main focus should be finding the Traveler..."
"But if we still haven’t found the Traveler by tomorrow night," Su Yuan said, "then I’ll have to use a special method to rescue Furina first..."
"As for Madame Ping, we can only try to find a way—maybe something like what we did with Yelan. Even if we can’t reverse her Eerie state, at the very least we could try to put her into a deep sleep, so she won’t pose a threat to others..."
"That might be quite difficult..." Baizhu said, frowning deeply.
"An Adeptus’s constitution isn’t something ordinary people can compare to..."
"Most herbs that induce sleep would likely have little to no effect on someone like her..."
"If worst comes to worst, we may have no choice but to sacrifice Madame Ping..."
Zhongli let out a quiet sigh, his voice filled with helplessness:
"If Madame Ping were still in control of herself, I’m sure she would choose to sacrifice herself too..."
"She would never allow her Eerie self to become a ticking time bomb threatening Liyue..."
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