The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

Nasida walked closer and looked at it for a while, then realized that she was drawing a map.

As the drawing became more and more detailed, she finally couldn't help but ask: "Is this... a giant layered rock abyss?"

"What, have you been there?" Knox also raised his head.

"I have never been there myself... but I have also visited it from other perspectives, but you drew this because..."

"I found information in Mondstadt's library. It said that more than 400 years ago, an expedition team entered the abyss to explore. An accident occurred during the expedition. One of the members of the expedition fell into the bottom of the abyss. Others thought that The unlucky guy died, so they chose to leave the Strata Abyss."

"However, half a year later, the guy who fell into the bottom of the abyss returned to Mondstadt and passed the exam to join the Knights. Whenever night falls, bathed in the light of the stars and the moon, he will gain unparalleled power. , therefore, he also became the famous Knight of the Star and Moon."

"Someone asked him what happened when he was at the bottom of the abyss, but he chose to keep it secret. It was not until his later years, when he was bedridden, that he told his descendants that he saw something at the bottom of the abyss. He obtained a heart that was locked by chains and runes, drank a drop of blood from the heart, and after sleeping for half a year, he gained the ability to gain powerful power at night."

"He told this secret in order to allow his descendants to have heirs who could inherit his title of 'Knight of the Star and Moon'. However, his descendants ignored Li Yuefang's dissuasion and entered the bottom of the layer rock abyss. But no one came back, and from then on, the legendary knight title of 'Knight of the Star and Moon' was completely sealed by the Knights."

At this point, the pen in Knox's hand also stopped, and on the manuscript paper, among the countless prisms, a ferocious heart was drawn.

Knox turned the pen in his hand casually, then closed the cap of the pen and looked at Nasida whose face was full of surprise: "Do you think that if the heart really exists, whose heart will it be?"

Nasida frowned, and then said decisively: "I'll go look for it with you."

Knox folded the paintings on the table and put them away: "It's not necessary. The war has just ended. As a god here, it doesn't seem good to leave the country that is waiting to be renovated to play a treasure hunt with me, doesn't it?"

"...Okay, then let's keep sharing our minds. If we encounter difficulties, I will be there to help at any time."

"Got it." Knox stretched out and jumped out of the window on the side.

......

Liyue, the Hall of Rebirth.

On a day when the sun is shining brightly, even the Death Hall, which operates a funeral business, is not at all gloomy. Of course, no matter how sunny it is here, no idle people will come to visit.

Standing in the yard, the girl wearing the Qiankun Taigua hat pinched her chin and looked at the plum tree she planted in front of her many years ago. Looking at the bare branches, she couldn't help but sigh: "Ke Qing Zhongli, what are you talking about?" Why can’t plum blossoms bloom all year round?”

Zhongli, who was also in the yard, was sitting at the stone table sipping tea. When he heard Hutao's question, he spoke slowly: "In terms of general rationality, plum blossoms are a special plant. Its flowering requires low temperatures. To form flower buds, it does not mean that it will only bloom in winter, but that the temperature in winter can often meet its flowering needs."

"Hey - what a boring answer." Hutao put down his hand, jumped to the stone table and sat down, resting his cheeks with his hands and staring at the white clouds in the western sky in a daze.

After a moment, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly looked at Zhongli and said, "By the way, Zhongli, what's the name of the friend who came to see you last time?"

"Friend? The hall master is talking about..." Zhongli blew into the steaming teacup and then looked back in confusion.

"Oh, it's the one with silver hair and a particularly good-looking one~" Hutao waved his hand and said: "Besides, apart from that one, I haven't seen any of your other friends come to see you -"

"Hmm...I see, his name is Nenox, and he lives in Zhidong." Zhongli replied, taking a sip of tea.

Hu Tao lazily lay down on the table, with one hand pillowed under her head and the other hand casually playing with an empty teapot on the table. She turned her back to Zhongli: "Ni Knox...it clearly looks like he is taller." He looks like someone from Liyue—does he have any other names?" Hutao's behavior, as if he was looking for words out of boredom, caught Zhongli's attention.

He put down the teacup and asked, "Why are you so interested in him all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing - it's just that when I was dreaming last night, I dreamed about your friend. In the dream, I felt as if I had known him for a long time... This feeling still didn't disappear after I woke up... Oh, forget it -" Hutao suddenly became irritable. He stood up from the table and ran towards the door, saying to Zhongli, "I'm going out to solicit customers."

Watching the hall master's back disappear outside the door, Zhongli sighed and shook his head, then picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Black flames danced behind him, but Zhongli did not turn around: "Old friend, have you been very free recently?"

Knox's figure walked out of the black flames. He sat directly on the empty seat in front of the stone table. He crossed his legs and folded his arms and said casually: "I can't say I have leisure time. I just finished taking care of the more important things. You can come here." Just deal with things that are not that important.”

"What's the matter? Do you need my help?" Zhongli looked into the corner of Knox's eyes and asked calmly.

"No need, I just came to let you know. We all know the situation below the rocky abyss. I need to go down to find something now. Some accidents may happen. You can be more careful and take a look outside."

"..." Zhongli was silent for a moment, then frowned and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"My heart." Knox said with half-closed eyes.

Chapter 177 Under the Rock

"Heart...? I understand. In addition, my protector Yaksha and Mandrill are also investigating some things in the rock abyss. If they meet, I hope to take care of them."

Knox nodded: "Okay, bye."

The moment he finished speaking, his figure had disappeared without a trace, along with the porcelain teapot in Zhongli's hand.

......

Sumeru City, the Holy Order.

"What?! That guy Ling went to Liyue again?!" In front of the desk in the dean's office, Paimon, who was flying next to Ying, screamed towards Nasida who was sitting on the seat inside: "That guy just Can’t you just stay in one place for a while?”

Ying glanced at her and sighed: "Did you meet him on the first day?"

Nasida looked at this scene with a chuckle. After both of them finished speaking, she said: "This time there is a reason. There is something he lost under the abyss."

"The missing thing? What is it?" Pamon couldn't help but asked curiously.

Nacida hesitated for a moment, then said: "His heart."

"!!!" Paimon opened his mouth in shock and almost forgot to breathe. Even Ying couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.

"Heart, heart, heart... you mean heart?!" Paimon yelled, "Nasida is talking about the heart that keeps beating in the chest?"

Nasida nodded and said, "Yes."

"What do you mean... that is, there is actually no heart in Lingqian's chest?!" Paimeng shrank his body, as if he had been greatly shocked.

To this question, Nasida still gave an affirmative answer: "Yes."

Paimon held his breath and turned his neck stiffly to look at Ying.The shock and dullness on Ying's face only lasted for a short time, and then turned into perseverance.

"Paimon, let's go to the Great Abyss to help." Ying greeted Paimon, said goodbye to Nasida, and jumped out of the window on the side.

......

"stop!"

In the dim cave, a blue phantom pulled out a series of afterimages and chased the figure in front of her. It was obvious that her speed was approaching the limit, but the person in front of the blue phantom was just leisurely strolling in the courtyard before pulling away from her. distance.

"Damn it..." An spat, and Ye Lan stopped, her towering chest rising and falling, but even though she was panting, her eyes were still fixed on the outsider who broke into the rocky abyss in front of her without permission. Seeing the other party disappear from her sight, Ye Lan couldn't help but sigh.

She stood up straight and looked back, her eyes suddenly full of contemplation, and said to herself: "Have you gone so deep without realizing it... Who is that guy?"

After standing there and hesitating for a long time, Yelan finally shook her head helplessly and chose to return the way she came...

Ying and Paimon were always very fast, and even their journey across the country was still completed in a very short time.

There was no extra route. After arriving in Liyue, the two went straight to the Layer Rock Abyss and reached the bottom of the abyss before dark.

However, the destination was reached, but when faced with the darkness around them and the rock caves that were similar everywhere, the two of them were blinded.

The Strata Abyss itself is a very vast area, not to mention that its underground is several times larger than the ground. What's more, the terrain below is as complicated as a spider web. Finding people here is not much easier than finding a needle in a haystack.

Just as the two of them stood there helpless, a familiar figure appeared in their sights.

"Eh--?! Isn't that Yan Fei?" Paimon looked at the figure in the distance and immediately waved his hand over there and shouted, "Hey! Yan Fei!"

The sound echoed in the empty underground mine. Yan Fei turned around and saw the striking figures of Ying and Paimon in the distance, and immediately ran over.

"It's Ying and Paimon, why are you here?" Yan Fei looked at the two of them and asked curiously.

"We are here to find someone, but Yanfei, don't you usually work in Liyue Port? Why did you come to such a place where birds don't shit?" After Paimeng answered the question, he couldn't help but Curiosity asked back.

"Well... To be honest, this job is indeed a bit special... It's the first time I've seen what the bottom of the rocky abyss looks like." As she said that, Yan Fei suddenly seemed to remember something: "Ah, no! Two! Please do me a favor, someone is looking for me, if they ask, just say you have never seen me!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Pamon looked confused.

However, Ying seemed to understand something. She put her hands on her hips and said in an upright manner: "Yan Fei, please don't break the law..."

"That's not the case! It's a long story. Anyway, I'll leave the prevarication to you. See you later." Yan Fei skipped the topic, gave a final explanation and turned to leave, but before that, Ying Fei He stopped her and asked, "Wait a minute, Yan Fei, have you seen a handsome young man with silver hair and purple eyes here?"

"Huh? No... By the way, isn't that the person you're looking for in the missing person notice? Is that person also in the Rock Abyss? I'll remember it, and I'll tell you if I meet him."

"Well, thank you."

Looking at Yan Fei's retreating back, Ying couldn't help but sigh.

However, Paimon seemed to be still immersed in the aftertaste of the topic just now and did not think about it: "I was suddenly so scared. Do you think Yan Fei broke some laws and escaped here? Could it be... Something terrible?"

Ying rolled her eyes at Paimon speechlessly. The words she said to Yan Fei before, such as "knowing the law and breaking the law," were more of a joke.

"Don't worry, Yan Fei is a legal counselor after all, so she can't do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice with an echo suddenly came over - "Hey! Hey! That guy over there!"

"Ah!" Paimon was startled: "Someone is coming!"

At this time, a burst of footsteps also approached from far to near.

"Haha, are you two actually going to a place like this for vacation?"

With a heroic voice and a tall figure, the person who appeared in front of Ying and Paimon at this moment was none other than the leader of the Inazuma Hanamizaka Arataki sect, Arataki Ito... and a green-haired girl following him.

"It's actually a fight." Ying made a sound of little surprise, and Paimon then asked: "The person behind you is..."

Without waiting for Idou's introduction, the girl behind him spoke first: "Hello, I am Kuuki Shinobi, a member of the Arataki Sect."

"Ah haha, I almost forgot." Itto, who was obviously a rough-and-tumble man, smiled and introduced to Ying and Paimon, two friends who had never known each other before fighting: "This is the most powerful person in our Arataki sect. A-nin!"

"Oh! It turns out he is also from the Arataki sect!" Paimon seemed a little surprised that the Arataki sect still had such a beautiful and reliable young lady like Shinobu Kuki.

"Boss's friends are my friends. I'm glad to meet you two, Ying and Paimon." Ninja Kuki showed enough kindness to Ying and Paimon.

"You're very wise! Then I'll call you A-Nin!" Paimon was never polite to others.

"Nice to meet you, A-nin." Ying greeted Kuki-nin with a smile, and then looked at Ichito: "Your divine eyes..."

Ying and Ichito met during a commission from Inazuma not long ago. At that time, she learned that Ichito's Eye of God had been confiscated and embedded in the statue of Thousand Hands and Hundred Eyes during the Eye Hunting Order, and in Inazuma At the end of the incident, all the God's Eyes on the statue lost their luster, causing quite a sensation and impact. And this Arataki Ito is a weirdo among God's Eyes owners. The extinguishing of the God's Eyes has a huge impact on He didn't have any influence at all. On the contrary, he was still a heartless and crude optimist.

But now Ying noticed that there was a shining rock-attribute God's Eye hanging on Idou's body...

Chapter 178 Underground Space

"Oh, you said this, it was originally broken, but after all, it was something that had been with me for a long time, so I hung it on my body as an accessory. Then one sunny morning, I After a tour of Hanamizaka, I returned home - and suddenly I found that this thing is good again, hahaha!"

Yidou put his hands on his waist and looked up to the sky, laughing.

"Um..." Paimon and Ying looked at each other: "Although it sounds ridiculous, it feels very reasonable to happen to Idou..."

Ying nodded in approval, but Yidou didn't say much on this topic. Instead, he remembered that he had other things to do, so he couldn't help but said: "That's not important. What's important is whether you saw a pink Ritsu... or something. A mage? Anyway, he is a man who knows a lot, is not tall, and wears a strange hat."

"Eh!?" As soon as these words came out, Paimeng couldn't help but exclaimed, isn't this the Yan Fei he just met? !So, the person Yan Fei asked them to help with was the one in front of her? !

At this time, Jiuqi Ren, who was on the side, helped Idou to supplement and correct the explanation: "It's a legal consultant from Liyue named Yan Fei. I guess you two may know each other."