Haiji Island, the beach on the south side.

Ningzhe leaned against a tree and listened quietly to the conversation between Zheping and Coral Gong Xinhai.

To be precise, Zheping was reporting to Xiang Xinhai on the various problems that had occurred in Haiji Island in recent days, as well as the changes and characteristics of the black fog in the past few days.

Although Ningzhe was listening, his eyes were always on his own hand - the hand that had just taken back the golden light.

For some reason, after recovering that spiritual power, Ningzhe felt as if he had absorbed some kind of power... It was unique, but not harmful.

He even had him repair some of the mental backlash he had left in Mondstadt...

Nowadays, the backlash of mental power has almost disappeared.

"..."

Looking at his hands, Ningzhe frowned and suddenly thought of something important.

Ningzhe always believed that the only reason why the old man did not wake up was that the backlash of his mental power was too serious. During the first period of time, Ningzhe used his mental power to warm up the sea of ​​consciousness every day, and his strength was integrated into it...

But just now, when the power brought by the melted black mist entered his body, the sea of ​​​​consciousness directly fed back the power to him as if he was full...

There can only be one explanation for this happening, and that is that the backlash in the sea of ​​consciousness has been eliminated, and the power inside has been filled...

But the problem is that the old man shows no signs of waking up. Could it be that he guessed wrong?

Or...

Ningzhe's eyes gradually narrowed.

The old man had woken up a long time ago, but there had been no movement, which made him rush around just to help him wake up?

OK...this is really great...

"Mr. Ningzhe."

Just when Ningzhe's eyes became more and more dangerous, the soft voice of Coral Palace's heart came over, calling back his thoughts.

"Um?"

Ningzhe turned around, perfectly covering up his previous emotions, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Based on the information provided by Zheping, we can believe that the black mist itself seems to be affected by some kind of influence from Kaiji Island. They have not spread to the inside of the island, but have been spreading to the outside."

"In addition, just now when Zheping was almost swallowed by the black mist, he felt a kind of mental trance, and his body seemed to be under control, and he could not help but walk in the direction of the black mist."

Xinhai sorted out the information he had just obtained and explained the conclusions to Ningzhe in detail.

"Outward spread and mind control..."

Hearing this, Ningzhe nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to the black mist, and said at the same time: "After the test just now, I am confident that I can clear this black mist."

"But then again..."

Ningzhe turned his head, left the tree trunk he was leaning on, and walked in front of Xinhai and Zheping.

"I can only clean up the superficial black fog, but I can't figure out the source of the black fog... After all, as you said, this kind of black fog suddenly appears without warning."

"What I can conclude now is: I can clean up the black fog, but in the long run, this kind of behavior treats the symptoms but not the root cause."

After saying everything at once, Ningzhe crossed his arms and waited for Xinhai's answer.

"..."

Xinhai obviously didn't expect that Ningzhe would make a plan so quickly and leave the choice to himself...

Looking at the extremely dull expression of the white-haired boy in front of him, Xinhai knew very well that he was not lying, nor was he deliberately hiding anything.

"Um..."

After thinking for a while, Xinhai still shook his head, looked at Ningzhe, and said softly: "If there are only these two options now, then I think it is the best choice to get rid of these black fogs first."

Facing Xinhai's words, Ningzhe nodded slightly without making any expression.

"First of all, the situation in Inazuma Castle is ever-changing. We cannot stay on Kaiji Island for too long... If we want to find the cause and fundamentally solve the problem, time may be too late."

"After all... we don't have any clues yet."

Xinhai also understood that Ningzhe needed a well-founded explanation, so he immediately expressed his thoughts.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about."

Faced with Xinhai's words, Ningzhe nodded and said helplessly: "The black fog situation here does not seem to be as severe as I thought, so the best way is to quickly resolve it and return to Daozhime." .”

"Based on the current situation, the situation over there is more critical."

Ningzhe initially thought that the black mist here was different from what he encountered in Liyue Port, so his estimation of them was very high.

But after arriving here, he discovered that [Abyss]'s methods had not changed at all. They almost copied the routine in Liyue... There may be a deep-seated plan, but that is not what should be done at this stage.

and...

As long as he completely collects all the power of the black mist and merges it into the sea of ​​consciousness... Even if the old man really doesn't wake up, he has to wake up!

And if he had been awake all this time...

hehe...

Then don’t blame the boy for not being considerate to his disciples!

...

At the same time, there is a tavern in Daozuma City.

Due to the recent mingling of various forces in the city, this tavern is surprisingly lively, and in the corner of the tavern, an old man with white hair is drinking a small drink alone.

In such a busy tavern, the white-haired old man occupied the entire table alone, and the people around him didn't react at all.

And what's a bit strange is that most of the people drinking in this pub have foreign faces.

Either from Mondstadt, or from Nata, or from Xumi... Occasionally there are a few Liyue people. In the tavern opened by this Dao Wife, the smallest number are Dao Wife.

Most of the people who came to drink seemed to have troubles, and the content of their conversations was mostly about complaints.

"Drink! Finally, the situation of Inazuma has changed... maybe we can return to our hometown after waiting a little longer!"

"Okay...Okay, let's drink..."

"Hometown...I haven't seen my hometown for a long time..."

The sound of cups and glasses was heard, and people's voices also reached the old man's ears.

When he heard the word "hometown", the old man's hand holding the wine glass shook unconsciously, but it soon returned to normal.

"..."

The white-haired old man was incompatible with the surrounding environment, but he still sat here, drinking wine alone.

Um?

Suddenly, the white-haired old man seemed to notice some kind of power fluctuation, and subconsciously frowned.

A force just flowed directly into the body he created, and it was also a very pure power of earth veins...

This is Ina Wife, where does the power of a large amount of earth veins come from, and it can be directly integrated into his body...

etc!

The white-haired old man suddenly remembered something...

It has been some time since he temporarily separated his consciousness from Ningzhe's sea of ​​consciousness, and before he left, Ningzhe, that brat, seemed to be still looking for ways to wake him up...

Now this power can even be fed directly back to this body along with the [Origin] that remains in the Ningzhe Sea of ​​Consciousness, which can only mean one thing.

That is, that boy Ningzhe has completely solved the problem of mental backlash...
Chapter completed!