Liyue, a huge abyss of rocks.

If you want to go from Liyue Port to Strata Rock Abyss, there are generally two ways to choose from.

One is to take the official road of Qingxupu. This is the only road designated by Liyue officials for thousands of years, and it is also the safest road.

Except for the frequent appearance of treasure stealing gangs due to historical reasons in Cheongxupo, there have not been any terrible and unsolvable incidents here, and the road construction among them is also the most complete.

The other one goes through the southwest of Tianqiu Valley and in the direction of Caiqiao Valley. After passing through this area, you can reach the northeast of the Strata Rock Abyss.

However, compared to the official road of Cheongxupo, it can be said that very few people choose to take this road.

After all, in terms of terrain, this area is rugged and uneven, with the middle being low and the surrounding areas being high. If a treasure-thief group set up an ambush here, the trouble it would cause would not be as simple as the time convenience brought by the shortcut - not to mention this road.

The road is not a shortcut either.

Therefore, in most cases, whether they want to go to the Strata Abyssal Sea or return to Liyue Port from the mine, most people will choose to take the official road at Qingxupu.

But this time, because the Privy Council agents had investigated in advance that a large number of advance soldiers of the Fools had gathered near Qingxupu, the researchers and staff returning from the Strata Rock Abyss all chose the direction of Caiqiao Valley.

Because of this, when passing by the edge of Tianqiu Valley, several scholars who had studied the earth veins noticed something was wrong here.

If the unusual movements in the earth's veins in the Rock Abyss are tremors coming from the ground, similar to the natural phenomenon of earthquakes, then the abnormal movements coming from the direction of Tianqiu Valley are more like some kind of terrible creature roaring...

What kind of creature can directly affect the earth's veins and cause such large-scale changes?

The scholars don't know, nor do the soldiers of the Qianyan Army who follow them to protect their safety, but the only thing they know is that they cannot stay here for a long time.

The abnormality here has reached a point where even ordinary elemental creatures cannot avoid it. Not to mention the free-moving deceitful flowers or rock dragon lizards, even the ordinary flame flowers have left this place...

Although the Flame Flower is a plant, in theory it can move its position very slowly, but if you want to move a few Flame Flowers that originally grew in the middle of Tianqiu Valley to the edge... this cannot be completed in a few days.

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So the changes here started a long time ago.

At this moment, the camp at the entrance of the mine.

A group of about seven Qianyan Army soldiers are still stationed here. All scientific researchers and staff have evacuated. Their current task is to stay here to prevent the treasure stealing group and the fools from entering the layer without any hindrance.

In the rocky abyss.

But although the mission on the surface is like this, the specific mission instructions given to them by the Seven Stars are actually quite different.

[This trip is to station at the entrance. It is called stationing, but it is actually monitoring. If you encounter an invincible person, your own life is the most important thing and do not join the battle. If there is an abnormality, you can evacuate the mine as soon as possible. There is no need to maintain any equipment.

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The seven outstanding Qianyan Army officers who received the order set up a simple camp not far from the entrance. When they first received the order, they were actually ready to sacrifice for it, so their old camp was at

The most conspicuous position in front of the entrance...

But now, they all understand that compared to meaningless sacrifices here, their contribution to Liyue Port will only be greater if they survive.

If you think about it carefully, there is really no point in trying your best to prevent a few treasure thieves and fools from entering the underground mine. After all, everyone who has worked in the layered rock abyss knows very well that the mine below is already "overgrown with thieves".

"Treasure Tuan", they are digging stones everywhere.

This is really an incredible thing. They don't have professional equipment, sufficient food and material supplies, but they dare to go down to a depth that even researchers have to be cautious about, and they still use manuscripts to dig out rocks.

....

Well, maybe these people have special powers. They don't even have the eyes of gods, but they still dare to play like this... Any other adventurer, once they reach the depth they have reached, they may suffer from the disease.

What kind of weird illness...

But they had nothing to do, and there were a steady stream of other treasure-thief gang members walking in...According to incomplete statistics, as early as a few years ago, the number of treasure-thief gangs staying in the Stratayan Juyuan Mine had already

Far exceeds the number of Qianyan troops and staff.

In this regard... Liyue officials once organized an operation with the purpose of expelling the treasure thief group. In this operation, Qianyan Army officers and soldiers arrested nearly hundreds of members of the treasure thief group, but some thieves still

The Baotuan members fled deeper.

People were not familiar with the deeper environment of the giant stratiform source, and a considerable number of members of the treasure-stealing group had already been captured, so this operation ended.

That operation was not that long ago, and the commander of that operation is now the captain of the seven-man team.

The captain stationed in the camp is named Yue Long. After the expulsion operation that year, he was promoted to the captain of the Qianyan Army in the Strata Abyss due to his outstanding military exploits. Now he has also taken the initiative to stay at the scene.

He received the order from Qixing, and he also understood the importance of monitoring the entrance and formation, but there was always a thorn in his heart...

Those treasure-thief gangs that fled deeper back then were the leaders of the treasure-thief gangs that he had been chasing. His failure to catch them was a point in Yue Long's heart that he could never forget.

Among the remaining six people, one is a civilian who has studied with a scholar for a period of time. He is responsible for exploring the formation and entrance details every day.

The remaining five are all Qianyan Army soldiers with extraordinary strength, and their combat qualities are among the best among all Qianyan Army.

They all knew more or less what their captain was thinking, and they even knew very well that if it hadn't been for Qixing's order, he would have definitely rushed into the entrance alone and gone deeper than before.

Their daily task now is essentially to monitor the entire entrance. When they encounter a small group of treasure thieves, they will choose to expel them; but when they encounter the well-equipped and numerous Fool soldiers, they will strictly follow the orders of the Seven Stars.

Conceal your own traces.

Although this kind of life is a bit frustrating for Qianyan Army, there is no other way. They are the right people to carry out this task.

There are many agents who are good at concealing their own traces, but most of them don't understand the Strata Abyss. In contrast, although the Qianyan Army stationed here all year round has weaker methods, they are better at understanding the specific local conditions.

"etc?"

That evening, Yue Long was doing his daily inspection, but he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar person.

It was a mighty treasure-stealing group, with an initial estimate of around twenty people. The leader was a strong man... and his appearance was remembered by almost all the Qianyan Army officers.

The black eyepatch covering his right eye, the messy beard and the very recognizable horizontal scar on his face - his name is Xiuji, and he is one of the leaders of the Liyue Treasure Thieving Group.
Chapter completed!