Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 601 Stopping the Leyline Extraction Machine

"The junior...the junior...has created it..."

At this moment, Tirzad was as if two of his souls and six spirits had been ripped out, leaving only a dazed soul and spirit to keep him from collapsing.

"If it were Senior Farusan who recreated the ancient array mechanism, I would accept defeat willingly. But the descendants of ...

Xu Ning really didn't want to listen to Tirzad's crazy crying and laughing, so he pulled Kong aside and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Kong glanced at Tirzad with concern and whispered, "After we escorted Nahtigar back to Aru Village to meet up with Bonifaz that day, we were thinking of taking on another job on the way back to the desert to find you..."

"You're going to pick up another job on the way back?" Xu Ning looked at Kong speechlessly. "Are you that short of money lately?"

Kong blushed slightly and stammered, "No, it's just that I'm making some preparations for going to Fontainebleau. I heard it's a fashion capital, so I guess there will be a lot of expenses..."

Paimon chimed in with a goofy grin, "...And I've also heard it's a food capital, so stocking up on more Mora is definitely a good idea!"

Xu Ning glanced at Paimon's two little feet. "The soles of your shoes are bulging. Looks like you've saved up quite a bit!"

Paimon was shocked. He tried to pull his little feet back while his eyes darted around and he chuckled evasively.

"Haha, you big drunkard, you really love to joke around. Haha, why are you suddenly talking about saving money? Weren't we talking about some kind of robber?"

"We weren't talking about robbers at all..." Kong stared at Paimon incredulously, then suddenly realized, "When we asked you to negotiate prices for the supplies last time, did you take a kickback? No wonder prices seemed to have suddenly gone up so much..."

Paimon said hurriedly, "Don't overthink it. I did save some Mora, but it was all my own pocket money... By the way, aren't we talking about robbers right now? Can we put other things aside for a moment?"

Kong put her hands on her hips and nodded at Paimon, as if to say she'd settle the score with her later.

"Okay, let's talk about the robbers first. It's about a merchant who posted a commission saying that a robber had stolen his goods."

Xu Ning took a sip of his drink and asked, "Did the goods belong to the Rehabilitation Agency? Or did the Rehabilitation Agency steal the goods?"

"A mechanical crab-like regeneration device stole the goods because the merchant's goods contained parts it needed, and it wanted to use the parts to save its owner."

Upon hearing Kong's account, Xu Ning frowned. "Was its owner also a mechanical object?"

Kong looked somewhat sad, as if he were recalling that scene.

"No, it was a scholar from the Order of the Order who died some time ago. Kakata, oh, that is, the Regeneration Agency, couldn't understand human death. Reflecting on himself, he thought his master was a broken part, so he searched everywhere for parts, hoping to save his master..."

Xu Ning silently took a sip of wine, imagining a mechanical crab wandering alone, searching for spare parts.

"Just in this respect, it's more like a living, breathing being than many others. Is there something wrong with it?"

Kong nodded. "Yes, but there's something even more important that I need Brother Xu's help with."

"Kakata's master, in order to solve the problem of powering mechanical life, seems to have developed a machine called the 'Earth Vein Extractor', which can extract the power of the earth veins, but he failed to shut it off at the moment of his death."

"After a long time, the energy extracted by the ley line extractor overflowed, turning a large area into a contaminated zone inaccessible to ordinary people. When we were investigating there, we happened to run into Tinari, who was searching for the source of the contamination. He asked us to accompany Senior Farusan here to find replacement parts for Katata, while he himself prepared to deal with the dissipated ley line energy..."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Farusan, who was standing to the side, suddenly raised her two thin eyebrows and said angrily, "So, Tina, you wrote to ask me to come and help, but you only showed me that regeneration mechanism. You didn't mention anything about the ley line extraction machine. Are you looking down on me? Do you think that an old man like me can't handle the machines made by the descendants of the descendants?"

Paimon slapped Kong on the head. "It's all your fault for speaking without thinking. Now you've caused Tina to get scolded by Senior Farusan."

Kong scratched his head, looking completely innocent. "I just thought Brother Xu might have a way to easily deal with those energies, right? If possible, we can still make it there in time, at least enough to ensure that Tinari won't get hurt by the explosion of those machines..."

"It can explode?" Xu Ning was taken aback.

He had seen the clouds that overflowed when the earth's veins were blocked. Although they looked as thin as mist, the energy they contained was enough to recreate the monsters in someone's memory.

Even at this level, it would be difficult for ordinary people to deal with. It's unimaginable how much power would be generated when the earth vein energy that was forcibly extracted overflowed and exploded.

“We’ll leave now, but I’ll send Tirzad away in Aru Village first, then…”

Alzad shook his head vigorously. "Let Nahtigar wait a little longer. I'll go with you to see that regeneration machine."

Xu Ning knew that Tirzad hadn't completely given up on his thesis, or perhaps he was clinging to the last glimmer of hope.

“Alright, then Kong will lead the way. We’ll teleport there quickly and at least stop the Tinari from taking risks.”

Kong nodded, and just like before, he led Paimon and Farusan, while Xu Ning led Belial and Tirzad, and set off towards the place Kong had mentioned.

While traveling through the earth's veins, Kong asked Xu Ning, "Brother Xu, do you have a plan for dealing with those earth vein energies?"

Xu Ning nodded silently. "Absolutely no problem."

If you had asked me yesterday, I might have been at a loss, but now it's a piece of cake.

The only thing that needs to be considered is something else.

However, after hearing Xu Ning's assurance, Kong immediately felt relieved.

The so-called polluted area was actually located inside a mountain far from Sumeru City.

Fortunately, they weren't too far from the Zen Garden. Xu Ning and the others appeared directly from the Zen Garden's teleportation point. Although they knew that the Regeneration Mechanism was inside the garden, none of them stopped to look at it. After asking if Tina had returned, they ran straight towards the contaminated area.

"Tirzad, the area ahead is contaminated. For ordinary people, being in such an area of ​​disordered elemental forces can cause dizziness at best, and even endanger their lives at worst. You should return to the Dust-Hidden Cave to observe!"

Tirzad naturally followed Xu Ning's advice without question.

The remaining people were naturally not afraid of the unusually active elemental forces within.

Kong led the group to a cave in the belly of a mountain.

"This is it, Tinari, are you still here?"

As soon as Paimon flew in, he started shouting Tinari's name.

The group had come to stop Tinari, and no one stood in the way of Paimon's actions.

Although Tinari was quite unworthy of the title "Great Dog of the Desert," his canine ears were still very impressive; he immediately ran out as soon as he heard Paimon bark.

"Didn't I tell you not to come here for a while... Oh, Xu Ning, you're here too... And Senior Farusan too..."

Upon seeing Farusan, Tina's tail twitched involuntarily, clearly wanting to please her but unsure how.

"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's go see that extraction machine." Farusan said impatiently, "We can talk about it after I'm free."

Tina gave a wry smile and hurriedly led the group inside, running deeper into the area.

"This is the machine. It started shaking yesterday when we found it. I'm afraid it won't last much longer."

This is a machine that resembles a large tank. According to Tinari's description, what is visible on the ground is only the tank for storing energy; the actual operating system should be hidden elsewhere.

Xu Ning waved his hand and summoned a rock element clone. Without explanation, the rock element clone immediately disappeared into the ground to search for the veins beneath the machine.

“There’s another layer of space below ground,” Xu Ning said to Tinari, receiving feedback from his underground rock elemental clone. “There’s also a control panel down there, but I don’t really understand the buttons. I’ll have the rock elemental open a hole so you can go down and operate the machine to stop it.”