Adeptal Abode

"Where did you explore and meet your demise?"

Bai Ye asked the souls of these adventurers.

"It was northeast of the Stone Gate, probably north of Pothole. We found the ruin in a crevice at the foot of the mountain there out of curiosity."

The leading adventurer replied.

"That place..."

Bai Ye calculated in his mind.

He hadn't really been to that place much.

He didn't even go there much in the game, so he wasn't very familiar with the situation there.

He continued to ask, "What kind of ruin was it?"

"It might be an adeptal ruin. My ancestor was fortunate enough to obtain an adeptal fate, and an adepti gave him an adeptal treasure. When we went in, we could feel the same adeptal energy as the treasure in my hand."

An adeptal ruin...

Bai Ye's face showed a greedy expression.

Adeptal remnants weren't Archon Residue, so there would likely be many adeptal treasures left behind.

If he could make a fortune there...

"Come, describe to me in detail what exactly happened there. Don't worry, I will avenge all of you."

Bai Ye now treated this adventurer like a true brother.

Even Song Jiang avenging Chao Gai wasn't this dedicated.

Hu Tao put her hand to her forehead.

As a friend of the hall master, how could he be so unreliable when it came to money?

Hu Tao quickly asked:

"What about the enemy? Did you get a clear look at the enemy?"

"No, I didn't see them. I just felt someone watching us, then my vision went black, and my throat hurt."

"No signs of anyone approaching?"

"No," he said with certainty.

It sounded a lot like a Debt Collector's technique.

"We felt the same way."

The other adventurers had the same feeling.

The last adventurer said hesitantly, "I felt like there was a bit of flame along with the blades. But I don't know if it was just my imagination."

Hearing the adventurer say this, Bai Ye pondered, "Flame? That sounds even more like a Debt Collector. However, a Debt Collector's swordsmanship isn't that sharp."

Debt Collectors' blades are fast, but Bai Ye was sure that when he dealt with that Debt Collector last time, it wasn't to this extent.

"It seems we really need to investigate that place."

Bai Ye said to Hu Tao.

"Then let's go."

Hu Tao put her hands on her hips.

"No matter who the enemy is, we just need to defeat them all."

With that, she was about to pull Bai Ye away.

Seeing Bai Ye and Hu Tao about to leave, the adventurer quickly asked Hu Tao:

"Hall Master Hu, what about our situation?"

"Well, as long as you no longer worry about the mortal world," Hu Tao answered the adventurer's question seriously.

"We will find out the cause and effect of your death, and the responsible parties will be handed over to the Millelith for legal processing."

"Then we'll leave it to you. Thank you."

All the adventurers thanked them in unison.

"Mhm."

Hu Tao and Bai Ye nodded seriously.

"Let's go. We'll go see Ganyu now and then check out the situation over there."

After Bai Ye and Ganyu emerged from the boundary between life and death, Hu Tao said to Bai Ye impatiently.

"Okay."

Bai Ye nodded.

"Hmph hmph, let's see who's been ambushing us in the dark."

Hu Tao and Bai Ye started heading to the Millelith's location to find Ganyu.

The two arrived at the Millelith encampment just as Ganyu and the soldiers were returning.

Seeing Bai Ye, Ganyu immediately ran over to ask, "Bai Ye, how are things on your end? I just finished patrolling the area where the bodies were found with the Millelith, but we didn't find any clues."

She looked a bit embarrassed as she said this.

She had spent a long time searching herself, only to find nothing.

Bai Ye comforted her, "It's normal that you couldn't find anything. That wasn't the primary scene where the bodies appeared."

As he spoke, he recounted his entire conversation with the adventurers' souls.

"These people wanted to escape. If they hadn't known any better, they probably wouldn't have discovered the truth."

At this point, Bai Ye couldn't help but feel fortunate that Hu Tao was the one investigating this case.

Otherwise, even if Conan, Kindaichi, or Di Renjie were here, they wouldn't be able to figure it out.

The victim teleported himself away before dying.

It was truly outrageous.

Ganyu pondered for a moment, then turned to look at the surrounding Millelith.

"Captain Sun San, the Millelith will mobilize and join us to capture these bandits who murdered innocent adventurers."

"Yes."

Captain Sun San of the Millelith immediately stood at attention, spear in hand, indicating his obedience to the order.

After the Millelith departed, Ganyu turned to Bai Ye and Hu Tao. "Um, Mondstadt and Liyue haven't been at war, so there aren't many Millelith stationed here. We can only have them prevent those people from escaping. It's likely going to be us who enter the Adeptal ruin."

"Yes, that's natural."

Bai Ye asked Ganyu, "By the way, since that's an Adeptal ruin, do you know which Adeptus is inside?"

"Hmm... let me think. It might be True Lord Jing Xuan Tong You. I remember his Adeptal abode is in this area."

Ganyu thought for a moment and named an Adeptus.

"Then do you think the adventurers' deaths are related to this Adeptus? Could it be a defense mechanism he left behind?"

Bai Ye asked further.

"Impossible," Ganyu shook her head emphatically. "True Lord Tong You prefers to study soul-targeting Adeptal arts. He doesn't intend to cause physical harm to people."

"So someone has occupied the Adeptal land and might even be using what the Adepti left behind to strengthen themselves."

Bai Ye said, stroking his chin.

"Yes, very likely."

Ganyu's expression turned serious at this point.

"Let's go. We'll depart as soon as the Millelith arrive."

"Yes, this time we must bring those evildoers to justice."

Hu Tao chimed in.

"Don't be in such a hurry. Have you forgotten how those adventurers met their end? What if you rush in and get ambushed?"

Bai Ye quickly held the two back.

"It's fine, my skills are very agile."

Hu Tao demonstrated with a flourish of her spear.

"Yes, this time you can't go in first."

Ganyu also stared intently at Bai Ye.

Last time I let Junior Disciple Brother go in first. If it happens again, how will I face Master?

Seeing the two staring at him, Bai Ye weakly raised his black crystal-like player. "Um, what I mean is, why should we go in first and wait to be ambushed?"

Can't we send robots in to take pictures first?

Last time it was Archon residue, so the robots weren't very mobile. This time it's an Adeptal ruin, so it should be much easier.