Do I have a mole at the Geo Archon's place?

"Bai Ye, I'm going to explore the labyrinth. You stay here and keep an eye on those Fatui."

Inside the labyrinth map, Hu Tao looked around with great interest, preparing to explore thoroughly.

After all, even if she got lost, Bai Ye could pull her out in time.

"Okay."

Bai Ye nodded.

Their entry had been relatively smooth.

Although they had launched a thorough investigation into the sudden explosion, they didn't harbor much suspicion towards the suddenly appearing Adeptal artifact.

They were all Debt Collectors, and their general education level wasn't high. They were completely unfamiliar with Adeptal residences. Instead of suspecting anything, they were glad to have discovered another treasure.

"When we hand this over to Master Childe, we'll receive quite a reward."

The Fatui Debt Collectors sent the labyrinth map deep into the base.

This made Bai Ye extremely happy.

He had been prepared for an inspection and ready to launch a surprise attack at any moment, but now he could simply infiltrate.

Especially since this Adeptal residence was made up of island after island connected by the Art of Automata.

Once they reached the island where the Adeptal treasures were placed, they could cut off the passage using the Art of Automata.

Then they would be in an invincible position.

They could quietly wait for Ganyu to rush in and deal with all the enemies.

Bai Ye watched as the Debt Collectors brought him to the place where the treasures were stored, then turned and walked away to continue their patrol.

"This..."

Bai Ye swallowed hard.

It was like a person who hadn't eaten in three days walking into a buffet, Xiangling entering a culinary competition, or Hu Tao seeing rows of customers.

No one was watching?

Were all these mine?

Bai Ye observed his surroundings again and saw that no one was there.

He walked out of the labyrinth map.

"Mine, mine, all mine!"

Bai Ye picked up the Adeptal artifacts one by one, a grin spreading across his face.

Hagintos's voice echoed in Bai Ye's ears.

"I swear, this is the first time I've seen someone go from cute to lecherous in under a second."

She had quietly deactivated her hidden state after Bai Ye and Hu Tao entered the labyrinth map. Hu Tao alone wouldn't have been able to detect her presence. Seeing her disciple's greedy expression upon seeing the Adeptal artifacts, she couldn't help but want to remind him.

After all, he was Hagintos's only student, so he should mind his image.

"With you like this, I don't dare to reveal my true form. If one day I reveal myself and someone asks where your student is, do I have to say he's currently swimming in Mora?"

How could an elegant and adorable Archon like herself have such a greedy student?

She must have been charmed by his handsome appearance back then.

"It's fine. Don't just talk about Archon disciples; some of the Seven Sovereigns are even more embarrassing than I am. I'm stingy with Mora, while others simply have no Mora at all."

Bai Ye said to Hagintos as he rummaged through the Adeptal treasures and texts.

Fortunately, his teacher's Archon status meant that she likely had some "minor friction" with Rex Lapis during the Archon War, so he didn't have to worry about Rex Lapis trying to take his Mora.

He would first collect all the treasures, then ask Yelan if she could help him sell them. After that, he would search for Adeptal texts, hoping to find a way to help his teacher recover.

Bai Ye began picking up the texts and reading them one by one.

As he read, he learned.

However, he got stuck on the last book.

The book looked like an ordinary thread-bound book from the outside, but when Bai Ye reached out to open it, all its pages seemed to be glued together tightly. No matter how hard Bai Ye tried, he couldn't open it.

"This..."

Even using his Art of Automata, Bai Ye couldn't open this tome.

At this moment, Hagintos spoke, "This isn't something the Art of Automata can handle."

She had been leisurely observing the surrounding scenery filled with Adeptal spiritual energy in Bai Ye's mind. But when she looked over and saw her student stuck on a book, she instinctively spoke, looking at the tome in Bai Ye's hand.

"Hm? Teacher, do you recognize this tome?"

"Yes, I recognize this one," Hagintos confirmed.

"Place your hand on it, and I'll handle the rest."

Bai Ye placed his hand on the tome.

Hagintos made her move, using her soul to connect with the tome.

She saw this ancient tome and felt as if the automatons described within were ones she had personally created.

This tome, aside from herself and that one Adeptus, no one else could open.

"This thing, I made it myself!"

Bai Ye felt a 'click' sound coming from the tome in his hands.

Flipping through the book again, Bai Ye could now see the characters written within.

"Teacher, I didn't expect you would also make automatons for the Adepti."

Bai Ye chattered excitedly as he read the tome.

Speaking of which, Bai Ye felt something was off.

"Teacher, why did you make automatons for the Adepti?"

"I'm not sure either."

Hagintos began to ponder why she would do such a thing.

After thinking for a while, an idea flashed through her mind.

"Perhaps, this Adeptus was a spy I sent out?"

I'm so smart, cultivating a spy in secret shouldn't be a problem, right?

During the Archon War, to deal with Rex Lapis, sending a spy to infiltrate doesn't seem like a problem, right?

Hearing Hagintos say this, Bai Ye felt it was somewhat reasonable, yet also somewhat problematic.

Was his teacher the type of person to engage in espionage?

Never mind, Don't overthink it for now.

Let's just assume this Adeptus was his teacher's spy.

Then this Adeptus is his teacher's subordinate, and now that he's gone, all his assets should belong to his teacher, which means his teacher's assets are mine?

Logical.

Bai Ye now felt even more confident in taking the Adepti's magical artifact.

Continuing to search through the Adepti's tome, Bai Ye wanted to see what was inside.

This was a tome on cultivating the soul through Adeptal Arts. It recorded how to cultivate soul-attacking Adeptal Arts.

Bai Ye saw this and felt like he had found a treasure.

It wasn't that he wanted to use soul attacks on anyone, but rather he thought that since these Adeptal Arts could affect people, they could also affect objects.

Controlling automatons... with one's soul...

Bai Ye's eyes gleamed just thinking about it.

As for repairing the soul.

Bai Ye flipped to the end, And indeed, he found something.

"Teacher, I found a way to restore the soul."

As soon as he finished speaking, before he could even explain, Hagintos spoke to Bai Ye, "Wait, it seems someone is coming this way."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye immediately put the tome away.

He then prepared to set up an ambush and cut off contact between this place and other islands.

"Is that the thing the Doctor left for me?"

"Yes, Lord Childe."

The Debt Collector Viktor said to the young man walking in front of him with a fawning smile.

A higher rank crushes a lower rank, let alone a rank that was the highest except for the Cryo Sovereign.