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Chapter 602 No portal can stop me
The ground collapsed like quicksand, instantly creating a large hole.
Tinali smiled and said, "It seems that everything becomes exceptionally simple when it comes to you."
However, after laughing, Tinari looked seriously at the three large jars beside him.
"However, there is still a major problem. These instruments extract energy from the earth's veins, causing irreversible damage. This is basically unsolvable; the only solution is for the earth's veins to slowly recover on their own."
"However, the extracted ley line energy will continue to overflow and pollute the surrounding jungle, and it may take many years to clean it up."
Xu Ning pressed his eyes against the heavy glass jar and looked inside. It was like the kind of mist that you see when the earth's vein energy overflows. He wondered how the genius scholar who had died had used it to power the regeneration mechanism.
"Don't worry about that, I have a way to remove them all. However, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, you will need to turn off the switches of these three jars at the same time, and I will remove them simultaneously."
Xu Ning laughed and said, "Fortunately, we have quite a few people. You, Tinari, Kong, and Senior Farusan will operate the mechanisms, and Paimon can fly at the cave entrance to be our liaison."
Tina and Kong had no objection to Xu Ning's arrangement and jumped down from the cave entrance one after the other.
However, Farusan clearly had her own ideas.
"Oh dear, I'm getting old. My legs aren't as strong as a young person's. Why don't you go shut down the mechanism? I'll just sit here at the cave entrance and be the liaison for everyone."
Paimon was overjoyed to discover that he could directly participate in the mission to save the world and flew down.
Farusan sat down at the cave entrance with a smile, straightened her dress to avoid being seen naked by the little creatures below, then looked up at Xu Ning, who was staring at her, and gave him a sly smile.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't think that Tinari asked me for help because I'm good at mechanisms. I'm an epistemologist, specializing in linguistics and semiotics..."
Xu Ning silently took a sip of wine.
An intellectualist? Who are you trying to fool?
You were just angry because Tinaly didn't let you solve the mechanical problems here! I remember that the one who plays with mechanical creation should be from the same academy as Kavi, right? He should be from the Mystic School.
"...However, because of my field of study, I'm also more perceptive of the emotions hidden in your words. What are you trying to do about this that's worth sending all of us away?"
Xu Ning smiled and said to the gourd, "Qingyi, turn off the water screen and the sound."
A disgruntled voice suddenly came from inside the gourd, "Why are you closing it? What's there to be afraid of...?"
The voice stopped halfway through, probably because Qingyi unplugged the plug.
"There are some things I don't want you to know, actually to protect you. After all, what I'm about to do is somewhat inappropriate, and I don't want you to have any extra psychological burden."
Xu Ning said solemnly, then gestured to Flossan, hoping she would go down and not interfere with his actions.
Farusan brushed a stray hair from her temple, pondered for a moment, and said, "If I insist on watching you from here, are you going to stand idly by and do nothing about this, or will you choose to take action against me directly? Oh, they sent a signal. It seems the equipment has been turned off. You need to make a decision quickly."
Xu Ning shook her head. "I won't choose any of them. You can watch whatever you want."
Xu Ning turned to face the heavy glass jar, pulled out the stopper from the gourd in his hand, and then forcefully hammered the gourd's spout into the glass jar.
With Xu Ning's full effort, the gourd's spout was inserted into the jar without any hindrance.
Farusan never expected Xu Ning to do something so dangerous; the explosion of this jar of ley line energy was no joke.
For almost an instant, Farusan was about to jump directly into the hole to avoid the impact of the explosion.
But the expected explosion did not occur; instead, a strange sight was seen through the thick glass jar.
The earth vein energy mist stored in the tank was instantly drained away, as if a whale were sucking water in.
Moreover, the energy seemed to sense something, entering incredibly smoothly, unlike any out-of-control "bomb" gas that could explode.
Xu Ning smashed the other two energy storage tanks in an instant, sucking out all the mist inside.
The earth vein energy absorbed into the gourd, guided by Qingyi, silently merged into the root system beneath the World Tree.
But even Tirzad inside the gourd was unaware of what was happening, and Farusan, who was watching the commotion from the outside, was completely oblivious.
She only saw Xu Ning simply smash and suck, his method simple, brutal, and highly efficient, and then the whole can of trouble disappeared without a trace.
Why was this guy so reluctant to let people see his ability?
Was he afraid others would covet his magical gourd? Probably not.
Looking at this guy's Eye of God, although I don't know what element it is, he doesn't seem like someone to be trifled with.
So why doesn't he want to be seen?
Unless he intends to use this ability for something he doesn't want others to know, or the matter itself is very wrong...
Farusan frowned as she glanced at the surrounding ley line extraction machines. If Xu Ning wanted these things, then it was pretty much certain...
What Farusan, who was actually worried, didn't know was that Xu Ning was thinking about the same problem as her at that moment.
"I refused to directly inherit the memories of my predecessor. I just wanted to understand the past myself. Who would have thought that as soon as I arrived here, I would inherit the Crimson King's secret treasure and obtain the Golden Dreamland, which is comparable to the ley lines. Before I even left, a ley line extraction machine was delivered to my door. It's as if an invisible hand of fate is planning my future path."
"But what does He want me to do? Use these ley line extractors to extract the power of the ley lines for my own use? This isn't just fleecing Teyvat; it's cutting off the sheep's leg—it's truly cutting off its lifeline!"
Just as Xu Ning was pondering, a green vine had already grown out of the cave entrance, and Kong and Tinali climbed up the vine one after the other.
Seeing that the three tanks were completely empty, Kong said excitedly, "I knew it was the right decision to ask Brother Xu. He solved the problem in no time."
Tina was also very happy. She turned around and looked around, then smiled and said, "There's nothing to worry about now. All we need to do is report what's going on here to the Council of the Church, and they will naturally send someone to handle the relevant matters."
Xu Ning nodded, then casually waved his hand and drew a semicircle. "These things should all belong to that junior's junior, right? The Order of the Instruction shouldn't have any authority over them, right?"
Tina nodded. "Indeed, there isn't. However, the Order of the Church will eliminate any potential threats to the safety of Sumeru without hesitation."
"Alright, things are basically settled here. Let me take you to see Kakata."
"Kakata" is the regeneration mechanism created by the cave's owner, a deceased scholar.
According to Tinari, although it was given the ability to update and iterate on its own, Kakata had been able to use ordinary parts to replace the regenerated parts on its body for so long, which eventually led to a failure in the connection of the machine.
"So that's why Kong and the others went to the desert to search for parts, to find compatible parts to revive it? Speaking of parts, I do have some mechanical cores retrieved from tombs, I wonder if they'll be of any use..."
Farusan leaned closer to examine the core mechanism in Xu Ning's palm, shook her head, and said, "It's not one of the mechanical parts from the Crimson King. It's probably a part made by the scholars who first studied mechanical life. We'll have to try our luck in some ruins and ancient sites."
Xu Ning laughed when he heard this.
"Oh? If you need to search for things in the ruins of the Crimson King, then you've come to the right place. As long as I'm here, no door in the Crimson King's tomb can stop us."
Upon hearing this, Xu Ning noticed that the expressions on the faces of the three people in front of him had changed.
Tina's gaze turned directly to Farusan, her expression seemingly somewhat uneasy.
Kong stood behind Tina Li, making random hand gestures to himself, as if he had committed some taboo with his words.
Farusian was a bit better; she was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
"Alright, then let's see how well you can open doors!"