Genshin Impact: Teyvat High School

boom--! ! !

Under the layers of rock, several people were resting in the stone forest and were startled by a sudden explosion.

"Senior, cough cough cough, did you hear that? Cough cough cough..."

Zhiqiong asked even though he knew the answer. The sound of the explosion came from underground, and there were aftershocks all over the ground.

"I heard it, and I felt it, below us..."

"What happened?! Should we hurry up? I feel like I can't stay here much longer!"

Paimon started to panic when he heard the explosion.

"Okay, let's finish it quickly and go back to the camp to sleep!"

Jack, who had always been timid, stood up at this time and directed everyone to move towards the location of the last device.

They packed up their things, checked them, and then stood up and walked towards the disc.

Walking...

Zhiqiong, who was originally in the middle of the team, gradually fell to the end. Her eyes began to become blurry and her whole body began to feel weak.

"Everyone……"

poof...

She fell down...

"Zhi Qiong?!"

"Zhiqiong, what's wrong with you?!"

No... I still have to hold on... Everyone is still here... I can't let my seniors...

She opened her eyes weakly, Ying looked worried in front of her, and saw Zhiqiong's slightly opened eyes.

"Zhi Qiong! Great, I'll take you back to the camp right now!"

After saying that, she turned around and carried the weak Zhiqiong on her back.

"Senior... I'm fine..."

Surprisingly, Zhiqiong stopped coughing, but her tone was weak.

"It's okay, you fainted! No, let's talk about the treasure later, I'm taking you back to the camp now!"

The treasure that Zhiqiong had been thinking about in her heart had become dim. She had been under this layer of rock for two days, and during these days her goal was no longer the treasure. She just wanted to stay by Ying's side...

She herself knew that her disease could not be cured, and she did not want to waste time, delay everyone, and make Ying worry about her.

poof...

She broke free and fell to the ground.

"Zhi Qiong?!!"

Ying went to support Zhiqiong again and again.

"Senior... I'm fine... Don't worry about me... Let's continue investigating..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are already poisoned to this extent! Come back to the camp with me!"

clatter--

Zhiqiong weakly grabbed Ying's right arm, wanting to feel the remaining warmth in Ying's hand, but she only felt cold. Her right hand was like a piece of iron, cold... without any temperature.

I can't even feel the temperature...

"senior……"

Zhiqiong and Ying looked at each other and exchanged glances. Under the quiet rocks, the two looked at each other, and both had countless words to say to each other.

Ying gritted her teeth and turned her head away.

"Okay... let's solve this and then go back!"

"Okay... Senior..."

Ying supported Zhiqiong and walked towards the disc.

……

Four people entered the disc together. Ying and Zhiqiong were the last ones. As soon as they stepped into the disc, a blue barrier appeared behind them.

"How is this going?!"

Paimon hammered on the barrier, but to no avail.

Suddenly, a man appeared in front of them.

When Ying saw him, she was like petrified and stood there motionless. The man in front of her was the one who took Yu Fengye away - [Doctor] Dotore.

"Why are you here? Where's Yu Fengye?"

She finally woke up from her dream. After wandering under the rocks for so long, was she finally reaching her destination? Meeting this man at least proved that she was heading in the right direction.

"Oh, hello!"

Dotore saluted the four people.

"You don't need to introduce yourselves, I know you all..."

Dotore pointed at Jack.

"You, Jack, are so timid, yet you still call yourself a manly Jack. Are you here to investigate monsters? Let me tell you, the monsters... are my experimental subjects. I just let them out on purpose."

Dotore pointed at Zhiqiong again.

"Zhi Qiong, stubborn little girl, your original purpose of coming here was to find the treasure of the Qianyan Army, but now I smell a hint of admiration? However, the information about the treasure of the Qianyan Army is fake. I spread it out in order to capture some people for experiments. If my guess is correct, you will not live long."

Then Dotore looked at Ying again.

"Ying, you came here just to save Yu Fengye, but you took the wrong path. You will never find her from here and will only become my experimental subject."

"Ah... this monster! Ying! Take Zhiqiong and escape from here!"

Paimon clung to the barrier and tried to escape.

Dottore stood there and suddenly laughed.

“Hehehe… I’m telling you before you die! You can’t escape. All of this is a trap set by me. The poison gas is my experiment. The monsters are also my experiments. Even the deadly black mud was created by me. Even the reasons why you wanted to come here were fabricated by me. So you can’t escape, because this barrier was also created by me! Hahahaha…”

He suddenly stepped back and opened his arms.

"Then I'll use you to test my newly created experimental subjects. Come out, giant snake transformed from a drilling machine!"

Paimon: "Wow... the ground is shaking!"

The entire disc began to vibrate, as if something was about to come out from the ground.

Boom boom boom——!!!

A snake-like mechanical monster made of steel emerged from the ground. It was covered with spikes and its tail was made up of a huge drill.

By this time, Dotore had already disappeared, leaving only a sentence: "Have fun!"

"New...new monster!"

When Jack saw this monster, his legs went weak and he kept shaking.

zizi——

The monster attacked several people with a harsh mechanical sound.

The four people were like sheep in a cage, hiding in fear from the wolves.

……

Time passed little by little. They tried many ways but failed to stop this "hungry wolf" from "hunting". Instead, they consumed a lot of their own energy. Moreover, Ying was carrying a weak Zhiqiong on her back and she was already covered in wounds.

Ying dragged his wounded body against the barrier. In this chase between "wolf and sheep", the "sheep" no longer had any advantage and could only waste its energy, and finally "the sheep died in the wolf's mouth".

Ying also knew this clearly. They could only wait to die. Their dodging was just a last-ditch struggle. She had already given up hope on this "chase station".

At this time, the "wolf" knocked down Jack, the "sheep", and found Ying, the injured "sheep". The "wolf" burrowed into the ground and rushed towards Ying at a high speed.

"Is... our story going to end here?"

Ying sat down against the wall in despair, she could only wait to die.

"I'm sorry... Yu Fengye... I couldn't save you in the end..."

Just when she was in despair, she suddenly felt something in her palm. She looked down and saw that it was an adventurer's medal. She turned to look at Zhiqiong beside her.

When Zhiqiong saw Ying looking at her, she smiled brightly, even though there were tears in her eyes.

"Senior... do you still remember?"

Zhiqiong put his hands together and covered Ying's palm in the middle.

"This is... the medal I received for the help of my seniors in the adventure group... I should be considered a qualified... adventurer..."

Ying didn't say a word, just nodded vigorously.

"Senior... I've always wanted to tell you something..."

Ying knew that this was a moment of near-death, so she decided to listen to the girl's final whispers...

"you say……"

Zhiqiong took the last Mingliu Stone from Ying's hand, and walked forward with a weak body and staggering steps.

"Since I am beyond help... Senior... Then before I die... demonstrate my final value..."

Zhiqiong stumbled and fell to the ground, but she got up immediately; Paimeng kept attracting the "wolf's" attention, but she could not hold on any longer as she could fly.

"Senior... please accept my last gift... I believe you... can definitely escape from this abyss with my wishes!"

Zhi Qiong walked to the center of the disk and approached the device that released the evil energy;

She took out a distress flare from her backpack, which was no longer of any use under the layers of rock, and aimed it at the "wolf" in the distance.

bang——

The red flare hit the "wolf", which had no effect on the "wolf" at all. Instead, it attracted the "wolf's" attention.

The "wolf" turned to look at Zhiqiong, gave up chasing Paimon, and rushed towards her.

At this time, Ying finally understood what Zhiqiong was going to do. She wanted to remove the last evil spirit, trigger the [Divine Punishment], and die together with the "Wolf".

"Zhi Qiong?!!! No!!!"

But it was too late. Zhiqiong placed the Mingliu stone catalyst on the device, and the light of the Mingliu stone quickly faded. Zhiqiong stood there and looked back at Ying. She smiled, a very bright smile.

"Senior...please leave with my hope!"

The device absorbed all the energy of the Mingliu Stone, and as the Mingliu Stone shattered, the red evil energy also disappeared.

boom--! ! ! ! !

As [Divine Punishment] descended, the "wolf" and the "sheep" died together under the pillar, the "wolf"'s body was shattered and scattered on the ground, turning into a pile of scrap metal, while the "sheep" could no longer be seen...

As [Divine Punishment] rose, the barrier did not disappear, but the disc was shattered.

Boom rumbling——

Together they fell into an endless abyss...