The next morning, warm sunlight streamed into Su Yuan's guest room, and he slowly opened his eyes…
Feeling the sting in the palm of his right hand, Su Yuan knew he had safely made it through another night…
"It really isn't easy… yesterday, after going through so much, some people stayed behind in yesterday forever, while I get to see today's sun…" Su Yuan spoke with a trace of sorrow and melancholy.
He impatiently raised his right hand and looked at his palm:
[First of all, congratulations on surviving the twenty-third night]
[Currently available intel]
[Omitting…]
[67. Bennett's luck has always been very bad, so if he happens to encounter something lucky, that may actually not be a lucky thing at all]
Su Yuan stared at this piece of intel and sank into thought…
It seemed that Bennett had some sort of special constitution — Mondstadt's eternal "unlucky star."
Could it be that the condition for his eerie was actually encountering good luck?
And judging from the intel's implication, they would likely run into Bennett today.
When the time comes, he would need to be extra cautious.
After all, luck is such an elusive, intangible thing — there's no clear metric.
What exactly counts as bad luck?
What counts as good luck?
Perhaps the standard is different for everyone…
Su Yuan nodded slightly and continued reading:
[68. The Wanderer has suffered betrayal three times. If there is a fourth, something bad may happen]
The moment he read this, Su Yuan's brow furrowed deeply…
What did this mean — was this the Wanderer's rule for falling into eerie?
But even if he hadn't fully fallen into eerie yet, he already wielded a certain degree of eerie power and had become extremely troublesome…
If he were to actually fall into that state of eerie, wouldn't the problem become far, far worse?
However, judging from the intel's description, the Wanderer would only fall into eerie if he were to suffer betrayal a fourth time…
And with the way he now kept to himself, looking down on everyone, caring only about opposing Dottore, it shouldn't be so easy for him to fall into that eerie state, right?
Still, since Su Yuan now knew about this intel, he could be mentally prepared in advance, take precautions, and prevent trouble before it happened.
If some unexpected situation did occur, at least he could try his best to stop the Wanderer from being betrayed again…
Su Yuan took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and continued reading:
[69. Regarding the final missing piece hidden away by Aji, its location is on the twelfth floor of the Spiral Abyss]
Aji? A puzzle piece?
Su Yuan stared at this line of intel, stunned for a moment, then quickly realized — this must be referring to the final part of the Darknight Hero's body!
At last, the intel from his right hand was actually giving useful information!
But at the same time, Su Yuan felt a wave of doubt and worry.
Why would the final piece be on the very last floor of the Spiral Abyss?
Right now, the Abyss was overflowing with monsters corrupted and controlled by eerie force.
Yesterday, when he, Aether, and Eula went in, even the first floor had them drenched in sweat.
The monsters on the twelfth floor… their strength and ferocity were simply unimaginable!!!
Su Yuan's brows furrowed tightly — this was yet another thorny problem.
If they didn't break through to the twelfth floor of the Spiral Abyss, they would never see Aji, nor could they confirm whether the Darknight Hero was really Diluc…
But the difficulty of doing so now was absolutely off the charts…
After all, just yesterday, those monsters corrupted by eerie power had ignored the sealing rules and burst out of the Spiral Abyss.
Even if Dottore's hidden manipulation was behind it, who could guarantee that the next time they entered, the monsters meant for the deeper floors wouldn't suddenly rush to the earlier ones, turning it into an unreasonable brawl?
Just thinking about it made Su Yuan's head throb…
"Sigh…" Su Yuan let out a long, helpless breath and muttered, "I'd better regroup with everyone first. Share this intel with them and see what they think…"
After quickly washing up, Su Yuan headed to the Knights of Favonius headquarters.
When he pushed open the doors to the meeting room, he saw that everyone was already there waiting for him…
"Looks like I'm the last one to arrive again…" Su Yuan scratched his nose and head, speaking a little awkwardly and helplessly.
Not long after, he shared with everyone the intel he had just obtained.
"Bennett, huh?" Lisa spoke thoughtfully after hearing Su Yuan's account.
"That poor little guy seems to have a special constitution, which is why bad luck always follows him…"
"We haven't seen him these past few days. Most likely, he's gotten himself trapped in some ruin or snared by a trap while out adventuring again."
"Oh no… if that's really the case, shouldn't we go help Bennett?" Paimon asked worriedly.
"Don't worry yourself over that, little Paimon." Lisa smiled gently and replied, "Bennett may be unlucky, but his body is far from fragile…"
"Perhaps it's precisely because of his constant streak of bad lucks that he's forged such a strong body and resilient heart."
"Su Yuan, I agree with your assessment as well. The Wanderer keeps entirely to himself and never forms close bonds with others, so in the short term, we don't really need to worry about him falling into an eerie state."
Aether spoke up:
"The real thorny issue, just as you said, is how we're going to break through the twelfth floor of the Spiral Abyss, which is crawling with monsters corrupted by eerie power, in order to find the final piece of the Darknight Hero's body and confirm whether or not this person is Diluc."
"If we gathered all of Mondstadt's eerie-powered forces together and stormed the Spiral Abyss, would we stand a chance?" asked Jean.
"I doubt it…" Aether replied.
"As everyone knows, the higher the floors of the Abyss, the greater the difficulty. With just Mondstadt's current eerie-enhanced strength, I fear it'd be impossible to reach the twelfth floor…"
"If we somehow manage to get as far as the fifth or sixth floor, we should already be thanking the Archons for a miracle…"
"Su Yuan big brother, I remember what my mom once told me — when you run into difficulties, you should seek help from your friends and stand united!"
At that moment, Klee suddenly piped up:
"And it just so happens that both you and Honorary Knight big brother are like my mom — you have friends all over the world!"
"So, if Mondstadt's eerie forces aren't enough, shouldn't we go to other nations and look for help from other friends too?"
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