DipNovel Chapter 848 At a loss
Chapter 848 At a loss
“Isn’t this already known intelligence?” Abedo frowned. “I thought you should have known this long ago. Rather, if you didn’t know this, you couldn’t be said to know the plan.”
Abedo expected the other party's questions to be something like whether there were any specific suspects, or whether she had a few suspects and was asking him if he was right.
It's somewhat puzzling that the traveler's question was "whether it exists" rather than "who it is."
After all, they'd meticulously planned this for so long, going to great lengths for half a year to stage a performance, all because "something else had infiltrated their ranks." If even this premise can't be confirmed, how can the traveler claim to know the plan?
"No, no, you misunderstood. What I wanted to ask was what those 'things' that snuck in were. I didn't ask who they were impersonating; I wanted to ask what they actually were." Ying quickly waved her hand to clarify, realizing she hadn't explained herself clearly enough.
“I see. Actually, it’s not a hard answer to guess. It’s the Demon Dragon Dulin.” Abedo nodded and looked at the Traveler. “Speaking of which, do you know about the Demon Dragon Dulin?”
"I know a little bit. I even went to see the heart when I went to the snow mountain before... Oh right, I also know that Dvalin was bitten by Dulin." Ying scratched her head, a little embarrassed.
The trip to the snowy mountains she mentioned was the one from Mondstadt to Liyue. The road to Stonegate was blocked, so she and Paimon had no choice but to go to the snowy mountains.
The journey was incredibly difficult until they found the first camp of the Fools...
Then the arduous journey became pleasant. Whether you were cold or hungry, you could find the Fools, and if you encountered monsters, you could even call on others to gang up on them.
In this pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, the journey that would normally take a long time was not shortened, but rather lengthened considerably.
The reason was simple—Ying thought it was a rare opportunity, so she wandered around the snow mountain a few more times, and also solved the mysteries of the snow mountain, just like she had done during her previous trips.
Among these puzzles was the dragon Durin—which happened to be one of the tasks the Fools were tasked with while they were stranded in the snowy mountains, so she took the opportunity to learn about it.
"Then there shouldn't be any doubts. The matter isn't complicated. The dragon Dulin has begun to revive, and during the revival process, he inexplicably gained the ability to mimic, as well as thoughts and emotions. The first person he hates is me, after all, we are both creations of our mother, but he can only be buried in the snow mountain. Although I don't know why he has such a high level of socialization, such an ability combined with that mimicry ability is indeed very troublesome. We launched this operation in order to find out all the threats lurking around us."
Abedo summarized the whole story as briefly as possible, which was no different from the version Ying heard from Qin.
This also means that her doubts remain unresolved—there are some aspects that are quite concerning.
“It seems there are still things you don’t understand… Is it about those special abilities?” Abedo noticed the lingering confusion on Ying’s face, but he wasn’t particularly surprised.
"Actually, this is also a problem I have. I can't answer all the questions about those special abilities either—a considerable portion of them currently lack a reasonable explanation," Abedo admitted.
"As far as I know, Dulin should not have the ability to imitate others. And having been killed shortly after birth, he should not have had the level of socialization necessary to integrate into society undetected."
"There is currently no reasonable explanation for these things. We can only speculate that he may have devoured something that caused the mutation. But after investigating in the snow mountain, I found nothing. Apart from the Deceitful Flower, there is really nothing else with similar abilities. And the Deceitful Flower is obviously not social enough."
"Even so, this plan was still drafted, so the situation is actually quite urgent, right?" Ying frowned deeply. She knew the situation was urgent, but she didn't expect it to have been an emergency for so long.
"There was no other way. If we hesitated because of uncertainties and gave the other side time to grow, it would be too late when the problems surfaced. So even though there were some risks, I still gathered the acting Grand Master and a small number of the Knights to carry out this plan. That's why I came out with you—I know the plan has risks, so I wanted to hear what your plans are."
Ying fell silent. She had hoped to learn more from Abedo, but it seemed there was no progress so far.
The Knights themselves knew the plan was risky, and their actions should have taken that into account. Yet, they rashly disrupted someone else's plan without offering a better solution...
“It seems that’s not possible,” Abedo read the traveler’s silence. “That’s alright. Since that executive insisted on doing this, it means the risks of the plan are higher than we thought. Traveler, don’t worry too much. Let’s find a solution together later.”