Chapter 565: Ch 565 : Leaving the Spiral Abyss

Finally, after countless efforts and attempts, Su Yuan and his group managed to awaken all of their companions at last.

After briefly explaining the situation, everyone finally understood what had happened.

"That Dottore guy... he really is a troublesome one,"

Clorinde couldn’t help but sigh.

"Back in Fontaine, I already knew he was cunning and powerful, not someone easy to deal with. And now, after all this, I can feel that even more strongly."

"But still, the most important thing is that everyone’s alive! No one was sacrificed—that’s great!"

Klee said happily.

"It’s all my fault..."

Diluc looked around at everyone, his voice tinged with guilt.

"When I saw Dottore, my anger clouded my judgment. I fell right into his trap and dragged all of you into it. I’m sorry."

"Oh my goodness, did I just hear the words ’I’m sorry’ from Master Diluc himself? Is this really the same Master Diluc I know?"

Eula joked with a light smile.

"You sure you’re not still under some Eerie force?"

"Anyway, I’m just glad you’re okay."

Jean smiled softly at him, then added with a hint of embarrassment,

"Although... I did promise to keep your identity as the Darknight Hero a secret. But now, it seems everyone here already knows..."

"It’s fine."

Diluc met Jean’s gaze and nodded, signaling her not to worry.

Then he asked, "By the way... where’s Kaeya?"

"Kaeya went to assist Grand Master Varka," Jean replied truthfully.

"With Varka’s strength—and the number of Knights he brought along—who would’ve thought he’d run into something even he couldn’t handle? Enough that he needed to send Kaeya back to Mondstadt for reinforcements?"

Diluc said in mild surprise.

"Alright, whatever discussions we still have can wait until we’re out of here,"

Su Yuan suggested as he looked around the group and the surroundings.

"There don’t seem to be any side paths here, so let’s just keep following this one forward." ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

After a short rest, everyone began to move again, continuing down the narrow, dim corridor...

Before long, they came across a staircase leading upward.

"Wait, seriously? Why is there suddenly a staircase going up?"

Paimon said in disbelief.

"Given how smoothly things have been going, don’t tell me this staircase is just going to lead us straight to the surface?"

"That’d be nice..."

Aether chuckled helplessly.

"We don’t have any other paths anyway, so let’s head up."

And so, the group began their ascent, climbing step by step up the long staircase.

It seemed endless—after what felt like dozens of minutes, there was still no sign of reaching the top.

What shocked them even more was when they turned to look back— the stairs they had already climbed had vanished, replaced only by a pitch-black void that seemed bottomless.

It was as if the Abyss itself was warning them:

there was no turning back—the only way was forward and upward.

They kept climbing, endlessly, until— Ningguang suddenly stopped.

As if sensing something, she gathered Geo energy into a gemstone and launched an attack at the nearby wall!

"Miss Ningguang," Jean said quickly, "The Spiral Abyss has a unique structure. Normal attacks can’t damage it in the slightest. If they could, the Knights wouldn’t have allowed such a dangerous structure to exist within Mondstadt’s territory in the first place."

"If we’re inside the Abyss, we have to follow its rules and paths—only then can we hope to find an exit."

But then—something unexpected happened.

Ningguang’s gemstone struck the wall and blew a hole clean through it, and from beyond that hole came fresh air and sunlight!

The outside world— they had finally found the exit!

"Because my Vision is Geo," Ningguang explained calmly, "I can sense things related to rock and earth more keenly than most."

Ningguang smiled slightly and explained:

"I just felt that this section of the wall was a bit different — it seemed to be made of ordinary earth and stone, so I decided to give it a try and attack it..."

"I didn’t expect it to actually work..."

"That’s great! We can finally get out of here!!!" Paimon and Klee cheered excitedly.

After that, everyone climbed through the large hole and returned to the outside world, once again breathing in fresh air and feeling the warmth of sunlight on their skin.

"We actually made it out..." Su Yuan looked around at the scenery of Musk Reef, feeling as though it was almost unreal.

At the same time, he was puzzled — had they really escaped from the Spiral Abyss just like that?

According to the message that had appeared on his right palm that morning, breaking out of this desperate situation was supposed to require the help of either the Wanderer or Bennett.

Those were the two obvious solutions...

But he hadn’t met the Wanderer, and Bennett had died unexpectedly.

Yet somehow, he and his companions had still managed to escape the Spiral Abyss safely.

So, could it be that they had triggered the hidden, unknown method instead — the one hinted to exist in the shadows?

Thinking back over everything that had happened, Su Yuan suddenly had a bold idea: could that "hidden method" have actually referred to Lumine?

The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

After all, Lumine was the Princess of the Abyss Order, and the Spiral Abyss was deeply connected to the Abyss itself.

It was entirely possible that she could influence or even alter its structure — which might explain how he was able to reunite with everyone and escape so smoothly.

"It’s just a pity that we didn’t manage to completely deal with that Aji threat this time..." Jean sighed softly, her tone filled with helplessness.

"Jean, honestly, the fact that everyone survived is already the best outcome we could hope for."

Su Yuan smiled at Jean, then turned to everyone else and said:

"Anyway, let’s head back to Mondstadt."