Chapter 586: The method to save Collei

“All in all, Tighnari, your condition for being affected by the Eerie is very likely triggered by seeing someone harming the forest. After all, your profession is a forest ranger, so this seems reasonable,” Su Yuan said again, advising him.

“So, what exactly is the situation in Sumeru City now? Do you have any understanding of it, Tighnari?” Su Yuan asked.

“To be honest, I’m not sure,” Tighnari shook his head.

“Since Collei’s Eleazar Disease worsened, I haven’t stepped outside of Avidya Forest even once.”

“Some other rangers who went to Sumeru City never returned and cannot be contacted. We don’t know what exactly happened…”

“Sumeru City has completely fallen…” Su Yuan told Tighnari this harsh truth.

“Even Nahida, the Little Dendro Archon, has already been controlled by the Eerie force…”

“I see…” Tighnari nodded.

“So, Traveler, Su Yuan, you’ve come here knowing this information to try to save Sumeru?”

“Uh…” Su Yuan and Aether were at a loss for words.

They indeed wanted to save Sumeru, but facing Nahida, corrupted by Eerie and capable of reading minds, they hadn’t yet devised a feasible plan.

“In the face of mind-reading, all strategies and plans become transparent and hard to implement…”

“Sorry, Tighnari, for disappointing your expectations,” Su Yuan said somewhat embarrassedly.

“We haven’t yet found a solution to Sumeru’s current crisis, so for now we’re only passing through, heading to Natlan. Once we gain more strength there, we’ll find a way to return to help Sumeru…”

“But before leaving for Natlan, we can at least try to alleviate—or even resolve—Collei’s Eleazar Disease, so she suffers less.”

“Traveler, Su Yuan, you don’t need to apologize…” Tighnari said.

“I know you have your own plans. If you can help Collei now, that is already enough.”

“Mm,” Su Yuan nodded and continued.

“Tighnari, do you understand the causes of Eleazar Disease?”

“Perhaps we can use analogical reasoning to try to resolve Collei’s special case…”

“As for the causes and treatment of Eleazar Disease, there’s still no definitive conclusion in academia. The mainstream view is that it arises from excessive and imbalanced elemental energy in the body…”

“In the past, a certain eccentric scholar tried using remnants of a god to absorb the excess and imbalanced elemental energy in the patient, thereby reducing the overall elemental level and alleviating the symptoms and pain caused by Eleazar Disease.”

“Although this method had some effect, the negative side effects brought by the god remnants were also significant and not to be underestimated…”

Su Yuan didn’t even need to think to know that this eccentric scholar was almost certainly Dottore, and indeed, Collei had previously been deceived by him into becoming a human test subject…

“In short, based on the current situation, if this special form of Eleazar Disease is related to Eerie power, could it be caused by an imbalance of Eerie power within Collei?” Tighnari pondered.

“That possibility certainly exists,” Su Yuan nodded.

“Every person’s body hides a certain amount of Eerie power…”

“Could it be that if this Eerie power is properly guided under specific rules and conditions, it forms a controlled Eerie state? And if it collapses or becomes imbalanced, it might manifest as Collei’s Eleazar Disease?”

“But in any case, if we want Collei to wake up, wouldn’t the goal be to reduce the current concentration of Eerie power within her?” Aether asked.

“If we want to consume Eerie power, then we should use Eerie power to counter Eerie power,” Paimon said. “If Qiqi were here, she’d be perfect. She’s a medical professional, and her Eerie state rules are easy to control…”

“All we’d need to do is have her set a command on herself to find a way to remove the Eerie power from Collei…”

“Do you mean we’d have to go back to Liyue to seek Qiqi’s help?”

“That might be the safest approach…” Su Yuan nodded, agreeing with Paimon.

But just then, an unexpected turn occurred!!!

Collei, still unconscious, suddenly displayed a look of extreme pain on her face, and the black-and-crimson scale-like tissue covering her body began to proliferate at a rate visible to the naked eye…

Everyone present also sensed a dense aura of Eerie power!

Clearly, Collei’s condition was rapidly deteriorating!

“Looks like we can’t go back to get Qiqi’s help…” Su Yuan said, rubbing his temples.

“Collei’s current condition is extremely dire. There’s no way she could wait until we bring Qiqi here…”

“But if we stay here, how can we reduce the concentration of Eerie power within Collei?”

Paimon said, sounding somewhat desperate:

“Even though we could theoretically cause either Kirara or Tighnari to enter an Eerie state, once they’re transformed, we wouldn’t be able to control their actions at all!”

At that moment, Su Yuan suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead:

“Oh right! How could I forget this!”

“Besides using Eerie power to Eerie anomaly power, Abyssal Power also seems capable of countering Eerie power!”

“And since Eerie power and Abyssal Power seem to be mutually exclusive forces, the effect might even be better than using Eerie power itself!”

“If I summon the Foul Legacy Armament and then inject Abyssal Power into Collei’s body, it might force all the Eerie power out of her!”

“Isn’t that method still a bit too risky?” Tighnari said, worry evident in his voice.

“Abyssal Power doesn’t seem like a ‘good’ kind of force. It could also harm Collei’s body…”

“It’s fine. At a time like this, perhaps it’s the perfect opportunity for our famous Traveler, Aether, to make his appearance!”

Su Yuan smiled faintly, looking at Aether with full confidence:

“If I’m not mistaken, Aether, you have the ability to purify Abyssal Power, right?”

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