By the famous Mondstadt landmark, the fountain that produces mora.
Keqing said apologetically: "Sorry, Jack, I wasn't paying attention to the atmosphere just now."
Jack waved his hand: "It's fine, Lisa shouldn't be that petty. Probably."
If you had just a little more confidence when you spoke, I would have believed you.
Keqing sighed.
She actually quite approved of Lisa as a sister.
Not only was she such a genius in academic research, but she also worked so hard, figuring out the principles of magic from another world in one night. Even if she was a bit messy in her daily life, her flaws didn't overshadow her virtues, still proving that Lisa was a good girl.
"Oh, who's that up ahead?"
In her line of sight.
Timmaeus, who was always idly standing by the alchemy crafting table, was bowing and scraping to a boy even shorter than him. The blonde boy, in turn, was giving him serious and mature comments.
Isn't that my great-nephew Albedo!
Klee is a daughter, so Klee's older brother is naturally a great-nephew. Yes, that's right.
"Come on, Jack, I saw an acquaintance. I'll introduce you."
Keqing snapped out of her thoughts, pulled by Jack towards Timmaeus, who was being lectured by Albedo.
...
"Long time no see, Albedo. Are you sketching here again?"
Albedo turned his head at the sound.
Seeing the visitor's appearance, a rare smile appeared on his usually indifferent face: "Long time no see, Traveler. Mondstadt's scenery is as beautiful as ever. I haven't painted here in a long time."
"Haha, really? I was just speaking from the heart."
The two shook hands.
Then Jack pushed Keqing forward and said: "This is my wife Keqing, formerly the Yuheng Star of the Liyue Qixing, but now I've poached her."
Keqing nudged Jack.
What did he mean by "poached"? Her resignation letter hadn't even been submitted yet; at most, it was a disappearance.
"Hehe, I've heard much about you. I am merely an alchemist of the Knights of Favonius. Just call me Albedo."
"Jack, don't let Albedo's small stature fool you. He's actually the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius. You know the famous witch Alice, right? She's his adoptive mother and Klee's mother."
Small stature...
Keqing managed not to laugh, then friendly shook hands with Albedo.
Albedo shook his head helplessly: "Traveler still likes to joke as always."
"By the way, Albedo, don't you usually operate in the Dragonspine Mountain area? Why are you back in Mondstadt?"
"Yes, that's right. Some time ago, while I was exploring Dragonspine Mountain, I discovered some peculiar gems. After studying them for a while, I felt they would be very suitable as research topics to assign to my students."
"Peculiar gems?"
Jack's first thought was Star Silver Ore.
But hasn't this ore already been discovered and used to craft physical weapons like the Snow-Tombed Starsilver?
Then Albedo helped him clear up his confusion.
"It is this kind of ore."
A purplish-red oval-shaped gem appeared in Albedo's hand.
"Magic Source Gem?!"
Jack's eyes were fixed on the stone in Albedo's hand.
This was clearly the basic magic ore from his MC World's Newborn Magic Art mod!
He said in a serious tone, "Albedo, are you sure you found it in the mine?"
"To be precise, it was in an abandoned mine. That area had long been fully exploited. This kind of ore should have appeared suddenly. So, Traveler, do you recognize this magical stone?"
"Yes."
Jack took the Magic Source Gem.
An invisible force, undetectable even by Albedo, enveloped it, and the Magic Source Gem, which was originally quite large, transformed into a small cube before everyone's eyes.
Inside the cube was a 3D image of the Magic Source Gem.
"It really is the MC World's Magic Source Gem. Albedo, can you determine roughly when this thing appeared?"
Albedo thought for a moment, then said, "I went to that abandoned mine a month ago, and there was no such ore then."
It appeared within a month, then.
The dragon's adventure integration pack has been loaded for almost three weeks now, so the timing does match.
In other words, the Magic Source Gem that Albedo discovered was indeed due to the influence my loaded mod had on this world.
No wonder it took a full 8 hours to load the integration pack. What is this, the Abyss is actually me?
Has Keqing become a guide, attracting the evil MC Creator, who then corrupted the Teyvat Continent?
Jack shivered at the thought.
But for now, these speculations cannot be publicized.
After all, his world has not yet discovered forbidden knowledge, nor is it as chaotic as the Abyss, so it's better not to make himself a public enemy.
"Albedo, can I trust you?"
In his previous life, Albedo was accidentally pulled during the Dragonspine Mountain version. He occasionally used him as an elevator guy for fun and also played with Zhongli in a four-Geo team for a while.
His friendship level naturally rose to level 8.
Jack saying this was clearly being overly worried.
Albedo nodded solemnly: "I won't speak carelessly about the Traveler's matters. Timmaeus, take these Magic Source Gems. I will check your and Sucrose's assignments in a week."
He directly used the name Jack gave, calling this unknown gem the Magic Source Gem.
"Okay, Teacher Albedo!"
Timmaeus wisely left.
Then, led by Albedo, the three came indoors.
"This gem was brought by the Traveler, right? Or rather, because of some anomaly that occurred to the Traveler, the entire world was affected by an unknown mysterious influence, giving birth to this gem."
"You're trying to say the word 'Abyss,' aren't you?"
Albedo was stunned, not expecting Jack to describe him that way.
"It's a good guess, but the essence is different."
Albedo analyzed: "The Abyss is disorderly and chaotic. Ordinary people cannot utilize the power of the Abyss. After being contaminated, at best they become mentally deranged, at worst they degenerate into monsters, living a life worse than death."
"But this thing called the Magic Source Gem is different. It possesses a purity that elemental energy does not have. It feels like a universal energy to me. Compared to elemental energy, the techniques based on it are actually closer to the concept of magic."
Indeed.
The Newborn Magic Art mod, developed based on the Magic Source Gem, can perform almost all functions in MC, including harvesting, breaking, crafting tables, leaping, and so on.
Calling it a universal energy is not an exaggeration.
"Then, Albedo, what impact do you think this gem will have on Teyvat?"
"Me? I'm just a weak alchemist. You should ask Acting Grand Master Jean or Diluc about such questions."
"Alright, then I'll rephrase. If the Teyvat Continent is being eroded by otherworldly power, do you think the Heavenly Principles will awaken and come to cleanse the land?"
"..."
Albedo, uncharacteristically, wiped cold sweat from his brow.
Traveler, you truly dare to say anything.
He remembered Alice once mentioning, "Treat the Traveler like your mother and listen to him," and Albedo still gave his judgment.
"According to the information I received from Alice, because the turmoil 500 years ago caused indelible damage to both sides of the war, the one in the heavens has fallen into a deep slumber. Even the Seven Archons cannot easily contact them. The Magic Source Gem integrates into this world subtly and naturally, so I think it's highly unlikely to attract its attention."
"Mm-hmm, that's more like it. Thank you, little Albedo, for clearing up my confusion."
Looking at Jack's thick-skinned demeanor.
Vaguely, Albedo seemed to have a hallucination of a certain old aunt who often acted cute.
So alike, so very alike!
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