Inazuma, the drilling site beneath Mt. Yougou.
The metallic screech of machinery tore through the thin mountain mist. The drilling platform trembled violently, and the thick alloy drill rod was forced upward by a viscous, ominous sludge radiating a purple-black oily sheen! An acrid stench of sulfur and decay instantly filled the air.
"The drill bit has shattered! Abyss black mud is leaking!" Renoir's exclamation exploded through the Golden Grain Communication Network into the Serenitea Pot command center, the Fontaine engineer's face distorted with horror on the communication screen. The black mud, like a living creature, climbed frantically along the drill rod and corroded it. The hard alloy surface sizzled, emitting blue smoke and thinning and sinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.
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