Shiki landed on the shore and then activated the first Waypoint on Seirai Island, which was also a Statue of the Seven.
All Statues of the Seven were built upon Waypoints, so she could also teleport through the Statues of the Seven; the reason she landed here was actually because Shiki wanted to activate the Waypoint along the way.
Since the fleet was going to land in the northwest direction of Seirai Island, she chose to land here; otherwise, she would have to teleport back after activating it.
But for once, Shiki received a request from the Ley Line.
It was just a consciousness, containing not much information, just two words— "Help me."
The pollution caused by the Thunderbird's death was far more severe than Orobas's; perhaps it was because the electro element was inherently violent, or perhaps there was a significant difference in their strengths, but in any case, Seirai Island's Ley Line had been abnormal due to the Thunderbird.
This was evident from the stones flying everywhere in the sky; the Thunderbird's corpse had directly carved a bird-shaped sea into Seirai Island, and the central peak had shattered and flown into the sky. Otherwise, why would Seirai Island's mountain range be circular?
Of course, these two events did not happen at the same time; the sea was formed upon its death, while the mountain flying in the sky was due to a certain idiot named Asase Hibiki destroying the Great Barrier.
Originally, the sealing barrier set by Grand Narukami Shrine had no problems; otherwise, people wouldn't have lived on Seirai Island during that time. Judging from the beautiful environment of Asase Shrine, the former Seirai Island should have been similar to it.
But because Asase Hibiki had undone the barrier, the sealed electro archon's residue directly erupted, literally blasting the mountain into the sky.
And at that time, Raiden Ei was already in self-isolation mode in the Plane of Euthymia, and most of Inazuma's older generation had basically died out, so no one could manage it.
Thus, under centuries of corrosion, the Ley Line became polluted; even now that the thundercloud had dispersed, the mountain peaks in the sky could not come down.
If this were in Liyue, at the moment of eruption, a certain handsome young immortal, often seen but rarely looked up at, would don a mask and perform the Purifying Evil Dance.
Then, a few minutes later, various immortal figures would also arrive at the scene, and without even the need for Rex Lapis to intervene, they would directly reseal the electro archon's residue.
Immortals might not be able to defeat a Archon, but defeating an electro archon's residue was certainly not a problem; it would return to normal within half a day after the eruption.
However, if it were according to Morax's sealing strength… well, it's estimated that the seal would still be there when the electro archon's residue inside had eroded and dispersed.
And no mortal would be able to undo it, because it simply wouldn't happen.
In fact, Inazuma still had many talented individuals, but unfortunately, they all perished in the calamity five hundred years ago.
What remained were all sorts of eccentrics, especially this Asase Hibiki, who disregarded the lives of tens of thousands for a pirate.
Oh, and there was also Mikoshi Chiyo's biological son, who wanted to forge swords with Raiden Shogun's power—he was also a bizarre one.
There are always oddballs in any group of people, and such individuals exist in every country; it just so happened that Inazuma's normal people were all gone, which made the oddballs seem very numerous.
But now there was a very critical problem: how could she help the Ley Line return to normal?
"Kill" the pollution?
Thinking that the fleet would still take another half an hour to arrive, Shiki once again submerged her consciousness into the Ley Line.
It was still that boundless giant tree reaching to the sky; the Waypoint was equivalent to a leaf, and the anchors connected to each other formed a huge "treetop."
Seirai Island's Ley Line differed from those in other regions; it presented a light purple hue from the inside out. Judging from the color distribution, the deepest part of the color should be the center of Seirai Island, which was the explosion site.
The Archon's residue radiated outwards from the central part, looking like a nuclear explosion site.
As her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception emerged, the moment they focused, Shiki felt as if her head had been heavily struck by a hammer; countless images flooded into her mind, accompanied by many noisy sounds appearing in her ears.
Shiki was connected to the Root of a universe… or perhaps the Root of the multiverse?
When she perceived something with her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, the Root would automatically help her understand its principles or structure, and then, through the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, reveal the death of the object—this was the line of death.
How vast was the information contained within the Ley Line? It was simply unbearable for it all to flood in at once.
It was like you turned on automatic download, but your data and memory weren't quite enough, and you lost a lot of money, and the download wasn't even finished.
Shiki was in this situation now; she felt completely dizzy, and with her spirit scattered, she directly withdrew from the Ley Line, standing stunned in place for a long time.
"Hiss…"
Rubbing her throbbing temples, she had been a bit overconfident; the Ley Line recorded everything on the continent of Teyvat, and her using the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to view it was equivalent to a foolish one-click download.
Fortunately, she withdrew in time and wasn't swept into idiocy by that massive torrent of information.
However, correspondingly, she also learned some things about Seirai Island, such as the process of its pollution by the electro archon's residue, and why those mountain peaks floated in the sky as if defying gravity.
We all know that electricity can affect magnetic fields, and the magnetic field in the central part of Seirai Island was affected by the Thunderbird's power.
The originally normal magnetic field experienced a deflection, and coincidentally, those mountain peaks contained a large amount of iron ore; the phenomenon of like poles repelling each other directly caused them to fly into the sky.
It's a bit like magnetic levitation, except what's floating isn't a train, but mountains.
Furthermore, Shiki also knew how to restore the Ley Line to normal: she could use her clearance as a Raiden Shogun, utilizing the principle of opposite attraction to extract the Thunderbird's power from the Ley Line, and then vanquish it with her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
It's similar to the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, but without the Divine Sakura and without the Great Cleansing Ritual.
"As expected, they won't let me rebuild Seirai Island that easily," Shiki couldn't help but grumble.
It is well known that everything on the continent of Teyvat is closely related to the Ley Line, and the land is no exception.
If the pollution caused by the Thunderbird isn't cleared, then Seirai Island will likely become like Watatsumi Island, unable to grow crops, or if it can, the crops will have excessive electro element.
People could live there, but prolonged life on polluted Ley Lines would weaken their constitution and make them prone to illness.
Hmm, nuclear radiation (confirmed).
Ever since transmigrating to the continent of Teyvat, Shiki always felt like she was constantly helping Inazuma clean up various messes.
It's ridiculous, who exactly is the Archon of Inazuma here?
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