She used immortal power to soothe her slightly throbbing brain, then Shiki transformed into a lightning bolt and headed northwest, activating two anchors along the way.
Without the thunderclouds covering the sky, Seirai Island was finally no longer entirely purple, though some plants and the ground remained purple due to the prolonged pollution from the Thunderbird's residue.
Simply dispelling the thunderclouds wouldn't restore them to normal; the pollution on the ground had to be cleared as well.
Moreover, Shiki remembered that after the Great Barrier seal was restored, those mountain peaks in the sky would merge into a single platform, and then players could challenge the world boss, Thunder Manifestation.
However, the Thunderbird's residue, which formed the Thunder Manifestation, was now gone, so it would probably just be a simple platform after the seal was completed.
And this platform would eventually fall from the sky after Shiki cleared the Ley Line pollution, filling the missing mountain peaks of Amakumo Peak.
After all, it floated in the sky due to magnetic field deviation; once normal, it would naturally fall from the sky.
At that time, she only hoped the commotion would be minimal, otherwise, she would have no choice but to destroy the platform.
Such a large rock, let alone falling at high speed, even the energy generated by free fall would be enough to affect the surrounding islands.
After waiting for a while, the fleet slowly docked under Shiki's gaze, and naturally, the first to appear were the priestesses of Grand Narukami Shrine.
"Everyone, let's not waste words; I entrust the barrier here to you."
"No problem! This is precisely why we came to Seirai Island."
The priestesses nodded; Yae had already informed them about matters concerning Seirai Island, and the method for repairing the seal was very simple: just re-apply the talismans on the warding stones.
In the game, it was about rotating the warding stones to form the same pattern as the warding objects, but that was just for gameplay; here, they needed to replace the talismans on the warding stones.
Each warding stone was responsible for a part of Seirai Island's Great Barrier, but as long as the talisman on one warding stone remained intact, the barrier would not immediately break, allowing the priestesses time to repair it.
However, Asase Hibiki had torn off parts of the talismans on all four warding stones, which caused the Great Barrier sealing the Thunderbird's residue to explode directly.
Half of Amakumo Peak was blasted into the sky amidst the explosion, and only a tenth of Seirai Island's residents remained; moreover, due to the environment causing rampant monsters, it was no longer suitable for human habitation, and the survivors could only relocate to Narukami Island or Yashiori Island.
Shiki used the Waypoint to teleport the priestesses to the location of the Statue of the Seven; the first warding stone was not far away, which Shiki had seen when she activated the anchor earlier.
Four priestesses clasped their hands together, simultaneously chanting incantations.
"Narukami's messenger, under the heavenly thunder, the eternal Elysian Realm, form the 'Four Symbols' seal."
Under the effect of the incantation, the knots on the warding stone began to emit a bright yellow light; the tattered talismans, illuminated by the yellow light, spontaneously combusted, turning into ashes and scattering.
The remaining two priestesses quickly re-hung the pre-prepared talismans; instantly, a golden-yellow pillar of light shot into the sky, then disappeared.
To ordinary people, Seirai Island seemed no different from before.
But in Shiki's eyes, a golden cover appeared on the outermost layer, then slowly contracted, finally stopping in the buffer zone outside the mountain peaks of Amakumo Peak.
This shield was like a filter, scooping up all the excessive electro element, leaving only a normal amount of electro element in the air.
Of course, the electro element in the outermost layer had basically returned to normal levels after the thundercloud dispersed, so this shield didn't scoop up much.
But it still managed to scoop up some, which is why Shiki could perceive the shield's function.
"Miss Ryougi, the first seal has been repaired."
"Mm, thank you for your hard work, everyone. Please go rest, and also inform the people on the ship that they can come down. We will go repair the second warding stone after a while."
Shiki nodded, then sent the several individuals back to the initial Waypoint, while she herself headed in the general direction from her memory towards the second warding stone.
To be honest, after so long, she had almost forgotten the "Seirai Stormchasers" quest, only remembering a general direction.
Fortunately, there were still clues; since it was to be repaired layer by layer, the second warding stone must be outside this shield.
That is, the warding stone at the eastern anchor point of Amakumo Peak.
As for the remaining two, if Shiki remembered correctly, both of those things seemed to have flown into the sky due to magnetic field deviation, and so had their Waypoints.
It's truly amazing that despite such a severe explosion, the Waypoint is still perfectly fine.
But then again, this thing is like an Aether Anchor, stabilizing the continent; if it broke so easily, Teyvat would have been gone long ago.
Moreover, even if it flies into the sky, this thing can still be used, evidenced by Shiki's ability to perceive these sky-borne Waypoints within the Ley Lines.
Since she can perceive them, it means she can teleport, and those she cannot perceive are naturally out of reach.
For example, those in Liyue are too far away to be perceived at all.
But if she were to light up an anchor in Liyue, then the anchors or statues in the surrounding areas would still be perceptible.
This is like the fog of war system in League of Legends; if you don't place a ward, you can't see if the Red Buff has respawned, even if you deduce it by time, the jungle on the map is dark, and you still won't see it.
And the anchor is equivalent to a true ward; I can see if the Red Buff has respawned immediately, and I can even use TP to teleport directly there.
Currently, Liyue and Mondstadt are like unwarded jungle areas, completely dark; even if she knew where Waypoints were based on her knowledge, she couldn't see them in the Ley Lines, nor could she teleport to them.
After lighting up the anchor next to the second warding stone, Shiki did not return but instead found a relatively spacious area on this island.
That's right, she intended to experiment with the method of clearing corruption she obtained from the Ley Lines.
Golden arcs of Lightning element began to appear around Shiki, then solidified and gradually expanded, while the girl's right leg lifted high, and the thunder, under her will, gathered entirely in her calf, finally falling heavily.
Boom!
The thunder infused into the earth, and the power left by the Thunderbird began to detach from the Ley Lines due to the attraction of opposite poles.
Have you ever seen an electromagnet? The current situation couldn't be better described by it.
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