I, from the Celestial Empire, have parachuted into Teyvat.

"According to the inscription on the stone tablet, the aura of destruction appeared on the continent of Teyvat thousands of years ago."

Chapter 352 Teyvat Leylines

"According to the inscription on the stone tablet, the aura of destruction appeared on the continent of Teyvat thousands of years ago."

Upon hearing Li Wenliang's words, Ivan and the others were immediately stunned.

"What? It already appeared on the continent of Teyvat thousands of years ago?"

Ivan frowned: "Elder Li, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Li Wenliang shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. Records about the aura of destruction are found in the documents on the stone tablets in these underground palaces."

Ivan immediately opened the translated text of the document in his hand. After flipping through only a page or two, he found words such as "Red Stone of Destruction" and "Seizing Mind".

Li Wenliang said to Ivan, "What you are looking at now is the content of the first stone tablet from the far left in the underground palace. The content on the stone tablet is arranged from left to right according to time and content. There are a total of twelve stone tablets on site, and each one records different content."

Li Wenliang continued, "This first stone tablet records something called the Destruction Red Stone."

"Destroy the redstone..."

Qin repeated the name in her mouth.

"The Stone of Destruction is red, so this Red Stone of Destruction is the Stone of Destruction?"

"Elder Li is probably right..."

Ivan looked at the translated document in his hands with a solemn expression.

"The contents recorded on this first stone tablet are the story of how the ancient Kanreia people accidentally discovered the Destruction Red Stone, and the impact of this Red Stone on the ancient Kanreia people. Look here."

Ivan pointed to a line in the document in his hand, drawing the attention of the others: "It describes how this Destructive Red Stone is born from the earth. Anyone who touches it will have it instantly melt into a red aura that enters their body. Initially, the person's body appears normal, but after a period of time, their personality will drastically change, becoming extremely aggressive, and they will slowly lose consciousness. Therefore, the ancient Kanreia people also call the Red Stone the Mind-Stealing Stone. Think about it, how similar this description is to the characteristics of the destructive forces we have discovered so far."

Qin, Ningguang, and Xu Donghai looked at each other in bewilderment.

Ningguang couldn't help but ask, "So, the Stone of Destruction has already appeared in Teyvat's history? But why is there no related record in Liyue's history?"

Qin added, "There is no record of this in Mondstadt history either."

"The reason why it is not recorded..."

Ivan continued, looking at the translated document in his hand: "It's possible that the Kanreia people contained the spread of the destructive aura... The document records that the ancient Kanreia people later understood the danger of this thing, and after a lot of investigation and research, they finally discovered the source of this power and shut it down."

"Source? Shutdown?"

Xu Donghai raised an eyebrow and said, "So, the aura of destruction actually has a source? And it can be shut down and blocked?"

As everyone spoke, Ivan's expression shifted.

If there is a way to find the source of the destructive power and completely shut it down, it would be a major event for both Teyvat and Earth. If a solution to the destructive power could be found in advance, Ivan might be able to avoid the destruction of Earth and Teyvat before his rebirth.

Thinking of this, Ivan flipped through the documents in his hand several more times. However, there seemed to be no record of where the source was or how to shut it down. Instead, a passage at the end of the first stone tablet caught Ivan's attention.

[By gathering immense power, we sealed off the source of this destruction and redeemed countless lives, but everything comes at a price...]

Upon seeing this, Ivan frowned.

cost......

The Kanriyans sealed the source of the destructive power, but at a price.

What is the cost?

Ivan remained silent and turned to the next page of the document.

From here on, we begin the text recorded on the second stone tablet.

Unlike the first stone tablet, this second stone tablet records a story.

The story takes place in a country called the Kingdom of Blowing. The Kingdom of Blowing was originally a peaceful and tranquil country. However, one day, an evil dragon suddenly descended upon the continent where the Kingdom of Blowing was located, causing widespread devastation. Faced with this sudden disaster, a warrior from the kingdom stepped forward. He found the evil dragon's lair and eventually burned it down, killing the dragon inside.

However, in the final battle, the warrior was splattered with the dragon's blood. The dragon's blood was rich in evil power, and although the warrior was powerful, he was still corrupted by the dragon's blood.

However, the King of Chui Kingdom feared that the warrior corrupted by the dragon's blood would destroy his kingdom and threaten his rule like the dragon itself. So he broke his promise and abandoned the warrior instead of saving him. He then told the people that the warrior intended to rebel and ultimately ordered his knights to kill the warrior.

After reading this story, Ivan seemed to be deep in thought.

Since this story appeared on the stone slab and occupied an entire slab by itself, it cannot simply be a story; it must contain some metaphor.

What is the metaphor in this story?

Ivan turned to the contents of the third stone tablet.

The content on the third stone tablet is completely different from the first two, and it immediately presents a concept.

This concept is called—Earth Veins.

"What? The concept of ley lines was proposed by the Kanreia?"

Beside her, Qin's surprised voice rang out, clearly indicating that she had also seen the contents of the third stone tablet.

The term "ley line" is not unfamiliar to modern Teyvats.

Throughout the world of Teyvat, at any time and in any place, a strangely shaped plant may grow on the ground. This plant resembles a thick blood vessel with green leaves, and it exudes a large amount of gentle elemental energy, attracting a large number of monsters to gather around it. Once this plant is cut down, it will instantly disappear like the corpse of an ordinary monster, dispersing a large amount of gentle elemental energy that can be absorbed by nearby creatures. For those who possess the Eye of God and can manipulate elemental energy, absorbing this gentle elemental energy can enhance their control over elemental power, making it an invaluable asset.

The plant mentioned above is called the Flower of the Earth Veins.

It is called the Leyline Flower because this plant is a product of the leylines of the Teyvat continent. The leylines are the veins of the Teyvat continent, and in the understanding of the Teyvats, they are to the Teyvat continent what blood vessels are to the human body. As for where the concept of leylines comes from, most modern Teyvats have no idea.

Today, people have come across this concept in ancient Kanreia texts dating back thousands of years, and the ancient Kanreia have offered a completely different understanding of the Leyline by the modern Teyvats.

The ley lines are the branches of the World Tree.

It is the branch that connects the entire Teyvat continent.

Chapter 353 Cognitive Disruption

The ley lines are the branches of the World Tree.

This concept was proposed by the ancient Kanreia.

Ivan was somewhat surprised when he saw this.

I couldn't help but admire how advanced the ancient Kanreia people's understanding was.

Ivan flipped through the third stone tablet again. The contents of this tablet were basically a detailed description of the World Tree and the ley lines that extended from it.

The content was so detailed that even Ivan, who was familiar with the world's background, was somewhat surprised. There were even many details that were not originally explained in the game's background.

In short, the inscription on this third stone tablet states that the ancient Kanreia discovered the existence of the World Tree through the ley lines, and thus discovered the essence of the Teyvat world.

The World Tree is another manifestation of the continent of Teyvat. In Earth's terms, the continent of Teyvat is a projection of the World Tree, which exists in a higher dimension, onto a lower-dimensional world. It's like shining light on an object and casting its shadow on a piece of paper. The object in the three-dimensional world is the World Tree, while the two-dimensional shadow projected onto the paper is Teyvat.

Of course, since Teyvat itself exists in a three-dimensional world, the World Tree's dimension will naturally be even higher.

Seeing this, Ivan looked up again at the World Tree drawing by Li Wenliang, and his feelings about it were completely different from before.

However, a question popped into Ivan's head at this point.

The first stele describes how the ancient Kanreia faced the aura of destruction, the second stele tells a metaphorical story out of the blue, and the third stele tells how the ancient Kanreia discovered the World Tree.

These are three seemingly unrelated things. What did the people who built this underground palace want to express?

With this question in mind, Ivan turned to the documents on the stone tablet behind him.

As Ivan read more and more, his shock grew exponentially.

Because, starting from the fourth stele, a history of Kanria connects all the events.

In the 32nd year of the Kanreia calendar, the Kanreia people proposed the concept of ley lines. After decades of research, the Kanreia people discovered the existence of the World Tree.

In the year 85 of the Kanria calendar, a strange red stone suddenly appeared silently on the land of Kanria. At first, this red stone did not attract the attention of most people, until its influence became greater and more severe, and caused several large-scale disasters. Only then did the Kanria people discover the existence of this red stone and name it the Destruction Red Stone.

In the year 91 of the Kanria calendar, the Kanria people discovered the properties of this red stone through research, and also discovered an astonishing fact: this red stone was actually extracted from the earth's veins!

In the year 92 of the Kanriyan calendar, the Kanriyans restarted their research on the ley lines and the World Tree in order to deal with the Redstone invasion. They spent three years finding the source of the Redstone, and during this time, the Kanriyans discovered a technology by studying the characteristics of the ley lines and the World Tree.

This technology is not unfamiliar to the Teyvats; it is known as space technology.

In the game, every region on the continent of Teyvat has a device called a teleportation anchor. This magical device allows people to teleport and jump between any anchor point, directly crossing thousands of miles.

Such devices also exist on the real continent of Teyvat. When Ivan first arrived in Teyvat, he saw one on the beach at Windsor Cape in Mondstadt. Later, Ivan also saw teleportation anchors in Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma, but he did not pay much attention to them because he did not know how to use them.

These teleportation anchors scattered across the continent of Teyvat are relics left behind by the ancient Kanriah, and their specific usage methods were lost to the annals of history with the disappearance of the ancient Kanriah.

Of course, there may be others who know how to use it, but Ivan has not seen it yet.

In the year 97 of the Kanria calendar, after two years of preparation, the Kanria people used space technology to jump into the source of the Redstone, attempting to block its source. However, the source of the Redstone was an indescribable place, and entering this region brought the Kanria people a heavy price.

This historical record then corresponds to the content on the first stone tablet.

Ivan frowned slightly and continued reading.

However, the next line of text made Ivan's eyes widen suddenly, and he couldn't help but gasp.

This indescribable place, located at the root of the World Tree, is called the Abyss.

abyss!

These two words exploded in Ivan's heart like a thunderclap.

At that moment, a bold guess popped into Ivan's mind.

In order to fight against the aura of destruction, the Kanriyans entered the abyss. Although they blocked the source of the aura of destruction, they were corrupted by the abyss.

Is this what they call the price to pay?

Both in the game and in reality, a legend has always circulated in Teyvat: the destruction of Kanriar was due to the Kanriar people's inflated ambition, which led them to communicate with the power of the deepest abyss in Teyvat, thus incurring the wrath of the heavens and ultimately resulting in their destruction.

But then Ivan remembered the story on the second stone tablet.

Is this really the case?

Ivan's mind was in turmoil, and the others, including Jean, had obviously read this passage as well, and immediately erupted in a frenzy.

"What? The source of the destructive aura is located in the abyss?"

Qin's tone was full of disbelief.

Ningguang frowned deeply: "Legend has it that Kanria was destroyed because of the Abyss, this..."

After the initial shock, everyone fell silent again, clearly the sheer volume of information had exceeded their expectations.

"No, I might need to slow down..."