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

Suddenly, a portable detector hanging from Qi Ji's waist beeped.

This detector was given to Qi Ji by the space technology research team at the Qianhai base before the reconnaissance team set off. Its purpose is to detect the location of the space teleportation channel. When the detector sounds, it means that the space teleportation channel is nearby.

Qi Ji looked up at the center of the altar plaza. He saw that the flames that had engulfed the boy were now twisting and distorting, and the surrounding space was clearly shaking. If one didn't look closely, one might mistake it for the distortion of light caused by the intense heat of the flames. Moreover, one could clearly feel the surrounding mist constantly converging and contracting towards the center of the altar.

Qi Ji raised an eyebrow and said, "It's a spatial teleportation channel, right in the center of the altar plaza!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wulang suddenly pulled Qi Ji to the ground. The next second, a bolt of lightning struck the spot where Qi Ji had just been standing, leaving behind a patch of scorched earth.

Before they could even say thank you, another bolt of lightning struck straight down on their heads. Qi Ji and Wu Lang immediately ducked under a nearby boulder. The lightning bolt also struck the boulder above them, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Brushing the dust and pebbles off his face, Qi Ji said, "Damn it, the Thunderbird attacks indiscriminately; it sees any moving object as a target."

Goro flashed out, drew his longbow, aimed at the Thunderbird's eyes, and fired an arrow full of rock elemental power. However, the rock elemental arrow struck the Thunderbird's head as if it had hit thin air, passing through it instantly.

The Thunderbird let out a sharp cry and a bolt of lightning struck Goro.

Goro was startled and quickly rolled back under cover, thus avoiding the lightning strike.

“My arrow passed through its body, and I estimate that the bullet did the same thing. It should be an illusion like the others on the island.”

Qi Ji frowned: "Then why can it affect reality!?"

"I don't know!"

"Grandma's..."

Qi Ji cursed, "Looks like we'll have to retreat for now."

Goro nodded.

Qi Ji squinted and peered at the furious Thunderbird high in the sky. After several rounds of lightning strikes, he had roughly figured out the Thunderbird's attack pattern.

Just as the next wave of indiscriminate lightning struck, Qi Ji seized the opportunity and shouted, "Everyone, charge towards the woods to the north! Don't look back!"

The next second, the entire reconnaissance team rushed out of their cover and plunged into the dense forest, sprinting towards the edge of the minefield.

Chapter 398 A Sad History

He Guan North Beach.

After confirming that it was safe, the reconnaissance team, who had been running all the way, stopped to rest for a while.

Qi Ji sighed with lingering fear, "Phew... we should be safe now."

Goro took a sip of water from the water bottle at his waist and asked, "Is the location of the teleportation tunnel confirmed?"

"It's confirmed."

Qi Ji nodded: "The detector just reacted, and the location is in the center of the altar plaza... But what about the Thunderbird? If we want to set up a spatial fluctuation control device on the island, the Thunderbird is an unavoidable problem."

Goro scratched his head: "Why is Thunderbird so angry?"

Qi Ji shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it seems to be related to that ritual. Also, the Thunderbird is clearly an illusion like everyone else on the island, yet it can interfere with reality. There are just too many mysteries here. I think we should contact the base for now."

Afterwards, Qi Ji contacted the Qianhai base and Haiqi Island to report what had happened on the island.

"Commander, although we have now confirmed the location of the space teleportation channel, we are unable to set up the space fluctuation device on the island because of the presence of the Thunderbird."

Listening to Qi Ji's report, Hong Jianjun, who was far away in the command room of the Qianhai base, frowned slightly and said, "Is there no way to kill the Thunderbird?"

Goro said, "I'm afraid that won't work. That Thunderbird, like the others on the island, is an illusion. No physical attack can affect it. Moreover, General, we know very little about the Thunderbird. It would be too disadvantageous for us to deal with this troublesome creature."

Taking a deep breath, Hong Jianjun asked the Haiqi Island side, "Miss Xin Hai, does Haiqi Island have any records about the Thunder Bird?"

Shinkai said, "There are almost no records about the Thunderbird on Umijima Island. In our Umijima Island chronicle, the 'Umijima Imperial Censor,' the record about Tsurukan only says that it was destroyed by a huge disaster and became uninhabitable for humans afterward, and that's all. However, I think the shogunate should have more detailed records about Tsurukan."

......

At 2 p.m. that day, Inazuma received a communication request from the Abyss. Ten minutes later, at the General's Mansion, Ivan and Shadow joined the communication channel.

Hong Jianjun cut to the chase: "Lord Lei Shen, we need relevant information about Tsurukan. I wonder if the Shogunate has any related records."

Ying pondered for a moment: "Regarding the records of Tsurukan, although the shogunate has historical records, there are not many. They are currently stored in the archives of the Tenryo Magistrate's Office. Because I have not been diligent in my duties for many years, I need to send someone to the Tenryo Magistrate's Office to investigate the specific situation."

"Then, Lord Thor, I'll leave this matter to you."

"it is good."

Ying then sent people to the Tianling Fengxingfu to retrieve relevant archives and historical documents.

Knowing that the Abyss was investigating the spatial teleportation channel at He Guan, Ivan could roughly guess what was going on, so he asked, "General Hong, is there something going on at He Guan?"

"Yes, there's a situation; we've run into some trouble. The reconnaissance team is online now; let them talk to you."

Hong Jianjun took over the communications from Qi Ji and the others, and then Qi Ji's reconnaissance team reported the situation at He Guan to Ivan.

"Thunderbird?"

A slightly puzzled voice came from the communication channel.

Hong Jianjun asked, "Does Lord Thor know about the Thunderbird?"

"Yes, I have fought against it."

The shadow continued, “Its real name is Kapachiri, a demon worshipped by the people of Tsurukan Island. Back then, Tsurukan Island wasn't under the rule of the Inatsuma Shogunate, and the people of Tsurukan rarely interacted with the outside world. Therefore, Tsurukan was always a very mysterious island in the minds of the Inatsuma people. Many years ago, a group of Tsurukan people migrated from Tsurukan Island to live and farm on the neighboring island of Seirai, which was under the jurisdiction of the Shogunate. However, not long after, the demon Kapachiri suddenly went mad and slaughtered all the inhabitants of the island, nearly destroying Tsurukan. It then headed towards Seirai Island, and I fought against it, ultimately killing it on Seirai Island. The traces of my battle with Kapachiri remained on Seirai Island, so the inhabitants of Seirai Island migrated again, settling on what is now Hachiun Island, until modern times.”

Goro was somewhat surprised: "So, a large portion of the current people of Bayun Island are descendants of the remnants of Heguan?"

Ying said, "You could say that."

Goro muttered to himself, "No wonder I have a friend from Bayun Island who likes a bit of sour flavor in his food. Legend has it that people from Heguan are very good at eating sour things..."

Qi Ji's voice: "Wu Lang, the call is still on."

"Uh, sorry, sorry, I was rude..."

Ivan chuckled, his tone teasing, "Captain Qi and Wulang can still joke around, so it seems the situation at Heguan isn't so bad after all."

"Ha ha......"

A burst of laughter came through the communication.

After slightly adjusting the somewhat oppressive atmosphere in his voice, Ivan said, "I actually know a bit about Crane View and Thunderbird Capachelli. Everything you encountered on the island today should have happened on the day Crane View was destroyed."

Ying asked, somewhat puzzled, "How did you know this information?"

"Ah, well, during the resistance period, I met an old man on Bayun Island. He was a descendant of the Heguan people, and his family had historical records about Heguan. I heard all this information from that old man."

This wasn't the first time Ivan had made up sources for information that existed in his memory, so he spoke off the cuff without any flaws, and Ying didn't suspect a thing.

Ivan continued, “You guessed correctly about Capachelli’s anger; it is indeed related to the little boy on the altar. The little boy’s name is Aru. Humans fear, revere, and worship Capachelli, and no one has ever treated her as a person with joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Capachelli was attracted by Aru’s singing and became acquainted with him. Aru was the first human friend Capachelli made, and the first person willing to share her joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.”

"But the people of Heguan misunderstood Kapachiri's intentions. They stubbornly misunderstood Kapachiri's love for Aru, so they decided to sacrifice Aru to Kapachiri. When Kapachiri arrived at the altar, all she saw was Aru, who had long since died in the flames. Therefore, Kapachiri was enraged. She destroyed Heguan and was also overwhelmed by anger, completely losing her mind, and finally perished on Qinglai Island."

Ivan sighed.

"This is a sad history."

Chapter 399 Aru

There was a long silence during the communication.

This is a sad story.

But what's even more tragic is that the story comes from a true historical event.

The friendship between the demon and the human was misunderstood by feudal and tragic thinking, which led to a series of tragedies.

Man-made disasters are often more terrifying than natural disasters.

Silence is a way of mourning the departed.

Finally, Ivan broke the silence: "The era of the demon gods was, in fact, a tragic era for the ordinary creatures of the earth..."

Time marches on...

Ying sighed softly, filled with endless sorrow. It was an era she had personally experienced. As time passed, she could now see many things that she had never seen before. Looking back at that complicated history now, she felt a mix of emotions.

"This is the general history of the Thunderbird and the Crane Watch."

Ivan composed himself slightly and continued, "Regarding the phantom of the Thunderbird, if the phantom of the Thunderbird is truly formed from the ley lines, then it should be impossible for it to affect reality. However, based on your description, all its attacks can affect the surrounding environment, which means that it may not be as simple as a phantom. It should also have a physical form. The phantom of the Thunderbird may not be formed from the ley lines, but rather from its physical form."

Qi Ji asked with some doubt, "It has a physical form? Commander Yi, that doesn't make sense. Wasn't Thunderbird killed by Lord Thor?"

Ivan explained, "The Thunderbirds didn't all die on Qinglai Island back then."

The shadow beside him said, "No, I did kill Capachelli back then."

Ivan countered, "And what did you do with its body back then?"

Ying shook her head and said, "It wasn't disposed of; it was simply left on Qinglai Island... Wait, you mean its corpse...?"

"Yes, although Kapachiri is dead, a trace of her will remains. After you left, that will resided in her corpse and transformed into a pure lightning elemental being called Thunder Sound Manifestation. Back then, your great battle with Kapachiri destroyed most of the terrain of Qinglai Island, and the massive amount of lightning elemental energy that spilled out also formed a huge magnetic field in the sky above Qinglai Island. Thunder Sound Manifestation resides in the magnetic field in the sky above Qinglai Island year-round."

Ying stroked her chin and said, "I see. After my great battle with Kapachili, all the residents of Qinglai Island moved away from Qinglai Island, and I have indeed never been back to Qinglai Island since then. If Kapachili's body were to come back to life, I would not have been able to detect it."

Goro exclaimed in surprise, "So, the Thunderbird's true form is currently on Qinglai Island? If we find and destroy its true form, won't we be able to clear away the Thunderbird illusion on Heguan Island?"

"Don't be too happy too soon."

Ivan cautioned, "Illusions cannot stray too far from the original body. The fact that the Thunderbird illusion is currently active in Crane View suggests that the Thunder Sound Manifestation is very likely not on Qinglai Island but in Crane View."

Hong Jianjun said, "Understood, Miss Xinhai. Haiqi Island is relatively close to Qinglai Island. Could you please send someone to confirm?"

Xin Hai's voice came through: "No problem, don't worry."

Twenty minutes later, the scouts sent by Haiqi Island to Qinglai Island reported that a huge magnetic field had indeed been discovered in the sky above Qinglai Island, but no trace of Lei Yin Quan Xian was found in it.

"So, Lei Yin Quanxian is indeed hiding on He Guan Island."

Qi Ji rubbed his hands together, eager to get started: "Alright, let's find it!"

Hong Jianjun said, "If we discover the manifestation of Lei Yin Quan, we can call for support at any time. Although our manpower is tied up by the monsters that are constantly rushing ashore, we can still deal with long-range firepower."

"understand!"

Before taking action, Ivan called out to the reconnaissance team again via voice message.

"Captain Qi, Goro. After you re-enter the island, everything that happened on the island should be reset. At that time, you should pay attention to the child named Aru. If you encounter him, try to communicate with him. He may be able to lead you to Raiyin Quanxian."

Qi Ji raised an eyebrow and said, "That child who was used as a sacrifice? Isn't he just an illusion? We can't communicate with him, can we?"

“Aru is different from the other illusions; you’ll find out when you find him.”