Inside the core command post of the Serenitea Pot, the atmosphere was as taut as a drawn bowstring. A massive sandbox dominated the center, featuring a miniature terrain map of Teyvat where dozens of flashing light points—like stars, yet also like targets—had been marked by Lumine using elemental energy. Keqing stood before the sandbox, the presence of the Yuheng as steady as a mountain range, her fingertips pointing toward those glowing spots.
"The objective is clear: establish thirty-seven ley line signal input points across the continent of Teyvat, using drill rigs as the foundation and antennas as the conduit. Within the time limit, we must complete at least half for the basic array to activate!" Her voice was crisp and brooked no argument. "Snezhnaya, for now, we bypass."
Lumine stepped forward. On the sandbox, the dark purple areas representing Abyssal contamination suddenly deepened, particularly the spaces between Tsurumi Island and Inazuma's Musoujin Gorge, churning with an ominous, viscous feel. "The preliminary locations for the silted ley line deposits have been marked. These restricted zones are volatile in energy and heavily contaminated by the Abyss; they are absolute dead lines." Her tone carried its usual calm, yet betrayed a hint of hard-to-detect gravity. "The drilling sites must precisely avoid them. If the margin of error exceeds a hundred meters, the consequences will be unpredictable."
Chapter 160