Chapter 543

"This is troublesome. Right now, the Shogun's problem hasn't been solved, there are no martial artists, and the only cultivator, the Guuji, cannot return to Inazuma for the time being."

"Now that the resurgence of spiritual energy has reached Inazuma, enhanced monsters have already been born in the Ritou area."

"If this continues for a while, it will truly be troublesome."

Beside her, Kokomi sighed.

"What General Kujou said is already the optimistic scenario. According to my intelligence reports, the animals in the sea have also begun to evolve toward becoming fierce beasts."

"The ocean is boundless, and life is uncountable. Once the resurgence of spiritual energy reaches the sea, these fierce beasts could absolutely turn Inazuma into an isolated island."

"Furthermore, powerful fierce beasts will squeeze the living space of weaker ones and monsters."

"At that time, the fierce beasts coming ashore will be an inevitable trend. Without a martial artist army, without cultivators,"

"we simply cannot deal with the enhanced monsters and fierce beasts, and the Shogun cannot attend to all of Inazuma's defensive lines alone."

"In the worst-case scenario, we might have to abandon most of Inazuma, with everyone huddled in Inazuma City, protected by the Shogun."

"But if that happens... everything we've done will have been meaningless, and how long can the Shogun hold out?"

These words left Kujou Sara feeling almost depressed. A moment later, she gritted her teeth and looked at Lumine.

"Lumine, do you have any way to temporarily suppress the resurgence of spiritual energy?"

"Huh? You really think too highly of me!"

Lumine rolled her eyes.

"To tell you the truth, the information the Sect Master gave me is that Sister Ganyu's tribulation attracted the attention of the World Will."

"The World Will signed a contract with Sister Ganyu for mutual benefit."

"The World Will needs the resurgence of spiritual energy to promote Teyvat's evolution; this is an absolute principle for the World Will."

"Right now, the resurgence of spiritual energy is the unchanging melody of Teyvat, the standard that the World Will firmly adheres to."

"Even if the Heavenly Principles tried to stop it, the World Will would have to crush her."

"It is even less possible for me to go against this trend."

"Resistance is absolutely impossible; you can only go along with this trend."

Hearing this, everyone felt somewhat defeated and lowered their heads in silence.

"If Paimon says so, things are actually very simple."

Paimon sat on Lumine's shoulder and spread her hands.

"Lumine and I go in, storm the Tenshukaku, solve the Raiden Shogun in a few quick moves, and let the real Raiden Shogun come out."

"Then, she can take you all to Shushan, find Sister Yae Miko, and ask her to help introduce you. Wouldn't you all become cultivators then?"

"The real Raiden Shogun's talent should be very good, right? Your talents shouldn't be bad either, right?"

"Wouldn't that solve it!"

These words truly moved everyone, but after some thought, Kokomi still shook her head with a bitter smile.

"It won't work. The problem now isn't just the Shogun; there's also the Tri-Commission."

"What we need is to completely liberate Inazuma, erase the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree, and let Inazuma connect with cultivation just like Liyue."

"To achieve all this, we must eradicate all opposing voices."

"Although I really want you, Lumine, to storm in and have a great battle, please be patient. We need a one-hit kill, not endless trouble."

"We can't just solve it this time and have more trouble later, needing to keep adjusting slowly, right? Inazuma has no time left..."

"A one-hit kill! Stifle all problems and troubles. When you defeat the Shogun, that will be the moment Inazuma is reborn and connects with the situation in Teyvat."

Hearing this, Lumine pouted and said helplessly:

"Alright, alright. About how much longer will it take?"

Kokomi calculated for a moment and nodded:

"Three days at the latest!"

"Then I'll wait three more days."

Lumine pulled Paimon along, feeling somewhat depressed as she walked back. Kokomi said awkwardly:

"Sorry, Lumine."

"It's fine. Entrusted by others, loyal to their affairs."

With her back to Kokomi, Lumine waved her hand very coolly, but once she returned to the main tent,

Lumine immediately looked miserable and grabbed Paimon, shaking her vigorously.

"Three days! Three more days! Damn it! This barren spiritual energy environment, I can't stand it for even one day!"

Paimon was shaken until she felt dizzy. She broke free and complained:

"Don't you have a lot of Spirit Stones? Just use the Spirit Stones for now!"

"How can it be the same! That's my precious wealth!"

Lumine waved her fists, sounding very reasonable.

A moment later, she suddenly pinched her chin, looking thoughtful:

"But then again... all the Archons that have appeared so far have talents better than the last; they all have Heavenly Spiritual Roots."

"It is said that this Raiden Shogun is also a peerless genius of the sword; who knows, she might even have some special constitution."

"She will definitely seek Sister Yae Miko's introduction to join Shushan. With her strength, she could likely become a Head Seat or an Elder."

"If she becomes a Head Seat or an Elder, then wouldn't I, the great benefactor who helped her see the light, be..."

"Hiss... this investment seems quite profitable."

Not knowing if she had figured it out or was just comforting herself, Lumine, who had been irritable just a moment ago, began to laugh happily again.

Paimon scratched her cheek, too lazy to care why Lumine was suddenly laughing so brightly again.

Anyway, Lumine's mood swings had been fast for more than a day or two.

Sometimes, it wasn't impossible for her to be happy one second and draw her sword to kill the next.

Rather than thinking about what Lumine was thinking, it was better to think about what to eat for lunch.

On the other side, Alice arrived at the Dark Sea very quickly by sword flight.

Originally, to make it convenient for herself to travel between Mondstadt and the Dark Sea, she had actually created quite a few "Alice-brand" teleporters in the Dark Sea.

It's just that this time, she didn't need a teleporter. With her speed of sword flight, Teyvat was only so big; arriving in the blink of an eye was no problem at all.

Due to Jiang Yan's major actions in the Dark Sea previously, the gods lurking in the Dark Sea had all gone silent.

Therefore, Alice was able to take a temporary vacation, return to Teyvat, and take Klee to Shushan to become an apprentice.

But thinking about it carefully, about two or three months had already passed since joining Shushan.

Perhaps the gods might have made some moves?

Alice took a cursory look around the Dark Sea and then immediately returned to the Coven's base.

Pushing the door open, sure enough, it was empty.

Alice had anticipated this.

Her colleagues were all more fierce than the last; they only became homebodies because they had to guard the Dark Sea.

Now that the Dark Sea had quieted down, they naturally had their own things to do.

Some wanted to travel to other worlds, some wanted to continue delving into their own fields.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this attitude that the Coven gathered so many people who transcended limits.

Alice walked to the table with practiced ease. Although it looked like no one had returned for a long time, there was no dust in the room.

It must be some strange magic.

She opened the notebook on the table and took a look.

It wasn't that no one had come back to check during this time.

However, they had all just taken a look, confirmed that the Dark Sea was still quiet, and left after recording the inspection date and status.

There wasn't much in the notes, but there were witches who mentioned cultivation.

Between the lines, it was filled with longing and curiosity.

Calling it an inspection log, in reality, it could perhaps be called a chat notebook for the witches.

On the last page, the inspection report from three days ago, Witch N left a message.

She seemed to have anticipated that Alice would be the next person to come, and celebrated her arrival in the notebook.

"This guy..."

Alice shook her head, closed the notebook, turned around, and walked out toward the Dark Sea.

Since she was already here, even though it looked like nothing was wrong, she still had to check it out.