"What is that?"
On the main street of Liyue Harbor, in front of the Pokémon Home store, there was a thick crowd of onlookers watching the commotion.
Beidou, who had just arrived from the dock, looked at the roaring black hole vortex in the sky in the distance, her face full of solemnity.
"Is this also... part of the prosperous side of Liyue?" Yoimiya was stunned and murmured, her eyes wide.
Kazuha's mouth twitched when he heard this. "No, this is definitely not normal Liyue weather!"
Hearing the commotion and screaming throughout Liyue Harbor, a group of people also poured out of the store.
They had arrived first and queued up to wait for a Pokédex and to claim their initial Pokémon.
Xingqiu, Chongyun, Ganyu, Yanfei...
After coming out one by one, they also froze at the door.
Today, the scene in the sky above Liyue made them extremely unfamiliar with their homeland!
At the same time, it was very close to the "Ecological Zone," or in other words, it was at the border of Mt. Aocang and the Adepti's Abode.
A divine crane flew out quickly.
She was Cloud Retainer, one of the Adepti who still resided in Liyue.
Cloud Retainer was all panic at this moment. In the sky, it looked like a dragon sucking water—a huge whirlpool enveloped a large area of Liyue's wilderness.
"Which ancient Demon God has awakened?!"
"Rex Lapis!"
"Rex Lapis!!"
While the crane flapped its wings in panic, she screamed, rushed back to her cave, and woke up her disciple Shenhe who was practicing in seclusion.
"Shenhe! This situation is not good. Let's hide for a while."
"Wait for Rex Lapis to come out to take charge of the overall situation."
On Wangshu Inn, the Vigilant Yaksha, Xiao, stood on the roof, looking at the swirling clouds with a kind of palpitating fluctuation in his golden eyes.
Under the stone forest of Nantianmen, Azhdaha, the Dragon King who was sealed but usually kept roaring for vengeance, was particularly quiet today.
Mondstadt Region.
Stormterror's Lair.
Traveler Lumine and Paimon.
Jean, Eula, Klee, Diluc...
The lineup for the head-on crusade against Dvalin this time was far more luxurious than in the original plot.
Even the Anemo Archon Venti, who was usually "not good at fighting," sent his Lapras to help in the battle. Of course, the young Pokémon did not have the fighting power to intervene directly yet, and it just acted as a member of the cheerleading team, singing songs to boost morale.
After Dvalin was purified and his sanity restored, everyone was about to ride the Dragon of the East Wind to leave the crumbling ruins.
Who knew that the terrifying scene in the direction of Liyue... its boundless depth and majesty... would even rumble all the way to Mondstadt!
"This is..." The Knights led by Jean were shocked, looking south.
"Wow!"
Little Paimon was so shocked that she fell on the top of Lumine's head, her little hands tightly grabbing Lumine's blonde hair.
There was also a look of horror hidden in Venti's emerald green eyes, but he suddenly thought of the late-night chat with Manager Hiroshi last night. A knowing smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.
"What he wanted to talk to the Old Blockhead about... was this kind of development?"
Suddenly, Venti rode a gust of wind, jumped on Dvalin's back, and extended an invitation to the Knights and Traveler.
"Let's all take Dvalin together and go to the area of Liyue to witness the progress of the times!"
Whoosh!
The Dragon of the East Wind took the wind and soared towards Liyue.
...
The Border.
The Mondstadt Adventurers' Branch had just received the order this morning and quickly assembled a "Department of Environmental Protection Team" with Bennett and Fischl as Captain and Deputy Captain. They were rushing to a certain area in Liyue to report for duty.
The team had just crossed the border and reached the line between Stone Gate and Wuwang Hill, with Dihua Marsh in sight.
Boom!
Bennett stopped the team and looked at Deputy Captain Fischl in shock.
"That vortex direction... seems to be our mission coordinates?"
...
Inazuma.
The movement spread out to the Sea of Clouds.
In the Inazuma sea area blocked by thunderstorms...
On Narukami Island, at the Grand Narukami Shrine on Mt. Yougou, a pink-furred fox lady put down the best-selling light novel in her hand. Her eyebrows jumped, and she looked towards the direction of Liyue in extreme shock.
"What a big movement!"
"Could it be..."
"Another Archon War-level event broke out in the Liyue area?"
This is not a good sign.
In today's Seven Nations, except for the Rulers, there are no complete Demon Gods active. They are either severely eroded and forced to reincarnate, or they have been beaten, fragmented, suppressed, and sealed.
The Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine, Yae Miko, sighed slightly and disappeared into the shrine.
Tenshukaku.
The Inazuma Shogunate's highest authority.
"It seems like you can't sit still anymore, Ei."
Yae Miko walked through the door lightly.
She belongs to the Shogun's inner circle of friends and familiars who will not be questioned or stopped by the guards.
Raiden Ei (Beelzebul) opened her eyes in the Plane of Euthymia.
"Liyue... there is some kind of big change that impacts the world!"
Yae Miko's expression changed upon hearing this.
"This..."
She subconsciously looked up at the sky, imagining Celestia. Will the Supreme God send down divine punishment again?
Will another "Khaenri'ah" be destroyed after five hundred years?
Sure enough, history is reincarnated!
There was a strange look in Raiden Ei's eyes. "However... Celestia is very quiet and has not conveyed any instructions or warnings to us Rulers."
Yae Miko was dumbfounded.
"Which God acquiesced in Liyue's great changes?!"
"Why? Why?..."
"She (The Sustainer) is the maintainer of Justice and Order!"
The words just fell.
The vortex in the direction of Liyue seemed to expand to the extreme, before suddenly exploding and annihilating.
In the deepest part of the vortex, a huge Pokémon silhouette emerged for a split second.
It was white and gold. It looked somewhat like a centaur, or perhaps an alpaca, surrounded by a ring of golden cross-like wheels.
Arceus!
With a slight leap of its front hooves, it penetrated into the space-time context behind it and vanished, leaving behind the altered reality.
Yae Miko was silent for a long time, staring blankly at the sky.
"Maybe this is the answer?"
"This being..."
"Forced the God of Celestia to bow her head? Or signed some kind of agreement?"
Raiden Ei didn't say anything, but her eyes were filled with a different kind of brilliance.
Her status and ruling position made it easy to detect the majestic vitality that now permeated the Liyue area.
At the same time, there were some fundamental changes in the rules of the world in Teyvat!
...
Back in Liyue.
"I declare."
"The first Pokémon Ecological Zone that broke the history of Teyvat is established!"
Hiroshi snapped his fingers.
He was extremely satisfied, overlooking and scanning the divided area from high above with Zhongli.
The hills became more steep and stable.
The jungle became deeper, greener, and filled with Berry trees.
The inland sea became bluer and more mysterious.
Birds suddenly flew up in a forest, and there were fierce creatures fighting in the jungle.
Hiroshi looked intently.
These birds are Spearow. They like to travel in groups and are easily angered. If you offend one, you will face the wrath of the entire flock.
Then he looked at the two sides chasing and fighting in the forest.
Pinsir vs Heracross.
This is a battle for territory and dominance!