He originally thought that God was the most powerful creature in the world, but it turned out that there was something above God.
"What exactly is Sky Island?"
"I don't know. Many people have been to Sky Island in the past, but none of them have come back." Abedo shook his head. Sky Island already belongs to the highest level of content in the world, and it is not so easy to access.
"But why would a spike dropped from the sky cause a land of ice and snow?"
Jiang Bai still couldn't understand it. Logically speaking, it would only create a crater at most. How could it cause the climate to change?
Katis was once troubled by this question, but after reading many books and asking many people for advice, he also obtained the answer.
"Because of the ley lines."
For Teyvat, ley lines are of vital importance and are closely related to human life.
"The reason why this place was green before was because of the protection of the leyline trees. However, the spikes dropped from the sky destroyed the leyline trees, causing the leylines here to be disordered. Naturally, the lush green scene of the past is no longer there."
"Wait! What is the relationship between the Leyline Tree and the Leyline?"
Jiang Bai was a little confused as to what these concepts meant.
Isn't leyline some kind of conceptual network? What is a leyline tree? He almost fainted!
"Let me explain." Abedo knew these things better and took the initiative to speak.
"In the depths of the world of Teyvat, there is a giant tree that runs through the world. It is so huge that the branches extending to the ground look like ancient trees. The roots of these ancient trees are connected deep in the earth.
The elemental channels formed are called [earth veins].”
In short, ley lines are a network formed by the roots of this giant tree that runs through the entire world for the circulation of elements.
"Tree roots. Concept network tree network..." Jiang Bai murmured these words.
When he touched the ley line anchor point, he could feel such a huge and boundless network.
Now it seems that this should be a leyline network constructed from the branches of the leyline tree.
Abedo's explanation is easier to understand than Zhongli's explanation of the conceptual network.
If understood in this way, then the ley line anchor points are equivalent to the points marked in this network, and they may also have the effect of stabilizing the ley lines.
And because the earth veins are channels for the flow of elements, the spikes dropped from the sky destroyed the earth vein trees, causing the earth veins here to flow chaotically, and the ice elements occupied the high ground, so this place turned into a world of ice and snow.
"It is said that the ground witnesses everything, and everything that happens above and below Teyvat is recorded in the ley lines."
"That's really magical..." Hearing Abedo say this, Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh.
If the ley lines really record everything, maybe his past can be found from the ley lines.
But, how can we access the information stored in the ley lines?
Jiang Bai thought for a while, then gave up and continued thinking.
It was beyond the scope of his cognition, and he really couldn't figure out how to do such a thing.
Katis sighed.
Before, he was just an ordinary adventurer. He didn't understand anything about earth veins or white trees, and he didn't even have any concept.
He went to various dangerous places just to find treasures, and then sold the treasures he found to buy wine.
He has never married, and his relatives have passed away long ago. He has traveled through golden deserts with long yellow sand, been to dense rainforests with towering ancient trees, and conquered thunder and waves, but he always felt that something was missing.
It wasn't until he picked up the senior's diary in the cave that he knew what was missing.
He just passed by those places like a casual sightseeing, and never got to know those places seriously. He regarded himself as an excellent adventurer, but he could not say anything about the places he had visited.
Because he just wants to find treasure, he doesn't really like adventure.
But he doesn't actually love treasures very much. He just looks for treasures to find something to do, so that he can have bragging rights in the tavern.
But in this snow-capped mountain, at the end of his rope, he finally found his own joy.
He wants to know the past here, want to dig into the past history, and want to study the stories that even scholars have never understood.
This process is very boring, but when the information is connected bit by bit and the truth is slowly revealed, the feeling of joy and excitement is better than countless in the world.
Unknowingly, snow began to fall again in the sky. The snow fell from the sky, passed through his illusory soul, fell to the ground, and merged with the ice.
"I have been exploring this snow-capped mountain for half my life, and it has become my second home. In the process of exploring the past history, I feel like I have returned to the once prosperous ancient country and become a powerful part of it."
Katis's voice carried a strong sense of powerlessness. He stretched out his hand to try to touch the falling snowflakes in the sky, but he was already two worlds apart and he couldn't change anything.
"It has long been impossible to find out why the sky sent down punishment, but I already know all this, and I can no longer pretend that nothing happened."
"Even though this country has long since disappeared in the wind and snow, and there are no descendants left, I still want to do something for this lost ancient country, even if I can't change anything."
Jiang Bai and Abedo didn't speak, listening to him quietly.
"...Maybe you will think that I am fanciful and wishful thinking, but I really want to pull out this nail that destroyed the ancient country!"
However, he was already dead, dying in the process of getting close to the nail.
He has lost the ability to fulfill his wishes.
The snowflakes falling from the sky flew into the fire and were evaporated by the flames in an instant, like moths overestimating their own abilities.
But there were more "moths" in the sky, one after another, regardless of the heat of the flames, and threw themselves into the sea of fire, trying to extinguish the scorching flames.
Jiang Bai added a handful of firewood to the fire to calm down some of the smaller flames.
"This is going to be hard."
It was so difficult that he didn't know how to do it.
Katis showed a weak smile, "I know, but you have to try, right?"
Since there is no direct rejection, it is worth fighting for.
He is no longer alive. If you want to complete this whimsical idea, you can only rely on these living people.
The cold wind blew from a distance, but it was blocked by the boulders. The flames burned cracklingly, and no one spoke.
Abedo held his chin in thought, and he had maintained this thinking posture from the first time he met Katis.
He was looking at Jiang Bai at the moment, waiting for his reply.
Jiang Bai looked through the diary in his hand until he reached the last page.