Elemental Monuments were one of Teyvat's defining features. Many mechanisms and ruins used them as switches, often requiring a specific sequence. In Shen Fei's view, such applications of mechanisms were worth learning from.
"This place is pretty big. It should have been Havria and her people's final refuge back then. What a pity." After the mechanism opened, Shen Fei and Hutao entered the underground space, which was remarkably spacious.
"What are these?" Hutao asked at once as she looked at the numerous statues ahead.
"They should be people." Shen Fei approached one of the statues and carefully examined it. It was a statue formed entirely from salt.
"Completely saltified, not merely coated on the surface. An Archon was still an Archon." Shen Fei nodded slightly at the statue's condition.
"People?" Hutao said in surprise.
"That's right. Don't forget, this is the ruin of the God of Salt. They were all turned into salt," Shen Fei explained.
"Were these people enemies of the God of Salt?" Hutao could not help asking as she studied the statues. Most wore expressions of terror and seemed to be fleeing, while only a few knelt on the ground as if praying for something.
"No, they should have been the God of Salt's people." Shen Fei then briefly explained how her people had betrayed her.
"So that was what happened. Those people were really awful." To Hutao, betraying the Archon who had sheltered them, and even assassinating her, was difficult to imagine.
"Those people were taken to the grave with her as well. Let's go. There should be more treasure inside." Shen Fei did not dwell on it for long and immediately led the way deeper into the ruins. Havria's story was a tragedy in his eyes, but it was not an unchangeable one. Given the