The Unrivaled Mu Yang, No One Can Cosplay Perfectly

Mu Yang watched a few more fan-made videos.

He had to admit.

The players' creative passion was absolutely explosive.

Seeing the surging popularity, miHoYo.

Directly set up video incentives.

(This was something Mu Yang had the system do.)

No matter what type of Genshin Impact content you created.

As long as it was related to the game.

Whether it was guides, team compositions, finding chests during the main story, or puzzle-solving missions.

Or fan-made videos like the ones he just saw, or animated shorts.

Even cosplay could get a piece of the pie.

Of course, anything suggestive or controversial was out.

What they wanted was the players' love for a character.

As soon as this announcement came out.

The comments section immediately cried out that they were going to "farm miHoYo's wool."

However, these creative incentives also had requirements for viewership.

So, it wasn't like you could just upload anything and get paid.

The players weren't stupid either.

Didn't they just want viewership?

Then they'd just focus on the characters with the highest popularity.

Who was the most popular during Genshin Impact's launch?

Without a doubt—Mu Yang!

Even before the game launched, his handsome character design had already caused a heated discussion.

Later, his performance in the story—

Powerful, decisive, and doting on the Traveler—that is, the player.

And a bit of a contrasting personality, among other things.

Successfully made Mu Yang a wildly popular character.

In conclusion, as long as you made videos related to Mu Yang.

You'd get traffic.

And you could earn miHoYo's money.

So, all the great players began their own creative endeavors.

At this moment, in the stream of the female streamer Sparkle.

Sparkle had also finished most of the in-game content.

Her level was capped.

She could only wait for daily upgrades.

It was getting a bit boring on the way to find chests.

So she asked her fans, the 'Little Fun-lovers.'

"Hey guys, is there anything interesting we can do?"

"I'm bored."

Paid Message ($100):

[Why are you wearing my lunchbox on your feet?] : Is the streamer not solving puzzles because she can't?

Sparkle had long been immune to these kinds of provocative little tricks.

"How many Primogems do you get from solving puzzles? Don't you know that with your paid message just now."

"I could have opened several fewer chests."

[They already said the streamer has a mine at home, why are people still sending gifts]

[Gifting subs for a year]

Sparkle looked at the newly joined user with the Governor special effects.

They had even chosen a name similar to a character in the game.

It was the big shot who had become a Governor on the very first day of Genshin Impact's launch.

"Welcome Governor Mu Yang to the stream. It's been a while, big shot."

"Is there another girl now?"

Paid Message (Yuan):

[Mu Yang]: How about trying a cosplay?

This is Mu Yang himself.

He had just finished watching an amazing fan-made video.

He decided to see what current players were up to.

Clicking into livestreams, he found most people were grinding for materials and looking for treasure chests.

He came to Sparkle's stream and saw she seemed to be looking for something to do.

So he sent this paid message.

[Brother Mu is here]

[Cosplay sounds good, miHoYo has that video incentive now, feels like it could go viral]

[Flat-chested girls can only do cosplay, what else could they do, like guides?]

Sparkle pondered the comments in the chat.

It felt like a good idea.

She usually enjoyed cosplay.

If she could use the hype from Genshin Impact's launch and the video incentive to become popular through cosplaying characters.

Wouldn't that be awesome!

"Alright, alright, since our great Mu Yang said so, I'll satisfy you all."

"Who do you guys want to see me cosplay?"

[Mu Yang]

[Mu Yang +1]

[Mu Yang +]

Sparkle looked at the screen full of 'Mu Yang'.

This was just how the chat was, pure defiance.

"Fine, fine, you want to play it like this, I'll cosplay Mu Yang."

"I'll go look for something suitable."

"I think I had a traditional Chinese style outfit before..."

Sparkle left the room to rummage through her clothes.

After some time.

A young man with black hair and white clothes walked into the camera's view.

"How is it, guys?"

[???]

[Don't talk yet, I'm almost there]

[Amazing!]

[Female streamer easily cosplays male character, I don't know whether to laugh or cry]

[How can it be so similar?]

[It's similar, but it's missing something, I can't quite put my finger on it]

[I have that feeling too, it's probably the eyes, Mu Yang's eyes often convey a lot]

[You know, it really seems like it]

Sparkle watched the discussion in the chat.

She tried to imitate Mu Yang's gaze.

"How about now, guys?"

[Still not the right vibe]

[Forget it, Mu Yang is unique, you really can't imitate him]

[Flat-chested girl, stop struggling, it's already amazing that you, a female streamer, can get the body shape so similar]

[Mu Yang is indeed unique, I just saw a guy cosplay his back view on that bridge, and it didn't have any feeling at all]

[Could this be related to Mu Yang's experiences? The cosplayer doesn't know his story yet, so they can only imitate the form, not the spirit]

[I bet no one could imitate him even if they knew his story]

"I agree, it's impossible to imitate him. He's just himself."

"Indeed, our Mu Ge is one of a kind."

Sparkle found herself looking more and more unlike him.

"Alright, I'm going to end my stream for now."

"I'll alter the costume later and figure out how to replicate him better."

"Wait for my video to be ready."

After Sparkle ended her stream.

Mu Yang turned off his interface to do other things.

There wasn't much he could do while waiting for his popularity to increase.

He could only take a stroll around Wangshu Inn.

Until the system notified him.

The Cosplay section was now in full swing.

Only then did he return to his room to continue watching.

What was meant by "in full swing" was that the system had specifically created a poll for the Cosplay section.

The first-place winner would not only receive creative incentives from miHoYo but also a custom-made figure of Mu Yang.

It was a global exclusive, never to be reprinted!

Mu Yang: "Did they even ask me before giving it away?"

System: "I'm helping you strategize, and you're blaming me?"

"The current surge in popularity, once the voting deadline arrives."

"The moment the champion is decided, you'll be able to start the simulation!"

Mu Yang hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.

He was told it would take five days before.

It seemed he had wronged the system.

"Awesome, love you, system."

System: "Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮"

Mu Yang clicked on the videos in the Cosplay section.

The system clearly hadn't given them much time to prepare.

As for the male cosplayers, there's no need to mention them.

They were all uniformly cosplaying Mu Yang.

However, their vote counts weren't very high.

The comments in the comment section were also very honest.

"It's missing the vibe."

Mu Yang's gaze, his back, the contrast –

They were all unique.

Truly impossible to imitate.

On the female cosplayer side, Lumine's cosplay was the most common.

This was because she was the game's protagonist.

And many female streamers cosplayed Lumine to attract viewers when the game first launched.

The costumes and wigs were already prepared.

Looking through them all, Mu Yang found that the two with the highest vote counts were

Liu Ying CC, who cosplayed Lumine, and Sparkle, who cosplayed Mu Yang.

Who could have predicted this?

Sparkle's research had finally paid off.

Although she still couldn't replicate the aura of Mu Yang's character, she had somehow learned a couple of sword dance moves from who knows where.

It looked quite impressive.

Thanks to Mu Yang's immense popularity and her sword dance performance.

She managed to beat Liu Ying CC and take home the championship.

And the one-of-a-kind Mu Yang figurine.

Mu Yang couldn't wait to log out after watching.

He had more important things to do now.

"System, is the popularity value enough?"

"It is. Shall we proceed with completing the settings and starting the simulation?"

"Yes!"