Mu Yang's Origins, Thousand Mountains Covered in Snow

Mu Yang had just finished saying "Yes" to the system.

He immediately felt his consciousness being stripped away.

Then he lost control of his body.

He collapsed heavily onto the bed.

When his consciousness gradually cleared.

He could feel himself falling.

The fall was very long.

After an unknown amount of time.

The fall finally stopped.

Mu Yang felt as if he had embedded himself into something.

He stopped moving.

He wanted to open his eyes.

But he couldn't.

He wanted to open his mouth but couldn't speak.

"What the hell is this?"

"Why can't I move?"

"...I don't think I wrote about my origin story."

"Did the Teyvat world correct me for that?"

This situation, with darkness all around.

And being unable to do anything.

Made Mu Yang uncomfortable.

He liked small surprises and unexpected events.

He disliked situations where things were out of his control.

"System, what's my current status?"

"System?"

This was even more troublesome; even the system was gone.

However, since it was called a simulation.

There had to be an end to it.

He would just wait for now.

It seemed like waiting was the only option.

After a long time.

Mu Yang found himself slowly absorbing the surrounding energy.

"Could it be that I popped out of a rock?"

"Then can you absorb faster? Give me full power!"

Mu Yang had this thought.

He began to imagine himself absorbing the surrounding energy.

As this thought arose.

The energy growth actually began to accelerate.

After another unknown amount of time.

The accumulated energy had reached a critical point.

Mu Yang had considered the thoughts of 'Form Manifestation' and 'Emerge from Earth'.

But it seemed something was still missing.

The energy growth had become very slow now.

He had absorbed almost everything nearby.

On this day, he sensed two energy masses approaching.

Mu Yang had never encountered such strong energy in this place.

These two were likely powerful individuals.

This is my opportunity.

Mu Yang thought.

When they get closer, I'll try to absorb them and break through.

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Why are those two moving so slowly?

Even walking normally wouldn't be this slow.

Not long after, Mu Yang finally waited for them.

He tried to absorb these two energy masses.

It didn't work...

"What's going on? I got my hopes up for nothing."

Then, he heard the two of them talking.

A lively, playful voice said.

"It seems this is the source of the disaster."

Mu Yang was stunned.

What was that?

Disaster?

What did I do?

Another voice sounded like an ice mountain beauty.

Giving off a cool, mature vibe.

"Be careful, this thing is strange. It's very sharp."

This seemed to leave the playful one speechless.

"Uh... could anything else have made this place like this?"

The mature one sounded wronged.

"I'm just reminding you to be safe."

Very sharp?

Mu Yang thought about it for a moment.

It was highly likely he was a sword right now.

His Signature Weapon had gained sentience!

This was the most likely explanation.

It had more relevance than emerging from a rock.

If he was a sword, maybe he needed someone to pull him out?

Could this be the final step to Form Manifestation?

Mu Yang really wanted to shout for these two kind people to help him.

Unfortunately, he couldn't speak.

The lively girl seemed to walk around Mu Yang.

"This thing doesn't look like it grew from the ground."

"It must have fallen from the sky."

Of course, sister.

How could a sword possibly grow from the ground for you?

So that initial fall I experienced was actually falling from the sky.

The mature one's voice asked.

"You know a lot, what should we do now?"

The lively girl's voice said.

"Why don't we try pulling it out?"

"Of course, you'll have to do it, I definitely can't."

The mature one's voice: "I can't do it either."

The lively voice's tone rose.

"You can bite it with your mouth."

Mu Yang: Meow meow meow?

What are you two playing at?

Are you trying to be intimate?

You need to pull out a sword with your mouth? Don't you have hands?

Wait, no hands...

Holy crap!

You two aren't by any chance Fujin and Lingyuan, are you?

It's all Mahayuga's fault.

Why don't they voice the side quests?!

Otherwise, I would have recognized them long ago.

Mu Yang was overjoyed; he figured he was about to come out.

However, the fact that his debut involved being bitten by Lingyuan...

was a bit awkward.

Mu Yang felt Lingyuan's aura approaching.

She seemed about to bite down...

She was repelled.

The agile girl asked with concern.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. It looks like I'll have to destroy it then."

Ugh, it seems Lingyuan has a bit of a temper.

Mu Yang felt Lingyuan attacking him.

The moment his sword body touched her claws.

Mu Yang concentrated all the energy he had gathered on the matter of 'Form Manifestation'.

And it absolutely had to be with clothes!

He tried his best to imagine the appearance from the character illustration.

Finally, he felt his limbs and facial features again.

Mu Yang opened his eyes.

Before him was a world of ice and snow.

The giant blue beast seemed to have been sent flying backward.

There was also a surprised Little Koi nearby.

Mu Yang quickly looked down to check his attire.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew... Fully equipped, except I don't have a Vision or a Jade Pendant at my waist."

"Good thing that embarrassing scene didn't happen."

The beastly Lingyuan in the distance stabilized herself.

She let out an angry roar at Mu Yang.

Being repelled twice had already enraged the mountain king.

Fortunately, Fujin rushed between the two of them.

Only then did Lingyuan refrain from charging forward.

But she was clearly unhappy.

"Why are you helping him?"

Fujin was calmer.

She wasn't good at fighting, but her mind was sharp.

"We came to help you resolve this disaster, not to fight."

Mu Yang heard the word "disaster" again.

He looked around.

The surroundings were a vast expanse of white.

All covered in snow.

There was only a trail where Lingyuan had walked.

From the trail, it could be seen that the accumulated snow was almost up to Mu Yang's knees.

However, his current state was strange.

He stood on the snow as if he were floating.

He didn't sink in.

He felt like a spirit.

Mu Yang thought carefully.

Hiss, could it be that I caused this by absorbing all the nearby energy?

Fujin tried to ask.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Mu Yang nodded.

Fujin moved a little closer.

Lingyuan followed closely behind, afraid that Fujin would also be repelled.

Fujin asked again.

"Where did you come from, and why are you destroying the environment here?"

Mu Yang shook his head.

He guessed that he had absorbed the nearby energy.

But he really didn't know where he came from.

From the sky? Sky Island? He didn't know.

Fujin and Lingyuan exchanged a glance.

"Then can you restore this place to how it was?"

Mu Yang turned his head back.

He looked at his 'main body'.

It was said to be a sword, but it looked more like a crystal-clear shard.

It only had a blade, but no hilt.

Mu Yang approached in his spiritual form.

Then he reached out to grasp the sword.

The surrounding snow began to gather towards the blade.

Then it condensed into a pure white, flawless hilt.

Mu Yang grasped the hilt with his right hand.

He pulled the sword out of the ground.

He casually swung the sword, creating a flourish.

His floating spiritual form ended.

Mu Yang's feet touched the ground once more.