Early the next morning.
Mu Yang slipped out of the city before dawn.
Using the footwork of his Lightness Skill,
no one noticed that he had already left the city.
System: "Host, you're way too proactive. You're heading out this early just to welcome the Traveler?"
System: "I never expected to encounter such a responsible host. I'm so touched. What more could a system ask for?"
It chattered away so early in the morning.
Mu Yang was sick to death of the thing.
"Snow leopard, shut up!"
Mu Yang had gotten up early
indeed because of Lumine.
To make Lumine and the players believe that he really had come to slay a dragon,
he needed them to notice him wandering around outside the city.
That way, once the plot progressed,
and Mu Yang made his entrance,
they would infer his actions from the information they already had.
After that, Mu Yang would not need to prove anything.
People only wanted to believe what they saw with their own eyes.
Mu Yang flew with his Lightness Skill to the top of a large tree near Starfall Lake.
Then he began waiting for Lumine's arrival.
Why Lumine rather than Brother Empty?
That was something to ask the system.
In any case, the protagonist in Mu Yang's world was Lumine.
She had awakened two months ago.
System: "I forgot to ask earlier. When do you plan to enter the banner pool?"
Mu Yang: "See? You're getting anxious again."
"Even if the background setup were complete, we still couldn't serve it up that quickly."
"Only after spending time together and developing feelings will this knife cut deep. Do you understand? Or do you not?"
System: "Fine, your call."
Blue Planet.
It was seven in the morning.
This was the earliest Guinaifen had ever gotten up in her streaming career.
After breakfast, she opened her stream.
Morning, Xiao Guizi.
Holy crap, the streamer can actually get up this early.
This is the charm of Genshin Impact. Praise the Genshin sect.
Shouldn't we be the Mu sect?
Mu sect.
"Has everyone from the Mu sect arrived, family? But the servers probably won't open this soon, right?"
Guinaifen interacted with the chat.
I heard the servers will open early. I'm already waiting at the gate.
Give me a break. miHoYo opening early? Do you know miHoYo better, or do I?
You know jack shit!
If the servers open early, I'll buy a Governor membership. Deal?
Deal. Forced PK.
Guinaifen merely smiled. She was only a small-time game streamer right now.
Forget Governor memberships; she had never even seen an Admiral membership.
Chat was just something to listen to.
She had received big gifts back when she did outrageous stunts.
Things like Chest Crushing Stone, eating ramen upside down, and biting lighters.
Later, her account got banned, the lighter was gone too, and more than seven hundred yuan was deducted.
After bouncing around, she came to Bilibili to become a game streamer.
Now she could only make a living off her face and figure.
This child was starving.
The end of the stunt era.
That glorious summer she could never return to.
How nostalgic.
She clicked open Genshin Impact's login screen.
The gates had not opened yet.
Just as she was wondering what to stream before Genshin Impact launched,
the notifications on her phone suddenly went off nonstop.
They were from Sushang.
"Xiao Guizi, Genshin Impact opened early! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Grab a front-row UID!"
She sent several messages in a row.
Guinaifen came to her senses.
She immediately opened the game and stepped through that door.
After a flash of white light,
Genshin Impact! Launch!
The gates really opened????
Holy shit, Mihoyo really opened early?
Were they afraid everyone would wait until ten and crash the servers?
Isn't this a backstab? I was waiting to grab a front-row UID and sell the account.
Enough with the fishing, troll.
'Lord Aoe Can't Touch Me: If the servers open early, I'll buy a Governor membership. Deal?'
'Lord Aoe Can't Touch Me: If the servers open early, I'll buy a Governor membership. Deal?'
'Lord Aoe Can't Touch Me: If the servers open early, I'll buy a Governor membership. Deal?'
Guinaifen laughed.
"Haha, family, how about someone buys a Governor membership?"
Once loading finished,
the game screen appeared.
Two shooting stars had been drawn in the sand.
Little Paimon's sugary voice came through.
"So, you two drifted here... from another world?"
Then the cutscene began.
A white-haired woman appeared.
"Outlanders, your journey ends here."
Kiana, why is it you?
Herrscher of the Void.
Isn't this our Herrscher of the Void? Remember to settle your appearance fee.
Pufferfish Sirin, confirmed.
Wow, foot binding. I'm drooling.
[Sweating emoji] What's going on upstairs? Your drool is dripping on my head.
After a battle,
'Choose one of the twins.'
Guinaifen chose Lumine without hesitation.
"The little sister is so cute. How could I not choose her?"
The stream's voice notification sounded.
'Thank you, Mu Yang, for purchasing a Governor membership.'
'Thank you, Mu Yang, for sending a highlighted message.'
'Good taste. I like the little sister too.'
Guinaifen did not react at first.
She got a Governor membership just for choosing the sister?
She said excitedly,
"Thank you, boss! Wishing you good health, success in everything, and eternal life!"
"Thank you, thank you."
Holy crap, there really is a Governor membership.
Boss, you're confused.
The old man's raining rice.
Friend, I'm jealous of your ID.
Okay, okay, you bought a Governor membership for my wife using my husband's ID. Am I part of your play?
Rich Guy, show us your vivo50 skills. I'm really starving here.
Where's Lord Aoe? Show our Xiao Guizi your strength too.
Teyvat.
Mu Yang leaned against a tree and watched the stream.
He was the one who bought that Governor membership.
It was not just Guinaifen's stream.
He had also sent gifts to the streams of Silver Wolf, Sparkle, and the others he had seen yesterday.
It was part of the publicity plan.
He was helping them all gain some popularity.
Then, when he showed his face later, he would gain more Popularity Points.
This investment in Popularity Points was necessary.
With the system around, it was nothing.
On the beach, Lumine
was telling Paimon her story.
"And that was how the unknown god took my brother away."
"I was also sealed by that god and lost my original power."
"We, who had once crossed countless worlds, were trapped here..."
She had drawn the story from just now on the ground with a branch.
To be honest, the drawing was a little abstract.
"How many years ago was that exactly? I don't know..."
"But I'll find a way to figure it out."
"After waking up, I wandered alone all the time, until I met you two months ago..."
Paimon replied with a smile.
"Mm, I had you to thank back then. Otherwise, I probably would have drowned..."
Cherish the blond who can still talk.
She can drown while flying in the sky? Incredible.
Haha, emergency food.
Paimon's voice is way too sugary. Little sugary Paimon.
Seeing this, Guinaifen put on a sugary voice too.
"The streamer just turned eighteen~"
"Can you tell me what a little sugary girl is~?"
I'll get you, you monkey. I've got goosebumps.
Keep being sugary, keep being sugary! That's exactly what I like. Other kinds make me cough.
Thanks, I was playing this out loud on the subway. I'm socially dead now.
You're watching Xiao Guizi on the subway and you're still afraid of social death?
After Paimon finished speaking,
she started leading Lumine toward Starfall Lake.
Lumine walked up the hillside.
From afar, she gazed at the Seven Statues of the Seven by Starfall Lake.
Paimon had just been about to introduce them.
Suddenly, a black figure streaked past Lumine.
She was incredibly fast.
As she passed by Lumine, she even whipped up a gust of wind.
Lumine hurriedly shielded her eyes.
Only after the wind died down did she look toward where the figure had flown.
She had not gone far, stopping on the mountainside nearby.
The figure wore black, with white hair.
She held a green sword in her hand.
She was examining the marks on a tree trunk.
Lumine knew that when hunters were tracking something,
this was usually what they did.
Was that person pursuing some kind of prey?
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