Sparkle stared at Yao Guang's inscrutable smiling face, seized by the urge to grab him by the neck and shake him.
But the livestream chat had already gone wild on Sparkle's behalf.
"Close ties becoming even closer? What does that mean?"
"No way, no way."
"A political marriage?! That can't be it, right?"
"I smell blood in the water."
"Boss Yao, just say it already!"
Meanwhile, Mavuika on the holographic screen had handed the Microphone Artifact in her hand to Chen Li.
The Golden Honkai-Moe King accepted the microphone casually.
But the moment he spoke, the entire continent of Teyvat fell silent.
"People of Teyvat! I am Chen Li, temporarily acting as the Lord of Paradise. Having descended upon Teyvat today, I intend to do only three things!" Chen Li raised three fingers, his voice shattering the clouds over all seven nations through the sky screen.
"Lay down the King's Land! Suppress the Abyss! Establish a covenant!"
Hundreds of millions of Teyvat's residents looked up, etching those three statements into their minds word by word.
"The Abyss runs rampant, and the people cannot live in peace! Those endless Withering Zones, black mud, Eleazar—have you had enough of them?!" Chen Li's voice echoed across the heavens.
"We've had enough!" Mavuika raised a fist beside him and let out an enraged shout in perfect coordination.
The God of Fire's voice carried the wild explosive power unique to Natlan's people. Layered with the echoes from the heavens, it drove the atmosphere to a fever pitch.
Then Venti took back the microphone.
Although the Lord of Wind had silently stood there the entire time with an air of "I'm only here to show my support," when the microphone was held before him, Barbatos, whose eyes had remained half-lidded, slowly raised his head.
A cyan