Internet-Addicted Girl?

(Brain storage area)

"Hey, stop spacing out." Lin Yiyi patted Furina's little head, then looked at Liu Chao and the others.

"What happened today is up to you whether to tell others or keep it secret, but don't say too much, or it'll affect your magnetic fields."

"Sounds pretty fantastical, right? There's something even more fantastical." Lin Yiyi smiled and looked at Furina—the visitor from another world.

"Let's go. Under my talismans' purification, that girl should be awake by now."

After putting the Pen Fairy into his gourd, Lin Yiyi returned to the hospital room and discovered that his talismans had long vanished. In their place, several beams of green light slowly revolved around the hospital bed.

Fang Yaya was sitting up in bed. She still looked a little weak, but she was much better now.

Lin Yiyi was utterly baffled. "Wait, where are my talismans?"

"I was only gone for a moment, and you were already so eager to see me?"

"Sigh, I suppose my charm really can't compare to that."

Furina emerged from the restroom, her fair hand damp with a few droplets of water. It seemed she had just washed up.

"No, my talismans. The talisman papers."

"...How boring." Furina then walked to the side and studied Xiao, making him rather uncomfortable.

"..."

"?"

"Xiao! Is that you, Xiao?! And Fufu! Oh my God, the makeup, costume, and wigs are so accurate!" Fang Yaya's sudden cry shattered the silence in the hospital room.

Furina jumped at the unexpected shout and stared at Fang Yaya in bewilderment.

"It's me." Xiao had long heard that his fame in this world was no less than Zhongli's, so he was not surprised by this reaction.

"Oh my God! Even the voice is this accurate! Adeptus Xiao, I'm your biggest fan!" Where was Fang Yaya's former weakness now? She looked as though she had been pumped full of adrenaline, brimming with endless energy.

"Quick, quick, quick, Liu Chao! I want a photo with him!"

"Oh my God, granny, calm down already!"

"Hurry up, or don't even think about copying my homework! Hey, hey, Fufu, I want a photo with you too!"

"Judging from your birth characters, your weak constitution was why that Pen Fairy targeted you. It wanted you to become her replacement."

Lin Yiyi pinched his fingers and calculated for a moment before reaching a conclusion.

"If it had been someone else, it might not have done this. It would have simply left on its own."

"But by coincidence, the Pen Fairy you summoned had found a very suitable replacement in you, so it attacked you."

Lin Yiyi shook his head and continued, "Do more good deeds in your daily life and build up some virtue. If you have nothing to do, visit temples or Taoist shrines, burn some incense, pray for blessings, and strengthen your energy and magnetic field."

"Nothing else to do, so I'm leaving." Lin Yiyi stood and patted his cowboy hat, signaling Xiao and Furina that they could go.

"Please wait!"

After leaving the hospital room, the matter was considered settled.

Lin Yiyi looked at the three thousand yuan that had been transferred to his phone and sighed. "Are young people these days all this rich?"

"They're so young, yet they can casually hand over three thousand."

Because he had helped drive away the evil spirit, the result was that he received a sum of money.

"Ah—" After stretching, Lin Yiyi headed back to the alley from before.

He found the homeless man sleeping soundly. The alley had been too deep, so no one had noticed the disturbance inside. As for the old man, he was sleeping like the dead and would probably remember nothing when he woke up.

After leaving behind some food and water, the three of them departed.

"Hey, Traveler, where are we going next?" The three walked down the street. There were hardly any people out on the night of Qingming Festival. Their three figures were reflected along the cold, desolate road.

Lin Yiyi looked down the street and thought for a moment. "How about this? Let's record two videos."

"I'll document you two and post them online. Let those people broaden their horizons."

As an actress and Fontaine's biggest star, Furina performed an elegant and stunning dance for Lin Yiyi to record.

As for Xiao, Lin Yiyi recorded footage of him wielding blades and spears.

He then took several photos with his phone to use as the final shots at the end of the videos.

"Let's go find a hotel."

"If there is nothing else, may I return to Wangshu Inn?"

Outside the deserted hotel, Lin Yiyi looked into Xiao's golden eyes and opened a dimensional rift.

"What about you, Fufu?" Lin Yiyi asked after the passage closed.

"There's nothing for me to do if I go back anyway. I might as well follow you."

Furina crossed her arms and answered casually.

She could mooch food and drinks here, which was far better than cooking macaroni at home by herself.

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After showering, Lin Yiyi lay on the hotel bed.

Lin Yiyi only carried two sets of spare underclothes all year round. Once he had worn them for too long, he would toss the old ones and buy new ones.

For one, it lightened his load while traveling. For another, if his body temperature became too high or too low, he could simply draw a couple of talismans and stick them on himself.

Lin Yiyi began studying the Teyvat app again.

"A Hilichurl appeared once before. Why?" After thinking it over, Lin Yiyi guessed that someone else might also be able to summon monsters from the original game to wreak havoc on this world.

But he had no clue whatsoever. He had tried using divination to calculate it some time ago, but after wracking his brains, Lin Yiyi had only received one answer.

Unknown.

No matter how much Lin Yiyi pondered it, he could not figure it out. He did not know whether this app was good or bad. It had undeniably brought much light into his dark inner world, but it could also bring disaster upon him.

After editing the videos on his phone, Lin Yiyi uploaded both Xiao's and Furina's videos to Musical Note, Quick Hand, and Bilibili. For now, Musical Note had generated the biggest buzz among the three apps. It had the most users, so naturally it had more netizens as well.

"Why do you keep staring at that shiny little thing?" Furina had also finished showering and walked out of the bathroom.

A white towel wrapped around Furina's graceful figure, exposing only her collarbones and delicate shoulders. The sight was enough to make one drool, yet Lin Yiyi had no interest in it whatsoever.

Lin Yiyi did not even look up at her. Instead, he explained, "I'm making videos. If they get popular later, maybe I can make money."

"This is called a phone. It's a product of this world's technology. You can use it to chat, take pictures, play games, and more."

"It's really that amazing? Let me try it too!"

Thus, Furina hugged Lin Yiyi's phone and quickly became so absorbed in it that she could not pull herself away, making the young man seriously suspect that she would become an internet-addicted girl.

"Hey, hey, hey, Traveler, look! She's actually wearing my clothes!" Furina came across a video and held the phone before Lin Yiyi's eyes. He looked over and saw that it was Jiang Yehua.

"Yeah, she's very popular right now. It's about the same as your fame in Fontaine."

Furina continued scrolling through the phone. Lin Yiyi watched her, his thoughts returning to Version 4.2.

"On one side are the lives of every Fontaine citizen, and on the other is my own pain. There's no need to think about which side the scales would tip toward, is there?"

"...So this is the new Hydro Archon?..."

"...How is she any different from an ordinary person?..."

"Everything will end in a grand, theatrical trial. Everyone will be saved."

"The prophecy is a sword hanging over everyone's heads."

"Lady Furina, are you crying?"

"It's been so long, so lonely... How much longer?"

"Welcome to the nation of water! I, Focalors, the God, acknowledge the value and meaning of your journey!"

"Hey, listen to me! I really am a god!"

"Everyone will dissolve into the sea, leaving only the Hydro Archon weeping alone upon her divine throne."

"The prophecy... was false?"

The scenes still echoed through the young man's mind. Looking at the girl on the bed, so curious about these new things, he was overwhelmed with complicated emotions.

"I'm sorry, Lady Furina."