"Therefore, the rewards for this event are—"
Chibi Jun Bai deliberately dragged out the end of his sentence to pique everyone's interest.
Chibi Jun Bai smiled and said: "I believe all Travelers are currently experiencing a shortage of leveling resources."
"Don't worry. Trust the Marshal—Marshal Jun Bai will solve all your problems."
"All Travelers who complete [Prosperous Fengdeng Road] in version 1.1 can obtain a total of 2000 Primogems, 10 million Mora, and a large amount of leveling resources as limited-time event rewards by fulfilling the event requirements."
Icons of Primogems, Mora, Character EXP materials, and other leveling resources appeared on the showcase page.
[2000 Primogems, 10 million Mora, and even other rewards… Is this still the miHoYo I know?]
[Boss is so generous!]
[With these benefits, I can hold my head high when I meet players from other similar gacha games in the future.]
"Wow——" ×3 (Chibi Ganyu, Lumine, Paimon)
Chibi Zhongli: "Having a subordinate like Jun Bai suddenly makes me feel that Rex Lapis's pressure is really heavy!"
Chibi Lumine: "As long as you give the order, Boss, we will immediately support Jun Bai to become Liyue's new god."
Chibi Ganyu: "I believe it won't just be us. All players will do the same."
Chibi Paimon: "Rex Lapis? What Rex Lapis? Hasn't Liyue only ever had the Marshal as its one and only god since ancient times?"
Chibi Jun Bai: "Don't say that. My loyalty to Rex Lapis is unshakable."
[As long as the Marshal gives the order, we are willing to become your supporters and will definitely place you on the divine throne.]
[Although the Marshal is loyal, if Rex Lapis becomes tyrannical and unjust, this divine throne is not something our Marshal cannot sit on.]
[Jun Bai (in imperial yellow robes): My dear ministers, this will not do. I really cannot commit treason.]
"I know everyone must be very happy right now. But I have to tell you all that you're happy too early."
"There's something even more exciting coming up!"
Chibi Jun Bai raised both hands, and the showcase page switched at the right moment, showing a page of Fengdeng Lou.
"All the rewards I mentioned above are limited-time event rewards for [Prosperous Fengdeng Road]. They will no longer be claimable after version 1.1."
"However, the gameplay related to [Prosperous Fengdeng Road], that is, building Fengdeng Lou, is a permanent mode."
"Oh!" ×4
Chibi Lumine: "Is it the kind of permanent mode I'm thinking of?"
Chibi Jun Bai: "Correct. It is a permanent mode similar to the Spiral Abyss. Players can raise the building level by managing Fengdeng Lou.
"Every time the building level increases by one, players can obtain corresponding rewards. These rewards are permanent and Travelers do not need to worry about missing them at all."
"Oh——" ×4
Chibi Paimon's eyes turned into stars: "Boss, Boss, since you used the Abyss as an example, does that mean…"
Chibi Jun Bai nodded: "Yes. After the Fengdeng Lou building level reaches max, players will receive corresponding performance targets every week. Completing the performance targets will grant fixed weekly Primogem and material rewards."
Chibi Lumine's eyes turned into stars: "Forget the Abyss then. I'm going to be the manager of my Fengdeng Lou!"
[Boss, please accept my knee!]
[Master, please sit properly. I'll go and deliver the heads of Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk to you right away!]
[Before watching the livestream: I can't clear the Abyss without Diluc and Klee (crying.jpg); After watching the livestream: Clearing the Abyss is for adventurers. I'm just a weak little Fengdeng Lou manager.]
[Crush Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk! Liyue Harbor belongs to Fengdeng Lou!]
Chibi Ganyu: "Boss, you're spoiling the players too much."
Chibi Zhongli: "Even from here I can imagine how explosive the livestream chat is right now."
Chibi Jun Bai's round eyes narrowed: "Is this already spoiling? I haven't even mentioned the most important benefit yet."
Chibi Lumine: "Boss, you really don't treat players as outsiders. These benefits are already so good, and there's still more?"
Chibi Paimon: "If this continues, we players can only repay you by working like oxen and horses."
Chibi Jun Bai: "After all, I'm a player myself. I can't wrong myself."
"The final benefit of Fengdeng Lou is one of the manager duties I mentioned earlier—receiving distinguished guests."
"During the management of Fengdeng Lou, characters from the game will appear as distinguished guests. Travelers can trigger events by conversing with these guests."
"Players can raise a character's Trust Level through these events. After the Trust Level increases, players can claim Primogem rewards and the corresponding character's chibi image."
"When a character's Trust Level reaches max, players can invite that character to join the party."
"Ah!" ×4
Chibi Ganyu: "Did I hear that right!"
Chibi Lumine: "Invite a character to join the party—does that mean directly obtaining that character?"
"Yes." Chibi Jun Bai gave an affirmative answer. "All non-limited 5-star Liyue characters can be obtained through receiving distinguished guests."
[All non-limited 5-star Liyue characters? Doesn't that include Qiqi too? This is something I can get without spending money?]
[Boss, Brother Bai, Boss Jun, how about I kowtow to you? Otherwise I really feel too guilty.]
[Godfather above, please accept this child's bow.]
[How dare you! Show some respect to my Imperial Father! Imperial Father above, this humble subject pays respects.]
The livestream chat was filled with the sound of people calling him daddy.
"As long as they are not limited 5-star characters, all Liyue characters—including future ones—can be obtained through the Fengdeng Lou management mode."
"This benefit is pretty good, right!"
Chibi Lumine: "Boss, here's my indenture contract. If you think I'm good, just sign it."
Chibi Paimon: "Have some dignity, will you."
"Last but not least, I've also prepared a small surprise in the event. Everyone will see it after the management level reaches max."
"That concludes the new event introduction segment. Next is the new character introduction segment that all Travelers have been looking forward to the most." Chibi Jun Bai took over the hosting duties and said.
Chibi Ganyu had no objections to this.
After all, he was the boss.
The hosting duties returned to chibi Ganyu. Under her lead, everyone quickly went through the skill introductions for the four new characters: Zhongli, Tartaglia, Xinyan, and Diona.
The players in the livestream chat were busy discussing who to pull for.
Only a portion of them were wondering where Jun Bai's skill introduction was.
Chibi Ganyu: "I know some Travelers might be confused. Jun Bai appeared in the character demo earlier, but he didn't appear in the character introduction segment just now."
Chibi Lumine: "For something like this, it's best to let the person himself handle it."
Chibi Paimon: "Let us welcome Boss Jun to present the final segment of the character introductions."
Chibi Jun Bai: "Next, I will introduce the new character to all Travelers—Feather Crosses the Mortal World, Jun Bai."
Jun Bai's full illustration appeared on the showcase page.
[Been waiting for this for so long!]
[Is Jun Bai releasing directly in version 1.1?]
[Good thing the rewards in version 1.1 are generous enough. Otherwise choosing between Zhongli and Jun Bai would have been really difficult.]
[One has absolute defense, the other has maximum charm. It really is hard to choose.]
After the complete character showcase, the character introduction text appeared beside Jun Bai's illustration.
[Jun Bai]
[A god who took over the position of Millelith Marshal during the Archon War. His fame spreads throughout all of Teyvat.]
[One of the gods protecting Liyue, Phenex, known in the Guili Assembly as the God of Fire and Farming. He walks the mortal world under the alias Jun Bai.]
[Unlike the Seven Archons who possess divinity and sit upon divine thrones, Phenex who walks the mortal realm seems more like a human filled with emotions.]
"In the past, I only had the name Phenex. The name Jun Bai was given to me by my friend."
"Compared to Phenex, I prefer others to call me Jun Bai. Perhaps because, rather than being a god born with power, I would rather live as a simple person."
Chibi Ganyu: "Live voice acting. Boss's skill is not inferior to Director Peng at all."
Chibi Jun Bai: "I didn't slack off when I was studying."
(The real situation was: When the person himself does the voice acting, of course the skill level is deep.)
"Jun Bai's Normal Attack is called Lingyun Nine Styles, which performs eight consecutive forward strikes."
Chibi Paimon's eyes turned round: "Eight-segment attacks are called Nine Styles?"
Chibi Jun Bai shrugged: "The Four Heavenly Kings have five people. Why can't a Nine-Style spear technique have eight segments?"
Chibi Lumine: "Reasonable, very reasonable."
"Alright, no more joking. Actually the ninth style is the Charged Attack. During the Charged Attack, Jun Bai's figure will disappear, then perform three spear strikes forward, dealing three instances of damage before reappearing."
"I'll change the introduction order a bit and start from Jun Bai's first Passive Talent—Offensive Rhythm."
"This is a talent skill I came up with when I was really into rhythm games. When Jun Bai releases Normal Attacks in a specific rhythm, the Normal Attacks will be converted into Pyro damage."
"During this period, if Jun Bai releases his Elemental Skill—Howling Heavens—his ATK will increase by 20%."
[Releasing in a specific rhythm… I can already imagine pressing buttons to the BGM with a controller.]
[According to this talent, if your execution is good, won't every spear strike be on fire?]
[It's only been one version since launch and Master Diluc is already unemployed? As expected, standard banner characters really can't compete with limited ones.]
[How can an ordinary person fight against a god? This design is perfectly reasonable.]
Chibi Lumine suddenly realized: "So that's why in the character demo the spear sometimes had fire and sometimes was a normal attack."
"Correct."
Chibi Jun Bai nodded: "Next, Jun Bai's Elemental Skill has two release methods: Tap and Hold."
"When tapped, Jun Bai will thrust his spear forward, dealing one instance of AoE Pyro damage and marking enemy units with the [Falling Feather] mark."
"Enemy units affected by Falling Feather will have their Pyro RES decreased by 10% per stack. Falling Feather can stack up to two layers on the same unit."
"When held, Jun Bai will enter a charging state. During this time, Jun Bai will gain increased damage reduction and interruption resistance."
"Every 3 seconds of charging, Jun Bai gains 10% Pyro DMG Bonus, and the Elemental Skill multiplier increases by 50%."
Chibi Ganyu: "Is this making a bomb?"
Chibi Jun Bai: "You can understand it that way."
[He actually admitted it.]
[Boss is so honest…]
[Since the boss personally admitted it, it seems the fully charged Elemental Skill damage is really high.]
[After all, the prototype is the boss himself. If the numbers were low, the production team wouldn't be able to live peacefully anymore.]
[It both reduces Pyro RES and increases Pyro DMG. One skill satisfies both.]
"However, although this strike will deal high damage, it is not without cost."
The showcase screen displayed the scene from the main storyline where the white-tasseled spear in Jun Bai's hand turned into dust.
"Howling Heavens can only be charged for up to 6 seconds. After 6 seconds it will automatically release. Additionally, regardless of charging time, after releasing the Elemental Skill, Jun Bai will enter a 5-second Disarmed state."
"In the Disarmed state, Jun Bai's ATK will decrease by 50%."
Chibi Zhongli: "Using power requires paying a corresponding price, right?"
"Correct."
Chibi Lumine's eyes turned round: "Isn't this price a bit too short?"
5 seconds. Switching to Bennett to cast his burst already takes a bit more than 3 seconds. Whether these 5 seconds exist or not basically makes no difference.
"If I didn't want to stay true to the plot, I wouldn't even have let the production team add this state."
[Boss doesn't seem very good at lying.]
[Boss Jun is really too honest. Whatever he thinks, he says it directly without hiding anything.]
"After the Elemental Skill comes the Elemental Burst segment that I am most satisfied with."
"Elemental Burst—Nirvana Rekindled."
The character showcase moved to the scene where Jun Bai spreads his flaming wings while facing the Cryo Regisvine.
"Restore 50% of Jun Bai's Max HP, unleash all of Jun Bai's power, and enter the Fully Armed state."
"Fully Armed is Jun Bai's current full-power posture. It removes all negative statuses on Jun Bai and locks Jun Bai's own stats."
Chibi Ganyu asked: "Like Xiangling?"
"Yes." Chibi Jun Bai nodded.
Chibi Lumine asked: "Then can I first cast Bennett's burst, then switch to Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers Barbara, and finally switch to Jun Bai to cast his Elemental Burst? That way even if the two buffs expire, Jun Bai can still enjoy the buffs?"
"What do you think?"
"As expected of the noble stat-locking mechanism!"
[Broken!]
[Same main carry, but Tartaglia and Jun Bai are not even on the same level.]
[This is the ultimate charm of my noble god, Millelith Marshal Lord Jun Bai!]
"Additionally, in the Fully Armed state, Jun Bai's HP will not recover. Then, for every 10% of HP exceeding 50%, Jun Bai's DMG dealt will increase by 10%."
"According to this effect, Jun Bai can obtain up to 40% DMG Bonus."
"At the same time, Jun Bai's Normal Attacks will gain unoverrideable Pyro conversion. Furthermore, Fully Armed will not be interrupted by switching characters."
Chibi Paimon looked excited: "This is perfect for someone like me who often switches characters in a panic!"
Chibi Zhongli: "It's clear that the production team really put in a lot of effort to please the boss."
Chibi Ganyu: "Not to mention Diluc—even Tartaglia, who is also a limited 5-star, is completely suppressed by the boss and can't stand out."
[What Jun Bai said: I want a new character modeled after me. Just make the numbers satisfy me.]
[What the production team heard: If my character can't crush other main carries, you all can pack up and leave.]
"The first Passive Talent was already mentioned earlier, so let's go straight to the second Passive Talent."
"Jun Bai's second Passive Talent—Strategizing—provides self-buffs based on the elements of the characters in the party."
Various elements and the corresponding buffs they provide to Jun Bai appeared on the showcase page.
After reading it, Chibi Ganyu was the first to comment: "Doesn't that mean Jun Bai has almost no requirements for artifact stats other than Crit Rate and Crit DMG?"
Chibi Jun Bai smiled: "Correct. And speaking of artifacts, we have to mention Jun Bai's Utility Passive—Careful Calculation."
"Experience required to enhance artifacts is reduced by 25%."
"Ah?" ×4
[Did I mishear? Did our boss just say that the experience required to enhance artifacts is reduced by 25%?]
[If the entire livestream chat isn't collectively hallucinating, then this is probably real.]
[Just for this talent alone, I must pull!]
[I knew skipping the Venti and Klee banners was the right choice. With a big guarantee in hand, who can stop me from getting the Marshal!]
Amid the exclamations, chibi Jun Bai finished the character introduction. The preview livestream moved on to the final optimizations segment.
Once the optimizations introduction ended, this preview livestream also came to a close.
At the very end of the preview livestream, chibi Tartaglia walked onto the already curtain-called stage:
"Sorry, I'm late… Eh? The livestream has already ended?"