Young Jun Bai fell into the abyss that gave birth to him together with the God of Dreams, and the video ended there.
"I suddenly feel like crying."
Stelle wiped her tears and began acting spoiled toward Kafka: "Mom, I want to pull for C6 Jun Bai."
"Okay, Mom will pull with you."
Kafka expressed understanding and planned to pull for a C6 Jun Bai together with little Stelle.
[miHoYo… is still that same miHoYo.]
[The knife work isn't that familiar. Looks like it wasn't done by that old acquaintance. Seems like I'll have to make a trip to the Magic City to meet some new friends.]
[So the usage of this Nirvana God is the same as the Flame-Chasers, right?]
[miHoYo, how ruthless. You can even bring yourself to hurt such a cute little Jun Bai! Isn't it just spending money? I'll spend it, okay? Just don't knife my little Jun Bai—]
[The writing team arranged this kind of plot for the boss's own character. They really aren't worried about getting their salaries deducted.]
Tonight, the majority of Genshin Impact players would experience a sleepless night.
——Teyvat
Jun Bai woke up from his sleep and was stretching his body when he received a message from the system:
[Host, it exploded.]
"What happen?" Jun Bai blurted out in English. "Did the stocks I asked you to buy for me in the real world explode?"
[Not yet. I was talking about your popularity value.]
[Popularity Value: 500,000, 510,000…]
The popularity value had already broken through the 500,000 mark and was still continuously rising.
"Looks like your editing skills are pretty good." Jun Bai said slowly while practicing Tai Chi.
[It's because the host's script is good.]
"You've really mastered the art of mutual commercial praise. Deduct the popularity value needed to generate the major event. Put all the remaining popularity value into restoring my strength."
In the preview livestream, the major event Jun Bai mentioned did exist. However, that major event would not appear in the game out of thin air just because there was a plan.
To implement the event into the game, Jun Bai needed to provide popularity value for the system to perform code programming.
To put it plainly, it was outsourcing work.
[Understood, Host.]
400,000 popularity value was cleared. Jun Bai's strength had recovered to the level of a newborn god. He could now fight Havria.
"Preparation complete. Just waiting for tomorrow to begin."
Jun Bai took out a sandalwood box, opened it, and retrieved the dark-red long spear inside.
He performed a beautiful spear flourish with the tip. The young man's expression was half-smiling, half-not.
——Reality
Ten days had passed since the preview livestream. Today was the update day for version 1.1.
"Everyone… Little Gui is back, revived!"
The energetic Little Gui appeared in the livestream room.
Ever since she learned from the preview livestream that Jun Bai would enter the gacha pool in version 1.1, Little Gui's mood had remained extremely high.
——Until she finished watching Guili Assembly Past.
Her emotions had gone through massive ups and downs. After that day, Little Gui had directly stopped streaming until now.
Viewers were worried that Little Gui couldn't handle the blow and had retired early, but now it seemed that worry was unnecessary.
[Sushang: Little Gui, you're finally back. I was worried you would never stream again.]
"Don't worry, Shang Shang. Little Gui is very strong. I didn't stream during this time because I was traveling to change my mood."
"Now, Little Gui has fully recovered and will take everyone to experience the brand new main storyline."
As Little Gui spoke, she opened Genshin Impact. After all resources finished loading, she arrived at the familiar login screen.
"Genshin Impact, launch!"
The seven-element progress bar finished loading, and Little Gui successfully landed in Teyvat.
She opened the quest tracker. The guiding cursor directed her character toward the entrance of the inn.
After the character reached the inn, a cutscene was triggered.
Lumine and Paimon walked out of the inn.
"In the blink of an eye, two days have passed. Tomorrow we have to go see Ningguang." Paimon said, then suddenly had an idea. "Lumine, according to Liyue customs, since we're guests visiting, shouldn't we prepare some gifts?"
"But aren't we the ones being invited?" Lumine countered.
"That's true, but think about it. If we bring a gift when we visit Ningguang, then out of courtesy, wouldn't she have to return the favor?"
"Ningguang is a rich person, and one of the seven richest in Liyue Harbor. Even a little bit leaking from her fingertips would mean we wouldn't have to worry about Mora for the rest of our lives."
Paimon said with starry eyes.
[As expected, Paimon doesn't do anything without a reason.]
[If Paimon's idea could succeed, Ningguang wouldn't be one of the Liyue Qixing.]
[I'll be a prophet first. After giving this gift, we'll probably end up working for Ningguang. Does anyone believe me?]
"I feel like this is just your one-sided fantasy." Lumine's view was the same as the viewers in the livestream.
"No way. I thought about this carefully for two whole days. It will definitely succeed!"
Paimon was deeply convinced of her own idea: "Perfect. Last night when I was dreaming, I thought of a really good dessert that would be perfect as a gift."
"What dessert?"
"Sugared Slime."
[…Slime? Can this thing really be eaten? Oh, wait, little Jun Bai has eaten it before. Never mind.]
[Little Jun Bai is a god, so it's fine if he ate it. But my wife is a proper human. If she eats a raw Slime, something bad will definitely happen, right?]
[Not necessarily. After all, Xiangling often uses Slimes in her cooking, so Slimes can still be eaten after proper processing.]
[But if we really give a Slime as a gift to Ningguang, won't we get kicked out of the Jade Chamber?]
"Sugared Slime…"
"How about we find Jun Bai and go to Fengdeng Lou together to ask which desserts are suitable for gifting?" Lumine felt Paimon's idea was unreliable and thus proposed a definitely reliable one.
"Does that mean you're doubting that my Sugared Slime isn't suitable as a gift?" Paimon said with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Sugared Slime? Sounds like it would taste pretty good."
Jun Bai walked out of the inn and said.
"Jun Bai, you think so too?" Paimon looked like she had found a kindred spirit.
[Paimon, the person in front of you has way too much authority when it comes to the taste of Slimes.]
[He grew up gnawing on Pyro Slimes raw, to the point that after arriving at the Guili Assembly he ate like a starving ghost reincarnated.]
[If anyone else said this, I'd think they were just being polite. But if it's Jun Bai… I don't doubt for a second that he really wants to try the taste.]
Jun Bai nodded: "It does sound like a pretty good dessert. Very creative. But Ningguang holds high position and great power. Just being creative with the gift might not be enough."
"How about we get a serving of the second-floor exclusive Thousand-Layer Sweet Sand Crisp from Fengdeng Lou and give it to Ningguang together with Paimon's Sugared Slime?"
"Thousand-Layer Sweet Sand Crisp!" The moment she heard the name of the delicacy, Paimon's attention instantly shifted.
"That's a dessert that Fengdeng Lou doesn't share with outsiders. The sweet sand crisp has a soft and glutinous texture with a sweet flavor, and the Thousand-Layer Sweet Sand Crisp is even richer in texture on top of the original sweet sand crisp. That taste…"
Listening to Jun Bai describe the taste of the sweet sand crisp, Paimon completely forgot about the Sugared Slime and urged Lumine to go to Fengdeng Lou to buy the Thousand-Layer Sweet Sand Crisp.
Lumine subtly gave Jun Bai a grateful look, then followed Paimon toward the direction of the Guili Assembly.
[Jun Bai: Behold my topic-shifting technique!]
[Special attack against Paimon using food topics.]
[Compared to Sugared Slime, Fengdeng Lou's exclusive dessert is obviously more suitable as a gift. But has Paimon never considered that the second floor is specifically for receiving distinguished guests?]
[Her eyes have been blinded by food.]