——Reality
After the PV broadcast, the version 2.0 preview livestream came to an end here.
For version 2.0's character banners, aside from Ayaka and Yoimiya who were the first to prepare for the Inazuma version, there was also the rerun of Guizhong.
It would run together with Yoimiya's banner in the second half.
Yoimiya: Is this already the start of peak matches?
Just like that, ten days passed, and version 2.0 officially updated.
Aventurine's livestream room.
"Hello everyone, this is the new streamer Aventurine." Aventurine turned on the front camera and greeted the audience in the livestream room.
"To introduce myself to friends who don't know me, I am the contestant who recreated Fengdeng Lou in the official Serenitea Pot building contest some time ago."
[So the one who said he'd make a small design and then casually took first place was you...]
[I knew I'd seen this face before.]
[What impressed me most was that Boss Jun provided a prize of only fifty thousand, and then this guy himself took out nine hundred fifty thousand to add it up to one million and donated it to impoverished mountainous areas.]
"This little matter is not worth mentioning."
Aventurine smiled and waved his hand: "If it weren't for participating in that day's competition, I wouldn't even know there was such a game."
[Ah? So the streamer doesn't play Genshin Impact?]
"I only downloaded it recently. Previously I was competing on behalf of my sister. She wanted that champion trophy to take home and decorate, so I brought it back for her." Aventurine explained.
[The streamer is really good to his sister.]
Aventurine smiled: "That's my sister after all, of course I have to fulfill her wish."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's play the game first. This is my first time playing. If there are places where I don't play well, please point them out."
(Feeling that if Aventurine hadn't lost everything and didn't need to stake his life on a gamble, he would probably have this kind of personality.)
(Kakavasha is such a little angel!)
Aventurine entered the game, then logged in and went to the event page to claim two pulls. This was one of the benefits Jun Bai gave players when the new map opened—signing in awarded 20 consecutive pulls.
Then Aventurine clicked open the character banner.
"Kamisato Ayaka looks quite good, but unfortunately I still want Jun Bai voiced by Boss Jun." Aventurine's tone carried no small amount of regret.
While going through the story, Aventurine had come to like Jun Bai quite a lot.
"I only got into the game with last version's island. The limited characters I have are only Klee and Kazuha. I'm still short one team for the Abyss, so I'll pull for an Ayaka as a transition."
The explanation was reasonable. The chat friends in the livestream room were waiting to see how Aventurine's pulls would go.
[Looking at the number of Primogems, this is exactly one soft pity. Just don't know if the streamer is on small guarantee or not.]
[Wait a minute—the streamer isn't pulling but opened the recharge page instead? (confused.jpg)]
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Aventurine dropped ten 648s before slowly starting to pull.
During the process, he either got early gold or double gold.
The golden light made the chat friends in the livestream room shed tears of envy.
Soon, a fully constellated Kamisato Ayaka was in hand.
[Silver Wolf: Sooner or later I'm going to steal this account from you!]
[Sparkle: Little Wolf, calm down. Even if you steal the account, Little Peacock can just spend money to buy another identical starting lineup~]
——Teyvat
Guili Assembly.
After ending the summer beach gathering on the Golden Apple Archipelago, Lumine, Paimon, and Yiya returned to this place that could be said to be their hometown.
At this moment, the three were discussing their next itinerary.
Yiya wanted to continue exploring in Liyue, because She hadn't seen Jun Bai for a while.
Paimon wanted to go to Dragonspine, because the summer on the Golden Apple Archipelago was a bit warm and she wanted to escape the heat.
So the decision fell to Lumine.
Lumine pretended to ponder and said, "I think it's time to embark on a new journey!"
Back then they hadn't continued toward Inazuma. One reason was that Liyue needed time to rebuild and there was no way to set sail.
The second reason was that after experiencing a great battle in Liyue, Lumine and Paimon really did need rest.
Now that Liyue's reconstruction was complete, they could set off again. Moreover, Lumine and Paimon had not only recharged their energy and recovered all their stamina, but even had Yiya joining them.
It could be said that this was the best moment to head to Inazuma.
Paimon: "Why did you still give one more option!"
[Sorry, Paimon. The game only gave this one dialogue option. Otherwise I would definitely vote for Yiya.]
[Now although it's one-to-one-to-one, in reality it's one-to-one. Paimon's opinion doesn't matter.]
[Whose good person goes to the snow mountain to escape the heat in the middle of summer!]
[But if we really go, we can hug Yiya to keep warm~]
"I care a little about my brother's matters." Lumine lowered her head, her expression rarely turning gloomy.
Hearing this, Paimon and Yiya immediately fell silent.
They had experienced the journey with Dainsleif together and, at the end of that journey, had also seen Lumine's blood relative.
The Prince of the Abyss Order—Aether.
Regarding her own blood relative being the highest ruler of the Abyss Order, Lumine and Paimon had already heard it from Jun Bai's mouth.
But when she saw her brother step out from the Abyss's teleportation rift, Lumine's heart was still very complicated.
"..."
Paimon was silent for a while, then said:
"I understand. Your brother said he's waiting for you at the end of the journey. As your companion and guide, I naturally have to go with you."
"Yiya~" (together)
Yiya took Lumine's hand and smiled at her.
[Ah! Yiya little cutie!]
[Yiya actually gave up meeting Jun Bai for us—big progress in the relationship!]
"Since Yiya also agrees, then it's unanimous."
Paimon laughed: "Next stop—Inazuma!"
Crisp footsteps sounded from the side—the sound of high heels stepping on the ground.
"Are the two of you and Lord Yiya going to Inazuma?"
Yunshang's voice, carrying a slight smile, came from the side. Only then did the three realize that Yunshang had appeared beside them without anyone noticing.
"Miss Yunshang! Don't suddenly scare people!"
Paimon flew out from behind Lumine and let out a sigh of relief.
"Sorry. I happened to run into the two of you and Lord Yiya on the street, so I came over to say hello and then heard that everyone was planning to go to Inazuma."
Yunshang slightly bowed, expressing her apology to Paimon.
[You better think I'd believe that.]
[As everyone knows, the words of the Ziwei siblings—even they themselves don't know if they're true or false.]
[In the voice lines, Jun Bai evaluated Xuanjian and Yunshang like this: "These two's business ability and experience I'm very reassured about, but their speech is half-true and half-false. Even Rex Lapis and Guizhong cannot judge."]
[Reasonable guess—Yunshang was waiting on the side for us to proactively say we wanted to go to Inazuma.]
"Uh... you're right." Paimon asked, "We're planning to go to Inazuma. You and Xuanjian must have a way, right?"
Lumine's gloomy expression vanished in an instant. She looked at Yunshang full of anticipation: "Can we let Xuanjian open the Ziwei Star Palace to send us to Inazuma? Yiya must want that too."
"Yiya!" Yiya's eyes lit up.
Lumine's request—Yunshang and Xuanjian might not necessarily agree and could even use seemingly plausible words to brush them off.
But Yiya's request—even Yunshang and Xuanjian would definitely not refuse, unless it was truly impossible.
"It is an honor for me and my brother that Lord Yiya thinks highly of the Ziwei Star Palace."
"However, it's a pity. The Ziwei Star Palace does not support long-distance flight. Usually it can only float in the air above Guili Assembly."
Yunshang shook her head.
"I think even if it could, we shouldn't do that. Letting the Ziwei Star Palace fly to Inazuma would definitely cause Liyue and Inazuma to go to war." Paimon said.