The golden meteor that descended from the heavens completely lifted Chen Xiyao's spirits. An early golden drop! This was an early golden drop!
Ignoring the barrage of question marks flooding the live stream chat, Chen Xiyao stared excitedly at the game screen.
"My name is Mu Qingxu. My master is Cloud Retainer, and my elder sister is the Kaiyang of the previous generation."
The first one was Mu Qingxu!
"Ha ha! See? Who said I was always unlucky? Things are finally looking up!" Chen Xiyao grinned, immediately clicking "Skip."
She had assumed that pulling even one Qingxu would be a win. Chen Xiyao didn't have high expectations for this account, but when she skipped the animation, the game screen revealed three Qingxus!
And two Xianglings to boot! !
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Chen Xiyao was stunned by the sudden windfall, letting out a series of excited shrieks in the live stream.
[Huh???]
[Is this still that unlucky streamer?]
[Hiss~ So these kinds of gacha outcomes are real? I always thought they were photoshopped!]
[Inhale Inhale Inhale]
[I want these results too, Mihoyo, are you listening?!]
Chen Xiyao's sudden stroke of good fortune seemed to have flipped a switch. After that, she obtained a Qingxu in nearly every 30-40 pulls.
By the time she reached C6, she still had over forty pulls remaining!
She immediately shifted her focus to the weapon banner.
Qingxu was practically bound to her signature weapon, making it absolutely crucial!
The weapon banner's waters ran even deeper than the character banner. The "Path" system felt like a joke, always veering off to the wrong weapon.
Chen Xiyao ended up recharging four 648 packs just to fully refine the weapon.
Riding the momentum from her recent luck, many viewers in the live stream asked Chen Xiyao to pull for them. Confident in her luck, she readily agreed.
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Within the Unrelenting Will, Jiang Mumu had gathered her idle consciousnesses: Rola's consciousness, Qingge's consciousness, and Yuna's consciousness.
The Unrelenting Will had been modified by Jiang Mumu, ensuring that no one outside could see what was happening inside—not even the Heavenly Principles themselves.
The trio sat around a table, each with a pile of fruit before them, playing a game of Three Card Poker.
"One banana," Rola declared, expressionless as she bet a banana on her pair of Queens.
Yuna slowly peeked at her cards. Seeing a 5 after her 2 and 3, her small face crumpled. "I fold."
Qingge: "I call."
Rola: "One Sunsettia."
Qingge: "I call."
Yuna quietly leaned closer to Rola, trying to peek at her hand, but Rola swiftly shielded them, blocking Yuna's view.
Yuna: "..."
Qingge glanced at her hand and tossed down a Sunsettia. "Showdown! Pair of Aces."
Rola silently folded her cards.
Qingge chuckled softly, raking all the fruit on the table to her side.
Just as Qingge began shuffling the cards for the next round, a certain someone barged in.
"Heh heh, playing games, are we?"
Jiang Mumu strode in, clutching her laptop, ignoring Rola and Yuna as she made a beeline for Qingge.
"Here, click this for me," Jiang Mumu said, handing Qingge the mouse.
With a resigned sigh, Qingge followed Jiang Mumu's instructions and clicked on Qingxu's gacha interface.
A golden six-star descended from the heavens. Jiang Mumu immediately skipped the animation, and seven Qingxu characters materialized on the game screen.
"Yay!"
Next, Jiang Mumu had Qingge click on the weapon pool gacha.
Six Tidesong Jade Splinter weapons! ! !
Twenty pulls. Jiang Mumu had pulled a C6R5 Qingxu in just twenty pulls. Wahahaha! I knew letting Qingge pull would be a guaranteed success!
"Haha, you guys carry on. I won't bother you. I'm off now..."
With a subtle glance from Qingge, Rola and Yuna immediately understood. They stepped forward and blocked Jiang Mumu's path.
Jiang Mumu backed away. "W-what do you want?"
"What do we want?" Rola cracked her knuckles and stretched her neck, a predatory grin spreading across her face. "What do you think?"
Jiang Mumu swallowed hard, her eyes widening in alarm.
Rola: "We want... a laptop! No, three! We want three laptops!!"
Phew~
Jiang Mumu let out a long sigh. Is that all?
She had thought... she'd have to fight herself...
Hmm, why does that sound so strange?
Never mind, I'll just forget about it.
Using a bit of Emotional Value, Jiang Mumu exchanged for three high-spec computers capable of connecting to Earth's Internet and even provided Rola and the others with specialized gaming chairs.
"When we get back, I'll find some fun games for us to play together..."
The three of them ignored her, but Jiang Mumu smiled inwardly, thinking, A bunch of tsunderes.
In her previous life, Jiang Mumu had only played Genshin Impact. Influenced by her, Rola and the others probably hadn't played anything else either.
For our collective enjoyment, it seems I, Jiang Mumu, need to try out some other games—preferably ones we can play together.
Genshin Impact came pre-installed on the computers Jiang Mumu exchanged for, and Rola, Qingge, and Yuna immediately clicked on the icon.
Yuna tried to sneak over to the pile of fruit on the largest table, but Qingge spotted her and dragged her back to her computer.
Yuna: Crying.jpg
So, you drifted here... from beyond this world?
The voice from Rola's computer leaked out, but she quickly plugged in her headphones.
Jiang Mumu: That voice... is that Paimon?
Why does she sound so restrained?
"I'm off! Have fun, you guys!"
After a while, Silaya's consciousness, which Irminsul had deleted, would be retrievable. When that happened, Jiang Mumu planned to bring her here so all five of them could team up and play King of Glory together.
Angie, Fidelle, and Ishkab in Teyvat all had their own ideas. She didn't need to micromanage them; she just needed to provide them with Emotional Value boosts at critical moments to help them realize their plans.
Jiang Mumu always had plenty of free time, which was perfect for gaming.
Ehe~
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Sumeru.
Kaeya, having concluded his investigation and preparing to return to Mondstadt, encountered Lumine and Paimon at Port Ormos.
Under Lumine's gentle guidance, Paimon learned that the Pure Soul of Sumeru had been erased from Irminsul. Though she no longer remembered the Sumeru pure soul, Paimon, remembering the Pure Soul's immense sacrifices and believing they must have been acquainted before, begged Lumine to take her to the places where the Pure Soul had lived.
But those places now bore no trace of her existence.
During their conversation, when Kaeya mentioned the surname "Alberich," Dain suddenly emerged.
Lumine stared at Dain in astonishment, shocked by his sudden appearance.
Kaeya: "...Finally, you've stopped eavesdropping from the shadows and deigned to join us? I seem to recall seeing you in Mondstadt before, Dainsleif... am I correct?"
Dain: "Since you recognize me, we can consider ourselves old acquaintances, Mr. Kaeya Alberich... descendant of the Abyss Order's founder..."
"The Abyss...!!!"
Lumine gritted her teeth, her fists clenching so tightly her knuckles went white.
Dain: "Don't be hasty. As far as I know, the Abyss Order has renamed itself. They no longer call themselves the Abyss Order, but rather... the Chaos Order..."
Lumine: "?"