Player world.
A company.
"Finally, I can play Genshin."
After finishing lunch, Ye went to the restroom and closed the door, taking out his phone.
Although his name was Ye, he was always diligent and hardworking at work, never slacking off.
Even during lunch breaks when playing games, he had to hide in a place where no one was around, so as not to be seen by the boss.
"Should I open Genshin to do the daily commissions first, or scroll through some short videos?"
As soon as this doubt arose in Ye's mind, his finger unconsciously tapped on a certain sound app.
In the end, the icon for that certain sound app enlarged, and on the screen appeared a dancing young lady.
Seeing this, Ye smiled helplessly.
It was a habit formed over many years, to the point that whenever he picked up his phone, he would unconsciously open that certain sound app.
Even when doing important things, it was the same; his fingers moved faster than his brain's thinking speed, forming a conditioned reflex.
"Since it's open, might as well scroll for a bit."
Ye watched the beloved young lady from a critical perspective, then liked and favorited it to repeatedly critique later, before swiping to the next video.
The next video that appeared was in landscape mode, with black bars on the top and bottom, and only the middle area showing the video.
"Genshin?"
On the right side of the video was the uploader's avatar, a white-haired little girl blinking her eyes—it was Paimon, whom Genshin players were all too familiar with.
"The official Genshin account is posting videos again."
"Also, version 4.8 is coming up soon; it's time to release Emilie's character video."
Ye wasn't particularly excited about this.
Compared to Emilie, he actually wanted to see Chuychu's video more.
The former's slender legs were certainly nice, but the latter's little tummy was no less appealing.
Moreover, Emilie required Burning reactions and didn't match well with most Fontaine characters.
But Chuychu was different; as a character who could off-field apply Pyro, with her Elemental Skill, Elemental Burst, and even talents all providing full-party healing, she matched too well with Fontaine version's strong characters.
With the Dragonlord—no need to switch her out to trigger reactions; that was a win.
With Furina—a large amount of Pyro application and full-party healing could allow Furina to fully utilize her talent, and also increase the evaporation rate for the seafood; that was a second win.
With Lyney—no need to switch out for off-field Pyro application, increasing Lyney's Melt rate; although it would lower Abyss single-clear rates, players who liked playing Lyney wouldn't mind; that was a third win.
Lynette, Clorinde, and Navia also matched very well with Chuychu's mechanics; that was a fourth win, fifth win, sixth win!
Among the DPS characters released in Fontaine so far, probably only the Servant didn't mesh well with Chuychu's mechanics.
Even the upcoming Emilie in the next version needed Chuychu to help apply Pyro.
In short...
"Chuychu, you're so hot."
With outstanding Pyro application and healing capabilities, Chuychu could be said to be the most worth-drawing four-star character in the Fontaine major version.
It was just that her debut was really too late; the Fontaine major version was almost over, and only now was Chuychu entering the gacha pool.
For Ye, who drew based on both preferences and comfort level, he was absolutely drawing Chuychu next version, while the five-star Emilie could be skipped.
"Wait..."
"This doesn't seem to be Emilie's video."
Ye looked at his phone, his brows furrowing tightly.
In the video, a gigantic arena appeared, with a massive flame burning above the arena.
This was a scene that hadn't appeared in any other nation.
"Could it be that this is Natlan?"
In Ye's surprised gaze, the camera switched again, coming to a room inside the arena.
Chuychu's figure appeared on the screen.
"Pyro Archon, may I ask what matter you have for summoning me?"
Chuychu's tone was respectful, as if she were speaking to a god.
"As expected, it's a video related to Natlan!"
"And Chuychu is actually talking to the Pyro Archon!"
Ye, sitting on the toilet, nearly jumped up in excitement: "Could it be that before 4.8 even arrives, I can see what the Pyro Archon looks like?"
In Genshin, the gods' appearances—except for Venti who revealed himself—could only be known after entering the plot.
Like the recent Hydro Archon and Dendro Archon, they only appeared after the major version updates.
By the same logic, the Pyro Archon should be the same, only appearing after the Natlan major version update.
But now the official Genshin account was releasing a video of Chuychu talking to the Pyro Archon, which meant there was a high probability of seeing the Pyro Archon's true appearance?
Ye widened his eyes, staring at his phone, eager to catch a glimpse.
But what disappointed him was that when the camera cut to the Pyro Archon, it obscured the other's facial features; he could only see the clothes worn and some hair peeking out.
He could only tell that the Pyro Archon had red hair, and the body type was between an adult male and a youth.
According to Genshin's conventions, it would probably directly use the youth body type.
In other words, the future Pyro Archon, when entering the gacha pool, would also be with the youth body type?
Not seeing the Pyro Archon's true face, Ye was originally a bit disappointed.
But what happened next in the video made him no longer care about the Pyro Archon's appearance.
"Pyro Archon, you mean... you're giving this Vision to me?"
Chuychu, flattered and surprised, received the Vision: "But even if I obtain the Vision, if I don't receive acknowledgment, I still won't be able to use Elemental Power."
Then, the Pyro Archon seemed to say something, and the Chuychu on the screen looked surprised: "You mean, this isn't a Vision, but one imitated with your power? But it functions just like a real Vision, able to use Elemental Power?"
An imitated Vision?
Chuychu's Vision was made by the Pyro Archon?
Seeing this information, Ye's eyes widened.
"The Pyro Archon can create Visions?"
"Then wouldn't Natlan be invincible?"
If an entire army could use Elemental Power.
Then even the Fatui from Snezhnaya probably wouldn't be opponents for Natlan.
Moreover, the Pyro Archon's act of creating Visions was beyond Ye's expectations.
After all, Visions weren't something you could just give out as you pleased.
The Seven Archons of the mortal world were indeed related to the distribution of Visions, but they couldn't decide who would receive a Vision.
The currently popular theory was that the Seven Archons provided the energy, while Celestia selected the recipients.
If one condition wasn't met, no Vision would be produced.
But the Pyro Archon could single-handedly create a Vision, with effects the same as the genuine article.
"Could it be that the Pyro Archon has gotten on good terms with the gods on Celestia?"
As soon as this thought arose in Ye's mind, he dismissed it himself.
How could that be possible.
The Seven Archons had high status, but compared to the gods on Celestia, they were nothing.
There must be some special method to bypass Celestia and directly issue Visions to specified individuals.
It couldn't be that the Pyro Archon was already powerful enough to ignore Celestia altogether.