"Boss, how do you play this?"
Raiden Ei asked Han Feng for guidance.
She had only seen computers in the manga before and had never actually touched one herself.
So she had no idea how to use it.
Han Feng naturally didn't refuse.
After all, he had already done this kind of thing many times before.
So he took the laptop and began demonstrating it to Ei.
"First, turn on the computer. Then use this thing called a mouse to control it.
After that, choose a game from the desktop."
However, when selecting a game, Han Feng paused for a moment.
Perhaps because there was no internet connection, he discovered that most of the games installed were single-player titles.
That was a bit regrettable.
And there was no Genshin Impact either.
Otherwise, letting Raiden Ei play Genshin would definitely have been hilarious.
"Then let's go with this one."
After scanning the options, Han Feng moved the cursor onto the block-building game Minecraft.
This was a classic among classics.
Its openness and freedom were exceptionally high.
And the system-rewarded laptop had excellent specs, so even the infamous pixelated graphics looked much smoother.
The only downside
was that playing alone could feel somewhat lonely.
And the game required a lot of grinding.
"But for Raiden Ei, that probably isn't a problem, right?"
Han Feng thought to himself.
After all, she had sealed herself away in the Plane of Euthymia alone for hundreds of years.
Maybe this game suited her perfectly.
After selecting the game, Han Feng personally guided Ei step-by-step.
He explained how to punch trees, craft a workbench, find food, and so on.
"So? Understand now?"
Putting down the mouse, Han Feng smiled.
"It looks interesting. Let me try."
Ei impatiently took over the mouse controls.
Since this was her first time playing, she wasn't focused on efficiency at all.
After picking a flower, she simply wandered around the world aimlessly.
Whenever she saw a river, she swam in it for a while.
Whenever she encountered an animal, she punched it a couple of times and casually obtained food.
Perhaps because she had shut herself away for too long, she found everything in the game fascinating.
She was clearly having a great time.
However, before long, the sky gradually darkened.
Night was approaching.
"Monsters appear at night. You should prepare yourself~~"
Han Feng kindly reminded her.
"It's fine. I'll just deal with them when they come."
Ei looked completely unconcerned.
In fact, she was eager to fight monsters.
And then—
tragedy struck.
She was instantly taught a harsh lesson by skeletons and zombies.
"Oops… I forgot this was a game…"
Seeing the death screen appear, Ei sighed while rubbing her forehead.
Inside the game, she wasn't the lofty Electro Archon.
She was merely an ordinary person.
But she refused to give up.
"Again!"
After respawning, Ei immediately charged back into battle against the monsters.
At first, she managed to gain the upper hand through sheer skill.
But as the night deepened, visibility dropped drastically.
Without any light source, she couldn't even locate the monsters properly.
Combined with the endless spawning enemies,
Ei died once again.
And the following attempts went no better.
In fact, she died even faster.
"That won't work. You need to build a house or pillar yourself upward."
Watching Ei's miserable struggles, Han Feng kindly offered another tip.
The first night in Minecraft was always difficult.
Especially for a complete beginner like Ei.
So her suffering wasn't surprising at all.
"…Looks like I have no choice."
After remaining silent for a moment, Ei finally abandoned the idea of fighting head-on.
Nighttime really was inconvenient.
So she accepted Han Feng's advice and began a tactical retreat!
Unfortunately, she didn't have enough blocks to pillar upward.
In the end, she decided to dig downward with her bare hands.
Very quickly, she excavated a small underground shelter.
Gloriously becoming a "cavewoman."
Although hiding underground felt somewhat humiliating, she at least managed to survive the night.
When dawn finally arrived and the monsters disappeared, Ei let out a sigh of relief.
"Boss, look! I survived!"
"Amazing."
Han Feng smiled and gave her a thumbs-up in encouragement.
But inwardly, he couldn't help feeling nostalgic.
This kind of pure beginner gameplay really brought back memories.
When people knew nothing about a game, their excitement was often at its strongest.
Once you understood too much, you gradually lost that original sense of innocence.
"I wasn't prepared last night. This time I'll make weapons. Tonight I'm definitely killing those monsters!"
Thinking about how many times she had died to mobs, Ei felt deeply aggrieved.
When had she ever suffered losses like this before?
She absolutely had to take revenge!
"Cough cough! Ei, it's time to go back. That woman is still in Inazuma."
Seeing Ei enthusiastically preparing to continue gaming, the Raiden Shogun could no longer sit still.
She knew games held powerful temptation.
Otherwise, the angel from the manga wouldn't have fallen so quickly.
But she hadn't expected Ei's resistance to be this weak?!
How long had it even been?
And she was already this addicted?!
If she stayed here any longer, wouldn't she really fall completely afterward?
The Raiden Shogun absolutely did not want to see Ei become like that!
Nor did she want Ei to one day become her enemy!
So she hurriedly interrupted her.
"Right, right! There's still that woman Alice!"
Ei finally remembered.
That dangerous woman was still in Inazuma.
She had to deal with her first.
As for the game…
she could play it later.
"Boss, I'll take my leave for now!"
Carefully putting away the laptop, Ei bid farewell to Han Feng.
Then she went to find her sister Makoto, planning to bring her back together.
"The Raiden Shogun may be able to stop her for a while, but she can't stop her forever."
After Ei left, Han Feng chuckled and shook his head.
In his opinion, the reason Ei had become so absorbed in gaming was because she had suppressed herself for far too long.
It was like dieting for ages, only to suddenly binge-eat everything in sight.
A form of psychological release.
Just like how Ganyu had previously gone crazy "bullying" Cloud Retainer—same principle.
In fact, Han Feng even suspected that instead of the Raiden Shogun stopping Ei from gaming, Ei might eventually drag the Shogun into playing games too!
"And if that happens, then future conflicts over the ideal of Eternity probably won't be settled through fighting anymore…"
"…but through gaming?"
Just imagining the two of them battling each other in games inside the Plane of Euthymia for hundreds of years,
Han Feng's expression became indescribably strange.
The image was simply too hilarious.
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