Boom!
The moment Jack selected the location.
A roar sounded.
The previously mere outlines of the virtual image began to materialize, from the foundation, to the framework, to the main structure... as if crossing a timeline, a four-story luxurious manor with its own garden and pond was completed from nothing.
With a sense of shock.
Jack opened the arched wooden door of the manor, and what greeted his eyes was a spacious front yard.
On several symmetrically cultivated plots of land, vegetables and fruits were planted; from their color and shape, they appeared to be agricultural products like tomatoes and eggplants.
Around the yard were fruit trees like oranges and pomelos, also laden with fruit.
"No wonder a Maid was included; cleaning such a large 'cabin' would definitely be exhausting."
Jack suppressed the urge to explore, opened his inventory, and took out the so-called Maid Charm.
[Do you wish to use "Maid Charm (Unused)"]
"Yes!"
As his voice fell, the long, strip-shaped charm in Jack's hand emitted a soft glow.
Then, a light landed, and a transparent humanoid phantom appeared before him.
"Random Maid Skin Expansion Pack included. Do you want to draw from the Skin Expansion Pack?"
Skin Expansion Pack?
Jack looked at the suddenly popped-up interface, deep in thought.
He had played with maid mods before.
Not to mention anything else, the dragon's adventure integration pack he currently held likely included an Oriental Maid mod.
He remembered that mod allowed online downloads of character models and voices, with corresponding mods for various games and ACG derivative works like Oriental Project, Azure Lane, and Genshin Impact.
Could this Maid Skin Expansion Pack be similar? Could his maid transform into the appearance of a corresponding anime female character?
Jack couldn't deny he was tempted.
He lightly pressed the confirm button, and then, various game icons flashed before his eyes.
There were white-haired characters blinking, pink-haired characters blinking, and even donkey-eared ones... All were familiar billboard girls.
"Drawing complete. Skin Expansion Pack acquired: Keqing."
"Maid Skin Expansion Pack loading..."
Without giving Jack time to react, after a few system prompts, the white glowing humanoid figure in front of him rapidly stretched and deformed.
A few seconds later, a purple-haired, cat-eared, twin-tailed girl stood gracefully before Jack.
Her eyelashes fluttered, and the girl, bearing a seven-tenths resemblance to Genshin Impact's Keqing, opened her eyes.
"Master?... No, Traveler? Why are you here?"
Keqing spoke with the tone of someone addressing a familiar acquaintance.
Now it was Jack's turn to be confused.
"You know me?"
"Uh, Traveler, are you joking? How could I not know you? By the way, where are Lumine and Paimon, who are always inseparable from you?"
Keqing stretched her body, her gaze sweeping the surroundings.
The scenery, distinctly different from Liyue, made her frown.
Jack didn't explain further but analyzed Keqing's words and attitude.
It seemed that from her perspective, he, as the player, wasn't an invisible person but someone who traveled with the twins, almost like air, and his appearance was precisely that of the player himself.
In other words, the fleeting image of the Maid Skin Expansion Pack just now wasn't anything else; it was his game account character?
The so-called skin was actually the materialization of a character from the game he played?
Jack felt he had grasped the truth, and now he only needed to confirm Keqing's information to see if his guess was correct.
So, he used his master's authority to open Keqing's inventory.
"Character: Keqing""Level: 90""god's eye: Electro""Friendship Level: 10""Constellation: C6""Weapon: Mistplitter Reforged""Artifacts: Thundersoother (Feather), Flower of Life (Flower), Thundering Fury (Sands), Goblet of Thunder (Goblet), Circlet of Thunder (Circlet)"
Max constellation, max level, Refinement 1 Mistplitter Reforged, 2-piece Thundering Fury, 2-piece Gladiator's Finale, plus a strange set with an Electro DMG Bonus Goblet—it was indeed his own account.
"What are you doing? Why do I feel like you've seen everything about me?"
"Can't you see this interface?"
Jack pointed to Keqing's inventory, which he was currently viewing.
"What interface? Are you saying... Hey, what's this?"
Keqing moved to Jack's side, seemingly unintentionally hugging his arm, and stood on tiptoe to look at the information interface box, which was slightly taller than her.
Rustle~
The smooth feel of silk fabric came from Jack's arm, along with a sense of being enveloped by something that had been compressed and deformed.
Jack glanced at Keqing's reddening ears and didn't expose her somewhat flirtatious behavior.
"This is your personal information interface, showing your current equipment, constellations, friendship level, and other details. Also, because of the characteristics of this world, you now have a 2x9 inventory slot. This inventory can be used to store products unique to this world, like this oak log."
As he spoke, Jack opened his own inventory and placed a stack of logs into Keqing's maid inventory slot.
"Fri-Friendship?! I-I didn't feel anything for you..."
Keqing didn't listen to the rest of his words; she was just shy when she saw the 'Friendship Level Max' indicator.
This was completely exposing a maiden's thoughts!
Keqing looked at Jack with a hint of resentment.
"Cough, anyway, let's go inside and talk. I also have some questions I need you to answer."
Jack felt Keqing's grip on his arm tightening. Although it was comfortable, prolonged lack of blood flow and numbness wouldn't be good.
...
Half an hour later.
In the hundred-square-meter living room of Linjian Cabin.
Keqing and Jack sat side by side on the sofa, with two cups of hot tea in front of them.
"Hmm, so you're saying I'm no longer on the Teyvat continent?" Keqing's expression was a bit grim.
"Yes, and this is based on the assumption that the memories in your mind are real. If you were merely injected with settings because I drew a game character template, then perhaps the so-called Teyvat is all fake, and you only have the real present."
Jack didn't simply assume Keqing must have transmigrated from Teyvat; he considered many possibilities.
Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, and a butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi—it was no different.
Keqing was very intelligent; after a simple explanation, she understood the current situation.
"No wonder I instinctively called you Master when we first met. Perhaps I'm just a tool with Keqing's body and settings."
"I can't agree with that. At least, I don't see you as a tool."
Jack blew on the hot tea in his hand and handed it to Keqing.
"Try it."
"Uh... thank you."
Keqing held the bottom of the cup and took a small sip.
"Ow, hot!"
Just like her cat-eared hairstyle, Keqing also had a bit of a cat's tongue. Scalded, she quickly put down the teacup and stuck out her pink tongue, fanning it repeatedly.
"How is it, this reality? Instead of dwelling on whether the past existed, wouldn't it be better to retain that beautiful hope and fully experience the present?"
Keqing froze, then turned her head and let out a hmph.
"Who wants your comfort? And you, you deliberately tease people... you bad guy!"