That evening, Ruola and Noelle lay on the same bed, chatting about their experiences and insights from the assessment that day.
As they chatted, Noelle fell asleep first.
Ruola also closed her eyes, feeling the cool breeze blow over her, her pores opening up, and her consciousness drifting into slumber.
In a daze, Ruola mumbled, "Venti…."
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The next day, Ruola and Noelle woke up at dawn.
Waking up early had become a habit, especially in the last month, as Stormterror would visit Mondstadt City from time to time, and the Knights of Favonius had countless things to do every day.
Although Ruola and Noelle were not official Knights of Favonius, both were duty-bound to contribute their part to Mondstadt!
Ruola, dressed in a red and white training suit, wearing long boots, and her hair tied in a high ponytail, took her spear from her Vision, replaced the spearhead with a brand new one she had gotten from Wagner yesterday, and attached it.
"Brother, I'm off! I've got breakfast with me!"
"Be careful!"
"Okay, got it!"
Ruola held two Mora Meat, one for herself and the other she handed to Noelle.
Mora Meat is a Liyue delicacy; her alternate self in Liyue could make it, and naturally, her alternate self in Mondstadt could too.
The Mora Meat Ruola was eating now was precisely what she had taught the maid sisters to make, and then they had prepared it.
Ruola and Noelle left Dawn Winery together.
"Noelle, you go back to Mondstadt City first, I'm going outside the city to help clear out monsters."
"Huh? Ruola, aren't you coming back to Mondstadt with me?"
Ruola shook her head: "I want to go outside and gain some experience."
"No, it's too dangerous, Kaeya told me to watch over you!"
Kaeya? So that's what Kaeya told Noelle yesterday.
"Oh, dear sister, just let me go, you know I'm very strong, there won't be any danger, alright~?"
Ruola pulled on one of Noelle's arms, acting spoiled.
Noelle hesitated for a moment, then quickly firmed up her resolve: "No, I won't, unless I go with you."
"Alright, then we'll go together!"
The reason she wanted to go out was that Ruola guessed the plot was about to begin.
Over the past seventeen years, Ruola's memories of Genshin Impact had blurred a lot; after all, it had been seventeen years, and she hadn't really interacted with it, so forgetting some things was normal.
The first time she saw Venti, Ruola thought the plot had begun and she had missed it, but she hadn't seen the blond-haired traveler in Mondstadt City.
This time, she had a premonition that the plot should start soon, either today or tomorrow.
Because Venti seemed to have told her that he had something very important to do today or tomorrow, and that she didn't need to look for him.
It's an open-world game, so players always have a faint filter for the first character they meet.
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Because of Stormterror, many monsters had gathered around Mondstadt City, and Hilichurl watchtowers had been erected in places where monsters shouldn't have existed.
Ruola took out her spear, and together with Noelle, they cleared out all the Hilichurls.
Ruola's Pyro Vision had been obtained three years ago, and for these three years, she had been training diligently, relying on her Talents (cheating), and although her strength was not as good as her brother's, it was still stronger than Noelle's.
Her exquisite fiery red spear, wreathed in flames, displayed a grand style with every move.
It was just a pity that Noelle's was a Geo element and could not react with her Pyro element, otherwise, the clearing speed would have been even faster!
"Ruola, which direction are we going?"
Noelle put her Favonius Greatsword into her Vision, panting several times.
"We're going to Whispering Woods."
Whispering Woods?
Weren't they clearing monsters around Mondstadt City? Why go deep into Whispering Woods?
"The Knights of Favonius have mostly cleared the monsters around here; let's go check Whispering Woods."
Noelle nodded; they had indeed just seen a squad of Knights of Favonius.
The real Mondstadt was much larger than the Mondstadt in the game; the Whispering Woods had lush trees, and it was morning, with sunlight casting dappled, fragmented shadows.
The surroundings were quiet, making one feel a sense of dread.
It was nothing like this before!
Ruola and Noelle moved slowly, constantly paying attention to all changes around them.
Roar~
Suddenly, a huge roar came, startling both of them.
After the roar, something very large seemed to fly out of the Whispering Woods and flew to another place.
Noelle was a little nervous, while Ruola's eyes lit up!
Dvalin!
There's no mistake, it's him!
Ruola immediately ran quickly in the direction from which the roar came.
Noelle followed closely behind.
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Parallel World, Blue Star.
At 8 AM, "Genshin Impact," an open-world exploration game, skipped its closed beta and directly announced its open beta!
Countless viewers who had been following "Genshin Impact" were overjoyed, and those who woke up early quickly opened the game and clicked download.
Below the game's official website, new comments constantly poured out.
: "I thought it was tomorrow, damn it, and it's an open beta! The game company misled me, damn it, I can't work this shift for another second!"
: "Haha, good thing I didn't oversleep today, who would have thought the game company would suddenly release it early!"
: "Teyvat, my Teyvat, I'm coming!"
: "…"
Chen Xiyao is a full-time game streamer, and her streaming name is Guojia; her fans usually call her Xiaoguo.
Because of her sweet appearance and emotional nature, her streaming results were quite good when playing games, and she had many fans.
The game "Genshin Impact" had become incredibly popular online two months ago because the open-world map released by the game company was simply too beautiful!
The modeling of terrain, buildings, characters, etc., far surpassed any other game at the same time!
Like the vast number of netizens, Chen Xiyao fell in love with the game's promotional video the moment she saw it.
The beautiful scenery in the game was truly captivating, and the characters were exquisitely detailed, and most importantly, it was actually a free game!
As the popularity of "Genshin Impact" grew online, streamers like Chen Xiyao had been waiting for the game company to open up closed beta access, but they didn't get a closed beta; they got an open beta directly!
"Families, it's almost downloaded, this crappy network is too slow, I wonder if I can grab an early UID!"
Gulping pure milk, Chen Xiyao opened her live stream.
As soon as her live stream started, many fans quickly joined.
: "Streamer, you can still move, my network is completely frozen, how many people are downloading now, is the whole dorm downloading, this school network is really bad!"
: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, I want to see Teyvat, I want to see Barbara!"
: "I like Amber, but I'm at work, I wonder if my boss will find out if I secretly watch the stream…"
: "…"
Chen Xiyao chatted with her viewers while waiting.
After about five minutes, she finally finished loading and immediately created an account to log in.
The game started on a beach, with a small Crab waving, marked with two stars.
At the same time, a narration accompanied it: "So... what you're trying to say is that you fell here from another world?"
Then, two golden meteors streaked across the skies above Liyue and Mondstadt.
"But when you wanted to leave and go on to the next world, your path was blocked by some unknown god?"
"Outlanders, your journey ends here."
Seeing the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appear, Chen Xiyao hummed excitedly.
"Oh my god, this graphics quality, oh my god, she's so beautiful, I love her so much!"
The netizens in the live stream were even more shocked, with "waifu" comments everywhere.
"Ahhh, why can't I choose her!"
Chen Xiyao frantically clicked on the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles with her mouse, but there was no reaction.
After hesitating for a while, she chose Lumine, one of the twins.
Then, the animation continued, with Aether being taken away by the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, and Lumine being submerged by those cubes.
The animation ended, returning to the beach, and after a conversation with Paimon, Chen Xiyao began to use combat mode.
"Families, look, it's so beautiful, I didn't expect them to actually make a game with such high graphics quality; I initially thought it was just like the advertisements!"
Controlling Lumine to wander around, leaving the cute Paimon aside, Chen Xiyao stared at the computer screen in a daze, occasionally touching the computer to check if it was overheating.
: "The graphics are really that high, I'm done for, I hope my phone can run it."
: "Don't worry, upstairs, I'm also using a phone, the graphics are very high, and it runs smoothly without much heating."
: "Paimon is so cute!"
: "Streamer, stop looking, advance the plot, I want to see the subsequent story."
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