Ruola wanted to get up, but Barbara pressed her back down: "Ruola, don't move yet, let me check you again."
As Barbara's cool little hand gently caressed her, the refreshing sensation of the Hydro element made Ruola close her eyes comfortably.
"Brother, I promised Barbara I'd help here today, so I won't be going back tonight."
Diluc was relieved after seeing that Ruola was indeed fine. He nodded at Ruola, then pulled out a few servings of Mora Meat from somewhere: "Adelinde asked me to bring these over. You haven't been back in a few days. If you're free, go back and visit."
"Mm-hm!"
...
That night, after Barbara had fallen asleep, Ruola finally received the long-awaited message from the system.
Completely awake, she immediately opened it to read.
The system showed that Ruola now possessed the ability to ascend the dimensional wall, allowing her to view the Genshin Impact game from the perspective of a normal person in another world.
She could enter the largest two-dimensional video platform to search for and watch videos, watch live streams, see all the information provided by the official game, and even play the game directly.
Ruola didn't hesitate and first clicked into the game's official page to see if there was any information about herself.
Unexpectedly, after looking around, there was some information about her, but the most important things like character art, in-game implementation, and even exclusive quests were missing.
This left Ruola a bit puzzled. Logically, she was almost the first Mondstadter the Traveler met, having appeared in the main story for so long, she shouldn't be excluded from the gacha pool—
Even Noelle, who was with her, entered the gacha pool, and she was guaranteed in the first ten-pull for new players!
Ruola closed her eyes, seemingly asleep, but her mind was already spinning wildly.
Suddenly, Ruola's eyes snapped open.
"Could it be that this body will disappear later, which is why I'm not in the gacha pool?"
After all, the Genshin Impact game had no precedent of deceased characters entering the gacha pool.
The more Ruola thought about it, the more she felt it was possible; the more she thought, the more she felt it was exactly that!
She felt a bit bitter. Not being in the gacha pool would inevitably reduce character popularity significantly, and to some extent, it would also affect her collection of emotional feedback.
Just then, the system told Ruola that if she collected a bit more emotional feedback, she could edit her own character, including quests, gacha pool presence, and skills.
Ruola looked at the emotional points she had collected so far; the progress bar needed about another third to unlock the second permission.
This was her first time seeing her collected emotional feedback so directly, but she had no concept of its quantity yet and didn't know how long it would take to collect that one-third of emotional feedback.
In any case, it couldn't hurt to try her best to collect it!
It seemed she needed to interact more with the Traveler in the future. Perhaps she could even trigger her own Story Quest or Hangout Event.
Ruola thought this and continued to check players' evaluations of her character.
As she read, a beautiful curve formed on Ruola's lips.
Ignoring those calling her "wife" or "daughter," players had a very good impression of her!
And it seemed that, so far, she was one of the players' most favorite characters. Many players were clamoring that they would pull for her to get her to max constellation once she was released.
Ruola also found a streamer named Guojia who seemed to really like her, and the streamer appeared to be a big one, so she decisively followed them.
Ruola spent the entire night thinking, barely sleeping. When she woke up in the morning, she had big dark circles under her eyes, which startled Barbara.
"A mistake. I forgot that my main consciousness doesn't need sleep, but Ruola's body does…"
After greeting Barbara, Ruola was on Mondstadt's main street:
"It's been a long time since I went home. I'll go home today, and then I'll look for Noelle tomorrow."
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Dadaupa Gorge.
After clearing a Hilichurl camp, Lumine found a golden treasure chest inside. Opening the chest, she embraced a large pile of captured items, smiling brightly.
"Lumine, to celebrate today's harvest, how about we go to the Good Hunter for a big feast later! My treat!"
Lumine wiped the dust from her face and nodded vigorously.
"Paimon, how much Mora did Ruola give you exactly?"
Little Paimon put her hands behind her back: "Well, aren't we going on a journey? Ruola knew about it and gave me a letter to deliver to someone in Liyue. She said this Mora was the commission fee!"
"So how much Mora did Ruola give you exactly?"
"Hehe." Paimon held up one finger.
"One hundred thousand?!"
Paimon shook her head.
"One million?!!!"
"It's one hundred million…"
Lumine's eyes suddenly widened: "How much?!"
In the instant Lumine was stunned, Paimon had already flown far away.
Noticing Lumine hadn't followed, Paimon waved her little hand: "Lumine, hurry up, I'm getting a bit hungry!"
Lumine took small steps and ran after her.
Paimon noticed Lumine's expression was off and asked in confusion: "Lumine, what's wrong?"
"Ruola?"
Paimon followed Lumine's gaze and saw Ruola lying under an Apple tree, with two half-eaten Apples beside her.
The sun was dazzling, and Ruola was perfectly lying in the cool shade under the fruit tree.
A book covered Ruola's face. As Paimon and Lumine slowly approached, they heard even breathing.
"Ruola?!"
Little Paimon exclaimed in surprise.
Why was Ruola sleeping here?
It was far too dangerous; monsters could approach at any time. If monsters attacked while Ruola was sleeping…
Lumine also thought of this. She sat down and gently pushed the sleeping Ruola.
"Mmm~"
Ruola removed the book from her face, rubbed her eyes, and let out a sleepy whimper, like a kitten.
"Lumine, and, and, Paimon? Why are you here?"
Paimon put her hands on her hips: "That question should be ours to ask! Ruola, how can you sleep here? It's too dangerous!"
Ruola rubbed her head bashfully: "I remember I went to deliver wine to Barbatos, and then we seemed to talk about you… Yes, that's right, I told Barbatos I wanted to find you. He brought me here, and then we rested for a while. I was a bit sleepy, so I fell asleep…"
"So it was that unreliable bard fellow!"
Lumine was more concerned about another question. She asked Ruola:
"Ruola, you said you wanted to find us?"
When asked this, Ruola seemed to just realize. She immediately stood up: "It's like this: because I've never been able to pass the Knights of Favonius selection, it must be that I haven't done well enough in some aspect. I asked Acting Grand Master Jean and my brother for advice, and they said my experience was insufficient…"
"Noelle and I are in the same situation, but Noelle studies very hard in the Mondstadt library, while I only studied for two days before I couldn't continue…"
Ruola's face was a bit red when she said this, seemingly ashamed that she couldn't persist in studying at the library.
"I asked Barbatos for advice, and Barbatos recommended you two to me. I thought, since you were able to become Honorary Knights of Favonius so quickly, and eventually defeated the dragon and saved Mondstadt, there must be many things worth learning from you!"
"Barbatos said you're going to Liyue in a few days, and I want to take this time to learn from you properly!"
Lumine and Paimon exchanged glances, unconsciously puffing out their chests.
They seemed to be saying: "See? We're that amazing!"
"Hehe, Ruola gave Lumine and me such precious gifts before, and we were wondering how to repay you. Now that there's something we can help you with, it's really great, don't you agree, Lumine!"
Lumine also agreed: "Paimon is right, Ruola. Then let's go on an adventure together during this time. Paimon and I are also planning to go to Dragonspine!"
Ruola nodded, overjoyed.
Because not only did Lumine and her agree, but her other body in Liyue, Mu Qingge, had discovered an exclusive Hangout Event for her, Ruola, in the game!
Fresh and still warm!
However, since it was a Hangout Event, it meant that even if she eventually entered the gacha pool, she would most likely be a four-star.
But it didn't matter. Many four-stars are hard to get even if you want them, just like the starter characters. They don't have rate-up banners and can only be pulled from the Standard Banner. Doesn't that make you mad?!
If I raise my popularity a bit more, I'll ask you if you want me or not!
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