[Host: Vaen Corith]
Overall Physical Fitness: 7 (average person: 6) [+1]
Soul Strength: 6 (average person: 6)
Mastered Skills: Spearmanship proficiency, table tennis proficiency
Elements: Advanced Anemo, Primary Pyro
Elemental Control: Medium Anemo, Advanced Pyro, Medium Geo
Backpack: 1 wetsuit, comfortable underwear ×2, self-heating hot pot ×5, novice spear
Check-in Points: 985
Number of Check-ins: 0
"Huh?" Vaen stared at the five self-heating hot pots in his backpack, a big question mark forming in his mind.
He had subconsciously dismissed them; compared to the more impressive rewards he'd gotten before, hot pots seemed trivial.
Ah, fate. At least my physical fitness improved, so it's not a total loss!
True enough—if the system's lunch boxes tasted good but conferred no other benefits, he would have truly lost out.
As for skill mastery, it only reflected what he had reached through repeated practice. He had already experimented with the spear, and it was overwhelmingly powerful.
I didn't expect table tennis to even appear in the system…
Vaen couldn't help but smile inwardly.
Wait… there's no table tennis in Teyvat!
He groaned. Uh… let's get some sleep…
The moon rabbit leapt across the night sky, the golden crow soared, and dawn spread across the horizon. Sunlight pierced through the clouds, turning the sky a deep, serene blue.
Vaen stirred, one side of his face pale from sleeping unevenly.
"It's dawn…" His sleepy, handsome face twisted into confusion as he opened his eyes.
Looking around, he saw the upright stone walls of the simple Hilichurl shelter he had chosen. He lay back down, feeling the still-warm ground beneath him. Still so hard…
But excitement quickly overtook discomfort.
It's real! I really—truly—traveled through time!
Vaen's heart leapt as he whispered to himself:
"System, open the diary. I want to start recording: Vaen Corith's Adventure in Teyvat!"
For the first time, he confirmed this wasn't some dying dream or hallucination. The panic from yesterday faded, replaced with the thrill of a real, living adventure.
[My name is Vaen Corith. This is my second day in Teyvat!]
[I can finally confirm: I truly traveled through time!]
[It's not a dream before death!]
[Yesterday was rough, but today, my adventure begins!]
Diary owners across Teyvat, free at the moment, read the words and smiled—some silently, some with restrained amusement.
***
"Hahaha! Looks like Vaen Corith is in high spirits! Can't let him outdo me!"
A woman in a red cheongsam, radiating heroic energy, shouted proudly:
"Everyone ready?"
She was none other than Beidou, captain of Liyue's Crux Fleet.
"It's fully healed!"
"Always prepared!"
"Just waiting for your order, Big Sister!"
The crew on the ship responded in unison, faces bright with pride and courage.
"Alright, let's move!" Beidou commanded.
***
In Mondstadt, Jean looked up from documents, smirking.
"It seems our visitor from another world is in good spirits. Lisa, care to help me cheer him on?"
Lisa, sipping her tea lazily, gave a helpless smile.
"Oh, it seems that Vaen Corith has already tricked me before even arriving in Mondstadt."
She had come early, intending to help Jean with paperwork. What Vaen had written in his diary was only a prologue—but it coincidentally revealed enough to unsettle even the calmest of mages.
***
Outside, a green crane nodded at Shen He.
"A day begins in the morning. This visitor from another world is on the rise."
"Shen He, don't be outdone!" The crane teased the white-haired exorcist, who stiffly responded:
"Yes, Master."
The crane sighed, muttering, "Seems my bad habits passed on to you…"
Shen He silently returned to her training, ignoring the remark. Words were not her strength.
***
Vaen soon found a stream and boiled a self-heating hot pot from his backpack.
No "Physical Fitness +1" notification appeared this time. He frowned slightly in disappointment.
With a small sigh, he burned the remaining hot pots with Pyro energy and set off in a random direction.
Mondstadt isn't exactly small, he reminded himself. Without a map, he had no choice but to rely on luck.
Then he remembered: Wait… can I get a map from the system mall?
Hiss—there's nothing wrong with trying!
I already have a system, why should I play the game like a regular player without cheat codes?
[System Mall]
[Search: Mondstadt Map]
It existed! Vaen chuckled. Almost by habit, he might have wandered for days.
A light bulb went off in his mind. He quickly searched another keyword:
[Search: Navigation]
[Search Results: Personal Navigation Template—optimum for travel, shortcuts, treasure hunting, locating individuals, materials, minerals. Cost: 666 check-in points. Installation successful.]
985 check-in points remaining. Vaen shrugged.
Better than paying 999 points… I'll take it.
"Location: Traveler Lumine."
A yellow dot appeared on the map, still some distance from Xingluo Lake. A black dot marked Vaen himself.
Not too far. I can manage!
If the Traveler is indeed Lumine, the Abyss will soon have a new adversary. Truly a cause for celebration.
Vaen quickly set his course toward Xingluo Lake, updating his diary as he ran:
[Great! I've reached Starfall Lake. Let's try my luck here. I remember the Traveler gained Anemo power from the Seven-Day Statue. Can I do the same?]
[Even if not, I can at least confirm my arrival in Mondstadt went smoothly.]
Across Teyvat, a diary owner reading this paused in shock.
Obtaining elemental power from the Seven-Day Statue?