When the Traveler and the others arrived at the Sacred Flame Arena, they saw a large crowd of people lining up in front of a certain facility.
"What's that?" Paimon, floating in the air, took a look and realized it wasn't a facility she recognized, so she turned her curious gaze toward Kachina.
"Um... I don't know either." Kachina shook her head after seeing what the facility looked like. "This wasn't here the last time I came to the Sacred Flame Arena."
"Then let's go over and ask." Paimon stomped her little feet in the air, saying with great anticipation, "With so many people lining up, maybe they're selling something delicious."
"I think... probably no one would be selling food outside the Sacred Flame Arena?" Kachina said.
"All you think about all day is eating." Lumine teased Paimon with a smile.
The group approached the facility and asked the people around them, only to find out that it was a tool used for testing damage.
The people of Natlan were also encountering this kind of tool for the first time, so every warrior who came to the arena wanted to test their own capabilities.
Even ordinary people who weren't warriors had the urge to give it a try.
"That sounds quite interesting." Paimon looked at the girl beside her. "Traveler, do you want to try?"
"Then we'd have to wait in a very long line." Lumine pointed to the queue that seemed to have no end in sight.
"What's wrong with that?" Little Paimon tilted her head in confusion. She remembered the Traveler had quite good patience, so why did she think the line was too long?
"Waiting in such a long line, don't you think you'll get very hungry?" Lumine half-closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth curving slightly as she looked over with a mischievous smile.
"Oh, right!" Paimon suddenly realized. "Then let's go eat first. After we've had our fill, we'll come back and line up."
Thus, after arriving at the Sacred Flame Arena, the group's first goal was a place to eat, and the second was the Damage Testing Device.
[LMAO, Paimon really only thinks about eating all day long.]
[Map Designer: I made the map so well, the players will surely be happy, right?...What do you mean the first stop was the cafeteria?]
[Looks like we're going to experience this Damage Testing Device next. Is this a one-time thing for the main story, or is it a permanent addition? I really don't want to practice with The Arbitrator anymore.]
[Yeah, The Arbitrator is so annoying. Not only is his damage high, but he can actually dodge.]
[And he can even block. So many attacks hit him without dealing any damage.]
[Natlan is the sixth nation after Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, and Fontaine; it's about time for a new training dummy for players to test damage.]
[It's twelve noon, I should go eat too.]
Genshin World.
After Lumine and the others finished eating, they waited in the long line for a while before it was finally their turn to test.
"Resonate!"
Lumine used the Pyro element she had recently obtained to attack the Damage Testing Device.
After being hit, the numbers on the device's screen flickered rapidly, finally freezing on a string of digits.
"600,000 damage?"
"That little girl's damage is actually that high?"
Hearing the surprised voices of those around them, Lumine and Little Paimon both put their hands on their hips, their eyes curving into crescents as they enjoyed the crowd's admiration.
However, some voices caught their attention.
"This damage is almost enough to catch up to Mavuika."
"To think an outlander could be this strong, it's truly an eye-opener."
Those people were just having a normal conversation, but the Traveler was quite surprised upon hearing them.
"There's actually someone in Natlan with higher damage than you." Little Paimon said in surprise. "I thought that besides the Archons and the Fatui Harbingers, no one would be your match."
[Don't be ridiculous, Jiangxue is way stronger than us. I could never kill that Ruin Hunter.]
[I suspect that Jiangxue thing was an illusion. A monster appearing out of nowhere, Jiangxue knowing it would appear beforehand, and then demanding we close our eyes while he dealt with the Ruin Hunter—maybe it was all fake, just a trick.]
[I feel like that quest was designed when the Traveler only had two elements, and they never changed it later. Now that the Traveler has six elements, if HoYoverse remade the quest, Jiangxue definitely wouldn't be our match.]
"Mavuika..." Lumine lowered her head in thought. "We heard that name at the Children of Echoes."
"Now that you mention it, I remember too." Paimon said excitedly. "I remember the people from the Children of Echoes saying that if Mavuika were in any other era, she would definitely have become the Pyro Archon."
"Thinking about it that way, it's perfectly normal for you to lose to a Pyro Archon."
Paimon offered her consolation.
"Yeah..."
Lumine nodded, not minding the fact that her damage wasn't as high as Mavuika's.
After all, the continent of Teyvat was full of hidden talents; it wasn't very surprising that there were people more powerful than her.
"Speaking of which, you only seemed to use the Pyro element just now, and haven't used the other elements yet." Paimon said. "Why don't you try with the other elements? Maybe the damage will be even better."
Previous challengers had also used various attacks once before leaving the stage. If Lumine tried a few more times here, no one would say much.
Player World.
When they reached this part of the game, a pop-up appeared introducing information about the Damage Testing Device.
"As expected, it's a machine provided specifically for testing damage."
Xiao Mu's eyes lit up when he saw it. "Finally, I don't have to suffer through testing with The Arbitrator anymore."
Finding The Arbitrator to test damage was truly a pain. Once the opponent entered block mode, he was practically indestructible. Even Zhongli's shield couldn't compare to him; even the Aeon of Preservation from Honkai: Star Rail would have to call him the Aeon of Preservation.
Moreover, by the Fontaine version, The Arbitrator's HP was already insufficient. Before the main DPS could even finish applying buffs, The Arbitrator would be nearly defeated by the supports. It was beyond awkward.
But Natlan's Damage Testing Device didn't have these issues. First of all, the machine was a stationary object; character attacks would register normally and generate particles upon hitting it, and elements could also be applied to it.
This meant that players could not only test damage here but also test the rotation capability of their teams.
Furthermore, the Damage Testing Device's HP was infinite.
No matter how much damage the players dealt with their characters just now, the HP bar didn't even budge. Clearly, it wasn't something The Arbitrator—who could be defeated in a few hits—could even be compared to.
"Wait, challenging the Damage Testing Device gives Primogems?"
After closing the pop-up explaining the mechanics, another pop-up appeared.
This one introduced the rewards given to players based on the highest damage they dealt.
Reach 100 damage in a single hit, reward: 100 Primogems.
Reach 1,000 damage in a single hit, reward: 100 Primogems... Reach 100,000 damage in a single hit, reward: 100 Primogems.
Upon seeing the listed rewards, many players felt their hearts race with excitement.
It was another small Primogem event integrated into the main story!
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