——Reality
Little Gui's livestream room.
"Hey everyone! Little Gui is starting today's stream now." Little Gui turned on the camera and greeted the viewers in the room.
There was still an hour until her usual streaming time.
In principle, unless there was something like a version update, a Genshin Impact streamer like Little Gui wouldn't change the start time of her streams.
But as everyone knows, principles can give way to other things in most cases.
For example, reward mechanisms, or banner updates.
When both situations come together, let alone starting an hour early—streaming all day would be fine.
Bilibili has launched a new livestream reward mechanism, and Little Gui and her colleagues weren't going to miss this opportunity.
Moreover, today was the day of the Genshin Impact banner update.
That meant Childe's banner was now a thing of the past—it was the era of Zhongli and Jun Bai now!
Just thinking about Jun Bai waiting in the banner made Little Gui feel like every second was dragging on forever. The viewers in the livestream room felt the same way.
[After finishing the story, real life really feels a bit dull. Only the Geo Archon and the Sky Phoenix Marshal can reignite my passion.]
[The Geo Archon has the god-tier PV "The Storyteller," and the Marshal has god-tier main story quests. Liyue is just too powerful!]
[After finishing the story, I'm still in a constant state of burnout.]
[Worked overtime diligently for a month—my wallet has been waiting for this moment. Time to whale 648 and forcibly marry the Marshal!]
"There are always some demon consorts trying to steal my husband from me." Little Gui looked at the comments section and voiced her opinion. "Why does this progress bar have to stall at the very last moment? Can it hurry up?"
After enduring seconds that felt like years during resource loading, the familiar little tune and the door to Celestia appeared.
"Genshin Impact, launch!"
Little Gui raised her arm and shouted, clicking the mouse to enter the game.
The door opened, and the familiar seven-element emblem progress bar appeared.
[Will it get stuck on the rock?]
[Update day today—lots of people logging in. Little Gui will definitely get stuck!]
The progress bar went straight through in one go, reaching the end. This greatly disappointed the viewers in the livestream room.
Little Gui flicked her ponytail with a smug look on her face: "Little Gui here is possessed by the luck god—never gets stuck loading in Genshin Impact!"
Once in the game, before Little Gui could even open the banner, Paimon started speaking right at zero frames.
Paimon: "It's been a while since the battle with Osial. I wonder how the reconstruction of Guili Assembly and Liyue Harbor is going?"
"Why don't we go check on Guili Assembly? We can also look for any commissions that need our help along the way."
Then Little Gui received a quest called "Prosperous Fengdeng Road."
[? What's going on?]
[I remember now—during the livestream preview, they mentioned there would be a big event like this.]
[Half a version passed with no sign of it—I almost forgot this event hadn't come out yet.]
[This event has 2000 Primogems. The devs are just worried we won't be able to pull the Geo Archon and the Marshal.]
"Oh! So it's that event."
Thanks to the enthusiastic comments from her viewers, Little Gui remembered this long-awaited event.
"There are still 20 days left in the version—no rush."
Little Gui decided to set it aside for now—she had more important things to handle.
Banner launch!
Shop launch!
Scan 648!
Genesis Crystals received, converted to Primogems—everything ready. Feather Crosses the Mortal World—Jun Bai banner, launch!
[This is the episode where Little Gui spends the most.]
[This speed makes me think it's 6.48.]
[Still the same Little Gui who hesitates for over half an hour even on a 30-Mora monthly card—feels familiar.]
"My life principle is to act decisively and never hesitate on something I've already decided." As she spoke, Little Gui decisively clicked for a 10-pull.
She had prepared 5000 big ones—today she was aiming for at least 2+1 on Jun Bai.
As she was thinking, a golden light flashed.
[Freeze! Police! Everyone back for drug testing!]
[Little Gui, shut it off quick—it's just pulling, but if you get banned it's not worth it!]
[Did she save the galaxy in her last life? Her previous banner only had Childe!]
Looking at the white-haired, red-eyed young man on the screen, Little Gui was overjoyed and immediately started pulling continuously.
Then, after the lucky opening, Little Gui used 80 pulls and 50 pulls to get Jun Bai's C1 and C2 respectively. She then used 70 pulls in the Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation weapon banner to get his signature weapon.
(The weapon banner is handled like Honkai: Star Rail's Light Cone banner.)
The 2+1 goal was achieved, with some pulls to spare.
So Little Gui used another 70 pulls to get Zhongli.
Little Gui was smiling happily, while the viewers collectively broke down—this was practically the equivalent exchange that alchemists dream of.
"Time to level up my husband!"
Little Gui immediately started assigning EXP books to Jun Bai.
Jun Bai's ascension materials were as follows: Everflame Seed (dropped by the world boss Pyro Regisvine), Noctilucous Jade (Liyue local specialty), Slime Condensate (dropped by Slimes), Agent's Sacrificial Knife (dropped by Fatui Pyro Agents).
The talent books used were the gold series produced on Wednesdays in the talent domain.
As Jun Bai's dedicated fan, Little Gui had prepared all the materials in advance before his banner even arrived. She leveled him straight to 80 right in front of everyone in the livestream room.
"Sigh, if I'd known earlier I wouldn't have slacked off—then I could have maxed him to 90 directly." Little Gui said regretfully.
[I feel like there's no real difference, honestly.]
[The materials are right here—just waiting for Little Gui to hit level 50.]
[With the Marshal's stats, 80 and 90 really aren't that different.]
[So next, is Little Gui going to do the event? I want to know early what surprise Boss Jun mentioned.]
"Hey, no rush on this event—it's a permanent event and won't expire. The ones that expire are the limited-time rewards."
"Let other streamers scout ahead first. Right now, Little Gui is going to do Jun Bai's Story Quest."
Thanks to Little Gui's reminder, the viewers realized something: Jun Bai and Zhongli entering the wish pool also meant both of their Story Quests were now available.
Little Gui opened the Story Quests and clicked consecutively on Zhongli's Annals of the Ancient Chapter and Jun Bai's Nirvana Chapter.
Annals of the Ancient Chapter—Salt Flower successfully unlocked after consuming one key.
But for Nirvana Chapter, there was a small hiccup.
[Requires completion of prerequisite quest Annals of the Ancient Chapter Act I and Prosperous Fengdeng Road series quests to unlock.]
Little Gui's expression visibly deflated, and now it was the viewers' turn to laugh.
Helpless, Little Gui had no choice but to go do the event quest.
She wasn't doing Zhongli's Story Quest because the event quest occupied the story character slot.