Subtitle: The Lightning-Fast 1.2 Version Special Program Live Without the Protagonist's Participation
—Reality
Some time passed, and the day of the 1.2 version special program arrived. Major streamers simultaneously began their broadcasts.
Silver Wolf's livestream room.
As soon as Silver Wolf opened the stream, she put on her Bluetooth earphones, picked up her phone, and skillfully launched Peace Elite.
Genshin Impact's map was fully explored, all quests completed, and every character already had a certain level of investment.
So for Silver Wolf, who was proficient in all kinds of games, the Genshin Impact on her computer no longer required more effort.
Thus Silver Wolf began to reveal her true nature—not only shortening her daily three-hour Genshin stream to one hour, but even multitasking with two games during the broadcast.
Right now was exactly that: keeping the Genshin stream running while wearing earphones and sniping below.
Yingxing kept gesturing frantically behind the camera, signaling Silver Wolf to focus on the special program broadcast, but to no avail. In the end, he could only let her be.
"I'm definitely switching shifts with Elio later—Kafka is way less trouble than her…" Yingxing lay flat on his swivel chair.
In the end, even the water friends decided to ignore Silver Wolf and turned all their attention to the special program broadcast.
Bilibili, Genshin Impact official account livestream room.
The miHoYo logo appeared, then the entire screen went black. Soon, a beam of light fell from above.
Under the beam stood a Chibi Version Xuanjian.
Chibi Version Xuanjian: "The 1.2 version special program is about to begin. I wonder who the invited guest will be this time."
Chibi Version Xuanjian: "With the Marshal's popularity still sky-high, they will probably continue inviting the Marshal as the guest."
[Oh! Is Boss Jun coming again?]
[I'm looking forward to it—will there be more welfare?]
At this moment, Chibi Version Yunshang arrived in front of Chibi Version Xuanjian with her crimson mechanical bird Chi Ling: "Brother, the Marshal has something to ask of you."
Chibi Version Xuanjian sat up straight, signaling Chibi Version Yunshang to begin. Chibi Version Yunshang activated Chi Ling.
Chi Ling began playing Jun Bai's recording:
"Xuanjian, regarding this special program, the officials invited me as a special guest to participate in Mondstadt's tea party."
"But my second brother has recently returned. He wants to see how Liyue has changed, so I'm going to be his guide. No time."
"So I recommended you to the officials."
"You will represent Liyue as the special guest for the special program and attend the Mondstadt tea party. Do well—I have faith in you."
The recording ended.
Chibi version Xuanjian shot up from behind his desk with a "whoosh," various documents scattering from the table: "I never expected I would be the guest?"
"Yunshang, I'll be back soon. While I'm gone, help me handle the official duties."
"Brother, I might not be able to handle it."
Chibi version Xuanjian thought for a moment, then realized: "I almost forgot about that. Then let's just leave the official duties until we get back?"
Chibi version Yunshang nodded.
The siblings left the office together.
The scene in the lens contracted, finally freezing on the grand viewing lens of Ziwei Star Palace.
The curtain fell. When it rose again, the scene had shifted to the Mondstadt tea party. Five Chibi version little figures sat in a row.
The members of this tea party were: Lumine, Yunshang, Xuanjian, Ganyu, and Albedo—whom parallel-world players still didn't know yet.
[Yiya? Not bringing Paimon is one thing, but attending a tea party without Yiya?! (Yiya crying.jpg)]
[There's someone unfamiliar—must be next version's new character. From leaks, seems to be called Albedo.]
"Hello everyone, I'm Bao Bao, Lumine's voice actress!"
"Hello everyone, this is Lin Su!"
"This is Mace, Albedo's voice actor. Nice to meet you all."
"I'm Ji Xuanjian of Guili Assembly's Ziwei Star. Friends can also call me by my real name, Liu Zhaokun!"
"I'm Zi Yin, Yunshang's voice actress."
The in-game characters greeted the players in front of the screen and introduced themselves.
[So the reason Yunshang's wife couldn't stay in the office handling official duties is because she also had to attend the special program.]
[Since both have to attend, she really couldn't stay behind handling duties. They had to come together.]
After some casual chatting, the group began the formal proceedings, introducing next version's activities and various related information.
This included but was not limited to:
The new map Dragonspine and the new area Ziwei Star Palace are now implemented. These two locations are no longer just scenic paintings in the game—they are explorable maps.
In Dragonspine, players can obtain rewards by offering to the Frostbearing Tree.
In contrast, players can obtain a total of 20 Intertwined Fates as permanent rewards at Ziwei Star Palace through Liyue exploration progress.
[The rest doesn't matter—I'm going to grind the map. 300 Primogems are nothing compared to 20 pulls.]
[As expected of Xuanjian—learned the Marshal's essence!]
[Moon Mom's value keeps rising!]
The limited-time major event [Chalk and the Black Dragon] begins. Players can obtain the limited 4-star weapon Prototype Archaic through the event.
Chibi version Ganyu: "To accommodate Travelers who haven't set out on their journey yet or who left midway due to certain matters, our boss has decided—"
"After the limited-time event Chalk and the Black Dragon ends, Prototype Archaic and its corresponding refinement materials will be added to the Frostbearing Tree offering rewards."
[Now no need to worry about the weapon going limited. As expected of Boss Jun—very thoughtful.]
[This is looking out for late-joining players, returning players, and even future alt-account players.]
[That's why Boss Jun really plays the game—he genuinely knows what players need.]
Finally, the new optimizations were introduced, along with the most anticipated new characters:
Son of Chalk — Albedo
Uncrowned Imperial Star — Xuanjian
Guiding Moon — Ganyu
Ziwei Retainer — Yunshang
Among them, Albedo, Ganyu, and Xuanjian are 5-star characters. Yunshang appears as a 4-star companion in Xuanjian's banner.
Albedo and Xuanjian (both Geo) are in the first half; Ganyu alone holds the second half.
After Xuanjian's banner ends, Xuanjian will be added to the standard banner.
The signature weapons of the three 5-star characters will also enter the weapon banner.
(Or rather, two characters' signatures—since Summit Shaper really isn't very suitable for Albedo.)
(Additionally, the three 4-star characters in Xuanjian's banner are different from those in Albedo's banner.)
At the same time, the legend quests for the three 5-star characters go live:
Chapter of Chalk — Traveler's Observation Log
Chapter of Immortal Qilin — Sea of Clouds, Sea of People
(This quest name will be changed later, as it's being released as a side story—after all, Ganyu differs from the original timeline.)
Chapter of Ziwei — The Secret of Guili's Ziwei
(This one will probably be released soon—already being written.)
Thus, the 1.2 version special program live ends here.
(Xuanjian and Yunshang's character introductions will be released together with the side story—they haven't started being written yet.)