Good times are always so fleeting.
After creating post-modern art of the new era, such as Slime Condensate with Raw Meat, Fried Slime, and Slime-Slayer dishes, it was almost time for Xiangling to wake up.
As usual, Ren equipped Xiangling with a game panel, but unlike Amber, he didn’t give her cheat-like measures like locked health this time.
After all, Xiangling was different from Amber.
Mondstadt was currently facing the emerging Dragon Calamity and desperately needed strong individuals to hold down the fort.
That was why Ren had given Amber locked health after accepting her Reward.
As for Xiangling’s side, well, Liyue was peaceful and prosperous.
Aside from a dragon falling from the sky at the Rite of Descension in a few months to put on a big show for everyone, there weren’t many other problems.
Plus, with Xiangling having Adepti on one side and a God on the other, and even Rex Lapis holding down the fort from time to time, she really didn’t need measures like locked health for the time being.
Ren gave Xiangling the game panel mainly for the game inventory.
Xiangling was coveting the perfect ingredients in the game world, so he filled it with various ingredients just as she was about to leave.
Seeing ingredients that could be used recklessly for a year without running out lying quietly in that game space—which used methods similar to the Sumeru mustard seed legends of the Adepti—the little chef Xiangling was so excited that she hugged Ren for the first time.
However, before the shy Xiangling could take the next step, her character model suddenly froze.
Watching the expression on Xiangling’s face turn from vivid to mechanical, Ren naturally knew the Damselette before him had turned back into a soulless NPC.
He sighed inexplicably, but soon perked up.
Now that Amber and Xiangling had entered this world, could the visits from other girls be far off?
Well, definitely not far.
“Right, I almost forgot to uninstall the private outfit skin mods for Ayaka and Furina.
I better swap them back soon.
Although they look good like that, it wouldn’t be good if they cried from excessive shame on their first visit.” Actually, crying wouldn’t matter much.
Sometimes men quite like seeing pretty girls cry; it’s the same principle as boys always bullying the girls they like in middle school.
But he feared these two might be thin-skinned.
If they were scared during their first dream entry, they might take some Teyvat-specific measures to avoid entering the dream again.
So after thinking it over, Ren regretfully removed some of the mods he had added earlier for his own enjoyment.
He could load them temporarily when he wanted to play and uninstall them afterward.
In short, he couldn’t be lazy and just leave them there like before.
Ayaka aside, wouldn’t it be even more wonderful to make Furina cry?
A rather inhuman thought surfaced in Ren’s heart.
Having sent Xiangling off, and with Amber currently full of energy and unlikely to come over for a short while, Ren simply took out some of the dishes Xiangling had just made.
Looking around, there seemed to be no other chairs except for a small folding stool on the ground, while the NPCs who usually served as chairs were now placed all over the continent.
“Forget it, I’ll put in some effort and bring out the characters from those mods.” Before transmigrating, Ren had been running a private server, and one with many mods at that.
Not to mention the characters already in Genshin Impact, adding some ‘good-looking’ and ‘risky’ skins was standard procedure, like the previously mentioned Ayaka in a swimsuit or Furina dressed like a bunny.
Others included more creature templates, rich ingredient options, Honkai character crossovers, non-playable character templates, and so on.
One could only say that there were still many surprises in this world.
Of course, they were only surprises to those from the continent of Teyvat; to Ren, the Master of the World, they were all things he had long grown tired of seeing.
Getting a bit off track—since he didn’t want to move the playable characters for now, he would use the non-playable ones.
Thinking of this, the first person Ren thought of was a certain Queen who had come to Teyvat for post-layoff re-employment.
With that thought, Ren pulled out the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, posed her like a chair, and sat right down on her lap.
Wiggling around to adjust his posture, Ren felt quite satisfied.
“Tsk tsk, as expected of a tall character model.
Using her as a chair is really comfortable, feels even better than Lisa or Jean.” Especially these legs; they say Furina and Hu Tao are the representatives of long legs in the game, but in reality, the two of them combined can’t beat the Queen’s long white legs.
Moreover, the Queen in the real world—I mean the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles—probably wouldn’t be this soft and comfortable, but since this was a ‘good child’ model made by game fans, it naturally catered more to the players’ aesthetics.
Never mind the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, Ren even had a Greater Lord Rukkhadevata mod, which was like a Nahida Plus.
That one was even softer.
Ren, who had actually compared the difference between the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, could say this with absolute certainty.
After finishing his commentary, Ren began to cherish and eat the food which, while not as delicious as a Perfect dish, inexplicably made the current Ren feel like crying.
Because Ren tasted change in these dishes; he tasted heart.
Of course, there might be a bit less ‘heart’ now, but surely after Xiangling came a few more times, this place would be filled up?
Ren was very confident about this.
While Ren, who had temporarily become alone again, turned the login notification sound to the maximum and entertained himself there…
In the real Teyvat, Liyue’s lively girl Xiangling also opened her eyes.
Opening her eyes, she pushed away the paws of Guoba—which were almost in her mouth, or perhaps she had grabbed them in the middle of the night—and looked around.
Seeing that she had indeed returned to her familiar bedroom upon waking, Xiangling let out a sigh, though whether of regret or relief, she didn’t know.
To be honest, Xiangling kind of wanted to go back to sleep on the spot to see if she could return to that magical, wonderful, and dreamlike world that was, all in all, very friendly to a girl obsessed with cooking like her.
After all, that world was a bit too beautiful for a chef like her, making her subconsciously feel a bit anxious about losing it, wanting to confirm it repeatedly.
However, Xiangling wouldn’t completely indulge in illusions; she knew her priorities.
Although, due to the immense temptation of the Genshin world, the girl hadn’t been able to hold back last night and had basically sold the rest of her life.
And the Liyue girl, who placed great importance on contracts and promises, had no intention of backing out after waking up.