Ren was currently on Watatsumi Island enjoying the beautiful scenery—specifically, a high-quality Sangonomiya Kokomi gentleman’s swimsuit model created by some big shot.
He raised an eyebrow as he looked at the notification flashing with an exclamation mark on the system.
“External mod interface detected?
GM permissions expanding?
This really is…
surprises at every turn.” Ren examined the system prompt, his expression turning intrigued.
This was truly an unexpected windfall.
Ren could swear that his previous attitude and methods toward Xiangling were nothing special; he simply wanted to find a chef who could satisfy his various needs in this lonely world in the future.
But looking at it now, this little chef really seemed to take to Ren’s style.
In just one night, she had generated a considerable amount of positive emotion that could be converted into something akin to faith, causing his workbench to recognize it.
As a former shut-in who had read plenty of web novels, Ren could guess some of the situation and possibilities regarding the so-called external interface based on the current circumstances.
He estimated that the so-called external interface was connected to the real Teyvat continent.
After all, over the past day or so, first Amber and then Xiangling had clearly crossed over from the real Teyvat.
Now that the system backend, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly gave a prompt for an external interface, any normal person would guess it was a link to the real Teyvat.
It seemed the eggshell sealed by the Heavenly Principles using the False Sky wasn’t very sturdy.
Not only could the Abyss randomly drill holes in this shell, and a burning Pyro Archon could briefly punch a gap in it, but now even a former ordinary person like him—a transmigrator who couldn’t even be called a Descender (in his own opinion)—could link to it at will?
Well, it was hard to say whether Ren’s current state could be considered a Descender.
Regardless, in the world of Genshin Impact, he was the genuine sovereign; even the Heavenly Principles would have to crouch when walking past him.
And then there was the GM permission expansion.
This was quite thought-provoking.
Ren was absolutely certain that he already possessed full authority over this world of Genshin Impact.
Since his GM permissions were already maxed out, where exactly were these expanded GM permissions coming from?
“Could it be that the sleeping Heavenly Principles discovered an angel investor like me who doesn’t ask for anything in return, and wants to drag me in as a sucker so they can dump their responsibilities and run away?” Hey, don’t say it—combining the original plot, where even the Shade of Death had a very obvious attitude of slacking off, this guess actually had some merit.
Of course, it was also possible that his backend system had become a mature system and could go out and hunt on its own.
After all, setting aside the current situation of Phanes’ four shades, the Heavenly Principles alone—no matter which part of the game’s plot one looked at—showed that their current situation was terrible.
It was quite possible they wouldn’t notice his system sneakily shearing some wool.
But regardless of the reason, Ren didn’t see any downside for himself for now, so he accepted it with a clear conscience.
His current mental state was just that indifferent.
Living a long life where the line between life and death was blurred had caused Ren to lose many fearful emotions.
Or rather, he harbored a significant amount of self-destructive tendencies, which were only suppressed because he had been the type who was quite afraid of dying before transmigrating.
Compared to the mysterious GM permission expansion, it was better to think about why these prompts suddenly appeared.
“From the cause of it, it might be because of the artifacts, weapons, and ingredients I selflessly fed to Amber and Xiangling.” However, considering that after Amber went back, there was no reaction for over ten hours.
Instead, it was only two or three hours after Xiangling went back that the system popped up a prompt.
Ren felt it might not be purely for that reason.
“Feedback…
reciprocation…
It’s also possible that Amber and Xiangling finally fulfilled part of their wishes just now, so as the other party of the contract, I received feedback?” If there was anything Amber and Xiangling had in common, besides both being Pyro girls and receiving Ren’s gifts…
…it was that both of them, whether actively or semi-passively, had signed similar ‘indentured’ contracts with Ren.
And considering that Amber’s return to save the Stormterror Dvalin was not something that could be done in a moment, it was reasonable that it took over a day to see initial results.
This coincided with Xiangling verifying that the ingredients obtained in the dream world could be used normally in the real world, which simultaneously validated part of the contract and allowed Ren to receive positive feedback.
That was also a possibility.
“If that’s the case, won’t I have to hoodwink—ahem, kindly guide the girls who enter the dream even more in the future?” Having made this guess, Ren’s Schrödinger’s unease—which had arisen from his perhaps non-existent conscience regarding teasing Amber and Xiangling—completely vanished.
Yes, he would have to increase the intensity in the future.
After all, among the girls in the world of Genshin Impact, except for a very few like Klee who had absolutely no regrets or worries, most of them had some wishes, obsessions, regrets, or goals.
It could only be said that regarding things like Visions, basically everyone who obtained one had some kind of obsession.
Ren was also helping them by providing an additional path, wasn’t he?
Aside from possibly being a bit embarrassed in certain aspects and losing a tiny bit of integrity and dignity, everything else they gained was a benefit.
Add to that the fact that these game items Ren provided were also beneficial to the Teyvat continent.
This could practically be called a triple-win; everyone was winning big.
Thinking about it this way made him feel much more at ease.
While Ren was lost in these random thoughts, the notification for a friend coming online finally rang out.
“At this time, it should be noon in the outside world.
Someone as energetic as Xiangling doesn’t look like the type to take a nap, which means—” After all, with Xiangling’s energy, you could say Zhongli taking a nap for his health was possible, but Xiangling wouldn’t take a nap no matter how you thought about it.
Moreover, it was lunchtime; business at Wanmin Restaurant must be booming.
A filial child like Xiangling wouldn’t leave her father to work hard while she ran off to slack and sleep.
Opening the friend list, sure enough, it was Amber, who had been away for over a day—nearly two days—logging on in the middle of the day.
Deciding to write a small program later to identify which character was logging on, Ren waved his hand, refreshing and rolling back the state of Kokomi, who had just been weathered by wind and rain and looked a bit disheveled.
Looking at Kokomi, who had returned to being a beautiful sight once more, Ren nodded in satisfaction.
After confirming everything was handled, Ren’s figure flickered, and he arrived in Mondstadt—or rather, he arrived beside Amber, who had just logged on and was still looking around.
“Whoa!
You scared me!”
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”