That evening, Scarlett and Noelle lay on the same bed, chatting about their experiences and insights from the assessment that day.
As they chatted, Noelle fell asleep first.
Scarlett also closed her eyes.
Feeling the cool breeze wash over her, her body relaxed, and her consciousness drifted into slumber.
In a daze, Scarlett mumbled, “Venti…” The next day, Scarlett and Noelle woke up at dawn.
Waking up early had become a habit, especially in the last month.
Since Stormterror would visit Mondstadt City from time to time, the Knights of Favonius had countless things to do every day.
Although Scarlett and Noelle were not official Knights of Favonius, both felt duty-bound to contribute their part to Mondstadt!
Scarlett, dressed in a red and white training suit, wearing long boots, and her hair tied in a high ponytail, took her spear from her Vision.
She replaced the spearhead with a brand new one she had gotten from Wagner yesterday and attached it securely.
“Brother, I’m off!
I’ve got breakfast with me!” “Be careful!” “Got it!” Scarlett held two Mora Meat buns, one for herself and the other she handed to Noelle.
Mora Meat was a Liyue delicacy; since her alternate self in Liyue could make it, naturally, her alternate self in Mondstadt could too.
The Mora Meat Scarlett was eating now was precisely what she had taught the maid sisters to make, and they had prepared it for her.
Scarlett and Noelle left Dawn Winery together.
“Noelle, you head back to Mondstadt City first.
I’m going outside the city to help clear out monsters.” “Huh?
Scarlett, aren’t you coming back to Mondstadt with me?” Scarlett shook her head, “I want to go out and gain some experience.” “No, it’s too dangerous.
Kaeya told me to watch over you!” Kaeya?
So that’s what Kaeya had told Noelle yesterday.
“Oh, bestie, just let me go!
You know I’m very strong, there won’t be any danger, alright~?” Scarlett pulled on one of Noelle’s arms, acting spoiled.
Noelle hesitated for a moment, then quickly firmed up her resolve, “No, I won’t.
Unless I go with you.” “Alright, then we’ll go together!” The reason she wanted to go out was that Scarlett guessed the plot was about to begin.
Over the past seventeen years, Scarlett’s memories of Allogene had blurred a lot.
After all, it had been seventeen years without really interacting with it, so forgetting some details was normal.
The first time she saw Venti, Scarlett thought the plot had begun and she had missed it, but she hadn’t seen the blond-haired traveler in Mondstadt City yet.
This time, she had a premonition that the plot should start soon, either today or tomorrow.
Because Venti had casually mentioned that he had something very important to do today or tomorrow, and that she didn’t need to look for him.
Since it was an open-world game, players always had a special soft spot for the first character they met.
Because of Stormterror, many monsters had gathered around Mondstadt City, and Hilichurl watchtowers had been erected in places where monsters shouldn’t normally exist.
Scarlett took out her spear, and together with Noelle, they cleared out all the Hilichurls.
Scarlett had obtained her Pyro Vision three years ago.
For these three years, she had been training diligently.
Relying on her system’s Talents (essentially cheating), her strength, while not as great as her brother’s, was still stronger than Noelle’s.
Her exquisite, fiery-red spear, wreathed in flames, displayed a grand style with every thrust.
It was just a pity that Noelle possessed a Geo Vision and could not trigger an elemental reaction with her Pyro element.
Otherwise, their clearing speed would have been even faster!
“Scarlett, which direction are we going?” Noelle put her Favonius Greatsword back into her Vision, panting softly.
“We’re going to the Whispering Woods.” The Whispering Woods?
Weren’t they just clearing monsters around Mondstadt City?
Why go deep into the Whispering Woods?
“The Knights of Favonius have mostly cleared the monsters around here; let’s go check the Whispering Woods.” Noelle nodded; they had indeed just passed a squad of Knights.
The real Mondstadt was much larger than the Mondstadt in the game.
The Whispering Woods had lush, towering trees, and in the morning sunlight, it cast dappled, fragmented shadows.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, giving off a sense of dread.
It was never like this before!
Scarlett and Noelle moved slowly, constantly staying alert to their surroundings.
Roar~!
Suddenly, a massive roar echoed through the air, startling them both.
After the roar, something enormous flew out of the Whispering Woods and headed in another direction.
Noelle was a little nervous, while Scarlett’s eyes lit up!
Dvalin!
There was no mistake, it was him!
Scarlett immediately sprinted in the direction the roar came from.
Noelle followed closely behind.
Parallel World, Earth.
At 8 AM, “Allogene,” a highly anticipated open-world exploration game, skipped its closed beta and directly launched its open beta!
Countless fans who had been following “Allogene” were overjoyed, and those who woke up early frantically opened the launcher and clicked download.
Beneath the game’s official website, new comments poured in constantly.
“I thought it was tomorrow!
Damn it, and it’s an open beta!
The developers completely misled me.
I can’t work this shift for another second!” “Haha, good thing I didn’t oversleep today.
Who would have thought the game company would suddenly release it early!” “Teyvat, my Teyvat, I’m coming!” “…” Zoey was a full-time game streamer.
Her channel name was StarGamer, and her fans usually just called her Star.
Because of her sweet appearance and expressive personality, her streams were quite popular, and she had accumulated a large fanbase.
The game “Allogene” had gone incredibly viral online two months ago because the open-world map released by the developers was simply breathtaking!
The modeling of the terrain, buildings, and characters far surpassed any other game on the market!
Like the vast majority of netizens, Zoey fell in love with the game’s promotional video the moment she saw it.
The beautiful scenery in the game was truly captivating, the characters were exquisitely detailed, and most importantly, it was entirely free-to-play!
As the popularity of “Allogene” skyrocketed online, streamers like Zoey had been eagerly waiting for closed beta access.
Instead, they got a direct open beta!
“Chat, the download is almost done!
This crappy network is too slow.
I wonder if I can grab a low UID!” Taking a sip of her milk, Zoey started her live stream.
As soon as she went live, fans flooded in.
“Streamer, at least your progress bar is moving!
My network is completely frozen.
The whole dorm is downloading it right now, our school Wi-Fi is getting destroyed!” “Hurry, hurry, hurry!
I want to see Teyvat, I want to see Barbara!” “I like Amber, but I’m at work right now.
I wonder if my boss will find out if I secretly watch the stream…” “…” Zoey chatted with her viewers while waiting.
After about five minutes, it finally finished loading.
She immediately created an account and logged in.
The game started on a beach, with a small crab waving its claws, marked with two stars.
At the same time, a narration echoed: “So, you drifted here from beyond the world?” Then, two golden meteors streaked across the skies above Liyue and Mondstadt.
“But as you sought to leave here and journey to the next world, a strange god stood before you.” Seeing the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appear, Zoey hummed excitedly.
“Oh my god, this graphics quality!
She’s so beautiful, I love her so much!” The viewers in the chat were even more shocked, spamming “waifu” in the comments everywhere.
“Ahhh, why can’t I choose to play as her?!” Zoey frantically clicked on the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles with her mouse, but there was no reaction.
After hesitating for a moment, she chose Lumine, the female twin.
Then, the cutscene continued, showing Aether being taken away by the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, and Lumine being sealed by those red cubes.
The animation ended, returning to the beach.
After a brief conversation with Paimon, Zoey entered combat mode.
“Chat, look at this, it’s so beautiful!
I didn’t expect them to actually release a game with such insane graphics; I initially thought the trailers were pre-rendered!” Controlling Lumine to run around, temporarily leaving the cute Paimon aside, Zoey stared at the computer screen in awe, occasionally touching her PC case to check if it was overheating.
“The graphics really are that good.
I’m cooked, I hope my phone doesn’t explode trying to run it.” “Don’t worry to the guy above, I’m playing on my phone right now!
The graphics are amazing, and it runs smoothly without overheating too much.” “Paimon is so cute!” “Streamer, stop running around in circles!
Advance the plot, I want to see what happens next!” “…”