“What if I jump in and drown?
You better compensate me for all the stuff I just picked up!”
Even though the chat kept urging her to jump into the water, Dai Xiaomei hesitated.
“If you keep stalling, I’m leaving.
Other streamers are already playing this game.”
“Same here, mine’s almost downloaded!”
“So are you jumping or not?”
The moment she saw people threatening to leave, she panicked.
“Fine!
I’ll jump!”
“Watch this—360-degree spinning dive!”
Gritting her teeth, she found a higher spot and made Lumine leap into the lake.
To her surprise—
The character actually dove gracefully into the water!
A small splash formed, and Lumine began swimming, staying afloat with smooth arm movements.
“Whoa!
You can actually swim?!”
Dai Xiaomei’s face lit up with excitement.
The viewers were just as surprised.
The game had already shown impressive features—free movement, climbing, gathering…
And now swimming too?
“This is insane!
It feels like you’ve entered a real world!”
“And it’s as beautiful as a fantasy fairy tale!”
“This is way too good.
Are we sure this was made by a Chinese studio?”
The chat exploded, with many viewers questioning reality itself.
For years, the domestic gaming industry had lagged behind the global mainstream.
And now, suddenly—
A game like this appeared.
Even seeing it with their own eyes, they struggled to believe it.
Genshin Impact felt like a miracle—
It didn’t just catch up.
It jumped straight to the top tier of the world.
“Guys… don’t forget, this game is free.”
At that moment, one viewer quietly pointed it out.
The chat fell silent.
A game this ridiculously good… was completely free.
Many didn’t even know how to express what they were feeling.
“I typed a lot, then deleted it.
There’s just no way to describe what this game means for Chinese gaming—or for us players.”
“I’m actually tearing up… is this the rise of domestic games?”
“Insane!
Absolutely insane!”
“I’d call miHoYo the philanthropists of the gaming industry!”
Some viewers even had moist eyes.
Only those who had experienced it understood—
The frustration of being mocked and looked down upon by foreign developers.
For years, players had endured unfair treatment in international games.
Even when reporting abuse, they were often the ones punished—because the moderators weren’t on their side.
They endured it silently.
Because there were no better options.
Until now.
The arrival of Genshin Impact felt like the first light of dawn.
Meanwhile, in Dai Xiaomei’s stream—
While her viewers were getting emotional, she was having the time of her life.
“Ha!
Watch this move!”
Lumine made a sharp turn in the water.
“Hey!
Little fox, don’t run!”
She chased it down and cut it down with one strike.
“Oh?
You think flying makes you special?
Once I can fly, I’m cooking you first!”
She tried ambushing a pigeon, but missed and scared it away instead—leaving her annoyed.
Playing like an excited eight-year-old, she completely forgot why she started the game.
She didn’t even notice that Paimon had disappeared.
By the time she came back to her senses, she had wandered to a massive stone bridge.
The bridge stretched across a river.
Behind it stood towering city walls, with rooftops faintly visible beyond.
“This is the city from the trailer, right?
I can’t believe they actually made it!”
So far, nearly every detail from the earlier trailer had been perfectly recreated—
And even improved.
Just as she was about to run across the bridge, she noticed a girl in green nearby, carrying a backpack.
Above her head was her name: Lynn.Below it: Adventurer.
But what caught Dai Xiaomei’s attention most was the pot set up in front of her.
Steam was rising from it.
“Wait… can you cook in this game?”
Her eyes lit up as she ran over.
Without hesitation—and with suspiciously quick hands—she casually picked up a piece of raw poultry from the ground.
Then she approached the pot.
“Eating well makes adventuring easier.”
The green-clad girl suddenly spoke.
Dai Xiaomei jumped in shock.
She thought she had been caught stealing!
But after hearing the actual line, she relaxed.
“Her hands aren’t very clean, huh?”
“That flinch just now had me dying 😂”
“She’s really out here stealing from NPCs!”
Blushing, she ignored the teasing.
As she approached the pot, an interaction prompt appeared.
Without hesitation, she selected “Cook.”
At this stage, only one dish was available: Mushroom Chicken Skewer.
Even so, both she and the viewers were excited.
“This is amazing!
You can actually cook!”
“Is there anything this game can’t do?”
“There aren’t many recipes yet though.”
“Relax.
As long as the system exists, more can be added later.
Not having it at all would be the real problem.”
Dai Xiaomei carefully examined the cooking interface, her face full of shock.
“This heals HP?!
Up to 1,200?!”
At this point, her total HP was only a little over 1,000.
That meant this dish could fully heal her from near death.
Her breathing quickened.
She had made up her mind—
She had to cook that Mushroom Chicken Skewer.