(Pre-viewing reminder: This chapter will be a bit shorter because I don't have enough length to finish the Inazuma plot PV.)
(The Inazuma plot also has world line changes due to Jun Bai's existence, so the plot PV will be altered. In short, it's time for me to rack my brains describing visuals again.)
(In the new version of the Inazuma plot, new characters will also appear, making their first appearance in the next chapter's PV preview.)
(And regarding Rin who appeared in the last chapter—friends, feel free to guess her identity. Let me see whose thinking is on the same wavelength as mine.)
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[Damn, old miHoYo—you really know how to edge.]
[This big sister actually knows Venti's true identity—looks like another major figure.]
[Am I the only one who noticed the name Rin is the same as one of the rumored girlfriends mentioned by Havria in Jun Bai's Story Quest?]
[Confirmed—another existence who can rank among the Adepti like Ganyu.]
[Female +3000 years, ranked among the Adepti. But Ganyu can only clock in and work at Yuehai Pavilion every day.]
[So is this big sister an Adeptus-like existence or a god whose subjective gender is female?]
[More likely an Adeptus—after all, Mondstadt's gods were killed off by the High Tower Lone King and Wolf King until only the other one remained.]
The gray-haired woman Rin's identity sparked endless speculation, but the official side never responded. So players could only keep an eye out, and the hype gradually died down.
In this way, although Windblume Festival couldn't match Lantern Rite's heat, with Venti's Story Quest carrying it, it still landed steadily.
Version 1.5 [Jade Screen Surrounds Dust Song]—the appearance of the Serenitea Pot sparked a building frenzy among players. Rich streamer Aventurine led far ahead in this field.
(Aventurine: Preservation—knowing architecture is normal, right?)
Finally came the grand finale of the entire 1.0 major version—Version 1.6 [Summer! Island? Grand Adventure!]—Golden Apple Archipelago limited-time map went live.
In the face of such a version-themed event, small events seemed utterly insignificant.
After all, daughter Klee's birthday is in summer. No event could take priority over daughter's birthday.
Of course, attentive friends would notice that Jun Bai and Yiya's birthdays are also in summer.
So on their birthday, Jun Bai directed the system to send birthday mails.
Thus, on July 28th, players received mail prepared by Jun Bai, mail Jun Bai prepared for Yiya's birthday, and mail Yiya prepared herself.
Jun Bai's birthday mail: 10 Intertwined Fates.
Mail Jun Bai prepared for Yiya: 10 Acquaint Fates, materials to raise Yiya to Lv.60.
Mail Yiya prepared: a followable little phoenix spirit.
Jun Bai's popularity value continues rising ing...
This made Jun Bai start considering the feasibility of copying Alice's birthday celebration for Klee next year.
After all, Alice has Golden Apple Archipelago as a birthday venue—his Fengdeng Lou can serve as a birthday venue too!
Because Klee was born in summer, Klee's birthday is in summer. As if his and Yiya's birthdays aren't in summer.
"Decided—next year's summer event, our family Yiya will have a birthday party too!" Jun Bai immediately decided to add a Yiya birthday event to next year's 2.8 version grand event.
[You could add it now—the version just started 10 days ago. You're still a director—you have authority to add temporary events.]
[Just send a mail explaining the situation.]
[With your popularity, plus it's free Primogems—players will definitely buy it.]
"No—I'm on vacation now."
Jun Bai burrowed into the blankets and continued binging Shinkenger.
If the 2.8 version holds a birthday party—first, that's Yiya's first birthday after officially turning one year old. This year Yiya hasn't even reached one full year.
Second, the 1.6 version event was already set before the preview livestream—adding it temporarily now, players might not mind, but the real-world production team would!
Finally, and most importantly—Jun Bai said it: he's on vacation now.
But 2.8 version is different. Before 2.8 is 2.7 version—Jun Bai has to go to the underground area of The Chasm to search for missing Big Brother. That's work mode—naturally different.
Seeing the host like this, the system didn't continue speaking. After nearly a year of interaction, the system knows—once Jun Bai uses "vacation" as an excuse,
Even if Zhongli and Jun Mo Li came together, they couldn't make this guy get up and work.
In this way, players in the parallel world experienced a Version 1.6 no different from the original.
No—there is a difference.
After all, the original version didn't have Yiya.
Thus, surrounded by two little cuties—Yiya and Klee—parallel world players happily passed an unforgettable summer.
Then Version 2.0 preview livestream arrived as scheduled.
This time the livestream didn't follow tradition with a Chibi version skit—because today's hosts were all newcomers.
No—there were familiar faces too, but because they used new models, no skit was arranged.
This preview livestream's guests: Yiya, Kamisato Ayaka, Yoimiya, and—
Amamiya Kotoya (original character)—CV: Shion
Shiba Kaoru (original character)—CV: Jun Bai
(I know you'll ask—so explaining here: in this version of Teyvat world, these are characters born after world line changes—unrelated to Jun Bai.)
(In the plot, it's the system using Jun Bai's voice line AI for dubbing—only in the preview is it Jun Bai himself.)
Originally viewers were confused seeing the new characters' Chibi version models—didn't know who they were. Then they spoke:
[Thought they were all new characters—turns out as soon as they open their mouths, damn—all familiar voices.]
[Boss Jun finally got scripts for characters other than Jun Bai—I thought he was only voicing Jun Bai.]
[Besides Yan Ning being a familiar face—Catherine, Guizhong, Yunshang, Jun Bai are all new appearances.]
[Guizhong, Jun Bai! Have you really betrayed Lord Geo Archon? (OMO).jpg]
Chibi version Lumine: "Boss is actually appearing in preview as a new character!"
Chibi version Kaoru: "I don't want to keep eating from one role forever—gotta try something new."
Chibi version Kaoru: "Besides, in the entire 2.0 major version, Jun Bai has very few scenes. If I don't find something to do—my presence will keep dropping day by day."
(Fake—I won't let him have few scenes.)
After simple greetings—Version 2.0 PV, start!