Lu Bu, the Thunder General, is my adoptive father in Genshin Impact.

However, compared to speaking in front of tens of thousands of free people, there was clearly no psychological pressure in front of this group of old acquaintances, and they could even joke around.

Xiao Yi found the tentacle of Oser that he had brought from Bayun Island, climbed up to it, and waved to everyone from a high place.

"OK, everyone, look at me!"

Everyone stopped joking and focused their attention on Narukamiko, who was eager to try her luck on Oser's tentacles.

"First of all, I want to thank my adoptive father, General Thunder, without whom I would not be who I am today, and a certain female friend (Shadow) who has been silently supporting me and whose identity I cannot reveal to you. Her help to me is no less than that of my adoptive father..."

"Then, I want to thank my gentle, kind, lovely, beautiful, hardworking, brave, understanding, considerate, and warm-hearted wife... She seems to be blushing, so I won't continue. Everyone understands my sincere feelings."

"Finally, I want to thank you all for being passersby in my life through all sorts of adventures, adding a wonderful chapter to my life."

"Alright, alright, enough with the sentimentality. Let's talk about the teleportation portal that everyone's concerned about—as we all know, merchants are profit-driven creatures. As long as the portal's function remains, this accident won't make them back down, and the advantage of convenient transportation will continue to be maintained."

"Therefore, the commercial paths between Inazuma and Liyue, and Mondstadt, remain unobstructed, with a continuous flow of Mora. We all have a bright future! I hope that one day in the future, when you recall this gathering, you will be moved by our cooperation and our friendship."

Bathed in the applause of the crowd, Xiao Yi winked at Gan Yu, and his wife returned his tender gaze with her beautiful, ruby-red eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yi smiled and gave Miss Ying a thumbs up. Thor's purple eyes suddenly became dull and lifeless. General came online and gave Xiao Yi a thumbs up without expression. Then, she switched back to Lei Ying and smiled slightly, imitating General giving Xiao Yi a thumbs up.

This book is finished.

Author's Closing Remarks

Starting in February and ending at the end of June, the book was finally completed in just over 600,000 words after nearly five months.

The moment the final chapter was released, I had a complex mix of emotions: joy, excitement, relief, dissatisfaction, regret, and a little disappointment.

In short, if you make a mistake, you should stand up straight; if you get punished, you should stand firm. Next is my self-criticism.

If most new authors have to go through a process of constantly making mistakes (creating negative points), experiencing setbacks (declining performance), discovering their shortcomings, and growing during the writing process, then the mistakes I made in this book are equivalent to those in three other books.

Speaking of the biggest mistake I made in the early stages, it was trying to create some hype and gimmicks before the book was released, and having Miss Chong cause that big incident. But the release of that chapter quickly backfired, and I clearly saw the number of favorites drop sharply. It can only be said that I made a mess of things.

Apart from that part, I don't think there are any major problems with the first volume. Although there are many minor flaws, overall the flaws don't outweigh the merits, and it's a story that's "still watchable".

Then, in the second volume, the section about the collapse of the Jade Pavilion and Xiao Yi's arrest is the Waterloo of the entire book, causing the tone to begin to tilt like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. However, while the Leaning Tower of Pisa tilts but doesn't fall, the plot after the collapse of the Jade Pavilion slowly teeters on the brink of collapse.

Putting aside the fact that the plot collapses due to the absurdity of the storyline, the overall structure and selection of materials were poorly considered, and the author's lack of personal ability were also fatal factors.

For example, the title and the Lü Bu reference: in the original novel, the White Gate Tower is in Chapter 19, while the TV series is in Episode 13. However, the original novel has a total of 120 chapters, while the TV series has 84 episodes. This means that Lü Bu's role and references are destined to be limited.

Having exhausted all the Lü Bu tropes in the first volume, I should have tried to change things up, but things didn't go as planned. The attempt to change things up failed, and the subsequent plot also fell apart.

Ultimately, we can't keep repeating the same jokes and having Miss Shadow or the General get stabbed in every volume, right? This has led to me gradually running out of ideas, and I can't have Xiao Yi biting a lighter...

Thus, a vicious cycle began.

In addition, the system settings were somewhat imperfect, which led to the system crashing during later story phases.

After all, with Thor, a top Teyvat being, as their adoptive father, it would be difficult to replicate the power of anyone else later on. I can't help but wonder if changing the main storyline to finding the three gods and calling them fathers one by one might be more convenient for the later story development and meme creation.

But it's no use talking about it now. The past can't be changed, so we can only focus on the future. I must silently learn from my mistakes, continuously improve my abilities, and perform even better in the next book.

Next, I won't be starting a new book for a while (before Sumeru is released). I need to browse the top-selling books on the Tmall website to learn from the writing techniques of the masters, and try my best not to come up with anything strange in the middle of the next book that would affect everyone's reading experience.

That's it then, the end! *throws confetti* ╰（￣▽￣）╭

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