It must be miHoYo's doing.

On the stage, Tianming looked at the crowded scene around him and felt a little confused.

Keli even hid her body behind Tianming, holding Tianming's wrists tightly with her two little hands.

"There are so many people here... Klee doesn't like it here... I feel like they're afraid of her, just like everyone else in Mondstadt..."

Before Tianming could comfort Keli, a cold reminder sounded in Tianming's mind.

[Warning! The evil rift will open in one minute. Please prepare for battle!]

[Warning! Residents at the scene are extremely fearful of the impending alien evil, and a large amount of negative energy is being generated.

Note: Negative energy is opposite to the fantasy point and will be collected by the alien evil creatures, greatly accelerating the arrival of the main force of the alien evil creatures.

Note: The ones that are currently arriving are the first wave of vanguards.

Note: Please do your best to eliminate the public's fear of the alien evil. The remaining fear in the public's hearts will continue to provide negative energy to the alien evil in the future.

"What? There's such a setting? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

After hearing the system's prompt, Tianming was completely paralyzed. He wasn't fully grown yet, and he had absolutely no confidence in defeating the main force of any alien evil. He definitely needed to buy more time to develop before that.

As his thoughts turned, Tianming began to look around, trying to think of a way to deal with the situation.

“Comic exhibition, stage, host, audience, performance…”

"One, two, three... Seven Hilichurls wrapped in black fog? So why are the so-called evil creatures from outer space actually Hilichurls? No, now's not the time to be fussing about that..."

"Wait, seven...seven Hilichurls? And Klee...? Got it! If that's the case, maybe we can fool them!"

Tianming immediately took action. He squatted down, reached out and patted Klee's head. Pointing at the spatial crack behind them, he comforted her, "It's okay, Klee. They're not afraid of Klee. They're afraid of the things in this crack. Once we defeat those things, everyone will like Klee."

Keli stared blankly at the crack behind her, then turned her head and stared at Tianming.

"Really? What should Klee do then?"

A gleam of light appeared in Klee's big eyes again, and her anticipation was obvious.

In Mondstadt, Klee had no chance to prove herself. Even after blasting away the invading Hilichurls, the children her age were still terrified. But now, she'd heard that she could win everyone's favor just by doing one thing. This was something Klee hadn't even dared to imagine before.

"Of course it's true. Wait a minute, Kelly, listen to my instructions. Let's act out the fairy tale of Princess Sparkle that I told you before."

"Yes! Okay! Klee will be obedient!"

Kelly clenched her fists, looking very motivated.

[Countdown to 40 seconds]

Time waits for no one. After Tianming finished arranging Keli, he walked step by step towards the host who was sitting on the edge of the stage.

"You...what are you doing! Be careful or I'll call the police! A cosplayer is hitting someone!"

Tianming didn't care what the other person was shouting. He reached out to hold the other person's armpit, and with a clever force, he sent the other person safely to the stage, and then took the microphone from the other person's hand.

Then, he calmly turned around and returned to the center of the stage, facing all the audience below with a heartwarming smile.

[Countdown to 30 seconds]

"Ladies and gentalmen, boys and girls, I guess I scared you just now. But don't worry, this is just a two-dimensional live-action stage play we created using holographic projection technology. Due to some equipment problems, the cracks that should have appeared in the virtual actors in the stage play appeared prematurely. Please forgive me for the shock."

After he finished speaking, the audience immediately started talking, but most people still had doubts and fear in their eyes.

In the audience, a row.

The "Mirror Hunter" sneaked up to the host who was "thrown off" the stage by Tianming and whispered, "Hey, didn't you say that the surprise finale performance would be Sa-chan's debut? What's going on now?"

The host was still confused and scratched his head.

"I...I can't come..."

………………

[Countdown to 20 seconds]

In the audience, a clearly frightened girl stood up and loudly demanded, "I don't believe this! This has to be real! I've never seen such a realistic and terrifying monster in my life."

Faced with doubts, Tianming smiled calmly.

"This young lady seems frightened. In that case, to dispel your fear, I will prove it to you."

As he spoke, Tianming turned and walked to the crack.

In fact, the crack had become solid after it appeared, and could be touched directly. But Tianming had his own way to deal with such a thing.

Tianming cried out softly in his heart——

"Kamiwei!!"

Ahem, sorry, I went to the wrong set, let me try again...

"The power of the Ruler of the Void is revealed—space creation!"

Then, Tianming reached out and touched the crack.

At the moment when Tianming's hand was about to touch the crack, a space channel that was difficult to identify with the naked eye appeared in front and behind the crack wall.

So Tianming's hand passed through the middle of the crack.

When you swing your arms up and down, the space channel will change its position according to the outline of your arms.

I went back and forth several times without feeling any blockage.

"Well, now you finally believe it, right? Except for me and this little actor next to me, everyone else here is fake, all projected."

The girl who had spoken earlier nodded and sat down. Most of the previously skeptical people present also breathed a sigh of relief and settled down, seemingly ready to take in this so-called holographic projection of a two-dimensional drama.

[Countdown to 10 seconds]

Tianming looked at the audience and saw that the fear on most of their faces had disappeared. A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Then please enjoy the fairy tale drama brought to you by Keli and I—"

"Spark Princess and the Seven Hilichurls!"

Volume 1: The Birth of miHoYo: 002 Sparkling Little Princess and the Seven Hilichurls

【Five seconds countdown】

"Well then, everyone, please open your eyes! Now is... a shocking moment!!"

As the words fell, Tianming pondered again.

"The power of the Ruler of Reason is revealed—understanding is restored!"

Powerful collapse energy that ordinary people cannot see gathered in Tianming's palm. As Tianming flipped his palm and waved it, the invisible blue energy turned into electric-like lines that enveloped the entire stage venue.

The ceiling and lighting above turned into blue sky and white clouds, and the scene on the stage turned into half forest and half house, which was exactly the setting for a real drama performance.

The audience's eyes lit up in surprise, and even the host below scratched his head in confusion.

"Could it be that the organizers really organized this play, but just didn't inform me?"

[The countdown is over, evil creatures from outer space are coming, please be careful, host.

Note: Fantasy points can only be gathered by killing evil creatures with miHoYo characters' attacks.

As the prompt ended, the space crack behind Tianming completely opened up, and roaring hillbillies rushed out.

Although they were all ordinary hillbillies, some wielding bows and arrows, some with sticks, and some with firewood sticks, they were much larger than the hillbillies Tianming had imagined, standing nearly three meters tall, perhaps because of the black energy swirling around them.

As soon as the leading stick-wielding hillbilly came out of the crack, he noticed Tianming standing in the center of the stage. Without saying a word, he picked up the stick and smashed it at his head.

The audience was shocked when they saw this, even those who had just believed Tianming's words. Some girls even covered their eyes.

Tianming felt the strong wind coming from behind his head, without any panic, and silently recited in his heart.

"System, exchange the Ruler's power branch - Personality Control!"

[Ding! The host's fantasy points are insufficient. You can redeem five minutes of trial time, worth 10 fantasy points. Do you want to redeem it?]

"Yes!"

[Ding! Trial ability exchange successful. Five-minute trial countdown begins—]

As the prompt sound falls.

Puppet strings invisible to ordinary people stretched out from the empty sky, wrapping around the hands and feet of each hillman, keeping them fixed in place.

The wooden stick that was about to hit Tianming's head stopped a few centimeters away from the back of Tianming's head and could not penetrate.

The Ruler of the Thousand, also known as the Ruler of the Thousand, possesses this branch of power, allowing him to manipulate the bodies of others through puppet strings. Unless the controlled individual possesses a strong will, they are at the mercy of their master.

For Tianming now, controlling seven hillbillies to perform a drama is more than enough.

The Hilichurls who had been extremely violent just now now entered their positions in the houses on the stage in an orderly manner.

"Haha, it looks like the guy operating the equipment was playing a joke on me. So, let the show officially begin!"

As the words fell, the lights in the venue suddenly went out under Tianming's control, and beautiful background music was played from the speakers manifested by Tianming.

In this show, he was mainly responsible for narration and dubbing the Hilichurls. The real protagonists were Klee and the seven Hilichurls.

After a moment of darkness, a beam of light shone down, illuminating Klee in the forest area on the right side of the stage.

Although her face was flushed and she looked a little excited and nervous, Kelly still raised her hands high to greet everyone.

This action was so cute that it melted the hearts of many of the audience present.

Then, the narration began.

[A long time ago, there was a little princess. She was beautiful, lovely, and gifted with the ability to use powerful fire magic. She was called the Spark Princess.]

As the narration continued, Klee on stage summoned sparks into the air and began to perform according to the plot. However, this time, no one was scared. After the previous foreshadowing, everyone thought that they might just be holographic projections.

However, Sparkle Princess's beauty and powerful magic made another old witch in the forest, who specialized in fire magic, very jealous. So she hired a hunter to hunt Sparkle Princess down.

One day, Spark Princess, escorted by a knight, went to play in the forest when a hunter suddenly appeared. Although the kind-hearted Spark Princess possessed powerful fire magic, she didn't know how to fight the enemy. The knight had no choice but to let the princess escape while he went to fight the enemy himself.

【“Then, she got lost…”】

On the stage, Hanabi ran from the right side of the stage with the forest background to the left side of the stage with the house background. The seven hillbillies were standing inside the house.

"But fortunately, she found a house in the forest where seven hillfolk lived."

"These seven hillbillies knew Sparkle Princess. Like the old witch, they were extremely jealous of her beauty and power. However, they didn't take advantage of the situation to cause trouble. Instead, they acted like good people and warmly welcomed Sparkle Princess. Secretly, they wanted to take the opportunity to learn the secret of Sparkle Princess's beauty and power."

[“The kind-hearted Spark Princess was completely oblivious to this and treated them all as good people.”]

Tianming narrated while controlling the Hilichurls to interact silently with Klee. It really looked like a play.

The audience also seemed to be interested in this story...

[And so, the days passed, but Sparkle Princess never found her way home, and the knight never came to pick her up. The seven hillbillies grew impatient because they hadn't yet figured out the secret.]

One day, when Princess Sparkle was out picking mushrooms, she encountered an old woman who had fallen into a pit. The kind-hearted princess immediately rescued her. The old woman gave her an apple as a reward, saying that the apple would make people more beautiful.

In reality, this old woman is actually the old witch who previously intended to kill the princess. The apple is actually enchanted with flames, causing it to explode after being eaten. Because she couldn't defeat the old witch head-on, she used this method to kill the Sparkling Princess.

The kind-hearted Sparkle Princess didn't doubt the old woman at all. Instead, she said shyly, "I have seven other Hilichurl friends who also want to become beautiful and powerful. Can you give me a few more apples, old woman?"

Upon hearing this, the old witch didn't hesitate and took out seven more exploding apples. She explained that two of them represented status, two represented magic, two represented wisdom, and one represented kindness. She said that whatever one ate, they would gain something. Finally, she urged the man to eat one, so as not to let her kindness go to waste.

In fact, these prop apples are essentially bang bang bombs made by Klee. As for the appearance of the apples seen by the audience, they are materialized by Tianming using the power of the Ruler of Reason.

Tianming curled the corners of his mouth and continued to read the narration.

Sparkle Princess was delighted and immediately took the apples back to share with her seven Hilichurl friends. However, the seven Hilichurls, believing these apples were the secret to Sparkle Princess's beauty and power, began to reveal their true, ugly faces.

[Hillbilly: "Princess Sparkle, you are already beautiful enough. Please give me this beautiful apple. I am too ugly." The princess smiled and nodded.]

Hiliuchiren Ersan: "Princess Sparkle, you are already a princess and no longer need a higher status. Please give us these two apples that represent your status." The princess smiled and nodded.

Hiliu Man 45: "Princess Sparkle, your magic is already powerful enough. Please give us these two magic apples." The princess smiled and nodded again.

Hilichurl Six-Seven: "Little Princess Sparkle, your wisdom is simply far superior to ours. Please give us these two apples that represent wisdom." The princess smiled and nodded again, but seemed to realize something.

[The hill people ate all seven apples, but they all set their eyes on the last apple.]

All the Hilichurls: "Princess Sparkle, we actually lied to you. But now we know we were wrong and want to be kind again. Please give us this last apple, which represents kindness!"

[It was only then that the princess finally realized the truth. She dropped the apple and ran out of the house crying. The seven hillbillies had no time to bother with the princess. They had achieved their goal and were now chopping the last apple with their fruit knives.]

[The result... "Boom!" The apple representing kindness exploded. The seven blown-away Hilichurls looked at their stomachs and exchanged bewildered glances.]

Finally, the princess, who had fled to the forest, found the knight again and threw herself into his arms, crying. Behind them, seven fireworks exploded in the sky, their brightness exceptionally bright.