It must be miHoYo's doing.

[Bronya: Is it the same in our Honkai Impact 3rd world? ]

[Acting President Tianming: Of course.]

Jean's fingers trembled slightly, a question lingering in her mind. She took a deep breath and slowly typed: [President, is the plot of Genshin Impact... related to our future?]

The group chat fell silent instantly, as if everyone was holding their breath.

Tianming's reply came belatedly: [Very impressive~~ I immediately understood it. Actually, the plot of this game is what will happen to you in the future. Um... to be more precise, it's what will happen in the future before I change your fate. After joining the association, your original fate will be determined by you.]

This message exploded like a bomb in the group.

[Keli: Eh! So the singing guy is really the God of Wind?!]

Qin: What? Who is the God of Wind? How come I don't know?

[Klee: It's Brother Wendy. This game is fun. I can live stream it all day. Later in the storyline, the singing brother admits that he is the God of Wind~~]

Qin's bracelet vibrated wildly, and when she finally recovered from the shock of "bard = wind god", a more pressing question occupied her mind.

[Qin: President, if this is truly our future, when exactly will the Wind Dragon Crisis occur? I want to be prepared in advance.]

Tianming's reply was filled with helpless honesty: [Maybe tomorrow, maybe a long time later, who knows?]

Volume 2 must be miHoYo's doing! 乆! :010 Oh no! The Traveler is coming!

Inside the Angel's Gift Tavern, warm light shines through the stained glass windows, casting mottled shadows on the oak floor.

The air was filled with the sweet aroma of cider and the buttery smell of baked muffins, and the sound of clinking glasses was intertwined with the sounds of conversation and laughter.

The bard Wendy sat on a round stool in the corner, plucking the strings of the "Fehling" with her slender fingers. The melodious melody was like the warm spring breeze in March, making the drinkers unconsciously lower their voices.

"……

Tell the story in the wind to the clouds,

The clouds drift away into the distance,

Take away the aroma of Mondstadt's fine wine..."

As the last note fell, the tavern erupted in applause. Several drunken adventurers slammed their hands on the table and shouted, "Encore!" "Today's story isn't over yet!"

Wendy smiled and raised her glass. The amber wine in the glass shimmered like honey under the light. "Fine wine needs to be savored, and stories need to be left behind..."

Bang!

The oak door of the tavern suddenly flung open, and the night breeze, carrying the distinct scent of dandelions from Mondstadt, filled the room. Captain Jyn, clad in a blue cloak, stood at the doorway, her golden ponytail swaying gently in the breeze. A small head popped out from behind her. Klee's large eyes, darting from beneath her red beret, curiously surveyed the tavern.

The entire tavern suddenly became so quiet that the crackling of the wood in the fireplace could be heard. Wendy's smile froze on his face, and the hand holding the glass trembled slightly. A few drops of wine slid down the side of the glass, leaving a few dark marks on his green cloak.

"Angel's Gift is closed tonight." Qin's voice was soft, but filled with undeniable authority. "Everyone, please leave first."

The drinkers looked at each other in bewilderment. A businessman, his face flushed with wine, burped and laughed, "Captain Qin, are you here for a drink too? Do you want to... hiccup... listen to this bard sing?"

"Please cooperate with the Order's business." Jean's eyes grew fierce, and the Zephyr sword at her waist gleamed faintly. The drunk was immediately carried out by his companions, and the other guests also put down their glasses and left. Bartender Charles wisely retreated to the kitchen, not forgetting to flip the "Open" sign to "Closed" before leaving.

As soon as the last customer left, Kelly immediately skipped over to Wendy, her red leather shoes making a "clacking" sound on the wooden floor: "Singing big brother!"

She supported herself on the round table with both hands and stood on tiptoe. "Captain Qin said you are the legendary wind god Barbatos. Is that true?"

Wendy's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and he plopped his wine glass down on the table, spilling a few drops of wine onto the strings. His slender fingers unconsciously stroked the neck of the guitar, forcing a smile. "This...this is a really funny joke..."

"Please stop pretending, Lord Wind God." Qin approached slowly, each step as precise as if measured with a ruler. "We already have solid evidence."

Wendy's expression grew increasingly grim, a divine glint flickering in the depths of his emerald eyes. As he stood, the wooden chair scraped harshly against the floor. A gentle breeze swirled through the closed tavern, ruffling his green cloak. "How...did you know that?"

Jean pulled out a delicate terminal bracelet from her waist and swiped it gently. A holographic projection immediately showed Tevarin contaminated by the blood-colored crystals. "This prophetic image comes from the MiHoYo Mutual Aid Association's database. It clearly records the entire process of the Abyss Cult controlling Tevarin and creating the Wind Dragon crisis."

Klee tugged on the corner of Wendy's cape and shook it. "Don't worry, big brother! Klee and Jean are here to help!" She pulled a furry white creature from her backpack. "Look, this is Duduko, Klee's new friend, earned through her prayers!"

Wendy looked at the talking doll in shock, then turned to Jean and asked, "What kind of organization is that so-called association?"

Jean put away the terminal, and the energy within her body began to surge—the power of the Great Crash Sword she had gained through prayer. A cyan wind element formed a small storm in her palm, causing the tables and chairs in the tavern to tremble, and the bottles in the glass cabinets to clink against each other with a crisp "clink."

"This is..." Wendy's voice trembled, "control of the wind element close to the demon god level..."

"Do you believe it now?" Jyn closed her hands, and the storm dissipated instantly. "We just want to protect Mond."

Wendy walked back to the round table in silence, picked up his glass, and emptied it. His Adam's apple rolled a few times before he said softly, "Tevalin has indeed... acted a little strangely lately." His fingertips trembled slightly as he set down his glass. "But I've searched everywhere in Mondstadt and can't find any trace of the Abyss Cult..."

"Because the time hasn't come yet," Jyn said seriously. "According to the prophecy, a golden-haired traveler will arrive in Mondstadt tomorrow. Her presence will stimulate the Abyss Cult to activate their plan."

Klee had climbed onto the stool at some point and was swinging her legs. "That brother...or sister, really! Klee wants to be her friend!"

Wendy stared at the remaining wine in his glass, where the moonlight shone through the stained glass windows, casting a hazy glow. After a long pause, he sighed, "Tomorrow morning... I can take you to the Wind Dragon Ruins to find Tvarin."

Jean's tense shoulders finally relaxed, and she gave a standard knight's salute: "Thank you for your understanding, Lord Barbatos."

............

The next morning, on the mist-shrouded Star-Picking Cliff, Ying pushed aside the dew-soaked bushes and suddenly stopped. Paimon nearly bumped into her back. "What's wrong... Whoa!" Paimon's scream startled several crystal butterflies perched on the rock wall.

High in the sky, a massive blue dragon circled among the clouds, its wings spread wide, casting a shadow thick enough to cover half the mountainside. Tevarin's amber pupils gleamed dangerously in the morning light, and a faint black mist swirled between its scales.

"Is that the legendary dragon?" Paimon hid behind Ying. "Should we..."

Before he finished speaking, a green figure leaped from the clifftop, wind elements forming a transparent platform beneath him. Wendy held a harp, and the melodious melody transformed into tangible cyan runes: "Don't be afraid, old friend. I'm back."

Tevarin whimpered softly, its dragon head slowly lowering, only to suddenly swerve towards Ying the next second. Its pupils suddenly constricted, and a wave of black energy erupted from its body. Its wings whipped up a violent gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye, it vanished into the sky.

Wendy's face turned pale as he fell back to the ground. He looked at Ying and Paimon in disbelief - the blonde girl, the white elf, and the frightened Tevarin who ran away. Everything was exactly as Qin had described last night.

"Hello! Hello!" Paimon flew forward, "That was..."

Wendy didn't even wait for her to finish her words before her body turned into countless blue points of light and dissipated in the morning breeze, leaving behind only a few flying Cecilia petals.

"What a weird guy..." Paimon complained with his hands on his hips.

Ying gazed at the sky thoughtfully. "The flow of elements within him...is completely different from that of an ordinary person."

The two hadn't been walking along the mountain path for long when a fiery figure suddenly emerged from the woods and landed swiftly before them. Amber's bunny ears danced joyfully in the morning breeze as she gave a standard chivalric salute: "May the wind god protect you, stranger! I am Amber, a scout knight of the Knights of Favonius—wait!"

She suddenly leaned close to Ying's face, her reddish-brown eyes widening: "Have we met somewhere before?"

Suddenly, Amber's pupils shrank.

"Ying!" Amber suddenly screamed, scaring the birds in the trees to fly away. "You are Ying, right?" She turned her trembling finger towards Paimon. "Then you must be Paimon!"

Paimon crossed his arms, his face filled with pride: "I never thought that my name as a guide would spread to Mondstadt, hahahaha."

Amber wasn't listening at all. She frantically tapped the transparent screen that suddenly appeared on her wrist. The terminal bracelet's projection interface flashed red frantically, and the chat channel refreshed at an alarming rate...

Amber: Oh no! Traveler and Paimon are here!

PS: I owe you two chapters, I will make them up tomorrow, and I won’t make any promises in the future.

Volume 2 must be miHoYo's doing! 乆! : 011 Shocked Ying, abnormally dark Tevarin

The group chat interface of "Mond Family" flashed frantically on Amber's terminal bracelet, and messages were refreshed like a rainstorm:

[Qin: What! You're really coming today?! Where are you, Amber? Send me your location!]

[Amber: (Shared location: 500 meters outside Mondstadt - Wine Lake)]

Kaia: By the way, is it a male traveler or a female traveler?

Diluk: Does it matter? The Traveler's arrival means the storyline we tried yesterday will become reality.

【Amber: It’s Ying.】

Klee: Ah... That means the Wind Dragon Crisis will also... put everyone in Mondstadt in danger!

Ying looked at the Scout Knight in confusion. Amber's fingers slid quickly over the bracelet, her lips pressed into a tight line, and beads of sweat formed on her forehead. Paimon drifted over to Ying's ear and whispered, "She looks so nervous... Did she catch us stealing the lunch box she left in the woods?"

"That..." Ying was about to speak when Amber's terminal suddenly burst out with a strong blue light.

[Qin: @All Staff! The Traveler's arrival is concerning the Wind Dragon Crisis. In the game's storyline, we in Mond have lost thousands of lives, houses have collapsed, and countless lives have been decimated. But now, we have the power and the obligation to change that future! Members currently in Mond, please lend a hand and defend Mond! We'll gather at the city gates!]

The moment the message was sent, more than a dozen replies popped up almost simultaneously:

Diluk: Dawn Winery is ready

[Kaeya: The Cavalry Squad has assembled]

[Lisa: The library's magic circle is ready~]

[Noelle: Always on call!]

[Eula: I'll remember this grudge... I mean the Abyss Cult.]

[All members: Defend Mondstadt!]

"No, it's okay!" Amber abruptly shut down the terminal projection, nearly biting her tongue. She stretched out her arms in front of Ying, her movements so large that they startled several birds in the bushes. "You stay here now, and you can't go anywhere!"

Paimon somersaulted in the air: "Huh?! Why?!"

Ying's hand was already on the hilt of the sword, and she looked around vigilantly: "Paimon, prepare for battle."

"Wait! That's not what I meant!" Amber waved her hands frantically, her auburn ponytail swinging back and forth. "It's just... uh..."

Suddenly, a flurry of hurried footsteps echoed from all directions. The brush was roughly pushed aside, and a dozen heavily armed figures instantly surrounded Ying and Paimon. Leader Jean wielded the Zephyr Sword, her silver armor gleaming in the sunlight. Diluk's greatsword swirled with crimson flames. Kaeya's ice crystals danced on his fingertips. Klee's small backpack was crammed with bombs of various colors.

"You all... know me?" Ying's knuckles turned white from the exertion, and her eyes quickly scanned every unfamiliar face.

Everyone nodded in unison, their movements so tacitly coordinated they'd rehearsed countless times. Klee poked her head out from behind Noelle, waving her hands excitedly. "Sister Ying! Paimon! Klee played a game with you guys as the main characters!"

"Game?" Paimon's face wrinkled. "What is that..."

A deafening dragon roar suddenly tore through the sky. Everyone looked up at the same time—

Tevarin's massive form loomed over Mondstadt like a dark cloud. Unlike the legendary blue-green wind dragon, every scale exuded a thick black mist, and blood-red flames danced in its pupils. Its wings flapped, scattering not a gentle breeze but corrosive black raindrops. The moat's surface instantly boiled with murky foam.

"How could it be..." Wendy came late, her green cloak covered with dust, "How could Tevarin be so..."

A warning window suddenly popped up on Qin's terminal: [Energy reaction of an alien evil being detected! Danger level: SS].

Her pupils suddenly contracted. "No! This isn't the Tevarin controlled by the Abyss Cult in the game!"

Amidst the Wind Dragon's roar, the black mist condensed into countless arrows, which shot towards the walls of Mondstadt. In the nick of time, a wall of ice rose from the ground. Kaeya's ice elemental power and Lisa's woven purple electric net were deployed simultaneously, but the moment they came into contact with the black mist, they were corroded, leaving terrifying holes.

"Everyone!" Qin pointed her sword towards the sky, a cyan storm swirling around her. "Prepare for battle!"

"But Captain Jyn!" Wendy grabbed her arm, her voice almost begging, "Give me ten minutes, and I will definitely wake Tevarin!"

Diluk's greatsword scorched the ground, and a wall of fire enveloped them. "There's no time. Even the Celestial Lyre won't wake it in this state. Look at its eyes—they're completely tainted by the black aura of the alien evil."

As expected, Tevarin's eyes were devoid of any rationality, filled only with pure madness and pain. Black mist seeped from beneath each of its scales, condensing into tentacle-like forms in the air.

Jean shouted, "Next, I will pull Tevarin down from the sky and apply a full range of amplification coordination to you all. The rest is up to you!"

After saying this, Qin raised the sword of Zephyr that she had prayed for and pointed it at Tevarin in the sky.

"Force the sword to fall! Activate!"

Qin used the first skill she acquired - forced sword falling. The skill has the ability to ban flying, which can make Tevarin fall from the air.

"Boom!"

Tevarin's huge body suddenly stopped gliding, and the whole dragon fell directly to the ground like a free-falling ball, creating a huge pit of nearly 100 meters!

However, such a fall would not cause any substantial damage to the Wind Dragon at the moment. Before two seconds had passed, Tevarin stood up from the pit.

Qin closed her eyes again, and colorful light emanated from her body.

"Healing synergy, speed synergy, and strength synergy, all activated!! Everyone, it's all up to you!"

Around Captain Qin, everyone's bodies also emitted colorful light, and they rushed towards the Wind Dragon one by one.

Ying and Paimeng felt the power bestowed upon them, feeling somewhat bewildered. Under the blessing of this power, they both felt invincible... Was it an illusion?

"Traveler, what do we do now?"

Ying took out her own bladeless sword, eager to try, "Of course I'm helping..."

Before she could even utter the word "busy", the battle scene in the distance frightened Ying so much that she almost dropped her sword...

"What kind of monsters are these people? Is this really Teyvat?"

I saw, in the distance...

"Appear! My fantasy realm!" Fischl removed her blindfold, her golden pupils gleaming brightly. Darkness surged in like a tide, engulfing everyone in the blink of an eye. When her vision returned, she found herself in an unfamiliar wilderness—skeletons scattered across the pitch-black earth. A Gothic castle rose in the distance, a blood-red moon hung high, and crows circled.

"Is this...another dimension?" Paimon was so scared that he hugged Ying's arm.

Fischl stood on a tombstone, laughing wildly: "Welcome to the Night Raven Court! Here, all pain will be transformed into strength! Even this dragon will never get out!" She pointed at Tevarin, "Attack with all your might, my subjects!"