It must be miHoYo's doing.

As a distant and ethereal female voice sang, the morning sun pierced through the clouds and sprinkled across the lush green fields. The camera quickly zoomed out, revealing a magnificent scene never before seen in any animation.

The entire continent of Teyvat slowly unfolded in the morning light. The outlines of snow-capped mountains in the distance were clearly visible, and clouds swept across the sky like flowing silk. The picture was so detailed that you could clearly see every swaying leaf and every trace of wind.

"Is this... is this really an animation?" Lin Xiaosa leaned forward involuntarily, her nose almost touching the screen. "The lighting effects, the rendering accuracy... Did miHoYo carry a camera to Teyvat to shoot this?"

If Tianming was in the live broadcast room at this time, he would definitely say, "Congratulations, girl, you guessed half right~~"

All the beautiful pictures are restored from Wendy’s memory, which is almost the same as carrying a camera to travel to Teyvat to shoot.

PV continues to play.

However, when the first character appeared, her expression froze. A dark-haired young man, unlike any she had seen before, appeared on screen. He stood at the center of the storm, his harp radiating an emerald glow. He had a slender figure, a hint of childishness between his features, but his signature green cape struck Lin Xiaosa as vaguely familiar.

"Wait..." She narrowed her eyes, "This color combination...can't it be..."

[When Wendy was a child?!]

[That's not right, the Wendy in the first test game didn't look like this]

[This hair color is definitely a must-have! But why isn't she wearing a hat?]

Lin Xiaosa was also perplexed by the questions raised in the comments. Even more surprising was the next character—a red-haired knight wielding a flaming greatsword, fiercely battling a black dragon amidst a storm. The sharp swordplay, the familiar flame effects...

"Diluc?" she muttered uncertainly, "But this armor... and this hairstyle..." The moment the knight turned his head, his young face still had a bit of immaturity, but his red eyes were exactly the same as the winery owner in the game.

The PV's narrative pace is breakneck, showcasing several stunning battle scenes in just two minutes: Silver-armored knights wielding giant shields clash with abyssal monsters beneath city walls; a warrior wearing a wolf-head helmet single-handedly battles a demon atop a mountainous tower; a cloaked bard plucks his harp amidst a storm, summoning a hurricane that tears the heavens apart...

"Pause!" Lin Xiaosa suddenly hit the pause button, and the scene froze on a group of knights in ancient uniforms. "These people... could they be the predecessors of the Knights of Favonius?" She pointed at a male knight holding a longsword. "That hairstyle, that stance... they look so much like Captain Jean! But... why is he a man?"

Indeed, while the knight in the picture had similar golden hair and emerald green eyes to Jean, her armor was thicker and her expression more stern. Behind her, the outline of a city under construction could be vaguely seen—it was clearly the prototype of Mondstadt.

[I get it! This is a prequel!]

[So it tells the story of Mondstadt's founding period?]

So Wendy is really the bard Jiuqiliu, the "Quyinchanbaliu"?

Lin Xiaosa slowly leaned back in her chair, her brow furrowed. "So... this animation isn't about the story in our current game, but about... something that happened thousands of years ago?" Her voice gradually rose. "Then where's my Klee? Where's my Jean? Where's Amber?!"

Volume 2: MiHoYo must have done this! 乆! :053 Let MiHoYo...die without a burial place!

At the end of the PV, the bard, reminiscent of a young Wendy, stood on the edge of a cliff, gazing at the city of Mondstadt, which was beginning to take shape in the distance. The wind blew his emerald green cloak, and a mysterious smile curved his lips. The screen gradually faded, and a line of gold-plated text emerged: "Genshin Impact: Animation - Mondstadt - "Wind Poem"."

In the final seconds of the film, several more shocking images flashed by: a castle that was extremely similar to the Wind Dragon Ruins in the game, but intact; a group of black-robed people performing a mysterious ceremony; and... a huge rune like an eye looming in the sky.

When the ending music abruptly stopped, Lin Xiaosa, like the audience in the live broadcast room, fell into a strange state of confusion. She opened her mouth and closed it again, repeating it several times before she found her voice:

"So... this is... Mondstadt in the past?" Her fingers tapped the table unconsciously. "So, the Mondstadt we see in the game now is what it looked like thousands of years later in the anime's timeline?"

The barrage exploded instantly:

[MiHoYo's foreshadowing is too great!]

[So Wendy really lived for thousands of years? ?]

[Is this animation meant to fill in the holes in the game?]

[I want to see the current Mondstadt! Give me back Captain Jean!]

Lin Xiaosa stared at the now black screen, her mind racing. As a veteran 2D fan, she knew all too well what this level of production meant—this was more than just "animation," but an epic visual feast. Yet, at the same time, a subtle sense of loss lingered.

"The visuals are truly epic..." she whispered. "But how does this connect with the story of Genshin Impact, which we're currently playing?" A sudden thought struck her, and she sat up abruptly. "Wait! I seem to remember a book mentioning this period when I was playing the first beta. It seemed to be called the Demon War Period! Could this anime be about this period?"

Her eyes swept over the Teyvat Tourist Guide in the study, a peripheral product released by miHoYo some time ago. The many legends recorded in it suddenly took on new meaning. At this moment, Lin Xiaosa vaguely sensed that miHoYo was playing a very big game - and this animation might just be the tip of the iceberg.

"Brothers..." She took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly with excitement. "I have a feeling this animation might subvert our entire understanding of Genshin Impact..."

In the livestream, a golden, high-level commentary slowly drifted across the screen: [So, miHoYo is using animation to boost global audiences?]

Lin Xiaosa didn't answer immediately. She reopened the PV and scrolled to the shot that looked like a young Wendy, gazing for a long time at those eyes that seemed to see through time.

"No..." she finally said, her voice filled with unprecedented certainty. "I think they're telling us—the story of Teyvat is much greater than we imagined."

…………

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean...

At the Xiaoyu Technology headquarters in Los Santos, the setting sun streamed into the CEO's office through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a dangerous golden-red hue on Jack's features. He leisurely sipped a glass of whiskey, the amber liquor leaving a sticky trail on the glass's walls.

"Bang!" The office door was pushed open suddenly, and his female secretary staggered in in ten-centimeter high heels, the ID card on her chest rising and falling with her rapid breathing.

"Boss! Emergency!" She didn't even bother to straighten her messy blond hair as she slammed her tablet down on Jack's expensive mahogany desk. The screen was still stuck on the trailer for the Mondstadt arc of the "Genshin Impact" anime. "MiHoYo has an animation project! They just released the trailer today!"

Jack frowned, and the ice cubes clinked against each other as he set his glass down. He picked up his tablet with two fingers and swiped the screen in disgust. "What the hell is that damned company up to again..."

As the PV began to play, the only sound in the office was the melodious harp music. The images showed a young poet standing firm in the storm, a knight blazing with flames, a new city rising from the ruins... every frame was as detailed as an oil painting. The secretary noticed the boss's fingers tightening, his knuckles turning white, and he nearly crushed the tablet.

When the last note fell, Jack unexpectedly burst into laughter, and the laughter echoed in the empty office, which was creepy.

"Hahahaha! Funny, so funny!" He casually tossed the tablet back onto the table and wiped the tears of laughter from his eyes with a silk handkerchief. "What are you worried about? These idiots are simply courting their own destruction!"

The secretary blinked her false eyelashes in confusion: "But Boss, the quality of this PV..."

"PV?" Jack scoffed, pulled a Cuban cigar from the humidor, and slowly cut off the cap. "Whether it's animation or game development, the best thing about them is superficial work. I bet they spent all their budget on this two-minute trailer." He lit the cigar, took a deep puff, and blew out a perfect smoke ring.

The office's air conditioner hummed softly, smoke rising slowly in the beams of light. Catherine hesitated, "But according to our research, miHoYo did establish its own animation studio..."

"Establish a studio?" Jack waved his hand dismissively. "Have you ever seen a game company successfully make an animation? Our Warcraft movie? Or Jade's Assassin's Creed?" He stood up and walked to the window, overlooking the dazzling Los Angeles nightscape. His voice was filled with the joy of a sure win. "Game-adapted animations are always a disaster, especially when they have to release a new game at the same time."

The secretary nodded thoughtfully, tapping her chin with her red-painted fingernails. "So you think..."

"That would be their biggest mistake!" Jack whirled around, the sparks from his cigar leaving a crimson trail in the dim office. "Once audiences realize the stark difference between the feature film and the trailer, enraged players will destroy their unreleased Genshin Impact as well." His mouth curled up cruelly. "We don't even need to do anything."

The neon lights outside the window reflected on Jack's sinister face, the changing colors making him look like a beast ready to devour anyone. The secretary unconsciously took a half step back, her high heels digging a small hole in the carpet.

"So what preparations do we need to make?" she asked softly, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her suit skirt.

Jack walked back to his desk and pulled a document from the drawer. The sound of his pen scratching across the paper was particularly harsh. "Contact our partners—Feiwang, Disiney, and those Sakurajima Animation companies," he wrote without looking up. "Have them shift their major productions next season to coincide with the release of this Genshin Impact anime."

The pen tip suddenly pierced the paper with force, creating a hole. "I want the audience to watch that shoddy miHoYo animation and then compare it to the superior animation from our partner." He looked up, a predatory glint in his icy blue eyes. "Comparison is devastating. I want to make that miHoYo animation and game..."

He paused, then slowly uttered the last word: "...dead without a burial place."

Volume 2 must be done by miHoYo! 乆! : 054 Genshin Impact Animation Mondstadt Chapter, ready to air~

Time is like the star sand flowing in the Chen Ge pot, slipping quietly through the fingers.

The updates of "Honkai Impact 3rd" are like a precisely running clock. When the tenth chapter "Beneath the Abyss" was launched, players were once again shocked by miHoYo's narrative skills.

The discussion of Wuliangta Jizi in the player forum continues to heat up, and related derivative works are springing up like mushrooms after rain.

An anonymous forum even launched a support campaign called "One vote a day to send Teacher Ji Zi to the Spring Festival Gala", and the number of participants has exceeded one million.

Bronya's gait had become much more brisk lately. The usually expressionless, silver-haired girl was now transformed into a large duck, strolling through the corridors of miHoYo headquarters. On her screen, downloads for "Honkai Werewolf" were soaring like a roller coaster.

"Director Bronya, the data's in!" A programmer trotted over to her, breathlessly handing her a tablet. "Honkai Impact 3rd's first-day downloads exceeded 20 million. The servers are almost overwhelmed!"

Bronya's eyes tilted up a barely perceptible half-degree, a sign of extreme joy. The Heavy-Armored Bunny's mechanical eyes flashed a delighted blue light as it automatically forwarded the report to a specific Stardust terminal.

Inside the Dust Song Pot, Tianming was napping in a rocking chair when he was suddenly awakened by a series of notification sounds. He opened his eyes and saw thirteen salary increase applications floating before him—each signed with a cute portrait of Homo.

"This girl..." Tianming shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. With a flick of his fingertips, the applications turned into stardust and dissipated into the air. But he couldn't hide the smile on his lips.

Then comes the thing that miHoYo fans are most looking forward to——

"Genshin Impact Animation: Mondstadt" is officially launched.

In order to gain more traffic, Tianming directly broadcast the animation for free on all platforms.

Even the national television station has vacated its 8 o'clock slot.

This is also the first cartoon in Dragon Country’s history to be broadcast on one TV channel!

Netizens discussed enthusiastically.

"MiHoYo is awesome, it can even be on one!"

"There must be some hidden deal going on here!"

In a luxury apartment in Shanghai, Lin Xiaosa rolled around on her bed, clutching her tablet. The title of her livestream had been changed to "Live all night waiting for the Genshin Impact animation!" Someone in the comments asked her about prime time slots, and she sat up with a jerk:

"What does this mean? It means we in the anime world have stood up!" She waved her fist. "If anyone ever says watching anime is childish again, I'll throw a TV program guide in their face!"

…………

Of course, in fact, Tianming didn’t even want this 8 o’clock drama, but the country took the initiative to give it to him.

After all, miHoYo is now in a cooperative relationship with Longguo, so a small prime time slot still needs to be given.

Therefore, under this high-standard publicity, the broadcast schedule of "Genshin Impact Animation: Mondstadt" was officially announced.

The animation is divided into two chapters, each chapter is two hours long, and is broadcast every Monday and completed in two weeks.

Netizens once again hotly discussed:

"Aren't these just two animated films?"

"Okay, okay, I like to read it all in one go. Waiting for updates is too painful."

"I heard that Channel 1's prime time slot was temporarily increased from one hour to two hours because of the Genshin Impact animation."

"Yeah, I really don't know how miHoYo got on so well with Taiyi. I'm afraid it's either the leader or the MiHoYo guards, haha."

………………

At 7:58 pm on Monday night, the entire Dragon Country seemed to have been paused.

On Shanghai's bustling commercial street, hundreds of young people gathered beneath a giant LED screen. Their heads tilted upwards, their milk tea long since finished, yet no one left. A waiter at a streetside milk tea shop simply brought out a box of small stools and beamed, "Free seating! But please share this on WeChat Moments after you watch it!"

"Two minutes left!" A girl in the crowd, wearing the same Little Red Riding Hood as Klee, nervously stared at the timer on her phone, her voice trembling slightly. "This is the first time in my life that I'm so excited for the news broadcast to end..."

My boyfriend next to me couldn't help but complain: "The last time you said that was when Honkai Impact 3rd updated Chapter 9."

"How can that be the same?" the girl whipped her head around, her red twintails arcing through the air. "This is a prime-time national TV show! Prime-time! My mom just called me to ask what kind of anime this is that's so amazing..."

In a Beijing university dormitory, six male students crammed into a dorm room less than ten square meters. A laptop connected to a projector beamed the news broadcast onto the wall. A banner hanging above their beds, reading "Wind God, may you not fail your exams," swayed gently in the air conditioning.

"Holy shit, check Weibo!" the guy on the upper bunk suddenly yelled, "CCTV released a 'Genshin Impact Animation Viewing Guide'!"

Several heads gathered around the broadcast, and the official account not only listed the broadcast time in detail, but also included a Q-version picture of Wendy, with the caption: "Tonight at 8 o'clock, witness the origin of 'Thousand Winds' together~"

"Holy shit...is this an official meme?" My roommate, wearing glasses, pushed his frames up. "Have I traveled to some parallel universe?"

Meanwhile, in a high-end apartment in Shanghai, Gu Jingyan and his sister, Gu Xiaoqing, were huddled on a small sofa. The usually serious photographer, like a child waiting for candy, hugged his knees and stared at the TV screen without blinking.

"Brother, move..." Gu Xiaoqing struggled to pull the remote control out from under her brother's arm, "I want to record an opening vlog!"

"Stop it, it's starting!" Gu Jingyan suddenly sat up straight. The familiar ending music from the news broadcast began, and the scene shifted to the unprecedented opening credits of the "Genshin Impact" animation. Wendy's harp played, accompanied by the CCTV logo, and the shocking feeling of the shattered dimensional wall made the brother and sister gasp.

"Oh my god..." Gu Xiaoqing's finger hovered over the record button, completely forgetting to press it. "This picture quality... Is this really something that can be broadcast on TV?"

Yet, within the Lan family's most luxurious villa in Shanghai, the atmosphere was somewhat tense. Lin Xiaosa sat huddled in a corner of Lan Yue's leather sofa, her usual playful self as a rabbit, now as docile as a quail—for across from her sat Lan Yue's brother, Lan Yang, the leader of the National Special Forces' Dragon Squad who had once "invited" her for tea.

"Why is Sa-chan so quiet today?" Lan Yue smirked as she rubbed closer to her bestie, deliberately raising her voice, "Is it because my brother is here?"

Lin Xiaosa blinked frantically, signaling her to shut up, but then heard a light cough. Lan Yang slowly adjusted his sleeves and said with a half-smile, "Comrade Xiaolin, don't worry. Today is private time. Besides..." He paused, his gaze turning to the big screen, "I'm also very interested in animation that can be broadcast on national television."

Just as Lin Xiaosa was unsure how to respond, Grandpa Lan walked in, leaning on his dragon-headed cane. This veteran figure, once a prominent figure on the news broadcast, was now perplexed at the unusual scene in the living room—the rebellious granddaughter wasn't playing games, the grandson was home on a rare vacation, and there was a little girl who was on pins and needles.

"Oh, what's going on today..." The old man narrowed his eyes and glanced at the 100-inch 8K TV, which was just playing the opening of the animation - Feng Yue-*-yi~首++发##, a close-up of the young boy Wendy plucking the strings of the guitar.

Lan Yue quickly jumped up and supported her grandfather: "Grandpa, please sit down! This is a new animation broadcast by the national TV station, it's super good!" She winked at Lin Xiaosa, who immediately nodded in understanding.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's very educational! It shows the yearning for freedom and the indomitable spirit of struggle!"

Lan Yang couldn't help laughing and turned his face away, his shoulders shaking suspiciously.

The old man looked at his granddaughter, then at the beautiful images on TV, and suddenly laughed: "Young people nowadays...Okay, then I, an old man, should broaden my horizons too."

Inside the private screening room at miHoYo's headquarters, the atmosphere was much more relaxed. Wendy curled up like a cat on the IMAX-quality sofa, clutching a popcorn bucket emblazoned with the words "The World's Best Bard"—a custom-made item for the logistics department.

"Oh my goodness!" He tossed another popcorn into his mouth, his emerald eyes gleaming in the dim theater. "I never thought my story would be on this thing called 'TV'~" He nudged Diluc, who sat upright next to him. "Old Di, how about a bet? Let's see if my fan art will surpass Jean's after this airs?"

"Boring." Diluk sipped his grape juice expressionlessly, but the sharp-eyed Jean noticed that he was wearing a dark red suit today, which was unusual for him, instead of his usual bartender uniform.

Jean sighed helplessly, her fingers unconsciously twirling her golden hair. "You two, it's time to begin..." Her voice held a hint of undisguised anticipation. As the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius, the wonder of witnessing Mondstadt's history so exquisitely presented in this other world made her heart race slightly.

The lights in the theater gradually dimmed, and the starry dome simulated the night sky of Teyvat. As the familiar Dragon Country TV logo appeared, the entire theater fell silent—except for the crunching sounds of Wendy's chewing and Paimon's quiet "So nervous, so nervous!"

At this moment, from the snowfields in the north to the coasts in the south, from the plateaus in the west to the cities in the east, hundreds of millions of screens lit up the same picture at the same time.

Volume 2 must be miHoYo's doing! 乆! :055 My friend... please go see this world for me...