Jun Bai lay on the bed in the inn, observing the parallel world through the system.
Seeing Silver Wolf's interpretation of the plot, Jun Bai: subway, old man, looking at phone.jpg
[Is this your idea?]
"Of course not. This is just the parallel-world counterpart of that Silver Wolf over-interpreting." Jun Bai shook his head. "By the way, why are all the streamers you chose for this parallel world counterparts from the Honkai: Star Rail universe?"
When connecting to the parallel world's internet through the system, Jun Bai looked around and saw nothing but familiar faces.
Not only the Honkai: Star Rail sisters' group led by Silver Wolf that he was watching right now, but also Dan Heng, Uncle Yang, Jing Yuan, and the other Honkai: Star Rail brothers' group.
Was MiHoYo not planning to release Honkai: Star Rail, so they let the characters descend into reality to earn extra money?
[Just a coincidence.]
"Fine. Anyway, the final right of interpretation belongs to you." Jun Bai quickly tossed these minor details to the back of his mind. "How much popularity value do I have now?"
[Popularity Value: 8310, 8500, 8650...]
"It seems that going over early in the morning to pose was the right choice. It looks like this popularity value can break ten thousand."
There are never any real accidents, only different inevitabilities giving birth to another inevitability through friction.
Everything that happened this morning was planned by Jun Bai single-handedly.
As a former player, Jun Bai still had a certain level of understanding of how to make players quickly like a character. Handsome appearance, sufficient mystery, and strong performance in the plot as long as these three elements were satisfied, even if the character's background story was quite bad, there would still be very good popularity.
That's right, he was talking about the Balladeer.
The character design was a mess, the plot was brainless, and the background was forcibly whitewashed. Yet such a character still had a massive fanbase in reality.
Being able to stand out from a group of men who looked deeply affectionate even toward dogs in a otome game character poll was enough to show the Balladeer's popularity among girls.
The reason female players liked the Balladeer was nothing more than his outstanding appearance and the sense of mystery and strength he created in the Inazuma plot.
It was the same logic as male players liking Ningguang not necessarily because they liked Ningguang's personality or plot, but perhaps because they liked Ningguang's white-rich-beautiful character setting.
The element of handsome appearance had already been completed when Jun Bai designed the illustration. It was even the white-hair red-eyes combo that was particularly effective against most people from the Dragon Nation.
And the posing he did in the forest this morning served two purposes: first, to continue using his appearance to increase popularity; second, to create a sense of mystery about himself. With the continuously rising popularity value right now, the operation plan looked very successful.
"System, if I invest all ten thousand popularity points, to what level can my strength be restored?"
[Leader-level monster level.]
"So the actual combat power of the Ruin Guard Frost-Armor King or large Geovishap Hounds?"
[Strictly speaking, after your elemental power is strengthened by ten thousand popularity points, the total amount will reach the power level of a leader-level monster. But you currently have a God's body and nearly 3000 years of actual combat experience.]
[Overall, although the total amount of elemental power is the same, you can easily deal with leader-level monsters.]
"It's true that I have a God's body, but those 3000 years of experience do not belong to me before the background is completed."
Jun Bai shook his head.
Right now he only possessed those memories, but he had not yet completed the background, so those memories were like watching a TV drama illusory like flowers in a mirror or the moon in water.
But he still had a certain understanding of his strength after the reinforcement.
"Then if I don't use it to strengthen myself, but instead use it to launch one super cool attack on Dvalin?"
[If you want to kill Dvalin, just say it directly.]
The system was speechless, but still seriously evaluated:
[Ten thousand popularity points can be equivalently converted into the rock spear that Morax threw during the Archon War.]
?
A full-powered attack from the Geo Archon at his peak? Wasn't that a nuclear bomb in Teyvat version?
Jun Bai was greatly tempted.
Of course, temptation was just temptation. He still could not do such a thing. Not to mention that Dvalin was innocent, its current body could not withstand this strike.
Only after personally coming to Teyvat did Jun Bai realize that Dvalin's health bar had always been close to empty.
The injuries left from the battle with Durin had never healed because of the poisonous blood. Now it also had to suffer erosion from the Abyss.
It could be said that Dvalin's current body was as fragile as Senior Orange back then.
Dvalin: Because of the erosion from the Abyss curse, my body has already become pineapple pineapple da!
"Then I'll use 9000 popularity points to strengthen my strength, and use the remaining 1000 popularity points to give Dvalin a surprise when the dragon disaster erupts later."
Then Jun Bai saw his popularity value, which had just risen to ten thousand points, instantly lose one zero.
In contrast, the elemental power within Jun Bai's body received a significant boost.
The Pyro elements radiating outward from inside nearly ignited the furniture in the room. Seeing this, Jun Bai reached out and beckoned, and all the overflowing Pyro elements returned to his body.
"Because I have a God's body, I can quickly adapt to the increased strength?"
"Or is it because this counts as recovery rather than enhancement, so there is no adaptation process?"
"However, from the result, there is no difference."
Jun Bai got out of bed and walked out of the inn.
The next step of the plan was to deliver a heavy blow to Dvalin in front of the Traveler. Now he needed to find a good position.
...
The perspective returned to the Traveler's side.
Although Lumine had missed her first meeting with Venti, under the operation of the trajectory of fate, she still encountered Amber, the reconnaissance knight of the Knights of Favonius, in front of the bridge to Mondstadt City.
Lumine and Paimon helped Amber complete the task of clearing out the Hilichurls, and the enthusiastic Amber personally led Lumine and Paimon into Mondstadt City.
Before entering the city, Lumine recalled the person she had encountered on the road and asked Amber: "Amber, you have been investigating the situation around Mondstadt City recently, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Have you seen a person with white hair and red eyes inside Mondstadt City or near Mondstadt City?"
Amber stopped in her tracks, thought seriously for a moment, then shook her head: "No. After all, I am only responsible for part of the area around Mondstadt City. It's impossible for me to have seen every person entering or leaving Mondstadt City."
"Is that so..." Lumine felt a little disappointed.
But the next moment, Amber changed her tone: "However, if the person you mentioned is in Mondstadt City, then the knight responsible for registration should remember him. I can take you to ask him about the situation."
A smile appeared on Lumine's face: "Thank you, Amber."
Amber smiled: "It's a small matter, no need to mind it. I'll take you to find him right now."
Amber led Lumine and Paimon to the knight who had been responsible for registering people entering the city during this period.
Knight: "There was indeed such a person, but I don't know if it's the same one you mentioned."
Then the knight fell into recollection, described Jun Bai's appearance in detail, and repeated the reason Jun Bai gave for entering the city.
When she heard Jun Bai's appearance, Lumine knew that it was the person she had encountered this morning. After all, a youth with white hair and red eyes and an adult body there should not be many people who matched the description.
The warm-hearted Amber said that during her break, she would help Lumine search for Jun Bai's whereabouts in the city.
And at this moment, thick dark clouds pressed down above Mondstadt City.
The wind gradually grew stronger.
The dragon disaster that had troubled Mondstadt City for a long time descended at this moment.