Ji Zi crossed her arms, leaned against the wall, and looked at Mo Li with a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "Boss~ Looks good, huh?"
Mo Li shrugged: "Can't blame me for that~ Besides, I haven't seen anything."
With that, he headed towards the work area.
Hu Tao, Kiana, and Ji Zi followed closely behind.
To Mo Li's surprise, Gan Yu was already up and busy at her workstation.
Intrigued, Mo Li walked over.
Seeing him approach, Gan Yu was taken aback: "Bo… Boss, you're up early today~"
"Couldn't help it, Kiana woke me up," Mo Li said as he strolled beside Gan Yu.
"This is... streaming equipment?"
Gan Yu nodded timidly: "Isn't Ji Zi sister going to stream this afternoon? I thought I'd help set up the streaming equipment and background."
Mo Li smiled and nodded: "Thanks for the hard work, but don't worry too much about the background, just find a sheet and hang it up."
"It's not hard work," Gan Yu shook her head, "Compared to the other sisters... I feel like I haven't really helped much…"
"How could you say that? You're the secretary of the Moonsea Pavilion, you know!"
“Ah?" Gan Yu's bewildered expression was incredibly adorable when she heard Mo Li's words.
Before she could ask, Mo Li explained: "That's your character setting in the new game."
"New game... my setting?" Gan Yu pondered for a moment before suddenly realizing:
"You mean… you created a character in Genshin Impact based on me, Boss?"
"That's right, and she's a really powerful character! So… take the red envelope I gave you with a clear conscience."
Just then, the mischievous Hu Tao suddenly popped up: "Mo Li Boss, what about me?"
Mo Li tilted his head and smiled as he rubbed Hu Tao's head: "You're not left out either."
"So what's my identity? Am I in Genshin Impact too?"
Mo Li nodded: "You… are the Lord of a Hall in Genshin Impact, even Liyue's Geo Archon is your subordinate."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Hearing such a powerful setting, Hu Tao jumped up, excitedly hugging Mo Li's arm: "Thank you Boss~ You're the best~"
"Lord of a Hall…" Hu Tao muttered to herself, then seemed to think of something and asked: "What's a Lord of a Hall, Boss?"
"It's a secret for now~ But..." Mo Li pulled out his phone, opened the Genshin Impact game, and selected Hu Tao.
"Here~ This is what you look like in Genshin Impact."
Hu Tao excitedly snatched the phone, her delicate white fingers swiping across the screen, admiring her in-game self from every angle.
"Wow, it's just like me! It's exactly the same!"
Just then, the Hu Tao in the game suddenly formed her hands into claws, making a scary face like she was scaring a kid, and recited a limerick:
【Big Hilichurl sick, Two Hilichurl knock, Three Hilichurl bring medicine, Four Hilichurl... Roar!】
"Wow! Even the voice is the same! Boss, did you do the voice acting?"
Hu Tao was really thrilled, she absolutely loved this design.
In her excitement, she accidentally tapped on her Elemental Burst.
【Eat your fill, drink your fill, go on your way~】
The camera angle shifted, a cute ghost popped out of Hu Tao's ring, and Hu Tao grabbed its tail and swung it around.
Combined with the burst animation, it looked incredibly cool.
"Wow, that's so cool!!"
At that moment, Ji Zi and Kiana also leaned in curiously.
Upon seeing the Genshin Impact game interface on the phone, they became intrigued.
"Hu Tao, quickly move the character around!" Kiana urged, anxious to try the game.
It's a new game! She was dying to try it.
Ji Zi turned to Mo Li: "Boss, Genshin Impact is playable now?"
Mo Li nodded: "Yeah, it's actually ready for release, but I want to wait until the hype for Honkai Impact 3rd dies down a bit before launching."
"I see…"
Just then, Rita, Mei, Yae Sakura, and the others came out with breakfast.
Seeing Ji Zi and the others huddled together, occasionally letting out a surprised exclamation, they were all curious.
"Good morning, Boss~ What are they…" Rita handed a breakfast to Mo Li while curiously looking at Ji Zi and the others.
"Thanks~" Mo Li didn't hesitate to take the breakfast Rita offered, before explaining with a smile: "They're trying out Genshin Impact. I guess they're amazed by the visuals and gameplay."
Rita and Yae Sakura exchanged glances, their curiosity piqued. They also crowded over.
Mei and Fu Hua were no different, they had been eagerly anticipating the game since Mo Li had shown them the gameplay yesterday.
"Hu Tao, Mo Li Boss just said there was also Gan Yu sister. Quickly open it and take a look!"
The girls all looked at Gan Yu at the same time.
"Everyone… could you stop staring at me like that…"
Seeing this, the girls laughed and turned their gazes to the game screen.
After a while, Hu Tao finally found the character selection screen.
When everyone saw Gan Yu with her blue hair and two horns, they all exclaimed in surprise.
"Why does Gan Yu have two horns?"
"I think it looks pretty good."
"Gan Yu, you're not actually growing horns, are you?"
"How… how could that be possible… Ji Zi sister, please don't make fun of me."
Ji Zi suppressed her laughter and turned to Mo Li, who was eating breakfast: "Boss, why did you add horns to Gan Yu?"
"In the lore, Gan Yu is a Qilin beast, so it's not unreasonable for her to have a pair of Qilin horns?"
"The legendary Qilin beast…" Gan Yu actually liked the setting.
At this time, Bronya finally finished her wash-up.
She felt a little awkward when she saw Mo Li.
"Good morning, Boss~"
"Good morning~" Mo Li was too smart to bring up what happened earlier, instead, he handed a breakfast to Bronya.
"Eat your breakfast first, then we can update the game."
"Thanks~"
…
Meanwhile, countless Honkai Impact 3rd players who couldn't sleep were all eagerly anticipating.
【Ji Zi is finally making her appearance!!】
【Looking forward to it! The rumors and hype will finally be debunked.】
【It's funny, I just went back to look at the posts from those haters, and they've all been deleted.】
【I wonder if the other Valkyries will make an appearance.】
【Am I the only one looking forward to the appearance of Mihoyo's boss?】
【Otto, prepare to get your sword!】
PS: Unless something unexpected happens, there will be 2 more chapters before it goes on sale. It's probably tonight, please give me a first-order subscription, my dear babies.