Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

Walking in Liyue's outskirts, evening had fallen.

The setting sun stretched Nathan and his companion's shadows in the golden twilight.

"Ganyu... are we really just dealing with monster disturbances?"

Following the winding mountain path upward, Nathan still probed Ganyu cautiously.

After all, it was an uninhabited night, in this wilderness, who knows if she might try something!

"Yes, just handling some rampaging monsters!"

Ganyu calmly shook her head.

But afterward, her ice-blue eyes studied him.

"Or is Nathan worried... I might do something strange to you?"

"No... not worried!"

Time alone together was so peaceful.

"Don't worry Nathan, I'm different from shallow people like Ningguang and Keqing. I want to accompany you through the long years!"

Such a natural confession, like tonight's beautiful moonlight.

Though she also took the opportunity to criticize her two rivals.

"Th-that's good then!!!"

Nathan nodded along, but Ganyu, being half-qilin, was destined for a long lifespan.

Having lost his qilin bloodline in the simulation, Nathan could only rely on future talents from the simulator to keep up with her.

"Nathan... be careful, we've arrived!"

As he was lost in thought, they reached their destination!

It was a dilapidated village, its disrepair evident even from the entrance.

No lights came from the old houses inside.

"Looks like everyone's moved away!"

Nathan observed, feeling no familiarity yet sensing an inexplicable call in his heart.

"Waa-waa-waa!"

A little girl's crying echoed in his mind like lightning.

"Focus, Nathan, something's coming!"

Ganyu moved in front, interrupting his thoughts.

About ten meters away, a strange figure was moving.

In the mountain night, an unknown shadow approached rapidly.

"Is this really a monster?"

It moved quickly, dodging between houses.

Though Nathan couldn't see clearly, the silhouette seemed more human than monstrous!

"It's here..."

The atmosphere grew tense. Nathan felt a chill as Ganyu readied her bow, her Vision glowing!

An ice arrow shot out, colliding with the incoming attack.

"Thud!"

The remnants fell to the ground - an oval ice shard.

"Ganyu, they seem to have a Cryo Vision like you!"

Nathan recognized the elemental attack instantly from his simulation experiences.

"Mm... Nathan, be careful, they seem to be targeting you!"

Ganyu frowned, having noticed the attack's true target was Nathan behind her.

"Huh? Why me?"

Nathan wondered, mentally reviewing Genshin Impact's Cryo characters.

None should have a grudge against him!

"Get... out of my way!"

A frosty female voice cut through the air, chilling even on a hot summer day.

The enemy emerged from the shadows.

A woman with long pure white braids, cold as frost yet beautifully ethereal.

Ganyu's pupils constricted, noting the woman's identical outfit to her own.

"You are...? Do you know Cloud Retainer?"

In Ganyu's memory, this was something her master prepared for her.

This woman's similar dress surely meant a connection to Cloud Retainer.

While Ganyu speculated, Nathan recognized the newcomer.

Shenhe... a five-star character from the game.

But why was the aloof Shenhe here, attacking him? Nathan couldn't understand.

"I see, you must be Shenhe, Cloud Retainer's adopted disciple!"

Ganyu recalled the name from her master's letters.

Having left the mountain long ago, she'd never met this junior disciple.

Their first meeting was unexpectedly hostile.

"I said... move aside!"

Shenhe ignored Ganyu, her cold gaze fixed beyond her.

From start to finish, Nathan was her sole target.

"Why... Junior Sister Shenhe, why are you troubling Nathan?"

"Move... I'm here to settle scores with that heartless man!"

Shenhe's eyes flashed as she brandished her weapon.

"Wait..."

Nathan's pupils contracted, sensing something very wrong.

Ignoring Shenhe's hostility, in the game she should wield a polearm.

But her current weapon wasn't a polearm at all.

It was a crimson greatsword, its blade seemingly blood-stained.

"Junior Sister Shenhe, what exactly are you holding?"

Ganyu also noticed, sensing the sword's intense ominous aura from afar!

"Hehe... I said, move aside... I'll cut off all his limbs, so we can be one again!"

Still not answering, Shenhe laughed for the first time.

But to Nathan, this laughter was terrifying.

It reminded him of yandere characters from visual novels in his past life.

The creepy laugh and horrifying words made Nathan's scalp tingle!

The key point was, he'd never provoked Ganyu's junior sister, unless...

[Detected simulation trigger conditions, Life Simulator preparing to activate!]

Nathan's thought was confirmed, that "unless" had come true.

The simulator's start meant Shenhe was this simulation's key figure...

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