Chapter 3: Becoming a Little Shota and Discussing the Suitability of the Water-Attributed Eye of God

The angels' feeding at night is obviously more lively than during the day.

The light is soft and warm, and everywhere is filled with the noise of drunken diners. The collision of Mora and the sound of the bard's piano interweave, together decorating this crowded tavern.

Yi Bai turned into a pool of liquid and slipped into the tavern through the crack in the door.

It is said that the tavern is the best place to get information, and he doesn't mind finding an opportunity to come here to inquire about the news of Feng Molong.

...But as soon as he entered the door, Yi Bai wanted to leave.

The bartender today is rarely seen, Mondstadt's famous night elf hero, Master Diluk. Sitting on the chair, holding a wine glass in one hand and talking to Diluk with a smile, is none other than the cavalry captain Kaya, who once tried to test him in every way.

Diluk lowered his head, concentrating on shaking the bottle in his hand and pouring wine into the guests' glasses when necessary. His movements were smooth and very ornamental, and he didn't seem to care about Kaya's conversation.

Suddenly, he raised his head and looked towards the pool of abnormal liquid at the door of the tavern.

——As expected, he was discovered. Yi Bai thought helplessly that a character who always deals with monsters must have special skills in sensing his own aura.

Kaeya followed Diluk's gaze.

Yi Bai transformed from the pool of liquid back into a crystal clear slime, then shook his slightly extended tentacles and swaggered onto the bar counter.

“?” An incomprehensible expression appeared on Diluk’s cold face.

Although he knew from his intelligence network that there was a new water slime in Mondstadt that was close to humans and had a certain level of intelligence, even the Knights could not figure out its origin.

But...what is this little thing doing here?

"Hey, Mr. Bai, long time no see. Are you here for a drink?"

Kaiya spoke first.

The slime in front of him first raised a question mark, as if trying to understand what he meant, and then quickly made a tick.

"Ah... you really want to drink. You've come just in time. It's a rare opportunity for Master Diluc to take over the Angel's Gift today."

"?" Diluk looked at Kaeya expressionlessly, and then said to the slime ruthlessly: "The tavern does not refuse any guests, but it seems that you didn't ask Mora to pay for the wine."

The slime sent out another pitiful question mark, ignoring Master Diluk's refusal. He stretched out his tentacles, spent two seconds condensing a piece of slime gel like a sugar cube, and handed it to Kaya.

"Hmm? What is this? Is it for me?"

Although it was just a slime, its facial expression was so vivid that Kaiya could see its anticipation.

"Hmm..." Kaiya took the sugar cube, but didn't see anything special about it.

"Let me see."

Diluk took the block of light yellow and light red gradient solid. The color was very beautiful, reminding people of the afterglow of the sunset.

"It seems to have a mixture of the scent of sunset fruit and sweet flower." Diluk pinched it slightly. The feel was different from that of ordinary slime gel. It was pure colloid.

“You can even smell this, Diluk… eh?”

In the moment when Kaeya was caught off guard, Diluk had already thrown the unidentified object into his unfinished wine.

“Tsk, tsk.”

"???"

Is this drinkable? Kaiya looked at his glass of Death in the Afternoon. The clot seemed to have melted instantly, making the color of the wine even brighter.

Since it was Diluk who threw it in, the poison wouldn't kill him. Kaeya took a look at the cute slime that was starting to bloom again, closed his eyes, and poured the wine in his hand into his mouth with a fearless attitude.

Kaiya's eyes widened at the amazing taste. The fresh fruity aroma mixed with a small amount of sweetness mixed into this cup of "Death in the Afternoon" with a strong sense of "death". At least at this moment, Kaiya felt that his mood seemed to have improved a little.

"It's pretty good. Although it doesn't suit my usual taste, it tastes much better and has a richer taste."

Kaiya narrowed his eyes and commented: "It's nice to try wine like this once in a while."

Yi Bai blinked his eyes. It was worth all the effort he put into mixing the juice. He also tried to remove some of the strong water element to reduce the harm to the human body.

Well... the things have been delivered, so there seems no need to stay any longer. He turned around and skipped towards the door.

"Eh? Are you leaving now? You don't even want me to buy you a drink... Well, goodbye, Mr. Bai."

Kaia waved her hand.

"The captain of the cavalry has become less vigilant recently."

Diluk looked at the table and spoke.

"What you said about that fellow... Before it does anything to harm the citizens of Mondstadt, there is nothing I can do..."

"Huh?" Kaya looked at the money he paid for Diluk's wine on the table. Among the pile of shiny Mora, a small amount missing was really an insignificant thing.

“…”

Kaiya always felt that the little slime's action was revenge for the day she froze its tentacles.

He smiled helplessly: "Forget it, just consider it as payment for that piece of seasoning gel."

Yi Bai used his tentacles to touch the Mora he had passed out, and then stuffed them back into his stomach. Now he had something more important to do.

The forum live broadcast system is turned on.

There is still more than a month left before the launch date of Genshin Impact mentioned earlier. So what is currently enabled in the system is...

He found a deserted corner, opened the transparent screen with his mind, and then observed quietly.

"Wow, a new game from miHoYo?"

"Oh my god, there are men in this game, there are men in this game?! (ecstasy)"

"I thought there wouldn't be men in miHoYo games."

"Otto's adventure in another world?"

"This should be us players, we can tweak the face or change the personality at will."

"He probably wants to say it's all about blondes."

"What's even scarier is that he still has Karen's braids."

"The forum has collapsed now."

"If you have time to argue, why not take a look at the information in the PV? The fusion of seven elements, isn't this a new game mode!??"

This is... Genshin Impact's first PV? First beta? Second beta?

The information is mixed together... Should this be included, Yi Bai pondered.

But then again, Yi Bai frowned. It seemed that the early forum live broadcasts were all about quarrels?

[Game-irrelevant and unfriendly comments have been blocked]

This is much more comfortable.

Yi Bai looked at the humanized pop-up window that popped up in the lower right corner of the system. Regardless of whether those remarks were correct or not, they had nothing to do with his mission and would only hinder him from discerning information.

"The girls here are all so cute! There are so many wives in an instant."

"Genshin Impact's No. 1 Idol Amber"

"Barbara is the number one idol in Genshin Impact (laughs)"

"The number one idol in the original god is obviously Paimon!!"

"Open the server! Open the server! I want to meet my idol Barbara now!!"

"By the way, did you notice there's a slime in there?"

"Can the slimes in this game coexist with humans?"

"I don't think so. This seems to be a special case. In many battle scenes, slimes are enemies."

"But this slime is so cute, and it has little horns."

"It really can't be a character, miHoYo?!!"

"As long as it dares to change, I will recognize it as my wife"

"A character transformed from a slime? That sounds delicious."

"Look at the ending. There's a scene where the slime shakes hands with Kaea in the tavern."

"Aaaaah, so cute!! Reminds me of a certain cute king."

"Hurry up and launch the public beta! I want to rub the slime!"

…

Can something that just ended be put into the video?

That’s right… After all, it’s a live broadcast system for the Genshin Impact forum, so it should have a certain degree of real-time performance.

Suddenly, a river of light flowed along the screen and into Yi Bai's body like a warm current, "This is..."

Yi Bai felt somewhat surprised as he felt the power continuously flowing into his body. How could a game that only contained a few scenes win the hearts of players?

This round of players were a bit too careless, because they didn't make a good plan. He didn't even deliberately do anything that would please the players. If he had known earlier, he would have taken advantage of Kayya's popularity.

However, the power of these rules seemed to be really strong. He could clearly feel what he could do with these powers, as if... as if he was like the conceptual god described in some novels and animations.

Yi Bai thought about it and realized that he had to use this power to transform into a human first. If he continued to maintain the form of a slime, he would really begin to doubt his own species.

Yi Bai raised his little tentacles and let the soft light cover his entire body, which was very warm. A second later, with the shaping of the power of rules, an exquisite little boy appeared in the corner against the wall.

His snow-white short hair was soft and holy, and his aqua blue eyes made him look clean and naive. His clothes were typical Mondstadt retro black and white. Every fold and accessory was exquisite and gorgeous. With a light blue bow and shiny black leather shoes, he looked like an elegant young nobleman.

Of course, Yibai’s current size is just a little boy as tall as Klee.

Yi Bai looked at his new clothes with satisfaction. For future actions, he needed to save his strength. For the time being, the child was old enough and it would be easier for him to gain the trust of adults. As for the white hair, it was just Yi Bai's selfish desire. Isn't it said that all players are obsessed with white hair?

There was a change of plan and I had to leave a little earlier.

Yi Bai finally chose not to say goodbye to his friends. He just left a card on the window sill of Kelly's bedroom and wrote on it: "I will be back."

Then he picked up the pen and thought for a while, then drew a cute water slime at the end of the sentence, with a plush Dodo leaning next to it.

Yi Bai put down the card and stood there for a few seconds.

Without pausing for long, when he turned around again, his blue pupils were already filled with coldness and determination.

He turned and walked towards the city wall of Mondstadt. Just as he was about to hit the wall, the space twisted for a moment and turned into a rippling water mirror. Yi Bai stepped straight in, and in an instant, he appeared in the Thousand Winds Temple on the outskirts of Mondstadt.

…

The temple is still in ruins. Under the moonlight, the dilapidated ruins and huge machines together create a desolate and mysterious scene.

Yi Bai, with a delicate face, stood on a high platform on one side of the temple, looking coldly at the ruins guard who was wandering around unconsciously in the middle.

"Huh..." He raised his head again and looked towards the direction of Sky Island in the sky.

The clouds were thick at night, blocking out Yi Bai from seeing anything.

He raised his hands, and the power of rules surged from his body. Spots of light floated into the air, cutting off this small piece of land from the outside world in all senses and shielding the Sky Island.

He needs to empower himself.

Then, the Eye of God of the Water Element fell from the sky, emitting a faint, weak blue light. Under the night sky, the light of the gem flickered, illuminating Yi Bai's blue pupils. He pursed his lips, spread out his hands, and the Eye of God naturally fell into his palm.

"Wish...? Or rules?" Yi Bai asked in a low voice.

He did not think that this Eye of God represented his wish. According to his perception, it was simply attracted by a gap torn by the power of his own rules and fell from the sky.

Humph, he didn't want his wishes to be spied on by Sky Island, and his fate to be shackled by God through this eye of God.

The little boy, who looked well-behaved and elegant, casually hung the Eye of God on the corner of his pants, and then walked step by step towards the ruins guard in the distance.

Spots of blue fluorescence appeared around his shoes, and his pupils maintained the coolness of water. Yi Bai raised his palms upwards, and a transparent, extremely clean bubble gradually appeared. No one knew what kind of terrifying power was contained within.

Yi Bai looked at the tiller calmly with innocent eyes and said ruthlessly:

"Let me take you and try out the effect of this God's Eye first."