Chapter 1: There are many people here, show some respect!

【The cycle has ended, a new life lies ahead, please explore it yourself.】

Teyvat Continent.

Mondstadt, Windrise.

Looking at the line of text visible only to him, Gu Chen was overjoyed.

"Great, finally finished grinding!"

Gu Chen was not a native of Teyvat; he was a transmigrator.

In Teyvat's terms, he was a Descender, or what they called an outlander.

He still remembered how he had ground through the Aranyaka questline all night in his dorm, only to die suddenly and transmigrate to Teyvat.

Upon arriving in Teyvat, he was bound to a Reincarnation System, with life after life of reincarnation missions laid out before him.

Gu Chen hadn't wanted to grind, nor did he want to repeat his mistakes, but the system gave too much, so Gu Chen went down the path of grinding missions and never looked back.

And now, all the system missions were completed, and he possessed terrifying power within his body, which made Gu Chen feel very satisfied.

"With this, I should have the power to protect myself in Teyvat, right?"

Feeling the power within his body, Gu Chen was in a pleasant mood.

He had no idea how strong he actually was; in one past life, he had fought against the Heavenly Principles, and the feeling it gave him was—the Heavenly Principles didn't seem like much.

And now, with all the powers he had acquired stacked together, Gu Chen felt even more secure.

"Awesome!!"

"Hey, little brother, how awesome? Tell me in detail!"

Suddenly, a voice came from afar, drawing closer.

Gu Chen was surprised; he looked toward the sound and was slightly stunned.

The newcomer was a youth; at first glance, he noticed the white silk stockings on the youth's legs beneath his Baroque-style attire.

The youth wore a green cape, a Cecilia flower pinned to the brim of his green hat, and short black hair with two small, green-gradient braids hanging down by his temples.

The newcomer was none other than Mondstadt's Anemo Archon, Barbatos!

"Venti?"

Should he call it a surprise or a matter of course to meet Venti at Windrise?

"Yo, little brother, looks like you've heard of my great name~"

Seeing Gu Chen recognize him at a glance, Venti was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "I am Mondstadt's best bard. Do you want an autograph, little brother? Even if you sell it, you could get a lot of Mora! You can get my autograph for just 3,000 Mora!"

"Are you serious?"

A bard who doesn't do his job can sell his autograph?

He had never heard of such a thing!

Gu Chen said with a strange expression: "If your identity as Barbatos were exposed, your autograph might actually sell, but since your identity isn't exposed, forget it!"

Venti's smile gradually faded, his expression turned serious, and he carefully sized up Gu Chen. "Who exactly are you?"

In his memory, he had never seen Gu Chen, and his identity shouldn't have been leaked!

"Ehe!"

"What do you mean by 'Ehe'?!"

Venti widened his eyes.

For some reason, he found those two words very annoying!

Yet, he was the one who liked to say it, and Venti felt a headache coming on.

Just as Venti wanted to say something else.

Boom!

A deafening sound came from the sky.

Gu Chen and Venti instinctively looked up, both stunned.

【Exposure System has arrived!】

【This system will expose many secrets to all living beings in Teyvat!】

【Please note, this system will update the exposure video once every seven days. The first video will officially play in ten minutes!】

【Group chat is being established—currently divided into: Ordinary Group and Extraordinary Group!】

Huge golden characters appeared in the sky, and immediately after, a light screen appeared before both Gu Chen and Venti.

【Extraordinary Group Chat】

【Hu Tao】: Hello, hello? Is anyone there? Can we really chat?

【Klee】: So magical! It's even more convenient than what Mom gave Klee~

【Kaeya】: Looks like real-time communication. The Ordinary Group next door is already chatting away. Who could be behind this, allowing the citizens of the seven nations to join a real-time chat?

【Jean】: Could it be Lord Barbatos? No, the probability is low...

【Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli】: By general reason, the Seven Archons of the mortal world likely do not possess such great power.

【Mona】: Ah... so hungry...

【Klee】: Sister Mona, what's wrong! Klee will come to see you right away!

【Venti】: Friends, let me grandly introduce myself: the three-time consecutive champion of Mondstadt's most beloved bard—Venti!

【Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli】: ...

【Paimon】: Wow, so many acquaintances, the tone-deaf bard is here too!

【Lumine】: There are many people here, give him some face.

【Paimon】: Oh, oh, the best bard is here too!!

【Venti】: ...

【Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli】: ...

【Hu Tao】: Alright, alright, this Hall Master will also grandly introduce herself: the 77th Generation Hall Master of Wangshengtang, the dark limerick poet of the Xiaoxiang Sect, that's me!

Windrise.

While chatting and laughing in the group, Venti wore a solemn expression.

He could not imagine what kind of existence possessed such great power to connect all living beings.

Was it the Heavenly Principles?

Venti glanced at the island hanging high in the sky and dismissed the thought.

The Heavenly Principles had no reason to do this, and doing so wouldn't bring any benefits, right?

Go Go Go Liyue, Wangshengtang.

Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli, who was just about to go out, looked at the light screen and fell into thought.

"Such great power, it is definitely not the Heavenly Principles... Then, what kind of existence has descended upon Teyvat?"

Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli frowned slightly, feeling a faint sense of worry in his heart.

Inazuma, Tianshouge.

The Raiden Shogun watched all this indifferently.

"Only eternity is closest to the Heavenly Principles. If it is not the work of the Heavenly Principles, then it is a power that transcends them, and one must not become its enemy."

The Raiden Shogun gave her own judgment.

And Raiden Ei, within the Plane of Euthymia, also awoke from her meditation, looking at the light screen before her, feeling somewhat dazed.