Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

Someone's voice from the side suddenly interrupted Nathan and Ganyu's conversation.

However, this peaceful tone couldn't make anyone feel displeased.

So Ganyu wasn't angry, only respectfully addressing the newcomer.

"Mr. Zhongli... why do you have time to come here today!"

Hearing this name, Nathan was startled.

No wonder it felt familiar - this was the poetry often recited by Zhongli, the Geo Archon!

Nathan turned around to see a handsome man.

Brown-black hair with a long braid behind.

Just standing there, he emanated a mature, steady presence.

"Taking advantage of today's fine weather for a stroll, I happened upon familiar conversation, so I stopped here."

As Zhongli spoke, his gaze shifted to Nathan.

"Friend, have we met before?"

"We... shouldn't have..."

Nathan answered honestly - even in the simulation, he had only met Morax in his god form.

Meeting Zhongli in this form was truly their first encounter.

"Mr. Zhongli, this is Nathan, a traveler who recently arrived in Liyue!"

"Nathan, this is Mr. Zhongli, a consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor with vast knowledge!"

At this point, Ganyu, just like in the game, hadn't recognized the Geo Archon's disguise.

She thought Zhongli was just the learned consultant, earnestly making introductions.

"Hello... Mr. Zhongli!"

"Hello... friend Nathan!"

Nathan extended his right hand, and the other grasped it with a firm palm.

However, when they touched, Zhongli slightly furrowed his brows.

"So Mr. Zhongli, where have you seen me before?"

After withdrawing his hand, Nathan probed.

Trying to find clues about the connection between simulation and reality from Zhongli.

"No... I just felt you looked familiar, but have no actual memory."

"Is that so, that's good!"

Nathan nodded. He was now in his grown form.

But given Zhongli's knowledge, there was no reason he shouldn't recognize him.

"I heard you discussing the two gods, and I have some different insights!"

At this, Nathan gave him a strange look.

The Geo Archon had heard their discussion and actually wanted to gossip about himself.

"Does Mr. Zhongli know more?"

Ganyu asked, at least on the surface, this Funeral Parlor consultant's knowledge seemed even deeper than her thousand years of life.

"This ending isn't perfect, because that Dust God, a hundred years ago, due to erosion, sealed herself away!"

Erosion... this was a term Nathan had heard in the game.

It meant memories would fade and disappear over time, only strong emotions like hatred easily remained.

Gods with their long lives couldn't escape this rule.

Zhongli's other friend, Azhdaha, had deeply suffered from erosion.

Nathan understood Guizhong's decision.

That gentle, rational god would never want to trouble her beloved.

"But Mr. Zhongli, didn't they spend a beautiful and long time together?"

Nathan countered, compared to the original tragic death, this was already worlds apart.

Accompanying your loved one through long years was itself the most happy and romantic thing.

"You're right, that Geo God must be trying too! To not waste that nameless hero's sacrifice, wanting to make the ending more complete!"

Zhongli looked up at Liyue's azure sky.

If that being in Snezhnaya succeeded in their plans, Guizhong wouldn't need to remain self-sealed.

"Oh right, friend Nathan... this is for you!"

As he spoke, Zhongli pulled out a patterned porcelain bottle from his chest.

"Mr. Zhongli, this is?"

Nathan accepted it, smelling a fragrant aroma around the bottle.

"This is osmanthus wine, something we use to welcome friends in Liyue!"

"But Mr. Zhongli... I don't drink!"

Nathan held the wine bottle, saying blankly.

Though he was happy Zhongli considered him a friend, he had maintained sobriety since his previous life.

"Just take it, someone asked me to pass it to you."

Speaking in a voice only they could hear, Zhongli maintained his peaceful expression but gave a slight wink with his right eye.

The person he mentioned instantly formed an image in Nathan's mind.

Guizhong, it must be that long-sleeved girl!

This left Nathan speechless again.

The reaction seemed to have some connection to the life simulation.

However, Nathan couldn't get answers about these questions.

The simulator system always avoided the topic, and Ganyu similarly dodged it.

Including the protagonists from the previous two simulations, Keqing and Ningguang, who also spoke in riddles about it.

So the only way to resolve Nathan's confusion would be waiting for the next simulation to start.

Understanding this, he stopped dwelling on the issue.

He was about to continue chatting with Zhongli - compared to his god form from a thousand years ago, this current appearance was easier to converse with.

But before he could speak, the voices he least wanted to hear suddenly came from behind.

"Found you... Nathan!"

"Found you... Nathan!"

He had just thought of Ningguang and Keqing's names, and now they had already appeared.

The two fierce girls directly blocked Nathan's escape route.

"Ganyu... what's the meaning of this?"

Slowly surrounding him, the straightforward Keqing asked first.

"Hmm? No special meaning, I just wanted to show Nathan around Liyue!"

Ganyu put on an innocent expression, as if this was truly her only intention.

But Keqing, already angry, couldn't accept such an explanation.

"Wait, first take your hands off Nathan!"

She extended her fair arms, immediately separating Ganyu from Nathan!

"Yes Ganyu... you've done well enough. Quick, go back to Yuehai Pavilion to handle documents, leave Nathan to me now!"

Ningguang also joined the battlefield, wrapping herself around Nathan's other arm.

The confrontation between the three women, though only lasting seconds, already gave Nathan a headache!

At this point, he tried to seek help from Zhongli beside him.

But unexpectedly, that Geo Archon was watching this dramatic scene with great interest.

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