[Genshin Impact] A Seafood's Guide to Winning Zhongli

In the past, on the land of Inazuma, Shax had another name:

The Demon God of Sea Mist and Illusions, Mirage Tower

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Competition in the deep sea was harsher than on land. Fortunately, a rock spear fell from the sky to protect her, allowing the weak hermit crab to survive.

When she finally gained the ability to take human form and come ashore, she followed the aura on the rock spear to find her benefactor, only to discover that the Geo Archon...

HATED SEAFOOD!

Hu Chengyang, a seafood creature herself, could only hide her identity carefully. Every day, she made sure to bask in the sun long enough to get rid of the fishy smell before sneaking ashore to hover around her benefactor.

Later, her benefactor allowed Mirage Tower to settle on the coast near Liyue. Wanting to repay him somehow, she sheltered ships heading out to sea and protected the harbor.

When Mirage Tower slept, she would unconsciously create sea mist and illusions. Her illusions shrouded Liyue Harbor, taking in the homeless souls lost at sea and the Yaksha suffering under the burden of their karmic debt.

The spirits then built pavilions and tall towers upon her shell. This was the prototype of the original Liyue Harbor.

But he remained unmoved by her cautious overtures, until the invasion of the Demon Gods. To protect Liyue Harbor, she transformed into sea mist and disappeared.

The dreams she had secretly woven within her illusions disappeared with her. Each dream held a flourishing Liyue Harbor, and Morax.

Only then did he learn that the timid girl who loved basking in the sun and always hovered around him was also Mirage Tower, who had protected Liyue Harbor and taken in the Yaksha.

But those beautiful illusions were like sea mist: visible yet untouchable, scattering at the first gust of wind.

The above is what happened after Hu Chengyang picked the hardest character to romance in the game Love and Teyvat and cranked the difficulty all the way up.

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After getting a disastrous bad ending, Hu Chengyang was furious. She cursed the miHoYo developers for three hundred lines, then unwillingly started a second playthrough.

A thousand years later, an orange hermit crab crawled ashore at Liyue Harbor, which no longer had the Geo Archon, Rex Lapis. The moment she came ashore, a blond Traveler caught her.

The little white floating spirit beside the Traveler was even drooling as it planned whether to steam her or pan-fry her.

As she struggled to survive, a hand reached out before the blond Traveler.

"Traveler, would you be willing to give this hermit crab to Zhong?"

Hu Chengyang: (stops struggling) (looks up) (leans back in a tactical retreat) The second playthrough hasn't even started, so why has his affection level already gone up by half? Doesn't he hate seafood so much he can't even stand the smell?

1. CP: Zhongli, a melodramatic romance

2. Who doesn't love our handsome Rex Lapis!

3. (Did everyone who clicked on this wonder what kind of woman would be so bold?)

Theme: Stay together where the sunlight is warm.