Judging by the official labels on the art, Veyl was a 5-star Fire/Harmony, Meryl was a 4-star Quantum/Harmony, and Tingyun - Yin Yang... was a 5-star Fire/Destruction!
[Alright, alright! This little lady is about to get violent!]
[Tingyun: (Grabbing Phantylia's balls) So you're the one they call Phantylia, huh!]
[WTF! THE THIRST!]
[prprprprprprpr!]
[Question King Zhou, Understand King Zhou, Become King Zhou!]
[No one can refuse a white-haired, golden-eyed, barefoot fox girl with a red string and bells!]
[I think she's just average.]
[Palace Jade Nectar Wine?]
[What are you talking about?]
[Someone get over here! He's a 500k!]
---o---
"WTF! My waifu Tingyun! AAAAAAAAH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I can't stay in Version 1.4 for a single day longer! Time machine! Where's the time machine!? I need to go... I need to find a world where I can just have Miss Tingyun! Miss Tingyun... MISS TINGYUN!! YOU ARE MY LIGHT AAAAAAAAH!!!"
The moment Sister Guoguo laid eyes on the white-haired Tingyun, who was overflowing with charm yet retained a sense of sanctity, her non-existent phantom limb instantly smashed through her ceiling! The excitement in her heart could no longer be described with words! AAAAAAAAH!
[WTF! What is this creature?]
[No idea. I think it used to be Sister Guoguo.]
[The last time Sister Guoguo went this crazy was when 5-star Wende was revealed...]
The audience in the livestream chat watched in awe as Sister Guoguo twisted and writhed on her gaming chair, seemingly dissolving and reforming.
Humans... are a curious species, aren't they?
"Actually, Big Sis Veyl is totally my XP too! Hehe, a seemingly cold big sister who is actually a gentle, kind, and loving mother in front of the children. Ah~~ this love! And those leather boots, that form-fitting suit, perfectly outlining those proud curves!! I! I CAN! BIG SIS! STEP ON ME!!"
"Hehehehe... Little Meryl. Just thinking about Meryl, unable to make a sound under my coercion, only able to watch with her own eyes as I slowly approach, a hint of despair in her gaze... and then I'll... download Pinduoduo on her most beloved tablet! Ah! How sinful! And how it satisfies my desire for conquest..."
[Sister Guoguo! Calm down! You need to get a grip!]
[Stop, don't say anymore! If you keep this up the whole stream will get shut down!]
[Yes, I can't be more yes. I'm about to yes yes yes yes!!]
[I hereby declare that I have no affiliation with this livestream. I am just passing by. Mr. Super Moderator, can you please not ban me later?]
[Bullshit! You were the one going craziest just now!]
[Super Moderator: Hello, please continue.]
"Ahem... I believe that ours is a positive-energy livestream. Please do not post strange things in the chat that might lead our younger viewers astray!"
The instant she saw the Super Moderator's message, Sister Guoguo snapped back from her twisted, unhinged state into a "normal person." She addressed her audience with an air of righteousness, as if she wasn't the one who had just been going wild.
[Okay! Add this to the Beijing Film Academy's textbook!]
[Sister Guoguo must have graduated from the Central Academy of Drama!]
[Good thing I screen-recorded, otherwise I would have actually believed her.]
This is truly Wu Jing stepping on a sleeping Jay Chou—absolutely spectacular!
[Is that one of those Tianjin-style puns?]
(T/N: This is a complex Chinese pun. "Wu Jing stepping on a sleeping Jay Chou" (吴静踩了睡觉的周婕纶, Wú Jìng cǎile shuìjiào de Zhōu Jiélún) sounds nearly identical to "spectacular" or "brilliant" (精彩绝伦, jīngcǎi juélún) due to the similar-sounding characters.)
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Kakaya stared grimly at the three newly updated characters. Hmm... a Fire/Harmony... a Quantum/Harmony... and a Fire/Destruction who already looked like trouble...
What was this! What the hell was this! Were they trying to ramp up the difficulty just for him!? One Wende was already enough to deal with! Were they trying to drive him to his death!? Didn't they know how many scenarios a support character guide had to cover!? And now they release what looks like two and a half support characters at once?
Click...
Off-camera, Kakaya lit a cigarette with a melancholic air.
"MiHoYo, I urge you to be merciful."
His world-weary eyes revealed an endless despair.
Two and a half supports in one version... dammit! His brain was fried!
---o---
"Huh? Where's my shota!? I'm happy to have three new waifus, but where's my shota!? Where is my cute, small, fragrant, soft, white-sock-wearing little shota!"
Dogzi slammed her keyboard, glaring at the three character portraits on her monitor. She scrolled the mouse wheel up and down, but she couldn't find her little shota anywhere! My shota!
[Hello? Open up! FBI!]
[FBI!? You're going in too!]
[Sigh, Nth day of missing little Wende.]
[Nth day of having inappropriate thoughts about Little Godfather.]
[That child! That child! My Little Godfather is someone who could become my mother!]
[You Char... wait a minute, something's not right here (CPU freezes)]
---o---
[Ding... Reality Player Emotion Value has increased by 100,000. This value was obtained from the conversion of your bound character [Yin Yang - Tingyun].]
"?"
Wende, who was heading to the Old District frontline with "Tingyun" and Jingliu to rendezvous with Himeko's group, suddenly froze in place, his face a mask of confusion.
What was that? What did it mean, "my bound character"...
Wende stared blankly at his inexplicably increased Player Emotion Value. Something wasn't right. Nine out of ten parts of this were not right. Setting aside the question of when this "bound character" setting appeared, the 100,000 value alone was completely abnormal!
"Benefactor~ I suddenly feel so hot, something doesn't feel right..."
Just as Wende was deep in thought, a warm, soft body gently pressed against his back. A scorching breath tickled his earlobe, and her words were laced with an indescribable... something.
"Oho, I'm screwed."
Wende unconsciously turned his head and glanced at Jingliu, who was watching them with a smile that wasn't a smile.
---o---
"Mmm..."
At the New District frontline, Stelle sat on an automated mech, rubbing her chin with a thoughtful expression.
"What's wrong with you? You look like you've got a lot on your mind."
March 7th nimbly climbed to the top of the mech, raising an eyebrow as she looked at Stelle, who seemed to be pondering something deeply. Why did it feel like ever since Wende left the team, Stelle had become so melancholic?
"March... I don't know why, but my heart feels all stuffy, and my head feels a little heavy."
Stelle shook her head, looking puzzled. She decided to simply rest her head on March's lap.
"Eek! Let's get this straight! I'll let you use my lap, but no funny business this time!"
Seeing Stelle skillfully rest her head on her thigh, March was startled at first, then quickly held Stelle's head in place, warning her.
"Alright, alright..."
Burying her face completely in March's lap, Stelle's voice came out muffled.
"Aaaah! Don't talk! And don't lick!"