Lin Xuan knew he was just adding unnecessary worries to himself, so after washing up, he went straight to sleep.
While Lin Xuan was sleeping soundly on this side, Furina on the other side could not sleep at all.
The nighttime Court of Fontaine was quiet, and the bright moonlight spread across the land.
Furina had already taken off her gorgeous attire. Wearing pajamas and letting her hair fall loose, she sat by the window.
"What an interesting experience this was~"
With her hands propping up her chin, she tilted her head and looked outside.
Furina was still savoring the wonder of this trip.
A special place, special people—of course it would create special memories.
Even though she had only appeared in Lin Xuan's home and didn't know much about Blue Star, she had already fallen in love with this world.
"That guy Lin Xuan is just too annoying. Next time I'll definitely teach him a lesson!"
Thinking of Lin Xuan, Furina couldn't help gritting her teeth.
Today, not only did he push her over, he even used instant noodles to tempt her.
Even worse, he wouldn't let her play Genshin Impact!
Although she complained about Lin Xuan aloud, Furina didn't notice the slight smile curling at the corner of her mouth.
"I really hope tomorrow comes quickly… then I can go find Lin Xuan again…"
Furina looked up at the bright moon hanging in the sky, her eyes full of anticipation.
…
"Bzzz bzzz bzzz!"
Early the next morning, Lin Xuan was awakened by the vibration of his phone.
Half-asleep, he sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"That's weird… didn't I get fired already? Why is there an alarm?"
Lin Xuan scratched his messy bedhead, confused.
That damned heartless boss not only made him work overtime before but even fired him two days ago just to make him take the blame!
Despicable capitalist. One day… he'd become one too!
But when he unlocked his phone, he immediately sobered up.
"Woah—no way, seriously?"
Lin Xuan couldn't believe it. He almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Because all the notifications were likes and comments from Xiao Po Station.
Lin Xuan practically jumped up in joy—his planted seed had finally borne fruit.
Entering Xiao Po Station, he saw the video's view count had already reached 5 million!
Likes had exceeded a million, and the comment section was bursting with activity.
"Ahhhh! Furina! My Furina! My treasure!"
"Lady Furina, I've always admired you so… will you marry me?"
"Help!! That little wink is too cute—I'm done for!"
"No seriously, why are you OPs so obsessed with virtual characters? Next week is my wedding with Furina, remember to come…"
Reading these chaotic comments, Lin Xuan stayed silent.
He had mentally prepared himself, but their level of fanaticism still scared him.
Aside from the usual antics of netizens, many comments were focused on how accurate Furina looked.
"No way, this Furina is insane! I almost thought it was a CG."
"+1! Not only the appearance, even the expressions and movements are identical. What kind of god-tier UP is this?"
"Wait, aren't you guys curious how my wife summoned those three followers?"
"Bro, are you dumb? Obviously special effects or props! And what do you mean your wife? She's mine!"
"Less talking—I'm doing a triple-like and following. Waiting for the next update!"
Lin Xuan grinned. They would never guess those three little ones were actually summoned.
Which was normal—who would even imagine something like that?
After reading comments, he opened his homepage.
Followers: 187,000
Lin Xuan froze for a moment. He didn't expect that a short video alone boosted his followers by over a hundred thousand.
He knew Furina had overwhelming popularity and a massive fanbase, but wasn't this too exaggerated?
All she did in the video was casually say two lines—there wasn't even any real content.
Some diligent UP masters would probably cry when they saw this…
But he couldn't help it—he had invited the real Furina.
Comparing people really could drive others crazy.
A sly grin spread across Lin Xuan's face, almost reaching his ears.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. Popularity has exceeded 1000. System upgraded to Level 2!]
[Ding! System lottery and system shop unlocked. Host may check them now!]
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that a single video would level him up.
Looks like the system wasn't that hard to level after all!
[Otherworld Encounter System]
[Host: Lin Xuan]
[System Level: 2]
[Popularity: 1090 / 10000]
[Invited Character: Furina]
[Ability: Hydro Element Control]
Just as he was feeling happy, Lin Xuan's expression darkened immediately—a slap to the face.
Leveling from 1 to 2 required only 1000 popularity, but leveling from 2 to 3 required ten times that!
He thought he could reach the next level after two more videos, but clearly it wouldn't be that easy.
Lin Xuan couldn't help asking, "System, how is popularity calculated?"
[Answering the host: Popularity is determined through comprehensive calculations. There is no single evaluation standard!]
Lin Xuan's face darkened further. Wasn't that basically nonsense?
He then remembered the system had just unlocked the lottery and shop, so he quickly checked them.
The system shop was filled with various items—countless strange things.
Even RMB could be exchanged: 100 popularity for 100,000 RMB.
Lin Xuan drooled.
Did he know how tempting 100,000 RMB was to a guy who couldn't even afford rent?
But he forced himself to resist and opened the lottery function.
[Lottery: Spend 1000 popularity for one ten-pull (Guaranteed purple-quality item every ten pulls)]
Lin Xuan frowned. Something was off.
The system said ten pulls guaranteed a purple, but it didn't mention a gold guarantee.
If it didn't say it, then… there wasn't any!
This system was even stingier than miHoYo!
But as the saying goes, "Bet big, win big."
He gritted his teeth.
He was going for it!
Ten-pull—start!
Unexpectedly, a scene extremely similar to Genshin's gacha animation appeared before his eyes.
[Ding! 100,000 RMB ×1]
[Ding! 100,000 RMB ×1]
...
The first nine notifications were identical—Lin Xuan had gotten 900,000 RMB.
It sounded nice, but how was this different from exchanging popularity directly?!
But the final purple glow didn't disappoint him.
[Ding! Purple-Gold Cloudtop Luxury Villa ×1]
"Hahahahaha!"
Staring at the key and property certificate in his hand, Lin Xuan almost squealed like a pig.
Not without reason—Purple-Gold Cloudtop was the most high-end villa district in Jiangcheng. The absolute top!
Even as a salary slave, Lin Xuan had heard of it.
Calling it priceless was not an exaggeration.
Great. Absolutely great.
He had been worried about how to accommodate all the invited characters, but now he didn't have to.
Knock knock knock!
Just then, a knocking sound came from outside his door.
......
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