This contains no Genshin Impact leaks. If I leak anything by accident, I apologize.
Note that Baizhu's official weapon type is currently unknown.
On the night of October 7, I got unexpected loose bowel movement (LBM). I felt OK a few hours after pooping...until I was forced to wake up at 5:30 AM due to more sudden LBM pain combined with the noise from my younger brother's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC; basically the military for college students) training. I pooped once in a hurry...and thank goodness my brother wasn't ratted out for the noise like when I was farting and flushing.
My stomach still hurt a little after pooping, so I stayed awake and inhaled some copium—I mean watched YouTube videos and took a walk upstairs. I thought I can't fall asleep yet just in case I get another sudden LBM attack.
Out of nowhere, Mom invited me to drive our car so we can make a bread delivery. I accepted so I can do something productive while having an excuse to wait out my LBM. Thankfully, I had no LBM attack. The delivery went mostly well, save for us not knowing exactly where we're going.
I ate breakfast then went immediately back to sleep--I taught my last English lesson at 11:30 PM on October 7, after all, so I didn't get to sleep much.
I notice that dreams tend to occur for me most often in the morning and afternoon, likely because I'm in a steady process of waking up. I have to get my mind moving in a way to mentally prepare for the tasks ahead in real life.
And boy was this specific dream very strange...
Not Sure What My Brother and I Were "Fighting" About...
It seemed to have started over...an open world game where you buy a police motorbike by hanging onto a streetlamp!? What I know is, he got furious and started threatening to hit me, not just with his fists, but also...Character Ascension Materials, for some reason.
We didn't escalate too much, thankfully. Mom informed us that a famous female political figure (not gonna say who) called her and wants to talk to me.
I picked up the phone and we had a friendly conversation until...for some reason, this politician pointed out a note under a car tire while getting soaked by the heavy rain. It had a drawing of my Author Avatar, my handwriting, and...this is what made her suddenly get angry: a small "logo" with her name on it.
She gave me a Sophisticated as Hell lecture (can't remember the words) about how the logo I drew misrepresented her, then threatened to hunt me down.
(But she's several hundred miles away from me! How did she know about that note?)
Then it happened suddenly...
A Strange New Genshin Impact Domain
I was suddenly trapped in Genshin Impact. Not as myself or my Author Avatar, though--I was in control of the characters I have in my account in real life, plus a strange new addition: Baizhu.
In real life, I was surprised to learn that Baizhu's name pronounced in Japanese is Byakujutsu, with the "byaku" (白) part meaning "white". (I thought that the "jutsu" part meant "technique" similar to Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu, but it's not--they're written with different characters pronounced the same way.)
So my mind was preoccupied with thoughts about Baizhu, hence this dream. Big Brother was right in his comment on my Facebook post about my dream.
Anyway, this Baizhu behaved strangely compared to other characters, not just because he's a Dendro character. He starts off at Ascension Phase -1, compared to other characters' 0. He has to reach Lv. 60 to ascend to Phase 0, at which he resets to Lv. 1. I tried to, but for some reason, I ran out of Mora, even though as of writing, I have more than 6 million Mora in my account which is enough to raise almost 3 characters to the maximum of Lv. 90.
He was strangely taller than the other characters in my team, even though I know he's as tall as Kaeya officially. I was watching Valkyrja's "Wheres Da Beef Mihoyo?!?" (sic) before this, after all.
Instead of starting off with the 1-star catalyst Apprentice's Notes, this Baizhu started with a 1-star catalyst called "Muse" for some reason. I didn't see its stats or description, but it looks like a black tome with some red on it.
The biggest problem with this Baizhu is, at Ascension Phase -1, he can't attack at all or use any Elemental Skills or Bursts. Thankfully, this dream game informed me that Baizhu has to ascend in order to attack, but still, I can't do much without Mora, can I?
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| A rough recreation of the Domain I was trapped in. I'm bad at building. Oxidized Copper = Anemo Ice = Cryo Leaves = Dendro Lapis Lazuli = Hydro Copper = Pyro |
Anyway, out of nowhere while I was exploring a Dadaupa Gorge occupied by Treasure Hoarders, I heard the politician's voice again and I was trapped in a Domain (hence why I can't farm Mora Ley Lines).
This Domain resembled a beachfront with dry coconut trees but had very little water. It was basically a tree-filled desert minus the desert heat.
There was a part with five elemental monuments that have to be activated with Anemo, Cryo, Dendro, Hydro, and Pyro. The Anemo monument was next to a lake and the Hydro one was next to the Anemo one, so I needed to activate the Anemo and Hydro monuments at the same time by causing a Hydro-infused Swirl reaction using the Anemo Traveler. The Cryo and Pyro ones were pretty easy to activate.
However, the problem is the Dendro monument. I have literally nothing to activate it with and the politician disabled my ability to leave the Domain. Some hilichurls and a Pyro Abyss Mage appeared later on, but none of them used Dendro (there was no Dendro Samachurl), so I just lazily beat them down with Diona, Kujou Sara, Rosaria, and Venti, a team that was strangely preset. (Baizhu is also in the team as a fifth non-trial character. The Traveler got auto-swapped out for Venti, which is something that doesn't happen in the actual game.)
I woke up immediately afterward to check the time--I was worried about oversleeping. There's no way I can complete that Domain, after all, and I don't want to be subjected anymore to this politician's wrath. After all, we haven't even made any sort of interaction in real life and I don't want to make one.
Clarifications for Non-Gamers
A Domain is basically a video game dungeon; it's a maze of puzzles and monsters.
Mora is magical money that can be used to strengthen characters and equipment.
The elements I mentioned in this post are Anemo (wind), Cryo (ice), Dendro (nature), Hydro (water), and Pyro (fire).
The Swirl reaction is caused by contact between Anemo and either Cryo, Electro (electricity), Hydro, or Pyro, causing the Anemo attack to take on the properties of the other element. For example, a Hydro-infused Swirl reaction has the effects of both Anemo and Hydro.
Elemental monuments must be activated by hitting them with their corresponding element. For example, a Dendro attack will activate a Dendro elemental monument.
An Anemo attack infused with another element can potentially activate two elemental monuments, as is the case with Anemo and Hydro.
Abyss Mages and hilichurls are some of the enemies in Genshin Impact. Dendro Samachurls are a type of hilichurl that uses Dendro magic. Pyro Abyss Mages, similarly, use Pyro.
TL;DR summary: After waking up early due to an LBM attack and driving for Mom, I took a nap where I dreamt of a politician raging at me for supposedly misrepresenting her. She trapped me in a Genshin Impact Domain that was impossible to complete due to me being unable to use Dendro, an element that was required in the Domain.
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