Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

"Great Spirit... you've finally answered my call!"

Under the holy white light, Shenhe's father prostrated himself.

His voice trembled, his emotions intensely excited.

His long-cherished wish would finally be fulfilled today.

After Shenhe's mother died, this was the only goal keeping this middle-aged man alive.

To resurrect his dead wife, he became deranged.

Even though his daughter Shenhe was only five, he resolutely chose to leave home.

In his heart, his dead wife's importance was incomparable to anything else.

He traveled every corner of Liyue, every mountain peak, every valley.

After years of frantic wandering, he finally learned a method to summon supreme spirits.

He immediately tried to practice upon learning this method.

Unexpectedly, that first summoning ritual failed.

The technique had a major restriction - it required exchanging one life for another.

To summon spirits to resurrect his wife, he needed a close relative as sacrifice.

Only then did he remember the daughter he'd abandoned.

When he returned to the village, innocent Shenhe showed no resentment.

A normal father would feel immense guilt at this point.

But he wasn't normal - his heart died with his wife.

To him, Shenhe was just a tool to resurrect his wife.

These years of memories flashed through his mind like a lantern show.

The time had come, his gaze toward Shenhe now purely fierce.

"Shenhe, quickly accept the Great Spirit!"

The man stripped away his disguise, speaking in an almost commanding tone.

"No... I don't want to!!!"

Shenhe sensed something wrong, her closed eyes now open.

Facing the brilliant holy light, the little girl could only tremble.

Unlike its visual appearance, the light felt cold to the touch.

A bone-deep, otherworldly chill that didn't belong in this world.

Most unacceptable to Shenhe was the tall figure gradually forming within the light.

A four-legged monster of indeterminate species.

Its hideous head raised, blood-red eyes fixed on Shenhe's living form.

"Quick, quick, quick, hurry Shenhe, don't resist becoming one with the Spirit!"

If there were blood pressure monitors, this man would show extreme cerebral congestion.

His voice grew increasingly manic, desperate to sacrifice his daughter.

Even though this being had no connection to so-called spirits.

But it didn't matter - to fulfill his wish, he'd treat even evil spirits as divine ones.

The four-legged monster stepped forward, slowly approaching Shenhe.

"No, I don't want to be eaten!"

Shenhe's voice carried tears, not understanding how things turned out this way.

What should have been a happy family reunion

Had become a situation where she faced being devoured by a monster, her father cheering on as the culprit.

In life-or-death crises, danger can make people slow.

But more often, it sparks survival instinct.

Ignoring her father's mad ramblings, young Shenhe had one thought.

The monster wanted to devour her, but she didn't want to die, she wanted to live.

Shenhe felt in her clothes, gripping her mother's heirloom, an evil-dispelling dagger.

The little girl gathered all her courage, desperately stabbing at the monster.

If this were like the stories her mother once told her,

Such brave action would end in defeating the monster.

But reality isn't a storybook, and current Shenhe was just an ordinary little girl.

Even with the evil-dispelling dagger, she had no chance to touch the monster before being kicked away.

Shenhe flew back, crashing hard to the ground.

The violent impact's pain nearly made the little girl faint.

"Yes... that's it, resistance is useless, quickly become one with the Great Spirit!"

His daughter lay struggling in pain, but the man clapped and cheered!

However, Shenhe could no longer hear these sounds clearly.

She painfully turned aside, consciousness blurring.

As her vision dimmed, she saw the crimson greatsword that had first startled her.

She had landed near where the sword stood.

"Do you want to live?"

Suddenly, a man's voice reached Shenhe's ears.

At first, the little girl thought it was a hallucination from her fuzzy consciousness.

"Strange... she shouldn't have fainted yet!"

Nathan observed Shenhe's open eyes, somewhat puzzled.

From the start, he'd witnessed her father's bestial behavior.

But trapped in sword form, he couldn't help her.

Until Shenhe was knocked flying, landing beside him.

Within this range, Nathan could finally speak with her.

"You... who are you?"

Realizing this wasn't a hallucination, Shenhe's nearly extinguished consciousness rekindled slightly.

"Who I am isn't important now. Just answer one question - do you want to live?"

"I... I want to live, I don't want to die!"

Not wanting to be devoured, not wanting to disappear from this world, Shenhe used all her strength to speak.

"Good... since you want to live. Let me ask you, do you have the courage to ally with a demon?"

Nathan's voice echoed in Shenhe's mind - so this terrifying crimson greatsword was actually a demon's weapon?

Now, the so-called spirit monster nearly reached her.

Without choosing, she would face being devoured.

"I'm willing!!!"

Without hesitation, Shenhe gave her answer.

"Then as you wish, draw me forth!"

Unlike the monster's white light, crimson light surged around Shenhe.

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