In a dark secluded cave, in a who knows how many kilometers deep beneath the the lands surface.
A young man clearly in his teens, lay in the cold solid ground.
His face can only be considered as… perfect. As if shaped by the gods or maybe he is a deity himself, his face unblemished from all the wordly impurities.
His brows are like distant mountains veiled in mist. Nose that stands tall like a mountain ridge, its lines stern yet gentle. His lips are pale, that once spoken, carries unreadable authority. His complexion is like a warm jade, tempered by the passage of time.
Altogether, his presence is noble and solemn, like an ancient rock that never moves. He carries regal authority that even straight poles would become crooked trees.
After an unknown amount of time, the man finally woke up.
"Ugh… where am I?"
The man looked around the area as he stood up and saw… nothing, just pile of rubbles.
Rubbing his temples, he murmured to himself as confused dawned on him.
"Just where am I? Weren't I supposed to be going home after playing with my friend in his house?"
As he walked back and forth, still contemplating about his current predicament, his face contorted in horror as a certain thought pops out on his head.
"D-d-don't tell me…"
"Someone kidnapped me!?! Shit!! But why me!?! I am a good citizen, so why me!? I don't even have anything valuable in me!"
He genuinely cried.
Though it would be quite an ironic scene, specially to those who played a certain game to look at, since his current face, or rather, body, is that of a prominent and dignified person in the game… Kinda.
"Is this… *Hick* a karma of sorts? *Hick* I-I shouldn't have made fun of my friend for losing his 50/50 several times on Qiqi!!"
"Wahhhhhhh!"
...He wailed loudly.
After a few minutes of crying, the once exalted, wise and prominent of distant era is no more.
Instead, he was covered with snot and tears as if he just got a green hat, and slapped by it across his face.
Truly, a spectacle that's not supposed to be seen by the character's people.
But who's to blame? After all, even young masters of powerful clans, weep their faces ones they courted death due to facing the heavens' chosen one.
Plus, with such a person weeping, there should definitely be a good reason for him to be very scared, aside from fearing the unknown.
"I should had deleted my browser history!! Also those comics and novels under my bed, sigh… If my parents saw it, I would not be able to fully rest in peace…"
"…"
Well… Cough! Cough!
After finally calming down his mind, he ventured the cave for a while.
After an hour of search, he saw nothing.
No life, no exit, nothing to look at, just piles of rocks and dirts. In fact, not even an amount of air can be felt.
Suddenly, he stopped and his face became apprehensive, as he have just discovered something.
"Now that I think about, why does it seems like I am still not tired? Plus, why can I see in this dark cave? And lastly, HOW come I'm even breathing!? There's not a single air in here!"
As he asked those questions, his thoughts spiraled in complete chaos.
Fortunately, before his thoughts could even spiral even further into complete madness, his eyes caught a glimpse of light that flickered slightly, making him come back to his senses.
"Light! There's definitely something in there."
With that, he let go all of his worries and run with all his might.
What he didn't know is that…
*BOOMMM!!!*
He completely lost control of himself and crashed straight into the cave wall, creating a hole and shaking the entire cave.
Around this time, far across where the guy was heading, a creature awoken. Its huge eyes peering towards the man's direction.
"Interesting…"
As the creature said that, the whole area shook, as if showing the authority the creature has.
After that, the creature finally showed its form. It was… a dragon, but not just a dragon, this dragon is brimming with authority and power.
Despite not having a serpentine tail, or scaled wings, its authority doesn't lose to its kind.
"A deity with full Geo element as Authority… Truly interesting. I hope you would not bore this one."
As he said that, the creature slowly moved towards the man. Accompanied by stomps that could even shake mountains, if not for its precise control over its house sized body.
But still, oblivious to the peering eyes, the young man, or deity, spat out brownish saliva, because he inevitably ate some dirt when he crashed and finally stumbled when he stopped.
"Ugh… what was that? How come I managed to do- holy shit!!!! Who is this guy!?! Who is this extremely handsome fellow!?!"
As he was grumbling about his strength, he saw his reflection on a crystal.
Freaking handsome!!
That's all he could say.
"Wait, since I am the one in front of the crystal… doesn't that mean… this is me!?! What the!? Hmm, but wait… why is this fellow's looks very familiar?"
He thought very carefully. As he reached the conclusion, his eyes opened widely.
His jaws dropped as he exclaimed.
"Isn't this fellow that wallet parasite from Genshin Impact, Zhongli!?! Have I gotten the ticket to time travel- I mean, transmigration or reincarnation!?"
The young man, or we might as well call Zhongli for now, scratch his chin while his temple furrowed slightly.
"Although I look younger, I'm definitely that guy now. But still…"
All of a sudden, his whole aura shifted.
He looked very wary as if something bad might happen any minute.
But still, like a woman changing her clothes, his mood instantly shifted to that of normal yet satisfied one.
"Well, there's no helping it. So what if there is a higher entity controlling my life? I'm gonna live my life to the fullest. Maybe laze around while drinking tea and…
Wait!! If I do that, wouldn't I be like the wallet parasite? But still… a life with a rich lady while I just take care of the household like a household husband.
What a life!!"
He grinned foolishly at the thought.
"Still, why do I look so young? Plus, this current attire of mine… Isn't this, Zhongli's dress in his days as Rex Lapis or Morax?"
His eyes gazed at his attire. It was a white robe. To be precise, his attire is made up of black and white silk, adorned with occasional gold color, shimmering under the light of the crystalline rocks.
"Well, I don't really care, plus, I don't even know if my assumptions are correct since, I haven't play Genshin."
His face became thoughtful as he relieved about his past with his friend.
"I would have played Genshin and not just listen to my friend's yapping about Zhongli and Raiden Ei, his favorite characters, if I had known that I would get transmigrated into the game.
Well, no use in dwelling about the past. I should just look at the future in front of me. But still, I wonder what happened to Mom and Dad, are they sad? Also my little Sis…"
As he was feeling sad… Something happened that he wouldn't really want to see….
As for why. Let's just say he pulled a Kazuma like death stunt to save some face.
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Just trying 😌😌.