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Story Sunday · 7 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Luna V
捕风的归客
Story Quest 天狼之章·第一幕「致予远征之人」 (tiān láng zhī zhāng dì yī mù zhì yú yuǎn zhēng zhī rén)

I made some progress on the quest, but then there’s a warning saying the next part is going to be long, so I’m keeping this for another day. My goal was to finish it before Lohen’s release, which might not be possible now but it doesn’t really matter.

Exploration Sunday · 7 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Luna VI
逢归的谶羽
Region 风息山 (fēng xī shān)
World Quest 寂静之塔下的风向 (jì jìng zhī tǎ xià de fēng xiàng)
An elevated view of a stone windmill tower and surrounding fortifications in a fantasy landscape with cliffs and a lake.
60%

I finished the WQ, it was much shorter than I anticipated! Very easy too in terms of puzzles and combat. This brought my exploration to 60. I don’t know if there are other quests in the region, but I haven’t found any yet. Now I’m just going to look for treasures with Nicole! :chest::sparkle:

Characters Sunday · 7 June
第八章 网络交锋
黄德阳
huáng dé yángHuang Deyang
Huang Jieyuan’s son, 14.
杨林
yáng línYang Lin
SWAT veteran, chosen to impersonate Zhong Yun, Xiong Yuan’s best friend
陈昊
chén hàoChen Hao
Ex SWAT member, used as first bait.
Post Sunday · 7 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
风起之日
风起之日
2件套 攻击力提高18%。 4件套 普通攻击、重击、元素战技或元素爆发命中敌人后,将获得持续6秒的「风与牧歌的眷怜」:攻击力提高25%。若装备者已经完成了「魔女的课业」,则「风与牧歌的眷怜」将会升级为「风与牧歌的决意」,额外使通过考验的装备者的暴击率提升20%。装备者处于队伍后台时,也能触发上述效果。
WordReadingDefinition
牧歌mù gēshepherd's song, pastoral

I forgot this set actually gives 20% CR! Thankfully I was a bit short on Durin, so he’s build is not as bad as I initially thought, even though most pieces I found rolled poorly.

Post Sunday · 7 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书

My exploration team

My exploration team is all broken supports from the version. I need Nicole to find treasure chests, Lauma because I love using her deer form to run around, Linnea for ore mining and healing, and Columbina is not there for any exploration abilities, but we need her because the team would fall apart otherwise.
I also use the team for farming, Linnea is dealing so much damage, nuking most ennemies, and Lauma’s hold skill can finish off whatever is still alive. Nicole is completely useless as no one scales attack, but I love her burst animation so I do it anytime I get a chance.

Nicole
Nicole
Lauma
Lauma
Linnea
Linnea
Columbina
Columbina
Post Sunday · 7 June
Reverse: 1999
Version: 3.5 · The Turquoise Serpent Club

I’m not playing any Reverse1999 at the moment, just logging in to do my dailies. I haven’t done the story yet, and I’m somehow not really motivated to do it at all. What I think I will do is listen to it on either YouTube or BiliBili instead of playing in-game, so I can do something else why I listen.

Post Sunday · 7 June

I watched episode 4 of 기리고 and loved this one! I’m right back into the series now.
Young Adult stuff is still not my really my thing, but the series has a lot of great things.

Post Sunday · 7 June

I probably won’t be reading much or at all today, as I’m mostly busy working on the website and adding post layouts.

Update Saturday · 6 June
31%

I read the second story 冷たい森の白い家, such a fascinating, strange and sad story…

23%

Chapter 7 was not an easy read, not just because it was an unpleasant description to read, but it was also more difficult in terms of language level.

第七章 诱伏 (contains spoilers)

Huang Jieyuan is staging sadistic performances in his private bar to find someone. He is contacted by a man from the Public Security Bureau to exchange information: the man wants information on the 一三〇 case in exchange for info on the 一·一二碎尸案. Huang Jieyuan says his notes are in his garage.
We then learn that Huang Jieyuan was in contact with Luo Fei to fool Eumenides and lure him into the garage. Luo Fei and Liu Song do ambush a man paid by Eumenides to get the documents, but they soon after receive a message with a pendant belonging to Jieyuan’s son. The message gives an hour and a place: an internet cafe.

Post Saturday · 6 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书

I pulled Durin for Xiao, so I put him on NO and never farmed his DPS set (I did farm the domain a lot, but never found good Rising Winds pieces). But there’s two things happening now:

  • I’m thinking of continue playing FFXX rather than the Nico-Durin core for Xiao
  • I will pull for Lohen, which means that Durin is probably better on Rising Winds, and that Lohen will need a set of his own anyway!
    So I need to find two good sets now, with DPS requirements… :sword:
Vocabulary Saturday · 6 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Luna VI
逢归的谶羽
Event 礁与浪的相逢
WordReadingDefinition
清点 qīng diǎn to make inventory, to check

I didn’t know this word. It’s the kind of words where I feel like I should know it because the characters are very common, and I try to guess the meaning through the characters, but the real meaning is miles away from my guesses.

Post Saturday · 6 June

I haven’t watched 기리고 in a while. I liked the first episode, and found the second one even better. I liked that the episode worked in two directions: showing deeper layers of the characters relationship while quickening the pace of the story and diving more into horror. But I found the third episode rather boring, it’s mostly classic horror stuff, not really scary to me, and I was also kind of annoyed that situations happen because of weird lack of communication (하준‘s sister should have told 세아 what she would have to deal with - I know she couldn’t know the extend of the trauma 세아 had gone through that could be used against her, but they could have talked about it, or the shaman could have warned her the demon will try to use her memories and weaknesses to create illusions, or just simply tell her more than just “pass through three doors”. The last trial was really good though!).
So since episode 3, I’ve been less motivated to continue the series, but I won’t give up just yet.

Post Friday · 5 June

Working on the blog display and post headers is taking much more time than I thought. And I’m so sleepy too, I’m not making good decisions I feel like. I’ll probably continue working on this during the weekend.

Glossary Friday · 5 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Luna V
捕风的归客
Story Quest 天狼之章·第一幕「致予远征之人」 (tiān láng zhī zhāng dì yī mù zhì yú yuǎn zhēng zhī rén)
Person 玻瑞亚斯 Bōruìyàsī
Boreas, (divine name 安德留斯 Āndéliúsī), Wolf of the North or North Wind (北风之狼). Was a God in Mondstadt but originated from Nod-Krai. Fought during the Archon War against Decarabian (the God of Storms). Thinking himself unworthy of becoming the Anemo Archon and returned to Nod-Krai. 1000 years later, split his soul to travel with the mysterious 流浪骑士 Liúlàng Qíshì (Wandering Knight) back to Mondstadt. See how well the country was doing under Barbatos, he decided to let his body die to bless the land through the Ley Lines and later became one of the Four Winds.
Person 北风之狼 běi fēng zhī láng
Knight of Boreas. A title held by those recognised by Boreas. There’s only been four Knights of Boreas so far: The Wandering Knight, Ravenwood, Rostam and Varka.
Person 流浪骑士 liú làng qí shì
Wandering Knight. First Knight of Boreas, original wielder of Wolf’s Gravestone and Wolf-Fang.
Person 瑞文伍德 ruì wén wǔ dé
Ravenwood. Second Knight of Boreas.
Person 鲁斯坦 lǔ sī tǎn
Rostam. Knight of Boreas and Master of the Knights of Favonius during the Cataclysm. Mentored Roland. After the fall of Khaenri’ah, went on an expedition with the Knights of Favonius to exterminate the monsters who had spread, but died in battle.
Person 罗兰 luó lán
Roland. Originally known as the White Knight (白骑士), then the Bloodstained Knight (血染黑的骑士). Learnt justice, chivalry and swordsmanship under Rostam, thus becoming a powerful knight worth of the Knight of Boreas title. But the more ennemies he killed, the more he became stained by blood, first slaughtering in the name of justice, then losing his way and cutting ties with the Knights of Favonius.

This book is incredibly good!!!! I loved it so so much!! :heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
It’s not a found footage per se, but it does have a lot of found footage elements with other media that work better in books than film like mails and forum discussions. The setting is very classic, just your typical strange things happening in a building, but it’s so well done. I love the horror genre, but I’m not easily scared and most of the time, I end up being disappointed by the horror fiction I read or watch. I guess that the more you consume this genre, the less impressed you’re bound to be. But this book was so well executed: it has a good variety of “media” sometimes we follow the main characters, sometimes we watch or read past documents. It has extremely good and scary scenes, like the kind that really sends chills down your spine. Reading the book really felt like watching a film, it’s well written and reads very easily, once you started, it’s just impossible to put down. The end was excellent too.

100%

I thought I would continue 죽은 집에 관한 기록 today because I didn’t touch it yesterday, and just like that I finished it. This is the definition of a page-turner!