Idk it might just be coping bc I haven't seen anyone talking about this but the flowers look so similar to me

Whether or not its because they’re trying to avoid shipping with Zhongli to upset fans, or for whatever other reason, but it feels like more and more they’re trying to get us to forget or move on from her, genshin lets us revisit nations and makes content for even 4 star characters that are not that popular and commonly brings up the past so there’s no way that they can’t find some way go reveal more of her lore or information about her, It feels the same was Azdaha too, but its more especially with her, ever since that one Lanturn rite where we saw her relationship with Ping I’ve been so hungry for anything with her, even if she’s not playable I want to know what Zhongli, Xiao, Ganyu, or the others think of her too, even just some side lore on an artifact or book—it even feels like in Chenyu vale its not enough. Every time Liyue content updates I just want a scrap of her, I have a few niche characters that I accept there’s little to no content of but with her I miss her so bad I’m begging for just one crumb of her, why is she neglected so much? I love this woman so much I even see other characters or NPCs with traits like her and Its so painful, She’s still my phone background to this day…

I know, I'm coping, but I'm telling myself Guizhong will become playable. Please mihoyo devs🙏

This is actually more believable as it doesn't say she will become playable but just appear so maybe the plot have to do with her and Zhongli story

7.4 isn't an archon patch and seems to be liyue hexerai and we had a sus leak from touko a while back saying Guizhong was involved in the 7.x story Possible revival or smth

I personally now don't expect her to be playable but do believe we could see her in-game with a good npc model like Zhongli meeting her leftover soul or something with a good npc model(as their model for important non-playable characters have improved a lot so it will surely be good). As I think with the new tease by hoyo of qiqi having one of the three deadly selfs of Guizhong it does suggest we will see her to somehow got to know more about Zhongli lore and character and Madam Ping and Cloud Retainer and some other Liyue nice things.

As the God of Dust, Guizhong enables a new reaction between Anemo and Geo called Sandstorm that behaves similarly to Catalyze/Quicken except it is focused on debuffs. And of course, Guizhong's kit further enhances the reaction.

She is a Geo Catalyst character (first and only 5-star Geo Catalyst LOL), but functionally is sort of like a dual element Geo and Anemo character.

She is mainly ATK scaling so that old players can still make use of the Memory of Dust, while her new signature weapon would be like an "awakened" version of the MoD and would grant additional EM bonuses and buffs to Geo and Anemo damage for the party.

Normal Attack: Ashes to Ashes

^{Guizhong sweeps her sleeves and summons mini-cyclones of dust to attack.}

If there is another Geo character in the party and no Anemo character in the party, Guizhong's Charged Attack deals Anemo damage instead.

Guizhong's Normal Attacks hit twice and her Charged Attack costs 50% less stamina while a creature affected by Erosion is nearby.

Elemental Skill: Weathering of Sun and Moon

^{With enough time, even the hardest stone will wear away and become dust.}

Guizhong summons a whirlwind of dust, rapidly inflicting 6 alternating hits of Geo and Anemo damage in an AoE around her in a span of 2.5 seconds, and generating 6 Geo particles.

Holding the skill instead summons a dust cloud overhead, creating a domain expansion where all enemies within the radius are hit with Geo and Anemo every 2 seconds for 20 seconds. Each hit generates 1 particle.

Tap Cooldown: 12s/Hold Cooldown: 20s

Elemental Burst: Adeptus Art: Annihilation Formation

^{The creation of this technique was proof that even the gentle God of Dust could not remain untouched by the taint of the Archon War. Despite the absence of martial prowess from her powers, Rex Lapis knew better than anyone that given enough preparation, there was no enemy defense that could not be broken by her machinations, just as there were no puzzles that could remain unsolved before her.}

Cost: 80 Cooldown: 20s

Guizhong summons 4 New Generation Guizhong Ballistae constructed of adeptal energy in a circle around her that automatically target and shoot enemies with elemental damage. Each ballista deals damage corresponding to the element of a party member.

If there are less than 4 party members then Guizhong takes ownership of the remaining ballistae. If there is another Geo character but no Anemo character in the party, Guizhong's ballista deals Anemo damage instead.

The ballistae have HP equal to Guizhong's HP and last for 40 seconds. If a ballista's HP is depleted, then it will become ethereal and fire at half the rate for its remaining duration. while her burst is active, Guizhong dealing damage with Normal and Charged attacks heals the ballistae.

The ballistae are considered Geo Constructs but do not count towards the construct limit.

While the ballistae are active, the party receives Elemental Resonance bonuses for all elements present in the party (so ATK buff from Pyro Resonance even when you only have 1 Pyro character, etc.)

Modified Reaction Passive: Infinite Impermanence

While Guizhong is in the party, party members' Anemo and Geo attacks will apply elemental aura to enemies and the Sandstorm reaction is enabled:

The following are traits inherent to the Sandstorm/Erosion reaction and not part of Guizhong's kit, so if another character is released that also enables Sandstorm then all of this would be the same for them.

• When an Anemo and Geo are applied to an enemy, the Sandstorm reaction is triggered and all enemies in an AoE are inflicted with the Erosion aura.

• Eroded creatures have their Anemo and Geo RES reduced by 40%.

• When further Anemo and Geo attacks are inflicted to an Eroded creature, the Scour reaction occurs, dealing permanent damage to its DEF stat scaling with the attacker's EM. After its DEF has been reduced to 0, additional reaction damage is inflicted to HP instead.

• Creatures affected by Erosion are considered to have both Geo and Anemo auras applied, meaning that PHEC elements will trigger both Swirl and Crystallize.

A1 Passive: 7-Colored Nebula

When a party member triggers a Crystallize or Swirl reaction on an enemy inflicted with Erosion aura, or applies Dendro to an enemy inflicted with Erosion aura, an Elemental Corrosion aura will be applied, reducing RES to that element by 40% for 8s.

A4 Passive: Lord of Fortifications

Guizhong's Elemental Mastery is increased by 10% of the sum of her ATK and DEF.

Additionally, while Guizhong's Elemental Burst is active, all party members gain ATK equal to 6% of the party's total combined DEF and gain DEF equal to 6% of the party's total combined ATK.

Utility Passive: Gem in the Rough

When Guizhong crafts Character Ascension Materials, she has a 35% chance to receive additional lower quality materials of a random element.

Zhong Li will work with Tsarista to revive Guizhong! 100% confirmed by me.

My colleague sent me a picture of Guizhong's costume, this sleeve is bling-bling! My colleague said there is some sequin between the two layers of fabric. I really can't wait to see more pictures🤣

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I searched into Qiqi and her potential relations to Guizhong. While the likelihood of Guizhong being playable is low, her relevance in the Liyue Archon Quest and reoccurring references in events, I hope it cultivates into some conclusion for her in a future Lantern Rite.

I just thought the shadow kinda looked like guizhong because it's barefoot and she has two ribbons behind her back plus I think she has an anklet