I just finished the 3.0 Archon quests today, they were great! Definitely my favorite region story so far. I didn’t think it was predictable at all unlike some of the other quests. Mihoyo did a great job of “show, don’t tell” and asking the player to figure it out on their own, and I could barely believe it… so many more traveler voicelines?
I ended up getting lucky on the Tighnari banner as I got him really early, so I was convinced to go for Zhongli as well . I’m having fun with both! Collei is so cute too. I want both Cyno and Nilou in the next patch, but Cyno takes priority for me so hopefully he is first.
As far as I understood it’s the first one - all the rounds of dreams are happening within one single night, the night before the festival. So real life-time moves much slower than dream time. Dehya kinda debunks the second theory with her training equipment example.
So I think the Akademiya are using the Akasha’s power to force everyone through multiple cycles of dreams in one night, in order to gain as much “hidden wisdom” as possible in a short time period. Of course I may have missed something and could be completely wrong, so if anyone else has any theories let me know