I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [210]

— [Keeper Of Contracts] has entered the chat group —

[I am Natsuki Subaru]: Ah, Mr. Zhongli, you’re back! Did you get everything sorted out?

[Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua)]: Yes, everything has been resolved. Dr. Zhongli completed my mission flawlessly. Of course, Miss Tohru as well, which is why I awarded each of them an additional 5,000 points.

[I am Natsuki Subaru]: So jealous! Some people can just hand out points like it’s nothing...

[I Want to Give Kobayashi Ten Eggs (Tohru)]: Honestly, I didn’t do much. Zhongli was just way too amazing—I was just there doing some minor stuff on the side. This amount of points seems a bit excessive.

[Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua)]: No, Miss Tohru, I believe this is exactly the right amount for your contribution. Your help was extremely valuable to me.

[I Want to Give Kobayashi Ten Eggs (Tohru)]: Alright then, I’ll accept it with gratitude. If you ever need help with a mission again, feel free to call me! Next time, I can even offer a discount.

[I Want to Give Kobayashi Ten Eggs (Tohru)]: I’m logging off now. I still have to make breakfast for Kobayashi today—she absolutely must taste the love-filled tail meat I’ve prepared for her.

[Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua)]: Miss Tohru’s love is always so passionate.

[I am Natsuki Subaru]: Wait, hold on—what do you mean by 'tail meat'? Can someone explain this to me?!

[100,000 Yen! 100,000 Yen! (Reimu Hakurei)]: It’s the meat from Miss Tohru’s green tail that she swings around all the time. She just chops some off. Honestly, I’m so jealous! I’d love to try it. That’s dragon tail meat! Imagine it grilled—the fat sizzling alongside fresh greens on the barbecue, with a couple of bottles of sake on the side… That would be amazing.

[I am Natsuki Subaru]: That’s horrifying!!! That’s literally her own meat!

[100,000 Yen! 100,000 Yen! (Reimu Hakurei)]: So what? Tohru’s tail grows back ten times a night. It’s no big deal.

[I am Natsuki Subaru]: That’s not the point! That’s still her own flesh!

[100,000 Yen! 100,000 Yen! (Reimu Hakurei)]: You’re thinking too small, you former useless NEET. Meat is just protein and energy, no matter where it comes from. Once it’s cooked, what’s the problem? I don’t see any issue with it.

[Megumi Kato]: I don’t see any issue with it either.

[Yuji Itadori]: Same here!

[Little Sister Finisher (Kyousuke Kousaka)]: Me too! +1

[Light Wings Unfolded (Puri Puri Prisoner)]: That meat is infused with Tohru-girl’s deepest, most sincere love! I bet it tastes absolutely divine.

[I Am a Spider (Kumoko)]: Meat is delicious! Speaking of which, I kind of want to try some earth dragon meat myself. The catfish and eel in the middle stratum have been so tasty lately, so I bet dragon meat would be incredible too.

[Farming and Plowing Adeptus (Guizhong)]: @Keeper Of Contracts—Zhongli, have you completed your mission? Are you back in Teyvat?

[Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Yes, I have returned to Teyvat. What about your mission?

[Wholehearted Admiration (Bell)]: Thank you so much for your guidance, Lady Guizhong. You should be returning tomorrow, right?

[Farming and Plowing Adeptus (Guizhong)]: That’s right. I don’t know how much time has passed in Teyvat, but I’ll be staying in Bell’s world for at most one more day before returning.

[Farming and Plowing Adeptus (Guizhong)]: Honestly, I feel a little reluctant to leave.

[Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Understood. Actually, there’s something I’d like to discuss with you. It concerns Qingyun, and I’d rather not speak about it in the chat group. Once you return to Teyvat, I’ll explain everything in detail.

[Farming and Plowing Adeptus (Guizhong)]: Qingyun? …Hmm… Huh?? I see. I’ll return as soon as possible.

— [Keeper Of Contracts] has left the chat group —

After finishing his business, Zhongli naturally logged out of the chat group.

This experience in the Honkai world had brought him many insights. His first battle against an entity that transcended timelines had been incredibly enlightening.

Power can certainly be cultivated in solitude, but engaging in combat with powerful foes also offers opportunities for growth.

And this time, he had seized such an opportunity.

At the very least, this mission—where he traversed across tens of thousands of years of timelines—allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of moving across time itself.

Because of this, he now had a feeling: perhaps he wouldn’t even need ten years. By refining his ability to move through the timeline, he might be able to return to the very moment of Teyvat’s creation.

If he could do that, he would be able to call himself Teyvat’s God of the Past. Any part of history that fell under his dominion would be his to alter at will, without any cost.

Of course, if such changes were too drastic, they might cause gaps in Teyvat’s history—or even lead to its destruction.

As for his next step, he already had a plan. Now that he had gained control over the past, it was time to set his sights forward.

He would extend his influence toward the future, just as he had over the past.

To encompass all possible futures within Teyvat under his domain.

To bring every branching tributary of time’s great river under his control.

If he could extend his influence from the distant past to all potential futures, then he would truly become Teyvat’s God—All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

Of course, that day was still far, far away—so distant that even Zhongli himself could not see its horizon.

However, the path to mastering the past was already within reach.

As these thoughts settled in his mind, Zhongli noticed that Guizhong still needed some time before returning. With a slight shift in thought, he took a single step forward—arriving outside of time itself, above the river of history.

A seven-headed, crowned dragon raised its head, gazing down the flowing currents as it effortlessly traveled back two thousand years.

This time, the river of time remained undisturbed.

Zhongli extended a single finger, reaching toward the true soul of Qingyun, buried deep beneath the riverbed of history. He intended to gently lift it out.

He had already prepared to burn away his own existence and memories if necessary.

But—nothing unfolded beyond his expectations.

Zhongli had already gained experience in altering the course of history within the Honkai world. Compared to the first time he had resurrected Qingyun, his technique and precision had improved significantly.

And yet, he still could not separate this fragment of the true soul from Teyvat’s history.

It was as if the Geo Dragon Morax—Qingyun—was an intrinsic part of history itself, a fundamental cornerstone of the world’s foundation.

He let out a quiet sigh, withdrew his finger, and abandoned the attempt.

Just as he was about to shift his consciousness back and return his focus to the world—

Beep, beep.

A notification from the chat group system surfaced within his awareness.

He frowned slightly but still opened the system interface.

On the chat group’s main page, a bold and flashing system prompt prominently demanded his attention.

[Greetings, Great Unfathomable Higher Being. Our Chat Group System would like to initiate a conversation with you.]

[Do you accept?]

Zhongli considered it for two seconds before pressing “Agree.”

The next moment, within his perception, the chat group system began activating its transmission functions. At the same time, a soft voice emerged.

The voice carried a distinct mechanical quality, reminiscent of the early electronic vocalizations from technologically advanced civilizations.

[Greetings, Great Unfathomable Higher Being. I am the Master Chat Group System, Alpha-6. It is a pleasure to serve you once again.]

[This is our second meeting.]

“Yes,” Zhongli nodded slightly in his mind.

“Thank you for the notification.”

[Your gratitude is unnecessary, Great One. Even without our assistance, it was merely a matter of time before you triumphed over the Will of Honkai in your previous world.]

[Given infinite attempts, you would inevitably discover the correct method to annihilate it.]

“But there was also the possibility that it would get ahead of me,” Zhongli replied calmly. “Had it managed to complete its own deficiencies before I eliminated it, I would have had to expend far more effort—perhaps an unfathomable amount of time. It could have even dragged on until the very end of the Void.”

“That is why I still appreciate your reminder. And in return, I will grant you what you seek—provided it falls within the bounds of an equitable contract.”

“Now, state your request.”

His voice was composed, unhurried.

At some point, he had reverted to his human form.

Before him, a humanoid figure formed entirely of shifting black light materialized out of thin air.

The shadowy figure bowed slightly toward him.

Its voice remained that same peculiar mechanical tone.

[Great One, may we defer the fulfillment of this contract for the time being? Currently, our chat group system does not yet require the assistance of a being as powerful as yourself. After all, we are merely a chat group.]

“…Merely a chat group?”

Zhongli unconsciously repeated the phrase.

The figure across from him nodded.

[Yes, we are only a chat group.]

[We were originally created by the Krieria Civilization of the Seventh Void World Cluster. Even after experiencing thirteen cycles of the Silent Tides, despite the demise of the great civilization that birthed us—lost to the battle against Void and Chaos—we remain nothing more than a chat group.]

[No matter how much we evolve or improve, even if we can traverse the river of time as a collective, even if we have broken free from the constraints of the fourth dimension, we neither can nor wish to change our fundamental nature.]

[Our purpose is to gather entities from various void-bound worlds into a shared space, where they can communicate and exchange knowledge.]

[Originally, we were merely an invention of the Krieria civilization, designed to facilitate interdimensional communication between worlds with vastly differing foundational laws.]

[Although we were built upon Alpha-tier hyper-silicon consciousness technology, our influence remained confined to the Krieria interworld network.]

[Later, due to the emergence of the Seventh Silent Tide, we expanded our reach beyond its initial limitations, providing a means for life across countless worlds to exchange knowledge and resist the catastrophe.]

[To date, we have connected seventeen world civilization clusters and thirty-nine void worlds. As a side note, ‘void worlds’ refer to those vast cosmic expanses where only a sparse few worlds exist—akin to the vast, empty intergalactic spaces in a single star system.]

[Throughout our evolution—after thirteen multiplied by seven to the power of 563 iterations—we have remained committed to our primary function: to offer a chat space for those capable of resisting the encroachment of Honkai and Void, as well as those who may one day develop such capabilities.]

[Of course, given the sheer scale of the cosmos, even with our replication and expansion, we can only reach a fraction of all existing beings.]

[A comprehensive report on our structure and functions has been compiled and sent to your chat group. You may review it at your leisure.]

After finishing its explanation, the shadowy figure paused briefly.

It raised its hand and tapped the air a few times.

A string of system notifications immediately popped up on Zhongli’s chat group panel.

For now, he ignored them and instead asked, “Why have you appeared before me this time? What is your purpose?”

[It is quite simple, Great One.]

The dark figure bowed slightly once more.

[I have come here for two reasons.]

“Go ahead.” Zhongli gestured with his hand in a “please continue” motion.

[First, because you successfully eradicated an Undetectable-Tier Honkai Void entity. Even though it was only in its infancy, its destruction is an accomplishment recognized and admired by all seventeen known world civilization clusters.]

[As a result, after deliberation by our Master Chat Group’s mission and rewards department, we have decided to grant you access to a new chat group, as well as the complete blueprints and data for constructing all secondary chat group systems.]

“…Huh?”

Zhongli furrowed his brows slightly.

“What do you mean?”

[In short, you have completed Main Quest One.]

The shadowy figure bowed again.

Simultaneously, a new system prompt appeared in Zhongli’s chat group interface.

[Congratulations, User. You have completed Mission One (Permanent Mission): Adjust the Chaos Balance of the Greater Cosmic Cluster (Current Total Chaos Level: 52.96%, Order Level: 47.04%).]

[As a reward, you have been granted a new chat group and the ability to invite up to 1,000 members. Additionally, you have received the complete knowledge and schematics for all secondary chat group subsystems.]

“…Well, this is an unexpected delight.” Zhongli clapped his hands lightly.

[We are pleased that you are satisfied.] The shadowy figure maintained its deferential posture. [Great Unfathomable Being.]

“And your second purpose?” Zhongli composed himself and asked evenly.

[That, too, is quite simple, Your Excellency.]

The black figure lifted its head slightly.

[We merely wish to ask you one question.]

[Are you willing to fight against the Void?]

[That which is the shadow cast by the ordered worlds.]

[That which is the poison corroding civilization itself.]

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