I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [208]

Beyond the World.

Upon the River of Time.

The once turbulent River of Time was gradually settling into calm waters.

The waves stirred by the battle of two beings beyond time itself had begun to subside.

Zhongli, his seven dragon heads crowned, raised them high and let out a thunderous roar over the river.

He had defeated the Honkai God, erasing its free will.
He had helped Dr. MEI and Hua, forging a path to overcome the Herrscher of Finality.
He had saved Danzhu and Cangxuan from their destined sacrifice.
He had altered fate at Taixu Mountain, preventing Fu Hua from being slain.
During the First Honkai War, he had taken in Welt Joyce.
Before the Second Honkai War, he had protected little Sirin.
During the Second Honkai War, he had rescued Siegfried and Cecilia.

These changes rippled through time, extending from the near present all the way to the distant past.

Like a tensed string, stretching, tightening—reshaping history.

Its endpoint?

The defeat of the Herrscher of Finality.
The survival of Dr. MEI and Kevin Kaslana.
The hundred-year era of peace they would share.

Tracing these changes further backward, it all began with—

A young Hua and a young Carol, encountering a traveler from beyond the world.

A traveler from Teyvat.

A traveler named Zhongli.

The history of the Honkai world had begun a subtle realignment.

This is the story of a Boy and a Girl.

"Hahhh…"

With a slow exhale, Zhongli released a deep breath.

His serpentine tail rippled through the river as he began swimming toward the present.

A part of him remained behind—extending toward the ancient past, weaving itself into the very origins of this world.

But his main consciousness had returned to the present.

He wished to see—

Had his changes brought more laughter?

Or had they brought more sorrow?

Had he, at last, fulfilled his contract?

And what of Hua, Fu Hua, and Qingyun?

What exactly was their connection?

He wished to ask them himself.

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Within the World.

Schicksal Headquarters, Outer Perimeter of Air Terminal 3.

A pure darkness suddenly descended, revealing four figures within its veil.

Fu Hua, still locked in a tense standoff with Durandal and Rita, froze for a moment.

They instinctively rubbed their foreheads, as if something strange was happening inside their minds.

Memories—faint yet persistent—began rewriting their very perception of reality.

Only Tohru remained unaffected.

She glanced at Rita with mild confusion and asked,

"So… are we still fighting?"

"Lady Tohru."

Rita, however, took a step back and bowed slightly toward her.

"My sincerest apologies. I was rather discourteous earlier—please forgive me."

"Lord Otto merely requested that I spar with you.

"But to think I fought so fiercely… it was far beyond what I had imagined."

She lowered her gaze, looking almost… embarrassed.

"I had no idea that my desire for battle had clouded my judgment…

How reckless of me.

I must apologize for troubling you, Lady Tohru."

"Uh…?"

Tohru blinked, her golden eyes full of confusion, small blonde head tilting slightly as she tried to process this.

"Wait—why are you apologizing?"

Fu Hua, however, had already stepped forward, frowning slightly.

She came to stand before Tohru and shook her head.

"What’s wrong?" Tohru asked.

Fu Hua glanced toward Durandal, who seemed just as bewildered.

Then, in a low voice, she spoke to Tohru.

"The moment we stepped out of your black void, our memories were altered."

"No…"

She hesitated for a moment, carefully choosing her words.

"Altered isn’t quite right… It would be more accurate to say—"

"Corrected."

Durandal’s voice cut in.

"Our memories were corrected."

Her brows furrowed.

"I now have two sets of memories in my mind."

"Two timelines of my life—nearly identical, yet subtly different."

"It’s strange."

"Yes."

Fu Hua nodded slightly.

"My memories of Otto now exist in two distinct forms."

"One version is the ruthless mastermind, who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals."

"And the other…"

She hesitated, struggling to find the right words.

"It’s difficult to describe.

Something like… a scheming old man—but not truly evil?"

"Exactly."

Durandal nodded in agreement.

"And far too proud of his own body."

"He was obsessed with his long, golden hair—he even had lengthy discussions with me about proper hair care."

"…"

Fu Hua’s expression was complicated.

"He… also teased me every day about being a five-thousand-year-old nun who had never dated anyone."

"…"

Durandal had no idea how to respond to that.

After a long silence, she finally said,

"The version of Otto I knew—the cold, calculating one—that impression is fading.

It’s starting to feel like… just a vague idea I once had."

Fu Hua closed her eyes briefly, examining the memories inside her own mind.

"Same here.

My five-thousand-year memory is shifting.

It seems that in the new version of events, we defeated the Herrscher of Finality.

We defeated Honkai.

…Wait.

We won?

We actually won against the Herrscher of Finality? Against Honkai?"

Her eyes widened in sudden realization.

She immediately looked upward.

Above the sunset-streaked sky, the changing moon phases reflected a different reality.

With her sharp vision, she could just barely make out something impossible—

A lush green landscape on the moon.

Why?

Why is my memory changing?

No, not just my memory—why is the world itself changing?

Why are people who were supposed to die still alive?

Why have tragedies turned into happy endings?

Why… do some people feel like completely different versions of themselves?

In a distant corner of her memory, she recalled a time before everything changed.

Before she became a MANTIS fusion warrior.

Before she fought the Herrscher of Finality.

Before she injected that crucial dose of nanotechnology.

Before she even knew what Honkai was.

She had once been…

Just a normal girl.

A girl who left her rural home to study in the city.

A girl who trained at a martial arts dojo, neither gloomy nor outgoing, but simply… herself.

She hadn’t even had many friends.

And that one fateful night—

She had just finished dinner, leaving her dormitory, when she saw her classmate under attack by a Honkai zombie.

That classmate was Carol—the very girl who would later become one of her dearest friends.

And that was the night she met—

The miracle of her life.

A man who had crossed worlds in search of his beloved.

A traveler from a distant land—

The one who helped humanity fight Honkai.

Zhongli.

Fu Hua’s mind cleared.

She finally understood.

"Hello, Hua."

A familiar voice spoke from behind her.

A familiar presence patted her shoulder.

"We meet again."

"The last time… must have been five hundred years ago—at Taixu Mountain."

Zhongli’s voice was as steady and unhurried as ever.

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T/N: AHHHHHHHHHH PURE PEAK FICTION

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