I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [167]

In truth, Zhongli’s arrangements and plans for the Jujutsu World extended far beyond what he had already considered.

A vague yet ambitious scheme was taking shape in his mind, and this world of Jujutsu Sorcery was merely the starting point.

Then, there were the gains from his time in the Witch’s World.

Observing the Witch of Envy’s ability to rewind time up close, Zhongli had nearly deciphered the true nature of her power.

It was not, as he had initially assumed, a form of time reversal.

The Witch of Envy was not a serpent of the timeline—she had not attained the kind of power that extended her existence to both the origin and the end of time, granting her full dominion over its flow.

Rather, her ability was closer to a method of time segmentation.

She anchored the tip of her tail into the river of time, creating a fixed point.

From that anchor, she extended her power forward, enveloping a stretch of the river.

Within this enclosed segment of time, she could freely alter its future course.

If she found the outcome unsatisfactory, she could simply rewind the river back to the fixed point, erasing everything that had transpired beyond it.

The "save point" analogy that Natsuki Subaru used to describe it was, in fact, a rather fitting interpretation.

While this power had its limitations, it was undeniably useful.

At the very least, Zhongli found it to be an invaluable stolen technique—one more hidden trump card for his use in Teyvat.

Now, he no longer had to worry about the Traveler accidentally falling to their death while gliding one day, leaving him without a reliable errand-runner.

With this ability, he could set an anchor point and rewind time, effortlessly reviving anyone who perished beyond that moment.

Having reviewed the rewards from his expeditions to both the Witch’s World and the Jujutsu World, Zhongli nodded in satisfaction.

Then, as usual, he opened the chat group, prepared to pass the time.

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--- [User: "Keeper Of Contracts" (Zhongli) has entered the chat] ---

Natsuki Subaru: Ah, Zhongli-sensei, you're here.

Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli): Hmm... Subaru, you've done well in your world. Your resolve and actions are commendable—even I must offer my praise.

Natsuki Subaru: Eheheh... Zhongli-sensei, you flatter me. I just did what I had to do—what I should have done long ago instead of running away.

Natsuki Subaru: Cherish yourself, cherish others, love yourself, for only then can you truly love others. I suppose everyone understands this truth... yet I only truly grasped it in the midst of this crisis.

Natsuki Subaru: So, there's no need to praise me. I’m just a small, insignificant Subaru Natsuki—maybe slightly better than the useless NEET I used to be.

Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli): Hmm...

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Something about you feels different, NEET. What exactly happened to you during that last mission you posted?

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): A mature-sounding NEET? That’s not the NEET I know! Give me back my useless NEET!

Natsuki Subaru: I appreciate your concern, Reimu, but did you really need to say "NEET" that many times? Hearing it over and over is getting on my nerves.

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Hahaha! Did I say "NEET" too much? I didn’t even notice. Maybe it’s just that you’re focusing on the wrong thing, NEET.

Natsuki Subaru: You little—! You wanna fight, you 100,000-yen glorified shrine maiden? You’re just a fake shrine maiden without a real god to worship—why are you barking so loud?!

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Ahh, that’s more like it! Now you sound like the same old useless NEET I know. That sincere act you were putting on earlier? Didn’t suit you at all.

Villain (Accelerator): Tch—! Damn useless NEET.

Natsuki Subaru: Takes one to know one! Look, we’ve got a useless shrine maiden and a useless lolicon psychopath—what a fantastic duo.

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Oh? Now you’re just copying me.

I Want to Lay Ten Eggs for Kobayashi (Tohru): Ahhh, are you kids having a playground fight?

Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli): How amusing.

Radiant Wings Unfold (Puri Puri Prisoner): Alright, alright, Natsuki Subaru-boy and Accelerator-boy, you’re both good boys, and of course, Reimu-girl is a good girl too.

Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua): I haven’t been paying close attention to the chat group lately… It seems a lot has happened.

Radiant Wings Unfold (Puri Puri Prisoner): Miss Fu Hua, it’s been a while.

True Substance (Yukinoshita Yukino): Miss Fu Hua, long time no see. It must have been quite some time since our last conversation.

Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua): Yes, quite some time indeed. I didn’t expect to be so busy lately—I even missed several missions.

Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua): As you all may know, I am in dire need of points due to some personal reasons, so I usually take on as many tasks as possible. I’m currently still several thousand points short. If anyone has missions to issue, feel free to invite me. If I’m available, I’ll accept them all.

I Want to Lay Ten Eggs for Kobayashi (Tohru): Same here, same here! I need a lot of points too. In order to elevate Kobayashi’s life essence to the point where she can lay eggs with me, I need at least 100,000 points. So, if anyone has tasks, I’m open for business~

I Want to Lay Ten Eggs for Kobayashi (Tohru): Oh, also, if anyone has an extra chat group invite, please consider selling it to me. I want to give it to Kobayashi. I’m willing to pay 20,000 points for it.

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): I want an invite too, but I can only offer 10,000 points. The person I want to bring in is a strong youkai, though her personality is terrible. But don’t worry, we’ll both diligently check in every day to pay off the debt!

Natsuki Subaru: I’d love to give one to Emilia too, but I’m flat broke, so I can only watch from the sidelines…

Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli): Hmm… If you all don’t mind waiting, I actually have two invitation slots that I can secure.

I Want to Lay Ten Eggs for Kobayashi (Tohru): Then I’ll take one!

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Me too! [Image] By the way, when will you get them, O mighty Zhongli?

Keeper Of Contracts (Zhongli): In about fifty years. But given the way time flows differently across connected worlds, it may not actually take that long.

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): .....

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): .....

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Fifty years?! I’ll be dead by then! My grave will be covered in weeds!!!

I Want to Lay Ten Eggs for Kobayashi (Tohru): ....

Little Sister Finisher (Kyousuke Kousaka): Reimu, just a reminder—the system store sells longevity items, and they’re actually pretty cheap. In fifty years, you probably won’t die… just turn into a toothless old grandma.

100,000-Yen Shrine Maiden (Reimu Hakurei): Do you have a death wish?!

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