I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [250]

“A new path...”

Guizhong put on a thoughtful look, trying her best to appear as if she understood.

But just a few seconds later, she raised both her small hands with a helpless sigh.
“I really wish I could help you, but I don’t understand anything you’re talking about. I’m not on your level at all—I can’t even begin to comprehend you. It’s kind of depressing, honestly.”

“Exactly,” Zhongli murmured in agreement.

“If I no longer restrain my own power, then one day, it might become difficult for you to even hear my name, know my voice, or recognize my face.”

“I’ve already begun to feel hints of that happening.”

“If I were to truly encompass all of Teyvat’s past and future within my control, then at that point, whether it be you, or anyone else—even the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles—so long as you exist within this world, you would all be like puppets in my palm. I would know every word you’re about to say in the next second. I would see every action before it’s made. If I so much as plucked the strings of time and fate, you would all dance according to my will—without the slightest deviation.”

Guizhong contemplated this future carefully, and a chill crept through her heart.

“That really does sound... unpleasant.”

“But if I were to be the puppet dancing in your hand,” she added with a soft smile, “it might not be so bad.”

As she spoke, her bright blue eyes lifted, quietly locking with Zhongli’s gaze.

“Heh.” Zhongli gave a breath of laughter, but said nothing more.

A few seconds passed. Instead of responding to the bold confession, he simply continued the conversation as if nothing had happened.

“Now then, let me tell you more about this new path I’m exploring.”

Zhongli didn’t elaborate too much. He simply repeated the same explanation he’d given to Alpha-6, the group chat AI.

Hearing it all, the Dust Goddess fell into a deep mental tangle.

She rubbed her temples, frustration written all over her face. Her wisdom, so reliable in all other matters, seemed utterly useless here. And that left her quietly disheartened.

Zhongli noticed, and with a calm expression, took two steps closer.

He reached out a hand and gently rested it atop her sleek, ink-black hair.

His touch was light, his voice even softer.

“Don’t think too hard about it. The gap between your realm and mine is too great. And when it comes to knowledge, the difference is like heaven and earth.”

“When you reach the peak of power, accumulated knowledge becomes more important than raw strength. You should start studying more. At the very least, familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of technological civilizations.”

“In terms of progress, worlds without supernatural forces tend to advance faster in knowledge than those with them.”

“Mm.”

Guizhong nodded obediently, her petite head dipping once. A faint flush spread from the roots of her ears to her cheeks, as if she were a little tipsy.

Zhongli, pretending not to notice her bashfulness, added lightly, “I’m still waiting for Kumoko’s response. But rationally speaking, I don’t think she’ll turn me down.”

“Mm.” Guizhong only nodded again, choosing silence.

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Ellro Great Labyrinth
Upper Layer – Exit

At the threshold stood a pale-white spider, roughly half the size of a human, visibly brimming with excitement.

This spider’s appearance was nothing short of terrifying—grotesque and menacing.

Its eight crimson eyes rotated freely in every direction, while its chitinous white shell gleamed coldly under the light. Its front legs, shaped like deadly scythes, looked sharper than any blade. Just a glance at them was enough to send a chill through the soul.

Most alarming, though, was the thick aura of blood and death that clung to the spider’s body.

To an average adventurer, just seeing this creature from afar would be enough to cause weeks of sleepless nights from sheer terror.

Of course, most adventurers wouldn’t know the truth.

That this figure—so saturated with menace and bloodlust, so dragon-like in majesty, so grim reaper-like in inevitability—was none other than...

Me, obviously! Kumoko!

Standing at the very edge of the labyrinth’s first layer, Kumoko gazed triumphantly out beyond the cave mouth. Sunlight poured down in golden waves, brimming with warmth. The chirping of birds drifted on the breeze, carrying with it the scent of the forest... and a faint, sweet trace of fruit.

[Intel Department]: I, Kumoko, have finally made it out!!

[Magic Department]: Ohhh!!

[Body Department]: OHHHH!!!

[Intel Department]: I’m gonna eat so much delicious food!

[Magic Department]: Steamed white rice!!

[Body Department]: Fluffy white bread!!!

[Intel Department]: Grilled meat!!

[Intel Department]: Hahahahaha!!! (hands on hips)
[Body Department]: Hahahahaha!!! (hands on hips)
[Magic Department]: Hahahahaha!!! (hands on hips)

Reveling in her own private manzai skit with her parallel minds, Kumoko hyped herself up. With one confident step, she prepared to finally leave the Great Labyrinth behind.

Suddenly, the Intel Department chimed in with a nervous line.

[Why do I suddenly have a really bad feeling about this...?]

[It’s like... the moment we step out of this labyrinth, something terrible’s going to happen.]

The Magic Department jumped in immediately.
[Same here! Something just feels off. Like a tingling in my brain.]

[Do we know what’s triggering this? Is it from a skill? Some kind of warning?]

At that moment, the Body Department hesitantly spoke up.

[I’m feeling it too... and I know where it’s coming from.]

[Intel Department]: Spit it out! Fast!

[Body Department]: Oh oh oh!! It’s that skill we bought a few days ago from the Multiverse Chat Group—“Martial Intuition: Sudden Premonition.”

[Magic Department]: ??? Wait, I remember that one. It’s a prediction-type skill, right? Warns you if an action or path has danger.

[Intel Department]: So if it’s that skill, then this “bad feeling” means... stepping out of the labyrinth is dangerous?

[Body Department]: Yep, that’s what it seems like. So what now? Are we not leaving the labyrinth?

[Intel Department]: Better safe than sorry. Let’s hold off for now.

[Magic Department]: Agreed. Let’s give it two days to investigate.

Having reached a consensus internally, Kumoko turned back from the exit and spun herself a new silk nest just a short distance from the entrance.

And so, five days passed.

She didn’t find anything unusual.

But by then, the daily red packets from Zhongli had finally added up to the 1,000 points she needed to purchase a low-level task card.

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