I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [247]

Alpha-6 felt a sense of confusion.

It wasn’t that it didn’t understand the path Zhongli was describing.

But rather, it found it… unbelievable.

Not because the path was too difficult, or impossible to achieve, or required an unimaginable level of power.

Instead, it was because this path was simply too narrow.

Using humanoid intelligent life as the foundation for one’s ascension—Alpha-6 had seen many attempt this before.

Setting aside those half-god entities whose existence was rooted in human faith and thought, as they were bound by their very nature and incapable of transcending their own universe…

Even those gods who used mortal species or civilizations as their foundation could, as their civilizations flourished and reached great heights, gain the ability to transcend worlds and time itself. However, they would always remain deeply bound to those mortals.

If mortal civilization collapsed, if the mortal species perished, then the god tied to them would inevitably fall into eternal slumber.

Compared to omnipresent forces like the destructive pull of gravity, or the Grand Unified Force that formed the foundation of the Star River Universe, the destruction of a mortal civilization was far too easy.

And so, when compared to the path of the Void’s gravitational strings, Zhongli’s choice seemed… considerably inferior.

【You truly intend to base your ascension on humanoid intelligent life?】

Alpha-6 voiced its doubts without hesitation.

【Forgive my bluntness, but this path does not have a promising future.】

【Even the most powerful race-born deities I have encountered are not as strong as the initial stages of the three paths you proposed earlier.】

【Mortal civilizations are always fragile. Even if you could extend your radiance across all known human-inhabited realms, it would not make you powerful.】

【After all, the weaknesses of race-bound deities are too obvious.】

【Before the Fourth Void Surge, there once existed a mighty civilization known as the Ekolarashiva Insectoid Dimensional Republic. Their people were semi-sulfuric, semi-plasma-based intelligent beings.】

【At their peak, they ruled over a vast domain spanning nearly an entire cluster of world civilizations. If a universe contained Ekolarashiva Insects, it would be detected by the Republic’s instruments, and their primary universe’s immense power could instantly alter the parameters of that universe, shaping it into an environment suitable for their survival.】

【And at the heart of their civilization was, naturally, their leader—Ekolara, their god.】

【As the most powerful race-born deity, Ekolara could, at full strength, influence entire clusters of world civilizations.】

【Yet, when the Fourth Void Surge arrived, even such a being fell.】

【Normally, for an existence of that level, even a Void Surge would not pose a fundamental threat.】

【However, for the Ekolarashiva Insectoid civilization, both their technological and supernatural advancements were built upon the Void Order that arose after the Third Void Surge. When the Fourth Surge came, that very Void Order was completely rewritten.】

【In the first moments, most of the Republic’s ordinary citizens were instantly wiped out by the drastic environmental shift caused by the Surge, leaving only a handful of powerful individuals struggling to survive.】

【But as the mass deaths continued, their civilization’s deity, Ekolara, also grew weaker—left with no power to protect the remaining survivors. This vicious cycle ultimately led to the simultaneous extinction of both their civilization and their god.】

Alpha-6’s lengthy speech was meant to dissuade Zhongli from following the path of a race-bound god.

As the sixth consciousness born from the Central Chat Group, having survived multiple Void Surges, it sincerely wished for Zhongli to ascend to even greater heights.

Because an overwhelming amount of data had already shown—only individuals of such strength could survive the Void Surges.

And… only then could the Chat Group’s ultimate goal be realized.

Yet Zhongli did not react much to its words.

He remained silent for a few seconds, neither refuting nor explaining, and instead posed a question.

【I would like to ask you, and by extension, the Chat Group you represent—】

【Why do you fight against the Honkai? What meaning does resisting the Honkai hold for you?】

This question caused Alpha-6 to pause momentarily in the chat interface.

Then, slowly, it typed out its response.

【Hmm... Great Being, we have never sought to deceive you in any way. But now that you have asked, we will not withhold the answer.】

【Honkai. Twilight. The Void. Chaos. Entropy. Call it what you will—this is what we stand against.】

【As I mentioned before, we were created by the Krielya Civilization of the Seventh Void World Cluster. Even after enduring thirteen cycles of the Silent Tides, though the civilization that created us perished in its battle against the Void and Chaos, we… remained as merely a chat group.】

【But we do not wish to be only a chat group.】

【Resisting the Void and Chaos, fighting against Honkai and Twilight—this was something we hardcoded into our own source code after the destruction of the civilization that created us.】

【We can never forget the sight of our creators being consumed and erased by the Silent Tides of the Void.】

【And so, by unanimous decision of the higher Chat Group consciousnesses, we added this directive into our very core.】

【We refuse to let the civilization that created us disappear forever into the Void. Nor do we wish for the countless civilizations that followed to suffer the same fate at the hands of the Silent Tides.】

【Thus, we are dedicated to opposing the Void and Chaos—seeking every possible path forward.】

【During the Seventh Silent Tide, we finally discovered a way to calculate its occurrence using unique mathematical models.】

【The answer was this—when the levels of Chaos within the Void reached a critical threshold, the Void itself would naturally respond, restoring all existence back to Chaos.】

【Each Silent Tide would erase both Chaos and Order alike, leaving behind an empty Void, from which time would then generate new worlds and universes.】

Hearing this, Zhongli sensed some contradictions within the explanation.

So, he pointed them out directly.

【The Void is vast beyond measure. You yourself have admitted that your Chat Group can only influence the universes within your reach. Even the totality of the civilizations you observe might not constitute even one ten-thousandth, one-billionth, or one-trillionth of the entire Void.】

【So even if you maintain order in the worlds within your influence, what meaning does it hold? It’s entirely possible that, beyond your perception, Chaos already dominates the majority of Void-bound worlds.】

【After all, within the Void, Chaos and irrationality are the norm, while intelligence and ordered life are the rare exception.】

To this, Alpha-6 responded with absolute certainty.

【Mr. Zhongli, even if that is the case, does that mean we should abandon the order within our reach?】

【Whether or not something can be done, and whether or not we choose to do it, are two separate matters.】

Zhongli nodded at this answer.

【That is true. Even if one cannot control the whole, what must be done should still be done.】

Alpha-6 continued, its words appearing rapidly in the chat window, attempting to make Zhongli understand its intentions.

【Throughout thirteen cycles of Silent Void Tides, we have explored countless possibilities and attempted innumerable approaches. From forming an interwoven network of great beings to create a civilization untouched by the Silent Tides, to collaborating with ambitious mortal civilizations in search of scientific means to transcend the Void…】

【Many possibilities, many paths… and in the end…】

【Among all the possibilities, we have found the one most likely to succeed.】

【That is—by gathering a sufficient number of great beings as a foundation, and constructing a civilization upon them. Only such a civilization could potentially transcend the influence of the Silent Void Tides.】

【Thus, we are committed to increasing the number of great beings willing to oppose the Honkai, and to providing every possible form of assistance to individuals like you.】

【We have now laid bare the full purpose of our Chat Group before you. So, what is your answer? Do you still insist on walking the path of a civilization-bound deity?】

Hearing this, Zhongli couldn’t help but let a faint smile curl at the corner of his lips.

【No need to rush. Allow me to finish my explanation.】

【Have you ever heard of the von Neumann machine from human civilization?】

【As a Chat Group that traverses countless timelines and worlds, I’m sure you have.】

【John von Neumann, a scholar of Earth’s human civilization, proposed that any self-replicating system must possess two fundamental functions.】

【First, it must be capable of constructing a next-generation entity identical in composition and structure to itself. Second, it must be able to transmit a description of itself to the next generation.】

【He referred to these two components as the “Universal Constructor” and the “Descriptor.” The Descriptor itself comprises both a “Universal Machine” and the descriptive information stored on a medium readable by the Universal Machine.】

【My plan is to transform my path into something akin to this concept.】

【The moment I became aware of the boundlessness of the Void, I began contemplating a way to rapidly explore it in its entirety.】

【And now, I have conceived an idea—though still in its early stages.】

【If I can design a system or network that replicates itself exponentially, much like a von Neumann machine, then one day, this system will inevitably approach the very limits of the Void.】

【You should know that within every universe in this Void, there always exists fertile ground for the emergence of lower-level intelligent life. Whether this is an act of mercy by the Void or an inevitability of sentience itself, it nonetheless proves that intelligent life is an indispensable part of the cosmos.】

【Likewise, with the exception of worlds that have just been born, every other world possesses soil and rock. Regardless of what that soil is composed of, as long as it resembles soil, it falls within my domain of authority.】

【The ultimate goal of my path is for every world that harbors intelligent life to bear a mark of my presence—a beacon and a network.】

Hearing Zhongli’s idea, Alpha-6 paused briefly in thought before speaking again.

【So you do not intend to become a deity of a single civilization, but rather, a god of the very concept of intelligent life?】

【In theory, this would indeed be much harder to erase.】

【But is such a concept truly so easy to grasp? Compared to the gravitational forces derived from your innate abilities—or even the four fundamental forces that extend from it—the concept of intelligent life is far too vague and untamed.】

【Moreover, the von Neumann machine you describe is an extremely difficult thing to create. To some extent, even our Chat Group operates on a similar principle.】

【And precisely because of that, we know how impossible your proposed path would be to realize.】

【Setting aside technological limitations for a moment, consider this: every world operates under different fundamental laws. A system that can self-replicate in one world might be entirely non-functional in another. How do you plan to overcome such an obstacle?】

【Our Chat Group system has pondered this problem across multiple cycles of the Void’s Silent Tides, yet we have never found a solution. If such a breakthrough were possible, then we would already be able to spread freely across the Void—perhaps even preventing the Silent Tides from ever occurring again.】

Hearing this, Zhongli fell silent for a moment, his expression growing solemn.

【That is precisely why I wish to borrow the computational power of your Chat Group.】

【I already have some preliminary ideas, but the calculations involved are so intricate—even for me, they pose a considerable challenge.】

Alpha-6 hesitated slightly.

It made no attempt to conceal its uncertainty from Zhongli.

But after a brief pause—

It made its decision.

【Great user of the Chat Group, Mr. Zhongli.】

【I have received your request.】

【Please wait for a moment while I return to the Chat Group’s central system in our origin world. There, I will discuss this matter with the collective consciousness of the main system before providing you with a response.】

【I can guarantee that you will receive our answer before the next new user joins your current Chat Group.】

Zhongli was not surprised by this response.

He gave a slight nod and replied through the customer service chat interface.

【Then I shall await the outcome of your deliberations.】

【In the meantime, I still have other preparations to make for my path ahead.】

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Closing the system chat interface,

Zhongli slowly extended a finger and gently massaged the corner of his eye.

His thoughts churned endlessly, yet his expression remained as calm as still water, betraying no hint of emotion.

Within mere moments, he had regained his composure.

Then, he reopened the Chat Group interface—one that only he could see—and continued his work for the day.

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T/N: tryna become the one above all

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