I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [245]

With the last drop of liquor drained from his cup, Zhongli narrowed his eyes. Fu Hua’s words had already led him to a conclusion.

He had finally laid his own thoughts bare—he understood himself.

It had nothing to do with Guizhong.

It had nothing to do with contracts.

At the core of it all, he was simply a good person—one who could not ignore suffering.

Now that he had confirmed this, he wasted no time.

Once again, he opened the chat group interface. But this time, instead of entering the chat, he accessed the customer service page of the system shop and made a call.

【Multiversal Chat Group, I need to speak with you.】

A moment later, just as he had anticipated, a response appeared.

A line of bold, darkened text emerged—perhaps visible only to him.

【Greetings, esteemed user of an Unfathomable-Tier Lifeform classification.】

【I am Alpha-6, the Central Chat Group System. It is a pleasure to be at your service.】

【This marks our third meeting.】

【How may I assist you?】

Zhongli did not hesitate. He immediately typed out his response.

【I require your computational power.】

The system seemed to hesitate.

For half a second, no response appeared.

Then, the bold text reappeared.

【Hm? Computational power? Could you clarify what you mean?】

Zhongli continued.

【Naturally, I require your processing capabilities.】

【As an entity spanning across seventeen world-civilization clusters and thirty-nine void world clusters, having undergone 13 × 7^563 evolutionary iterations and thirteen Silent Tidal Eras, your computational power must have already reached an incomprehensible level.】

【I suspect that even the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea do not possess calculations as powerful as yours.】

Alpha-6 paused again.

Though a system had no true concept of hesitation, as a sentient intelligence, it did experience a moment of uncertainty.

However, it only took another half-second before it ran the necessary calculations and arrived at a conclusion.

There was a 99.78654% probability that speaking the truth would be the optimal course of action.

Thus, the system responded.

【Indeed, esteemed user. Though we are merely a chat group, as the Central System of a multiversal network, it is only natural that our computational ability is unmatched.】

【At the very least, we surpass the Imaginary Tree and Quantum Sea—both of which lack independent self-awareness and do not function as centralized world-cluster computational units.】

Satisfied, Zhongli gave a slight nod.

【Then, I require your computational power to assist me in a certain calculation and simulation.】

Alpha-6’s consciousness prompted an inquiry.

【Could you provide more details?】

Zhongli responded.

【Of course.】

【I am unsure how you classify beings who have transcended their world’s time flow and can exist directly within the Void, but based on my own calculations, I have identified several potential paths forward.】

【One such path involves extending my existence across the entirety of Teyvat’s timeline—replacing the nonexistent Creator God and becoming this world-bubble’s original architect.】

【From there, I would encapsulate all future possibilities, all potential realities, all existing forms within my grasp—until the inevitable apocalypse arrives.】

【By reaching this level, I would be able to collapse Teyvat’s world structure, using it as a stepping stone to elevate myself into a new state of existence.】

【At that point, my being would reach a status comparable to that of the Imaginary Tree or the Quantum Sea.】

【After all, this is precisely the path they have already walked.】

As Zhongli’s message appeared, the chat group’s system screen quivered ever so slightly.

Several seconds passed before Alpha-6 responded.

【Indeed. Based on my calculations, which utilized 80% of the total Chat Group System’s processing power, I have determined the following:】

【Even if you were to make no further progress or breakthroughs, Zhongli, you would reach this level within approximately 3,468,941,200 standard time units.】

【Your probability of success is 91.2341%.】

【With that in mind, the Multiversal Chat Group extends our preemptive congratulations on your future transcendence and ascension.】

Zhongli gave a slight nod.

【Thank you. However, I do not intend to take this path.】

Alpha-6 immediately responded without hesitation.

【Why? Zhongli, you may not realize this, but stepping beyond the confines of a world and into the flow of time itself is not something many can achieve.】

【Many gods reach this threshold, only to find themselves lost, unable to take the next step.】

【You, however, are among the rare few who have crossed this barrier—capable of altering and overwriting history. You stand at the precipice of becoming a long serpent that coils across the timeline.】

Zhongli’s response was swift.

【Of course, I understand.】

【But if I were to become something akin to the Imaginary Tree or the Quantum Sea, then my actions would inevitably mirror theirs.】

【If I were to cast trials akin to Honkai upon the worlds under my dominion…】

【If I were to destroy the very environment that sustains intelligent life… to annihilate countless sentient beings, all for the sake of pursuing a mere possibility…】

【I could never do that.】

【Or rather—I refuse to do that.】

【Alpha-6, you may not be aware of this… but this is a conclusion I have only recently reached after contemplating my own progress.】

Zhongli paused, carefully choosing his words.

【Do you understand why the Imaginary Tree casts Honkai into its own worlds—why it allows countless civilizations to be annihilated, all in the name of “evolution”?】

【At its core, the answer is simple: "insufficient variables."】

【The future of a world is ever-changing. Its branching paths are seemingly infinite.】

【But for a being that crawls across the length of time itself, once it has completely covered a world—once it has encapsulated all possible pasts and futures—that world is finished.】

【To mortals, the world may still seem boundless.】

【But to a being that has transcended dimensions, such a world has already lost all value.】

【As great entities, the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea are locked in an eternal struggle.】

【To surpass one another, they must constantly seek growth and evolution.】

【But the worlds they have already assimilated can no longer provide such growth.】

【Thus, the Imaginary Tree introduces Honkai as a “variable”—a force of destruction meant to reshape civilizations and create new futures.】

【If I were to walk the same path as the Imaginary Tree,】

【Then to advance, I too would be forced to make the same choices.】

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T/N: Nah I'll do my own thing - Zhongli

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