I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

Megumi Kato: For a girl my age to have experienced a relationship like this, it's not like I wasted my youth, right?

Villain (Accelerator): You.....

Genuine (Yukinoshita): You.....+1

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Ms. Kato, from a purely rational perspective, there is nothing wrong with your thinking.

The Promising Future (Zhongli): Life is short. Unlike gods and demons, you do not have endless lives. If you can experience unforgettable yet mundane emotions, these are things that money and time cannot buy. With a chat group, you will certainly not lack money in the future. Therefore, without the alienation that money brings, emotions will be able to support a person's life more effectively.

I am Subaru Natsuki: Sorry, I need to think about it carefully.

Villain (Accelerator): Tch! They're all a bunch of weirdos.

Makoto (Yukinoshita): I'm sorry, but even if Mr. Zhongli said it, I can't agree. Human value shouldn't be reflected in so-called youth and emotions.

Genmono (Yukinoshita): That's what I think.

Chapter Six: Zhongli Re-enters Honkai Impact 3

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Yes, I agree with your idea. I completely agree with both your idea and Ms. Kato's idea.

Farming and Tilling True Lord (Return to the End): What a strange conversation! I just scrolled through the conversation above. I feel like I've seen many things that even surpass the common knowledge of demons and gods.

Farming and Tilling True Genius (Return to the End): To be honest, I think Ms. Kato's words are a bit too insightful. If a demon who has lived for a thousand years said this, it wouldn't feel out of place; it would only make people feel that this demon has returned to simplicity and truly understands the true meaning of emotions.

Having passed through the stages of "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water" and "seeing mountains not as mountains and water not as water," one has reached the stage of "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water again." But Ms. Kato Megumi, you should still be in high school, meaning you've only lived 16 years of your life. Is that enough time for you to see things clearly? I have my doubts.

Farming and Tilling True Gentleman (Return to the End): That's why I'm afraid of you. After investing my feelings, I couldn't get out of it properly. Instead, I sank deeper and deeper, becoming a collection of scumbag harem characters in light novels.

Megumi Kato: Thank you for reminding me, I will pay attention.

Farming and Tilling True Gentleman (Returning to the End): I'm just sharing a few words based on my experience. Actually, when it comes to relationships, I'm no different from you. I'm just a girl in love too.

Red Iris Immortal (Fu Hua): Gentlemen, although I am somewhat sorry to have interrupted your conversation, I have a very dangerous battle that I would like to invite you powerful individuals to participate in.

Red Kite Immortal (Fu Hua): @FarmingTrueLord, @FuturePromisingTrueLord, @IWantToGiveKrillinTenEggs. Please, these three, reply to me if you see this. Due to the danger of the battle, I do not recommend anyone other than these three participate in my mission.

Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): I see it, please issue the task.

I'm going to lay ten eggs for Kobayashi (Thor): Hurry, hurry! I'm just waiting to earn mission points.

Farming True Genius (Return to the End): Um, sorry, I just tried, but I'm currently on Mr. Bell's quest, so I can't accept your quest. I can only accept it after my quest is completed.

Red Iris Immortal (Fu Hua): Well, it's alright, thank you anyway.

Fu Hua (Red Iris Immortal): Well then, I'm issuing the mission.

The Crimson Iris Immortal has generated a high-level quest...

[Timeframe: Mid-term; Formal]

[Requirement: Combatant (Advanced)]

[Mission Objective Description: Please help me fight the enemy.]

[Reward: 15000 points (5000 points automatically generated from advanced tasks + 1 points contributed by the user.)]

[Bonus Reward: Defeating Honkai Beasts and Herrschers will grant additional points - provided by the system]

[Note: Honkai is the enemy of all order and civilization. Saving the world from Honkai will earn you a group invitation and a large amount of points.]

.......

Teyvat.

Zhongli sat in his courtyard and clicked to accept the quest.

With the authority granted to high-level missions, his clone located within the Teyvat continent was fully accommodated.

The next instant, when he opened his eyes again, he saw the very same being as the demon god he had longed for and yearned for.

The Crimson Iris Immortal – Fu Hua.

She was dressed in completely different clothes than when they last met; they looked more like a product of a technologically advanced world that had progressed beyond a certain stage than her everyday attire.

Compared to Zhongli's composure, Thor, the son of the Chaos Dragon God and the strongest evil dragon, appeared rather lively.

She was dressed in her usual maid outfit, her pale gold eyes darting around with keen interest as she looked at the scenery.

This is a vast, open platform filled with mechanical creations; even underfoot are enormous objects formed from countless mechanical structures.

The air was filled with an almost inexhaustible amount of strange energy known as "Honkai Energy".

It wasn't Zhongli's imagination; he could clearly sense that the concentration of Honkai energy on this huge floating platform far exceeded that on the ground.

Not far away, within a semi-circular inverted building, an even denser, almost tangible, [Honkai energy] was gathering.

Please explain the situation.

Zhongli turned his eyes away from Fu Hua's and looked around.

"The mission is simple: join me in defeating the enemy," Fu Hua said softly.

"What enemy?? Very powerful??" Miss Thor, the dragon maid, clenched her fists excitedly and said, "I can sense the [energy] of this world, which is somewhat similar to the [chaotic magic energy] I often consume in my world. Especially the energy in that semi-circular building over there is so concentrated, almost equivalent to the highest concentration in my world. What are they doing there?"

Fu Hua closed her eyes, seemingly deep in thought.

Two seconds later, she slowly spoke: "That's the laboratory of my organization. We're conducting an experiment, but it's too dangerous, and we can't guarantee our own safety. That's why I've asked you for help."

“Yes.” The dragon maid nodded quite seriously: “The technological world does need all kinds of laboratories, but what kind of experiments are you conducting? It’s so dangerous that you need Mr. Zhongli and me to protect you.”

“No, my purpose is not to protect the experiment, but to ensure that the experiment proceeds as I intend.” Fu Hua shook her head slightly: “The organizer of this experiment is the ‘Bishop’ of my organization. But he is too cunning and likes to deceive. Although he guarantees that the experiment will definitely succeed, I dare not put my hopes on him. Therefore, I will use my own trump card to ensure that the experiment proceeds smoothly as I intend without any unexpected events.”

"And so far, we haven't encountered any enemies yet." Fu Hua had just finished speaking.

An urgent call came from the unit on the back of her hand.

"S-rank Valkyrie Fu Hua, please prepare to attack immediately."

"Before our headquarters, a Judgment-class dragon-shaped Honkai Beast, Benares, from the Second Honkai Siberian Battlefield, has appeared. Lord Otto orders you to launch an immediate attack, uniting with numerous A-rank Valkyries to annihilate it."

"Received!" Fu Hua replied succinctly.

Then she lowered the mask from her forehead and said to Zhongli and Thor, "Please wait a moment. You are my trump cards, and it is not time to reveal them yet."

After saying this, the steel wings behind her were filled with energy, instantly taking her into the sky.

A few seconds later, it disappeared without a trace.

Only Zhongli and Thor remained standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Chapter Seven: An Existence Beyond the Otto Plan

Zhongli and Thor looked at each other in bewilderment.

A few seconds later, Thor narrowed his eyes, his pale golden dragon pupils gazing into the distance where Fu Hua had flown away.

She stared for a while, then her lips parted involuntarily, revealing sharp, bloody, serrated teeth.

"I want to go take a look. I have a feeling that those things flying over look delicious."

"Delicious??" Zhongli frowned.

He could also see the monsters rapidly attacking the aerial platform from not far away in the sky. In addition to many small Honkai Beasts that looked like mosquitoes, there was also a huge dragon-shaped monster.

“Zhongli, you saw it too, right?” Thor’s current state is completely different from her behavior in the group.

She seemed to have reverted to her former self before she met Kobayashi, her heart filled with bloodlust and a frenzied desire to fight.

“A dragon made entirely of special energy must taste delicious.” After saying this, she shuddered, and two enormous dragon wings extended from the back of her humanoid body.

The curved dragon horns on its forehead shimmered with a fiery crimson light, and its pale golden dragon eyes almost filled its entire pupils.

"I'm going to help the Crimson Kite Immortal." Thor suddenly stomped on the ground, and his huge wings began to stir up a gale as he flew upwards.

In less than a few breaths, she followed Fu Hua's path and disappeared from Zhong Li's sight.

.....

Fu Hua suddenly flew away, and Thor followed her.

Less than five minutes after Zhongli arrived in this world, the area around him became empty.

"Wait here?" Zhongli pondered Fu Hua's request and suddenly smiled faintly, "Even I wouldn't be able to stay in this unfamiliar place for long."

"Therefore, from a generally rational point of view, it is perfectly normal to explore the area around here."

And so Zhongli did.

With a flick of his sleeve, he turned and began to explore the base that floated in the sky at a leisurely pace.

Since he acquired the chat group, he had never seen such a technologically advanced item that was ahead of its time—he still remembered the date before he traveled back in time: December 21, 2020.

Many of the technologies he remembered in 2020 were clearly inferior to the technological sophistication of this broken world.

I was naturally quite pleased to have witnessed it today.

.....

Helheim Laboratory.

Otto, engrossed in his experiment, was suddenly awakened by an alarm that blared nearby.

[Warning, warning. A peculiar energy reaction has been detected outside the Helheim Laboratory.]

[Compiling...]

[Compare energy waveforms...]

[Honkai energy comparison failed...]

[Warning! Warning! Level X Special Event Warning.]

We request Your Excellency to provide instructions and make a decision.

"Oh??" The blond man came to his senses.

He crossed one arm over his chest and placed the other on his chin, watching with interest the direction from which the warning had come.

On the large screen, the camera monitoring Fu Hua was showing two strange beings appearing out of thin air in front of her.

One person was dressed in clothing resembling that of the ancient Ming Dynasty, exuding heroic spirit and possessing a near-perfect appearance.

One of them was dressed in a noticeably altered maid outfit, with long golden hair tied in a ponytail and two winding dragon horns on her head.