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

He was ready to burn his existence and memories.

But, as he had expected, nothing unexpected happened.

Although he had experience altering the course of history in the Honkai world, and his abilities in handling hands and feet and smiling had improved significantly compared to when he first resurrected Qingli, he still could not separate this true spirit from the history of the Teyvat continent.

Just as Morax the Rock Dragon was once part of the foundation of history, the very basis of the world.

He sighed softly, removed his finger, and gave up the attempt.

He was about to regain his senses and refocus his attention on the world.

Two beeping notification sounds suddenly came from the chat group system in the realm of His consciousness.

He frowned slightly in his mind, but then opened the chat group's system page.

On the chat group's startup page, a bold, wide system notification flashes, clearly indicating its presence.

【Hello, great and unfathomable higher life form, our chat group system wishes to have a conversation with you.】

Would you be willing?

Zhong Li thought for a couple of seconds, then clicked "agree".

Then, in the next instant, within his perception, the chat group on the surface of his consciousness began to activate its teleportation system, and at the same time, a gentle voice came from it.

The voice had a strong mechanical quality, much like the electronic voices of the early days of modern technological civilization.

【Hello, great user of an undetectable level life form, I am Alpha-6, the main chat group system. It is my pleasure to serve you.】

This is our second meeting.

“Yes.” Zhongli nodded slightly in his heart.

"Thank you for reminding me."

【Great being, you are too kind. Even without our help, it would only be a matter of time before you overcome the broken will of the previous world.】

Through endless trial and error, you will eventually find the right way to eliminate it.

"But it's also possible that he'll get there before me. Once he's fixed his flaws, it will take me an unknown amount of effort and time to destroy him, and it might even take until the end of the void."

"So, I still want to thank you for reminding me. In return for this matter, I will give you what you desire, of course, within the bounds of the equal authority of the contract."

"Now, you may state your demands."

Zhongli's voice was neither hurried nor slow.

At some point, he had transformed into a human form, and before him, a human figure composed entirely of black light and shadow appeared out of thin air.

The black-clad figure bowed slightly to Zhong Li.

The sound remained that strange, mechanical tone.

[Great being, could we perhaps extend the rights under this contract? Currently, our chat group doesn't need your powerful assistance. After all, we're just a chat group.]

"It's just a chat group?"

Zhongli couldn't help but repeat it.

Then the dark figure opposite him nodded slightly.

Yes, we're just a chat group.

Even after we were created by the Kreelya civilization of the Seventh Void World Cluster, and despite the rise and fall of thirteen Silent Tides, and the great civilization that created us vanishing in its struggle against Nothingness and Chaos, we are still just a chat group.

No matter what kind of evolution or improvement we make, even if we can enter the river of time as a group and escape the constraints of the fourth dimension, we still cannot and are unwilling to change our way of existence.

The purpose of creating chat groups is to gather beings from various virtual worlds together in a certain way, allowing them to discuss and chat with each other.

[Initially, it was simply an invention of the Kreeja that resolved many differences in the underlying rules of different worlds, and also enabled the exchange of resources between civilizations across the globe.]

Although it uses an Alpha-level strong silicon-based consciousness as its theme, its influence still does not exceed the entire Keriya trans-world civilization cluster.

[Later, due to the appearance of the seventh Silent Tide, in order to provide a place for life forms from various worlds resisting the Silent Tide to exchange resources, the restrictions on spread were lifted.]

To date, we have identified seventeen world civilization clusters and thirty-nine void world clusters. Incidentally, a void world cluster refers to a region of space containing only a very small number of worlds, much like the vast, matter-free spaces between galaxies in a single galaxy universe.

Today, although we have undergone 13 times 7 to the power of 563 updates, our main function remains simply to provide a chat group for beings in various worlds capable of fighting against the Honkai Void, and for those capable of fighting against the Honkai Void in the future.

Of course, given the vastness of worlds within a cosmic civilization cluster, even with our speed of replication and dissemination, we can only cover a portion of existence.

[I have packaged the details and content and sent it to your chat group. You are free to download and view it.]

After saying this, the all-black figure paused slightly.

He tapped his hand a few times in front of him, and then system notifications started popping up one after another on Zhongli's chat panel.

Zhongli ignored it for the moment and instead asked, "What is your purpose in appearing before me this time?"

[It's very simple, a truly great existence.]

The dark figure bowed slightly once more.

I came here with two purposes.

"Please speak," Zhongli gestured, indicating that he was invited to speak.

[First, because you resolved the undetectable level of Honkai Void this time, even though it was merely an immature nascent form, it is still an achievement that has earned the admiration of all seventeen known world civilizations.]

Therefore, after studying the task distribution and reward system in our main chat group, we have decided to open a new chat group for a distinguished individual like you, along with the creation methods and information for all secondary chat group systems in addition to the main chat group system.

"Um???"

Zhongli frowned slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"In other words, you have completed the first main quest," the black figure bowed again.

Then, a notification popped up in Zhongli's chat group.

[Congratulations, user, you have completed Task 1 (Permanent Task): Correct the chaos level of the macrocosmic community (current total chaos level 52.96%, order level 47.04%).]

[Great users will receive a new chat group and invitations to 1,000 members, as well as all the structure and information of the chat group's subsystem.]

"This is a pleasant surprise." Zhongli clapped his hands lightly.

"It would be wonderful if you were satisfied." The black-clad figure maintained its respectful demeanor throughout: "A great, unobservable life form."

"Then what is your second objective?" Zhongli composed himself and calmly continued to ask.

"It's very simple, Your Excellency."

"We just wanted to ask you something." The black-clad figure raised its head: "Are you willing to fight against the Honkai Void?"

[The accompanying shadow of that world of order.]

The poison of civilization within a civilized community.

Chapter Two: Travelers and New Pastries

The black figure representing the chat group arrives quickly and leaves just as fast.

In less than three minutes of Zhongli's perceived time, the other party had resolved everything they wanted to explain and all the questions they wanted to ask.

Then, it took about a minute of motion time to transmit all the data to Zhongli's chat group system.

After doing all this, the other party immediately left Zhongli's presence and disappeared without a trace.

The last question asked by the other party naturally received an affirmative answer from Zhongli.

He instinctively loathed the Honkai Void, a disruptive entity born from chaos, and naturally wouldn't reject it.

After receiving his reply, the figure in pure black revealed a clearly relieved smile.

Although Zhongli didn't quite understand how a pure black shadow could make such a smile, he did see it.

After that, the main system of the chat group, Alpha-6, politely took his leave and returned to the Teyvat continent.

......

Slowly opening her eyes, Zhongli looked at her small courtyard. It was already quite some time after the Lantern Festival.

Spring has arrived, and flowers are in full bloom.

The fragrance of glass lilies wafted through the courtyard, lingered and swirled on the rooftops, and then returned to the world around us.

The temperature was still a little cool at this time.

A gentle breeze swept by, carrying away fragrant petals that drifted away on the wind, beyond the courtyard wall, over the crisp ivy, and disappeared to who knows where.

In such times, Zhongli sat quietly by the bluestone table, the steaming tea on the table accompanied by the fragrance of tea leaves lingering in the air.

On the bluestone table, there was a plate of tender bamboo shoots that had just been picked yesterday, which had only been blanched in hot water and sprinkled with a little salt; in addition, there was a plate of a new pastry made yesterday by Chef Xiangling of Wanmintang—bursting slime crystal cake.

Zhongli slowly picked up the purple clay teacup and took a small sip.

Ta-da!

Ta-da!

A crisp knock sounded at the door of the courtyard. Zhong Li didn't need to look up to know who it was.

He slightly raised his hand, and the bolt protecting the door panel immediately opened.

The first thing you see when you push open the door is a small stock of food.

She exuded a wondrous aura, dressed in a shrunken garment reminiscent of Teyvat's Heavenly Law, and wore a pale golden crown atop her head.

He was arrogant and extremely fast.

The door opened in almost a few seconds, and she darted to Zhongli's bluestone table, where she saw the plate of bursting slime crystal cakes.

The rich, fiery red filling, beneath its crystal-clear, thin outer shell, appears smooth and delicate.

Its silky smooth appearance, resembling jelly, is also a significant plus.

Little Paimon glanced at it and immediately picked up a piece and popped it into his mouth without hesitation, before Zhongli could stop him.

Little Paimon closed his mouth, chewed slowly and savoringly for a couple of moments, and was about to make a comment.

A wonderful taste suddenly burst forth from her mouth.

That's... spicy!

Her face first turned red, then white, and then red again. After these three changes, she quickly stuck out her tongue, trying to spit out the pastry she had just eaten.