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

Yuri's expression suddenly turned serious, her deep blue eyes, as dark as the ocean, staring expressionlessly at Chito: "Are you afraid? Are you afraid of despair and being your best friend?"

"After experiencing despair and breaking off relations with you, your relationship with hope has greatly improved. So, you've started to feel afraid. You're afraid that the naked, glowing alien will tell us that there might be a fake person at the top of the tower. You don't want your relationship with despair to improve again?"

"Really??"

"You... Yuri... what are you saying?" Chito hesitated and took a step back.

"Qianhu, are you afraid that humanity has become extinct? Are you afraid that there are only the two of us left in this city? Are you afraid that our human civilization will come to an end? Are you afraid that after you die, no one will be able to record your existence?"

Yuri stood up abruptly, looking like a strange, tangled figure in military green, and walked step by step toward Chito.

Qianhu was also forced to retreat step by step.

"Admit it, Chito, you are afraid, afraid of your own death, afraid of your own future."

"We've already given up on our entire future, so why are you still afraid?"

"Hey~~! Hey~~~! Tell me!"

"I....."

Qianhu trembled slightly and dared not speak.

She lowered her head, as if she were going through a mental ordeal.

She caught a glimpse of Yuri's eyes out of the corner of her eye, wrapped in a military green blanket. Her azure eyes were unfocused, as if staring into an unknown void before her, and her lowered face was muttering unknown words.

She was genuinely scared, just like that time when she and Yuri were given the last piece of military rations, and Yuri pointed a gun at her and snatched the rations away.

---But, is Yuri wrong?

---Am I not afraid?

Despite pondering these thoughts in his mind, which were a complete mess, Qianhu ultimately confronted his own ideas.

----Yes, I am scared.

Are we the only two humans left? Is there really anyone at the top of the tower? Is there truly no living life left in this city? What about the other cities? Are those glowing aliens the culprits behind the destruction of this world? If they discover we have a chance to survive, will they kill us?

----Isn't that what I'm afraid of?

---But, but, even though there is hope, even though we have Yuri's [Multiverse Chat Group], even though we have hope of surviving in other worlds, why am I still so anxious?

So I...

"I...."

Chito suddenly raised his head, looked into Yuri's eyes, and said firmly, "I..."

"Oh no! Zhongli is coming!!"

Yuri suddenly screamed.

"Um???"

The words "What?" were abruptly cut off.

“Zhongli is coming, along with other people from the Multiverse Chat Group! Haha~~!” Yuri suddenly shouted again.

"Huh?? What do you mean?"

......

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Are you all ready? @Golden Fairy, @Chocolate and Vodka, @Police Officer. If you are ready, please use the beginner mission card. I will simultaneously dispatch my clones to your respective worlds.

Chocolate and Vodka (Yuri): No problem! Come on! I've been waiting for you!

[The chocolate and vodka quests have generated a low-level objective...]

[Duration: Long-term; Formal]

[Condition: All members]

[Mission Objective Description: This is a world plunged into apocalypse. War, food, forbidden technology, and the world's trauma. All these factors have intertwined to form the world we know today. Having survived several mass extinctions and repeated regressions of human civilization, the war continues. This chain reaction of destruction for survival is the deepest tragedy of this world. In the end, only nothingness remains. Humanity will ultimately perish, and even the guardians of the land will depart. Silence will descend upon this world.]

[Reward: 1000 points (1000 points are automatically generated for low-level tasks.)]

[Note: This mission does not pose a significant risk, as the world is now completely empty.]

[Note 2: This task is generated from a low-level task card and cannot be accessed by members of high-level or super-high-level combat groups.]

[Note 3: Please save this world.]

Golden Fairy (Ctholly): I'm all set on my end. I specifically went to that deserted floating island. I'll start the beginner quest now.

The Golden Fairy has generated a low-level quest...

[Duration: Long-term; Formal]

[Condition: All members]

[Mission Objective Description: This is a world plunged into apocalypse. The world's original rulers—dragons, elves, humans, and many other powerful races—have all been overrun on the surface. Beasts that appeared from nowhere have been wiped out, and the remaining life can only eke out a living on floating continents. But the truth is not so simple.]

[Mission Objective Description 2: The beautiful golden fairies are lost souls who perished young, unaware of their own demise. They wield holy swords forged by humans, battling the beasts that fly atop the floating islands. They are said to be born of nature, but the truth may be quite different.]

[Mission Objective Description 3: Humans, a legendary race that almost completely dominated the surface of the earth over five hundred years ago. They could hardly be considered exceptionally gifted; they lacked the superb physique of giants, the exquisite magic of the ancient spirits, the refined craftsmanship of earth dragons, the explosive reproductive ability of pig-headed races, and the superior overall abilities of dragons. They excelled in none of these areas, making them a weak existence overall. It seems their only advantage was their taste. Even so, despite being enemies of almost every other race, humans managed to dominate the surface for a long time. However, the truth behind their origins may not be so simple.]

[Reward: 1000 points (1000 points are automatically generated for low-level tasks.)]

[Note: The risk of this mission ranges from low to high. Please consider this carefully.]

[Note 2: This task is generated from a low-level task card and cannot be accessed by members of high-level or super-high-level combat groups.]

[Note 3: Please save this world.]

Police officer (Tendo Kisara): I'm all ready here too. Remember the points for later. @FutureIsPromisingTrueGuy.

Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): Okay, no problem. Please trust my credibility. I am the God of Contracts, and naturally I will abide by them.

Police officer (Tendo Kisara): Then I'll buy the mission.

The police have generated a low-level task...

[Duration: Long-term; Formal]

[Condition: All members]

[Mission Objective Description: This is a world plunged into apocalypse. In 2020, humanity was defeated in its war against the viral parasitic organisms known as "Gastrea," and was driven to cramped territories, eking out a living in fear and despair. In this closed and gloomy world, the flower of despair is slowly blooming.]

[Mission Objective 2: Infected children suffering from discrimination, ordinary people whose entire families were murdered, mechanically modified soldiers, greedy and corrupt politicians, businessmen who didn't forget their own interests until the very end, and madmen who wanted to destroy the world—countless people and countless thoughts converge in this small city. Humanity's ultimate demise is only a matter of time; this world will certainly not see a happy end.]

[Reward: 1000 points (1000 points are automatically generated for low-level tasks.)]

**Important Note: This mission carries a high risk. Only group members with sufficient self-defense capabilities should participate.**

[Note 2: This task is generated from a low-level task card and cannot be accessed by members of high-level or super-high-level combat groups.]

[Note 3: Perhaps you would like to save the world.]

Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): Alright, I have accepted the three tasks.

Zhongli, the Promising Future Lord: @All members, if anyone is willing to travel with me to these three worlds, please click on the quest. It might be helpful for your future growth.

The Promising Future (Zhongli): Whether it is a lonely apocalypse, a dark apocalypse of humanity, or an apocalypse where everyone struggles to survive, this will be one of the best experiences in your lives.

The Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): Hmm... at least that's how I feel.

Chapter 9 Yukino Yukinoshita in the End of the World

The end times.

塔

On the vast expanse of white snow, it was almost impossible to distinguish up from down, left from right, or right.

Apart from white, there's hardly anything else to see.

Only in the distance, though dilapidated, does the towering, majestic city, reaching into the clouds, stand out against the white backdrop, suggesting that the world is not merely pure white.

Qianhu stood in front of his tent, looking at Yuri with a nervous expression.

Yuri, who was the summoned entity, only looked happy and showed no sign of worry.

She even hummed a little tune, singing and dancing while wrapped in the blanket, like a curving blanket spirit.

"What kind of person is Zhongli? Is he a man or a woman? Does their world require any special etiquette? Isn't it too impolite for us to just stand here like this?"

"Impolite?" Yuri tilted her head. "What is rude? And what is polite?"

Yuri didn't know these profound things, nor had she been taught such things in her life.

“Hmm…” Chitoge paused for a moment, then casually explained, “Doing the right thing in the right situation, that should be called etiquette.”

"However, it seems that before the civilization of our world was destroyed by war, there were many more complex rituals," Qianhu said uncertainly as he took out his notebook and flipped through it.

"Who cares? Anyway, those civilizations have all gone extinct, which means that these superfluous rituals can't achieve any real effect."

"I'm afraid etiquette is of little use to our civilization. After all, if they could really do the right thing in the right situation, our world wouldn't be in the way it is now."

Yuri casually said a couple of things.

Qianhu nodded in agreement.

The two chatted idly like that.

In the short time it took to say a few words, several unfamiliar figures suddenly appeared in front of the two women.

Chito was startled and took two steps back. Yuri, on the other hand, reacted quickly. She lifted her head from under the covers and looked at the man and two women in front of her, asking calmly.

"Are you members of the [Multiverse Chat Group]?"

Before the three could reply, she squeezed an arm out from the gap in the blanket, pointed to herself with one finger, and calmly said, "I am Yuri, also known as Chocolate and Vodka. I have no surname, only a first name."

"That's Chitoge over there. It's a name that's similar to the names of people in the Japanese archipelago on Earth. Like me, he doesn't have a surname, only a given name."

In contrast to her calmness, Chito was slightly flustered. Since the ponytail-wearing girl hadn't had to worry about food for survival lately, she had indeed read a lot of texts, though she only half-understood some of the content. But she remembered what to do when meeting a stranger for the first time.

She bowed slightly to the man and two women in front of her, placed her hands together on her lower abdomen, and greeted them softly: "Hello, I am Chito from the End World, and also Yuri's travel partner. It is an honor that you can come to my world for a trip."

Her words clearly startled the man and two women who appeared.

Then, Zhong Li, the male among the three, dressed in modern casual clothes, spoke first, nodding slightly to the girl with braided hair in front of him: "Yes, thank you."

"However, I should probably correct you here. Although I am not very familiar with the etiquette in Japan, your behavior just now was clearly not the way to communicate with someone you are meeting for the first time."

"Uh, I'm sorry." Chito apologized softly, then her expression returned to calm: "I just read some books about etiquette, and I don't know much about these things."