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

“Yes, perhaps we don’t need to break it.” Sayaka Miki smiled and nodded slightly. “Wouldn’t it be better for us to enjoy this long-lost peace and happiness here? Although it was a lie in the past, it is definitely real now.”

"False and real... is that it???"

Xiaoyan closed her eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Chapter Four: My Lover Sleeps

"A fascinating world."

Strolling under the bright moonlight.

Zhongli, Zhonggui, and Fu Hua were watching the stage play performed by the group of young girls.

Yes, a stage play.

Having learned about the origins of this barrier city and the girl's many relationships, the members of the various chat groups who entered this world naturally no longer worried about their safety.

So they simply dispersed into the city one by one, experiencing the differences of this otherworldly civilized city.

Experience the most beautiful stage that has been painstakingly built and is completely identical to the real one.

I also watched the stage play performed by the girls on stage.

Zhongli, Guizhong, and Fu Hua watched the girls' arguments, battles, love and hate, joy and sorrow under the moonlight.

“An interesting stage play.” Zhongli nodded slightly. “But logically speaking, she doesn’t need us as the audience. So why? Why did she want us to come into this world?”

"I don't know." Fu Hua wasn't interested in this.

"Anyway, we're just using this place to talk about our own things."

She looked at Zhongli and Guizhong, and this time she spoke very frankly.

"Zhongli, in our long time together, you and I both have a question."

"You once said that."

"You crossed worlds to come to the Honkai world I inhabit, actually to find someone. That person was once your wife and your best partner, right, Researcher Zhongli?"

Gui Zhong was taken aback by the title Fu Hua used. She looked at Zhong Li with some confusion, then at Fu Hua, finding it extremely strange.

Why do these two people seem so familiar? Logically speaking, they've only spent the time of one mission at most, but they talk like old friends.

The once wise demon god has now become suspicious.

“Yes. Just like I told you before.” Zhongli nodded slightly without changing his expression: “I went to your world to find traces of my former wife, Qingli. But the time I spent with you was not a lie either.”

"Turning back time, going back to the past, using the past to change the future. For me, it's not exactly commonplace, but it's just something I do all the time."

"However, the traces of time that have been experienced are not fake. The years I fought alongside you, the years I got to know you, the years I fought against the Honkai together, are not fake."

Fu Hua nodded slightly: "I know. I've also recently almost reached the threshold of transcending time, so I can clearly understand what you mean."

"What I'm trying to say is that you must have seen that image at the end of your life."

"Hmm?" Zhongli pondered for a moment, then nodded knowingly. "Yes, I saw it."

"That represents a part of your soul and memories—one of the feathers of the Eighth Divine Key, Feather of the Crossing—followed my aura and came to the outside world. Following the trunk of the Imaginary Number Tree, it came to a small world drifting between the Imaginary Number Tree and the Quantum Sea—Teyvat."

"That Feather Dust descended to the north of Mount Tianheng in Teyvat, merged into the stone pillars, absorbed the unclaimed ley lines and elemental power of heaven and earth, and finally transformed into a girl with fiery red wings and radiant light."

"That girl..."

At this point, Zhongli raised his gaze slightly, looking at Fu Hua's face that haunted his dreams: "That girl looks exactly like you, but because of the passage of time, she has lost the memories you gave to Yu Duchen, leaving only a trace of her spirit."

"This is everything I have seen, and everything I have come to understand after the collapse of the world."

Zhongli's words did not surprise Fu Hua, but Gui Zhong, who was standing to the side, stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Fu Hua nodded slightly, indicating that she understood: "Indeed, it's pretty much what I saw and guessed. So what happened next, Zhongli?"

Zhongli's expression was terrifyingly calm, like a deep, still sea, which only fueled the fear in people's hearts.

"Later, naturally, the girl with crimson wings met the boy who would become her lifelong friend while she was patrolling Tianheng Mountain one day."

"The boy was only thirteen years old and had just crossed over to another world. He was somehow transported from a distant Earth kingdom, which had no supernatural powers, to the world of Teyvat."

"At that time, the entire world of Teyvat was a desolate and treacherous place, inhabited by cannibalistic and murderous demons. And even more so, there were arrogant fellows who believed that the destruction of the human race was none of your business."

"The time when I met the demon god [Morax], who was covered in fiery red wings, also known as [Rock Dragon] Qingli, was such a point in time."

"This is the first time I've heard of this." Gui Zhong also became interested and looked at Zhong Li with great interest.

She truly lived up to her reputation as a wise and powerful goddess, having already pieced together the timeline and key moments in Zhongli's words.

Then, she widened her eyes and stared intently at Fu Hua.

At that moment, she clearly understood Zhongli and Fu Hua's thoughts and the direction of this conversation.

"When I first met Qingli, she was still a bewildered demon god, at most slightly more friendly to intelligent life than other demon gods."

"And I was like that back then..."

At this point, Zhongli paused, revealing a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Back then, I was young and naive, weak yet arrogant, and full of a sense of nihilism."

"Qingli saw me like that, yet she was still willing to spend time with me, teach me knowledge, and even more willing to let me become her disciple."

Zhongli raised his head slightly, his gaze turning to the bright moonlight in the sky, as if recalling the current scene.

[Hey birdwoman, where is this? I'm standing right here, so get down right now! How dare you stand on my head and talk to me? You've got some nerve. But since this is your first offense, I'll let you off this time. So, hurry up and thank me for my magnanimity.]

---Haha, I was really young back then to be able to say that.

Zhongli shook his head and sighed inwardly.

Then, the next second, his gaze returned to Fu Hua, his voice still calm;

"Miss Fu Hua. So, do you remember how Qing Li disappeared?"

"Hmm..." Fu Hua nodded slightly, much to Gui Zhong's surprise. She looked at Zhong Li's pale golden pupils and spoke in a cool voice.

"I remember."

"Although I only recently remembered it."

"That fiery red Eighth Divine Key Feather, carrying heavy memories and a profound soul, has returned to my body once more, yes, once more."

"She is asleep—in my body and soul."

Chapter Five: Lover Awakens

“I’m not surprised.” Zhongli nodded slightly.

Although his expression remained calm, it was natural to be able to glean a great deal from it.

Although it was something he had suspected and anticipated, how could Zhongli possibly ignore the news about Qingli when he heard it?

Even she herself couldn't hide her surprise and joy.

After all, before she fell in love with Zhongli, she loved Qingli.

She believed that this feeling was no less than Zhong Yuli's feelings for Qingli.

"Do you remember what I said?" Fu Hua's voice continued calmly.

"What did you say?" Zhongli asked softly, looking at his companion who was almost a close friend.

“Memories are always ambiguous. I once told you that I didn’t reclaim the memories from that time.” Fu Hua gently tapped the screen in the [Multiverse Chat Group] in front of her, changing it to a display mode that could be shown to other chat group owners, and then showed it to Zhong Li.

One system message at the top is particularly eye-catching.

[The current user needs 79000 chat room points to repair all damage; the user currently has 79100 points.]

"After I sold my spot in the chat group... I now have enough points to repair my body. That memory must be in there too."

“So…” Gui Zhong interrupted anxiously.

“So…” Fu Hua didn’t look at Gui Zhong, her gaze fixed on Zhong Li’s pale golden pupils.

Are you looking forward to it?

"After I repair this memory and body, I may no longer be the Fu Hua I am now, nor the warrior Fu Hua of the past. Of course, I may also no longer be the Rock Dragon Qing Li who has dominated Teyvat for three thousand years."

"what."

Zhongli chuckled softly upon hearing this.

The sound grew louder and louder, almost unlike what he would normally do.

"Hahaha,"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Hahaha, the Crimson Phoenix Immortal! Fu Hua! Fusion Warrior HUA!" Zhongli's laughter gradually subsided: "Do you know why, after obtaining the [Multiverse Chat Group] system, I've been striving with all my might, wanting to become stronger every single moment?"

"Wherever I go, I seek something useful to me. Wherever I go, I hope to go further."

"According to common sense, I am the King of Teyvat, the Seven-Headed Dragon, the Number of the World, and the Lord of the Elements."

"I no longer need to exert myself so much, thinking about improvement every moment."

"After all, it's tiring and boring—even high-ranking gods would get tired if they kept striving like that."

"But do you know why I was able to persevere?"

Zhongli's expression returned to calm, and his smile gradually faded.

"To explore the truth of this void, to see clearly the highest peak? To know the infinity of all things?"

"Or is it for the continuation of the intelligent human race, and to change the inevitable tide of silence?"

"While I do not deny that there are indeed some of these reasons, upon closer examination, my original purpose was only one thing."

Zhongli's voice grew softer and softer, but became more and more resolute.

"It's so that when I meet Qingli again, I won't have to choose a path I can't fully realize because of my own weakness."

"The trajectory in your soul, the trauma in your memory, to be honest, are like a window through a thin veil to me, almost completely transparent."

"If I wanted to, I could heal your wounds, whether you object or not. Even the multiverse chat group rooted in the deepest part of your soul might not be as good as me."