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

The atmosphere in the group was still very relaxed today, which made Zhongli smile – this atmosphere reminded him of the silly group members from his distant memories.

That was a truly long-lost joyful atmosphere.

Authentic items: I've collected light novels, comics, original anime, games, and other items released in the past two weeks, but I haven't found any information about the worlds that you all belong to; they're still the same as before.

Mind reader: Thank you so much for your help, Miss Zhenwu.

Incurable Villain: Has the author of "A Certain Magical Index" published a new book in this series?

The real thing: No, but I've gathered information that Touma Kamijou, whose fate was unknown at the end, didn't die. Also, in two months at most, a new book in this series called "A Certain Magical Index: New Testament" will be released.

Incurable villain: Thanks. If you need my help, you can call me using the task card. I can help you once for free.

Xiaolin... Xiaolin... I'm so lonely: Still no story for me? I really want to know, how many kids will Xiaolin and I have? Hehehe~~! Hehehe!

Mind reader: Hmm... Miss Tohru, putting aside the differences between humans and dragons, you should be female, right? Miss Kobayashi is also a woman. The two of you... can you really have children?

Kobayashi... Kobayashi... So lonely: As long as there is love, of course there's no problem!! It's just a mere barrier of gender, just a mere difference of race, of course we can overcome it!

Reimu the Shrine Maiden: Do I have a story? Do I have a story??

Authentic items: Yes, there are some, but none of them have been officially released. There are just too many other fan works, comics, novels, and games, like those miscellaneous little books. I simply cannot collect them all, I'm sorry.

Reimu the Shrine Maiden: Ahhh! Don't remind me of the "Hypnotize Gensokyo Project"!!! Those people from another world have far too many expectations of our youkai! Don't they know that if they actually come to Gensokyo, they'll all be captured by that purple old woman youkai first? All humans not included in that old woman's plan, unless they fall directly into the protection zone of my temple, will definitely not survive to reach the human village!

Mind reader: I always find Reimu's roars hilarious.

Future Promising True Lord: What happened? Everyone seems to be talking about something I don't understand.

Mind reader: Oh, Mr. True Lord, your real name is Zhongli, right?

Promising Future True Lord: Yes, Teyvat, Liyue Zhongli.

Mind reader: Miss Zhenwu, Mr. Zhongli's name has never appeared, right?

Authenticity: Yes, I had someone search for Zhongli's name on the Chinese internet, and it didn't appear. Of course, it didn't appear in Japan either.

Mind Reader: Well then, I'll have to explain a little. Mr. Zhongli, first, I need to confirm something with you: do you feel distrust or find it absurd that you appear in novels or games from other worlds?

Future Promising True Lord: I think I understand what you're trying to say. This is surprisingly interesting.

Mind reader: I didn't expect Mr. Zhongli to actually... Well then I'll be frank. We, the group members who possess superpowers in this world or are located in another world, are usually described and recorded in a certain novel/comic/anime.

As for characters like Miss Real Things or Mr. Sister Complex, they live in a world of pure matter, where ordinary people exist, without superpowers or monsters, and there are novels, comics, or anime that record our lives.

The first type of world is called the standard world. The second type of world is called the baseline world.

Mind reader: Do you understand now?

After listening to Nana's explanation, Zhongli pondered for a few seconds before organizing his thoughts.

The future is promising, True Lord: It's beyond reason, yet within expectation. However, I didn't expect there would be restrictions.

Mind Reader: It's wonderful that you understand. Let me explain further: currently, the only two worlds in our group without superpowers or unusual events are the world where Miss Zhenwu and Mr. Siscon live—the baseline world.

Mind Reader: In the baseline world, the release dates of novels, games, anime, etc., are generally similar. That is to say, if a novel is released in the world of "Ms. Real Things" at the end of 2010, the world of "Mr. Siscon" will also release the same novel around the end of 2010. Although the authors may be different, and even some wording may differ, the storylines of the novels, games, etc., are completely identical.

The Mind Reader: The timeline of Ms. True Things' world is in March AD 2011, while Mr. Siscon is in January AD 2011. Therefore, every month, members of this group ask them both about the plot of their respective worlds. If Ms. True Things discovers any novels, anime, or games that mention us, she will spend points to send them to the group files for us to download for free.

The Promising Future True Lord: ...So that's how it is.

Mind Reader: Exactly. If you have time, you can download all the attachments from the group files. Those are stories from the worlds of some group members. And surprisingly, they're all quite good stories.

P.S.: I recommend a book: "I've Been Adding Points for Three Thousand Years".

PS2: Another book recommendation: "After Marrying Mai Sakurajima"

Introduction

At the latest Tokyo International Drama Festival, Makoto Ishikawa repeatedly took to the stage, winning multiple awards including Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Producer. He then delivered his acceptance speech, as is customary.

"Thank you for your recognition, judges and audience. You've given me so many surprises, so I'd like to give you a surprise in return: Actually, I'm married, and my wife is..."

As he spoke, his gaze drifted affectionately towards the audience below, to the woman holding the Best Actress trophy…

Mai Sakurajima.

"Let me introduce myself again, I'm Mai Ishikawa, nice to meet you!"

The flashbulbs went off everywhere, and she was finally able to bravely say the name she had kept hidden for five years in front of the public.

In short: The love diary of a secretly married couple sweeping through the Japanese film and television industry.

Chapter Thirteen: The Crimson Iris Immortal and the Collapse

Mind-reading ability users: Currently, we can confirm the following worlds: the world of "A Certain Magical Index" where the villain Accelerator resides; the world of "Oreimo" where the siscon Kyosuke Kousaka resides; and the world of "Gensokyo" where the shrine maiden Reimu resides.

Mind Reader: Unconfirmed worlds include: my world, the world of Nana, the Mind Reader; the world of the Red Iris Fairy; the world of the Dragon Thor; the world of the super cute Emilia and Subaru Natsuki; the world of the real Yukino Yukinoshita; the world of the most adorable Mr. Bell, the God of Highness; the world of the angelic sweetheart [Sexy Prisoner]; and now there's another world, the world of True Lord Zhongli.

Mind-reading ability: There are far more unconfirmed worlds than confirmed worlds.

Future Promising True Lord: I've learned about so many worlds, so many that I yearn for them. However, after learning about the [plot] of your own world, what are everyone's thoughts? If it were me, I'd probably find it boring.

Mind Reader: Ah~~! Uh~~, this is probably the thought of an immortal, someone with immense power. A girl like me, who only has a rudimentary mind-reading ability and can't even lift ten kilograms of rice, still really wants to see my future. If I could know... things like my future lover, oh dear, that would be quite embarrassing.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Your future lover might just be me!!

Mind Reader: Hmm? Mr. Natsuki Subaru, aren't you supposed to clean Emilia's house today? Did you get drunk yesterday and haven't woken up yet?

Highest Deity: Good afternoon! Everyone, have you all had lunch yet? Today my lunch is Highest Deity's special cream of mushroom soup.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: I didn't go today. Actually, I have something I'd like to discuss with everyone.

An incorrigible evil party: Speak up, you piece of trash.

Reimu the Shrine Maiden: Speak up, you simp!

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Hey, hey, hey, why are you all insulting me? Stop insulting me, stop insulting me. I really have something to discuss today.

The Promising Future: Please speak.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Seriously though, everyone should know my special ability, right? [Death Reincarnation]? Oh, I almost forgot, you don't know that, sir. Let me explain. I was originally born in an Earth-like world, but one day I suddenly transmigrated to my current [Witch World], and in this world I gained an ability I named [Death Reincarnation].

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: After I die, the entire world will automatically rewind time to the point in time I traveled to. With the help of my friends in the group, I used this ability to save my beloved Miss Emilia, then crossed death and came to Miss Emilia's house to become her butler.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: I was doing fine these past few days and even made some nice friends, but who knew that this morning, I suddenly found myself back on my first day at the mansion. How strange.

Reimu the Shrine Maiden: What's so strange about that? You just died again, didn't you? I think your "death loop" is like a game save point. When you die, you just start over from the save point.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: ? ? ? ?

......

Witch world.

Sitting on his bed, Natsuki Subaru looked as if he had just realized something.

Indeed, Reimu's words make a lot of sense.

If I died again, who did it?

Despite his doubts, Natsuki Subaru had unconsciously placed many of the people in the mansion under his watchful eye.

Who could it be?

.....

Reimu the Shrine Maiden: I strongly suggest you use 1000 points to buy the [Double Barrier] that I put in the chat group shop. Put it on when you sleep, and you will definitely not die.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: No, although death is painful, wasting points is really unnecessary. Let me try to probe first. I'll risk my life to find out what's going on.

True Lord of Promising Future: Please be careful. Also, please cherish your life even more, and do not use your abilities for trivial matters. The "contract" of life is the highest "contract" for maintaining oneself; once it collapses, one will fall into an unknown abyss.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Haha, don't worry, if I really can't handle it, am I supposed to just die again? It always hurts so much! By the way, does anyone have any safe missions lately that I can leech off on? I want to get more points.

Red Iris Immortal: I have a mission here.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Send it here! Is it dangerous?

Red Iris Immortal: My world is a little dangerous, but it's alright. Recently, something minor happened here; a city is in crisis. If you'd like, I can issue quests to let you enter my world and train yourselves.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Really?

Red Iris Immortal: However, you are responsible for your own safety.

Emilia's Super Cute Cult: Sigh... never mind. I really don't know if my ability [Death Reincarnation] will activate in other worlds, so I'd better not take the risk.

Future is Promising True Lord: I can go with you and protect your safety. @Emilia's Super Cute Cult

Red Iris Immortal: The cards for advanced missions require 1 points, which I cannot provide, as I myself have a great need for points.

Future Promising True Lord: I can provide you with those books about gravity, and we can also trade them face-to-face.

Red Iris Immortal: What... is your purpose?

The Promising Future True Lord: I just want to see different worlds.

Red Iris Immortal: ...I'll think about it and give you an answer in a minute.

Zhongli could wait a minute.

Before even a minute had passed, the chat group was flooded with comments from the Crimson Iris Immortal again.

Red Iris Immortal: You need to provide me with 1 points as a condition for me to unlock advanced missions.

The Promising Future True Lord: No problem.

After a brief and concise conversation, Zhongli sent a red envelope to the Immortal Chiyuan.

Soon, the chat group system displayed a notification message.

[This is a high-level quest from the Crimson Kite Immortal; all members of the chat group can accept it.]

[Time: Normal]

[Objective: To eliminate the Honkai Beasts and Dead Servants located in Changkong City.]

[Mission Reward: 1 point - provided by Crimson Kite Immortal. Bonus Reward: Defeating a Honkai Beast will grant additional points - provided by the system.]

[Note: Honkai is the enemy of all order, civilization, and [other forces].]

Chapter Fourteen: The Collapsed World

The system description is concise and to the point, maintaining the same style as always.