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

Volume 3 The Traveler

Chapter 1 The Long-Awaited Chat Group

------The Promising Future True Lord Enters the Chat Group-----

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): Mr. Shin-kun has arrived.

Incurable villain (Accelerator): What's going on? You got a notification when you entered the chat group?

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): Is Mr. Zhongli currently in Teyvat?

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): It's strange, why did I get a notification when I entered the chat group? Logically speaking, this has never happened before.

The Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): Please wait a moment while I go and check it out.

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): Could it be the chat group access that Miss Nana dropped when she died?

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): Nana-san is dead? What? What happened? You went to Nana-san's world, what exactly happened?

Incurable villain (Accelerator): Stop your loudmouthing, you useless NEET pretty boy. Nana, that liar, is fine. Her life wasn't threatened. She just left the group chat.

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): Left the group chat? What happened??

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): Things are far too complicated to explain... Hmm, it's better if Mr. Zhenjun describes it for us. Yifang Boy and I were merely executors; we didn't see the whole picture. However, there's one thing I can guarantee.

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): Nana girl must have received the best gift of her life, absolutely.

Dream Born (Reimu the Shrine Maiden): I have a bad feeling... No way, is this the beginning of a tragedy? Just like Homura Akemi last time. No!!

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Sorry, I just checked and it was indeed because I obtained the chat group access from Miss Nana.

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): Let's not talk about that now, Mr. Shin-kun, what happened to Miss Nana?

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Hmm... It's really difficult to explain Miss Nana's matter clearly in a short time. If we were to discuss it in the chat, it would probably take up a lot of space. How about this: I've compiled everything about Nana, the mind-reading ability user, into a file and put it in the chat group's folder. Everyone can take a look when they have time.

As soon as Zhongli finished speaking, the group fell silent. It seemed that those group members who hadn't gone to Nana's world had gone to check it out.

After a while, text started appearing in the group chat again.

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): I never thought so.

Supreme God (Bell): I never thought so +1.

Supreme God (Bell): Hmm... Although I repeated it like this, I still don't understand this act of reversing the timeline at all. Is this really something a human, no, even a god, could do?

Supreme God (Bell): My Lord, are you perhaps the legendary God above all gods? Could you please come to my world...?

Supreme God (Bell): Oh, sorry... I got too excited. I'll log off now to ask the Supreme God...

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): Oh dear, oh dear. Bell really loves to make a fuss. I just have the ability to return from death, don't I?

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): No, this isn't that simple. It was only after I actually used the timeline manipulation this time that I realized how strange Subaru Natsuki's [Return by Death] ability really is. I have some guesses now... um... never mind... I'll tell you after I'm sure.

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): Hmm, let's get back to the topic. Let me explain the chat group permissions that appeared after Nana's [death]. Neither the villainous guy nor the angelic sweetheart was interested in this. And the resurrected Nana seemed to be rejected by it as well, so I brought it out.

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): I've done some research but haven't reached any conclusions yet, and I was just about to discuss it with everyone. But as soon as I opened the chat group, this privilege was immediately integrated into my chat page. It granted me some... well, in terms of general rationality... rather subtle permissions.

The Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): I seem to see this kind of practice quite often.

Dreamborn (Miyako Reimu): What kind of privileges? Does it mean I get discounts when I buy things with points?

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): This subtle level of privilege... well... let's put it this way, there are many businessmen in my city who love using these minor, preferential privileges to attract customers. I just didn't expect that chat groups would be the same.

Dream Born (Miyako Reimu): So what exactly is this kind of authority?

Promising Future True Lord (Zhongli): For example, when I'm browsing a group chat, a line will appear: "Promising Future True Lord has entered the chat group."

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): For example, when I leave the chat group and stop viewing it, a message will appear: "Future Promising True Lord has left the chat group."

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): For example, um... it seems I can customize my chat group avatar now.

Dream Born (Miyako Reimu): Huh? ? ? ? That's all??

Future Promising True Lord (Zhongli): There's another one, I can type with different colors.

Incurable villain (Accelerator): What kind of shitty privileges are these? Are you trying to become a rainbow pony?

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): ......

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): ...+1

Zhongli, the Promising Future Lord: Hmm... alright... I've already told you all about what happened in Nana's world. I have some things to attend to, so I'll exit now. If you need anything, you can send me a private message; I'll see it.

------Future is Promising, True Lord Leaves Chat Group-----

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): It really does have this function. Although it feels a bit silly, it's surprisingly tempting to spend money to buy it. I'll pay 100 yen per month.

Dreamer (Reimu the Shrine Maiden): Why are there no shopping discounts or daily free lottery options in the permissions settings? Do you even know how to do business, Chat Group member?

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): Natsuki Subaru, boy, by the way, I almost forgot to ask you, boy, have you resolved things on your end?

Emilia is the cutest (Subaru Natsuki): Of course... I survived and am about to go to the Imperial City with the cutest Emilia.

Dreamer Reimu (Miyako Reimu): Ah! Someone please give this poor shrine maiden some offering money! This poor shrine maiden has to work for a yokai to earn money, how pitiful!! Please have pity on her!!

Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru): ----- Emilia is the cutest (Natsuki Subaru) has left the chat group -----

Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner): -----Angelic Sweetheart (Sexy Prisoner) has left the chat group-----

The incurable villain (Accelerator): -----The incurable villain (Accelerator) has left the chat group-----

Dream Born (Miyako Reimu): ? ? ? ? Is this a new kind of bullying game? ? ?

Chapter Two: Remembering the Initial Contract

After leaving the chat group, Zhong Li did not go out immediately.

He sat in his home and briefly organized his gains from this trip.

This time, by entering Nana's world through the chat group, he gained many things that he couldn't obtain on the Teyvat continent.

Whether it was the first time he had truly resurrected a specific character from the river of time, or the additional, subtle chat room privileges, both had exceeded his expectations.

In particular, the first time he truly resurrected a specific person from the river of time made him realize his many past mistakes—such an opportunity to manipulate time at will and use a world as a testing ground is rare.

This experiment also made him realize the challenges he would face in reviving Qingli.

The first is the barrier of 2000 years of time.

Qingli died two thousand years ago and turned into the dust of the world.

This two thousand years is the biggest barrier.

Although he has escaped the timeline, it would probably take him a thousand years to crawl back to two thousand years ago.

Secondly, to resurrect someone from the timeline, one must stir up a global upheaval, plunging the entire world into a chaotic and unpredictable future.

Just like what he and Accelerator did in Nana's world.

Originally, the future of Nana's world was very stable.

If it weren't for Accelerator and Zhongli, the cruel treatment of superpowered individuals would probably have continued for another hundred years.

It will not be until a century later, when the contradictions have reached a certain point, that the future of this world will begin to become uncertain, and different branching histories may emerge.

It is possible that superpowered individuals and the general public could work together to cleanse the corrupt upper echelons.

It is also possible that the oppressive and terrifying rule of the upper class will collude with certain superpowered individuals, turning this world into the private property of the ultimate producers.

Only a future marked by such profound upheaval can trigger turmoil on the world's timeline.

If you want to resurrect someone in the timeline, you must do so at this time.

Third, there must be memories of people who have had a significant impact on the world, serving as anchor points.

In Nana's world, Nana herself anchors everything.

As someone who owns a chat group, she is naturally one of the main characters in the world.

Therefore, at the cost of her memories, she can freely alter and modify the entire world.

However, if Qingli is to be resurrected, a sufficiently significant offering is required.

......

After sorting through this invaluable intelligence, which was of great value, we found that...

Zhong Li clenched his fist.

He can still sense the existence of another version of himself in the distant beyond, in Nana's world.

It's not accurate to say that he is another version of himself; perhaps it's more accurate to say that both of them could be considered his original form.

This feeling is indescribable and cannot be put into words.

In the world of Nana, Zhongli used the chaotic waves caused by Accelerator to extend his existence in the world of Nana by a hundred years.

He transformed into a seven-headed, seven-crowned dragon, crawling forward along the timeline, wanting to take all of Nana's past into his mouth and all of her future into his body.

This is the true [Demon God] --- he had this feeling.

Those who only jump out of timelines in one world are not true demons.

Only a long serpent that crawls and coils across endless worlds, endless void, and endless timelines can be called a "Demon God".

If such an entity cannot be completely eradicated in all timelines and across all worlds, then it can return any number of times it wants.

Zhongli has now also reached this threshold—because of the existence of chat groups.

If Zhongli's guess is correct, if he, who originally did not have a chat group, wants to extend his existence in another world, he would need to encompass all the past of his original world.

It became a giant serpent that dwelled at the beginning of the world.

Only then can one have the opportunity to come into contact with other worlds.

But now, chat groups have brought all of this forward.

He became a demon god hovering between two timelines.

The benefits are indescribable.

The most fundamental point is that his death may never come.

Even if all his history on Teyvat is erased, he can still be resurrected in Nana's world at any point in time that he has erased.