Morax the Geo Archon: Billionaire in the Chat Group

Telepath: So far, confirmed worlds include: the world of Mr. Accelerator, the villain from A Certain Magical Index; the world of Mr. Kyousuke Kousaka, the sis-con from My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute; and the world of the shrine maiden Reimu from Gensokyo.

Telepath: Unconfirmed worlds include... well, mine—Telepath Nana's world; the Immortal Chiyuan's world; the world of the dragon Tohru; the world of Subaru Natsuki, who is head over heels for Emilia-tan; Miss Yukino Yukinoshita's world; and the world of the Supreme Kami-sama, featuring the cutest Bell Cranel. Oh, and now we can add your world, Mr. Zhongli, to the list.

Telepath: The unconfirmed worlds far outnumber the confirmed ones.

Keeper of Contracts: I understand. Such a multitude of worlds… fascinating. However, after learning about the "plot" of one's own world, what are everyone's thoughts? Personally, I might find it rather dull.

Telepath: Ah~~! Umm~~, that might be the perspective of an immortal, someone who has lived for countless eons and wields immense power. For someone like me, who only has a shallow mind-reading ability and can't even carry a 10-kilogram bag of rice, I'd love to glimpse my future! If I could know… say, who my future lover is… ah, I'd be so embarrassed.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Perhaps your future lover is me!!

Telepath: Huh? Mr. Subaru Natsuki, shouldn't you be cleaning Miss Emilia's house today? Didn't you drink too much last night and still haven't sobered up?

Hestia-sama Is Supreme: Good afternoon, everyone! Have you all had lunch? My lunch today was Hestia-sama's special creamy mushroom soup!

Emilia Is Super Cute: I didn't go today. Actually, there's something I wanted to discuss with everyone.

Incurable Villain: Spit it out, trash.

Shrine Maiden Reimu: Speak, simp!

Emilia Is Super Cute: Hey, hey, why are you all ganging up on me? Stop insulting me, I'm serious today!

Keeper of Contracts: Please, go ahead.

Emilia Is Super Cute: As expected of Mr. Zhongli. So, as many of you know, my special ability is called Return by Death. Oh, Mr. Zhongli, you might not be aware. Let me explain briefly: I was originally from a world similar to Earth, but one day I was suddenly transported to the Witch's World, where I gained this ability I named Return by Death.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Whenever I die, the entire world rewinds to the point when I first arrived in it. With the help of my groupmates, I used this ability to save my beloved Miss Emilia and eventually ended up as her butler, living in her mansion.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Things had been going well, and I even made a few good friends. But this morning, I suddenly found myself back on the first day I entered the mansion. It's so strange.

Shrine Maiden Reimu: What's so strange? Didn't you just die again? Your Return by Death is basically like a game's save point. Die, and you restart from the save point.

Emilia Is Super Cute: ?????

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Witch's World

Sitting on his bed, Subaru Natsuki's face lit up with realization.

Indeed, Reimu's words made perfect sense.

If I died again, who's responsible?

With suspicion in his heart, Subaru unconsciously started evaluating everyone in the mansion as potential threats.

Who could it possibly be?

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Shrine Maiden Reimu: I strongly recommend you spend 1,000 points to buy my Dual Barrier from the group's store. Set it up while you sleep, and I guarantee you won't die.

Emilia Is Super Cute: No way! Dying hurts like hell, but wasting points is unnecessary. I'll try probing the situation first. I'll figure things out with my life on the line.

Keeper of Contracts: Please exercise caution. Also, value your life more. The contract of life is the highest form of agreement one can hold. If it collapses, one risks falling into an unfathomable abyss.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Haha, don't worry. If I can't figure it out, what's the worst that can happen? Die again? It's always super painful, you know! Oh, by the way, anyone got an easy mission I can tag along on to farm some points?

Immortal Chiyuan: I have a mission.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Send it over! Is it dangerous?

Immortal Chiyuan: My world is slightly dangerous, but manageable. Recently, a city has fallen into crisis. If you're willing, I can issue a mission for you all to enter my world and hone your abilities.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Really?

Immortal Chiyuan: However, your safety is your responsibility.

Emilia Is Super Cute: Eh~~~ Never mind, then. I'm not sure if my Return by Death would work in another world. Better not take the risk.

Keeper of Contracts: I can accompany you to ensure your safety, @Emilia Is Super Cute.

Immortal Chiyuan: High-level mission cards cost 10,000 points. I can't provide them, as I have a significant need for points myself.

Keeper of Contracts: I'll provide the points. Additionally, we can trade books on gravity in person.

Immortal Chiyuan: What is your true intention?

Keeper of Contracts: I simply wish to see the diversity of worlds.

Immortal Chiyuan: …I'll think about it. I'll give you my answer in a minute.

Zhongli was patient enough to wait a minute.

In fact, it didn't even take a minute before Chiyuan responded in the chat group.

Immortal Chiyuan: You'll need to send me the 10,000 points first to enable the high-level mission.

Keeper of Contracts: Very well.

After a brief, straightforward exchange, Zhongli sent a red envelope to Chiyuan.

Moments later, a system notification appeared in the chat group.

[A high-level mission from Immortal Chiyuan is now available for all chat group members.]

[Duration: Standard]

[Objective: Eliminate Honkai Beasts and Dead Apostles in Changkong City.]

[Rewards: 1 point (provided by Immortal Chiyuan). Additional rewards for defeating Honkai Beasts will be issued by the system.]

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

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T/N: sigh.. all these names...