Chapter 188: The Queen of All Waters, All Realms, All Peoples, and All Laws!
The first of the newcomers to catch the attention of the group members was, unsurprisingly, the one with the most bombastic title.
[Momonga: "@Aqua, come out, someone's trying to steal your position!"]
[Aqua: "This goddess is the true Goddess of Water! Who dares?!"]
[God of Hydro: "Interesting, truly too interesting! Another 'goddess'?"]
[Furina: "Please allow me to introduce myself! I, Furina de Fontaine, am the Hydro Archon of the Seven Archons of Teyvat! The Queen of All Waters, All Realms, All Peoples, and All Laws! The one and only, great superstar of Fontaine!"]
[Platelet: "Wow! That sounds like a really, really impressive title!"]
[White Blood Cell: "A certified big shot."]
[Rory Mercury: "Indeed. Although there are some words I don't understand, this introduction seems very serious."]
[Furina: "Hmph! Thank you for your compliments. It is only natural."]
[Nami: "@Aqua, look at the Hydro Archon's introduction, and then look at yours."]
[Aqua: "Darn it!! How rude!"]
[Aqua: "I am the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess of Water! How could I be compared to a... a fake?"]
[Furina: "I'm not a fake! I am the real, true, and actual Hydro Archon!"]
Furina replied almost instantly, her response typed with indignant speed.
[Tendo Kisara: "?"]
[Silver Wolf: "Oh my. This newcomer Furina's statement seems a bit... eager. A little defensive, maybe?"]
[Momonga: "Something's not right."]
[Ren: "..."]
He had already seen through everything. This is... Genshin Impact.
Furina. She must have been hit where it hurts. In short, she was flustered.
Because she was, indeed, not the true Hydro Archon, Focalors.
To be precise, the divinity of the Hydro Archon Focalors did exist. But to cope with the prophetic crisis inherited from the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, Focalors had separated her divinity and her personality.
Focalors, as the divinity, hid in the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale to accumulate the Indemnitium needed for the Hydro Archon's trial.
Furina de Fontaine, as the personality and human half, was responsible for continuing to deceive the Heavenly Principles in the position of the Hydro Archon.
This was Furina's identity: a Hydro Archon who was born to be a character in a play.
Ren didn't dislike such a person; on the contrary, he quite liked Furina. Not the lofty Hydro Archon, but the girl Furina.
"It's over!"
Furina, in the courtroom, was already panicking. She shrank back in her grand chair, the vast, empty opera house suddenly feeling cold.
She was hesitating, her mind racing, because she didn't understand what this "Chat Group" was.
She was very, very afraid that her identity—her secret, the greatest performance of her 500-year life—would be exposed now.
If that happened, hundreds of years of effort would be for naught.
Just then, as her panic began to spiral, Furina saw Ren's message in the group.
[Ren: "Furina, Tingyun, welcome to the Doomsday Chat Group."]
[Ren: "You might be wondering about the existence of the Doomsday Chat Group. As the administrator, I will briefly introduce it to you."]
[Ren: "The Doomsday Chat Group is a platform that connects many worlds, all of which are facing or will face some form of doomsday. Everyone here is a participant in mutual communication and aid during these crises."]
[Ren: "As for the authenticity here, you can judge it for yourself through the Chat Group's functions and so on."]
[Tingyun: "Thank you for your introduction, Administrator-san. This humble one is extremely grateful. But this humble one does have some questions to ask, may I?"]
[Saeko Busujima: "A very polite person."]
[Emilia: "If everyone were so easy to talk to, that would be great."]
The courtesy in Tingyun's words was well-received by the others in the group.
[Ren: "Ask away. I'll answer what I can."]
[Tingyun: "Thank you for your trouble. This humble one has already browsed many functions of the Doomsday Chat Group, and in the visualized information, I saw a strange content: Future Doomsday (9-star). Can Administrator-san please explain its meaning to this humble one?"]
Ren's eyes flickered; he might have already known Tingyun's identity.
[Ren: "This represents the doomsday that exists in your world."]
[Ren: "I believe March 7th, Silver Wolf, and Bronya... the three of them might have something in common with you."]
[March 7th: "Eh? Does that mean our worlds have the same doomsday?"]
[March 7th: "But Bronya's Jarilo-VI's doomsday is already gone."]
[Silver Wolf: "Are you an idiot? Ren obviously means that Tingyun is from the same universe as us."]
[Bronya: "Hmm, I think so too. March 7th probably didn't notice that."]
[March 7th: "Wow! Why didn't I think of that?"]
[Tingyun: "The three of you being from the same world as this humble one means..."]
[March 7th: "Hi hi! I'm March 7th, a Nameless from the Astral Express!"]
[Silver Wolf: "Emmm, honestly, shouldn't I not casually introduce my identity?"]
[Exusiai: "Well, after all, we're all group members."]
[Silver Wolf: "Alright. Silver Wolf, Stellaron Hunters."]
[Bronya: "I am Bronya Rand, the Great Guardian of Belobog, Jarilo-VI."]
[Tingyun: "..."]
[Tingyun: "Great Guardian Bronya, please forgive this humble one's limited knowledge; I haven't learned about Jarilo-VI."]
[Bronya: "No, that's not Miss Tingyun's problem. Jarilo-VI experienced the Legion of Ruin and the Stellaron's cold wave seven hundred years ago and has long since been cut off from the starry sky."]
[Tingyun: "Legion of Ruin... and a Stellaron crisis. That's truly regrettable."]
As a member of the Sky-Faring Commission of the Xianzhou, Tingyun was well aware of the existence of the Antimatter Legion and Stellarons. She also understood what kind of disaster that was.
If everything was real, the planet named Jarilo-VI was probably in grave danger.
[Bronya: "Miss Tingyun, there's no need to feel regret. With the help of the Chat Group, the Astral Express, and... Miss Silver Wolf, Jarilo-VI's Stellaron crisis has been resolved, and the cold wave has receded."]
[Bronya: "I believe that in the near future, we will return to the embrace of the stars."]
[Tingyun: "That is truly something to be celebrated and looked forward to."]
[Tingyun: "The Astral Express, I have heard of it. It carries the Nameless who pioneer the starry universe; they are a group of admirable people."]
[Tingyun: "But there is one more thing that this humble one does not understand."]
[Tingyun: "Miss Silver Wolf, forgive my presumptuousness, but as far as I know, the Stellaron Hunters are dangerous individuals wanted throughout the universe. Why would they help Great Guardian Bronya's planet?"]
[Silver Wolf: "...You should ask the Chat Group about that."]
[Tingyun: "What does that mean?"]
[Shinobu Kocho: "Oh, it's like this: if a group member comes into contact with doomsday factors, it will trigger a 'Doom Companion' mission."]
[Shinobu Kocho: "The chosen individuals who participate and cross worlds to complete the mission receive doomsday points as a reward. Silver Wolf was one of the chosen for the Doom Companion mission in Bronya-chan's world."]
[Tushan Honghong: "Doomsday points are very powerful; they can enhance one's strength."]
Tingyun naturally saw the use of doomsday points in the Chat Group's functions. If everything was true, then the Stellaron Hunters' actions could indeed be understood.
But the premise for all of this was that everything here was real.
[Furina: "Otherworld? An interesting concept. If a musical could be staged in an Otherworld, it would surely be astounding!"]
Feeling that no one was paying attention to whether she was a fake Hydro Archon anymore, Furina spoke with newfound courage, falling back into her persona.
[Ding! Detecting that group member Mikasa has come into contact with Abnormal Doomsday factors, initiating Doom Companion!]
[Companion Time]: 1 hour
[Companions]: Ren, Mikasa, Tingyun
[Companion Mission]: Eliminate the trialist, Reiner Braun.
[Ren: "Look, the stage play you wanted is here."]
[Furina: "Eh?"]
[Tingyun: "Is this... Doom Companion? It says that once I confirm, I can cross worlds. Can such a thing… really be done?"]
[Kiana: "Heh heh, this is Doom Companion! You really can cross over. I've already tried it; the experience is super cool!"]
[Mumei: "Ren Onii-chan and the others saved our world not long ago."]
[Nami: "You'll know if it's real if you try it."]
[Tingyun: "Thank you for the information, everyone. This humble one knows how to choose now."]
[Ren: "Then I won't say anything more. I'm going over."]
Ren's thoughts pulled away from the chat group. His hands, which had been idly massaging Kanae's soft, perky buttocks as she kneeled behind him on the sofa, stilled. He gave her a final, appreciative squeeze, indicating that it was time to end.
Kanae, understanding his intentions, obediently let go.
Ren stroked her beautiful hair. "I'm going to another world. You can rest in my mental space for now."
"Okay."
Kanae dematerialized into points of light and disappeared. Ren confirmed the crossing.
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