Chapter 2

Nahida: "Traveler, Paimon, I heard there was a great flood in Fontaine a few days ago—are you both well?"

Paimon: "We're perfectly fine; we were just about to head to Natlan."

Nahida: "The technology that enables this collective chat and Viewing Period across Teyvat—impossible to imagine what kind of terrifying power sustains it."

Klee: "When does the story start? Klee wants to hear the story!"

Jean: "Don't rush, Klee—it'll begin soon."

Hu Tao: "They're choosing the protagonist of the samsara—wonder who it'll be. Death and samsara differ in that one cannot remember past lives; if memories truly awaken, does that mean those long-dead have been reborn?"

Paimon: "Ugh! Such a hard question—I feel like my head's about to burst."

Lisa: "Shouldn't the protagonist be the Traveler?"

Venti: "Exactly—the Traveler's chances must be very high."

Alice: "There's a reward too—if I get it, just give me toys Klee likes."

Lumine: "I don't know. By the way, Brother—are you there?"

Shenyuan Sect.

Aether stared at the glowing screen before him.

His eyes glazed over.

This power is absolutely not comparable to Tianli's.

"Where does this power come from? It's utterly terrifying."

Chapter 2: Samsara Exposed, Opening Thunderclap

Has the Samsara Story Protagonist Been Selected?

Su Bai heard the system's familiar voice.

He understood clearly.

This was almost certainly meant to publicly announce his samsara mission.

Whatever.

After all, he was currently invincible under heaven.

"But I remember recurring characters appearing in samsara missions."

Su Bai recalled that during his samsara missions, he had experienced multiple different encounters with certain individuals.

Such a scenario would create contradictions within a single timeline of Teyvat.

Originally, Su Bai believed his samsara missions were merely simulated tasks.

But the system claimed the samsara exposures were all real past experiences and memories of everyone—and even intended to return those memories to others.

If that's true, then some aspects of the samsara missions wouldn't align with the real world.

Unless

"Could it really be as I once read online?"

"Teyvat itself is a world in endless samsara, repeating the same experiences over and over."

"My samsara missions are randomly appearing at any point in Teyvat's timeline—even within timelines already caught in repeated samsara."

"Forget it..."

All of this had little to do with Su Bai, who was preparing to retire and enjoy life in Teyvat.

With his current strength, Su Bai—who could already break the chains of cause and samsara—found Teyvat's samsara posed no threat whatsoever.

His thoughts settled.

Su Bai looked at Furina, who was staring in stunned silence.

Her eyes wide, she gazed in disbelief at the glowing screen.

But from the slight flicker in her eyes and the barely perceptible tremble of her body, one could tell.

Rather than shock, Furina now seemed to be in a state of exhilaration.

No wonder.

After all, for Furina, nothing was more captivating than watching an interesting story program.

"Hey, Ms. Furina."

"Ah!" Furina jolted.

She turned nervously toward Su Bai.

"Watching such an interesting program alone is boring."

"Why not come over to my place? We can watch together."

"I've got plenty of tasty snacks, drinks, and little cakes."

Su Bai pointed to his room.

Made a warm invitation.

"This..."

"That doesn't seem right."

Furina glanced shyly away, fidgeting.

She had no impression at all of this new neighbor of hers.

Fontaine's laws were strict.

Added to which, her identity was unusual.

And there were special rules during the Viewing Period.

Furina wasn't worried Su Bai had ill intentions toward her.

She just felt awkward—too embarrassed to accept.

"Nothing wrong with that."

"Isn't a new life supposed to begin with getting to know new neighbors?"

Looking at Su Bai's sunny, handsome smile.

Furina pondered for a moment.

"What this person said seems quite reasonable."

Furina, who had endured five hundred years of solitude, had long forgotten how to make friends with others.

But one must always face a new life.

Perhaps this shared movie-watching session is the chance to begin a new life.

Thinking of this,

Furina no longer refused, and replied with a smile: "Wait for me a moment, I'll put on my clothes and come to your house."

"You go ahead and prepare the snacks and tea for the movie."

She dropped these words and left.

Furina rushed excitedly into the house.

"Wonderful."

"I'll get to see a thrilling drama soon."

"A story of reincarnation—what an astonishing plot."

Su Bai: "....."

Everything was ready.

Everyone watched with tense anticipation, eyes fixed on the screen before them.

Afraid that they might be chosen and exposed to content from their past lives, bringing unwanted consequences.

Yet also longing to be chosen, to see what they had been in a past life.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of all,

the screen flickered.

"The image has appeared."

"Here it comes—who is this lucky person chosen?"

"Look at that—stairs?"

"Yeah, only two legs climbing stairs—who is he?"

"..."