Chapter 5

"360 Black Hole"? What kind of thing is this?

What the hell?

He busily opened the message to check it.

["360 Black Hole": When you type the word 'Black Hole' in the chat group, a black hole will appear on the screen, growing from small to large. Through this black hole, by silently reciting a member's ID, you can travel to that member's world without their consent.]

["Traveling to the corresponding world requires deducting the corresponding credit points."]

["No additional deduction is made during the stay."]

["There is no time limit for the stay."]

["After traveling, you will randomly appear within a 10-kilometer radius of the target."]

["Input 'Black Hole' again to return to Teyvat."]

Looking at the introduction before him, Lu Shu fell silent.

This?

Isn't this the 'Easter Egg' hidden in the Baidu search engine from his past life?

Typing 'Black Hole' in Baidu would produce a black hole of varying colors that gradually grew larger.

Then, it would gradually absorb all elements on the webpage, including images, fonts, and so on, until the screen went blank.

Besides this, Lu Shu remembered there were also 'Spin' and 'Shake', similar Easter eggs.

Even more interestingly, if you typed 'Thunder' and turned on the speakers, you would hear the sound of thunder.

However, later all other Easter eggs disappeared, leaving only the 'Black Hole'.

["Little Thief Cat Nami: Awesome!"]

["Sinnoh Region Cabbage Sister: What kind of god-tier lucky person is this?"]

["Yoko Minami: Oh my~ this new member is actually a god-tier lucky person?"]

["Miku Nakano: I'm jealous."]

["Itsuki Mutsuki: You... you don't have any dark psychology wanting to destroy the world, do you?"]

Looking at Lu Shu's appearance, he gave off a feeling of sunshine, harmony, cheerfulness, and friendliness.

Who knows what his heart is like?

The Travel Card still requires their consent.

This one allows you to come whenever you want and leave whenever you want.

It doesn't require their approval.

The most absurd part is that after traveling, you appear directly at any location within a 10-kilometer radius centered on them.

If you're unlucky, you appear right next to you.

If the other party has malicious intent, you're dead on the spot!

Why would the chat group give such a terrifying thing?

At the same time, she felt a bit jealous too!

Eat the spear of luck!

["Hydro Archon Furina: Not really, not really, we people of Teyvat are very kind, okay?"]

["Himeko: Then it seems I am still relatively safe. (Pom-Pom smiles)"]

She was on the Astral Express.

A 10-kilometer radius.

Only if you were really unlucky would you appear on the train; otherwise, you would most likely randomly appear somewhere in the starry sky.

Without the ability to move in the starry sky, you would die immediately upon arrival.

But?

In her opinion, young Lu was not a villain.

["Devil's Full Course Meal": ...]

Makima's calm and composed eyes finally showed a hint of wavering at this moment.

She had just said that he might destroy your world.

She said that because she had seen the restrictions of the 'Travel Card'.

But now!

Her brows could not help but furrow.

["Himeko: The key is that the high selling points are enviable."]

["Sinnoh Region Cabbage Sister: Hiss, ten million credit points, that's too absurd, right?"]

["Little Thief Cat Nami: Not absurd at all. It's so god-tier, it feels worth the price."]

["Sinnoh Region Cabbage Sister: True enough, but those with bad luck shouldn't even open their mouths."]

["Little Thief Cat Nami: Boo hoo!"]

The daily check-in ranges from 0 to 1000 credit points.

Even if one could get lucky and check in for 1000 points every day, it would still take 27 years to gather enough.

But to be honest.

Although the points are expensive, she didn't feel anything was wrong with it.

After all, the more god-tier something is, the more expensive it is!

Normal.

If 1000 points could be bought so easily, wouldn't the group fall into chaos?

The chat group doesn't want total chaos either, right?

As for Lu Shu?

He probably didn't expect to be this lucky!

Damn lucky person, take my spear!

[Nakano Miku: By the way, can this take people on travels?]

[Thief Cat Nami: Huh? If it can take people, then don't we not need to save up ten thousand credits to buy a 'Travel Card'?]

Lu Shu also fell into thought for a moment.

This?

It isn't introduced above.

[Lu Shu: Wait until I'm familiar with the Path, then I'll open a 'black hole'. Who wants to try?]

The group chat instantly fell silent.

[Shinohara Cabbage Sister: I'm out, I'm out.]

[Thief Cat Nami: Although I really want to go see Furina's world, but, ahem, let's put that off for now.]

[Mihara Anko: ...]

[Hydro Archon Furina: Ah, this?]

[Himeko: Handsome young man, why not come to my place?]

[Lu Shu: ...]

Indeed, Zhang Wuji was absolutely right; the prettier the woman, the more wicked she is.

If I go to your place, I might accidentally drift off into the starry sky.

Within a ten-kilometer radius.

He didn't have the confidence to go directly to the train.

He could go over once Himeko lands.

['Devil's Full Course': Do you have any credits?]

[Lu Shu: ...]

Ah, this?

I forgot!

To go over, you need credits!

He has nothing but a ball of yarn right now.

[Group member 'Devil's Full Course' checked in successfully.]

【Congratulations to group member 'Devil's Full Course' for earning 66 Credit Points.】

【Hydro Archon Furina: Not bad!】

【Himeko: Hmm, not the lowest.】

【Lu Shu: I've actually always been curious. Does anyone really sign in for zero points out of the 0 to 1000 range?】

【Little Thief Cat Nami QAQ: Boo hoo, please @】

【Sinnoh Region Cabbage Sister: Hahaha~, and it's not just once that I got zero eggs c(R□Q)ノ.】

【Lu Shu: Uh!】

There really are such people?

I remember Nami is quite lucky.

"..."

Seems not!

Could it be because of too much stealing?

【'Devil's Full Course': Just asking, what's the situation with that 'Red Dragon Lurking in the Boudoir' who's always lurking?】

【Hydro Archon Furina: Oh, her? As far as I recall, she only said one sentence. Ahem, 'What thing dares to disturb this King's peaceful slumber'?】

The last sentence even mimicked the tone of that Red Dragon.

【Himeko: No! There was another one! 'The one speaking to you is the Red Dragon Queen, show respect to the Red Dragon Queen!'}

【Nakano Miku: Dragons sleeping for centuries is normal; she's probably gone back to sleep.】

【Lu Shu: ...】

【Musashino Ayako: I'm sleepy, see everyone tomorrow.】

【Mihara Anko: Hmm, I'm going to take a bath and sleep too.】

【Lu Shu: Then I'll log off first too; I just arrived in Teyvat and don't have a place to stay yet.】

After speaking, he exited the chat group page.

Just as he was about to head toward Inazuma City, suddenly, a sound of thunder came.

"Little one~, I'm back."

Damn it!

It's that woman!

009: Why does Furina look forward to every trial? Plucking Yae Miko's ears and tail (Requesting review votes)

Fontaine.

There are quite a few cases piling up on my desk today.

Inside the Grand Opera House, the trial has been going on all day.

From after lunch until late at night.

Furina is starting to feel a bit tired.

But she still sits in her exclusive VIP seat.

(Is he leaving like this?)

(He just arrived in Teyvat?)

(I wanted to invite him to visit Fontaine.)

(Never mind, I'll invite him tomorrow.)

(I wonder what he's eating tonight; surely no small cakes, will he go hungry?)

(Seven Destinies?)

(That prophecy, perhaps...)

(No! I must act the part of the God perfectly; I cannot make a single mistake, nor show a hint of negative emotion.)

(Wait, I am the God; I don't need to act!)

Giving herself a mental boost, Furina raised her head and looked at the trial again.

(She promised that everything would end in a grand, theatrical trial, and everyone would be saved.)

(Will it be this one?)

(No!)

(This one is so boring.)

Why does she care so much about the trials?

Because she doesn't know which one is the final trial, so she looks forward to every single one equally.

She misses none of them.

Even when a trial lasts a whole day and she feels exhausted by the end.

But unfortunately!

At the start of every trial, she holds hope.

And at the end of every one, she returns in disappointment.

The interweaving of hope and disappointment time and again, the emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs, she has experienced it countless times!

(So lonely, so painful, how much longer!!)

Inazuma.

Chinju Forest.

"Is that... Yae Miko's voice?"

Following the sound, he looked toward the source and saw a purple arc of lightning, shaped like a 'Z', surging toward him through the night-shrouded forest.

Uh.

Or rather, toward the spot where he had been standing moments before.

Lu Shu hid behind a tree; Yae Miko had not spotted him immediately.

The world-weary smile, the large skirt, the umbrella, the ride, the spirit, the command—nonsense.

"..."

"So this scoundrel fox has realized something is wrong?"

"Enter the Imaginary State!"

Lu Shu quickly activated the Path of Imaginary.

Imaginary energy enveloped his entire body; in the blink of an eye, his semi-transparent form completed the full transition into the Imaginary!

Indeed, even Lu Shu could not 'see' himself.

Even more so!

He stepped onto the grass, yet was astonished to find that the blades beneath his feet had not been crushed by his weight!

His very 'existence' seemed to have vanished.

The purple lightning dispersed, and Yae Miko's agile, beautiful figure suddenly materialized.

She then landed lightly beside the long-dead forest boar.

"As expected, something is wrong."

The forest boar, charred to a crisp by her lightning, was still there.

The corpse, face down in the yellow earth, was also still there.

But the body's size was clearly incorrect.

Flipping it over revealed the truth.

Indeed!

It was not a human.

Exhausted from reviewing light novels all day, she had paid it no mind, after all, it was merely an ordinary person.

It was only after returning to the shrine and filling the bathwater that she realized the crucial point.

How could an 'ordinary person' leave behind a lingering soul fragment after death?

Upon death, the soul returns to the Ley Lines.

Even powerful youkai like herself struggle to leave behind lingering fragments.

Let alone an ordinary person.