Synopsis:
This wasn't fast-food fiction or shoddily made. You would soon see what set it apart.
That day, Elysia told her favorite story:
To rewrite the tragedies of both Genshin Impact and Honkai, Ye Ming sacrificed himself and reconstructed the entire dimension.
Forgotten by everyone, he joined the bankrupt MiHoYo studio in a brand-new world...
Only to discover that its employees were all the women he had once fought alongside and loved.
Raiden Ei: "Let Mei come cook at my place. Huh? You're saying... you won't be able to tell us apart?"
Kiana: "How nice would it be if I could stay an idiot forever? The price of growing up hurts a little too much."
The Last Lesson, Flamescion, Hanachirusato, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata...
The players wept at Ye Ming's emotional gut punches, while the girls who created the games were equally shaken by the stories they had once lived through.
At the same time, a "fan-made" video took the internet by storm...
Riding a mech, Ye Ming pointed at Himeko as she fell into the Abyss and shouted:
"Protocol 3! Take her home!!"
"Hm? You're asking why I still remember Ye Ming?"
Elysia closed the book and smiled happily.
"Because our story is only just beginning."
Volume One
Beautiful New World
--Are you sure you want to reconstruct this world?
In the darkest depths of the Abyss, a bloodstained young man stood atop endless wreckage, listening to the trembling voice of a girl in his mind.
--If you reconstruct it, your existence will vanish. No one will remember what you did.
The girl's voice was filled with sorrow, as though she would burst into tears at any moment. Yet the young man smiled, thoroughly satisfied with that outcome.
"To create a brand-new world, one without painful partings, where everyone can live happily..."
"And the price is merely one missing person—me. Isn't that an absolute bargain?"
To Ye Ming's left lay Teyvat, already sunken into the Abyss, while to his right was an era ravaged by Honkai.
To reverse the tragedies that had befallen those two worlds, Ye Ming had altered the worldlines countless times, rewriting one fated death after another.
But the God of the Ending would not allow those painful endings to be changed. It twisted causality, created paradoxes, fused the two worlds together, and destroyed them both.
And now, Ye Ming had defeated the God of the Ending. His only reward was the chance to reconstruct the entire world at the cost of himself.
--Do you truly... have no regrets?
"To fall for people worth loving, and to be loved by them in return... if I have any regrets left..."
The Abyss began to collapse. Even the darkness gradually faded away, and everything slowly returned to "nothing."
Before Ye Ming's figure vanished completely, he closed his eyes and said wistfully:
"I only wish I could have spent a little longer with them."
No matter how much love Ye Ming carried, no matter how attached he still was to them and how unwilling he was to let go...
--The world was reconstructed.
"It feels like a dream."
When Ye Ming opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a plain bed.
The clock in the room ticked away. Sunlight streamed through the curtains and fell across his phone screen.
A Bilibili video was still playing quietly, just like he had fallen asleep while using his phone without closing the app.
"This is my home?"
Back then, Ye Ming had merely been a couch potato taking online classes at home. This familiar setting seemed to bring him back to those innocent days.
--This is the reconstructed world, not your original home.
"You're still here?"
--I am your Contract System. I was in the past, and I still am now.
"I thought the whole world had forgotten me. Isn't there still you?"
--But I cannot comfort you the way the women who loved you could.
"Come to think of it, how are they doing?"
Ei and Makoto, the Tree King and the little grass, Himeko, Ely?sia... and everyone else Ye Ming had saved were all on his mind.
--The reconstructed world is relatively stable. There are no great disasters or calamities. They should all be living ordinary lives.
"That's enough. It's time for us to start a new life too."
Looking at the bright sunlight outside, Ye Ming stretched comfortably, feeling as though a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
"Oh, right. How much of my power is left?"
--Quite a lot. You are still at the peak of humanity. Are you planning to make money through force?
"No, forget it."
Before the world had been reconstructed, Ye Ming had reincarnated countless times. The prolonged, high-intensity battles had left him worn down despite his young age.
Now, Ye Ming only wanted a peaceful life. At the very least, one where he did not need to fight.
--Then I will upload the main information about this world into your brain. You can decide the rest for yourself.
A moment later, Ye Ming learned that this place was almost identical to the Blue Star where he had been born and raised. The only difference was that its game industry was relatively underdeveloped.
"Maybe I can start there?"
With that thought, Ye Ming turned on his computer and began searching for information about the gaming industry.
Before long, he came across an interesting piece of news:
"MiHoYo's latest game flops again. The studio is struggling to secure funding and is about to go bankrupt and disband?"
Ye Ming immediately asked the system:
"How much money do I have on hand?"
--You have been forgotten by the world. Where would you get money?
"Can't you think of something?"
--My own authority is nearly depleted, but I can create a lending platform. --It can lend you money, equipment, technology, and more. --As long as you repay the loan within the deadline, that will be enough.
"Then help me borrow thirty million first, just to get things moving."
Having made up his mind, Ye Ming immediately called the MiHoYo studio.
"Hello, this is MiHoYo. Are you looking to invest?"
The voice on the other end sounded somewhat familiar.
"I am interested in investing. When can we discuss it?"
"How about this? Let's meet at five this afternoon at The Good Hunter Cafe. Is that okay?"
"See you then."
After arriving at The Good Hunter Cafe, Ye Ming picked a seat and called the previous number.
"I'm at the table by the window in the second row. Have you arrived?"
"I've already entered the cafe. The second row, right?"
The voice from his phone rang out alongside a voice in reality. Both sides realized that the other was nearby.
"Hello, I'm the representative of MiHoYo Studio."
Hearing the girl's voice, Ye Ming looked up from his chair. First, he saw a head of long purple hair, followed by an OL uniform with a short skirt.
Her ample rear, wrapped in black stockings, was hidden beneath the skirt, leaving only her alluring long legs on display.
When Ye Ming's gaze passed over the girl's full chest and reached her beautiful face, his eyes widened in shock.
"Keqing?"
The girl before him was none other than Keqing, once the Yuheng Star. Now, she had transformed into a sophisticated urban beauty.
"You're Mr. Ye Ming, right?"
After confirming each other's identities, they greeted each other at the same time.
"Nice to meet you." "Long time no see."
"Huh?"
Ye Ming's "long time no see" made Keqing's heart tremble.
And Keqing's "nice to meet you" reminded Ye Ming that he had already been forgotten by the entire world.
He quickly corrected himself.
"Sorry, I was a little nervous. Nice to meet you. Just call me Ye Ming."
"No, this actually isn't your fault."
Keqing's gaze was deeply drawn to Ye Ming's appearance. Her amethyst-like eyes shone with curiosity.
"To be honest, after seeing you, I also feel as though we've met somewhere before."
"Then... can you remember where we met?"
Ye Ming asked tentatively.
"I can't remember that, but you somehow feel strangely familiar to me, Ye Ming."
Before meeting Ye Ming, Keqing had made every possible preparation. Whether advancing, defending, retreating, or negotiating, she had professional lines ready for her funding plan.
But when she truly met Ye Ming, Keqing's mind went blank. Instinctively, she wanted to bare her heart to him.
"Talking about familiarity the moment we meet... I must have made a fool of myself."
The longer Keqing looked into Ye Ming's eyes, the more her heart wavered. A faint blush crept onto her cheeks, forcing her to avert her gaze for the moment.
The question mark symbols appearing in the text are not bugs. They are foreshadowing.
Reshuffling the Deck, but Nothing Changed
"So? What kind of person is the other party?"
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