Their commission was suspicious.

In short, Chen Luo really didn't want to be the one being ridden.

very dangerous!

The Herrscher of Knowledge and Chen Luo sat quietly on the bed of the girl who was about to become the Herrscher of Knowledge, watching her do her homework.

If the Herrschers of the previous civilization were chosen from the most desperate people, then the criteria for selecting Herrschers in the previous civilization also included some unpredictable factors.

At least the Seventh Herrscher Himiko and the Twelfth Herrscher Rin did not live entirely in despair.

Himiko may be under a lot of pressure when fighting against the Honkai, but she would not despair to this extent.

Ling is the same.

Although Ling died after being shot by soldiers who rushed in during a period of extreme despair, she exhibited Herrscher-like reactions before her death.

The girl before me certainly possessed a high level of darkness and despair, but it had recently decreased somewhat, partly due to…

Although Chen Luo didn't want to boast, the doctrines of the River God Church he founded were very positive and uplifting.

It is the most basic and essential kind of church in the truest sense.

The more good deeds you do now, the better you will be treated in the next world after you die.

Moreover, unlike those flashy, cheap women who make promises but refuse to keep them, Chen Luo's advertising is genuine.

Because Chen Luo really does have an afterlife.

Baptized believers who do more good deeds will indeed receive better treatment in the puppet world.

The time between Xiaoshi's awakening and the awakening of the eighth Herrscher of the previous civilization was only half an hour. In addition, Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge wasted some time, so Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge quickly witnessed the process of the eighth Herrscher of the previous civilization transforming from an ordinary person into the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Unexpectedly...boring.

It wasn't even as grand as the scene when Chen Luo was chosen by the Honkai consciousness and became the Herrscher of a Thousand.

"Don't be surprised. Actually, you were quite calm when you broke through from S-rank to SS-rank," Chen Luo said to the slightly disappointed Herrscher of Knowledge.

The Eighth Herrscher of the pre-civilization never caused a large-scale collapse, or rather, never caused a superficial collapse.

Her ability is a memetic weapon; when someone sees a word she has contaminated, their mind is infected and they fall into a dream world controlled by her.

The clash of minds and thoughts is the most seemingly calm, yet in reality the most dangerous.

Although the Herrscher of Knowledge did not cause large-scale destruction in reality, the number of people who died because of her was no less than that of the previous Herrschers.

The later the Herrschers become, the greater the damage they cause to previous civilizations.

Starting with the Eighth Herrscher, the appearance of Herrschers became more targeted.

The first seven Herrschers pursued destruction, while the later Herrschers pursued special attacks against humanity.

However, even after the girl became the Eighth Herrscher, she still did not notice Chen Luo and Xiao Shi sitting on her bed.

Chen Luo was quite interested in the Eighth Herrscher, as this was the first time he had ever seen a living Herrscher from a previous civilization.

Himiko regained her will after being rescued, so that doesn't count.

Alicia is clearly not a regular person either.

"It turns out that I really can't decide whether to do certain things according to my own will." Having noticed the Eighth Herrscher's state, Chen Luo was certain of one thing.

The biggest difference between the Herrschers of the pre-civilization era and the Herrschers of the post-civilization era is that the post-civilization Herrschers can decide whether to take revenge on society based on their own consciousness. This is why the post-civilization Herrschers specifically choose those who are filled with despair to become Herrschers.

Just like the current Eighth Herrscher, who is forcibly carrying out the responsibility of destroying the world.

Chen Luo already knew about the Eighth Herrscher's abilities, and now the Eighth Herrscher before him was about to write down his first word for memetic infection.

The Eighth Herrscher sat in front of the computer, her fingers twitching slightly...

"You traitor, Xiao Shi, change her mind! The first word that bastard wants to corrupt is 'River God Church'?! I'm so pissed off!"

I already told you, you don't need to go easy on her just because she's your follower.

"Don't, don't say such nasty things, calm down." The Lawbringer snapped his fingers while holding Chen Luo tightly with one hand.

The Lawbringer of Knowledge has changed your meaning; now you no longer wish to taint the term "Church of the River God."

"Damn it." Although Chen Luo knew that the Eighth Herrscher of the previous civilization could no longer control her own consciousness, he was still very angry.

"Alright, alright, I've already set the River God Church as her blocked word," said the Herrscher of Knowledge, patting Chen Luo's head.

"Don't be angry, I'll get revenge for you right away." The Herrscher of Knowledge enjoyed the sense of security she brought to Chen Luo.

"But, but he also selected my Seven Saints Summoning as a polluting word, I ☆＃@%×$!" Chen Luo was furious when he looked at this Eighth Herrscher from the previous civilization.

Did I somehow offend you? Why do you always try to take advantage of my things?

"Sigh, isn't it because your Seven Sages Summoning has spread widely in the outside world? You should be happy."

The more frequently used a word is, the more people it can be dragged into the dream if it is distorted into meme-infected vocabulary.

After selecting the words to be distorted, the Eighth Herrscher of the previous civilization activated her ability.

It has to be said that the internet is an excellent place for spreading words. Within the first "half hour" after the birth of the Eighth Herrscher and the establishment of the term "polluting words", one after another unlucky people fell victim to it.

Under the influence of the Eighth Herrscher's power, those people were gradually pulled into a dream controlled by the Herrscher of Consciousness.

Do you think this is the dream of the Lawgivers of a pre-civilization?

No, it's just a little knowledge!

Feeling the increasing number of "players" in the dream world he had created, which spanned the entire globe, Xiao Shi glanced at the Eighth Herrscher who was working hard.

The Eighth Herald believed that those people were trapped in their own dream, but in reality, that dream was constructed by the Lesser Consciousness.

The Law of Consciousness has altered your consciousness; now you're an unpaid worker!

Chapter 1265 Don't say a word! Kiss her now!

"Have a seat. Would you like something to drink?" The Herrscher of Knowledge asked Chen Luo from the lounge of the Mebius Laboratory.

The Herrscher of Knowledge, with her legs crossed, rested her hands on the back of the sofa, looking extremely relaxed.

This gesture fully demonstrates the sense of security and confidence that the Lawbringer of Knowledge feels in this place.

The confidence a person exudes is very evident when they are in a position where they are absolutely under their control.

"Anything is fine. What's there to drink?" Chen Luo asked, looking around the familiar yet unfamiliar lounge.

"I recommend this." The Herrscher of Knowledge snapped her fingers, and a glass of orange juice suddenly appeared in front of Chen Luo.

[Isn't it interesting? Actually, you can do it too. Although you're currently in a dream controlled by Xiao Shi, you are still a Herrscher of Knowledge. While your strength isn't as high as hers right now, having some minor authority shouldn't be a problem.]

The user-friendly plugin analyzed the dream in front of them in just a few seconds.

The user-friendly plugin proved itself with facts, showing that its SSS-level talent is not just for embarrassing people.

The problems I couldn't solve before were because Chen Luo was dealing with things that were too outrageous.

There are only a few things I can't analyze, yet you keep running into those same things. Can you blame me for that?

The fact that it only took a few seconds to analyze the dream that Xiao Shi, an SS-level talent, had painstakingly constructed, is enough to prove that the humanized plugin is really powerful.

"You're amazing, I like you so much." Chen Luo said as he picked up the drink that looked like orange juice.

Chen Luo and Xiao Shi are currently in a dream world constructed by Xiao Shi using the Herrscher powers of the Eighth Herrscher from the previous civilization.

The difference is that the dream world originally constructed by the Eighth Herrscher of the previous civilization was not entirely realistic. Although not everyone had a unique dream, those dreams were simply too wonderful for those who were asleep in them. In that dream, you could see what you most wanted to see, and then you would become so engrossed in the dream that you couldn't extricate yourself.

But this is a poor choice!

The most captivating dreams are not those that are entirely beautiful, but rather those that are beautiful yet entirely real, making it difficult for the person immersed in the dream to distinguish between dream and reality.

In this way, the person who leaves the dream might think that they have entered reality, which is what it means to be in a dream.

This is the real terror!

In fact, people with strong enough willpower and who have undergone psychological treatment can potentially break free from the control of the dream by the Herald of Consciousness through their own willpower. That's why it's said that a perfect dream is not perfect.

But the chances are extremely slim.

Xiao Shi didn't do that, after all, Xiao Shi's hobby wasn't about torturing people.

Xiao Shi merely created an Earth in a dream.

However, Xiao Shi did not construct the dream on his own, but rather utilized the dream of the Eighth Herrscher.

It's not that Xiao Shi can't make it, but that Xiao Shi hasn't forgotten that he lives in a previous civilization, and that anything he does could potentially change the history of the world.

Xiao Shi's actions were not meaningless; in fact, they greatly helped Chen Luo.

These people were indeed pulled into the dream world, but at the same time, their information was being recorded by the puppet world.

Because the Eighth Herrscher pulled millions of people from the previous civilization into the dream world in a gradual process, Chen Luo only needed to follow the progress of these people entering the dream world to create their physical bodies in the puppet world in real time.

In this way, after these people die in their dreams, they can directly appear in the puppet world, without even needing to adapt.

Chen Luo was helpless. He could prevent the deaths of one person, ten people, or even tens of thousands of people, but the damage the Eighth Herrscher inflicted on the previous civilization had to reach a certain level.

Chen Luo can't do anything.

Chen Luo could only try his best to prevent these people from feeling pain.

In fact, Xiaoshi's significant changes have already increased the threat level progress bar by a small amount.

However, because Xiao Shi did it very discreetly, even the Eighth Herrscher herself couldn't detect it, so it only increased by a small section. And this small section of threat level wasn't permanent; Chen Luo only needed to make minor adjustments to reduce the threat level back down.

If Chen Luo's arrival in the previous civilization and his constant alterations to it were like forging a longsword, and the excessive force he used caused it to bend sharply, then simply turning the sword over and hammering it back into place would solve the problem.

Although the longsword forged in this way might have some problems, what Chen Luo wanted was a sword that only looked similar to the ones he had made before.

As long as it can hold out until the next civilization emerges and continue until the third Honkai outbreak, this sword can break or not.

Changing the past is difficult, but manipulating fate is "easy".

Previously, Chen Luo didn't have the confidence to hammer the sword back to its original appearance, so he was very cautious. But after being able to communicate with the Book of Akasha, Chen Luo could directly see the answer.

With the help of the Book of Akasha, Chen Luo has reduced the threat level to the lowest possible level—5%.

We can't lower it any further. According to the Book of Akasha, if we want to reach 0%, the first target to eliminate is Chen Luo.

With the Book of Akasha, the plot won't fall apart.

Since the threat level has dropped significantly, Chen Luo is not worried that the Herrscher of Knowledge will ruin the previous civilization. Otherwise, Chen Luo would not have agreed to let Xiao Shi compete with the Eighth Herrscher.

The competition is now officially established.

Xiao Shi set a censorship word in the Eighth Herrscher's mind—■■■■

It's not the River God Church. Chen Luo asked Xiao Shi to help block the River God Church, so that the Eighth Herrscher wouldn't set the four characters "River God Church" as a contaminated word.

However, the words that Xiaoshi used to describe wanting to compete with the Eighth Herrscher were not these particularly conspicuous words.

Since this eighth law belongs to the believers of the River God Church, it means that her parents knew about it to some extent, or even that her parents were believers of the River God.

Using this word as a censored term is practically a free pass.

The blocked word that Xiaoshi input was actually "Shi Zhi Lu Zhe".

It's quite a twisted sense of humor. Because in the previous civilization, the Eighth Herrscher was only given the name Herrscher of Consciousness by the Fire-Chasing Moth after being defeated.

According to Xiao Shi, simply comparing the strength of the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness would be too unfair to this newly born Eighth Herrscher, so Xiao Shi decided to compete with her in intelligence.

Chen Luo was truly impressed.

In Chen Luo's view, Xiao Shi was the kind of foolish mercenary demon king who sent people to give experience to the hero in the Demon King and Hero series of games.

I've put so much effort into training you to be an SS-level talent, not so you could compete with the Eighth Herrscher in intelligence.

"Hmm, are you talking badly about me?" The Herrscher of Knowledge frowned.

The location where Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge are currently is a dream constructed by the Herrscher of Knowledge, so even here, the Herrscher of Knowledge can still sense Chen Luo's malice towards him.

"Nonsense, I raised you to be an SS-level talent, and now you're telling me you're not going to compete with her in terms of Herrscher of Knowledge power anymore, but instead you want to compete with her in terms of intelligence? What are you thinking?" Chen Luo made no attempt to hide his disdain for Xiao Shi.

"Ah...you don't understand, do you? It's because before raising my Herrscher abilities to SS-rank, I didn't understand the difference between SS-rank and S-rank. If I were to use my Herrscher powers to crush her now, wouldn't that make me look like I'm bullying the weak?"

"But aren't you still suppressing her now? You've even stolen her dreams."

“That’s different. At least I didn’t beat her up myself, did I? There are some things you can’t do without, but you can’t be without them. It’s so boring to just compare IQs. You have to give her some motivation, right? If she can guess those four censored words, I’ll give the dream back to her. If she can’t, then her dream is mine,” Xiao Shi said.

"Seeing that you can be so flexible with your bottom line makes me feel relieved. But I always feel that your logic is a bit strange."

"What's so strange about that? Shouldn't a senior ruthlessly exploit their juniors? If I don't resort to violence in the competition between the two Herrschers of Knowledge, then all my efforts to improve my Herrscher powers would be meaningless. But if it's all violence, wouldn't that make me, the Herrscher of Knowledge, seem violent?"