Their commission was suspicious.

"You're on vacation." Before Chen Luo could finish speaking, Mei interrupted him.

"what?"

"Starting today, you are appointed as the leader of the Eighth Herrscher Operations Team, responsible for finding out the Eighth Herrscher's location in that special city. How about it? No problem?"

"Sure, but can I make a small request?" Chen Luo asked.

"any request?"

"If this operation succeeds, I want Prometheus..."

"Ok?"

"...a tiny fraction of the permissions." Chen Luo pinched two fingers together.

"Yes, but you are not allowed to use Prometheus's excess computing power to generate two-dimensional erotic images!" Dr. Mei said after hesitating for a moment.

Compared to opposing the Herrschers, this is not an excessive request.

"Uh... okay then." Chen Luo reluctantly agreed.

"And you are absolutely forbidden from trying to seduce Prometheus!" Dr. May's voice became even sterner.

"Mei! Don't slander people out of thin air! Don't think that just because you're the chief scientist of Moth Chaser, you can insult people like this..."

"But your browser history shows you have a history of trying to train AI developed by ordinary companies to become your maid or even your girlfriend. And then you successfully crashed that AI!" Dr. Mei said coldly.

“A. How can you call something like AI control a criminal record?” Chen Luo’s face turned red.

“Mébius, shut up your little boy. In short, if I find out you’re trying to alter Prometheus’s understanding, your authority will be immediately revoked!” Dr. Mébius gave Chen Luo an ultimatum.

Dr. Mei didn't quite understand why Chen Luoneng was so fond of virtual girlfriends.

Is Mebius just a useless bum?

"..." by Prometheus.

Although Prometheus does not yet possess human emotions, based on data calculations... Prometheus knows he is in trouble.

What happens when AI meets an AI enthusiast?

Prometheus would consider asking Chen Luo to add a combat system to his mechanical body when Chen Luo creates it.

At the same time, he requested Chen Luo that the mechanical body he would use in the future should not be too realistic!

Chapter 1301 Sakura's Black Stockings and the Awakening Word

"Sakura, why did you get up so early today?"

When Ying woke up early, she found Chen Luo already sitting on the sofa.

"You got up early too," Sakura said as she walked towards the dining table.

Generally speaking, as long as Chen Luo wakes up early enough in the morning, it proves that early risers are lucky to have good food.

Chen Luo is a great cook. Although he doesn't like washing dishes, he's willing to cook.

Although it's strange, it's not a big problem since it was in a dream.

"Me? I'm different. I can go back to sleep if I get up early, but Sister Ying, you're going to work again?"

"Yeah, that's how the adult world is. Luckily, this company is pretty conscientious and pays overtime, so I don't have to complain. But I really should take a proper vacation. I'll wait a few days, wait a few days..." Sister Ying muttered to herself as she ate her meal.

It's clear that Sakura is already used to the heavy workload typical of office workers.

Moreover, it seems that they also harbor some unrealistic ideas.

"Don't think it's impossible; our company's policy allows you to accumulate all your holidays and take them all at once." Even in a dream, Sister Sakura's intuition remained remarkably sharp.

Dreams are an extension of reality, so even if Sakura becomes an adult who is good at working overtime, she can still take on 10 or so strong men without any problem.

But even in the real world, being good at fighting can't put food on the table, and if possible, Sakura also wants to escape the life of fighting and killing.

Although the jobs of corporate slaves often involve overtime, at least they are stable.

For Sakura, stability is the greatest happiness, but she definitely has to bring her younger sister, Rin, along.

"I don't believe it. What legitimate company has employees working overtime in the morning?" Chen Luo shook his head.

"It's because I got home too early last night. I was planning to finish my work at home, but I'm less efficient there, and I get lazy as soon as I get home, so I had to go to the office early this morning." Sakura sighed as she said this.

As we all know, working from home has always been the least efficient way to work.

Once a decent person gets home, who would still be working?

"Okay, I've finished eating and I should go to work now. I'll wash this dish when I get back." Sister Ying glanced at her watch, making sure her early bus was almost here, and said to Chen Luo somewhat apologetically.

"Wash the dishes tonight? Sakura, are you serious? Fine... how about this, if you have a heart-to-heart talk with me, I'll forgive you for not washing the dishes, and I'll drive you to your company in my invincible fast electric car, I promise you won't be late, how about it?" Chen Luo asked.

"An incredibly fast electric scooter... what is that?"

"It's just an electric car accelerated by liquid nitrogen, nothing special, but it's really fast. Plus, with my superb driving skills, I guarantee you won't be late for the company," Chen Luo said.

Liquid nitrogen accelerates electric vehicles?

Although combining these two is highly improbable, it is plausible because it is a dream, so there is no problem.

Isn't it problematic to try to find real people in a dream?

Although Sakura also had great doubts about this matter, she easily believed Chen Luo because many of the magical items he had brought out in the past had been very useful.

Considering that it was indeed a bit much for her not to wash the dishes, Ying slowly sat down in front of Chen Luo and quietly looked at him.

What do you want to talk about?

"Let's talk about some adult topics," Chen Luo said.

"...Lolo, I know that at your age you're naturally curious about many things, but I need to tell you that at your age you should focus your energy on your studies rather than romantic relationships." Sakura glanced down at her outfit and sighed.

Is the allure of black stockings really that strong for a young man?

"...What are you thinking? I'm here for life counseling! Life counseling!" Chen Luo said, patting the coffee table.

Is this really the kind of person Ying sees him as? This pained Chen Luo deeply.

"Phew, sorry. Go ahead and say it."

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Chen Luo's words.

Oh, I was just overthinking it. It's alright now.

"However, I don't have any advice to give you about life. In fact, your life is already perfect," Ying added before Chen Luo could speak.

At least in Ying's opinion, Chen Luo was already quite remarkable, having become an assistant in a very famous laboratory at such a young age without having to go to school.

"No, this life consultation isn't about my life, it's about your life, Sister Ying. Sister Ying, are you satisfied with your life right now?" Chen Luo crossed his hands over his nose, and somehow, a pair of non-prescription glasses had appeared on his eye sockets.

Whether in dreams or in reality, Chen Luo is already very satisfied with his life.

Of course, it would be even better if one could simply sit and collect raw stones for no reason.

Seeing Chen Luo's posture, Ying's heart stirred, and then she tilted her head again.

"Why are you asking about my life?" Sakura asked, quite puzzled.

And wouldn't that make me ask you for life advice?

"Sister Ying, you can just answer."

"I'm quite satisfied with my life now. It would be even better if I had more holidays and less overtime. My life is busy now, but it's stable. I have a stable place to live and a stable job... even though I work a lot of overtime."

When Chen Luo brought up this matter, Sister Ying expressed satisfaction with the world and her current life, although she often complained about working overtime.

“Sister Ying, give me your hand,” Chen Luo said, extending his hand to Ying.

"Hmm?" Although Sakura was puzzled by Chen Luo's behavior, she still handed her hand to him.

"Sister Ying, let me ask you another question. Between illusory beauty and real pain, which do you prefer? Imagine you've been living in darkness, your life constantly threatened, and your workload extremely high, but one day you have the opportunity to enter a real dream world where you'll experience a life that's almost perfect yet incredibly real..."

As Chen Luo narrated, he touched Sister Ying's hand.

Don't misunderstand, Chen Luo has no interest in taking advantage of others in dreams, after all, this is just a dream.

Chen Luo was simply looking for a suitable reason to wake up Sister Ying, such as... physical contact.

"..." Yingjie fell silent in response to Chen Luo's assumption.

As a fusion warrior, being instantly pulled into a dream by the memetic contamination of the Eighth Herrscher has, in a sense, answered Chen Luo's question.

Sakura's resistance to the Eighth Herrscher was somewhat unexpected.

"I don't know." That was the final answer Sakura gave.

"What if... Ling in the real world, without your protection, could be swallowed up by the apocalypse at any moment?"

"!!!"

……

"I'm going to be late for work... Ling!!!"

Sakura's eyes snapped open the moment she was placed inside the life support pod, and the pod's hatch was smashed open by her punch.

Kevin, who was standing in front of Sakura's life support pod, instantly shielded Mei, who was standing next to him, while remaining indifferent to the others.

"Hey Kevin, can you stop being so biased?" Alicia said, hands on her hips.

Alicia was quite dissatisfied with Kevin's double standards.

“I believe you can protect yourself,” Kevin said, shielding Dr. May.

"Hmph!" Although it was the truth, Alicia was still very unhappy.

"Alright, stop arguing. How are you feeling, Sakura?" Dr. Mei didn't pay attention to the argument between the two, but focused her attention on Sakura, who was soaking wet as she walked out of the life support pod.

"Cough cough cough, I'm fine, what happened?" Sakura covered her forehead in pain.

Perhaps because she had been cooped up in the life support pod for so long, although her body was fine, she was still not quite used to moving around. Sakura was supporting the broken life support pod.

Sakura, who can't distinguish between reality and dreams, is also somewhat troubled by this.

"You have been pulled into a dream by the Eighth Herrscher."

Seeing that Sakura was able to move normally and was no different from before, Mei breathed a sigh of relief and then began to tell Sakura about the things that had happened recently.

……

"I see. I'm sorry... I couldn't resist the allure of dreams," Sakura said with some guilt.

"There's no need for that. According to the recent research by Moth Chaser on the Eighth Herrscher, the more flaws a person has in their mind and the more dissatisfied they are with the status quo, the more likely they are to fall into a dream. Your slumber is quite reasonable."

Mei wasn't blaming Sakura, but rather Mei knew just how important Sakura's younger sister, Rei, was to Sakura, and that Sakura was increasingly feeling unable to protect her sister.

One of the promises Mei made when she recruited Sakura as her henchman was to help Sakura protect Rin.

"Oh right, I think I saw Luo in my dream." Sakura suddenly remembered something.

"Look, there he is," Alicia said, pointing to Chen Luo, who was sleeping on the table in the life support cabin.

"I never expected the experiment to be so successful. Luo, is there anything you want to say?" Mei asked Chen Luo, who was slowly waking up.

"What do you want to say? There's nothing to say. The only thing I want to say is that Sister Ying's black stockings are really beautiful... Hey, stop hitting me, stop hitting me." Just as Chen Luo covered his head, Mebius's fist landed on Chen Luo's head.

"..." Meanwhile, Sakura, who was on the other side, felt a little embarrassed when she heard Chen Luo's praise.

"Ahem, if I had to say what impressed me most about this time, it would be that I've roughly figured out how to wake someone up from a dream. The necessary condition is physical contact... Don't hit me, I only touched Sakura's hand."

"Alright, Möbius, calm down," Dr. Möbius said helplessly.

"Besides necessary physical contact, mental stimulation is also necessary for the person who is important in waking up from the dream. And you all heard the keywords related to Sakura just now, right?"

"Sakura, you wouldn't want your sister to suffer any harm in reality, would you?"

Hearing Chen Luo's words, even though she knew he was stating a fact, Ying's face still darkened.

Chapter 1302 Not a single one of the members of the Golden Courtyard can be missing!

"Do you want me to continue into the dream?" After hearing Mei's words, Sakura subconsciously turned her head to look at the life support pod behind her that she had just broken.

“That’s right.” Dr. Mei nodded.

"Given your tolerance for the Eighth Herrscher's mental attacks, you'd basically be knocked down the moment you're hit. Although there haven't been any examples of the Eighth Herrscher possessing infected individuals in their sleep yet, we can't rule out that possibility."

While the Eighth Herrscher has not currently taken over the bodies of infected individuals, it is not certain that it lacks this ability.