Their commission was suspicious.

When facing a Herrscher, it is always right to be cautious no matter what.

Sakura is a competent bodyguard with formidable combat skills, but if she's so easily turned, keeping her by King Mei's side is indeed very dangerous.

If the Eighth Herrscher has truly taken control of Sakura's body, then taking down Mei would be very easy.

“Similarly, Kevin, you can also try entering the dream world to find the Eighth Herrscher hidden in the city,” May said.

"No. I want to protect you." Kevin shook his head.

“But the Eighth Herrscher could very well pull you into a dream at any time, then take over your body and use your gun to kill Dr. Mei,” Chen Luo muttered to himself.

"...Alicia, where is Aponia?" Upon hearing Chen Luo's words, Kevin's heart stirred, and he asked Alicia.

"Oh, she was originally in the Deepest Abyss, but Chen Luo asked me to summon Aponia a while ago. After encountering the Eighth Herrscher, Aponia hasn't returned to the Deepest Abyss. What happened?"

“I want to talk to her about something,” Kevin said.

[Since Kevin's abilities make him easily pulled into a dream world and his body controlled when he encounters the Eighth Herrscher, wouldn't it be better to just avoid being pulled into dreams altogether? This might be Kevin's first step towards becoming inhuman.]

Kevin's reason for going to Aponia is also obvious: to use Aponia's commandments to make Kevin lose the ability to dream. Since being pulled into a dream could lead to body control, wouldn't it be better not to enter the dream at all?

Aponia is indeed powerful, but she cannot locate the Eighth Herrscher on her own because no one has made contact with the Eighth Herrscher yet.

This is also a limitation of Aponia's abilities.

Chen Luo? Chen Luo had indeed been in contact with her, but Aponia couldn't see through the threads of Chen Luo's destiny.

“Oh, right, speaking of Aponia, Dr. May, I request to deploy some psycho-sensory fusion warriors into that city. If it were a regular fusion warrior who came into contact with the Eighth Herrscher, the location might be a bit vague, but if it were me or a psycho-sensory fusion warrior who came into contact with the Eighth Herrscher, the location would be much more accurate, even precise.”

“I am because of my identity in the imaginary reality, while the mental perception fusion warrior relies on his powerful mental strength,” Chen Luo suggested.

"And Kevin, you really should try to go to that city to find the Eighth Herrscher, because according to my speculation, the more one accepts the dream and the deeper one is trapped in it, the easier it should be for one to come into contact with the Eighth Herrscher, because in the Eighth Herrscher's eyes, those people have no chance of escaping the dream. But now I'm here. As long as you come into contact with the Eighth Herrscher, I will be able to sense it. Then I can wake you up."

"Although I can't defeat the Eighth Herrscher, I can still manage to outmaneuver her by using the power of the Imaginary Element."

"Kevin, you might be the key to finding the Eighth Herrscher. Because you might be the one most deeply trapped in the dream among all of us."

Although those words were hurtful, Kevin was indeed the most powerless when facing the Eighth Herrscher.

And to be honest, Chen Luo felt that the rule against dreaming was more harmful than beneficial to Kevin, especially after Chen Luo appeared in this history.

After becoming the Eighth Herrscher, whether Kevin has this commandment or not has absolutely no impact on his future battles. However, this commandment is Kevin's first step towards becoming inhuman.

Guided by the Book of Akasha, Kevin did not accept that the commandment would have a negligible impact on the future.

Although this is Kevin's first step towards becoming inhuman, it wouldn't be a problem even if Kevin didn't become inhuman.

Chen Luo only needs to ensure that the world hasn't changed too much from the time he appeared in the current civilization to the time he appears in the previous civilization to complete his mission.

Kevin spends most of his time idling in the Sea of ​​Quanta in the present civilization, so whether Kevin becomes inhuman is really not important.

Once you can clear the previous civilization's dungeon, everything in the previous civilization can be handled by Chen Luo.

So you call yourself the Herrscher of the End...?

Oh wait, Chen Luo might become the Herrscher of the End in the future, and Kiana might too.

In any case, if possible, Chen Luo really wanted to bring a better ending to his friends.

Therefore, Kevin absolutely must not take that first step towards becoming inhuman.

Although it's not the humans of this world who save the world, but rather with the help of others, it doesn't sound good, but in reality, as long as it has a happy ending, isn't that enough?

Chen Luo is never romantic.

It's like Chen Luo had already planned to turn back and wait for Eden to decide to perish with the previous civilization, then give Eden a good whack and tie him up in a bar.

Chen Luo's values ​​are very simple: sacrifice means a bad ending, and no sacrifice means a good ending.

And since it's the Golden Garden, how can we not have 13 people? What if Alicia doesn't buy the subsequent storylines if we don't have 13 people?

Chen Luo could imagine that if Kevin hadn't been there in the Golden Garden, Alicia would have spent an hour pointing and gesturing at him after she finished buying the items.

"But Mei's safety..."

"Let Hen take charge. Hen has a wonderful life, with a beautiful wife and a lovely daughter. Even if he sees a memetic infection, he won't be dragged in by the Herrscher of Knowledge," Chen Luo said with a hint of sourness.

Hen's life is so perfect that it's beyond measure.

Although working among the Flame Moths might be dangerous, Scar is a Fusion Warrior, so he won't die for at least this period of time. He also has a beautiful wife, Blanca, and a lovely daughter, Gretchen...

Even if Chen Luo thought about it, he couldn't figure out how to make Hen's life more fulfilling.

"So give it a try, Kevin. You might just be the key to defeating the Eighth Herrscher."

【persuade】

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A successful roll is achieved when the number rolled is less than 40.

Given the relationship between Chen Luo and Kevin, there's still a close 50% chance of failure, which is enough to show that Kevin still wants to stay by Mei's side.

But since Chen Luo can guarantee that Mei will not be harmed or even injured during the Eighth Herrscher incident, Kevin might as well go to the Golden Garden to shine instead of staying by Mei's side.

Seeing Kevin nod, the plan was pretty much finalized.

A squad of fusion warriors will enter that special city to search for the existence of the Eighth Herrscher, while Chen Luo will be in the dream in real time. He will use the aura of these fusion warriors to determine whether they have come into contact with the Eighth Herrscher. Once the identity of the Eighth Herrscher in that city is confirmed, a mental perception fusion warrior will accurately locate the Eighth Herrscher's position in reality and then annihilate her.

"What about me? What about me?" Alicia asked.

"You? Whatever makes you happy. My standard for pulling people out of a dream is that the deeper they sink into the dream, the harder it is to pull them out. I can probably only pull out three Sakuras at most at a time, or one Kevin, one Sakura, and two of you. Or maybe ten of you. Kevin is the deepest, Sakura is the second deepest, and you are the shallowest."

"If you're very satisfied with the current situation, you can enter the dream world if you want," Chen Luo said, waving his hand.

The deeper one gets into a dream, the more attached one becomes to the dream, and the harder it is to be pulled out of the dream. This setting is quite reasonable.

"Oh, by the way, Dr. May, I request to call in an assistant."

"Who?"

“Qian Jie. Qian Jie from the Deepest Abyss. He is also a suitable candidate, I can tell. Rather than letting him stay in the Deepest Abyss fighting every day, it's better to give him a chance. Since Qian Jie can fight to a draw with Sakura after the fusion surgery, it shows that he is indeed a very good combat force,” Chen Luo said.

Now Chen Luo can legitimately bring everyone into the Golden Garden.

Dr. Mei did not object to Chen Luo's proposal.

The most important issue now is dealing with the Eighth Herrscher.

According to Prometheus's calculations, there are 14 Herrschers.

In other words, the previous civilization needed to clear 14 dungeons, and we're already halfway through.

Since Qianjie is a criminal imprisoned in the deepest place, it would be better for him to go out and work than to be a recluse in the deepest place.

In this apocalyptic world, whether someone is a criminal depends on their effectiveness in resisting the Honkai.

If it's useful, then we need to utilize it.

Humanity has staked everything on fighting against the Honkai!

"There's another problem... if I remember correctly, in the dream world, I seem to be a corporate slave... working overtime until late at night every day, and I don't have much time to wander around the city at all," Sakura said somewhat sadly after everyone had finished discussing the problem.

"This……"

“Dreams are irrational; everyone in a dream has their own logic. And because that dream was so real… it’s really difficult for someone who works overtime every day to suddenly believe they are the savior of the world.” Chen Luo nodded.

Chen Luo, the creator of that dream, knows best just how realistic it was.

Xiao Shi, with her SS-level Herrscher of Consciousness power, was able to weave an extremely realistic dream of an entire Earth, while Chen Luo, with power of the same level as Xiao Shi, could only weave a dream of a single city...

This city is so realistic that even Xiaoshi couldn't tell it was fake when he experienced it.

"But I can help you. Although I'm not the Eighth Herrscher, I can still weave a few small, useful but not very useful items using the power of the Imaginary Count Stigmata. For example... a vacation voucher. It's a paid vacation. Even if you're in a dream, you should still give it a try, right?"

"So if I ever sell you goods in a dream in the future, you absolutely, positively must buy them, no matter how expensive they are," Chen Luo said earnestly to everyone.

"The search for the Eighth Herrscher rests on your shoulders!"

My chances of being a swindler depend on you guys!

"Wait, Luo, didn't you just mention the Stigmata?" Dr. Mei suddenly asked.

“Oh, that? I did mention it. I am the Imaginary Messenger, and the pattern in my hand is the Imaginary Mark. It has nothing to do with the Mark project. Actually, there are many things of similar nature in countless worlds, such as the concept of Marks. In some worlds, Marks are the approval of gods, and in others they are symbols of disaster... My Mark is the Imaginary Tree's approval of me. And it is unique.”

The term "Stigmata" is not a proper noun related to the Stigmata Project.

Aponia is a nun, and Chen Luo even founded a church, so it's quite normal for them to have the term "stigmata," right?

"Since it's so valuable for research... could I study your Stigmata?" Dr. Mei asked with great interest.

The Fire-Chasing Moth did indeed conduct research on imaginary space, but the more it researched, the more it realized that it was merely an insignificant ant in the face of the tree of imaginary numbers.

Now, a person calling himself the Imaginary Messenger has appeared before him and is demonstrating his magical abilities.

Then we should definitely take a look.

“But I still need to enter the dream world to find the Eighth Herrscher,” Chen Luo said, somewhat troubled.

"Oh, don't worry about that. Starting today, you will be in a dream state for extended periods, so you'll be sleeping a lot. The fusion surgery can be put aside for now. And while you're sleeping, we can conduct research on you."

"...Dr. Mei, are you a demon? I was asleep, why won't you leave me alone?"

"But the Imaginary Number Stigmata is really worth studying."

“But you can’t study the Imaginary Number Mark. If you could truly master the Imaginary Number Mark, then you could become the Imaginary Number Tree,” Chen Luo said helplessly.

Let alone Dr. Mei, even the humanized plugin struggles to analyze the Imaginary Stigmata.

The Honkai world is a multiverse, and from a macroscopic perspective, only two things exist in this entire multiverse—the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea.

The entire world is formed by combining the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and the Sea of ​​Quanta; it's normal that researching reconnaissance capabilities would be difficult.

"If you insist... alright." Although Dr. Mei really wanted to try, there was nothing she could do if Chen Luo disagreed.

Dr. May then turned his attention to Möbius, who was standing silently to the side.

Because Mebius didn't know what to say, he remained silent.

Möbius suspected that Chen Luo's character settings were all made up on the spot.

Dr. Mei recalled that Chen Luo had mentioned that Möbius was very interested in studying Chen Luo.

Dr. Mei didn't know why before, but now she does.

Since Chen Luo wouldn't let me do the research, all my hopes are pinned on Möbius.

Surely Mr. Chen Luo wouldn't reject Mebius?

Chapter 1303 I woke up to find myself surrounded by five "Fu Hua"!

The answer is yes. Chen Luo will reject Möbius.

For example, when Mebius proposed to study Chen Luo's body while Chen Luo was in the dream of the Eighth Herrscher, Chen Luo rejected the request.

Since a person cannot perform two commissions of the same nature repeatedly, Chen Luo could refuse Mebius's commission.

Chen Luo still has a commission from Mebius that he wants to study, and this task is not yet completed.

At this point in the story, Kevin inexplicably straightened his chest.

[The fact that I'm willing to be studied by Möbius, while Chen Luo isn't, shows that we have a better relationship.]

"..." Looking at the words above Kevin's head, Chen Luo felt that he needed to be even more cruel to Kevin in the dream.

For example, programmers who stay up until 5 a.m. the next day...

How can you compare them like that?

Kevin was willing to be the first person to become a Fusion Warrior through surgery because he believed in her ability to succeed.

Chen Luo also believed that Möbius could succeed, but the problem was that if Möbius really succeeded, who knew what Chen Luo would become?

Even children know not to go into Dr. Möbius's biological laboratory.

Mabi Us, a woman with a long history of misdeeds.

"Doctor, I want to go in with you." Just as Chen Luo was walking into the life support pod, Hua grabbed Chen Luo's sleeve.

"Doctor, you said that everyone except Dr. Mei could potentially enter that city. Could you take me with you, Doctor?"

Perhaps because Chen Luo was ambushed by the Eighth Herrscher without Hua's knowledge, Hua decided to continue fulfilling her duty to protect Chen Luo in another world.

"What? You want to go into a life support pod with me?" Chen Luo exclaimed in surprise after looking at the size of the life support pod.