Their commission was suspicious.

Simply put, it's like everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

In ancient China, there were national laws above, but also family rules below.

Many matters in rural areas are determined by the family rules of the local clan, rather than by national laws.

Learning national laws can make you thrive at the national level, but if you actually go to the countryside, you'll get beaten so badly you won't even recognize your own mother.

Because they don't reason with you.

Just like everyone is in the world now, and in this world, the world of the world agent who is more closely connected to this world may not be able to surpass the SSS-level talent, but it is still no problem to have an impact.

"Oh, I see... like this kind of mark?" Chen Luo showed his mother the special seal of the puppeteer faction that he had found in the puppeteer's manual.

In other words, if it were Liu Huaixi's talent, it might not be discovered by the World Agent.

Chen Luo's investigative abilities are connected to this world, which is why he can see a person's fate and notes in such great detail. In contrast, someone like Liu Huaixi, whose talent is only based on the ability to examine fate, is not limited by "network fluctuations."

“Hmm, like this.” Luo Li nodded after glancing casually at Chen Luo’s puppeteer mark.

“I’m not very familiar with this mark, but it’s like a label that lets all the respectable forces know who owns it. It’s like a patent in real life. Larger companies won’t produce prohibited products marked like this. On the contrary, small workshops don’t care at all. So if you really want to use this mark, remember to set a high bar for the production of the item,” Luo Li reminded her.

Powers below the world level want to replicate it but don't know how, while powers above the world level can replicate it but dare not.

This is the optimal solution.

"Does that mean I won't be able to use my investigative abilities freely anymore?" Chen Luo asked with some concern.

"What if I get targeted by the proxy for using this ability and then get beaten up?"

After all, if you listen to your mother, the Proxy is like a global civil servant. If you beat up a global civil servant, how can you survive in this world?

"Oh, there's no need to worry about that."

Why shouldn't you worry?

"Because...generally, agents are easy to talk to. And even if you encounter a domineering agent, if they don't let you use your eyes to observe the world, then they are in the wrong. If such a thing happens, tell me, and I'll report them to the authorities."

"Huh? Impeach them? Use the sword of this world to kill officials from another world? Is that even possible?"

"What's so strange about that? We live in a society governed by law now, and even those who act on behalf of the government must abide by the basic law."

Looking at his mother's matter-of-fact expression, Chen Luo realized that he had indeed made a fuss over nothing.

"Mom, is it dangerous to be a modern-day traveler? Is it hard? Is it tiring?" Chen Luo asked with some concern.

"It's alright. Now that you put it that way, I don't really know how...how to tell you. Why don't you ask me something more specific?"

"Then... tell me what you and your dad usually do?" Chen Luo asked.

"You know that after you went to high school, the two of us spent very little time with you. And whenever we weren't with you, we were usually on our way to the University of Michigan... on the way across the ocean to the University of Michigan, there's that particularly famous underworld school."

“Your father and I usually handle Western matters, like secret societies, witch trials, and other strange things. And we can usually find a clue about these things at the University of Michigan, like in Abi’s village.” To increase her credibility, Luo Li directly brought Abi over.

"Besides that, there are all sorts of strange gods, and we even have to go on business trips to outer space occasionally..."

"What? You're usually on a mission whenever you're not with me? Does that mean you two basically have no holidays? Isn't that going too far?" Chen Luo exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Luo remembers that after he started high school, his parents basically didn't stay at home for very long.

Two years, two years. Does the world know how Chen Luo has spent these two years?

Some people spend their entire lives healing from their childhood trauma, while others need their childhood trauma to heal their entire lives...

Well, Chen Luo's childhood was pretty happy, but he felt he should have been able to spend more time with his parents.

"Ah, you're right. It seems like we've been on missions the whole time? Damn world consciousness!" Luo Li said through gritted teeth.

"..." by Chen Heng.

"Mom and Dad, can we talk about something?"

"What does my darling son want?"

"No, no, no, I wanted to discuss with you whether you could break your contract with that world consciousness."

"Why...?"

"Because I always feel that you guys are working very hard."

"It's not too strenuous, because the safety is very guaranteed. Your dad and I also quite like excitement, so this job isn't too boring." Luo Li shook her head.

"But working for someone else and seeking thrills for yourself are always different."

"There's no rush. Our contract with the world isn't over yet. As long as we work for two more months..."

Two years?

“Two…two hundred years, and then we can terminate the contract,” Luo Li said after calculating the time.

"200 years? Why doesn't that world consciousness just steal it? How many 200-year periods does a person have in a lifetime? That's outrageous!"

200 years? Chen Luo is still not even 20 years old!

"Yes, yes, it's just too awful. I'm telling you, Luo Luo, if you ever go out into the world, you absolutely must remember to teach this world's consciousness a lesson for me and your dad." Luo Li nodded quickly.

"This is outrageous!"

Chen Luo's listening suddenly triggered

Chen Luo subconsciously looked up.

The words just now seemed to be the voice of this world.

"Hmm?" Luo Li also looked up.

"...I'll be waiting."

"Xiao Luo, look, this world consciousness still wants to talk tough? Luo Luo, you must remember what the world consciousness just said. Things change, and we, mother and daughter, will definitely make it pay the price in the future!" Luo Li said after hugging Chen Luo's head.

"What about my dad?"

"Oh, so it's the three of us."

"..."

“Very good, then I’ll start working hard from now on! I’ll work hard to complete commissions, work hard to earn Primogems, and then work hard to save up enough items to beat up the world… I mean, work hard to save up enough items to redeem you two from your bondage, Mom and Dad. I’ll see if I can negotiate with the world to use some good items to reduce your working hours,” Chen Luo said.

Some things are better left unsaid; it's enough that everyone understands them. Speaking them out might damage the relationship.

What if I say I'm going to beat up the world and the world remembers it and stops giving me commissions?

Or what if you get harassed when applying for an identity task?

"You don't need to work too hard. Actually, working under someone from the world is quite good; the pay is very high."

"Speaking of which, Mom, I have some amazing items here. Why don't you and Dad pick a few? They might help you with your missions." Chen Luo said, as he poured out all the random items he had obtained.

"Hmm? Magical gadgets? No need, no need. Your dad and I are capable of providing quality assurance. Especially your dad, his profession is alchemist, and he occasionally creates some useless little pieces of genius junk. Although they are not very effective in combat, they are quite effective in pranks, I mean in terms of control." Luo Li pointed to Chen Heng, who was drinking tea next to him.

"Hmm? Oh, these props... they look pretty impressive. But don't give them to us, we don't need them," Chen Heng said, glancing at the large pile of items Chen Luo had dumped on the coffee table.

"Okay, fine..."

After seeing his parents again, Chen Luo always tried to put himself in the shoes of a wealthy man and give them all the good things, but his parents didn't seem to need them.

It's really frustrating.

"By the way, Mom and Dad, you said you signed the contract with the world to become its agents for my freedom, which means I was originally the protagonist of this world?"

"Yes, you can, if you want."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that having exceptional abilities doesn't necessarily mean you're the protagonist. Haven't you seen how some supporting characters in certain works are more outstanding than the protagonists? You know your own personality; if you lack motivation, you'd rather slack off than run around. If you had followed the original path, you might have become a hidden gem, a high-level background figure." Chen Heng said while sipping his tea.

“I know that, just like how no one else knows that Luo Luo is the River God,” Bai Zhi said, raising her hand.

In fact, even Bai Zhi didn't know that Chen Luo was the River God before they went down into the abyss passage, so Bai Zhi had a very deep impression of him.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's gaze toward Chen Luo became resentful.

Chen Luo could only turn his head away somewhat awkwardly.

“That makes sense.” Chen Heng nodded.

"So, my talent, which was initially at the EX level, was it because you guys were working for the world that my talent broke through the level cap? Or was it originally an EX talent?" Chen Luo asked.

Chen Luo was eager to know if his EX-level talent was due to the world. If this talent was a product of the world, how could Chen Luo use the items obtained from this talent to attack the world's consciousness?

“No, talent is something you’re born with. To be honest, when we found out about your talent, even your mom and dad were shocked. Actually, rather than having exceptional talent, your dad and I would prefer you to live a normal life, at least to have a normal childhood… After all, childhood only happens once, and it would be such a pity if you weren’t happy.” Luo Li gazed at Chen Luo tenderly.

What's so good about being special? Can being special put food on the table?

"Fortunately, your talent awakening requires time and prerequisites. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine what would have happened if you had awakened your talent at the age of four or five. Your childhood would have been spent living for others." Luo Li gently stroked Chen Luo's cheek.

Luo Li never wanted her son to be some great saint. More than the praise and recognition of others, Luo Li hoped her child would be a happy person. And childhood is precisely the most important time for a person, and it is also the time that brings the most happiness.

The question of whether to turn a child into a mindless, all-powerful wish-granting machine or to raise an ordinary person is now quite clear.

However, it seems that fate has made another choice. Transforming the [wish] into a talent, starting from scratch.

Although this will make the road incredibly difficult, at least it won't lose its humanity and become an emotionless wish-granting machine.

This is a trial, a trial concerning "desires." Without understanding one's true nature, one cannot truly awaken.

Because of the special nature of "wishes," even Luo Li, as a mother, cannot provide any help in this process. This is because the "wishes" of expecting the child to succeed (be happy) will conflict with or even override other "wishes," causing Chen Luo's soul to become like Luo Li's.

Because the desires of those who transcend are also at the level of those who transcend, even Luo Li herself finds it difficult to control them precisely. If she is not careful, it may cause irreversible damage to Chen Luo.

This is something Luo Li doesn't want to see. So the best way is to prevent her own wishes from affecting her child.

This makes Chen Luo's fate even more unpredictable and untraceable.

Ultimately, the specific details of this story can only be written by Chen Luo himself, and whether it succeeds or not can only be decided by Chen Luo himself.

But failing isn't necessarily a bad thing. I suppose those girls wouldn't mind Chen Luo living off her?

Chapter 1381 Parents Who Cannot Spoil Their Children and Children of "Spoiling" Parents

"Mom, can you stop being so serious? I'm not used to it," Chen Luo said softly after a long while.

"..." Luo Li rolled her eyes at her son.

"Since you two aren't going to hide it anymore, Dad and Mom, can you tell me what things were spat out of that time tunnel in the backyard before?" Chen Luo was really curious about this.

"Huh?" Luo Li was taken aback.

"It's that faucet in our backyard where things keep falling out. The world's consciousness saw how hard we work, so it installed the soon-to-be-created spacetime portal in our backyard. Have you forgotten?" Chen Heng reminded him.

"Oh, that thing... I ate it."

"Huh? Mom, what did you say?"

“Yes, I ate it. Have you forgotten the supplements you ate when you were little? In that spacetime turbulence, strange things would pop up from time to time. But thankfully, your dad is a decent cook, and alchemists can at least detoxify. Plus, those things all have some spiritual energy, so eating them as supplements is definitely the best choice,” Luo Li said.

"Since you mentioned the spacetime turbulence in the backyard, it means you, Luo Li, must have already seen what's coming out of it, right? Where is it? Let me see if we can eat it?" Luo Li looked around.

"...Let's just not watch it." Chen Luo's face was full of refusal.

Chen Luo had considered that those things might have been sealed away or put in the basement or something, but he really didn't expect that those things that emerged from the spacetime turbulence would actually be eaten.

"What's wrong? You used to eat so heartily."

"...May I ask, were the things I ate before devoid of intelligence?" Chen Luo asked, looking troubled.

"Intelligence? Hey, what are you worried about? Do I look like such a fierce person? Generally speaking, there are two types of things that emerge from that spacetime turbulence: objects and living beings."

"The former were all thrown into the basement, but there was nothing special about them, just some bottles and jars."

"I've gone to check it out, but why don't I see anything special about it?" Chen Luo asked, puzzled.

"Because there's nothing special about it, do you think some divine weapon will fall from the sky? What kind of wishful thinking are you having? But that big glass jar for pickling vegetables is indeed quite useful."

"Indeed." Chen Luo sighed.

Chen Luo did remember that glass jar for pickling vegetables, because he had used it to pickle a little fox.

I must say, it's really quite useful.

Although it was a bit of a pity that there were no special items, Chen Luo thought that he probably wouldn't need any other items, considering his random items.

"If what jumps out of the spacetime turbulence is a living being, then there are two other options. If it is something with intelligence, we will use the world consciousness to find an acquaintance and send that person back. If it is something without intelligence, then it is perfect to use as a tonic."

"Because those that usually emerge from the spacetime turbulence are severely injured creatures with only a drop of blood left, I can easily kill them even if I am completely powerless."

“That… is true.” Chen Luo thought about it and realized that of the three creatures that had fallen from the sky, only Isamara, who had gone through the back door, was not seriously injured.