Their commission was suspicious.

"According to Kevin, this trial is a small tool he obtained from the world's consciousness. It can help Kevin's descendants enter the Stigmata Space and master the power of the Stigmata. Members of the Kaslana family have a chance to enter the trial; this tool simply changes the form of the trial," Su said.

If the trial were to take place within the Kaslana family's Stigmata Space, it would be much more troublesome, just like in the original storyline. However, if this item is used to undergo the trial, it can influence the form of the trial as much as possible.

Su chose to combine the test of the power of the Holy Mark with the test of the Three Gods, making it a very special test.

This is the gift that Su, the uncle, gave to his niece.

Because the test is conducted in this manner, even if Durandal fails, it will have no impact.

Durandal will eventually master the power of the Heavenly Origin; the only difference is when. Durandal is still too young.

At 16 years old, he is even younger than Kevin when he experienced the third collapse.

If Durandal can pass the test, she will be able to master the power of the Heavenly Origin after she emerges.

This is the power of (shaking) inheritance (shaking).

(Durandal's chest jiggles when she says this on the results screen. Here, I want to give a major critique to this game that relies heavily on hero power!)

The power of the Heavenly Origin is a true power that Durandal can control and that belongs to her personally, which is quite beneficial to her.

Even if this test fails, it's alright; Su will still give the power of the Sumeru Mustard Seed to Durandal.

Su had just heard Chen Luo say that Chen Luo had the ability to replicate three items, each one stronger than the last.

That unexpectedly powerful Heavenly Fire Judgment was Chen Luo's creation.

"The gadgets given by the World Consciousness are quite useful. Although the work of the proxy is indeed a bit busy, the treatment seems to be pretty good."

This aligns with Chen Luo's stereotype of a proxy.

A good salary and an easy job are both desirable qualities for an agent, right?

“Kevin has been very busy lately,” Sue nodded.

However, Su did not receive a reply from Chen Luo. Furthermore, since Su's mental perception ability would be absorbed as soon as it came into contact with Chen Luo, she could not observe Chen Luo with her eyes closed. Therefore, Su could not help but open her eyes to see what Chen Luo was thinking.

When Su opened her eyes, she saw Chen Luo's rather surprised expression.

"what happened?"

"So you've finally opened your eyes? But that's not important. I have no problem with you testing Durandal, but why did you change the plot to this format?" Chen Luo couldn't help but point to the spot where Durandal had disappeared.

"What mode?"

"You do not know?"

“I don’t know. This is an item given by the world’s consciousness. All I can do is use this item to combine the three trials of the gods to improve the safety of the trials. As for what trials she will experience, perhaps it will be modified, but that’s not something I can decide,” Su said.

Sue is indeed a very intelligent and very capable person.

After obtaining the second Divine Key, one can perform many amazing feats.

But this does not include attempts to predict world consciousness.

In fact, even Chen Luo, who has reconnaissance abilities, couldn't do this.

Not to mention changing the plot of this test, Su can't even see the specific details of this test.

Let alone Su, even the Star God of Joy, Aha, would still crash and burn if he encountered an item given by the World Consciousness.

Aha – A tool for identifying the strongest.

"See for yourself," Chen Luo said irritably.

Chen Luo snapped his fingers, and several light screens appeared in this world bubble.

"So, Sue, can you explain why Durandal turned into Kevin this time?"

"Perhaps it's because it's the inheritance of Kevin's Stigmata power? Plus, it's an item left behind by Kevin."

"Then can you explain again why the character ME in the story is actually me?"

Looking at the screen that Chen Luo pointed to, you could see Chen Luo, Yulandel, and Rita walking side by side in a vibrant and youthful campus.

Rita was clearly standing a little further away from Chen Luo and Durandal.

"..." Su really couldn't explain this.

and……

If nothing unexpected happens, the character in the test will be generated based on Durandal's own situation.

So shouldn't you be the one explaining now?

Why did you turn into Mei?

"Luckily, Mebius didn't come. If he had seen this, wouldn't he have beaten me into hibernation?" Chen Luo muttered from the side.

Su's gaze towards Chen Luo has changed.

We're all thousands of years old, and you're going to date a minor?!

How could you do that?

Chapter 1652 Chen Luo: Did Durandal and the World Consciousness Take Advantage of Me for Free?

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not like you bunch of old fogies who are at least thousands of years old. I'm only 17 this year. A real 17." Chen Luo seemed to see through Su's thoughts.

"Shouldn't you now explain that your relationship with Durandal isn't what I imagine? Besides, when we first met in the previous civilization, you said you were 17." Perhaps because it had been so long since they'd seen each other, Su didn't seem so enigmatic anymore.

"Whether I'm 17 or not is up to me to decide, isn't it? Oh, right, my relationship with Durandal isn't what you're thinking," Chen Luo said belatedly.

"..."

……

Durandal is a descendant of Kevin from countless generations ago. Although after thousands of years of continuation and reproduction, there is practically no blood relation left, and no sense of family belonging. However, the current Durandal inherits Kevin's legacy and is also Kevin's descendant. Therefore, it is reasonable for Durandal to replace Kevin.

If one had to choose Durandal's best friend, it would undoubtedly be Rita. Since Rita and Durandal are of the same sex, as are Kevin and Sue, it makes perfect sense for Rita to replace Sue.

In the original long-running manga, Kevin and Sue were originally played by Rita and Durandal respectively; now the roles have simply been reversed.

But actually, Durandal is more in line with Kevin's image as a very capable fighter than Rita.

Kevin reigned supreme in the pre-civilization era, and Durandal reigned supreme in the destiny of the present civilization.

Now there are three people: Kevin, Sue, and May. Kevin and Sue are confirmed, and all that's missing is May to appear as the female lead.

And Chen Luo, the only person of the same age that Youlandel knew, was thus thrust onto the stage.

Because in the pre-civilization era, May transcribed her life's research into human genetic factors. When these recessive genetic factors are expressed in the next generation of humans, "stigmata" will appear on their bodies.

These girls, who possess the genetic material, are protected in hundreds of safe pods, awaiting their awakening tens of thousands of years later.

Mei also wanted to have this genetic material imprinted on men, but she passed away before she could do so. Therefore, 99% of the current civilization's members fighting against the Honkai are women.

This resulted in Durandal rarely seeing boys her own age during her time in Destiny.

Let alone boys of the same age, even if we only consider boys, the only boys Durandal could remember by name are Siegfried, Welt, Otto, and Chen Luo.

Therefore, Chen Luo is not indispensable to Durandal, but simply a case of choosing the tallest among the short.

"So, do you believe me if I explain it this way?"

"Do you think Mebius believes it or not?" Sue asked, his eyes closed so that no one could see the emotion in them.

Just as Su has been emphasizing, it doesn't matter whether Su believes it or not; what matters is whether Mebius believes it or not.

And if you ask Su whether she believes it or not...

He doesn't believe you for a second.

This dream was generated by an item issued by the world's consciousness. The images within it are formed based on Durandal's subconscious, and outsiders cannot interfere. Why do you think you were chosen for May?

It seems your efforts to build favor with Durandal have been quite effective.

“Su, you should know that there are only the two of us here right now. If Mebius finds out about this, either I or you will leak the secret, and I can't possibly leak it. You should understand what I mean, right?” Chen Luo said, patting Su on the shoulder.

Chen Luo no longer cared about why Durandal had become Kevin and he had become Mei; the most important thing now was to prevent this matter from getting out.

"Actually, I'm more curious about... why the things Durandal experienced are so different from what I remember?" Su asked, pointing to the image on the screen.

Sue was not one to gossip, especially not to Möbius.

Although Mebius's personality changed somewhat in this timeline because of Chen Luo, and his relationship with the other thirteen heroes improved considerably, he was still known as one of the most formidable of the thirteen heroes.

In fact, there were many things that Su was curious about, such as how Chen Luo created this light screen? How could he see the process and result of the test so clearly when even he himself could not see the test?

"Hmm, what do you mean?" Chen Luo asked.

The screen is currently showing Kevin, May, and Sue's time at school, and this screen is naturally a scene that Chen Luo manifested using his spiritual power and saw through his reconnaissance abilities.

What can't a detective see?

The reason why Chen Luo was able to present what he saw to others without even using the special antenna this time was because Chen Luo didn't need to do so in the first place.

The reason Chen Luozhi used to broadcast live to others with an antenna was purely so that he could persecute Merlin in the future.

Chen Luo knew that as long as he wasn't there, Merlin would definitely be in charge of the live stream.

To trick Merlin, Chen Luo didn't even spare himself; that's true love.

"I mean..."

"Wow, Rita and Durandal actually went to Shigure Kira's concert behind my back! Those two are so mean! Why didn't they call me?" Chen Luo said angrily, looking at the scene on the screen, as if he were standing up for himself.

"Don't get so caught up in the story, okay? It's about me, Kevin, and Mei. I did skip school with Kevin to go to the Eden concert... No, that's not the point. The point is, why aren't you in the cast list?" Su Xiang's question was almost led astray by Chen Luo, so she quickly corrected him.

Although I don't know why, the cast and crew list for this script was scrolling on the right side of the huge screen, which was composed of several screens filmed from different angles.

The lead roles are played by Chen Luo as Mei, Yulandel as Kevin, and Rita as Su.

Perhaps because Durandal had also seen the 13 Heroes, in this trial, apart from a few particularly important ones, the other 13 Heroes were portrayed according to their original appearances. For example, Alicia played Alicia, and Mebius played Mebius, and so on.

But Su, who opened her eyes and looked at the screen, paid attention for a long time but did not see anyone playing Chen Luo.

"This... it seems that the little item for inheriting the power of the Holy Mark given by the world consciousness doesn't follow the path of this world. It seems to follow the path of a world where things would happen without me, an outsider," Chen Luo said, stroking his chin.

As for why the world consciousness insisted on choosing the original storyline without Chen Luo to create a test for Durandal, one possibility is that Chen Luo had already played Mei, leading to character conflict, and another possibility is that the worldline without Chen Luo is cruel enough.

Of course, there is another possible reason: because the world consciousness cannot find someone as magical as Chen Luo who can produce all sorts of props that make people lose immersion at any time.

And the world may not be able to afford the copyright fees.

Chen Luo did not carve any special mark belonging to the puppeteer faction on his own body, but every puppet he carved in the previous civilization had such a mark, including Prometheus.

This world consciousness can use Chen Luo's portrait rights, but if it dares to infringe on the puppeteer's patent, then...

How about the most powerful legal department?

When Chen Luo was learning puppetry from the puppeteer, the puppeteer mentioned the unique symbols of different puppetry factions.

This mark is not only registered with the World Consciousness Headquarters, but also, because this unique mark originated from the puppeteers, the puppeteers can detect anyone who uses this mark in violation of regulations.

This is the most deadly.

"There's no timeline without you...?" Sue pondered.

"You don't seem very surprised."

“Yes, Kevin learned a lot while he was a contemporary traveler, including his original destiny. Kevin didn’t tell me in detail, but he at least told me that your name didn’t exist in the original timeline,” Sue replied.

This is a good change for you. If you want to know more, come work for me.

This is a direct quote from the concept of world consciousness.

"I see... I remember Kevin said that his final reward for becoming an Agent was to help you get an Agent spot, right?"

"Yes, in addition, the world consciousness promised that sooner or later someone would come to help humanity defeat the Honkai... in a way that no one would get hurt."

"Ah, what a joke. How is it possible to defeat the Honkai without paying a price? How can the world consciousness be so sure that this will be a form that won't hurt anyone? Does it think..." Chen Luo's sarcasm was abruptly cut short.

"Wait, Su. Let me ask first, has the World Consciousness said when they will send someone?"

"No."

"Or does the world consciousness say it will send someone here, rather than saying that person will appear in this world on their own initiative? These two statements represent different possibilities. Think about it, this is very important."

“…If I remember correctly, the World Consciousness never said they would send anyone. But I’m not sure if Kevin omitted a sentence when relaying it,” Sue said, shaking her head.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"This is a huge problem!" Chen Luo slapped his thigh.

The world consciousness is probably just taking advantage of itself!