Their commission was suspicious.

But this situation has not occurred at all, because now any customer in the bar who is willing to use their brain can see through Chen Luo's true intentions.

The only one who hadn't discovered Chen Luo's true intentions and was still happy about having the upper hand was the red-haired Sakura Kyoko standing next to him.

Chen Luo's initial intention was not to have Sakura Kyoko selflessly help other ordinary people. Although it would be very fulfilling to cultivate a good person, it is also necessary to respect other people's wishes.

Chen Luo's first task is to get Sakura Kyoko to accept/integrate into the other magical girl teams as a companion; after that, things will be much easier.

As a loner, Sakura Kyoko doesn't necessarily crave companions, but if she does find them, she won't let go.

Once the atmosphere of mutual help and support between Sakura Kyoko and the magical girls is established, Chen Luo won't need to worry about the rest.

That would be the only way to truly fulfill Mami Tomoe's request, right?

Good people do it to the end and send Buddha to the West.

"As expected of me," Chen Luo couldn't help but exclaim.

"Only you could feel so accomplished bullying a child," Yakumo Yukari rolled her eyes at Chen Luo from the side.

Chapter 1700 Chen Luo: Hey, Old Deng (World Consciousness), call me brother!

"So... after feeding Xiao Jiu's Nine Heavens Breath Soil to the Breath Soil, the Breath Soil did not upgrade; it simply absorbed all the nutrients from the ordinary Breath Soil."

Although he knew that feeding ordinary Breath Soil to the modified Breath Soil in an attempt to make the modified Breath Soil evolve was too naive, Chen Luo was still somewhat disappointed when the idea actually failed.

The good news is that the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, as a divine substance, is still very nutritious.

After reaching an agreement with Xiao Jiu, Chen Luo buried most of the items in Xiao Jiu's storage ring that could produce gold and silver objects in the ground, leaving only a few extremely valuable items untouched.

Xiao Jiu took it all in stride. After all, without Chen Luo and the River God's power, these gold and silver items wouldn't have appeared.

As compensation, Chen Luo will use some of the benefits from the birth of the World Tree to make up for Xiao Jiu's loss, and at the same time find a way for Xiao Jiu to go to the Dimensional Sea.

Besides Xiao Jiu's things, there were also Gilgamesh's things, another big spender in the bar.

However, since Gilgamesh's items might actually be useful sometimes, Chen Luo buried most of the silver items in the ground, leaving the main body and the gold items behind.

Besides these precious items that could be buried in the soil as tree fertilizer, Chen Luo also tried many other things, such as the root aura on his body and even his own original stone.

The final experimental result showed that no matter what kind of divine weapons or props they were, as long as they had sufficient value, the Breath of Earth could decompose them, leaving not even ashes behind.

The only question is, just how valuable is this item?

The result is that neither the source energy nor the raw stones, nor even the Breath Soil, can be used as the most suitable energy to irrigate the World Tree.

Needless to say, the Origin Aura is a source of the world, and it is the most suitable item to feed the World Tree, bar none.

However, not every world consciousness has the money to spend a lot of world resources to irrigate the world tree, so the world tree trading market exists to sell those items with high conversion rates used to cultivate the world tree.

The raw stone... Chen Luo didn't know why the raw stone could irrigate the World Tree, but the effect was really good, almost the same level of nutrient as the root aura.

Chen Luo estimated that about 20 raw stones could be equivalent to a wisp of root aura.

If we round it up, Chen Luo once exchanged 2000 raw stones for 123 aluminum root essence, making a net profit... a lot of net profit!

The world consciousness of the Type-Moon universe is actually quite nice.

But Chen Luo had no intention of continuing to nurture either the source aura or the raw stones. Five strands of source aura and 100 raw stones were already painful enough for him.

Once the World Tree has absorbed all this energy, it will grow to approximately 140cm...

In addition to these, countless golden rays of sunlight fall onto the land every moment on the golden planet, are absorbed by the soil, and are used to nourish the World Tree.

The Breath of Earth is truly a wonderful thing.

The time from now on cannot be rushed; we can only wait patiently for the golden sunlight, monster corpses, dolls voluntarily buried in the ground, and bar patrons to slowly provide nutrients for the World Tree.

"Sigh, when will the World Tree finally bear its first fruit? That way, we can cultivate World Tree Fruits that can be grafted onto the Virtual Tree." Chen Luo sighed.

Surprisingly, most of the bar's patrons didn't go home after the bar closed; instead, they remained lying in the dirt, wearing glasses and playing a simulated universe game.

Judging from this setup, it seems like they plan to resume work and go to work as usual after dawn the next day.

"If you're willing to sacrifice your world within the pot, you can try to make the World Tree bear fruit once it grows to a height of over 1.5 meters."

The voice of world consciousness suddenly rang out.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo looked up at the starry sky while listening to the voice of the world's consciousness.

"However, once the World Tree bears fruit, it will allocate some of its nutrients to nourish the fruit. Therefore, unless there are unforeseen circumstances, it is not recommended to let the World Tree bear fruit before it grows to three meters tall."

"I see... So, at what stage of growth can the fruit be picked and transplanted onto the Virtual Tree?"

Chen Luo knew about the sacrifice of the world within the pot as the prototype for the World Tree fruit, but he didn't know that it could be attempted when the World Tree grew to 1.5 meters tall.

However, before attempting this, Chen Luo first needed to retrieve the world within the pot that he had thrown into the river of time!

"Go ask the world consciousness of that world, why are you asking me?"

"I was thinking that since world consciousness is so knowledgeable and learned, which world consciousness is different?"

"There's a huge difference. Knowledge about the World Tree is universal, but knowledge about the Virtual Tree is specialized. Asking me is useless."

"By the way, since you're here, Sister World Consciousness, can we discuss something?"

"...Do you think I would come looking for you for no reason?" the world consciousness retorted.

The fact that World Consciousness spoke up today indicates that it has learned some information.

“Since you already know, World Consciousness, I’ll be frank. Actually, I wanted to ask you to help me teleport the teleportation anchor point to the Dimensional Sea,” Chen Luo said.

"Teleportation anchors cannot be directly thrown into spacetime turbulence."

“I know, so I’ll put the can I took out of the basement on first.”

"Then there's no problem. So what are you prepared to give in return? You should understand the saying 'There's no such thing as a free lunch.'"

“World Consciousness, sister, name your price if you can help,” Chen Luo said.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

"But my mom said that mentioning her name will get me a discount. Is that true?"

"..."

If Chen Luo doesn't speak, the world consciousness can pretend it never happened, but if Chen Luo speaks, then there's nothing that can be done.

"At least three wisps of root energy; I need to eat too."

"Really? Do you need to eat? Want to come to our bar? I'll provide you with three meals a day for free." Chen Luo's eyes lit up.

We have a commission!

I mean the origin of the world.

"Oh, then it's nothing." Chen Luo waved his hand dismissively.

You can use my resources for free, but you can't steal my Primogems!

Now, because of the World Tree, the raw gems are being linked to the World Source.

"But are three mere wisps of root essence really worth it? Should we round it up?"

Three strands of primordial energy, which, rounded up, are practically negligible.

"...To put it more vividly, a wisp of primordial energy is enough to buy 10 S-rank talents. However, transactions between world consciousnesses are often conceptual rather than physical, so prices may vary."

"So expensive? Really?" Chen Luo was genuinely surprised.

Chen Luo knew that the source aura was expensive, but he didn't expect it to be this expensive.

"...Where do you think Yun Xia and Yun Lian'er's talents came from? They were just freebies in the discounted bundles I bought, weren't they? Otherwise, Yun Xia's magical girl cards wouldn't be almost identical to the originals."

"Is that how those S-level talents are obtained? It's truly... unbelievable." Chen Luo's eyes widened.

Chen Luo originally thought that an S-level talent was already invincible, but he never expected that the S-level talent was actually a free gift after the World Consciousness purchased a discounted package.

Chen Luo gained a new understanding of world consciousness and the purchase of goods from the source of the world.

They also realized that cultivating the World Tree is indeed not something an individual can do alone.

Even 50 S-class talents (5 strands of Root Aura) can only make the World Tree grow 5cm.

Why don't they just steal the World Tree?

"So, from the perspective of world consciousness, individual physical strength is actually not that important, right?"

"Well, unless there are some exceptions."

"for example?"

"You don't need to know such details. The deal is done. I've taken the three strands of Root Aura. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving."

"Wait a minute, I have two more questions," Chen Luo said, raising his hand.

"explain."

"First, if my observation is correct, the spacetime turbulence portal in my backyard should not be able to reopen for a period of time after it spat out Isamara. Why does my mom say it will reopen tomorrow or the day after?" Chen Luo asked, puzzled.

Sigh, the user-friendly plugins have embarrassed themselves again.

"Because you have a power bank in your basement. And what's Bubble's other title? Don't you remember? Here's a hint: **Dominator**."

"...The master of time and space?" Chen Luo hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Congratulations, you got it right.

"Is that really the reason? That's outrageous."

Chen Luo had been thinking about the significance of Paopao coming to his house, because even if Chen Luo didn't need Paopao to watch over the house, he could still ensure that nothing unexpected happened at home.

Chen Luo initially thought that Bubble's existence was just to let Abby feel a little bit of maternal love. He never expected that Bubble's greater significance in the basement was actually that of a power bank.

"The second question, please answer it quickly."

"Oh, this is a simple question... World Consciousness Sister, could you specify the exact time the spacetime tunnel will open, down to the second? I don't want to wait foolishly at the entrance of the spacetime tunnel anymore," Chen Luo said.

It's uncertain when something will be ejected from the spacetime turbulence, because it involves another world, and at least the human-centered plugin cannot accurately predict the time.

"It's impossible."

"You are the consciousness of the world."

"That time portal in your backyard is a bit special... it's truly completely random. But I can send someone to monitor it for you. They'll alert you if it's about to erupt."

"Thank you, World Consciousness Sister," Chen Luo said in a tone that even he himself couldn't bear to listen to.

"Trying to get close is useless; it's just a wisp of the original essence."

"...Then can you bring that 'closeness' back? Like... call me 'brother'?" Chen Luo asked tentatively.

However, what if...?

【…】

"..."

Chapter 1701 Little Twelve, Sold Out but Still Counting Money for the World Consciousness

【You have no idea, the leader of the World Consciousness specifically informed me last night that he has a difficult task for me. As long as I complete this task, I can get a raise at the end of the year!】 Chen Luo was woken up early this morning by Little Twelve.

The consciousness of the Abyss Passage was unusually active today, and it came looking for Chen Luo much earlier than usual.

"A mission?" Chen Luo, who had just been woken up, was a little confused.

Chen Luo just had a dream where the Lawgiver of Knowledge was holding a brick and about to hit him. This dream was really too strange.

Since he had just woken up, it was already quite remarkable that Chen Luo wasn't grumpy when he woke up, so he didn't immediately realize what the Abyss Passage consciousness meant by the task.

"Yeah, it's a pretty tough task. Want to guess what it is? Here's a hint: it's related to your family," said Little Twelve.

"Wait, let me catch my breath. The mission... is related to my family..."

Take your time guessing, and I'll give you candy if you guess right.

"...Don't tell me the task you're talking about is to guard the time tunnel in my backyard." Chen Luo asked, his voice tinged with a mixture of skepticism, hesitation, and utter disbelief.

"You're pretty smart, kid. Did the world's consciousness already warn you beforehand? This round doesn't count, so you won't get the lollipop," said the consciousness of the abyss passage.

"...It really is this mission?"

Chen Luo should have guessed this mission immediately, but he didn't expect the world consciousness to be able to manipulate office workers so skillfully.