Their commission was suspicious.

If Chen Luo remembered correctly, the Abyss Passage's consciousness told him that Little Twelve was currently serving as the chief designer of all the Abyss Passages, and also the sole designer. The reward was a promotion and a raise for Little Twelve after this phase of the project was completed.

Now Little Twelve is saying that after completing this task of guarding the time tunnel, the reward is also a promotion and a raise... Could it be that the promotion and raise for these two tasks are the same?

"If I may ask, besides the promise of a promotion and a raise, hasn't the World Consciousness given you anything else?" Chen Luo asked.

【Other? What other?】

"For example... the aura of origin?"

[That's called the Source of the World, you bumpkin. We called it that because of your habits. Why did the World Consciousness give me the Source of the World? Didn't they already say they'd give me a promotion and a raise? I'm not greedy.]

“…That’s good, that’s good.” The reasoning of the Abyss’s consciousness was logical and convincing, and Chen Luo was speechless for a moment.

Chen Luo thought that the world consciousness had asked for two strands of his root essence yesterday, and that it would share some with the workers, but he didn't expect the world consciousness to not give him any at all.

Such a worldview deserves to be hung from a street lamp!

However, Chen Luo didn't say these things aloud. After all, he had already paid the money, and he couldn't possibly pay more for the Abyss Passage consciousness, could he? Chen Luo wasn't a sucker.

However, for the consciousness of the abyss passage, monitoring the spacetime tunnel for just two days shouldn't be a big problem, right?

"Oh, right, since you're monitoring the time tunnel, won't you have to stay here the whole time? What about your job? Will you ask the consciousness of another abyss passage from before to help you?" Chen Luo asked, somewhat puzzled.

"No need. Even in the spiritual plane, I can sense what's happening within the Abyss Passage. This is my power as the chief architect of the Abyss Passage. However, this power is only effective when I'm in the Abyss Plane or the spiritual plane. Therefore, for the foreseeable future, I will be working from your home, monitoring the spacetime tunnel while simultaneously dealing with the world within the Abyss Passage."

Sigh, you really are useless. This is clearly your own time portal, yet you need someone else to guard it for you.

"There's no way around it. I have to travel to other worlds every day to do missions, so I don't have time to keep an eye on the time portal in the backyard. Besides, not just anyone can see a time portal; no one else in my family can do that except me," Chen Luo said.

If the spacetime tunnel really had a shape, it would have been discovered by others long ago. Apart from Chen Luo's SSS-level reconnaissance ability, no one else could observe the activity level of the spacetime tunnel, and naturally, they could not judge when something would be ejected from it.

Bubble might be able to do that, since Bubble is a spacetime controller, but Bubble basically only stays in the basement. Unless someone breaks into Chen Luo's house, he won't leave his basement. So Chen Luo didn't want to trouble Bubble. But Chen Luo didn't expect that the world consciousness could "divide" the abyss passage consciousness into several parts for use.

"What might be ejected from the spacetime tunnel is of paramount importance, concerning the safety of the entire world. The next two days will depend on you." Chen Luo clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the sky.

[You're just like what the world's consciousness said; you knew about this mission all along. So the candy I promised you earlier really doesn't count.]

"Yes Yes Yes."

Chen Luo no longer wanted to argue with the Abyss about whether or not things were sweet or not.

The life of the consciousness in the abyss passage is already difficult enough, why expose it further?

Besides, the consciousness of the Abyss Passage might actually give Chen Luo a treat, right?

It was never going to happen anyway, okay?

"Then I'll have to trouble you for the next period of time," Chen Luo said with a sigh.

"If you need anything, just tell me and I'll see if I can get it for you."

Chen Luo was quite lenient with the consciousness of the Abyss Passage this time. After all, this unfortunate kid was lured here by the promises made by the world consciousness to help him watch over the spacetime passage. What else could Chen Luo say?

However, it's impossible to add more money.

Chen Luo had actually been wondering what would happen if he told the consciousness of the Abyss about the deal he made with the consciousness of the Martial World yesterday, but the final result would probably be nothing.

The relationship between the world consciousness and these specially created consciousnesses is not that of parents, but simply that of controller and controlled.

I just hope the world will really give Xiao Twelve a promotion and a raise.

I feel that Little Twelve has actually been promoted and received a raise, for example, from being a consciousness within the Abyss Passage to becoming the overall consciousness of the Abyss Passage. A promotion is definitely there, I just don't know if there was a raise.

"Can you provide what I need? Then let's start with eight or ten Root Auras."

"Dream on. But I've wanted to ask this for a long time: the Origin of the World must be beneficial to the world, it can be used to buy and sell goods, but what use is the Origin Aura to you? What can you do with it?" Chen Luo was very curious.

To be honest, Chen Luo couldn't find a second use for the Root Aura besides bribing the world consciousness and irrigating the World Tree.

It is indeed possible to use this to enhance the Void Treasury and reduce the consumption of Void Treasury projection items, but it is not worthwhile.

"It's for investing in the World Consciousness. The leader of the World Consciousness has already said that if I invest, I'll receive a corresponding share of the profits generated in this cycle."

"...But even if you receive your share of the benefits in this reincarnation, won't you still not be able to use them?" Chen Luo was greatly shocked.

Perhaps the consciousness of the Abyss Passage collects the Root Aura just like a dragon likes to collect gold coins—it can't be spent, but it's something it desperately wants?

"Not necessarily. It's not needed now, but it might be in use in the next cycle, because you can never predict what kind of scenario the world consciousness will encounter in the next cycle. What if it's like the Honkai Impact 3rd world you visited, but also a collection of countless smaller worlds competing with each other? Then these world sources would be useful."

“That makes sense… but the next reincarnation might take tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, right?”

"It doesn't matter. For special consciousnesses like us, similar to artificial intelligence, the one thing we have no shortage of is time."

The relationship between artificial intelligence such as world consciousness and abyss passage consciousness may be simpler than Chen Luo imagined.

Perhaps the consciousness of the abyss passage was aware that the world consciousness had made him work for nothing, but all of this remains a mystery and will never be solved.

Because Chen Luo couldn't possibly ask, "Do you want a salary?"

In the end, won't Chen Luo still pay the salary?

"Whatever makes you happy. Alright, I'm going to go wake those people up now," Chen Luo said after getting up alone.

The consciousness of the abyss passage arrived earlier than usual today, so Chen Luo woke up earlier than usual as well. However, Chen Luo did have something to do today.

I'll get up a little earlier if I want to.

"Speaking of which, I have a question. Where are all the people in your family? Why is it only Abby at home?" The consciousness of the Abyss Passage was also puzzled by this.

Not to mention Isamara, Mikoto Chiyo, and even Kitsune Sakamiya, even the Herrscher of Knowledge doesn't seem to be in Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness or at home.

Whether the Law of Consciousness has any trace in Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness is still discernible to the consciousness of the Abyss Passage, which holds considerable authority in this world.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about a dog with excessive privileges.

"Because they've all been buried in the ground," Chen Luo sighed.

'???'

It's normal for the Abyss Passage Consciousness not to believe something just because it's been said, so Chen Luo simply pushed open the bar door.

This time, pushing open the bar door wasn't to go inside. What was revealed wasn't the bar's interior, but rather a scene beside the World Tree on a golden globe.

Chen Luo pushed open the doors of Bar 1 and Bar 2 together, connecting them.

Through the open double bar door, the Abyss Passage Consciousness could see rows of bespectacled "acquaintances" buried in the ground, seemingly asleep.

"Get up! The sun's already high in the sky!" Chen Luo took a deep breath and shouted.

Then Chen Luo threw out a large ball of sunlight, which hit their faces.

The sun is really out!

Chapter 1702 Chen Luo: Respond to me, love... Raw Stone!

"You..." The consciousness of the abyss passage hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping, wanting to speak but stopping again.

So Chen Luo, have you finally revealed your bestial desires? Or is burying people your latest hobby?

"Don't misunderstand, what's next to the World Tree is a modified version of the Breath of Earth. Its effect is to decompose everything around it that can be decomposed, and then use that decomposed energy to nourish the World Tree. However, after experiments, it was found that if a person is buried in it, it will absorb 100% of the energy, but will return 10% of the energy."

"And that 10% energy level is quite high, which helps them break through their limits, so they spent almost the entire night buried in the ground," Chen Luo said.

The Breath of Earth and the simulated universe gaming glasses are a perfect match!

The simulated universe allows you to earn gold coins and cultivate your own "stand-in," achieving multiple benefits. Furthermore, being buried in the Breath Soil during the simulated universe game allows your body to cultivate autonomously.

Rounding to the nearest whole number equals a win-win situation, winning twice!

However, Chen Luo didn't lose out either. He sold the World Tree leaves for 1 Paradise Coins, and now he's everyone's creditor!

The leaves of the World Tree are really worth the price.

This wave is like Qin Shi Huang touching an electric shock door—he's won badly.

"..."

"What's wrong? Don't you believe me?"

"No, if this is truly a modified version of the Breath of Earth used in conjunction with the World Tree, then I believe it, because the Breath of Earth really does have this effect; it's just that no one has ever used it before."

"Why not use it? This method is quite good." Chen Luo asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because the wealthy don't care about this small improvement, and the poor can't even afford the Breath of Earth. Like you, do you care about this small improvement?"

"I don't care."

"Isn't that settled then?"

Under normal circumstances, those who can afford two shares of the World Source's Breath Soil are all quite powerful individuals, and their own energy level may already be no less than that of the World Tree.

The World Tree couldn't offer them any help, and they had many other ways to help improve the strength of their followers, such as Chen Luo's puppet-like abilities, so naturally they wouldn't use this method.

However, if the sole purpose of purchasing Breath of Earth is to enhance the strength of one's subordinates, then the cost-effectiveness seems extremely low.

You have two shares of the World Source, what can't you do with them?

"Sigh, I thought I was the first to discover this method."

"You should dream at night."

"Then I'll prepare dinner for them first. Bye bye."

"goodbye."

After greeting the consciousness of the Abyss Passage, Chen Luo stepped through the bar door and arrived at the Golden Earth. After closing the bar door, he pushed it open again, and the opposite side of the door became the bar.

After Chen Luo threw sunlight on their faces and woke them up, the demons and monsters buried in the ground slowly woke up.

"I said you've been lying in the dirt all night, time to get up, right?" Chen Luo stood in front of everyone, hands on his hips, looking down at them.

Opportunities to look down on others are rare, so cherish them.

"I'm thirsty," Yukari Yakumo said, as if waking from a dream.

I'm hungry.

I'm thirsty.

I'm hungry.

After everyone was woken up, those who were used to eating breakfast started complaining of being hungry, and no one responded to Chen Luo's question.

Looking at the group of people in front of him who were shouting that they were thirsty and hungry, Chen Luobu was reminded of the group of bugs in the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon that sucked SpongeBob's pineapple into seeds.

Chen Luo forgot what those insects were called, but they were also very short, just like the people who were now planted in the soil.

"If you want to eat, come to the bar. The entrance is just a few steps away," Chen Luo said, pointing to the bar's entrance.

Then Chen Luo realized that everyone was staring straight at him.

"Don't tell me you can't even think of taking a few steps outside. Do you expect me to feed you? Did you make a pact?" Chen Luo subconsciously took a step back.

"I want breakfast!" Merlin was the first to crane his neck and shout.

"I don't want to leave the Breath of the Land!" Yakumo Yukari shouted immediately afterward.

The two lively characters in the bar instantly resonated with everyone.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"..."

The barrage of requests was almost driving Chen Luo crazy.

Chen Luo, who was woken up early in the morning by the consciousness of the Abyss Passage and was now annoyed by a series of commission notifications, looked at everyone with annoyance.

"Have you guys gotten so addicted to spending time in the sunset that you've started living a life of being waited on hand and foot?"

“But staying in the Breath of Earth is really comfortable, just like soaking in a hot spring. Once you start soaking in a hot spring, you don’t want to get up. It’s the same for us,” Yakumo Yukari said logically.

"..." Chen Luo sighed.

Chen Luo could also tell through the humanized plugin that they were not actually addicted; they had simply chosen the best option.

The Breath of Earth allows them to continuously grow stronger within certain limits; at least for now, none of them have reached their limit.

The desire to evolve is an instinct of living beings, and they are no exception.

Moreover, climbing out of the pit and then climbing back in is really tiring, especially when all their spiritual, demonic, and magical power has been drained.

I don't want to move, not at all.

"Cupid!" Chen Luo shouted!