Their commission was suspicious.

Although many doctors had a lot of curiosity, none of them spoke up to refute it.

After all, Chen Luo is now considered their boss.

However, Chen Luo decisively rejected everyone's requests to become his assistant, as well as their requests to watch him up close.

Although Chen Luo's special status stems from his abilities, there is no doubt that several fusion warriors have indeed emerged under his command.

Moreover, their combat strength seems to be quite formidable.

Although the moths that chase fire follow a scientific path, those in this field will inevitably have some belief in something as mystical as super-transformation surgery.

Chen Luo definitely has the skills, and he also has luck, so everyone wants to see Chen Luo's skills up close. Maybe they can get some of his luck and increase the frequency of their own fusion warriors appearing?

Although there are never any medical disputes related to this type of surgery, because the patients either live or die during the procedure, there is no such thing as failure.

Those who survived were incredibly lucky and naturally wouldn't hold a grudge against the doctor; as for those who died, it goes without saying.

However, at present, doctors who can perform fusion surgery are all highly skilled doctors. Even though the success rate of fusion surgery is not linked to their performance, no doctor wants to watch people die under their care every day.

For doctors who perform ultrasound surgery, psychologists are their good friends.

"Question: Why did you specifically choose to perform the fusion surgery on this person yourself?" Chen Luo asked Prometheus 17, Chen Luo's assistant in this fusion surgery.

This is the backup unit of Prometheus 17. Dr. Mei once promised Chen Luo that if Chen Luo worked in this office, she would send the backup unit 17 to assist him, and Dr. Mei kept her promise.

Prometheus 17 was originally a research-assistance robot, so it was no problem for it to help Chen Luo pass things during the fusion surgery.

He's at least better than Hua, who only knows how to fight.

"If I had to say, it might be because she's my friend? Didn't you check my chat history? If you did, you'd see that I was chatting with her just five days ago," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo once gave Pado a communicator that he had "discarded," but that communicator was the newest and best one available to the outside world.

After someone got this communicator, Chen Luo and Pa Duo started chatting frequently... well, not very often.

Because Pado is either buying goods or on her way to buy goods.

Hua and Pado, on the other hand, talked more.

Chen Luo estimates that it may be due to the influence of the Golden Garden incident.

"I did not casually look through other people's chat history, absolutely not," said No. 17.

"Then let's leave it at that." Chen Luo waved his hand, not caring at all.

LOL. In the previous civilization, what the Moths Who Chase Fire could see was what Chen Luo wanted them to see.

So whether or not the chat history was checked on the 17th is irrelevant.

Just like, who keeps a diary if they're a decent person?

Are you going to write it? I'm not.

"Little Paddo, are you ready? Your brother is coming!"

Just as Pado was lying in bed, half asleep, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Upon seeing the impressive eyes that could be vaguely discerned even with a mask on, Pado recognized Chen Luo almost immediately.

Then Pado's eyes turned to utter terror.

The expression on Pado's face now is just like the one she had when she saw her medical student classmate performing surgery on her.

What's your skill level? You dare to perform surgery on others with skills like that?

Pado's impression of Chen Luo was actually still based on Chen Luo washing bottles for that wicked doctor in the research lab, according to Chen Luo himself.

It's no wonder Paddy was terrified to see a classmate who was only good at washing bottles starting to perform surgery on her.

My first reaction was naturally that I was frightened.

But the anesthetic effect caused Pado to lose consciousness immediately.

To die!

This was Pado's final thought.

Chapter 1705 Pado, tricked into joining the Fire-Chasing Moth by Chen Luo

"Wow!" Pado suddenly sat up.

"Phew, that scared me to death! I just had a really terrifying dream!" Pado touched her face and breathed a sigh of relief after realizing she was still alive.

Pado dreamt that Chen Luo, who was washing bottles in the lab, was actually performing surgery on her.

Pado remembered that a few days ago when she was chatting with Chen Luo, he mentioned that he had accidentally killed a white mouse.

"Huh?" Pado glanced around and saw that her clothes had changed into a hospital gown.

"Huh?" Pado glanced around again and realized that she seemed to be in a hospital room, and a private one at that.

"Huh?" Pado glanced around again and realized that she seemed to have seen an acquaintance.

"Hua, what are you doing here?" Pado looked at Hua, who was reading a book, in surprise.

"Pado, you're awake? How are you feeling? Never mind, I'll go call the doctor." Upon hearing Pado's voice, Hua put down her book and stood up.

"Hey, wait a minute..." Just as Pado was about to say something more, Hua stood up, looked behind her to search for the target, and then called out.

Hua's voice was a little loud, which normally wouldn't bother Pado, but at this moment, Pado instinctively covered her ears.

but……

Ugh?

Pado was stunned for a moment.

I instinctively reached out to cover my ears, but why could I still hear sounds even after my hands were covering them?

Pado was utterly puzzled by this, and so the pair of cat ears on Pado's head twitched along with her mood, as if telling outsiders about their owner's confusion.

"Pado is awake?" Chen Luo peeked into Pado's private hospital room.

"Ah!" Pado trembled the moment she saw Chen Luo.

Because Paddo remembered what happened before she fainted.

Chen Luo seemed to say some strange things and do some strange things to me.

"Why are you so scared? It's been so long, isn't it a bit much to treat the friend who saved your life like this?" Chen Luo said with a displeased expression.

"So what exactly happened..." Pado asked cautiously.

"Here's the thing, this is a private room for the Fire Moth, and generally only researchers at the assistant level or above are eligible to apply..." Chen Luo rambled on to Pado, but Pado's mind was elsewhere.

"What is this?" Pado found a brown thing on the edge of the blanket covering her, so she instinctively picked it up and squeezed it.

It's fluffy and looks a bit like a cat's tail, but cats don't have tails that long, right? How strange.

Following the ancient will of a cat, Paddo picked up the tail-like thing and took a bite.

"Ah!!!" Pado screamed in agony.

Although it is well known that cats and their tails are two different life forms, cats can still feel pain in their tails. Although their reaction time may be longer than when their tails are injured due to individual differences, cats can still feel the pain when their tails are attacked.

For example, Pado now.

"...Are you even listening to my explanation of what's going on?" Chen Luo flicked Pado's forehead with his finger and then snatched Pado's tail from her hand.

I must say, Pado's tail feels pretty good to the touch.

Pado's ears feel nice to the touch.

Chen Luo touched Pado for a long time while performing surgery on her.

Actually, there's no need to think of fusion surgery as too strenuous. Otherwise, Chen Luo wouldn't be able to perform three or four surgeries in a morning with the physical strength of an ordinary person.

The fusion surgery, to put it simply, is to implant Honkai Beast genes into the other party, and then it's all up to do your best and leave the rest to fate; whether it succeeds or not depends on probability.

So Chen Luo really had plenty of time to play with Pado's ears and tail.

"So what exactly happened?" After discovering that Chen Luo was petting the cat's tail and she could feel a strange electric shock, Pado suddenly had a thought—could what Chen Luo was holding be her own tail?

“There’s a full-length mirror in this private room, you can go and check yourself. With the recovery speed of a fusion warrior, you should be able to get up normally now,” Chen Luo said reluctantly after letting go of Pado’s tail.

It was mainly because Hua was keeping a close eye on him; otherwise, Chen Luo would have loved to play a little longer.

"A fusion warrior?" Pado tilted her head.

I feel like this name sounds vaguely familiar.

Confused, Pado lifted her blanket and then confirmed that the tail Chen Luo had just released was indeed extending from under her.

With a very uneasy feeling, Pado nervously held the tail that was wrapped around her and walked to the full-length mirror by the single hospital bed, and then saw a version of herself that was completely different from her usual self.

The most obvious change is the pair of trembling cat ears that suddenly appeared on his head, along with a cat tail that is over a meter long.

Secondly, there's the clothing they're wearing...

"Oh no, why did it turn out like this?" Pado exclaimed in disbelief.

"I see you didn't even read the Firemoth's flyers before coming here, did you?"

"Flyers? What flyers? Oh, you mean that purchase order... cough cough, I mean the registration form." Pado coughed twice.

"...The fact that you can still think about ordering goods means you're not seriously injured." Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Pado.

"That flyer was distributed by the Fire Moth to the River God Church as a recruitment flyer for fusion warrior volunteers. The Fire Moth is currently cooperating with the River God Church, and everything is done on a voluntary basis. The qualified individuals discovered after testing receive the flyer and go to the Fire Moth to undergo the super-transformation surgery."

"Hypermutation surgery?"

"Yes, it's a surgery with an extremely high mortality rate. Success is extremely rare, only one in ten thousand. The cooperation with the River God Church means that if the volunteers who sign up succeed, they can become fusion warriors with immense power and long lifespans, second only to the leader, and receive a large sum of money. If they die, the beneficiaries on the registration list will also receive a large sum of money," Chen Luo said.

"A large sum of money?" Pado's eyes lit up instantly.

"..." Chen Luo suspected that Pado hadn't heard the long, more valuable part before the large sum of money. After hearing about the large sum of money, Pado's mind was filled with nothing but money.

"Don't even think about it. The beneficiary on your flyer has been changed to me. So your money is mine now," Chen Luo said.

"Huh?" Pado's eyes widened.

"What's so surprising? After all, the flyer you brought didn't even list the beneficiary, and the probability of your death is ridiculously high. In order not to waste this money that has a very high probability of being obtained, the staff will fill in the name of the person in charge of this project—that is, me—on all the flyers that are blank in the beneficiary column. Then the funds will be recycled." Chen Luo shrugged.

"How could this be? I want my volunteer fee!" Pachado jumped up and threw herself into Chen Luo's arms, hugging his waist and shouting.

Pado seemed completely oblivious to her own presence. How was she able to leap so far?

"Boss, please."

“Didn’t I say I would transfer a quarter of my monthly salary to you? You shouldn’t be short of money right now, right? Let’s just forget about this money, okay?” Chen Luo said, patting Pado’s head.

Given that Pado's life was too difficult, and she was the most miserable person Chen Luo knew, Chen Luo made an agreement with Pado after the Eighth Herrscher incident that he would send Pado 1/4 of his salary every month, but on the condition that Pado would collect intelligence for him.

Anyway, because Moxi was poor when he was young, Chen Luo didn't even dare to take money. Chen Luo's salary card was still in Hua's hands, so Chen Luo didn't care about giving away 1/4.

Pado has lived in Twilight Street since she was a child. As an orphan, she wandered in a place where all sorts of people lived together. In addition, money is useless to Chen Luo, so it is not hard to understand why he would improve Pado's life.

Unlike Mona, who wasn't broke but just a bit too extravagant with her spending, Paddo was genuinely broke.

However, Chen Luo's salary was actually not much, even after he became a PhD in mechanical engineering.

For researchers, the bulk of their income is never their salary.

Instead, it's patent fees, etc.

“Salary is salary, and pension is pension!” Pado emphasized.

"So you don't care at all about your identity as a Fusion Warrior? You haven't even considered what trouble this identity might bring you; you're only thinking about the compensation." Chen Luo sighed.

“My pension, my pension.”

"Okay, okay, here you go."

"Great! Long live the boss!" Pato cheered.

“But the compensation for surviving fusion warriors is not as much as that for those who died, but it should still be a lot of money for you. I don’t think you can handle it, so I will keep it for you and send you a batch of money every now and then.”

"Sigh, why can't I have them all?"

"You're still too young, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it," Chen Luo said.

"emmm..."

"Go to Hua wherever you need money."

Why look for Hua?