Their commission was suspicious.

If the River God's ability could truly allow for infinitely repeated summoning, then it couldn't possibly be an SSS-level ability.

“That’s true, but if Aincrad is just a processor, then there’s no problem. It’s like how I put all my souls into the golden soul lamp, and the resulting soul fire can be used to summon the river god.”

“Aincrad cannot be used directly. Right now, the monsters killed by players in Aincrad are just data. Only after connecting it to its original world and having the world's power provide it can those monsters become real monsters, instead of just data. Only then can Paradise Coins be generated,” Chen Luo explained.

Because Aincrad has not been hanging on the World Tree for long, it is only a semi-finished product and therefore cannot operate on its own.

The ability to be self-sufficient is the hallmark of a well-formed world.

Because it is a semi-finished product, it requires an energy supply. Since the energy cannot be replicated through the gold and silver abilities, it will not affect the production of gold and silver Aincrad.

Essentially, Gold and Silver Aincrad are just more advanced monster processors.

The changes to gold and silver Aincrads are simply about improving energy efficiency.

The base game Aincrad can generate a profit of two gold coins with an investment of one gold coin.

Silver and gold Aincrads can then generate four or even eight gold coins' worth of profit with a cost of one gold coin.

"I'm a professional when it comes to using the River God's abilities," Chen Luo said confidently.

"Are you a professional when it comes to being stingy?" Yukari Yakumo pretty much understood.

"That's called the rational use of energy!"

"According to your theory, why don't you summon the World Tree into its gold and silver forms and nurture it using the most basic energy? Is it because the World Tree is more similar to your apple tree example?" Yukari Yakumo asked.

"That's right. For the World Tree, you either have to make one tree grow three times as big, or cultivate three of them and make them grow at one time. Although the former can theoretically grow three times as big, in reality it will be smaller. But for something like the World Tree, the higher its growth rate, the more valuable it is."

For example, the two functions that Chen Luo values ​​most are bearing the fruit of the World Tree and making dolls using the branches of the World Tree, both of which require the World Tree to be of a certain size.

"As for Aincrad, they can just make do with it. Anyway, if it really becomes a complete world, the first one to complain will be the world consciousness of the world they live in." Chen Luo took the glass bead from Yakumo Yukari's hand and then casually tossed it into the river next to him.

Immediately afterwards, all three glass beads appeared in front of Chen Luo, who picked them up casually and placed them on the table.

"I thought beings like Aincrad might be even higher, but I didn't expect them to be below SSS rank?" Yukari Yakumo asked.

"How expensive can a processor be? The original Aincrad has reached the edge of SSS-class, while the gold and silver Aincrads have truly reached SSS-class..."

In other words, Chen Luo now has two more 6-star items.

This was also the result of Chen Luo's deliberate restraint, as he plucked it when Aincrad was about to break through to SSS-level under the nourishment of the World Tree.

Although there were other reasons, Chen Luo did this mainly because... if Aincrad really broke through its limits, there would be another glutton to feed at home.

Let's just return this good-for-nothing to his original family.

"Although I have a bad feeling about this, I still have to ask, could the thing offered to Gold and Silver Aincrad be... the Source of the World?" Yakumo Yukari asked, squinting.

Yukari Yakumo knows a fair bit about the Origin of the World—it's very expensive! Extremely expensive!

It's ridiculously expensive.

You guessed half right.

"What do you mean?"

"All the energy that Aincrad needs is the power of the world, not the source of the world. If it is simply the power of the world, the World Tree can also provide it. If you have a good enough relationship with a certain world, you can foster Aincrad in their home and then pay for their food."

The difference between the power of the world and the source of the world is actually quite significant. The source of the world can be transformed into the power of the world, but it takes a very long time for the power of the world to be transformed into the source of the world.

However, the majority of the output from the World Source is actually generated by converting the power of the world into the source of the world and then trading it with other worlds.

Because time is meaningless to the world, they have plenty of time to waste.

"Then you can hang it on the World Tree."

“No, that would take away the World Tree’s nutrients, slowing down its growth. If the World Tree could grow quickly, I could make World Tree dolls, and the future profits would be much greater.”

"Then let's find a suitable foster home?"

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Do you have a goal yet?

"There is."

"Which one?"

"The world of Honkai Impact 3".

Why did you choose this option?

Logically speaking, shouldn't one choose the world Chen Luo himself lives in?

That world should be the best for Chen Luo, and also the one he is most familiar with, right?

Others might feel that the kindness of a stranger's mother-in-law during her time away from home is greater than the kindness of their parents in raising them, but Yukari Yakumo thinks Chen Luo probably wouldn't feel that way.

“…It’s nothing.” Chen Luo shook his head.

"Hey, don't be so formal, okay? We're practically family! Come on, tell me." Seeing Chen Luo's expression, Yakumo Yukari became even more curious.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"...Actually, this afternoon, after I came out of the previous civilization, there were still a few hours before the bar opened. At that time, the gold and silver Aincrads were ripe, so I picked them and then went to other worlds one by one to inquire about their prices."

"Huh? You want the world consciousness to set its own price? You want them to compete fiercely, right?"

"……Um."

"So...it was successful?"

"Ah."

"Is the price offered by the world consciousness of Honkai Impact 3rd the lowest?"

"No, she's the second lowest. But the little gifts she offers are the most irresistible. The lowest is actually my own world." Chen Luo shook his head.

"What kind of small gift could make you so decisively choose the second lowest-ranked Honkai World?"

"...He promised to help me hang the Gold and Silver Aincrads on the Imaginary Tree. The Imaginary Tree is a rather unusual World Tree, which would allow the Gold and Silver Aincrads to continue growing," Chen Luo said.

It's not beneficial for the original Aincrad to continue growing, because it's required by the world's consciousness, but the Gold and Silver Aincrads are different.

The gold and silver Aincrads were for Chen Luo's personal use.

"Of course, what's most irresistible is the bonus offered by the world consciousness."

"What kind of extra is so amazing?"

"She said buy 3 get 1 free, including the Gold and Silver Grands and the pre-civilization ones, and she was willing to also hang the world bubble inside Durandal's body on the Imaginary Tree, and it might even have a chance to become a real number world. So although it's a bit expensive, I still chose option number 2," Chen Luo said.

"You're so good to Durandal."

"Don't talk nonsense. Durandal and I are just ordinary friends."

"I didn't say your relationship was anything special, why are you in such a hurry?" Yakumo Yukari asked in surprise.

"..."

Durandal's favorability +20

Upon hearing the humanized plugin's outburst, Chen Luo subconsciously turned around and saw Yulandel staring intently at him from close range.

The user-friendly plugin didn't remind Chen Luo!

Chapter 1848 The Sea of ​​Dimensions: The Meaning of Children's Existence Lies in Playing with Them!

"Merciful and great dimensional sea, please grant me a share of the World Source. I will offer my integrity as a sacrifice... no, I will offer 2000 Primogems as a sacrifice!"

The raw stone in Chen Luo's arms instantly turned to ashes, causing Chen Luo great heartache.

Although it hurts, it's a necessary sacrifice.

A moment later, a ray of golden light appeared in front of Chen Luo in a way that Chen Luo could not understand.

Chen Luo carefully put away this wisp of the world's source in a bottle.

Transaction complete!

This is the lodging fee that Chen Luo is going to pay to the Gold and Silver Aincrads, the world consciousness of Honkai Impact 3rd.

The Source of the World is derived from the essence of the power of the world, and the offerings to the Gold and Silver Aincrad do indeed require the power of the world. Therefore, Chen Luo could only use the Source of the World to make the payment.

However, since the payment is made using the World Source, the World Consciousness naturally offers some preferential treatment. For example, the right to reside in Gold and Silver Aincrad is a buyout, with a duration of 100 years.

This time limit was not set by the world consciousness of the Honkai world, but by Chen Luo.

Because once Chen Luo's World Tree grows a little longer, there will be no need to worry about the nutrition supplied to the World Fruits not keeping up.

During these 100 years, Chen Luo contributed 0.5 of the World Source, while the World Consciousness provided the Gold and Silver Aincrads with sufficient World Power.

During this period, no matter how many monsters Chen Luo's Paradise Adventurers kill in Gold and Silver Aincrad, the World Consciousness will ensure a sufficient supply of World Power.

For this reason, Chen Luo specifically instructed the adventurers who were about to head to the Paradise of Gold and Silver Aincrad to grind monsters to death whenever they saw them!

If you don't finish playing the game, you don't need to go back to the amusement park for dinner!

The foster care fee required by the World Consciousness is only 0.5 World Sources.

When it comes to the buying and selling of things that are the source of the world, and which are not beneficial to the world, the price multipliers are often astonishingly high.

It's just a little bit of world power. Even if it takes 100 years, the world consciousness can still make a little profit from this 0.5 world source.

In fact, the prices offered to Chen Luo by the world consciousnesses of all worlds were basically the cost price plus a little profit, and none of them intended to overcharge Chen Luo.

The reason why the price of world consciousness is different in each world is mainly because the worldviews and ways of providing for it are different in different worlds.

The beginner worlds like Highschool of the Dead and Black Bullet use the most basic method of world power supply.

On the contrary, those large worlds that have many worlds within their own worldviews have a more economical way of supporting the gold and silver Aincrads.

For example, in the Honkai world, the Gold and Silver Aincrads are hung on the World Tree, which is not so convenient in other worlds.

Chen Luo currently possesses over 50 strands of Origin Aura, but he needs to use these strands sometimes. If he were to use even half a share of the World Origin, he would have very little Origin Aura left.

So Chen Luo tried to seek help from the Dimensional Sea, and the Dimensional Sea successfully responded to Chen Luo.

However, the price of the Origin Aura from the Dimensional Sea is approximately 2000 Primogems for 100 strands of Origin Aura, which is less than what you would get from Origin.

According to the puppeteer, the world consciousness of the Type-Moon universe was sold to Chen Luo at a loss, which was essentially a loss-making transaction involving the source energy...

Of course, it's also possible that the world consciousness of the Type-Moon universe had too many sources of power, so it gave even a small fraction to Chen Luo.

Although finding the root source and exchanging its essence would be the most profitable, Chen Luo felt embarrassed to keep taking advantage of others.

Besides the root cause, Chen Luo's other stable way to obtain income is naturally the Dimensional Sea.

Although we don't know where the source of the world came from in the dimensional sea, the transaction was completed nonetheless.

Of course, if Chen Luo is willing to plunder and pillage, the new erosion talent would be happy to help Chen Luo plunder countless worlds.

[If you ask me, you could just use those 2000 Primal Stones to make a wish, hoping the Dimensional Sea would bring in more World Source and more Origin Aura. The success rate wouldn't be zero.]

Using Primogems to make a wish to the Dimensional Sea seems to have a pretty high tolerance level, just like how Chen Luo used 300 Primogems to exchange for a nine-star set.

"Although I really want to spend less raw stones, I also know that every gift from fate comes with a hidden price." Chen Luo sighed, looking at the portion of World Origin he had packed away.

Actually, Chen Luo could have directly spent 1000 Origin Stones to buy 0.5 of the World Source, but Chen Luo was still very interested in the complete World Source, so he planned to get some for research. Thus, he generously spent 2000 Origin Stones.

It's not that Chen Luo's origin aura isn't from the source of the world; to use a more abstract analogy, it's like comparing a 100-yuan note to 100 one-yuan notes.

If you were to exchange raw gems for other things, you might lose money, but if you were to exchange them for the Source of the World, you would definitely not lose money; it's just a matter of whether you buy it sooner or later.

Because the source of the world will be useful sooner or later.

Even if Chen Luo really couldn't use up his own source energy and didn't need the World Source due to various reasons, he could still use the World Source to make a wish to the Dimensional Sea.

According to Chen Luo's tests, the Dimensional Sea currently only accepts two types of items as offerings: Primal Stones and World Sources.

There may be others, but Chen Luo hasn't discovered them yet.

"Sigh, it's hard to earn raw stones, but it's really fast to spend them."

2000 Primogems...that's equivalent to two four-star commissions.

However, as Chen Luo acquires more and more support-type SSS-level talents, four-star commissions that were previously difficult to complete are now not so difficult, and he can even create commissions artificially.

"Only 84990 raw gems left, time to work harder."

[...If you could exchange Primal Stones for World Sources, your World Source reserves might be richer than some poorer world consciousnesses.]

[But thinking about it carefully, a guaranteed six-star talent requires 32000 Primogems, which is roughly equivalent to 16 shares of World Source... If these talents weren't custom-made to your specific characteristics, you'd be losing out big time.]

"……really."