Their commission was suspicious.

The Water Dragon King likes to drink water from different parts of Teyvat, so you, the Traveler, like to eat gems from different commissions, right?

“This might be called… self-production and self-consumption.” While answering the humanized plug-in, Chen Luo didn’t forget to stuff another raw stone into his mouth.

This one is sweet, bubbly sweet.

Across from Chen Luo, Alicia was resting her chin on her hand, curiously observing Chen Luo as he ate the raw stone.

After comforting Chen Luo for a while and feeling much better, Alicia sat back down opposite him.

They were even more astonished when they saw Chen Luo eat the raw stone.

Chen Luo used to regard raw stones as treasures, but no one had ever seen Chen Luo eat a raw stone.

So Alicia couldn't help but take a few more glances, and then she became engrossed in looking at it.

"Want to try some? This is the best-tasting batch of raw stones." Chen Luo placed a raw stone in front of Alicia.

“…I’ll try.” Alicia looked at the raw stone that Chen Luo was holding up so close to her, but instead of taking it, she put it directly into her mouth, along with Chen Luo’s fingers.

"..." Chen Luo pulled his fingers out and then dried them with the flame.

What a waste! Try it!

【But Ellie is really good at it.】

"..."

Chen Luo fell silent.

"Ugh! It's so hard!" Alicia mumbled, her mouth full of something.

Then Alicia took the gem she had just put in her mouth out again.

"It seems I can't consume the raw gems," Alicia said regretfully.

"That's a real pity," Chen Luo shook his head.

"So what's the difference in the taste of the raw stones?" Although she couldn't eat them, Alicia was very curious.

The importance of the raw stone to Chen Luo is self-evident.

"The taste of raw stones can vary greatly. The 4000 raw stones given by the Survival Commission were a large quantity, but the taste was a bit strange. Because it was a cry for hope in despair, it was bitter at first and sweet later."

"The raw stone in your hand originated from Silver Wolf's desire to watch the show. Since Silver Wolf was very interested in the Holy Lord from the beginning, it was sweet at first. Later, I agreed to let her continue watching the show, which made her even happier. So the aftertaste was even sweeter."

"A rough stone often has two flavors: one before the wish is fulfilled, and one after the wish is fulfilled."

"For example, when the Holy Lord made a wish to me, wanting me to help him resurrect, that was a malicious wish, which included malice towards me personally. And since there has always been malice, his original stone is salty."

Although Alicia was managing the world, she would occasionally be distracted by matters outside. Chen Luo had already pinned the matter of the Holy Lord to the top of the group network, making the adventurers of Paradise who had contact with the Holy Lord pay close attention.

"So, the raw stone I have is the sweetest? Would you like to try it? If you don't mind that I just ate some," Alicia asked.

"..." Chen Luo didn't speak, but just quietly looked at Alicia.

"..." Alicia's eyes darted around for a moment, then she summoned a ball of water and washed the raw stone again.

"And now?"

"...This rough stone is yours." Chen Luo said irritably.

"Eat up! Why aren't you eating? Don't you eat beef?"

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Alicia readily accepted the raw stone and placed it on Chen Luo's flower crown.

Chen Luo's flower crown was a gift from Alicia, so Alicia could naturally make it appear at any time and slightly modify its shape.

Given its quality as a raw stone, it is more than capable of becoming the most dazzling pearl on this crown.

Although Alicia is now the Primal Goddess, she has to admit that she is powerless when facing the Primal Stones.

Alicia just tried to use the power of the Primal God to break down the Primal Stone, but it had no effect at all.

"So, Lolo, what benefits do you get after eating the Primal Stone?" Alicia asked in a lighthearted tone, admiring the flower crown she had personally arranged and placed on Chen Luo's head.

"The benefits... I haven't seen them yet." Chen Luo scratched his head.

Putting aside the matter of the Primal Stones, even with Paradise Coins, River God's power, or even using the characteristics of the Herrscher of Consciousness to devour evil thoughts, Chen Luo could feel his body growing slightly, more or less.

But after eating the raw stone, Chen Luo didn't feel any change in himself. The only feeling he had was that the raw stone was indeed delicious.

It's worth noting that 20 Primogems can be exchanged for a wisp of Origin Aura-level World Source in the Dimensional Sea.

Chen Luo was puzzled because he was consuming raw stones but was not getting any feedback.

“But it tastes great,” Chen Luo added immediately.

Whether it's sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, or salty, Chen Luo feels that raw stones have a unique flavor.

Chen Luo isn't someone who can handle spicy food very well, but he will try sweet and spicy spicy snacks because it's a sensory pleasure.

"Could you eat raw gems before?" Alicia asked curiously.

"Before... it didn't work. I tried before, and no matter what method I used, I couldn't break the raw stone, including biting it with my teeth. But I don't know when it started, I can now ingest raw stones."

Chen Luo didn't know when this happened, since he had never tried to eat a raw stone again after failing to bite it with his teeth a long time ago.

“I think since the raw stone is edible and has a very high status, there must be some benefits, right? Why don’t you ask the world consciousness?” Alicia looked up at the sky.

“Alright…” Chen Luo nodded, then extracted a wisp of primordial energy and flicked it away.

Then, just as the primordial aura was about to merge into this new world, it simply vanished.

"Wow, are you really that rich? Just hiring someone costs you the Source of the World?"

The world consciousness was greatly shocked by Chen Luo's status as a nouveau riche.

"Ah, sorry, I'm used to it."

"How can you get used to this?"

"Because I went to a world a while ago, the world's consciousness ignored me if I didn't give them money, but their attitude was very good if I gave them money."

"Is it the second stage of world consciousness, still in its developmental phase? I can understand, after all, world consciousness in its developmental stage consumes world essence very quickly."

"Moreover, I'm almost out of the World Source I have. Once I'm done, I'll use it up to decompose that entire portion of the World Source."

"Alright... what do you need me for?"

The world consciousness only knows that Chen Luo is looking for it because Chen Luo wrote such information into the source aura there, but the world consciousness does not know why.

Chen Luo comes to the Honkai Impact 3rd world every day as frequently as if he's coming home, so the world's consciousness has long since removed him from its special attention list.

The world consciousness also has things to do; it can't keep staring at Chen Luo forever.

"Here's the thing, I just discovered that I can consume raw stones, so I wanted to ask how this will help me," Chen Luo asked.

"You can eat raw gemstones? No, the question now is, how much have you eaten?"

The world consciousness sounded even more surprising than Chen Luo.

"You must have eaten more than 20, right?"

"What? You've eaten so much, are you feeling any discomfort? Are you thirsty? Hungry? Do you want to eat?"

"Stop, stop, stop... Your question seems a bit tricky. Don't rush."

The World Consciousness's focus was completely different from what Chen Luo had imagined. Chen Luo thought the World Consciousness would be more concerned with how to help him determine the effects of eating the raw stone on him in order to earn commissions. However, the World Consciousness seemed to get a little impatient when Chen Luo had only uttered half of the question.

"How can you not be anxious? If you really feel unwell after consuming the Primal Stone, you should hurry up and leave this world, don't die on my screen! That's bad luck!"

"???"

Do you want to listen to what you're saying?

"We're the closest of friends and family! I'm about to die... no, nothing's even happened to me yet, how could you be thinking of throwing me out of this world?"

"Nothing's wrong? Oh... well... actually, I was just joking. Given our relationship, of course I'd say things like 'I'll throw you out' when you're fine, but if you're really in trouble, I'll still have to step up."

"..." To be honest, Chen Luo didn't believe what the World Consciousness said.

The World Consciousness's attitude just now was a bit too much, so Chen Luo's expression is not very friendly now.

"Ahem, anyway, try eating a raw gem first, and I'll keep a close eye on how your condition changes."

The world consciousness is loyal to the people who pay money and solve their problems. Since it has taken Chen Luo's World Source, it will still be loyal to Chen Luo until something happens to him.

The world consciousness was indeed a little panicked just now, after all, 20 or more Origin Stones are equivalent to a wisp of Origin Aura.

For an ordinary person to not be overwhelmed by a wisp of primordial energy is simply incredibly lucky.

Even if Chen Luo suddenly consumed so much energy, he would still suffer from indigestion. However... although the raw stone has a special nature, it is a product of Chen Luo's talent, so perhaps the problem is not as big as imagined.

Self-produced and self-sold?

After confirming that the world consciousness was indeed watching him, Chen Luo took out another raw stone and put it in his mouth.

This time it's sweet and sour...

Chen Luo not only asked the world consciousness to observe him, but also activated his reconnaissance ability at full power to observe his various vital signs in order to see the effects of consuming the primordial stone on him.

However, Chen Luo still found nothing this time.

So Chen Luo looked up at the world consciousness in the sky again.

Chen Luo felt that world consciousness might be able to answer his questions.

Even the most user-friendly plugins have their limits, and those limits are SSS-level talents.

The difficulty of one person trying to compare with the entire world is unimaginable. When Chen Luo can truly bring the world's power under his control and his own strength can rival the world, then he can try to come into contact with the Dao Fruit.

These are the words of the puppeteer.

Having a powerful global presence is enough to qualify as an SSS-level talent, let alone the world itself.

"I think I... I've figured something out. I'm a little unsure, could you try again?"

"Okay." Chen Luo nodded, then took out the raw stone he had treasured as a reward for the commission and put it in his mouth.

In Chen Luo's current view, the good thing is that when using Primogems, the ones consumed are always the most recently acquired ones.

This means that Chen Luo actually still preserves a considerable portion of very ancient raw stones.

For example, this one...

It has a liqueur-filled chocolate flavor, and also a hint of fresh air.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the first glass of wine Chen Luo sold to Wendy.

That was a really, really long time ago...

Chen Luo was feeling somewhat sentimental, so much so that after finishing the liqueur-filled chocolate, he didn't hear a response from the world's consciousness for a long time. It was only after Alicia reminded him that he came back to his senses and remembered the matter.

"So what did you figure out?" Chen Luo looked up.

The world consciousness should know that Chen Luo was asking about it.

"Emmm... how should I put it? If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected has occurred."

"……what?"

Listening to the Lord's words is like listening to the words.

Do you want to listen to what you're saying?

"Don't be surprised, because I'm more surprised than you. If my eyes aren't blind... after you ate the Primal Stone, your talent seems to be... growing?"

"Growth? Isn't my talent already at the EX level? How can it grow?"

"You're asking me? That's unbelievable! It's somewhat like a deep awakening, but I'm not sure... because I haven't seen any other EX-level talents."

"Your talent should have the ability to self-assess, right? If it does, give it a try; if not, there's nothing we can do."

God knows what the world consciousness just saw.

Although the world consciousness itself does not have three values, one develops three values ​​by meeting more people.

And now, the values ​​that Chen Luo had established for himself have been shattered once again.

Are you kidding me?

Can an Ex-level talent continue to grow? What level do you plan to grow into?

The term "Ex-level talent" is used to describe something that is "exceptional," something that cannot be surpassed or replicated, something that is unique in the world.

There may be more than one Ex-level talent, but there is definitely only one of its kind.

However, if the observation of world consciousness is true, this also explains why Chen Luo's humanized plugin could not detect the problem, because the humanized plugin level is not high enough.