Their commission was suspicious.

"Huh?" Wesley looked up at Chen Luo with a bewildered expression.

“Wesley, you…” Latine looked at Wesley, who hadn’t immediately refused.

Lating didn't think Weser was tempted. After all, they were comrades in the same community, the kind who had signed a contract, and Weser had just obtained a godhood and didn't have any need for it.

Therefore, it is we ourselves who should be tempted.

Latine just felt that Weser might have been affected or discovered something.

"Alright, stop with this clumsy attempt to sow discord." Pest stepped out of the river.

“I admit that once you enter this river, it is filled with temptations that make it difficult to get out, but that’s all.”

"Sigh, you entered the River of Time and didn't do anything? Like rewriting history or changing the fate of the Black Death? I even bribed the world's consciousness. You came out without doing anything? Are you planning to take revenge on the sun with your own power? What a firm will!" Chen Luo looked at Pest in surprise and admiration.

"Huh? What are you talking about? What river of time?" Pest was taken aback.

Pest did hear similar words after entering the river, but she thought it was the magical river tempting her not to leave.

Pest admitted that she did have a brief moment of attraction, but she managed to break free with her strong will.

Ah, a cricket hallucination!

"Wait, Chen Luo, are you serious?" But unlike Pest, Gold and Silver Pest, who had just climbed out of the river with Pest, showed no disdain after hearing Chen Luo's words. Instead, their expressions were filled with ecstatic joy.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Of course it's true, I, Chen Luo, never lie." Chen Luo nodded.

[Ding! Mission complete!]

Chen Luo really didn't lie to Pest this time.

After all, it's just the lives of a mere 8,000 million people. Can they be as important as the source of the world in the hearts of the world's consciousness?

Moreover, Chen Luo saved 8,000 million people, not killed 8,000 million.

The reason why the two Pests, Gold and Silver, were so excited after hearing Chen Luo's words was because the outbreak of the Black Death was related to the solar cycle.

Pest came to the Little Garden because she believed that the lazy sun caused the Black Death outbreak.

Therefore, he wanted to enter the small garden to take revenge on the sun and try to change the fate of the Black Death.

Now, the opportunity is right in front of us! It's within our grasp.

After receiving Chen Luo's response, Jin Yin and Pest almost instinctively jumped into the river, and then... bumped their heads.

Because the river has disappeared.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, there's only one chance to enter this River of Time," Chen Luo's casual words drifted over.

The expressions on the two Pests' faces instantly turned as if they'd received a call from their boss at four in the morning demanding they revise a PowerPoint presentation—they wanted to die! And they wanted the other person dead!

Chapter 2053 Even if I, Pest, were to jump off the boundary wall, I would not beg you, River God, for a single word!

Pest, whose real name is unknown, was the daughter of a medieval European nobleman who was considered by her father as a pawn in a marriage alliance with other families.

He never attended school during his lifetime, but mastered literacy skills through self-study. He successfully implemented new agricultural theories to improve the poor harvest situation of serfs caused by global cooling, and was therefore loved by the serfs.

But after contracting the Black Death, he was imprisoned by his father. Before dying, he shouted, "Die! Die! Everyone die!" and everyone actually died. Because of the efficacy of this curse, he gained a spiritual status.

After death, he wandered aimlessly around Europe, encountering people who had died in similar circumstances in various places. Unable to bear seeing them suffer, he led them away. Before he knew it, he had left Europe and come to the continent. He traveled for hundreds of years and unknowingly became a super-large family of 80 million people.

That's why Pest can bear the credit of 8,000 million people.

"If the fact of the pandemic were erased from history, it would be related to the resurrection of the Demon King [The Closed World], one of humanity's final trials. It was successfully solved by Canary and others."

The Black Death has occurred in every world, but in the Little Garden world, the Black Death is not simply a natural disaster, but rather it has received the support of the stars.

The loss of 8,000 million lives led to a decrease in productivity, thus prematurely elevating the social status of serfs.

The Black Death, which began in the 14th century and lasted for over 100 years, became humanity's greatest trial and was an essential event in breaking the "closed world."

"But if you can add more money, the closed world can be resurrected..."

"Stop. As a human, I still have the ability to solve some of humanity's final trials, such as... the closed world."

As a human being, Chen Luo actually has limitations, and there are corresponding spiritual requirements to solve the final trial of humanity.

Chen Luo wouldn't dare say he could solve all of humanity's ultimate trials, but he could certainly solve the closed world problem.

Human beings have limits, unless they cheat.

Putting aside other things, the Book of Akasha must contain a solution to the problem of a closed world.

Moreover, Canary and the others did not break the trial, but rather reduced the probability of the dystopian demon king appearing to zero, thus eliminating him.

While this avoids the emergence of a closed world, the completion of the "Third Permanent Organization," the breaking of "Absolute Evil," and the breaking of the "closed world" are all necessary conditions for the eternally peaceful future where Kasukabe Yo resides.

The elimination of the "closed world" directly led to a significant reduction in the possibility of reaching that future, turning it into a world outside of possibilities.

Therefore, in the long run, this move is not the right thing to do.

Therefore, creating a closed world and then breaking it is the most perfect solution.

The World Consciousness did not restrict Chen Luo's access to the Book of Akasha because he might earn less money.

After all, it's just a small amount of money...

You could make more money buying a World Tree doll from Chen Luo at a discount and then reselling it at the original price.

Moreover, the World Tree doll is a hot commodity.

Although Chen Luo has not yet successfully created any World Tree dolls, the problem lies in the absence of a World Tree, not in Chen Luo's inability to create one.

"Chen Luo, Master, could you summon the River of Time one more time? Just once." Golden Pest ran to Chen Luo's side and pleaded, grasping Chen Luo's left hand that was resting on the handle of his wheelchair.

“That’s right, just once.” Silver Pest agreed.

"Opportunities are fleeting. If you don't seize them, they're gone." Chen Luo shook his head.

"And although I did set up this possibility in that river, the two of you can't complete it. Only the main body can complete it, and the two of you don't even have the ability to convince yourselves. What's the use of summoning the River of Time again?" Chen Luo remained unmoved by the two Pests's coquettishness.

Chen Luo did indeed tell the world consciousness that if Pest was willing, they would first modify history, and Chen Luo would make up the difference later.

Because if Pest were to alter this history, the merits she bears would be diminished. Although this might lead to other changes, Pest would not be so fixated on her desire for revenge.

Pest might even voluntarily revoke the organizer's authority.

This helped Chen Luo and his team achieve victory.

But Pest dismissed this persuasion as an illusion.

However... perhaps the human-centered plugin knew beforehand that Pest wouldn't do that, which is why it didn't stop Chen Luo from doing so.

At Chen Luo's prompting, the two Pests turned to look at the original Pest.

“Um… why don’t you try asking him for help?” Silver Pest tentatively suggested.

Golden Pest, on the other hand, had lifeless eyes.

Because of Golden Pest... I feel like I've seen this scene before.

But why can't I remember?

"Beg him? Let's not even talk about what you two are, whether you're special manifestations of illusions, or special gifts that appeared to shake me... And do you really think I'd believe such nonsense? Just by asking someone, he'll grant me any wish?" Pest looked at the two illusions that looked almost exactly like her with disdain.

"No way, you really think I'm that fragile? That easy to fool?" Pest sneered.

Chen Luo was naturally the one who was directly confronted by Pest.

"There's a limit to looking down on people. You don't understand and you refuse to admit it, but you're really good at being disgusting."

"No, why don't you give it a try? What if it actually works?" Silver Pest wanted to give it another shot.

"What if it's true? Ha, even if I, Pest, were to jump off this 2-meter-high boundary wall and die here, I wouldn't beg him for a single word! I certainly wouldn't believe that such a request would actually be of any use."

"..."

"..."

The two Pests, one gold and one silver, looked at each other in silence.

"Alright, stop trying. The real Lady Pest has an unyielding will. The two of you can't shake her determination to win," Chen Luo sighed, as if resigned to his fate.

"Chen Luo, please stop making things worse. Although I couldn't persuade you anyway..." Jin Peisi said helplessly.

"You deliberately used this tone to make the real me think that we are indeed fakes, right?" Silver Pest sighed.

"Alright, you two stop struggling. Since your original selves disagree, you can work hard and save up enough Paradise Coins and Merit Points to beg me," Chen Luo comforted.

“You’ve always said that, always making empty promises! When did you arrive? Did your wish come true when you came?” Silver Pest looked at Gold Pest.

“No, he’s still making empty promises to me… Hmm, maybe it’s because I haven’t saved enough money.” Golden Pest lowered her head in thought.

"Alright, you two combined, with your future selves only 10 days away, shouldn't be talking about the future here," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo's River God ability allows him to summon people from the future.

Chen Luo has now gradually learned to control how far into the future this future is.

The good news is that it can be controlled; the bad news is that we can only move forward, not backward.

Silver Pest is Pest three days later, and Gold Pest is Pest seven days later.

Don't ask why they gave in so quickly.

The answer is that there's something wrong with you.

Harboring an impossible wish, and then encountering someone willing to fulfill any wish—that in itself is the biggest weakness.

Just tell me whether you're begging or not.

If you ask, there's a 99% chance of success; the only difference is when you'll succeed.

If you don't try, you might never succeed in your life.

After all, that was a monumental achievement of the dystopian demon king—the one who locked away the world—who was responsible for humanity's ultimate trial.

Besides, that's what gifted competitions are all about: the winner takes all, and the loser eats dust.

Pest, who will become the loser in the future, has absolutely no right to contradict her boss!

Seeing that they couldn't persuade Pest at all, Gold and Silver Pest exchanged a glance and had no choice but to give up.

Seeing Chen Luo snap his fingers and cancel the two Pests who looked similar to him, the original Pest, who had been holding back for a long time, finally spoke.

"Have you had enough of this acting? So this is what you mean by seeing the future?"

Although Pest knew that the two versions of herself were illusions, she was still quite unhappy seeing how well Chen Luo treated her two illusions.

"Don't be angry, Lord Black Death Spot. Isn't this just showing my value? Since even you, Lord Black Death Spot, can't tell whether those two illusions are real or not, if I lose in the future, you can send me to be a spy, Lady Pest. I'll be a perfect infiltrator... except that my strength is a little different from my original form."

"Indeed, the illusion's strength is indeed inferior to the original." Pes nodded, agreeing with Chen Luo's point of view.

Chen Luo as a spy should be quite effective.

"..." What I mean is that the strength of the real body is not as good as that of the illusion.

"Anything else? A self-introduction should at least include some basic skills, right?" Pest didn't mind; she wanted to hear about Chen Luo's abilities first.

Consider it Chen Luo's pledge of allegiance.

“I can’t say anything else, but the only thing I can reveal is… I’m also a deity, and a river god at that. If it weren’t for the fact that I can only participate in the competition and not fight, that Weser River incarnation next to you—Weser—would have no chance against me,” Chen Luo said.

“I see. No wonder I felt a strange sense of loss of control when you summoned that unusual river just now.” Wesser nodded.

It now appears that Chen Luo is not only a river god, but the concept of a river god is of very high priority.

This time we caught a big fish!

"Alright, that's enough spoilers, Lady Pest. I hope you have a great time in this Gift of Grace competition," Chen Luo sincerely wished. Then, the wheelchair slowly backed away, gradually disappearing into the shadows.

After all... Pest wouldn't be smiling after the Gift of Life competition ended.

Pest wanted to say something more, but Chen Luo and Fu Hua had already disappeared after entering the shadow.

"This way of exiting... is he the demon king or are we the demon king?" La Ting muttered to herself.

“Master, do you think… is there even the slightest possibility that that illusion is real?” Wese, the embodiment of the river, couldn’t help but ask.

For some reason, Wei Shi felt that... what the other party said was particularly convincing and convinced He.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! If those two illusions are real, I'll go back to the North District and jump over the boundary barrier ten times!"