Their commission was suspicious.

"Use whatever means you have," Fu Yan mocked.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

Chen Luo's expression changed.

Chen Luo had never heard of such an outrageous wish before...

"First, now that you've confirmed that these other two versions of yourself are the real you, haven't you considered that since I can do such miraculous things, surely I have other means to separate you from this Netherworld Child?"

"...Are you trying to deceive me and then use the Reversal of All Phenomena?" Fu Yan's eyes instantly turned cold.

"Secondly, I know that the three of you still had your own ulterior motives when you reached the cooperation agreement, such as always thinking about devouring the other two of yourselves."

"Don't try to sow discord anymore, we won't fall for it." Golden Smoke shook his head.

However, when Chen Luo said those words, a strange light flashed in the eyes of the three Floating Smoke.

Clearly, Fuyan is the type of person who would kill himself if the benefits were sufficient.

“Third. If any of you are willing to cooperate with the ghost-catching team, I can help you remove the soul fire burning, so that your power will not be continuously drained by the soul fire,” Chen Luo said.

"That's it? That's all you got from your three sentences?" The three wisps of smoke laughed simultaneously.

"Oh, I forgot to add. During the time it takes to remove the soul fire burning from one of you, the other two will take the enhanced cost in her place, with the speed of power loss and the pain amplified by 100 times."

"..."×3

The three floating smokes could no longer laugh.

"Alright, let's start bidding now. The highest bid is for removing the Soulfire Burning effect for one hour, the lowest is..."

"Five minutes!" The golden wisp of smoke suddenly raised its hand.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo tilted his head.

“I only need five minutes of rest before I’m willing to tell you the information,” said Golden Smoke.

"I was going to say at least 10 minutes... but I didn't expect that I would be the one who's the hardest on myself." Chen Luo muttered to himself.

“You traitor! I, I only need 3 minutes, no, 2 minutes!” Silver Smoke also raised his hand.

"You two bastards! You don't even want a minute of my free time! All you have to do is increase the wear and tear on their power by 100 times!" The original body, Fuyan, gritted its teeth, looking at the other two versions of itself as if they were enemies.

"See? It's actually quite simple to solve. Just ask the person who shouted for five minutes a question," Chen Luo said.

"...Logically speaking, Fuyan shouldn't be this stupid, right?" Huo Huo was a little confused.

Even Huo Huo knows that they shouldn't be fighting amongst themselves right now.

“Because… Fuyan thinks we only need one Fuyan right now, but there are three Fuyans. It’s like three people being chased by two bears. They don’t need to run faster than the bears, they just need to run faster than the other two. Soulfire… can burn Suiyang to death.”

"So all they need to do is compete to see who can live the longest to gain the right to survive, and then eat the corpses of the other two people."

"Even if I said I wouldn't kill any of them now, they would disagree, especially the golden smoke who has a 5-minute advantage. That's just the nature of smoke—they'll do anything to succeed."

Looking at the three floating smokes that were almost causing a huge argument, Chen Luo said.

There's only one antidote for the three poisoned people. So, do you want it or not?

Reserved? Can reserve be an antidote?

[Ding! Aha has rewarded you with 10 Star Cores]

"..."

This star god is really idle.

If you really have no work to do, you can help the Guardian God move bricks!

Or go and declare war on Nanuk.

Moreover, the Grand Duke of Darkfire has declared war on four Star Gods (the Destiny Walkers of the Destiny Paths to which the Star Gods belong). Why don't you go and say hello to them?

He must have plenty of fun there too, right?

Chapter 2105 White Silk with 999+ Defense?

Under Chen Luo's scheme to sow discord, the relationship between the three, which had been slightly mended, was instantly shattered.

Moreover, because the golden smoke spoke first, the silver smoke and the original smoke became extremely hostile towards the golden smoke, seemingly showing signs of forming a secret alliance.

However, the true relationship between these two floating smokes is actually one of life and death.

It wasn't that Chen Luo wanted only one of the three of them to survive, but rather it was determined by Fu Yan's personality.

What kind of yang energy can be absorbed by oneself more effectively than one's own? There is none.

Furthermore, Fu Yan knew absolutely nothing about the origins of her other two selves... no, or rather, Fu Yan had never tried to find out, because she dared not ask Chen Luo, and even less dared to trust him.

Therefore, if Chen Luo hadn't intervened to mediate, only one of the three floating smoke clouds would have remained.

The other two smoke trails will only become the winner's dinner.

When Chen Luo used the River God's power, he specifically suppressed the power of the silver and gold floating smoke, so that none of the three floating smoke possessed truly overwhelming power.

It seems we are about to enter an era of intense competition among the "floating smoke" (a term referring to the three groups of people involved in online games), where these three groups will desperately try to compress the safe time after answering questions.

In the end, it will inevitably lead to a situation where it harms others without benefiting oneself.

……

"I have enough patience to wait for Fuyan to repent and reform." Chen Luo, who could finally plant trees, stood under the World Tree.

Are you sure you want Fuyan to reform, or to truly understand that you are the most wicked one?

To deal with corrupt officials, you have to be even more cunning than them.

The same principle applies to dealing with bad people.

"Who said I'm weird? I just happen to have some abilities that might be misunderstood." Chen Luo's face showed displeasure.

[Yes, yes, you're not weird, you're the one doing evil, aren't you?]

"If you can talk, then talk more; if you can't talk, then go draw me some erotic pictures."

【…】

After seeing the user-friendly plugin obediently draw AI-generated erotic images, Chen Luo flipped through the ancient book in his hand, carefully reading the detailed introduction on how to plant the World Tree.

"Forget about that book, why don't you ask me instead?"

A childish voice rang out.

Upon hearing this voice, Chen Luo looked up at the World Tree in front of him.

Chen Luo's ability to hear is to hear the voices of all things, including the World Tree itself, which he has nurtured in the Puppet World for a long time.

Although Chen Luo planted the World Tree only recently from the perspective of a bar, the Doll World also jumped along with the countless time jumps in the previous civilization, so the World Tree has been rooted on the Golden Earth for some time now.

Although it is true that the more advanced a being is, the more difficult it is to develop intelligence, which is why the existence of the ancient tree of wisdom is awe-inspiring, the World Tree is a natural helper for the world's consciousness to manage the world. How could it do without specific logical abilities?

Even if it doesn't reach the level of artificial intelligence, it should at least reach the level of artificial stupidity.

Chen Luo's listening ability even allows him to converse with the Qiong Guan Zhen, so it is not difficult for Chen Luo to communicate with the World Tree.

As the World Tree grew, these exchanges became more and more frequent—from not being able to say a single word a day to being able to say two or three words occasionally.

If one had to use someone Chen Luo knew as a metaphor for the current World Tree, it would be the armed puppet Klein.

For the World Tree, managing the world is its job and the meaning of its existence, so there is no need to worry that the World Tree, which has basic logic, will be lazy.

On the contrary, the world consciousness that possesses the World Tree can slack off.

"Oh? What do you want to say?" Chen Luo didn't mind hearing the World Tree's own thoughts.

The World Tree rarely initiates conversations with Chen Luo.

It wasn't even as many conversations as the golden Earth beneath Chen Luo's feet and Chen Luo himself.

"Give me all of these. I can eat them all in one go!"

"Alright, you can shut up now. You're really afraid you'll burst if you eat all five of them at once, aren't you?"

"You won't die from overeating."

"But it will be wasteful."

"..."

What does the World Tree know about the World Tree?

Just like a child doesn't know anything about children.

When faced with delicious candy, children only think about eating it all, never considering that eating too much candy will cause tooth decay.

So if the World Tree is feeling unwell, Chen Luo can ask it for its opinion, but he doesn't need to ask it how to fertilize it.

It only wants everything.

"Let me see... Hmm, I've got it." After studying the ancient books for a long time, Chen Luo finally found the perfect combination from the five materials provided by the source.

The World Tree is right. As long as the Breath Soil exists, even if you pour a lot of fertilizer into it, the World Tree won't die from overeating, but it will be wasted.

The Breath of Earth allows water and fire materials to be completely absorbed without any loss, achieving a perfect 1+1=2.

However, it doesn't achieve the effect of 1+1>2... for example, wood and fire.

These five materials are all top-grade; Chen Luo would feel bad if he wasted even a little bit.

Carefully lifting the packaging... the material wrapped in golden bubbles is precious, but the bubbles that encased them are also precious.

A storage ring made with world-class materials.

This ensures that time inside is absolutely frozen, completely isolated from the outside world, unaffected by any tracking techniques, and that nothing inside loses its power.

But the shortcomings are also obvious.

It can only be used once. Once an item is removed from the bubble, the bubble will be destroyed.

Now it's time to test your speed!

Chen Luo is gambling.

I'm betting that after I take the item out of the bubble, my hand speed is fast enough to use the weapon box to repair the opponent before it completely explodes!

"Yay!" Chen Luo cheered as he looked at the empty golden bubble.

Chen Luo won the bet.

"First, put this down."

Chen Luo threw a paste-like substance, resembling mashed potatoes, into the Breath Soil.

It is said that this thing that looks like mashed potatoes is made from the soil under the ancient tree of wisdom, which contains endless fertility. It is a product that has been processed, refined and enhanced through alchemy.

It is said to be the best choice of fertilizing material that is extremely compatible with any type of tree, and is responsible for providing nutrients.

Chen Luo then put down a tree root, which was so dry that it was tangled up in a ball.

The clump of roots landed directly on the roots of the World Tree. Upon contact with the mashed potatoes below, it immediately came to life, and the entire clump of roots attached itself to the branches of the World Tree, as if it had grown another set of roots for the World Tree.

This material is the root of the World Tree, but it is a product refined from the roots of the World Tree that have grown to their limit (9981 parts). It can accelerate the World Tree's absorption speed.

After combining the first two materials, Chen Luo was able to see that the World Tree grew half a centimeter in just a few seconds and was continuing to grow.

"Not fast enough." Chen Luo then threw a ball of golden fire onto the World Tree.

After the fire landed on the branches, it instantly ignited the entire World Tree, coating it in the colors of flames, as if transforming it into the mythical Fusang tree.

The fire seemed to have produced a chemical reaction with the extra piece of tree trunk, allowing the branches to absorb the nutrients more quickly.

These two materials are a well-known World Tree cultivation combination in the Dimensional Sea, commonly known as—Nitrogen Acceleration.

This combination can make plants grow faster, but it may damage the roots of the World Tree.

So while these two materials are useful, not many people buy them...it might also be because they are too expensive.

Chen Luo was not a short-sighted person, but he did not want his World Tree to deplete its potential too quickly.

So Chen Luo poured another stream of flowing liquid onto the branches of the World Tree.

Upon contact with the World Tree, the golden water began to flow rapidly throughout its entire body. Wherever it passed, the boiling flames were instantly extinguished.

After the flowing water had almost completely covered the World Tree, the flames disappeared, but left behind golden traces, turning the originally emerald green World Tree into a golden tree.

The World Tree continues to grow rapidly, but this time it is not its potential that is being depleted, but rather the golden color that covers its entire body.