Their commission was suspicious.

"..."

……

"What? 2000 Paradise Coins for each self-destruction? Let's do it!" Merlin agreed immediately.

Is it possible to get 2000 amusement park coins for self-destruction?

If I just reveal myself a few more times, wouldn't I become the richest person in the bar?

"But speaking of which, you didn't take any kickbacks, did you?" After decisively agreeing, Merlin calmed down but then felt something was amiss and began to suspect Chen Luo.

"How could that be? Gen Yuan just wanted to see you self-destruct, but he didn't even give you a single Paradise Coin. I only gave you extra money because we've been through thick and thin together," Chen Luo said sincerely.

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's fake. Do you think I'd tell you the truth?"

"That's good... Do you want to listen to what you're saying?" Merlin, realizing what was happening, immediately grabbed Chen Luo by the neck.

“Origin, promise me that every time you die, you will give me one of her collections, and by the way, one Servant slot. The collections are mine, and we'll split the Servant slot 30/70. I'll also give you an extra 2000 Paradise Gold Coins each time.”

"You can keep the collection, after all, people can't earn money beyond their own understanding, but why should I only get 70% of the Servant slots?"

"What? Seventy percent of it is mine."

"So, you've pocketed all the good stuff that the source gave me, haven't you!"

"Just kidding. We'll split the Servant slots 50/50."

"Do you have any Servants you want to summon? You're so stingy. If not, give me more." Merlin continued to negotiate.

"Speaking of which, could you let me go first? If you really want a Servant summoning slot, I can give you 90%, but you have to explode at least 10 times, otherwise my 10% won't even get you one slot," Chen Luo said, raising his hand.

"Deal." Merlin released Chen Luo.

"Speaking of which, how much are you willing to pay for this Servant summoning slot?" Merlin suddenly asked after Chen Luo thought they had finished discussing it.

"what?"

“That’s right, I’m going to sell spots,” Merlin said matter-of-factly.

After all, Merlin didn't have any Servants he wanted to summon.

"Why didn't you just ask for more money?"

“This is called the art of bargaining. You don’t understand. You’re still young.” Merlin shook his finger.

"If you're willing to give up all Servant slots, then each self-destruction will only give you a maximum of 3000 Paradise Coins, no more, because I don't really have any Servants I want to summon."

"make a deal!"

"...Aren't you going to try to bargain?"

"Nonsense, what if I ask for too much and you don't want it? I don't really have any Servants I want to summon. Besides, those Servants I summon don't listen to me anyway. Why would I summon them?" Merlin muttered.

"Are you ready now?"

"I'm ready... but could you be a little gentler? There's one more thing. After I agree to this, you'll have to do me a favor..."

"Enough with the nonsense. What help do you need? I've already done it. Chen Gong, go!"

"Hey, wait, I haven't finished yet! No!"

"Yes, my lord!" Chen Gong pushed up his glasses.

"Whoosh, bang!"

"Sigh, it's almost the New Year, we really need to set off some fireworks to relax." Genyuan sighed as he watched the dazzling fireworks blooming among the monsters.

It would be even better if we could ignore the Paradise Adventurers who were also blown up, but since the Paradise Adventurers can be resurrected, it's not a big problem. We can just make up for the losses later.

"What kind of New Year are you celebrating?" Chen Luo looked over.

"What you're saying... There are countless parallel worlds within a single great world. Isn't there always one parallel world that's about to celebrate the New Year? Since it's almost the New Year, what's wrong with celebrating?"

"Admit it, you just want to see Merlin suffer."

"Okay, I admit I've disliked Merlin for a long time. Who told him to be such a scoundrel?" Root said, spreading his hands.

It's hard to explain in just a few words how despicable Merlin is.

However, while Merlin may be despicable, there's no Meryl despicable either, so the root cause is simply watching a few fireworks.

And isn't the root cause the performance fee?

As for how much Merlin will get, that's up to Merlin's own abilities.

Moreover... it's hard to say whether Merlin gained or lost.

After all... most of the items that become part of the Roots collection are not exactly respectable.

Take this one in Chen Luo's hand, for example.

"What is this?" Chen Luo stood on the city wall and looked directly at the Root's main body by connecting the two bar doors. Then the Root gave him something.

“Close the door first,” the Root complained, sitting in the vortex of origin.

The most annoying thing is when someone walks into your room and yanks the covers off you while you're sleeping soundly in the morning!

Of course, someone who suddenly turns off the air conditioner when you're in the middle of summer and then opens the window to let your room get some fresh air won't be very likable.

"Oh." After Chen Luo took the Origin artifact wrapped in the bubble, he closed the bar door and turned around to see the Origin floating beside him like a ghost.

"What is this? It looks like a spray-painted mark can?" Chen Luo asked, frowning.

The user-friendly plugin is still being analyzed. Because the quality of this collectible seems to be quite high, it will take some time to analyze it before a result can be obtained.

The owner of this item happened to be right next to them.

"Oh, this thing is called pepper spray, also known as blinding spray." After flipping through the projected book, Genyuan quickly determined the item's number and effects.

"The effect is to cause temporary blindness."

"Oh? I'll give it a try..."

"Don't."

【Don't】

The humanized plugin and the root cause tried to stop it at the same time, but it was too late; Chen Luo had already pressed the button.

Before pressing the button, Chen Luo carefully located the nozzle of the pepper spray and then pressed it down hard.

"Ah! Why can't I see?" Chen Luo suddenly went blind.

"Uh, don't use it so fast. I haven't told you yet. This blinding spray, or rather, pepper spray, is indeed very effective, but it has a fatal flaw: no matter where you spray the pepper spray, the person who gets sprayed will definitely be the one who gets hit." Genyuan chuckled unkindly, explaining as he laughed.

"How can there be such a despicable person in the world?" Chen Luo exclaimed angrily, covering his eyes.

"Sigh, who knows? Who knows what that damned alchemist was thinking when he created this thing and then gave it to me? Was he using my Origin Vortex as a dumping ground?" Origin couldn't help but complain as he talked about it.

"So, that alchemist used your Root Nest as a dumping ground, and you're planning to use my backpack as a dumping ground? What good is this thing, my eyes!"

Chen Luo has been trying his best to restore his sight using various methods, including the puppeteer's innate ability to transfer his mental focus onto the puppet in order to observe his surroundings.

Even the map lighting effect using teleportation anchor points.

But it was no use; everything was still pitch black.

Using the reconnaissance ability by force wasn't a problem; it still worked normally, letting Chen Luo know what he should and shouldn't do. Moreover, as time passed, the darkness in front of them improved.

Successfully went from being unable to see anything to having extremely high myopia—unable to distinguish between humans and animals beyond half a meter.

"I might as well just close my eyes." Chen Luo immediately turned off his reconnaissance ability.

Without activating his reconnaissance ability, Chen Luo could still sense the humanized plugin's annotations in the complete darkness, allowing him to move normally in the dark. However, after using his reconnaissance ability, Chen Luo felt like he had eaten an undercooked mushroom; the whole world seemed like a giant illusion.

Chen Luo could see a kaleidoscope of black and a shimmering white, and even vaguely saw the Herrscher of a Thousand calling in his ear, "Himeko Murata... is dead."

"Damn! This is weird!"

Why did I even experience auditory hallucinations?

However, once the reconnaissance ability is no longer used, all these effects disappear, leaving only simple blindness.

“Alright, stop trying. This pepper spray may be crudely made, but the materials used are quite good. Your reconnaissance ability has allowed you to see strange things, which just proves that your reconnaissance ability is strong enough to contend with the rules of this item. But it is precisely because you are contending that you will see some strange things,” Genyuan said from the side.

"Theoretically, this thing should cause blindness for 10 minutes, but because you have the corresponding immunity, the duration of its effect on you will be reduced to 1/10. Now open your eyes and look again."

Gen Yuan's calm and gentle voice guided Chen Luo to adapt to this damn pepper spray.

Then Chen Luo successfully dispelled the blindness effect before Merlin could laboriously climb the city wall.

Just as Genyuan said, this effect can blind someone for 10 minutes when applied to others, but Chen Luo's investigative abilities are unparalleled, so is it something he got for free?

Therefore, the effect can be reduced to at least 1/10!

[You sounded so amazing, I thought you were immune! Turns out you can still get infected.]

"Why did I get infected? It's all because you're useless!" Chen Luo said angrily.

Oh no, the war has spread to me.

"My back... I always feel an unusual pain in my lower back, I don't know if it's just my imagination." Merlin, who had climbed back up the city wall, walked over to Chen Luo, clutching his lower back.

Although Merlin is immortal, not being able to die doesn't mean he doesn't feel pain.

Fortunately, in addition to his immortality, Merlin was also proficient in illusions and illusions, which made him feel a little better.

"Chen Luo... um, what's that in your hand? I've never seen that before." Merlin was immediately attracted by the prop in Chen Luo's hand as soon as he stepped onto the city wall.

As one of the bar's well-known entertainers, Merlin paid close attention to Chen Luo's random items.

"This thing is called pepper spray, also known as blinding spray. It can blind someone for 10 minutes. However, unlike random items that are involuntary, this item can be resisted based on a person's individual circumstances. For example, I sprayed myself and regained my sight in just one minute," Chen Luo said, tossing the pepper spray in his hand.

"Hahahaha, what kind of idiot would spray himself with pepper spray? Here you go!" Merlin saw Chen Luo tossing the pepper spray, then quickly grabbed it and aimed it at the spray button Chen Luo had pressed.

"Ah!" Merlin let out a scream.

Although this pepper spray is designed to blind people, the sensation of being sprayed is also unpleasant.

Chen Luo calmly picked up the pepper spray that Merlin had thrown at his feet.

Chen Luo knew that Merlin, that bastard, would be unable to resist launching a sneak attack after hearing this explanation.

There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong given names. Mei Liangxin, that nickname is widely known.

"What kind of junk is this?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, another effect of this prop is that no matter which way the spray nozzle is facing, only the user will be sprayed," Chen Luo said calmly.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

"What a joke! I'm having such bad luck, how can you not have it too? Let me see how magnanimous you are. The timer has already started. Calculate how many minutes it will take you to get out of your insomnia." Chen Luo said, holding the pocket watch that Wilvi had given him.

Besides being used for hypnosis, this pocket watch can actually be used to keep time.

"What kind of weird power level detector is this?!" Merlin leaned on his staff, no longer daring to move.

It's no secret that Chen Luo possesses a talent related to eyesight. The fact that even Chen Luo had to go completely blind for a period of time means that this blindness effect definitely has the characteristic of tracing back to the source.

"Chen Luo, say something!" After a period of silence, Merlin panicked when he realized that the blindness effect had not yet worn off and he had not heard Chen Luo's voice at all.

Chen Luo isn't saying anything. Could he be setting a trap under my feet?

"Quiet down, I'm thinking about how to take this piece of junk apart," Chen Luo said, squatting on the city wall.

Chen Luo couldn't dismantle the random props, just like modern technology couldn't dismantle the "water droplet" in The Three-Body Problem.

But this pepper spray is different; it has marks on it.

The presence of traces indicates that Chen Luo's ability to peel away skin has room to be utilized.

Rules or regulations are high-end items; you might be able to sell them for money if you dismantle them.

“You’re right. The rules on this pepper spray can indeed be sold for money after being taken apart, and they won’t be cheap,” Genyuan suddenly said.

"so what?"

"But have you ever considered that this thing was an early work by a transcendent being who transcended alchemy... It's more expensive if you don't dismantle it."

You want to take the Mona Lisa off its frame and sell it as a "tattered, blackened piece of waste paper," right?

"..." Chen Luo's hand, which was acting like a jerk, suddenly stopped.

“However, if you’re just doing it for research purposes, there’s no harm in taking it apart. Anyway, I have quite a few early works like this in my collection. Just make Merlin suffer a few more times, and you’ll gain a lot,” Genyuan added.

"Hey, I'm right here, I can hear you! I may be blind, but I can still hear!" Merlin said, clutching his staff.