Their commission was suspicious.

"...Alright, alright, at worst, we can share a wheelchair! That wretched Chen Luo! Thank goodness no one saw anything..."

Meanwhile, at the corner of the passageway behind Desdobia, where she couldn't see, Chen Luo was craning his neck to look in their direction.

Chen Luo's head is Hua's head, Hua's head is Alicia's head, and Alicia's head is Virvi's head.

Kevin was shooed aside by everyone because the air conditioning around him was too cold, but luckily he had his blind friend Sue with him.

Although theoretically only a few people witnessed this scene, Alicia was among them.

After all... Alicia was the one who had done the remarkable feat of having Destobia announce through a megaphone that "Kosmo was scolded by Kevin and cried several times" when she first met Destobia and Kosmo.

Chapter 2160 Alicia's "Night Raid" and the White-Stockinged Lap Pillow (10k)

"Such innocent feelings," Alicia said, watching Kosmo and Desdobia walk away in a wheelchair.

"Doctor, are we really not going to share a wheelchair with them?" Hua asked with some concern.

“…Hua, I think you really don’t understand anything at all.” Wilvi patted Hua’s head.

"Hmm?" Hua tilted his head.

Then it bumped into Chen Luo's head.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, Doctor."

"They left so quickly."

"Maybe it's because I was happy enough?"

"Alright, alright, let's give them some space."

"That's true, but can Kosmo handle it? What if he faints while we're talking?"

“That’s none of my business. Just now, Desdobia only wanted to wake Kosmo up, she didn’t say to keep him awake. It’s already quite impressive that I was able to wake Kosmo up.” Chen Luo shook his head.

Chen Luo's approach to fulfilling his wishes has always been: as long as nothing major goes wrong, he doesn't really care about the outcome.

"..."

"By the way, Kevin, how's your seventh divine key going?" Alicia asked, turning her head.

"Not bad, what's wrong?"

"Let me borrow it to play with."

"Hmm? The Seventh Divine Key's released form is a greatsword." Kevin didn't mind lending the Divine Key to Alicia.

Theoretically speaking, Kevin is merely a user of the Divine Key, not its owner.

But the important thing is that Alicia couldn't even accept the sixth divine key, the lance, let alone the Heavenly Fire Greatsword.

As a synonym for extreme destruction, the Seventh Divine Key shouldn't be associated with cuteness at all.

"But don't you think it's cute to have a delicate girl with a greatsword that's taller than a person? That's what you call 'gap moe' (a cute contrast between a girl's appearance and her appearance)."

"...Okay, I'll get it for you in a bit. But remember to return it to me before you go on your mission."

"Mmm." Alicia nodded quickly.

“I should go back to work too. Luo, remember to come and observe the parallel world in the Second Divine Key when you have time,” Su said.

"No problem. Oh, right, you two, don't go yet... I'll give you two a prop." Chen Luo suddenly called out to them.

Then everyone saw Chen Luo take out several yellow jars from his Adventure Certificate.

"What is this? A kimchi jar?"

"This is called the Dust Song Pot! It's used to store things."

"Ok?"

"Don't let the small size of this pot fool you; it's a hidden world inside, with a large area, essentially a portable home. You can build your own home inside. Just throw the materials in, and the Dust Song Pot will automatically process them into finished buildings over a certain period of time. You can also invite your friends in."

"Isn't this a condensed shelter?" Wilvi's eyes lit up, and she took the flask from Chen Luo's hand.

"If this thing can be used to store building materials, food, and people, then the work of building underground shelters will be greatly reduced. All we need to do is dig a deep enough pit and bury this Dust Song Pot inside." As the head of the engineering department, Wilvi was very excited.

The engineering department in Velvi spends most of its time on civil engineering and building various shelters. If the construction of the shelters can be shortened a lot because of this Dust Song Pot, Velvi can spend more time on her own interests.

“Various facilities can indeed be built inside. You just need to throw the materials in and they will be processed automatically without human intervention. However, the problem is that there is a limit to the number of people it can accommodate.”

"How many?"

"24. 3×8. There are three scenic sections inside the Dust Song Pot, each of which can accommodate 8 people."

"What about the building limit?"

"You could build a dormitory for the Fire Moths inside."

"...Such a big place can only hold so few people, what kind of broken pot is this?" Wilvi was somewhat disappointed, because Wilvi's idea of ​​using this thing as the core of the shelter was shattered.

"Don't even think about the impossible. This pot is very expensive, and you can only get a maximum of 20 of them. This thing is just a personal gift from me, similar to a storage space. In case of an attack, you can go in to take refuge and buy some time. It's not suitable as a shelter."

As Chen Luo spoke, he took out one Dust Song Pot after another from his Adventure Certificate and gave them to the others.

The so-called Dust Song Pot is actually a wishing lamp, only Chen Luo gave it a different look.

After all, Chen Luo couldn't use the wish lamp's function in the previous civilization.

Ordinary wish-granting lamp clones created with the power of wishes do not have the function of the Dust-Song Pot; their internal size is at most the size of a small detached villa. Only those made from raw stones have such a terrifyingly large internal space.

As a way of expressing gratitude, Chen Luo made one for each of his friends from the previous civilization.

"It's definitely a good product."

“Speaking of which… I suddenly had an idea!” Virvi suddenly said.

"What's the idea?"

"Although this may sound pessimistic, I'm thinking about what we should do to avenge ourselves if we can't defeat the Honkai and are instead defeated by them. After seeing the Dust Song Pot, I thought we could store some valuable information and materials, bury them underground, mark them, and make a map. We can then wait for future generations to discover them. Okay, I'll go and discuss it with Mei now."

Is she referring to quantum computers, which are distributed throughout the world and shaped like "spheres"?

"I guess so?"

Vilvi left excitedly, Sue had to go back to work, and before leaving, Kevin handed his Heavenly Fire Judgment Twin Pistols to Alicia, and then went to collect the other Divine Key, Black Abyss White Flower, to use first.

Kevin originally planned to give it to Alicia later, because he was worried that Alicia wouldn't be able to carry so many things, but now that Alicia has the Dust Song Pot, it's fine to put it in the Dust Song Pot.

Chen Luo's friends in the previous civilization all held important positions in the previous civilization... because Chen Luo stayed in his dormitory every day, so he had no time to go out and socialize.

Kevin, Sue, and Alicia are enough to keep their Dust Song Pots from being used elsewhere.

Because they were the kind of people that the previous civilization needed to protect.

"I'm going to build my Dust Song Pot into the most beautiful Dust Song Pot ever! I'll go to the engineering department in a bit and ask Velvi for some building materials," Alicia said, clenching her fist.

"Yes, yes, so I'm very curious why you want Kevin's Heavenly Fire Judgment?" Chen Luke didn't believe Alicia's explanation.

"What? Don't you think a cute girl like me would be even cuter wielding a greatsword?" Alicia said, carrying Skyfire.

"..." Chen Luo glanced at Alicia, then at the Heavenly Fire Greatsword that Alicia was carrying on her shoulder, and for some reason felt that it was indeed very cute.

There's a kind of endearing contrast.

"It is indeed cute. But you must have another purpose."

"Hehe, you saw right through me. I was thinking that if Kevin didn't have his Heavenly Judgment, and I used Heavenly Judgment to train in the training room tomorrow, my score would definitely be far higher than Kevin's! Let's set a small goal first: to get twice as many points as Kevin!" Alicia said proudly.

Alicia's scores in the training room were generally higher than Kevin's, but Alicia was clearly not satisfied with just being one-sided.

"It really does sound like something you would do. Oh, by the way, from now on, Ellie, stay away from Gretchen. Don't let her be led astray by you."

"What are you saying? Do you have some kind of problem with the cutest girl in the Fire Moth?"

"...Sigh." Chen Luo couldn't openly say that he preferred to be called older brother rather than younger brother, so he could only sigh.

After all, her current persona is no match for Alicia.

"Damn it! Who ruined my reputation?"

"Anyway, it wasn't me."

"Fine, Lolo, I'll forgive you if you just help me forge one more thing while I'm forging."

"You'd better not forgive me, and stay away from me."

"Please, Lolo, please make me a flower crown." Alicia pleaded pitifully, clinging to Chen Luo's arm.

"I still prefer your defiant self from earlier. But didn't you already have a love poem?"

"Weapons are weapons, and decorations are decorations..."

"Okay, what style do you want?"

"Summer Dream and Flying Flowers, that's the name I gave it. It's the design drawing. Luo Luo, take a look."

"Okay, Miss Pink Machine Gunner."

"Huh? What a strange nickname."

"It's nothing, I was just describing how fast you shoot arrows."

The item's name reminded Chen Luo of the summer event related to Alicia—13 Heroes vs. Honkai Beasts (Plants vs. Zombies), in which Alicia was a "machine gunner".

"Luo Luo, what are you going to do now? Help me forge a flower crown? I can help you."

"I need to go find Hen... Ask yourself honestly, do you want to help or just sit by the furnace and watch me make your first flower crown?"

Ha, all you want is your flower crown!

……

"Little Gretchen, it's been a long time." Chen Luo patted Little Gretchen's head.

The good news is that Blanca and Scar are still alive; the bad news is that they're getting busier and busier.

And for safety reasons—not for Gretchen's safety, but for the safety of others—the job of taking care of the child was handed over to the idle Aponia, after all, only a more terrifying outcast could manage another outcast.

However, Aponia has been summoned to Mebius's laboratory and has not yet returned.

Or rather, if Aponia hadn't taken on the responsibility of disciplining Gretchen, Gretchen might have been imprisoned.

Because Gretchen was influenced by others after she came into contact with them, she eventually captured this influence through painting.

For this reason, Gretchen usually avoids contact with dangerous people, such as those who are short-tempered or who like to study forbidden things.

When Aponia wasn't with Gretsch, Gretsch could only stay in the small, specially built art studio next to the war room where her father was...

—The studio was kindly provided by Eden (built with a generous donation).

People without the necessary permissions cannot even open the door to this art studio, but Gretchen herself has the permissions, so it can't really be considered a cage.

Coincidentally, both Chen Luo and Alicia had the necessary permissions.

"Hello, Brother Chen Luo."

"Oh, little Grey's has such a sweet tongue, here, have some candy." Chen Luo handed out some super delicious candy.

“You should call Chen Luo ‘brother,’ little Greta, have you forgotten again?” Alicia, who was following behind Chen Luo, said.

“Oh, little brother Chen Luo.” Gretchen nodded and said while eating candy.

"..." Chen Luo looked up and gave Alicia a resentful look.

"Gresh doesn't call me brother anymore, are you going to make it up to me?"

"How can that be? I'm older than you, so you should call me Alicia-neechan."

"One day I'll make you understand what cruelty is! My dear Alicia."

"Then let's talk when you can beat me. Winner takes all, loser eats dust. Little Lolo, if you really have the courage to charge at me..."

"What?"

"I'll make you kneel down and sing 'Conquer' willingly." Alicia said, clenching her fist, which was big enough to smash an Emperor-level Honkai Beast with one punch.

"...Hmph! Rude!"

[Alicia is too arrogant! It's time to make her kneel and sing "Conquer"! Make a wish! You must make a wish! Master, not to be rude, but I couldn't stand it.]

"Shut up."

"Hmm, Chen Luo, you were looking for me?" Hen came from the operations department to Gretsch's small art studio.