Their commission was suspicious.

"Just kidding, don't rush me. So why did you come to see me?" Chen Luo asked.

Yakumo Yukari nearly broke Chen Luo's defenses twice, and Chen Luo also nearly broke Yakumo Yukari's defenses twice, so they evened things out.

Chen Luo asked this question because although Yakumo Yukari wasn't the type to only visit when she needed something, her coming to find Chen Luo during a break from exploring the world meant she must have encountered a problem.

Otherwise, given Yakumo Yukari's passion for exploring the world, she would probably still be engrossed in treasure hunting, unable to extricate herself.

“Oh, it’s like this. I came to see you because I originally planned to borrow Tsukijouin Shinkan… There are some people in the fantasy world who are very difficult to deal with, so it’s time to bring out the Kotoba Infinite Deception rule skill,” Yakumo Yukari said.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

Yukari Yakumo went to the fantasy world, that's true, but who says there aren't any strong people in the fantasy world?

Without the power of recognition, the bonus effect will disappear; this applies to special groups like Merlin who have gained a unique persona.

In the fantasy world, those who can fight will still fight. Some works have overly exaggerated settings, and even Yukari Yakumo couldn't get a good deal there.

Moreover, some items are difficult to obtain. If the other party doesn't take them out, Yukari Yakumo can't just keep waiting for them, right?

So now we need to use Kotoba's Infinite Deception.

Yukari Yakumo: Why did you carve your name on my precious item? What? That's yours? No, no, no, if I call its name, it will come to me, do you believe me?

The other party: I don't believe it.

Then you can type gg.

After Yukari Yakumo uses the river god's power from the magic lamp to copy the item, she returns the original item to the other party and then immediately makes her escape!

Yukari Yakumo anticipated that this situation would be quite common, so it would be too troublesome to always ask Shizukiin Shinkan to copy Kotoha's Infinite Deception skill card. She simply called Shizukiin Shinkan directly.

"Looking for the True Mirror of the Castle Construction Institute? Okay, no..." Chen Luo was about to agree when he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? Are you trying to say there's no problem?" Yukari Yakumo asked.

"Yes, that's what I wanted to say at first."

"What do you mean by 'I initially thought of saying that'?" Seeing Chen Luo's expression gradually becoming strange, Yakumo Yukari sensed something was wrong.

"It was fine at first, but now it's not..."

"what?"

"Zhuchengyuan Zhenjian...is dead."

"Huh? Dead? How long has he been in the Dimensional Sea? Three hours?" Yukari Yakumo was greatly surprised.

Although Chen Luo spent a long time in the world he cared about, compared to the bar, it was indeed only a short time.

This is especially true for Yakumo Yukari, who had recently parted ways with Chikujoin Shinkan.

"No, it's been about three hours," Chen Luo said after calculating the time.

“You immortal beings certainly have a very vague grasp of time.”

"What are you talking about? She's only just turned 17... But what if Tsukijouin Makan dies? Did she just die? Why don't you go and revive her?"

"They just died, less than three minutes ago. But... I can go check where they died, but I don't need to collect the body." Chen Luo took out the Investiture of the Gods.

"Oh, right, you put her true spirit into the Investiture of the Gods, didn't you? I almost forgot." Yukari Yakumo had just remembered this.

I was just confused because I was worried...

It's not that I'm concerned about Chikujoin Shinkan's feelings, but rather that Chikujoin Shinkan's abilities are truly useful.

It would be heartbreaking for anyone to lose such an extremely rare and unique item, right?

Yukari Yakumo doesn't consider herself a good person, or even human, but compared to someone like Masami Tsukijouin who enjoys chaos, Yukari Yakumo is still too kind.

If Chikujoin Shinkan had Yakumo Yukari's abilities, she might not only have been able to establish Gensokyo, but she might have even created a zombie virus.

"However, before reviving Zhenjian of the Castle Construction Institute, I need to see whether she deserved to die or was simply unlucky. If it was the former, I'll revive her using the Investiture of the Gods; if it was the latter, I'll revive her using the Resurrection Technique," Chen Luo said.

Tsukiyomi Shinkan is definitely not a good person, and Chen Luo had no intention of avenging her...

However, given that the ability of infinite deception in words that Chikujoin Shinkan provided to Chen Luo was too powerful and might become one of the buffs for Chen Luo's transcendence, Chen Luo was still willing to give Chikujoin Shinkan another chance.

It's best to settle matters related to the cause and effect of transcendence as soon as possible, but ultimately, in the case of Tsukihime Shinkan, the most important thing is that Chen Luo feels at peace with himself.

Otherwise, for Zhuchengyuan Zhenjian, entering the Investiture of the Gods and obtaining a three-digit divine position would be considered a kind of preferential treatment.

If the other party died due to natural disasters, the decision will depend on the circumstances, and whether to use a resurrection spell to let her venture into the dimensional sea again.

If he gets caught doing something bad and gets beaten to death... then Chen Luo will celebrate with champagne in front of the True Mirror of the Fortress of the Fortress.

Then, Chen Luo checked the history of his talent panel...

Indeed, Chen Luo had deployed more than one method on Zhenjian of the Castle Construction Institute, including placing a teleportation anchor on her and then closely monitoring her.

If Chikujoin Shinkan does anything out of line, Chen Luo will immediately receive an alert, and then Chen Luo will personally take action to completely crush Chikujoin Shinkan.

You reap what you sow.

If Chen Luo's help in fulfilling everyone's wishes was a good outcome, then putting the True Mirror of the Castle Construction Institute into the Dimensional Sea must have been at least a bad one.

After all, it's unlikely that Tsukijoin Shinkan would do anything good.

In order to prevent Tsukiyomi Shinkan from harming others too much, Chen Luo had to make more preparations.

However, the trouble Chen Luo went through was also related to information obtained through divination: "Zhuchengyuan Zhenjian will not survive more than three episodes in the Dimensional Sea."

It doesn't hurt to put more effort into her, since she's almost dead anyway.

After reviewing the historical records, Chen Luo roughly understood how Tsukiyomi Shinkan had died...

This fraudster's experience is truly bizarre.

"Excuse me for a moment, I'll bring you the True Mirror of the Castle Construction Institute later." Chen Luo said to Yakumo Yukari and the others, and the last sentence was specifically addressed to Yakumo Yukari.

"Hey, wait a minute." Fu Xuan called out to Chen Luo.

"what happened?"

"...Can you take me with you to the Dimensional Sea this time? I've never been there before," Fu Xuan said somewhat embarrassedly.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

Fu Xuan knew that this might cause some trouble for Chen Luo, because Chen Luo seemed to have something to do.

However, after Fu Xuan resigned from his position as acting general, he went to deal with the pile of things that came up in the Taibu Si and has been busy ever since. Then, he was possessed by Sui Yang in the middle of it all... He never had time to go and see the Dimensional Sea.

Anyone who knows about the Dimensional Sea is bound to be interested in it.

It would be a lie to say I'm not interested; the reason I'm not going is probably because I'm afraid of dying.

If you have powerful allies around you and still show no interest in the Dimensional Ocean, then you're just faking it.

Being too reserved isn't a good thing either.

Now that he had some free time, Fu Xuan was willing to go to the Dimensional Sea with Chen Luo.

what?

You said Fu Xuan still has to go back to handle official business?

“No problem. Although the Dimensional Sea is generally quite dangerous, protecting you alone is not an issue. As for official business… I’ll take care of it for you.” Chen Luo nodded in agreement.

Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan hold high positions and naturally have many things to do, which is why they don't get the chance to explore the dimensional sea.

Since Fu Xuan had issued the commission this time, Chen Luo didn't mind taking her to see it.

Although Chen Luo disliked staying in the Dimensional Sea because his reconnaissance abilities were ineffective, resulting in uncertainty.

But Chen Luo couldn't deny that he was truly at his best in the Dimensional Sea.

If Chen Luo needs to be cautious when encountering enemies within the world, then in the Dimensional Sea, as long as he doesn't encounter any transcendent beings, he can do whatever he wants.

Raw stones are especially useful in the Dimensional Sea.

Compared to the rest of the world, the Dimensional Sea feels more like Chen Luo's home.

However, the only and most fatal problem is that the production of raw materials in the Dimensional Sea is not as stable as that within the world.

Therefore, Chen Luo is definitely capable of taking good care of Fu Xuan; the only difference is how many raw stones will be needed if problems arise.

But looking at the 500 raw stones that Fu Xuan gave him, Chen Luo felt that he shouldn't lose out.

“This time you should have a real eye-opener. Although it’s a bit dangerous, with me here, it won’t be a big problem. But before I take you there, I need to get your work sorted out first.” Chen Luo said, taking out a silver magic eye.

Upon seeing this Dharma Eye, Fu Xuan was taken aback, and then his expression became subtle.

Chen Luo gently tossed the silver magic eye in his hand, and it instantly transformed into a talisman.

"Huh, Chen Luo, are you no longer going through the motions when using the River God's abilities?" Fu Xuan asked, somewhat surprised.

In the past, when Chen Luo used the River God's power, he would at least summon a phantom of the River God, or at the very least, touch the summoned being to perform a complete replacement.

Everyone knows that Chen Luo's river god ability isn't exactly that of a proper river god, but the fact that he's gone to such an extent, without even following the proper procedures, is truly astonishing.

“You might not believe it, but I am also a god of wisdom, so I can summon phantoms from wisdom,” Chen Luo said.

"The God of Wisdom?" Fu Xuan was somewhat surprised, but considering that Chen Luo could even produce a weighted bracelet, such a timely and useful item, he no longer doubted it.

You should just treat Chen Luo like Doraemon.

"Then I'll leave the rest of the work to you. I'll take your original form out to broaden your horizons," Chen Luo said to the silver talisman.

Although it was said to be a silver-colored talisman, the other party was exactly the same as the original talisman in appearance and accessories.

"Okay, come back soon." Fu Xuan nodded and smiled gently.

"..." Fu Xuan himself shivered.

Why do I feel a strange girlfriend vibe when I'm wearing silver?

"Alright, stop standing there, let's go. This time, the True Mirror of the Castle Construction Institute brought me a very generous gift." Chen Luo put his hand on Fu Xuan's shoulder, then used the teleportation anchor point with Fu Xuan and disappeared into the bar.

Yukari Yakumo was also curious about what had happened to Chikujoin Shinkan that Chen Luo called a great gift, but Yukari Yakumo had other important matters to attend to, such as... finding Yuyuko to help her with her training.

……

When Fu Xuan came to his senses, he found himself in a chaotic world, surrounded by various twinkling lights, like a sea of ​​stars.

Before Fu Xuan could react, Chen Luo stuffed her into a bubble, while he himself remained outside.

"This is the Dimensional Sea?" Although he had seen it in photos, Fu Xuan was still quite excited to actually be here.

“That’s right. Speaking of which, the Dimensional Sea used to have another name: Star Sea. It was beautiful, but extremely deadly…” Chen Luo said.

"Is your home in Xinghai City?" Fu Xuan asked, turning his head.

"That's true, quite a coincidence, but that's not important. What's important is what you see..."

Fu Xuan looked in the direction Chen Luo pointed, a hint of amazement and worry flashing in his eyes.

In the beautiful yet vast sea of ​​stars, a mirror-like "lake" was formed.

However, on the "lake," countless mutilated corpses lay scattered, utterly jarring...

Amidst that mountain of corpses, only one person laughed heartily, oblivious to everyone else, holding a delicate and beautiful mirror in his hand.

“That’s… Zhenjian of the Castle Construction Institute. Didn’t you say she was dead?” Fu Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"He's dead, but not completely dead." After saying that, Chen Luo took Fu Xuan and flew towards the lake.

"Laughing so happily? Let me have some fun too." A voice suddenly rang in Chikujoin Shinkan's ear, making Chikujoin Shinkan's laughter stop.

Zhuchengyuan Zhenjian suppressed his smile and looked at Chen Luo flying towards them.

"I really didn't expect you to come... Did I fail to keep it from you?" Chikujoin Shinkan said with some distress.

“At first, we did manage to deceive you…after all, it’s a world-class artifact. And the prophecy wasn’t wrong either; you really are dead.” Chen Luo looked at the True Mirror of the Castle Ingot with even more distress.

"It's amazing that you got a world-class item so soon after arriving in the Dimensional Sea. You're the chosen one, aren't you?" Chen Luo retorted.

“But the Ancient Mirror of Illumination is not good at brute force... Fortunately, you can’t get in.” Tsukijiin Shinkan walked to the edge of the lake that suddenly appeared in the Dimensional Sea, and was no more than half a meter away from Chen Luo.

But even this half-meter is like an insurmountable chasm.

"According to the rules, anyone can enter before the battle is decided in the Ancient Mirror of Divine Illumination, provided that the number of deaths does not exceed half. However, once the number of deaths exceeds half or the battle is over, no one can enter. This is a world-class rule," said Tsukiin Shinkan with a smile.

"The Divine Mirror... After liberation, it was said to be a lake with the ability to imitate, replicate, and reflect one's true self. In the present world, it would randomly generate a beacon, summoning others to fight on the lake—fighting against another version of yourself that crawled out from under the lake, fighting against other victors... until the last winner is decided. It's hard to imagine how you won. After killing your own original self, you killed everyone else..." Chen Luo was somewhat puzzled.

This is why the humanized plugin predicted that Tsukijima Shinkan wouldn't survive more than three episodes.

Because Tsukijoin Shinkan died by his own hand.

The one holding the Divine Mirror before us is a replica of Chikujoin Shinkan.