Their commission was suspicious.

With Kanna and Kobayashi both having work and studies to attend to, Tohru, the idle dragon, was left at home.

"Can one achieve immortality with just a ruby?" Seeing that Kanna had also left Thor, he took out the ruby ​​that resembled a drop of blood falling down.

“One is enough, and this stuff dissolves in water and doesn’t have any bloody smell. However, since it’s blood, it has color, so I suggest putting it in black tea, coffee, or brown sugar water,” Chen Luo reminded him.

“Ever since this blood appeared, he seems to have lost that powerful aura he used to have. Is this what they call a divine object concealing its true power?” Thor scratched his head.

"Perhaps," Chen Luo replied vaguely.

Chen Luo couldn't very well tell Thor that the other party initially felt the drop of blood was very powerful and that he had deliberately created a stir, could he?

Some simple magic tricks that aren't exactly high-class, but they're very effective at fooling people.

The reason for doing this is that Chen Luo's blood itself does not have any special properties that can make a person's soul materialize. On the contrary, the insignificant soul quality hidden in the blood is more of a concept, so it is almost impossible for people to detect.

But these days, even the best wine needs advertising.

In order to earn more raw stones, Chen Luo always had to package his blood to the level it should be.

If the effect of this drop of blood in granting immortality is true, then there's no problem.

Whether Xiaolin wants to live forever is not a question Chen Luo needs to concern himself with.

At worst, Chen Luo can help Xiaolin regress after she discovers her abnormality and is dissatisfied.

This isn't poison.

"By the way, Thor, what do you usually do at home?" Chen Luo asked.

"I'll wait at home for Kobayashi to get off work," Thor said after thinking for a moment.

This is the job of a maid.

As for cleaning the room, it won't take Thor much time at all.

"So...would you be interested in doing a part-time job for fun?" Chen Luo asked, taking out a helmet as he spoke.

"This is……"

"A simulated universe helmet. You can use this helmet to travel to other worlds as a game character, and even to the Dimensional Sea! How about trying out the Dimensional Sea with this helmet?" Chen Luo asked, placing the helmet in front of Thor.

That's right, a simulated space helmet, which can even be used in the dimensional sea.

However... in a sense, if we can treat all worlds as a simulated universe game, then wouldn't the corresponding regions in reality be the dimensional sea?

This has been proven by the fact that the simulated universe helmet has significant limitations when used in the dimensional sea.

While it retains the virtuality of the simulated universe helmet, ensuring that the death of the game character will not affect reality, it has a fatal flaw... the game character will be disconnected once entering a dungeon.

In the Dimensional Sea, random challenges of the dungeon type account for 80% of all rewards. Eight out of ten rewards are obtained through dungeons, and the higher the level of the reward, the more likely it is to occur in a dungeon.

Items of seven stars or higher are basically obtained from dungeons.

Once disconnected, the game character will be uncontrollable and frozen in place. Generally, the character can only be controlled again after the dungeon timer ends and the character is kicked out of the dungeon.

Many dungeons are the type where you die instantly if you can't get through them. So when you disconnect while entering a dungeon, you might have to wait for hours or even days before your character suddenly dies, wasting both time and life.

Even in dungeons without death penalties, not interacting with your character can be considered passive adventure, resulting in a paltry consolation prize or even nothing at all.

So here's the problem: people risk their lives to explore the Dimensional Sea in order to grow stronger, but if you explore with a game character, you don't gain any growth at all. So what's the point of exploring?

In addition, the game characters that simulate the universe are generally not as strong as the player character due to the shorter playtime.

Therefore, almost no one would choose to use a simulated universe character to explore the dimensional sea.

With the bar as a medium, guests can even exit the instance at any time to save their lives. Although they will lose the rewards for leaving midway, at least they can survive.

The purpose of the Substitute Doll, a resurrection item, is not only to save lives, but more importantly, to allow players to continue exploring dungeons after dying and being resurrected.

I can give up my life, but I can't let the reward go unclaimed.

The reason I say "almost no one would choose this" is because there are actually people who do it, such as Raiden Shin.

Because lightning is actually weaker in real life.

Less reward is less reward. Although there is an 80% chance of getting dungeon-type rewards, there is still a 20% chance that you won't have to disconnect.

Although the returns are small and it's a waste of time, it's still better than not being able to go at all.

Chen Luo gave the game helmet to Thor not because Thor's physical body was weak, but because her physical body couldn't live without it.

"If the game characters are so weak, and you might even come back empty-handed, what's the point of playing?" Thor scratched his head after listening to Chen Luo's explanation.

“That’s true, but you can sell coordinates. You can carry a group network teleportation point and drop it when you encounter a dungeon, and adventurers from Paradise will come to conquer it, but the profit will be very small. At most, you can only get 20% of the dungeon rewards,” Chen Luo said.

This is a tactic developed by Raiden Shin.

"Although the earnings are small, that's relative to adventurers. If you can provide a good dungeon coordinate, earning thousands or even tens of thousands of Paradise Coins is no problem. You can use these Paradise Coins to supplement your household income and ease Kobayashi's burden of supporting his family."

"I'll do this job!" Thor was tempted when he heard the last sentence.

"I really envy Kobayashi for having a maid like you who even works part-time to help support the family... Even so, it feels like you two are more like a couple," Chen Luo said with some envy.

Who understands the true value of a maid who works as your maid while also earning money to support you?

"Hehe, I'm not that good either," Thor said, a little embarrassed.

"The gaming helmet is ready, as are the corresponding items for exploring the dimensional sea. Good luck! Kobayashi's future depends on you!"

"Okay, I'll try my best!" Thor picked up the game helmet and went home.

Although Thor's game helmet creates a blank character, Thor knows a lot of magic.

It's like a college student being reborn with their memories of kindergarten—wouldn't that be a chaotic massacre?

However, things might get a bit more complicated when they get to elementary school, as elementary school students' homework these days is quite brain-intensive.

Thor is at most a college student, not a high school student... Because he is used to the powerful magic and physical strength of dragons, he may indeed have some difficulties in the novice period, but he is definitely better than a novice.

It is well known that the peak period for an average student is high school, not college.

"I wonder what surprises Thor will bring." Chen Luo wondered as he watched Thor close the bar door.

When the protagonist of a world goes on an adventure in the dimensional sea, their luck is often better than that of the NPCs they encounter along the way.

This is a situation that Chen Luo only recently discovered after summarizing his findings.

Although the concept of destiny is vague and elusive, it is not something that should be disregarded.

The reason for this discovery is that although there are many geniuses and outstanding individuals among the adventurers in the park, their average earnings are lower than those of the bar's customers... Even without Chen Luo's primal stones, the same would be true for blessings.

In particular, the fact that Tsukiyomi Shinkan retrieved a world-class item in just a few hours after arriving at the Dimensional Sea astonished Chen Luo.

Although Chikujoin Makan herself is dead, and what lives on is her clone, you could say she's lucky or not.

This incident caught Chen Luo's attention, and it also made him realize that while the protagonists of these worlds had greater luck when exploring the Dimensional Sea, they also faced greater risks.

That's why Chen Luo is now trying to equip everyone with a resurrection item.

"Actually, the effect of luck has been greatly weakened in the Dimensional Sea. It has gone from being very useful within the world to being somewhat useful, but not much," the Origin said from the side.

"Oh, the root of it all..."

"Cough cough."

“…Auntie, you seem to know a lot about this.”

Chen Luo didn't feel too much psychological burden calling Genyuan "Auntie," firstly because she was indeed "a little" older than him, and secondly because she gave him a lot.

Although it's unknown how much this aunt gave to her own mother, she certainly gave Chen Luo a considerable amount.

The main reason was the access card for querying information about the Ancient Tree of Wisdom, which only transcendent beings could use, and the Root Aura/Source of the World, which was of great help to me at the beginning.

This is already more than enough.

Sometimes the problem isn't needing to spend money, but rather not knowing how to spend it, or not being able to spend it at all.

It's like communicating with the world's consciousness.

Chen Luo only needs a wisp of World Source to buy the soul of Qi Sha Na from the island, while helping Altair revive Sha Na will yield more than 1000 Origin Stones.

Makes a killing.

This is the benefit of information inequality.

Of course, Altair didn't lose out either, because she couldn't offer even a wisp of the World Source; all she could give was "wish".

"There's also a third method, which I gave you! I had the inhibitor give it to you!" Root reminded me from the side.

"I know, you don't need to remind me."

“That won’t do. I need to let you know what I’ve done for you. Only then will you willingly call me Auntie,” Genyuan said.

Root isn't a person. It's not like Root would say things like, "I've done a lot for you, but I won't say anything."

"Yes, yes, dear aunt, so you know the world consciousness of the world where the Dragon Maid lives?" Chen Luo asked.

"I may not know her, but she definitely knows me."

"Oh, Auntie, you're so famous?"

"Just kidding, but I personally nurtured two transcendent beings' world consciousnesses! In the world consciousness circle, that's practically unique!" Genyuan said with great pride.

Although it didn't offer much substantial help, because that wouldn't help the other person become a transcendent being, at least the relationship was solid enough.

"Speaking of this matter... since Auntie said you can't tell me the names of those two transcendent beings yourself, can I ask the world consciousness?" Chen Luo asked.

Chen Luo asked Genyuan for the name of the transcendent, but Genyuan did not tell him. Chen Luo also checked the transcendent's name in the Wisdom Tree's records, but was told that the transcendent's real name would not be recorded.

“You can ask, and the other party knows, or rather, every world knows. But the other party definitely won’t tell you, because as long as you utter the true name of the transcendent being and it is targeted, the other party will sense it instantly. It’s like every time you say the other party’s name, it’s like making a nuisance phone call to the other party,” Genyuan said.

"Therefore, these transcendent beings are usually referred to by code names. For example, alchemists."

"Because it can defy cause and effect and time, the other party can know what you want to do before you even say their name, and then slap you across the face."

"Of course, I'm an exception. They definitely won't hit me, but they might hit you."

"...Does just listening to it cause bad luck?" Chen Lu complained.

"That's right, so people often use the real name of a transcendent being as a way to die together with someone else. It's like you want to take revenge on someone, and that person happens to be your relative. You're determined to die, so don't worry about how powerful that person is. You just need to assassinate the emperor, and the emperor will naturally exterminate your entire family."

"..." Chen Luo couldn't help but admire the uniqueness of this person's thought process.

But it seems to be really useful.

"However, this trick can fail sometimes. After all, the emperor will execute your entire family without explanation, but transcendents are not easily deceived. So this trick only works when you know some of the more eccentric transcendents. But I happen to know—the woman in a transcendent couple. So, do you want to hear her real name?"

"Won't... I'm not going to get hurt?"

“No, for my sake, you definitely won’t die. And you can use Origin Stones to offset any minor punishment they might give you, so don’t worry.” Root shook his head.

"How many raw stones?" Chen Luo was somewhat tempted.

In a sense, knowing the true name of a transcendent being is like having a nuclear bomb; you may not use it, but you cannot be without it.

"Around 10 raw stones, I guess?"

"No need!" Chen Luo immediately shook his head.

Forget it, nuclear weapons are too expensive, I don't want them.

At worst, Chen Luo will simply stop going to the Dimensional Sea.

You're charging me 10 Primogems just for mentioning someone's name? Are you trying to kill me?

"Hey, don't say that. It's never a bad thing to know more."

"No way! Because I really do have 10 Originium!"

"If you don't want to listen, then call me 'Auntie'."

"Auntie, just shut up."

"Is this too perfunctory? No, this is not satisfactory."

"Hey, Auntie, if you push your luck any further, I'll throw these rough stones at you!" Chen Luo tossed a handful of rough stones that had appeared out of nowhere in his hand.

"You child..."

……

"Forget it, let's explore that world another time." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Luo still did not go back to the world where the Dragon Maid lived.

It's not that there are no opportunities to explore in this world. Putting aside the fact that it can serve as a chance to complete Chen Luo's last upgradeable achievement, Dragon Knight, the other world in the Dragon Maid world alone seems to have a lot of potential.

However, respecting the development of that world as much as possible is also one of Chen Luo's main principles when exploring the world.

Although Chen Luo has traveled to so many worlds, not a single one has seriously put this principle into practice...