Their commission was suspicious.

So it would be better to let Ruan Mei admit defeat and try again next time.

"jingle!"

"Chen Luo! Chen Luo!" Just as Chen Luo accompanied Ruan Mei to the first floor, he saw Yakumo Yukari kick open the bar door and rush in excitedly.

"what happened?"

"Here you go, crystal flower." Yukari Yakumo handed the purple crystal flower to Chen Luo.

"Uh, thank you. But why are you in such a hurry?" Chen Luo looked at Yakumo Yukari with some curiosity, and then put away the crystal flower and stacked it together with the crystal flower that Ye Yunshang had given him.

Chen Luo will not collect these crystal flowers into his true self key for the time being, because he does not currently have his reconnaissance abilities and cannot determine whether these "impressions of Chen Luo by others" are pure.

"Isn't this because I'm in a hurry to help you transcend?" Yukari Yakumo said.

Thank you for your concern.

Yakumo Yukari's explanation was reasonable, but Chen Luo still felt something was off because while she was saying those words, her eyes were still staring straight at him.

Although Chen Luo has now completely concealed all his abilities and is no different from an ordinary person, he has known that Yakumo Yukari's current state is very strange, even without using his special abilities, because he has dealt with her for so long.

It's more like they're confirming something.

Suddenly, Yakumo Yukari smiled.

Chen Luo had to admit that Yakumo Yukari was indeed very beautiful, and he was indeed amazed by her beauty, but this was followed by a heightened sense of vigilance.

"What are you trying to do? I sense something sinister in your smile," Chen Luo asked warily.

"Oh, it's nothing. Actually, I just wanted to ask you if I could use your Shennong Ruler," Yakumo Yukari said with a smile.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

“Sure. But before using the Shennong Ruler, you’d better figure out what your current goal is, such as finding more items that will allow you to last longer in the Vortex of Origin,” Chen Luo reminded him.

Chen Luo could roughly guess that Yakumo Yukari probably already knew that she had turned off her reconnaissance ability, but he couldn't figure out what she was planning.

But this doesn't stop Chen Luo from helping Yakumo Yukari fulfill her wish.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Yukari Yakumo suddenly said.

"Bang!" Before Yakumo Yukari could finish speaking, Chen Luo struck her on the head with the Shennong Ruler.

"Before you voice your scheme, I need to remind you that you may already know I've turned off my reconnaissance abilities, but... I still know a little bit about martial arts." Chen Luo waved the Shennong Ruler in his hand as he watched the all-purpose grass slowly grow on Yakumo Yukari's head.

Chen Luo isn't using any special powers right now, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

"But weren't you planning to experience what setbacks are like? Isn't this what I'm going to help you achieve? Chen Luo, you've helped me a lot in the past, and I feel guilty, so I'm going to repay you today," Yakumo Yukari said pitifully.

"Although I do intend to experience the feeling of frustration today while fulfilling my wish, if I go too far, I'll get beaten up afterwards," Chen Luo warned.

"You don't appreciate kindness!" Yukari Yakumo looked somewhat aggrieved.

"Hmm... to put it simply, you, Merlin, and Hanabi are the three people I'm most wary of," Chen Luo said.

"Why should I?"

"Because the three of you have the fastest minds."

“I’ll take this as a compliment. Actually, I feel it’s really inappropriate for you to be so suspicious all the time. You’re temporarily shutting down your abilities to experience setbacks, not to have you outwit us, right?”

"Mm." Chen Luo nodded.

"So you shouldn't be so wary of us. I came to see you, partly hoping to have some fun, but mainly to tell you some good news."

"What good news?"

“Altair has finished making his video about Setsuna, and it’s just waiting to be released. So I’m letting you know,” Yukari Yakumo said.

"Oh, that's certainly good news. I remember that besides the Primogems, this quest also has a reward of [Power of All Things]. Let's go take a look."

After exchanging greetings with Ruan Mei next to him, Chen Luo opened the bar door leading to the fantasy world.

Chen Luo knew that Yakumo Yukari still harbored ill intentions towards him, but... Chen Luo wanted to see what kind of big stunt Yakumo Yukari could pull off!

Ruan Mei watched Chen Luo leave the bar. Just as she was about to go to the bar's kitchen to make some breakfast, she saw Chen Luo, who had only been gone a short while, quickly run back into the bar.

"Yakumo Yukari, are you sick in the head?" Chen Luo said angrily from the bar entrance.

"Hahaha, this is hilarious. This is the first time I've seen such a sudden and furious expression on your face. It's worth getting beaten up for. Oh, and by the way, remember, the first hickey on you today was from me." Yukari Yakumo's laughter was somewhat arrogant as she stood outside the bar.

Chen Luo instinctively covered the red mark on his neck that had been bitten by Yakumo Yukari.

Oh no, I'm not clean anymore!

Chen Luo glared at Yakumo Yukari with annoyance, then rubbed the mark with his hand to remove it.

Seeing this, Yukari Yakumo was somewhat disappointed, but it was within acceptable limits.

"I don't need you to take me, I can do it myself." Feeling Chen Luo's gaze, Yakumo Yukari opened a gap and jumped down.

"This Yakumo Yukari... never mind."

Chen Luo's intuition had indeed made him wary of Yakumo Yukari, but he never expected her to do something like this.

Who would have thought of that?

"Ding-a-ling!" The wind chimes rang out again.

"Luo Luo, I made breakfast today, would you like to come and eat?" Mei, wearing an apron and holding a shovel, was taken aback when she saw Chen Luo standing at the bar entrance, but quickly extended a gentle invitation.

"Breakfast? No need..."

"And Kiana will also be performing a backflip!"

"Oh? That's something we should take a look at."

"jingle!"

The wind chimes rang out again.

"Lolo, something terrible has happened." Alicia walked in, looking somewhat flustered.

"W-What's wrong?"

"Something's happened to the canned food," Alicia said in a panic.

“Canned food? But…” Chen Luo glanced at Mei.

"It's alright, Lolo, you go ahead. I'll prepare the ingredients first, and we'll start cooking when you arrive," Mei said considerately.

"Oh, let's go." After hearing Mei's words, Chen Luo was led by Alicia's hand and ran towards the Paradise of the Past.

"By the way, where's the canned food? What happened to it?" Chen Luo asked casually after the bar door closed.

"Bang!" But before Chen Luo could finish his question, he was shoved against the bar door, which had been closed but hadn't disappeared yet.

Alicia placed one hand on Chen Luo's ear and the other on his chest, pinning him against the bar door.

Alicia leaned closer to Chen Luo, her cheeks touching his. Her soft pink hair fell onto Chen Luo's face, stirring his emotions. Her warm breath brushed against Chen Luo's ear, making him tremble.

"Meow..." Alicia made a sound like a cat being affectionate.

"..."

Chapter 2214? Go devour the Void Star God—IX? Me?

"I really didn't expect this... Alicia tricked me into going to the Paradise of the Past, took me to the moon for a date, and even made advances on me during the date. How did Mei learn to lie too?"

"They said my Kiana can do backflips, but there's no Kiana at all! Kiana isn't even awake! There's only another Herrscher, Mei! What breakfast? She's clearly trying to eat me! My lips are swollen!"

"Why does it feel like you're showing off instead of complaining?" Xing, sitting opposite Chen Luo, complained.

Star is currently sitting on the Star Train, which is heading to Wash Star, the closest planet to the Immortal Ship, for comprehensive maintenance and repair.

"What are you talking about? Of course I'm showing off. You don't mean to complain, do you?" Chen Luo looked at Xing with surprise.

"...I'm still a child. Is it really appropriate for you to tell me this?" Xing accused Chen Luo.

"If I don't talk to you, who else can I talk to? Xing, I watched you grow up. It's one thing for them not to understand me, but why do you..."

"Stop. Listen to what Ren said. Actually, I was with Kafka long before the star core was implanted, so I'm not a child. Don't use that excuse of an elder complaining to a younger person to shut me up."

"Oh. Then, Sister Xing, would you be interested in hearing the details of my date with Alicia?"

"...I thought about it again. Although I may have had a long history in the past, I do have amnesia now. Just treat me like a child. I don't want to hear the details of your date with Alicia. I'd rather hear about your date with Alicia, where you turned around and found Mebius right next to you, resulting in a chaotic scene." The Trailblazer said, raising his hand.

"Well, if you'd like to hear about it, I can tell you about it."

"Hmm, there really are such scenarios?"

"It might not be quite what you imagine, but before Alicia took me to the moon for a date, I spent some time in Paradise. Since I didn't have any reconnaissance equipment, I don't know the details, but it seems that Mebius got some information. He angrily kicked open the door to Alicia's room... If I'm not mistaken, he probably learned about Alicia tricking me into Paradise from Mei at the waiting bar."

"So how did you and Alicia deal with Möbius? Did Möbius look angry at the time?"

“Mebius’s tone was indeed a bit angry, but I don’t know his expression, because at the time I was hiding in Alicia’s closet with Alicia.” Chen Luo shook his head.

"...I feel that listening any further would be inappropriate for children."

"Oh, things aren't progressing as quickly as you thought."

"I'm more curious, why did you just leave Mei in the bar like that, making her wait for you, waiting to make breakfast with you?" Hoshi blinked.

"No, that's not it. Alicia and I didn't stay in the Paradise of the Past for very long. We spent most of our time on the moon in the Real World controlled by Alicia, where the flow of time can be controlled. Mei probably only waited for me for about 5 minutes."

"What a time management master!" Xing exclaimed in astonishment.

"If I were a true master of time management, I wouldn't have messed up during the Mei phase and been fed breakfast by Herrscher Mei in such a strange way."

"Stop, stop talking. You've been showing off the whole time, you haven't stopped at all."

"Hmph, returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night. But I dare not say it in front of others, so I can only choose you." Chen Luo helplessly shrugged.

"What about Xiao Shi? Anyway, Xiao Shi doesn't understand anything. And hasn't Xiao Shi been looking for you again? Is it really okay for you not to go back to the bar?"

"I'm a little hesitant to go back to the bar right now, because ever since they found out I temporarily shut down my reconnaissance and mind-reading abilities, the bar's patrons are lining up to unleash their pent-up mischief on me today," Chen Luo sighed.

"Perhaps it's because you can do everything normally, which makes some people only sigh in despair and dare not make any rash moves. But knowing that you can still do everything now, but are prone to making mistakes, they want to enjoy the feeling of dragging the once high and mighty you down from your pedestal, right?" Xing thought for a moment and said.

"That's not entirely true. Actually, there are two relatively pure ones in the bar."

"Oh, who is it?"

"Merlin and Hanabi. They both genuinely wanted to see me have fun. Maybe that's what pure love is—purely wanting to play around."

“…Fireworks? Who?” Hoshi tilted her head.

“Alright, all the activities are over now. The golden you and the silver you have left their memory packs with you. Take a look at them when you have time. The information about Fireworks is in the silver you's memory pack. It's about a Masked Fool,” Chen Luo said.

"Oh, I see..." Xing hadn't finished speaking when the train experienced an extremely violent jolt.

Xing, who was sitting next to Chen Luo and chatting with him, swayed from side to side, while Chen Luo subconsciously activated his stealth ability.

Some treacherous subjects are plotting against me!

The consequence of doing so is...

"???" Chen Luo stared blankly at himself as he entered a stealthy, virtual state and passed through the Star Train like a phantom.

Although the train just experienced a huge jolt, it is still moving.

Once Chen Luo enters the stealth state, he will immediately become completely isolated from the outside world if he does not consciously control it.

One is Chen Luo, who remains stationary; the other is a train that is moving forward.

As a result, the train left, but Chen Luo was still there.

This was the first time Chen Luo had encountered something like this.

Chen Luo can indeed use his stealth ability while the vehicle is in motion without being thrown off, but that is essentially Chen Luo flying.

This time, however, Chen Luo forgot to fly.

I haven't boarded the bus yet!

Watching the Starry Sky Train disappear into the distance, Chen Luo shouted in his heart.

Although his lack of reconnaissance capabilities made Chen Luo's journey to the Starry Sky Train, a special place to avoid bar patrons who wanted to take advantage of him, not smooth, his trip was not easy.

But you know what, it's actually quite interesting.

"Um... hello to you two." Chen Luo greeted the two people next to him.