Their commission was suspicious.

You're too late to stir things up; she's already done it.

“I need to clarify one fact for everyone: Miss Fireworks’ tricks can induce hallucinations, but that bizarre dream has nothing to do with her; it originates from Pinocchio itself,” Black Swan said slowly.

“Pinocone…in itself?” March 7th was somewhat surprised by this statement.

"Haven't you realized yet? The so-called dreamland is actually the result of careful maintenance by the family through some unknown means, a beautifully designed dream. And the memory realm that the star fell into is the original form of the dream, a chaotic, dangerous, and mysteriously unpredictable labyrinth inhabited by beasts of memory—memory realm memes," the Black Swan said.

"Why are you all looking at me? I don't know everything." Chen Luo, who was listening attentively, realized that the Starry Sky Train group's eyes had all fallen on him without him noticing.

"so what?"

“The Black Swan is right. And the situation is more serious than you imagine. Pinocchio’s dream is sinking? Returning to its original form, which means the dream world is collapsing. You can glean some signs from the increasing number of Dream Theatre troupes.” Chen Luo nodded.

“If this news gets out, the reputation of the Star of the Grand Gathering will inevitably be affected, regardless of the actual safety of the guests. With the Harmonious Festival approaching, they will have no choice but to keep this a secret,” Walter said.

"The safety of our customers might not be guaranteed at all. Isn't the monster Xing encountered the best proof? Everyone in Pinocchio might lie, perhaps even the family itself," Black Swan said.

“We have a full understanding of Miss Black Swan’s current situation. Let’s return to your initial proposal. May I ask what reasons Flowing Light Memory Garden had for choosing to cooperate with Starry Sky Train?” Himeko asked.

Himeko was referring to the collaboration invitation from Black Swan.

"Please allow me to correct myself. This is my personal request, not on behalf of the Memoirs. It's quite simple, Ms. Himeko. I simply want to make an exchange of memories. Beyond my duties, I also have some personal aesthetic pursuits. I am a Memory Receiver and a collector. I also want to witness those precious, sparkling memories. This idea is easy to understand, isn't it?"

"And you, the practitioners of the pioneering spirit of the Star Train, I believe in your potential, and I believe you will shine with unique brilliance on this stage."

"The only regrettable thing is that Mr. Chen Luo doesn't seem to intend to go on stage himself." Black Swan looked at Chen Luo with some regret as she said this.

Based on the experience of black swans observing Chen Luo's memories, if Chen Luo appears, it inevitably means that the most vibrant desires are present there, and desires often represent brilliant and sparkling memories.

"Chen Luo, what do you think?" Ji Zi also looked at Chen Luo.

"Me? If I had to say... Miss Black Swan gave so many raw stones, I think she's a good person."

"..." by Himeko.

Whoever gives the most raw stones is the good guy, right?

"Hmm... and the only help I can offer besides that is a contract." Chen Luo took out the Book of Contracts.

A contract provides a sense of security and reassurance.

As expected, the train agreed to cooperate with the Black Swan.

The Star Core Hunter Silver Wolf sent the train crew a coordinate. By simply copying it with one click and entering the code into the Dream Pool, they could enter the hidden map of Pinocchio. That's what happened later.

……

"Alo, I made a new friend in Pinocchio!"

As night fell, the midnight bar reopened, and Xiao Shi, who had been having fun outside all day, finally returned to the bar.

Moreover, Xiao Shi brought a new friend back to the bar.

Everyone knew that Chen Luo had made arrangements at Pinocchio, so they tacitly refrained from bringing more people into the bar.

Xing brought Liu Ying to the bar because Chen Luo had met her beforehand.

Although Xiao Shi may seem unreliable at times, he is often more serious than others when it comes to Chen Luo's questions.

The fact that this new friend was brought to the bar means that this new friend won't cause any problems.

"Poor child, has Xiao Shi become so bored that he has imagined a friend in his mind?" When everyone looked in the direction of the voice, they found that Xiao Shi was all alone and couldn't help but cast pitying glances at him.

"Chen Luo, really! Have you been so busy with your work lately that you've neglected Xiao Shi? You're making Xiao Shi so sad." Some people even criticized Chen Luo for neglecting his child because he was always busy with work.

"Hey, what do you mean? Don't think I created an imaginary friend for myself. I'm not that pitiful. You've gone too far." But Xiao Shi was more agitated than Chen Luolai, who wanted to explain.

But the gazes it attracted were even more filled with pity.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm going to smash this bar to pieces!" Xiao Shi clenched his fist.

Yes, Xiao Shi did indeed spend several days working on the copy because of that damn minor copy law, and only today was he finally able to spend the whole day eating, drinking and having fun at Pinocchio.

Xiao Shi has indeed not gone out to wreak havoc on the common people with Chen Luo for a long time.

But Xiao Shi really made a new friend at Pinocchio this time.

"Old timer, you'd better say something for me," Xiao Shi shouted to Fu Hua, who was following behind him.

"This..." Fu Hua hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

Because Fu Hua didn't meet any new friends of Xiao Shi either.

This also made Fu Hua wonder if she or Chen Luo had been spending too little time with Xiao Shi.

"I've really made a new friend. He's right next to me now, and I've even learned the clock trick from him. It lets me manipulate other people's emotions in dreams. You'll see if you try it if you don't believe me." Xiao Shi stomped her foot angrily.

"But the problem is that your power of consciousness as a healer is not inherently capable of manipulating the consciousness of others, and you are naturally at ease in the dream world."

“That’s true… but the Clockwork Trick is a completely different system, you have to believe me. And Chen Luo, you shouldn’t just stand there watching the show, you should explain this to me. The Clockwork Kid says you can see him.” Xiao Shi ran to Chen Luo’s side and pinched his cheek as she spoke.

“Huh? Oh. I can indeed see Clockwork Boy.” Chen Luo nodded.

Chen Luo looked down at Xiao Shi's feet and saw a familiar friend—the Watch Boy.

Although he didn't know how they met, Chen Luo wasn't surprised at all by the outcome.

According to the clockwork boy, only straightforward, innocent, and childlike children can see it, such as Hoshi, who was born before she was even a year old and was praised by Gin-chi for having a pure heart.

Judging by that standard, it's quite reasonable that Xiao Shi could see the Clock Boy, but it was unexpected that the two of them would meet.

Xiao Shi perfectly meets this standard!

As for the hidden requirement to see the Clockwork Boy—only nameless passengers with pioneering spirit belonging to the Star Train can see this—Xiao Shi, as a Memory Envoy and SS-rank Herrscher of Consciousness, is special enough in the dream of Pinocchio to be exempt from this requirement.

But as other bar patrons have said, learning a few watch tricks is really of no use.

In dreams, the power of the knowledgeable is faster than the tricks of a clock.

In reality, those who understand the laws of nature possess power that is both faster and more accurate than clockwork tricks.

But Xiaoshi couldn't help finding it really interesting.

However, Xiao Shi suddenly realized that even with Chen Luo's endorsement, others would think that Chen Luo was just trying to comfort Xiao Shi because he couldn't bear to see her being looked at strangely by everyone.

"It's clearly because you guys aren't straightforward enough, innocent and childlike enough, that's why you never see the Clockwork Kid! Clockwork Kid, give them a good beating!" Xiao Shi crossed his arms.

Everyone waited expectantly for a while, only to find that nothing had changed.

“…That’s right, you can’t lay a hand on your friends. Chen Luo, then you should give them a good beating.” Xiao Shi seemed to have heard something reasonable, nodded, and then looked at Chen Luo.

"..."

[Ding! You have a new request!]

After receiving Xiao Shi's request to show everyone the Clockwork Boy, Chen Luo bent down and gently touched the head of the Clockwork Boy, who was less than a meter tall.

The Clockwork Boy's existence is, in some ways, more special than Pam's; he is a cipher belonging only to the Nameless One.

Pam simply cannot leave the train, but every passenger who boards the train can see and talk to Pam. The Clockwork Boy is different; there are probably no more than 10 people in Pinocchio who can see him in total.

But then again, as the conductor of the Starry Sky Train, Pam should theoretically be able to see Clockwork Boy as well.

So here's the question... who is the number one mascot for Star Train, Clockwork Boy or Pam?

This... will be a bloody battle.

"Wow, it's really true! There really is a Clockwork Boy."

“When I was traveling in Pinocchio, I think I saw his statue and his animation. His animation was actually playing on the big screen in the Pinocchio Dream.”

"I heard that this clockwork boy was made in the image of Pinocchio's father, the watchmaker."

"Wait, does that mean I'm not straightforward, innocent, or childlike enough because I couldn't see it earlier? That doesn't make sense!" Yakumo Yukari exclaimed.

"..." Everyone tacitly chose to ignore what Yakumo Yukari, this beautiful girl who was only 17 years old and a few thousand months old, said.

"Hmph, I told you. If you can't see it, that's your problem." Seeing that everyone seemed to have seen the Clockwork Boy's image, Xiao Shi said smugly.

Instead of being angry at Xiao Shi's pride, everyone gave him a very friendly look.

If someone is straightforward, innocent, and has a childlike heart, then that means the other party poses no threat whatsoever.

...in another sense.

Good, good, keep it up.

To become a true darling of a bar, you need to achieve a favorability rating of over 50% among 80% of the people.

This is a difficult thing, because even in the harmonious atmosphere of a bar, there are often some underhanded dealings, but Xiaoshi is different.

Xiao Shi is truly the kind of...great philanthropist!

Who can resist liking someone who clearly has the upper hand, but...

Okay, okay, stop thinking about it, or you'll become a brat!

"..."

However, on the other hand, if you have absolutely no knowledge of what's good for you, it proves that you're adept at it and can avoid all pitfalls, which in a sense is already a form of knowledge.

Chen Luo felt that the user-friendly plugin seemed to have some kind of prejudice against Xiao Shi.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Chen Luo continued to study the Key to True Self in his hand.

In fact, Chen Luo was already researching this thing before Xiao Shi asked him to prove that the Clockwork Boy really existed.

Because Chen Luo received flower petals from some people who had strange impressions of him today.

For example, a thousand tribulations.

He actually thought Chen Luo had some serious illness, otherwise why would he keep getting close to him?

Although Chen Luo didn't want to admit this impression, upon closer reflection, if Chen Luo really didn't have any serious illness, how could he possibly be either fulfilling a wish or on his way to fulfilling a wish?

This assessment is theoretically quite objective.

During his trip to the previous civilization, Chen Luo collected all the True Self Key petals from Kosmo, Desdobia, Kevin, and Dr. May, and is currently organizing them.

"Although Qianjie's evaluation of me is biased... I'll still accept it. After all, I even helped Qianjie forge a divine key that belonged to him." Chen Luo muttered to himself.

The forging of Qianjie's Divine Key was simple, because Qianjie didn't need any lethal weapons; all he needed was his mask.

Therefore, the design of Qianjie's Divine Key is basically fine. The only thing to worry about is what function Qianjie wants the mask to have.

This was originally the most brain-intensive thing, but under the design of a genius like Velvet, a technology was created that allows the cores of a thousand Herrschers to adapt to the different Divine Keys formed by the users.

Moreover, because of the problem with the Tenth Herrscher, Velvet also deeply understood one thing: all fear stemmed from insufficient firepower.

Each of the Tenth Herrscher's clones is inferior to previous Herrschers, but their unpredictability has plunged the entire society into a crisis of trust.

The Ninth Herrscher destroyed the industrial system of an entire civilization, because some technologies were only available on the Mu continent, making it a delusion to try to destroy the Honkai with weapons made by humans.

Since weapons cannot be used, the only option is to use the human body.

This concept has also been incorporated into the Tenth Divine Key.

Thus, the plan to mass-produce Divine Keys to help others become Fusion Warriors was born.

There are nearly 800 Divine Keys, and each of them, after special modification, has the potential to awaken an ordinary person and turn them into a Fusion Warrior.

Moreover, the advantage of this method is that there is no danger to life when using the Tenth Divine Key.

The downside is that the tenth divine key only works when the limits are exceeded, but the only way for the Firemoth to exceed the limits is in a life-or-death crisis.

The only pity is that the mask, which was made by stacking more than 200 Tenth Divine Keys for Qianjie, means that no matter how much Qianjie surpasses the limits, he can never become a Fusion Warrior.

Dr. Mei concluded that it was impossible for Qianjie to become a Fusion Warrior through this plan.

However, Chen Luo offered a suggestion that minimized the mortality rate of those involved in the fusion of the Tenth Divine Key.

Since Qianjie is too extreme to surpass the limit, let Qianjie become the limit for others.

There's no need to send those aspiring Fusion Warriors to the battlefield with the Tenth Divine Key to fight Honkai Beasts and break through their limits. Wouldn't it be better to let them fight the Thousand Calamities?

The final result was... very effective, because everyone was convinced that they might be killed by the Thousand Tribulations, so everyone pushed themselves to their limits.

Therefore, more than 20 Fusion Warriors were nurtured from more than 300 Tenth Divine Keys.

The success rate is extremely high.

Moreover, those who failed did not die, because Qian Jie spared their lives.

This temporarily improved Qianjie's reputation within the Fire Moth, but only slightly.

The remaining tenth key of the gods was preserved to a certain extent.