Their commission was suspicious.

“Once the memory is fully formed, the Paradise of the Past will be the true Paradise of the Past. Currently, the members to be included in the first batch of memory creation are me, Su, and Sakura. Hua… is not so sure.” Mebius hesitated when he mentioned Hua.

"Oh, why aren't you sure?"

"Because Hua went to participate in some kind of divine sound experiment, and she's the only successful test subject so far... I didn't want Hua to go, but she kept saying nonsense like I couldn't do anything. Just now, Hua went for another physical examination." Chen Luo said while teasing Klein.

“Divine Sound? Oh, that’s the special experiment derived from the precepts of Aponia. May told me about it, but I didn’t participate.” Velvi nodded, recalling the matter.

“The main reason is that the construction of the Paradise of the Past requires the help of Aponia, and it is still uncertain whether Hua, who is influenced by the divine sound, a derivative of the Aponia Commandments, will reject it,” Mebius said.

"Probably not, otherwise... only a few of the thirteen fusion warriors would be able to leave behind a memory," Velvi said.

Even Velvi had been subjected to Aponia's commandments, although Velvi negated the commandments by sacrificing one of her personalities.

However, that personality did not completely disappear; instead, it was absorbed by a special vessel given to it by Chen Luo and is currently in a dormant state.

In addition, the Thousand Calamities, whose precepts were broken in the tragedy of being bound by Su, were reinstated by Aponia.

Qian Jie, now a fusion warrior, was even more uneasy, as his combat power had increased significantly.

The good news is that Qianjie is now able to control his emotions.

Fusion surgery is often subject to certain influences, which are uncertain and highly random before the surgery is completed.

The influence that Qianjie received after fusing with the Honkai Beast "Feitian" that Sakura killed seems to be an uncertain mental influence that will cause Qianjie to fall into a state of rage.

That was the case at least initially.

However, it was later discovered that this mental alienation seemed to be being absorbed by Qian Jie's mask, which was crafted using the cores of many Herrschers. As a result, Qian Jie was able to remain calm most of the time, only occasionally going mad.

However, Chen Luo seriously doubted that the other party's occasional madness was simply because he was too lazy to pay attention to those people, so he was just faking it, because Chen Luo had quite a lot of confidence in the Divine Key that he had personally forged.

As long as I'm crazy enough, no one can bother me.

“Vilvie, you came to my lab not just to ask about the evolution of the Paradise of the Past and the Memory, right? Or do you also want to leave a Memory in the first batch?” Möbius asked.

"Well... forget it, I'll wait for the second batch." After hesitating for a moment, Velvi shook her head.

It wasn't that Vervie doubted Möbius's skills. Rather, it was because... Vervie's mental state wasn't quite right.

"Besides that, I want to take Chen Luo to see Gretchen. Mebius, do you want to come? You are Gretchen's grandmother, after all."

"Yes, sister... never mind. You two go ahead, hurry up and don't hang around in front of me." Mebius said, glaring at the smiling Velvet.

Mebius felt that if he were to argue with Vervie, he might actually be doing her favor.

It's normal to go see Gretchen, since Gretchen's parents died in the tragedy of the restraint, and now Gretchen is all alone.

In the past, Aponia would have taken care of the children, as she loves them, so it wouldn't have been a problem.

Alternatively, Kosmo could take care of her; as a member of the team that Hen trained, Kosmo is very patient with Gretchen.

But things are different now; the Firemoth now only has thirteen fusion warriors left.

Aponia was extremely busy with both the Divine Sound Experiment and the Paradise of the Past, while Kosmo wished he could be used as two people.

Even Hua could no longer stay by Chen Luo's side as a bodyguard.

Therefore, among the thirteen fusion warriors, several would take turns looking after Gretsch.

"Let's go, let's go." Velvi grabbed Chen Luo's arm and pulled him out of the Mebius Laboratory, as Chen Luo still wanted to tease the armed doll Klein.

Only after confirming that no one had seen it, except for the Mebius Lab, did Velvi breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ugh... This is so tough. Chen Luo, you bastard, why did you suddenly call me out like that?" Wilvi stomped on Chen Luo's foot hard.

"Ouch, that hurts..."

"...Does it hurt a lot?" After hesitating for a moment, Wilvi asked when she saw Chen Luo crying out in pain.

"It doesn't hurt."

"I knew it." Wilvi glared at Chen Luo.

"Actually, isn't it pretty good now? Even in your trickster form, you can still perform with ease in front of these geniuses from the Fire Moth, and no one has discovered it yet, right?" Chen Luo shrugged.

"Hmph, even if you say that, it's no use. Just put me back right now," Virvi said irritably.

The fixed state of the id, Velvi, is almost lifted, but Velvi's body is still under the control of the id, Velvi, for at least half the day.

However, being in this state proves that the Feather of Dust is about to become ineffective.

However, when Velvi first arrived at the Möbius Laboratory, she was indeed under the control of the conductor Velvi, but was suddenly switched back to her true self Velvi state.

If it weren't for the fact that I, Velvi, was a con artist with a truly remarkable ability to deceive, she might have slipped up.

And all of this was because of that pocket watch.

"Give me the pocket watch I gave you before. I shouldn't have given it to you before, now you can bring out whichever personality you want." Wilvi held out her hand to Chen Luo.

"Vilvie" refers to the pocket watch she once gave to Chen Luo as a gift to increase his favorability with her. It could be used for hypnosis, but also to switch between different personalities of "Vilvie".

“Sure.” Chen Luo handed the pocket watch directly to Vervi.

“…Never mind. Anyway, even if I take it, it’ll just end up back in your hands soon enough,” Wilvi said with a sigh, looking at the pocket watch Chen Luo had handed her.

As long as the pocket watch doesn't completely disappear, once the other Vilvies take over his body, Chen Luo can simply mention it, and the other personalities will return the pocket watch to him.

There is no solution.

Hiding it is useless. Chen Luo did something to the pocket watch, which not only allowed the suspicious watch to control his personality, but also allowed him to pinpoint the watch's location.

Moreover, this pocket watch is very important to my ego, Velvet; it's the first pocket watch I've ever repaired. Giving it away is one thing, but destroying it is out of the question.

However, now that they were already out, Vivi began to talk to Chen Luo about issues related to the construction of the shelter.

As the war against the Honkai has progressed to this point, the people of the previous civilization have also prepared for defeat and have developed many plans, such as the Stigmata Project, the Sandstorm Project, and the Fire Seed Project.

There's even a far-fetched idea: an ark project involving wandering stars.

All of this requires the continuation of civilization, so shelters are indispensable.

"Aili? You're here too?" When Velvi and Chen Luo arrived at Gretchen's place, they saw Alicia squatting next to Gretchen, saying something to her.

"Oh, it's Velvi and Lolo! Come on over, we were just talking about you two. Now that you're here, I don't need to look for you anymore." Alicia waved to Chen Lolo and Velvi.

"What's wrong?" Velvi asked after leading Chen Luo to Alicia's side.

"I just asked Gretchen if she was interested in becoming a hero."

"Yingjie?"

“Yes, you see, right now the entire civilization only has thirteen fusion warriors left, so I want to form the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Moth. And by the way, let Chen Luo be an unofficial member.” Alicia nodded.

"Phew, thankfully you didn't mention anything about the Fourteen Heroes or anything like that. And then you included me in the list." Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

“Because you’re not a Fusion Warrior, Lolo. But if you pull some strings, I might be able to make you a Hero.” Alicia winked.

"Uh, the backdoor? You mean..."

"Me? Isn't it obvious? Besides me, who's planning to establish the Thirteen Heroes of Fire Chaser, who else could let you get in through the back door?" Alicia retorted.

"Forget it," Chen Luo shook his head.

"Don't just let it go like that! Beg me, beg me, and I'll agree," Alicia said, grabbing Chen Luo's arm.

"I don't ask for anything."

"Please, just once, please," Alicia said.

"No."

"Ugh...you...maybe I'll just make you Yingjie then, honestly." Alicia said with dissatisfaction.

Alicia had originally planned to use the excuse that Chen Luo was not a fusion warrior to make him a temporary unofficial member until Chen Luo came to beg her.

But who would have thought that even if Chen Luo begged him, the other party wouldn't even ask him for a favor?

"No."

"Lolo, don't ruin the unity, okay? Everyone wants to become heroes, but you don't. Wouldn't that make you seem very antisocial?" Alicia flicked Chen Luo's forehead.

“Yingjie, that’s a great name. I’m very satisfied!” It was Wilvi next to Chen Luo who brightened up.

She is still the real Velvi now, but as a con artist, Velvi can recreate all of Velvi's personality traits to maintain her persona.

If it were the genius Vilvie, she would naturally be very satisfied with this title.

The term "英杰" refers to a person of outstanding talent and intelligence.

Moreover, it is also an honor.

"But there's a problem, Ellie, have you ever thought about what reason you would use to make everyone become the Thirteen Heroes?" Chen Luo asked.

"It's the Fourteen Heroes, including you."

"Alright, even if it's fourteen, what reason do you plan to use?"

"After the tragedy of the restraints, are the remaining thirteen fusion warriors and the super-mutant surgeon who performed the surgery on the thirteen fusion warriors not enough of a reason?" Alicia retorted.

“Obviously not. It’s either fusion warriors or all the meritorious individuals included. And that would lead to two problems.” Chen Luo held up two fingers.

“If it’s the former, then Gretschpado and the others can also be included, because they are also fusion warriors, while I cannot join because I am not a fusion warrior.”

“If it’s the latter, then besides the fusion warriors, there are others who have made contributions, and judging Gretchen and Pado by that standard would obviously not qualify,” Chen Luo said.

"So...you mean I can only choose between you and Padre + Gretchen?" Alicia raised an eyebrow.

"More or less." Chen Luo nodded.

"I want them all." Alicia grabbed Chen Luo's ear.

"Obviously not."

"No, I want them all."

"Alright, alright, at least you thirteen heroes have some fighting ability. What's the point of me, a clerical researcher, joining?"

"But……"

"Besides, if I'm included, then shouldn't Mei be included too? That would make 15 Yingjie."

"Emmm... I didn't include Mei, mainly because I felt she probably didn't have time to fool around with us... cough cough, I meant we're having a meeting," Alicia said.

"Will I then have time?"

“Of course, because you’re probably the most idle one in the entire Firemoth. Just wandering around everywhere,” Alicia said.

“What do you mean by wandering around? I’m just helping out everywhere because I know a little bit about everything. You can ask Wilvi if you don’t believe me,” Chen Luo said, pointing at Wilvi.

“Indeed, Chen Luo has been helping me a lot lately.” Wilvi nodded.

"If you really want to give me a spot, to let me feel involved... like you said, let me be an unofficial member, responsible for being a substitute. As everyone knows, the substitute is the strongest."

"What kind of talk is this? Why don't you want to become Yingjie? Give me a reason and I'll agree." Alicia was still somewhat dissatisfied.

"Just as there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings, there are fourteen of the Thirteen Heroes, which is quite reasonable."

"..." Alicia didn't speak, she just quietly looked at Chen Luo.

Clearly, Alicia was not satisfied with this reason.

Alicia's idea to establish the Heroic Order was not a whim, but rather a desire to allow everyone to leave their mark on history and have a sense of belonging.

Mei goes without saying; as the core of the entire Moth of Fire, she naturally has no shortage of recognition.

But Chen Luo is different.

Although Chen Luo had been bubbling around the Fire Moth for quite some time, he remained like a ghost, hovering on its edge, with a subtle sense of detachment.

This is not a sense of alienation from Alicia and the others, but a sense of alienation from the world itself.

Alicia was very dissatisfied with this and therefore sought to change it.

"Okay, Ellie, in your imagination, the Fire Chaser is a system, right?"

"Ah."

"But when it comes to important matters, you always need to vote or make a decision, right?"

"Ah."

"The thirteen heroes might sacrifice themselves, right?"

"……Um."

"Then let me be number 0. In case of any unexpected events, I can take over as a substitute. After all, thirteen is an odd number, which means that as long as no one abstains from voting, there will definitely be a winner and a loser. Fourteen is an even number, so it's possible for it to be a tie."

"But……"