Their commission was suspicious.

We can invite the Starry Sky Train as a special guest at that time.

"Poor Qingque... Hmm, Wangchuan, what are you doing?" Chen Luo turned his head to look at Huanyu Huangquan, who was sneaking up on him.

“Ah, oh, it’s nothing. I just wanted to ask on behalf of the main body… when can you help the main body with some psychological therapy? You know, the main body’s original wish was to reach the end of nothingness and sever nothingness. Now the path of nothingness is blocked, but the Star God of Nothingness is not dead…” Wangchuan whispered in Chen Luo’s ear.

"Okay, I'll help Huang Quan get a psychological check-up later, and a physical exam as well."

The void of fate also had some effect on Huang Quan's body. His sense of taste did indeed return, but other aspects were not necessarily affected.

"Huh? A physical exam? Is that a good thing? Count me in!" Wangchuan exclaimed in surprise.

“...Look behind you,” Chen Luo reminded him.

"Hmm? Uh... Huang Quan? What a coincidence. Hahaha..." Wangchuan was startled when he turned around and saw the real body.

"...Wangchuan, go and handle your official business. You should get busy," Huangquan said calmly.

"Can't you come up with a different reason?" Wangchuan said with some indignation.

Chapter 2270 Chen Luo: Guh! Just kill me!

"..."

"What are you thinking about with that blank expression?" Alicia slapped Chen Luo on the back, gently waking him up.

"Ah, it's nothing, I was just thinking about the meaning of life." After regaining his composure, Chen Luo shook his head slightly and said.

There was really nothing to it; Chen Luo was simply contemplating and comprehending the operating principles of the Destiny of Wishes.

Each appearance of a Star God opens up a path of destiny. Star Gods are indeed the strongest in the path of destiny. However, even if Chen Luo becomes the Star God of Wishes, it only proves that Chen Luo has indeed reached the end of the path of wishes in the current Collapse Iron World. The power of the mechanism of destiny is truly magical and amazing.

In Chen Luo's current view, every clash of worldviews, no matter how strange, can lead to something useful if one observes it closely.

The vast majority of Chen Luo's current capital comes from this.

In particular, their destinies coincided perfectly with Chen Luo's path.

Even the Celestial Mechanism that Chen Luo created in the Origin World contains the concept that a Fated Traveler might have their eyes meet the Star God when embarking on their Fated Journey.

However, the quality of "what you keep in mind will eventually come back to you" is actually quite common.

The Dimensional Sea is countless times larger than the Starry Sky Railway, and even those who transcend would be overwhelmed by it. Therefore, this mechanism of destiny is particularly suitable for spreading the ideas of those who travel the path of desire.

"So, have you figured anything out?" Alicia asked curiously.

"I've figured it out... Isn't the meaning of life simply that it's meaningless?"

"...Don't give up like this. Although we have indeed encountered many difficulties, there is a brighter tomorrow waiting for us...maybe." Alicia was about to comfort Chen Luo, but when she thought about the current situation of their civilization, Alicia became a little uncertain again.

With only three cities remaining after the destruction of the Eleventh Herrscher, can civilization truly be considered to have a bright future?

"But there are always good things, like the Thirteen Heroes mechanism has finally been established, right? Cheer up, my prospective member." Alicia patted Chen Luo on the shoulder to encourage him.

"Yes, yes, Deputy Chief." Chen Luo replied lazily.

This wasn't because Chen Luo had grown tired of Alicia and gradually became indifferent to her. Rather, although Chen Luo's physical body was currently in the previous civilization, most of his thoughts were drawn to the mysteries of wishes, focusing on the Wish Star God who was not only distant but also from a different time period.

Chen Luo's Seed of Transcendence is still inside the Wish Star God. Moreover, Chen Luo himself is the Wish Star God. However, because Chen Luo was too lazy to stay in the Collapse Iron World, he put a shell on the Void Star God and hung it above Pinocchio.

Because of the Seed of Transcendence... no, the Sprout of Infinity, Chen Luo could sense the current state of the Wish Star God, as well as the great "Original Stone" that gathered the ever-changing "wishes" of the entire world, no matter how far away he was.

The wishes of all living beings had never been presented to Chen Luo in such a concrete way.

Compared to this, neither the survival desires of countless magical girls nor Chen Luo's desire to sit on a street corner with Huang Quan and observe the passing crowds seem comprehensive enough.

Although it only had a partial effect on Chen Luo's understanding and might sound tedious, Chen Luo found it quite interesting.

Interest is the best teacher, and maintaining interest rather than treating it as a mission is the fundamental principle for making this path last.

Chen Luo's talent never prompted him to do anything; after all, his talent couldn't possibly lead him to issue any annihilation-type missions.

Therefore, Chen Luo used to be obsessed with completing tasks, partly because the rewards were really generous, and partly because they were genuinely interesting.

And this interesting aspect became even more apparent when the wish and destiny appeared before Chen Luo.

Because Chen Luo could sense the impact on his fate of whether he intervened to fulfill the other party's wish or not.

Chen Luo was indeed aware of this before, but it became even more obvious after shifting his perspective to that of God.

Just like scattering breadcrumbs near an ant nest and watching the ants carry them back and forth, Chen Luoneng could observe this kind of thing for a whole day.

Because every wish that Chen Luo saw to be fulfilled had value that made it worthwhile.

"I wonder if there will ever be a day when the appearance of the Wish Fate Path can turn the Starry Sky Railway World into a true paradise. Probably not?"

Thinking this way might make you give up easily. Why not try a different approach... There's no "best," but there is always "better," isn't there?

"..." That makes some sense, but not much.

"Are you even listening to me?" Alicia waved her fingers in front of Chen Luo's face. After receiving no response for a while, Alicia pinched Chen Luo's nose.

"Mmm, I'm listening." Chen Luo nodded perfunctorily.

"Then what did I just say?" Alicia didn't believe her.

"do not know."

"Didn't you say you were listening?"

"I heard it, but I didn't write it down. What's wrong? Is there a problem, Deputy Chief?" Chen Luo shrugged.

"This is it. I told you not to call me deputy leader, you have to call me leader," Alicia said with dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you personally hand over the leadership of the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser to Kevin?" Chen Luo retorted.

If Alicia hadn't made that decision, it's really uncertain whether Kevin or Alicia would have been the leader of the Thirteen Heroes.

Alicia arrived at the Fire Moths earlier than Kevin, and without Alicia, the Fire Moths might not have been able to defeat the Second Herrscher.

Moreover, Alicia is more popular than Kevin, who always has a cold face.

"Besides, didn't the higher-ups at Moth Chaser not agree to the system of the Thirteen Heroes of Moth Chaser? In the end, didn't you decide to privately fund it? Eden paid for it. Given your relationship with Eden, Kevin wouldn't object if you became the leader," Chen Luo said.

"Can you please not bring up things that are hard to talk about? Besides, didn't the higher-ups already agree to half of it?" Alicia retorted.

"What do you mean by half?" Chen Luo tilted his head.

"Make the drinks first." Alicia tapped the table in front of the bar.

"Oh." Chen Luo started mixing the drinks.

That's right, Chen Luotang... forgot the beginning, forgot the end... and now he's mixing drinks here for 20 Originium Stones.

Oh well, it's about making money, there's no shame in it.

"Look. The higher-ups agreed to the Five Heroes of Zhu Huo, and now it's the Thirteen Heroes of Zhu Huo. They agreed to four out of six words. Isn't that more than half?"

"...Are you serious?"

Isn't Alicia just making excuses?

“And didn’t the higher-ups compromise later? They said they were willing to acknowledge the title,” Alicia said.

"But we're not responsible for providing any funding or venue, right? Remember to be clear next time; isn't this just a polite refusal? I only got this after I anesthetized them, left them in the operating room, and threatened them that if they didn't agree, Mebius would have to perform the surgery instead." Chen Luo said after mixing the drinks and placing them in front of Alicia.

“There’s no difference. I can understand that the Fire Moth is currently rebuilding from scratch and doesn’t have the financial and material resources to establish the Thirteen Heroes of Fire, but we can still offer spiritual encouragement.” Alicia held up her glass to her face, reflecting her slightly tipsy expression.

Alicia has already had more than one drink.

"You're really good at deceiving yourself."

"Is this what you call finding joy in hardship? So, as punishment, remember to address me respectfully as 'Leader,' without the 'Deputy.' If you're so rigid, I might never let you become a full member. Reserve member Chen Luo." Alicia poked Chen Luo's cheek with her finger.

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Luo ignored Alicia's hands roaming around his face and started to drift off into thought again.

Chen Luo was watching the various wishes that were either fulfilled by those who had wishes, those whose destinies were determined by wishes, or even those that were unintentionally fulfilled by ordinary people.

The same wish, the same circumstances, fulfilled with the help of different people, yet leading to drastically different fates. That's the magic of wishes.

What's even more ingenious is that Chen Luo and this wish are not from the same time period.

Those wishes came from the future and were transmitted to Chen Luo in real time against the flow of time through the connection between Chen Luo and the Star God of Wishes. It felt quite magical.

This is why Chen Luo was willing to stay in the previous civilization to see these wishes.

Wishes are things that can transcend time.

Because the wishes of the ancestors are often passed down to the younger generation when they cannot be fulfilled, and the younger generation will fight to the death for a wish that may be unrealistic.

This is the inheritance of wishes.

Chen Luo had seen half of this kind of wish before, namely Berlberg, but Berlberg's wish was not purely inherited.

Because Cocolia, the Great Guardian who should have been the one to carry on this wish in Beloberg, chose to betray the Star Core faction, and the most urgent task in solving the Star Core problem was actually for the outsiders like the Star Train.

Fortunately, the desire of all the soldiers in Beloborg to fight the monsters and protect the last city did not disappear, so it can only be considered half of it.

This time, I actually encountered this type of wish among countless wishes.

The tears shed by the other person when their wish came true were truly touching.

This will give Chen Luo a real sense that the destiny he has created is indeed useful.

Everyone wants their actions to be recognized, which provides them with greater motivation.

Moral blackmail is one thing, being acknowledged by others is another.

However, don't blindly pursue the approval of others, otherwise you won't even know how you were sold out.

[Stay positive, don't lose face, well done... a triple whammy of flattery. This is the art of killing with praise.]

In short, Chen Luo did not lose out. The rewards Chen Luo received for opening up his path to his desired destiny were indeed several times, or even dozens of times, the price he paid.

Although many people believe that Chen Luo is the biggest winner at Pinocchio, and Chen Luo does not deny this, he also made the biggest sacrifice among all of them, and the two are not contradictory.

Others only saw Chen Luo's success, but they did not see the two large commission series that Chen Luo gave up. The first series was the commission that Sunday and all the members of the Oak family wanted to build the dream of Taiyi, and the second series was also this commission.

However, one is at the Envoy level, and the other is at the Star God level.

In addition, there are requests from the dreamer to resolve Aha's request, and requests from the dreamer to resolve the request from Merlin disguised as Chen Luo.

The Interstellar Peace Corporation and the Pinocchio family only lost Pinocchio, but Chen Luo lost the raw gem.

Chen Luo wasn't entirely unable to prevent these wishes from being wasted; it was just that the effort and the reward were disproportionate. Instead of tricking those unlucky kids, he'd rather scam autographs and grab lollipops. Besides, the land of dreams needed the wishes born from this land to nourish it.

Moreover, facts have proven that Chen Luo's honest way of fulfilling his wish was actually the wrong path; the real quick ways to earn raw stones are all recorded in the criminal law.

In a sense, making money and earning raw stones are not contradictory. Once there is monetary transaction, desire will be involved, and with desire comes wish.

The fastest way to earn raw gems is to put a knife to someone's neck and ask them if they want to live. The best part is that you can do this repeatedly.

"Speaking of which, Lolo, what did you give Eden and Gresh when the thirteen heroes exchanged gifts a while ago?" Alicia asked.

"You said it yourself, it was the Thirteen Heroes exchanging gifts. I'm not one of the Thirteen Heroes, so why are you asking me?" Chen Luo blinked innocently.

"Stop fooling around. Mei isn't Thirteen Heroes, but she was still given a gift, wasn't she?" Alicia tapped Chen Luo's forehead.

"Oh...actually, I did give gifts. For example, I gave Eden a set of Alicia's photos."

"???" Do you want to hear what you're saying in front of the real person?

"Okay, actually it's an exquisite Alicia standee, which I made myself."

"I didn't expect you to have this skill, Lolo. What else? What else?" Alicia was surprised, but she understood.

"Aponia also sent a beautiful Alicia standee."

"???"

So all you did was send me that fancy standee, huh?

"Sent Mei a beautiful standee of Kevin, and sent Kevin a beautiful standee of Mei."

“You can eat your way through the world once you've been here. Then… what about Kosmo?” Alicia asked.

So Chen Luo wasn't just sending Alicia exquisite standees all the time, he was just sending standees all the time.

But Alicia was afraid that Chen Luo would give Kosmo a beautiful standee of Desdobia.

"What are you worried about? I gave Kosmo a transformation device."

"Oh, that's it. The transformation prop toy from a tokusatsu show, right? I didn't expect Kosmo to still be using this kind of thing."

"It's genuine."

"Ok?"