Their commission was suspicious.

That makes perfect sense!

"So... if you look at the introduction to the friend fee at first, you might think that the friend fee may contain a certain degree of the principle of equivalent exchange, or the authority of transaction. But if you also look at how the friend fee is calculated, it doesn't seem like a transaction or equivalent exchange. Instead, it seems like... cause and effect."

What are direct and indirect friend fees? Aren't they just the relationship between direct and indirect cause and effect?

Or rather... a good outcome.

Because the last note about the "Friendship Fee" ability states that friends cannot harm each other. Even if Chen Luo takes all the Friendship Fees, it won't have a significant impact on his friends, causing injury or death.

Isn't this a good outcome?

Plant good seeds and reap good fruit.

With more positive contributions, there should be a reward. However, the original positive effects were implicit, while the introduction of "friendship fees" has turned these implicit effects into visible benefits.

"So... this friend fee also contains half of the causal authority?" Chen Luo scratched his head.

That's really something!

Some say time reigns supreme and space is king, but others say fate is unpredictable and cause and effect are absolute.

No matter how great the dispute, the strength of the four authorities of time, space, fate, and cause and effect is very high, which is certainly a fact.

However, it seems that there is indeed no one who transcends the power of cause and effect.

It seems that... the cause and effect are too heavy.

That's a really horrible joke.

Furthermore, since those who transcend are currently free from causality, it is questionable whether those who transcend would still be involved in causality if they possessed the authority over it. Therefore, there is currently no one who openly holds the authority over causality.

"If someone with the power of cause and effect emerges in the future, will this thing still be usable?" Chen Luo asked with some doubt.

[Raw Stone - 50]

The familiar sound of deduction rang out, and a blank sheet of paper appeared in front of Chen Luo.

"...No, I just want to ask, how did you actually get the money deducted?" Chen Luo glanced at the buff list in his hand, his mind almost going numb, and then quickly threw the list into his backpack.

Chen Luo forgot again that when he held this list, his words were considered law, and speaking carelessly would result in a fine.

Just like having identification, never say anything carelessly, or put your things away first before saying anything.

"Honestly, I'm not some curious person..." Despite saying that, Chen Luo still picked up the paper in front of him.

After all, I spent 50 raw stones to get this. Since I've already spent the raw stones, I can't get a refund. Of course I have to take a look, otherwise wouldn't I be losing a lot of money?

The answer given on this paper is that the situation Chen Luo envisioned is just like the wishing lamp that Chen Luo currently possesses.

Authority has a reciprocal nature. In the end, Chen Luo also needs to take away the authority of the wishing lamp to reunite it and take the final step.

However, there's a reason why the Wish Lamp isn't ranked first. Chen Luo can also improve his authority, just like when he swallowed the Void Star God. Now, Chen Luo can force others to fulfill his wishes.

Once Chen Luo perfects this part of the authority, the authority that was left outside will naturally disappear, causing the item to malfunction... The reason why the wishing lamp is not having any problems now is because Chen Luo has not taken back this part of the authority.

Since there's no rush to transcend, let's leave this part of the authority with the wishing lamp for now.

After Chen Luo transcends, he can return the power. However, if he does this, the genie will not hold a portion of the power, but will be able to use a portion of the power like a servant.

I don't own it; I only have partial usage rights.

Therefore, the wishing lamp ranks low.

Because it makes no difference whether he's there or not, but we can't deny that he's indeed useful.

Similarly, when someone has truly explored more than 50% of the power of cause and effect and possesses most of the power of good results, the effect of Chen Luo's friend fee will gradually weaken until it disappears.

Of course, Chen Luo could also choose to seize the power of cause and effect, taking over the entire power of cause and effect, which wouldn't be a problem.

Chen Luo wanted to transcend through the power of desire, but no one stipulated that transcending through the power of desire meant one could not possess complete causal authority.

The ancient tree of wisdom transcends difficulties because it intends to transcend all authority as well!

Having something or not is one thing; having something but not using it is another.

Perhaps sensing that Chen Luo himself could guess this information, the paper also contained some other information as compensation.

For example, when transcending one's own authority, it is common practice for those who transcend to use other authorities as buffs.

For example, the puppeteer used part of the power of lies, while the transcendent who achieved a second transcendence used the power of wishes.

Which cultivator doesn't need a few treasures or pills during their cultivation process? It's normal to have some buffs.

"I've only ever cultivated good karma... I guess I'm destined to never experience bad karma, and I certainly won't be able to collect all the karmic power." Chen Luo sighed.

Speaking of which, wouldn't the moral imperative be considered an authority of consequences? After all, those who do bad things should be punished.

"I don't think so. Anyway, I don't feel that the moral imperative has any special effect on this friend fee. Compared to the power of consequences, I think the moral imperative is more like the power of judgment." Chen Luo shook his head.

Chen Luo's personality is such that he generally doesn't do evil to others.

Therefore, it is rare to sow evil seeds and reap evil fruits.

Although Chen Luo killed more than 80% of the demigods and more than 60% of the true gods in the entire Abyss Plane yesterday, this does not count as reaping evil consequences from sowing evil seeds.

From a radical perspective, Chen Luo's actions should have been publicized throughout the entire Abyss Plane, since the Abyss Hunt Order is something that is universally acknowledged within the Abyss Plane. Chen Luo's behavior yesterday was somewhat too conservative.

In terms of negative consequences, the very fact that the entire Abyss Plane was able to develop was built upon these negative consequences.

From a conservative perspective, Chen Luo only needed to kill all the radical demigods to achieve his goal of bringing about negative consequences, since it was the radicals who were the ones who prompted the Abyss Kill Order. The conservatives and neutrals were innocent. However, Chen Luo saw that there were not many good people among the conservatives and neutral demigods, so he killed them all. Therefore, Chen Luo was a bit too radical.

Cause and effect don't follow the middle way; just do what you have to do.

In short, Chen Luo, who likes to judge and evaluate others based on absolute good and evil rather than cause and effect, is only half compatible with the authority of cause and effect, meaning he only understands the principle of sowing good causes and reaping good results.

On the contrary, it is highly compatible with the power of judgment.

However, Chen Luo only needs the power of desire, and he has no intention of judging everyone. He will only care about what he sees.

Chen Luo is quite tolerant in terms of the power of wishes, acknowledging both evil and good wishes.

However, Chen Luo's acknowledgment and understanding do not mean that he will fulfill them, because unfulfilled desires are still desires.

"It's definitely better to have more friends. I should go make some friends... Oh no, it seems like everyone is my friend now."

Chen Luo was about to make some friends when he turned around and realized that, at least on this airship, he couldn't see anyone without a friend's badge above their head.

Although Chen Luo didn't make friends with everyone individually, indirect friends are still friends.

Nearly one-third of the people in Pinocchio received the Wish Mirror from Chen Luo, and they used the Wish Mirror to fulfill the wishes of even more people. Since in most cases, the one who holds the Wish Mirror is the one who gives more, Chen Luo could tell at a glance that everyone owed him money as a friend.

Moreover, Chen Luo discovered that after acquiring the "Friendship Fee" skill, the requirements for his "Friendship Set" seemed to have decreased somewhat. For example, Chen Luo could now freely use "Kick the Buttocks" on everyone present, which meant instantly teleporting behind them and kicking their butts hard!

With the requirements for the Book of Friends lowered, Chen Luo can now directly read through it all, from their birth to the present.

"So the 'Friendship Fee' is the core component of the Friendship Set? Sure enough, besides some good karma authority, this 'Friendship Fee' also includes some strange things. Is it friendship authority or friend authority? No, does such authority really exist?" Chen Luo wondered.

The Dimensional Sea is full of strange and wonderful things!

"Hmm, wait a minute, someone doesn't owe me any money for friendship?" Chen Luo frowned when he saw that the number above someone's head was a different color than the others.

This unscientific!

Upon closer inspection, Chen Luo discovered that Zheng Mao was standing in a corner in front of a bunch of balloons, contemplating which balloon to pop first.

"..."

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Xing's head was white, which was indeed different from the red of most people around him, but it seemed that he still owed Chen Luo a friend's fee.

"Let me see... Red means they owe me a lot of money as a friend, white means they owe me money as a friend, but they reciprocated and helped me, and the amount owed is less, so the color is very light. Then... what color should I be for the money I owe them as a friend?" Chen Luo quickly analyzed the differences in the markings using the user-friendly plugin.

Chen Luo of the Star Gang did indeed earn over a thousand raw stones, so this was naturally a reciprocal gesture.

However, the data is still incomplete.

It's hard to say how many people you'll ever meet in your lifetime whom you owe money to. Your parents could, your teachers could, but they're not here. At least not in Pinocchio.

In Pinocchio, everyone Chen Luo sees owes him a friend's fee, the only difference being how much or how little, thanks to the mechanism of indirect friend's fees.

If Chen Luo wants to owe someone a friend's fee, he has to go to an extremely remote planet, find an absolute stranger, and then ask that person for help as soon as they meet.

This way, you might be able to see what color the box above someone's head represents, indicating whether they owe the other person a small amount of money as a "friendship fee."

But given Chen Luo's personality, it's hard for him to see what kind of debt he owes, because he usually repays others on the spot when they help him.

Only Chen Luo's parents and teacher have this possibility.

The former is because of the kindness of parents in raising and nurturing their children, while the latter is because they did provide a lot of help.

"Oh, right, there's one more person, the Root!" Chen Luo suddenly thought.

"Hmm, who called me? And where am I?" After triggering the keyword, Root suddenly appeared next to Chen Luo and was stunned.

What did you do to me?

"This is an airship," Chen Luo explained.

"Huh? You're holding a banquet on an airship and you didn't even call me earlier?" Genyuan glared at Chen Luo.

"Nobody invited me either. Especially since this banquet involves the Wish Star God," Chen Luo said.

“Oh, then you’re the one who’s worse off.” Genyuan nodded.

While chatting, Chen Luo finally saw what color the debt to someone else was.

green.

Among the myriad red flowers, only the root source had a green frame on its top. After Chen Luo focused his mind, he could see the specific amount of the friend fee for the root source.

Chen Luo didn't help Genyuan much, mainly because Genyuan had enough to eat and drink and had almost no desires. At most, Chen Luo just helped Genyuan find some fun.

However, the Root Source actually gave Chen Luo a lot of the World Source.

Although Chen Luo also contributed a considerable amount of raw stones, so it could be considered a mutual exchange, the amount given by the source was much less.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? Why do you have such a strange expression?" Gengen asked, tilting his head in his Ryougi Shiki kimono image.

"It's nothing, I just feel like you're special."

"Hmm? You don't actually like me, do you? Sigh, you young people... Never mind, how about I introduce you to some girlfriends?" Genyuan suggested.

Chen Luo's face darkened, and then he began to explain the matter of the friend fee to Genyuan.

Chen Luo probably wouldn't talk about the friend fee with other people, because he was afraid it would put too much pressure on them.

But there's no problem with Genyuan. Besides, if he doesn't explain things clearly, Genyuan might actually introduce him to a few girlfriends, and then he'll be in trouble.

“Oh, I see…” Genyuan looked up, trying to see through the green box above his head that Chen Luo was describing, but he couldn’t see it at all.

"Alright, stop looking, Auntie, you can't see it."

"Damn it... Despite being a unique being, I can't see my own unique mark!" The Root seemed very dissatisfied with this mechanism.

But being dissatisfied is useless.

"The root cause, you might not believe it, is that Chen Luo possesses something very special called a ranking system. It can create and rank any list by searching the Dimensional Sea database."

Seemingly after Chen Luo and Genyuan finished their conversation, the World Consciousness whispered to Genyuan.

"..."

Isn't your voice a little too loud?

Chen Luo felt that the world consciousness should also know that he could hear it. If nothing unexpected happened, the world consciousness was doing this to "use someone else's knife to kill someone else."

"What? I can borrow this amazing thing!" As expected, Genyuan immediately became interested in the list.

What are you going to do?

“I want to create a world consciousness ranking list to see where I can rank,” Genyuan said.

Clearly, the world consciousness of the Honkai world also wanted to see the world consciousness ranking, which is why it told the Root about this.

"...Is it necessary?"

“Of course it’s necessary! I’ve been telling those old fogies for a long time that it would be best to create a world consciousness ranking list, openly listing the gains of each world in each cycle and ranking them, in order to incentivize world consciousness, but those old fogies have never listened to it!” Genyuan said, hands on his hips.

"If you're going to compete in this, who can beat you?" Chen Luo retorted.

Everyone in the entire Dimensional Sea knows that the Moon World has never had a second cycle since its first reincarnation. A single reincarnation might even pass on the consciousness of three generations of the world!

What other world, in a single cycle of reincarnation, has as many resources as you?

“Yeah, that’s why I’m angry. It’s because I, the undisputed number one, am not on the list.” Genyuan said.

"But Auntie, haven't you been slacking off ever since you became part of the world's consciousness?"

In terms of strategy, this cycle was designed by the first generation of world consciousness; in terms of execution, the root cause is to disregard everything and leave it all to Gaia and Alaya.