Their commission was suspicious.

Isn't this the same situation as teaming up?

"Wind Blade!" With Chen Luo's command, endless gales began to slice through the frightened assassins who were fleeing into the distance.

As the Eye of God continued to receive Honkai energy enhancement, Chen Luo gained more control over his wind elemental power, and its power also increased.

After using wind elemental power to kill those assassins, Chen Luo gained 5 crystals, Honkai energy resistance, and a kill count.

This... Chen Luo was puzzled, but he was also greatly shocked.

Oh, so you can get the full reward with magic, but not with a mech? What's the reason for that?

Is it a matter of effort and reward?

To harness the power of wind element, Chen Luo needs to personally exert effort, manipulating the wind element to condense it into wind blades for killing.

If you use a mech, all you need to do is press a switch?

But why does the thermobaric bomb grant kill count and Honkai energy adaptability rewards? Is it because it's something you obtained by spending Primogems, something you paid a huge price for?

Although Chen Luo didn't know exactly how the judgment was made, that didn't stop him from using the mech's cannonballs to rack up points.

Even though it's only half the original gem reward, it's still a reward.

With so many assassins in Changkong City, Chen Luo alone would have a hard time killing them all, so making appropriate use of mechs is quite rational.

Moreover, Chen Luo also had a small floating warship that he had seized from Anti-Entropy.

However, this kind of thing cannot be done too often, because if you only try to farm raw stones, you might end up killing off most of the gathered assassins.

As a result, when he went to kill other assassins, they were too scattered to be killed quickly, which delayed his progress in achieving Honkai Energy Adaptability. If his Honkai Energy Adaptability did not reach 200% or he did not achieve the five-star achievement, Chen Luo would regret it to death.

At least currently, the only known way to obtain Honkai Energy Adaptability is by defeating warriors or Honkai-side creatures during the 7-day event.

Whether the five-star achievement must be achieved within these 7 days is not mentioned in the talent panel, and there is no answer when asked.

The key issue is that Chen Luo doesn't dare to gamble.

Crystals are important, but the conceptual skills that come with these five-star achievements are even more important.

However, once Chen Luo achieves his goal, he can use the mecha to bombard the enemy without restraint.

Whether Chen Luo will have enough ammunition by then is another matter.

However, you can buy silver bullets from the Anti-Entropy faction and Honkai Fission Bullets from the Destiny faction.

Even close-range bombardment with mech shells can deduct half of the crystals, so Chen Luo couldn't even imagine how much worse the rewards would be for large-scale, indiscriminate, all-around bombardment.

I hope the talent panel doesn't think this is some kind of sudden natural disaster and then not give me a single penny.

At that point, it would truly be a case of losing both wife and army.

After all, both of these items are very expensive in their respective camps.

"So this is what you mean by 'support'?" Raven emerged from the shadows, holding the Third Divine Key, and looked helplessly at Chen Luo, who was resting on his mech.

Working with Chen Luo was incredibly boring, because Raven couldn't even get a single kill.

No, we did manage to get a few kills, but compared to the unbelievably large number of assassins, those few kills are nothing at all.

The raven's commissions were supposed to be paid for each person killed, but now that all the people have been taken by the employers, the raven's profits are plummeting.

And you're playing support?

"Look at what you're saying. Isn't the purpose of support to ensure the main DPS doesn't get hurt? Tell me, are you hurt anywhere? I protected you well, didn't I?" Chen Luo said after patting the mecha under his butt.

“…Let’s split up,” Raven said after a moment of silence.

If you keep doing this, I won't be able to get any kills, okay? If I don't get any kills, I won't get any cash rewards. If I don't get any cash rewards, how are you going to support me?

"Huh? Was it because I didn't protect you well enough?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"No, it's because you protected it too well," Raven said coldly, then walked off in another direction.

Raven felt a pang of pain as he watched those $1000 bills disappear before his eyes.

"Want to act alone? Alright then..." After hearing Raven's words, Chen Luo hesitated for a moment before nodding. Perhaps, as Raven said, he had protected the other party too well.

Moreover, if they act separately, their efficiency will be greatly improved. For example, in the encirclement just now, Raven did not exert much effort at all, but wasted a lot of time.

Chen Luo and Raven are both the type of people who prefer to work alone, so it doesn't seem like it would be good for either of them to work together.

"We only have five decoy grenades left. Looks like we'll have to use them sparingly. Let's go explore somewhere else," Chen Luo said, patting his armor, which was almost completely empty of ammunition.

The armor seemed to understand Chen Luo's meaning, or perhaps it was "moved" by Chen Luo's mastery of furniture, so it slowly flew away into the distance.

This basic armor can also fly, but it can't fly very fast or very high.

Thinking of this, Chen Luo missed the Heavy Bunny even more. The Heavy Bunny was truly a perfect means of transportation.

It can fly and launch rockets, making it an absolute score-scoring machine.

At the same time, Chen Luo also drew his bladeless sword.

A thread of wind element was tightly wrapped around the bladeless sword, which Chen Luo manipulated to fly far away, killing scattered assassins at close to mid-range.

The bladeless sword can grow stronger with its master through constant battles, even when it's used to crush weaker opponents. So, after mastering the skill of controlling the silk threads, Chen Luo began to wield the [flying sword].

In a sense, Chen Luo has also learned the art of sword control.

This is why Chen Luo didn't directly use that small airship or flying techniques to snipe the soldiers from above.

Of course, besides the flying sword, Chen Luo's bow was also not just for show. For certain assassins who were too far away, the bow was needed to deal with them.

……

"Hmm?" Chen Luo, who was searching for assassins on the road, suddenly paused.

There are indeed many assassins and Honkai Beasts in Changkong City, but Chen Luo's target is only the assassins, not the Honkai Beasts.

Honkai Beasts are much harder to deal with than assassins. Compared to killing assassins, killing Honkai Beasts is a lot of effort for little reward. With Xiao Xiao's help, Chen Luo can distinguish where there are assassins and where there are Honkai Beasts.

However, while the number of assassins was indeed large, it was still limited. After being bombed by Chen Luo so many times, finding the assassins was indeed quite troublesome.

However, this time Chen Luo was stunned, not because the assassins had all been killed and could not be found, but because Chen Luo's Eye of God was malfunctioning.

It's not that Chen Luo's Eye of God is about to evolve, nor that the Eye of God is about to explode, but rather that the Eye of God has been taken away.

Someone is touching Chen Luo's Eye of God.

Presumably, the Eye of God that was thrown into the Honkai reactor has been discovered. But that's not surprising, since the Eye of God has been absorbing Honkai energy at high power. If the other party still can't sense anything, it means that Anti-Entropy has completely collapsed.

Moreover, Chen Luo is not flustered at all, since the Eye of God can appear in Chen Luo's backpack at any time if he wants to.

The Eye of God is a very sturdy thing, especially Chen Luo's Eye of God, which can be described as exceptionally sturdy.

Chen Luo once made a bet with the Herrscher of Knowledge, saying that the other party couldn't destroy the Eye of God. The other party disagreed and tried to cut it with his sword. After trying for a long time without success, he started to smash it with his fist.

In the end, if Chen Luo hadn't stopped them, the other side would have attacked the Void Sword God.

Chen Luo was reluctant to immediately reclaim the Eye of God, because the concentration of Honkai energy at ME Corporation was quite high.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo's body suddenly trembled.

It wasn't for any other reason, it was simply because it felt so sudden that I was startled.

"Which bastard is smashing my Eye of God?" Chen Luo muttered.

No matter how far away he was, Chen Luo could vaguely sense the state of the Eye of God, just like now that the Eye of God had been smashed.

However, while one can sense the state of the situation, one cannot empathize with it, and Chen Luo will not be harmed because of the Eye of God's condition.

"Huh? Which bastard is biting the Eye of God with his teeth again?"

"Damn! It's switched to using electric current again, isn't it?"

"Damn it, if it weren't for ME Corporation's high concentration of Honkai energy..."

Chen Luo could sense that the Eye of God had never left the ME Society's territory. It must have been picked up by the people who came to rescue Xing, and they were probably conducting experiments on it now.

When Chen Luo was looting their materials warehouse, he didn't take away some of the laboratory's experimental equipment, because Chen Luo had already taken many sets.

Therefore, it was not surprising to Chen Luo that the other party still had materials that could be used for experiments.

And who says the other party will definitely tell you all their secret bases?

"Wow, Honkai energy, such powerful Honkai energy..." After enduring insane blows, water drenching, and fire, Chen Luo finally got what he wanted.

"Report, Lady Cocolia, this glass sphere glows after being stimulated by Honkai energy and produces a rather intense Honkai energy reaction, as if it is absorbing Honkai energy. But we don't know what will happen when it reaches saturation."

"Then give me a boost! What Changkong City has in abundance right now is Honkai energy! Since they've sent it, there's no reason not to accept it. Work hard to analyze this stuff! I need results within three days," Cocolia ordered from the other end of the communicator.

"Yes!"

"Hmm, which good person is continuously infusing my Eye of God with Honkai energy?" Chen Luo pondered silently.

Chapter 94 Raven: Come be a bartender at my bar!

Day 4, 12 noon.

"Let me see. You killed over 600 assassins in almost a day, right?" Chen Luo said, taking the simple form handed to him by the raven.

Generally speaking, after mercenaries complete their employer's mission, they will hand over some evidence as proof of receiving the bounty. Sometimes it is a photo, sometimes it is something the other party is on, or simply a video or the other party's head.

However, these things are not very practical in Changkong City. Once a suicide soldier dies, he will slowly dissipate, so taking his belongings is naturally not very realistic.

Taking photos is also quite troublesome; you have to kill one and take a picture of each one...

Raven is a long-range sniper; its third Divine Key allows it to see far away, but its camera cannot capture such distances.

As for the videos, Chen Luo doesn't have that much time to watch them all. If he had that much time, Chen Heng might as well go kill a few assassins.

So Chen Luo simply told Raven to submit a form based on her own estimates.

“To be precise, it’s 669,” Raven said.

"Huh? Is it 669th? It should be 619th, right? You must be mistaken." Chen Luo looked up at his squad's kill record and then gave Raven a strange look.

Good heavens, I never expected you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to lie about military intelligence.

"!"

"Oh, I misspoke earlier, it really is 619." Raven paused for a moment, then corrected himself.

Raven was genuinely surprised that Chen Luo could accurately state his kill count.

Raven knew perfectly well how many assassins he had killed. This was just a test for Chen Luo. Of course, if Chen Luo really believed him, Raven wouldn't suffer any loss and could even get tens of thousands of dollars for free.

However, the current probing seemed so powerless in front of Chen Luo. Raven really couldn't understand how Chen Luo knew how many assassins he had killed.

"Your kill count is a bit low," Chen Luo shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"Do you think everyone can sense the exact location of assassins like you? You have no idea how hard it is to find them once they hide inside a house." Raven couldn't help but complain upon hearing Chen Luo's words.

Death squad members don't just wander around the streets all day. Some death squad members become death squad members directly at home, so some death squad members stay at home or inside buildings.

Ravens will not venture deep into buildings to search for and kill soldiers unless absolutely necessary.

Ravens are accustomed to hopping between tall buildings and then standing on high ground to shoot down those assassins.

As for Honkai Beasts, Raven does have some abilities that would make them easier to deal with, but... Chen Luo only mentioned the price of the assassins, not the price of the Honkai Beasts, right?

Furthermore, the raven wasn't just constantly killing soldiers; it was also searching for survivors.

“Finding survivors is no excuse. Look at you, you only found one survivor in a day. Look at me, I found two survivors in a day,” Chen Luo said to the little children diligently learning the language in a corner of the survivor camp.

The number of survivors at the base has now expanded to five.

Four little girls and one little boy—the male-to-female ratio is extremely unbalanced, but there's nothing that can be done about it, since it's incredibly difficult for men to survive the Great Collapse.

This world is inherently unfriendly to men, or rather, men are unlucky enough not to have waited until the previous era for Dr. Mei to modify male genes.

"..." Raven had nothing to refute about Chen Luo's words.

The other side did indeed have more survivors than they did, and they probably killed more assassins as well.

But what can I do?

“I think this is the fault of the Seven Thunders of Purification, because he was killing ordinary assassins, so he stopped cooperating later on,” Raven said, taking out his third divine key.

"No way, no way, you can actually blame a weapon? And you're telling me this slingshot is the Third Divine Key?" Chen Luo said, pointing at the raven and the slingshot in his hand.

"Believe it or not, this really is the Third Divine Key," Raven said, fiddling with the slingshot in his hand.

"The Third Divine Key, the Key of Judgment, the Seven Thunders of Purification, is like the Herrscher of Thunder from which its power originates—a capricious woman. Not only its power, but also its output, bullet type, performance, and even weapon form, exhibit ever-changing and unpredictable behaviors in different situations or in the hands of different people," Raven explained to Chen Luo.