Their commission was suspicious.

"No need. Otto is indeed receiving a salary, and I haven't used it much. If you need it, just take it all, as long as you're happy," Fu Hua said with a sigh.

"...Don't say that. It makes me sound like some kind of scumbag." Chen Luo was a little flustered.

"Hmm, judging from your expression now, my acting skills should be up to par. I hope I don't give myself away during the stage play tomorrow." Seeing Chen Luo's slightly flustered expression, Fu Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

"..."

Chen Luo felt like strangling Fu Hua right now.

I was feeling guilty, and you're telling me you were using me to practice your acting skills?

"I've told you before, be very wary of old fogies. Honest people aren't scary, what's scary is when an honest person seriously tries to deceive you," said the Herrscher of Knowledge, who had been watching for a while.

The appearance of the victim, the Herrscher of Knowledge, at this moment elevates the significance of the event to its peak.

In the bar, even Xiao Shi, who was standing next to her and was a combination of the Herrscher of Knowledge, the Inner Demon, and the Nightmare, couldn't see through Fu Hua's tactics at all.

"So Hua, what kind of role are you going to play tomorrow? A rich woman who keeps a scumbag boyfriend? Are there any characters like that in the Second Honkai Impact?" Chen Luo asked, somewhat puzzled.

“No, I’m playing myself.” Fu Hua shook her head.

"Then why are you making such a fuss? Besides, don't you have Feather Dust? Use Feather Dust to adjust yourself." Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Fu Hua.

"Speaking of which, after hearing you guys discuss this stage play, I'm actually quite curious about how you're going to film the second Honkai Impact."

This time, Chen Luo was genuinely curious.

"Doesn't Xilin live with you? Didn't she tell you?" Fu Hua asked curiously.

“No, Xilin said to keep it a secret, so she didn’t tell me the specifics.” Chen Luo shook his head.

"In short, Sirin plays Sirin, Bronya plays the First Herrscher Welt, I play myself, the Headmistress plays herself, Durandal plays Cecilia, Rita plays Siegfried, young Durandal plays Li Xue, and there are some other people, but I won't mention them if you don't recognize them," Fu Hua said.

"Oh, what about Mei?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"Mei is the general director, and also makes a cameo appearance as Raiden Ryoma in the stage play."

"Sigh, if only all the characters from the Second Honkai Impact 2rd could play their own roles. Isn't the cast already quite complete?"

If you think about it carefully, aren't the real Siegfried, Cecilia, Ryoma, Welt, Otto, and Sirin all here?

"...That's true, but Siegfried and Ryoma's identities are rather sensitive, and if possible, we'd like all the roles to be played by Valkyries this time."

"In addition to promoting the spirit of the Valkyrie of Destiny who is not afraid of difficulties and hardships, this stage play also aims to ease the relationship between Destiny and Anti-Entropy."

"I don't know why, but the current leader of Anti-Entropy, Cocolia, seems to have less of an expansionist desire than before, and has even proposed a cooperative approach. Although the leader of Anti-Entropy, Welt, is still nowhere to be found, both the hawkish Cocolia and the dovish Einstein and Dr. Tesla are more inclined to fight against the Honkai together. So this stage play is a buffer to allow others to adapt in advance."

"I see... I understand."

So it's true that we can gather almost everyone, and even Cecilia has been resurrected, but her identity is still a problem. She can move around normally in St. Freya Academy, but it's inappropriate to make it public.

Furthermore, the plot of this stage play depicting the Second Collapse is likely to differ from the actual Second Collapse.

However, since neither party has expressed any opinion, Chen Luo is not in a position to say anything either.

"Oh right, I suddenly realized that Kiana isn't here. What happened?" Chen Luo asked.

Fu Hua fell silent.

Chen Luo turned to look at Kiana, who was usually lively and active, but she fell silent.

“Kiana plays… Bellenas.” Bronya spoke up when everyone was at a loss for words.

"Huh? Bellenas? Kiana?" Chen Luo looked at Kiana with considerable surprise.

Good heavens, this was something Chen Luo had never expected, and it shocked him for a whole year.

Why did Kiana have to play Bellenas when there were so many other roles available?

Shouldn't Siegfried be the most suitable character for Kiana?

"Emmm..." Seeing Chen Luo's surprised expression, Kiana unexpectedly did not mock him. Instead, she crossed her arms and looked quite dissatisfied.

"This was at Sirin's insistence," Mei said with a hint of helplessness.

"Kiana, why didn't you tell me sooner that you suffered such injustice? I'm Sirin's puppeteer, after all. If you had told me earlier..." Chen Luo looked at Kiana with a pitiful expression.

"What? You'll help me teach Sirin a lesson?" Kiana looked at Chen Luo expectantly.

“No, then I would have been able to laugh at you much sooner,” Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"Ugh! I'm so angry!" Upon hearing Chen Luo's words, Kiana pounced on him, grabbed his hand, and bit it.

Chen Luo's taunting move was incredibly effective.

"Alright, stop joking with Kiana. It took Kiana a long time to accept this reality," Mei said.

"Haha, I got it. But it's really fun."

It's hard for Chen Luo to say that this wasn't a small act of revenge from Xilin.

"jingle!"

"Master, what are you talking about? Why are you laughing so happily?" Speak of the devil, and he appears. Xilin walks through the bar door to Chen Luo and then throws herself into his arms.

Because one of his hands was being bitten by Kiana, Chen Luo could only use his other hand to hold Xiao Xilin.

"Ah, we were discussing Kiana's role in tomorrow's play," said Teacher Chen Luo.

"Oh dear, does Master already know?"

"I only know the role I'll be playing; I know nothing else. So I'm really looking forward to Xilin's performance tomorrow," Chen Luo said, patting Xilin's head after letting go of her.

"Understood, Sirin will try her best." Sirin nodded.

"And Xiao You, why did you end up playing Cheng Lixue?" Chen Luo looked at the armed puppet that followed Xilin in.

"Do you think I wanted to? It's because they couldn't find a suitable person. After all, I'm the only one who's good with a sword. They insisted on dragging me into the arena. I agreed because I could get close to a beautiful girl." The Holy Sword Durandal said, spreading her hands.

"Didn't you ever consider having Cheng Lixue make an appearance herself?" Chen Luo asked, puzzled.

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Chen Luo's question, Fu Hua immediately looked at Chen Luo.

"Oh, didn't I tell you?"

"What did you say?"

“It’s like Cheng Lixue’s soul has been uploaded to the group network,” Chen Luo said.

"How do you possess the soul of Ritsuki?"

Upon hearing such shocking news, Fu Hua moved closer to Chen Luo, their bodies almost touching.

Fu Hua knew one thing: if Chen Luo possessed a person's soul, he could potentially resurrect someone using that soul.

After all, Chen Luo had resurrected other people in front of Fu Hua before, such as Himiko.

In general, the existence of a soul implies the possibility of resurrection.

"that is......"

"That's right. Chen Luo must have done something to my soul, or signed some kind of contract with me, and it's the kind of contract that I forget immediately after doing it."

"Simply put, I was taken advantage of." Otto, who was sitting in the bar, had somehow walked over and joined the discussion.

"You found out?" Chen Luo turned his head and asked.

“No, I guessed it. Because if it were me, I might have done the same,” Otto said.

Otto is a person with extremely high intelligence, so it is not difficult for him to guess such things.

Never underestimate anyone, especially Otto, who has lived for over 500 years.

Otto himself knew that he was capable of anything to revive Kallen.

For Chen Luo, his self from 500 years ago was a very useful tool.

"As Otto said, I did indeed make a contract with Otto from 500 years ago, asking him to use the Doll Printing Machine to collect certain souls for me."

Since Chen Luo might also need the Soul Extractor, he directly handed over a large number of puppet imprints to Otto.

Before certain special groups have fully matured, the doll's mark is implanted into their bodies without their knowledge.

After the opponent dies in battle, from old age, or from any other cause, instantly steal their soul using the puppet mark.

Although Chen Luo was not present when the other person's soul was about to be uploaded, preventing the soul from being uploaded to the group network.

However, these souls will be automatically stored in the local area network, and when they connect to Chen Luo's internet, they will be uploaded to the group network.

With the snake members of the Gray Serpent world, including Kevin, sealed away and hiding in the shadows, Otto actually found it easier to make his move.

"So you mean you can revive Li Xue now?" Fu Hua asked again.

"Mm." Chen Luo nodded.

"Right now?"

"Now is fine."

"Well... Doctor, I'm counting on you." Fu Hua said, staring intently into Chen Luo's eyes.

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"Do we need to be so polite with each other? And as for why Li Xue didn't revive, it's all Xiao Shi's fault for his short attention span. If he had maintained his enthusiasm for a longer period of time, Li Xue would have been revived several days ago," Chen Luo said.

"Huh? How can you blame me? You said that the souls uploaded from the local network to the group network need a period of decompression. How was I supposed to know how long the decompression time would be? You didn't remind me either!" The Herrscher of Knowledge said indignantly, feeling like a huge burden had been placed on her head.

"So do you want to revive Cheng Lixue or not?" Chen Luo asked, hands on his hips, looking at Xiao Shi.

"I want to..." The aura of the Herrscher of Knowledge instantly subsided.

Having the exact same memories as Fu Hua, the Herrscher of Knowledge feels the same way about Fu Hua's family and friends, or at least they hold a significant place in her heart.

Therefore, it's not wrong to say that the Herrscher of Knowledge has transformed into Fu Hua's shape.

"Whose fault is it now?"

“Mine,” the Herrscher of Knowledge said, sounding a little aggrieved.

The person in front of me is simply a petty person who has gained power.

"You don't want Lixue to fail to revive today, do you?" Chen Luo chuckled strangely again.

"...Chen Luo, you don't want to be disturbed and unable to sleep tonight, do you?"

"Or rather, you wouldn't want your blanket to be taken away while you're sleeping, would you?" The Herrscher of Knowledge rubbed his temples and looked up at Chen Luo.

The Lawbringer of Knowledge launched a counterattack!

"...Let's discuss the issue of reviving Cheng Lixue," Chen Luo said, turning to Fu Hua.

"Let's go, to the second floor." After saying that, Chen Luo went up to the second floor on his own.

After exchanging a glance, the Herrscher of Knowledge and Fu Hua followed her up.

“Cheng Lixue…” Theresa hesitated for a moment before following after her.

Theresa and Cheng Lixue were not strangers. The other party had indeed given her life in resisting the Honkai, and was a Valkyrie worthy of respect.

"Who is Cheng Lixue?" Kiana asked, following Mei, who was also heading upstairs for some reason.

"Can't sleep, stealing the blanket...can't sleep, stealing the blanket..." But Mei seemed not to hear what Kiana said, muttering to herself while staring at the Herrscher of Knowledge who was walking upstairs with Fu Hua.

It's easy to see that Mei's goal isn't to follow Chen Luo up to see Cheng Lixue's resurrection, but rather to the Herrscher of Knowledge who just said some extremely intriguing things.

"Cheng Lixue, the strongest A-rank Valkyrie of Destiny more than ten years ago, a member of the Snow Wolf Squad, nicknamed "Frost Swordsman", sacrificed herself in the Second Honkai Impact."

Since Mei remained silent for a long time, Bronya had to educate Kiana, who was illiterate.

“It seems that the relationship between the class monitor and Cheng Lixue is a bit complicated now,” Bronya said.

Perhaps it was because the name Cheng Lixue touched Xilin that she stood there blankly for a long time without moving. In the end, Xiaoyou pulled Xilin up to the second floor.

Xilin and Xiaoyou arrived a little late, or rather, Chen Luo revived Cheng Lixue too quickly.

When Xiaoyou and her friends arrived on the second floor, a golden light seemed to be taking shape beneath a statue that had appeared out of nowhere on the second floor.

Immediately afterwards, the statue standing on the second floor suddenly emitted a faint light, and countless strange points of light were scattered around.

Everyone within a certain range of the statue felt an extreme sense of comfort, as if they had been healed by the divine light.

Chen Luo and his companions received relatively few of the benefits from the statue. The vast majority of the statue's benefits were poured into the golden light beneath it, causing it to quickly coalesce into the shape of a person, with faint signs of emerging from its cocoon.

"Sigh, this statue looks a lot like its owner," said Sirin, who arrived late, pointing to the figure sitting on the throne atop the statue.

Perhaps because of the sound, or perhaps because the sound came from Sirin, the figure surrounded by golden light burst out of the golden light, and a well-proportioned and voluptuous woman appeared in front of everyone.

The moment the other person saw Sirin, they clenched their fist and charged at her.