Their commission was suspicious.

"Is the answer that straightforward?"

"After all, the mortality rate of fusion surgery is really high. The only person who can guarantee that I will die if the fusion surgery fails is myself. If I were to undergo fusion surgery, who would guarantee that I would survive?"

"Can't you maintain your own abilities while you're having surgery?"

"Alicia, are you a demon?"

"Hmm...what makes you say that?"

“You’ve had fusion surgery before, so you should know how painful it is, right? If I want to maintain my abilities, I have to stay awake, which means I can’t have anesthesia. It’s already painful enough, but it’s even more painful without anesthesia. And maintaining your abilities while in pain is very difficult,” Chen Luo said bluntly.

“This…” Alicia was unsure how to answer.

Is fusion surgery very painful?

"And besides that, I don't want to become a fusion warrior."

"Ugh?"

"Even if I am to die, I will bury myself in a human body."

"Lolo, you're actually a staunch human supremacist?" Alicia looked at Chen Luo in surprise.

Two fusion warriors have already been born under Chen Luo's command, but who would have thought that Chen Luo is a humanist who would rather become a fusion warrior than one?

Hua, who had been considering asking Chen Luo to perform a fusion surgery on her, temporarily abandoned the idea after hearing the conversation between the two.

Hua wanted to become a fusion warrior so that he could better protect Chen Luo.

But if Chen Luo dislikes fusion warriors, then if I become a fusion warrior myself, wouldn't I be unable to continue being Chen Luo's assistant?

Then why become a fusion warrior?

"No, I just don't want to feel like I'm not human. I don't have any aversion to fusion warriors," Chen Luo said.

"But even so, if Mei heard this idea, she would definitely criticize you for your outdated thinking. Even if you die, you should die as a human being..."

This idea does indeed exist among the Moth Chasing the Flame, even among its higher-ups.

The employer who ordered Sakura to assassinate Mei was from this side.

Incidentally, Chen Luo was assassinated some time ago, and the high-ranking official who ordered the assassination was also from this side.

“I know, that’s why I’ve never mentioned this idea to Dr. Mei,” Chen Luo said.

"But you really don't hate fusion warriors?" Alicia asked again, as if to confirm.

"So do you think I hate Möbius?" Chen Luo countered.

"Okay, I understand."

Chen Luoju's example is vivid and illustrative.

"And is it possible that I know more Fusion Warriors in the Firemoth than ordinary people?" Chen Luo said.

"It seems...that's how it is."

Chen Luo currently knows the following people in the Fire Chaser.

Mebius, Mei, Sakura, Kevin, Alicia, Cangxuan, Danzhu, Klein, Hua, Desdobia, Hen, Kosmo...

Those who know can count whether there are more normal people or fusion warriors.

Chapter 778 Alicia: Would you like to touch the fairy's ears?

"It's good that you don't hate fusion warriors, otherwise I'd think we're just pretending to be close, but you've probably cursed me out countless times in your heart. That would make me really sad," Alicia said, stroking her chin.

"Good relationship? Not necessarily. I don't know who tricked me under the guise of delivering breakfast. Now I have to eat three breakfasts!" Chen Luo said resentfully, having barely finished his second breakfast and already lying on the chair, feeling too full.

“Hahaha…” Alicia was completely unable to refute it.

“Don’t worry about the details. I’m just worried you’ll go hungry. Just so you know, I only knew that Mebius would make breakfast for you. I didn’t know that Cangxuan and Danzhu would do the same,” Alicia said.

"But it's true that I'm about to burst from overeating right now..."

"Well, how about I let you touch my ears?" Alicia suggested.

"How are the ears of the Pink Fairy? Interested, aren't you?"

"I am indeed very interested."

"Want to touch it?"

"think."

"Shall we touch it now?"

"No," Chen Luo refused coldly.

"Sigh, why?"

“I know you definitely won’t let me touch you now. And… if Möbius turns back halfway and gets discovered, I’ll definitely be in big trouble.”

Although this opportunity is very rare, I can still touch Alicia's ears even if I go to Paradise.

It's not worth it! It's not worth it!

"Sigh, I was definitely sincere."

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid of dying."

Chen Luo, brimming with a survival instinct, said...

Chen Luo remembered that he had consulted a fortune teller a couple of days ago, and the divination indicated that he would be prone to romantic entanglements recently.

Moreover, the recent unexpected situation has indeed fulfilled the prophecy, so Chen Luo is somewhat afraid.

"Then you won't have many opportunities to touch my ears in the future."

"It's better than dying here on the spot."

Chen Luo has a very clear understanding of things.

We're currently in a Schrödinger-like situation of romantic entanglements; if Chen Luo does nothing, nothing will happen.

If Chen Luo really did this, then the Peach Blossom Calamity might transcend fate and come to kill Chen Luo.

"That……"

“Alice…” Suddenly, a soldier dressed in the uniform of the Fire Moths walked in from outside the interrogation room.

The other party wasn't there to say that visiting hours were over, but to remind Alicia.

"It's time for your appointment, and you asked me to remind you. Honestly, next time you could just set an alarm!" complained the soldier from the Firemoth.

"Ah, I remember now." Alicia snapped her fingers.

"You go ahead with your work, I'll be there in a bit. And thank you for the reminder," Alicia said to the soldier.

"You're welcome." Alicia's popularity among the Fire Moths is no exaggeration.

"What's wrong?" Hua asked.

"Is it related to Luo?"

"I can't say there's no connection, but it's not a big one. Didn't I say that this time they brought two people to the sanatorium? One of them is a masked person who shocked all the higher-ups at Firemoth. I haven't had any contact with him, so it's hard to say."

“The other one is a woman named Aponia, according to the investigation. The higher-ups believe that she must know the secret of the Firemoth, which is why she gathered so many Honkai patients together. Although I don’t believe this reason, the higher-ups still brought her to the Firemoth under the name of the Honkai instigator. I’m going to see her now. Do you want to come with me?” Alicia asked.

“Aponia…” Hua paused for a moment upon hearing this familiar name.

"It seems you and Lolo both know this woman, right? Come on, come with me." Alicia keenly sensed Hua's unusual behavior.

"But Luo..."

"Alright, you two don't need to worry about it, I'll go by myself. Oh, and take this breakfast with you, I think Aponia probably hasn't had breakfast yet." Chen Luo said as he handed over the last breakfast that Danzhu and Cangxuan had given him.

Chen Luo was happy to finally have a reason to finish this last breakfast.

After watching the two leave with their breakfast, Chen Luo looked at his palm.

Hmm, how could I possibly hate a Fusion Warrior? After all, I am one myself.

A fusion warrior who has the abilities of a fusion warrior but not the physique of a fusion warrior.

Chen Luo's reason for not wanting to become something other than a human being is very simple and very pure.

That is, he doesn't want his parents to come back from their trip and find that their son is no longer human.

Of course, more importantly, Chen Luo has enough leeway to ensure that even without giving up his human form, he can still handle the vast majority of situations.

If that's the case, why abandon one's human identity?

Some people dream of becoming real people and are willing to give everything for it.

You're right, aren't you, Alicia?

As for the name Aponia that Alicia heard from her...

Chen Luo felt that instead of worrying about Aponia's safety, he should think about how to go to the Celestial Realm to collect the goods today.

The agreement between Chen Luo and the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion regarding the compensation for the harvest and the transfer of resources from the Upper Realm to the Lower Realm is to be fulfilled today.

Oh, right, before going to the Immortal Realm, Chen Luo needs to find the warden first and retrieve the golden seal that can control the Heavenly Prison that he has stored in his storage ring.

Just return this to Master Jinyang.

Although the Heavenly Prison is still built over the Abyss Passage, Chen Luo can move the Heavenly Prison without needing any magic seals.

It was truly Jin Yang Zhenren's bad luck that he encountered both Chen Luo, a traveler who could ignore all magical artifacts and buildings, and the warden who was a master at eliminating prisons.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Prison has not been lost.

"Sigh, so when can you let me out?" Chen Luo said, leaning on the table while peeping at the user.

Meanwhile, the spying eyes followed closely behind Alicia, who had just left.

Is peeping really such an inconvenient thing?

Although the River God's abilities could also be attached to that Soul Steel Doll to fulfill the agreement, strength was also a fundamental part of the foundation.

Chen Luo was somewhat concerned about the fact that it was just a puppet going to the Immortal Realm.

I have a feeling that some treacherous people want to harm me.

Although Chen Luo's River God in the main world does not follow the unreasonable path of crushing everything with strength.

Moreover, Chen Luo was originally very reasonable, but he was worried that if he wasn't strong enough, others wouldn't listen to reason with him.

Strength is something you can choose not to use, but you can't be without it.

Strength is the foundation for ensuring that everyone can sit down and negotiate fairly and reasonably.

Chen Luo naturally understood this principle, but he only started pursuing the path of a gifted individual recently, having been an ordinary person for over a decade before that.

Fortunately, the experience of working on commissions over those two years had matured Chen Luo's mindset considerably, allowing him to calmly appreciate the improvement in his strength over the summer.

Because he had always been an ordinary person, Chen Luo was more considerate of the feelings of ordinary people.

Therefore, even when facing those with lower talent levels (the highest talent level is not SS), Chen Luo is willing to reason with them.

Although talent level does not necessarily represent strength.

But Chen Luo was worried that they wouldn't reason with him.

Especially in the Immortal Realm, where you're unfamiliar with the place, you still need to be wary!

……

the other side.

"The higher-ups are still in a meeting. This is your observation room before your trial." Sakura led a woman with light gray hair, dressed in a nun-like habit, into the interrogation room.

However, this interrogation room is located in a slightly different place from the interrogation room where Chen Luo was.

“This is…” Aponia asked, looking around.

This is a very spacious room, with a huge glass partition next door that divides it into two rooms.

There are three seats outside the glass, presumably for others to observe the room from inside, while the interior of the glass is decorated like a normal interrogation room.

Two chairs and a table placed opposite each other.

“This is the interrogation room. Serious offenders will have their fate decided here,” Ying said.

"A serious offender? What kind of trial will I face?"