Their commission was suspicious.

Chen Luo seemed like a passerby, completely out of place in this bustling cafeteria.

As for Hua? Hua stood quietly and obediently beside Chen Luo, serving as a loyal assistant and protecting Chen Luo's safety.

As a warrior, Hua had to endure the special title of "Witch's Companion." Although she wasn't subjected to the strange looks of everyone who disliked her, she still suffered quite a bit.

Hua's role as Chen Luo's assistant was widely known. Some people even recognized Chen Luo as Luo only because Hua was standing next to him.

These are the characteristics of the three characters in Moth of Flame, which Aponia also has some understanding of.

Aponia wasn't quite sure what the lines above the heads of these three people, and everyone else in the entire cafeteria, represented.

But Aponia felt that since the lines extended from each person, they might represent the connection between that person and others.

This suggests that Hua's character should be isolated from the world, self-enclosed, and have little contact with others.

Alicia's storyline should be widely disseminated.

Chen Luo's storylines should be few but exquisite.

But the truth is that, apart from Hua, the situations of the other two people are completely opposite.

Alicia's line seems to carry a peculiar sense of loneliness. Although it intersects with the lines above the heads of others around her, it has a unique feeling. But being special doesn't necessarily mean being good; sometimes it also means being lonely.

Although Chen Luo may seem like a passerby, almost everyone is bound to him, just like... Chen Luo is someone that no one in the current Moth Chaser base can avoid in their lifetime.

No matter how vibrant the colors of others may be, the long, all-red line on Chen Luo's body is still the most eye-catching one.

Aponia seemed somewhat bewildered by the countless marionettes that had appeared before her.

But if something exists, then it must have a reason.

Aponia reached out and touched the light, naturally choosing the most special and dazzling red line as her target.

Among countless threads, this one stands out from the crowd.

However, just as Chen Luo was standing in line in front of Aponia, and Aponia was about to touch the thread on Chen Luo's head, Aponia was surprised to find that the thread changed position just before it was touched, as if it was avoiding her.

Ok?

Aponia paused for a moment, then reached out and touched the silk thread on Hua's head, who was standing behind her.

"Huh?" Hua looked at Aponia's hand brushing across her head with some confusion.

When Aponia touched Hua's puppet, a peculiar feeling welled up in her heart, but she did not understand the meaning of this message.

Even now, Aponia still hasn't fully figured out what these threads actually represent.

No one explained to Aponia, and no one spoke to Aponia, but Aponia at least learned that the threads were lifeless and could not escape her.

That's why the red thread swaying on Chen Luo's head was so eye-catching.

Driven by curiosity, Aponia reached out her hand towards the red thread on Chen Luo's body again, as if she wanted to confirm whether the red thread had just dodged her hand because of her imagination or coincidence, or whether this special red thread was really different from the other threads.

As expected, the red line once again evaded Aponia's touch.

Even without making wild guesses, Aponia could confirm the special nature of this red line.

Aponia discovered that with this ability, no matter how far apart other people's lines were, Aponia could see the details on those lines clearly. This was not related to distance, but rather to whether Aponia wanted to or not.

As long as Aponia wants Aponia, she can see clearly.

But unlike the red line, no matter how close Aponia is to the red line, she still cannot see the details on it.

Aponia's repeated failures to cross the red line made her a little smarter.

The direction Aponia wanted to touch the red line for the third time was not the starting point of the red line above Chen Luo's head, but the end point of the red line of fate held in Chen Luo's hand.

No matter how fast you dodge the red line, the destination is still in Chen Luo's hand. To reach the goal of touching the red line, all you need to do is touch Chen Luo's hand...

"Aponia." Just as Aponia's hand was about to touch the red thread binding Chen Luo's hand, Chen Luo's voice suddenly rang out.

Upon hearing this voice, Aponia looked up and saw Chen Luona's gaze, which seemed to have been watching her all along.

"What's wrong?" At that moment, Aponia even felt a sense of guilt.

"What would you like to eat? Since you don't have a meal card for the Fire Moth Cafeteria yet, you might need my help." Chen Luo pointed to the sign on the Fire Moth Cafeteria window.

“Either is fine,” Aponia said.

"Then I'll have the same one as me." Chen Luo turned around, stepped forward to take Alicia's place, and started ordering.

Aponia temporarily abandoned her desire to touch the red thread and obediently followed Chen Luo and Alicia, who was walking ahead, to find a place and begin eating lunch.

However, human curiosity is endless, and Aponia still had a desire to explore the red line that was always hovering in front of her and that was different from the others.

"Then I'll be going now." After finishing lunch, Chen Luo said goodbye to Alicia and Aponia.

"Wait a moment," Aponia said softly.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo stopped in his tracks, looking at Aponia with a puzzled expression.

Knowing that this was probably the last time she would see Chen Luo today, Aponia still did not give up this last chance and reached out her hand towards the red thread surrounding Chen Luo.

This time, the red line seemed to have no intention of resisting. In the past, the red line would make a move when it got within 5 centimeters of Aponia, but this time, even when it was still 2 centimeters away, the red line still did not react at all.

"..." But Aponia still missed her target this time.

This time it wasn't Red Line dodging, but Chen Luo dodging.

Aponia looked up at Chen Luo with some surprise.

"What's wrong, Aponia?"

Seeing that Aponia's behavior was a little strange, Alicia asked with concern.

“It’s nothing.” Aponia gave up on chasing the red line again and simply shook her head.

If it were somewhere else, Aponia wouldn't hide anything from Alicia, but there were just too many people at the restaurant entrance, and Aponia still didn't know what these lines were.

Aponia had a feeling that Chen Luo might know something about this.

But Aponia didn't have the habit of forcing others; she simply stood there quietly watching Chen Luo and Hua leave, chatting and laughing.

"Let's go, I'll take you to complete your onboarding procedures at Firemoth first. Speaking of which, the last person I know to complete onboarding procedures was Lolo," Alicia remarked, watching Chen Luo's departing figure.

"Ellie, is Luo... very strong?" Aponia suddenly realized that she really knew very little about Chen Luo.

Although they had become friends, Aponia knew almost nothing about Chen Luo except for the fusion surgery and his name.

“Aponia, what are you talking about? Lolo is a researcher, not a combat unit of the Firemoth. Lolo is the purest kind of researcher, without special abilities or long-term professional training, but I heard from Hua that Lolo seems to have learned martial arts,” Alicia said.

"Is that so? I thought Luo was like the Dr. Möbius you were talking about."

"You're overthinking it."

"But if that's the case, why were you put in the sack by Lo, Ellie? He's clearly just an ordinary person..." Aponia was still a little confused.

Of course, even Aponia was somewhat skeptical when she said that Chen Luo was an ordinary person.

“Uh… of course, it was the clever and beautiful Alicia who did it on purpose.” Alicia said, raising her head.

"Although I feel like we've become friends, and he's even taken good care of me, I feel like I know very little about Luo."

“Very few? That’s to be expected. Or rather, among all the Firemoths, Mebius is probably the only one who truly understands Lo. Aside from Lo’s identity as a survivor of the 6th Honkai Impact, almost everything about Lo’s life before that was known only to Mebius,” Alicia said.

"A survivor of the 6th Honkai..."

Is it another Honkai Impact 3rd?

“Yes, that’s right, a survivor of the 6th Honkai Impact. That’s where Rao obtained his ability to temporarily suppress Honkai Beast genes, at least that’s what Rao himself said.” Alicia nodded.

"Such an ambiguous experience... Logically speaking, shouldn't the Fire Moth have explored it more deeply?" As the victim, Aponia naturally knew the Fire Moth's ability to get to the bottom of things.

"Who told him to be brought in by Mebius? And Luo's various tests have also proven that he is indeed an ordinary person, with no special characteristics other than the ability to temporarily suppress Honkai Beast genes."

"And when this fusion warrior technology had just emerged and was shining brightly, Luo, who could ensure that volunteers who underwent fusion surgery would not die after a failure, was of great value."

"However, all of this is ultimately a bit of a coincidence, so much so that there are many versions of the speculation about Lo's identity in The Moth of Flame. For example, Lo is a clone that Möbius himself cultivated, or he was human-modified by Möbius and can only obey Möbius from then on."

“There are even rumors that Lo was Mebius’s childhood sweetheart, otherwise it’s impossible to explain why Lo would be so obedient to Mebius.” Alicia whispered to Aponia.

"Alicia!" A voice, barely containing its anger, rang out from behind Aponia and Alicia.

Aponia turned her head and saw a green-haired woman.

"Oh, isn't that Mebius? Did you hear that?" Alicia looked quite surprised.

"...Hmph, forget it. There's no point in getting angry with you." Mebius snorted and then ignored Alicia.

“Mebius, you’re a little late. Lolo just left.” Since Mebius didn’t want to get involved, Alicia didn’t bother teasing him any further.

"Let him go then. He can see me anytime he wants anyway," Möbius said, glancing at Chen Luo, who had already disappeared, in the direction he had left.

"You're not saying what you mean. Mebius, you've changed."

“Yes, he died twice, so his physical age has regressed a bit, therefore he should look younger,” Möbius said.

“It’s not about that kind of change.” Alicia shook her head.

Isn't the biggest change that Mebius, who used to be so stubborn, now has someone he no longer has to be stubborn about?

"You are Möbius?" Aponia stared at the line extending from Möbius's body.

The lines on Mebius's body were normal, which relieved Aponia.

“Aponia? Right. My son, Lo, was taken care of by you when he was in Twilight Street.” Möbius glanced at Aponia and nodded.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Alicia clicked her tongue in amazement.

Did they declare sovereignty from the very beginning? That's really brave.

“You’re welcome. Or rather, the care Luo has shown me far surpasses the care I’ve shown him.” Aponia shook her head.

"Well, let's skip the formalities. If there's nothing else, I'll go have lunch with Klein," Möbius said.

"Mebius, you've changed quite a bit lately, at least you're willing to eat in the cafeteria now."

"It's all because of that guy Chen Luo who keeps bringing this up in my ear every day." Möbius sighed helplessly.

"Instant noodles taste pretty good too."

“You can’t say that. As a biology expert, do you think you don’t understand the difference between instant noodles and a normal lunch? Lolo is right,” Alicia said.

“Um, Miss Mebius, may I ask you a question?” Aponia asked.

“Of course you can. But if it’s about Chen Luo, you should ask him yourself. He has a lot of secrets, and I don’t even know what he should or shouldn’t say,” Möbius said without any pretense.

"Huh? A secret? What secret?" Alicia's eyes lit up.

"For example... he's always thinking about how to calculate your weight to verify whether what I said about 'you getting fat' is actually true."

"...You wretched Lolo, don't let me see you today!" Alicia's face revealed her "fierce" nature.

"Why not extend the deadline by a few more days?"

"Because of being with Lolo, I always have this feeling that I know I'll be turned into a useless person by Lolo, but I can't help it," Alicia said with a bit of helplessness.

"...a strange metaphor."

But Mebius did not deny it.

Chapter 859 Fu Hua couldn't fall for the provocation I recognized!

"According to the plan, shouldn't you be bringing Aponia home now and threatening her with the children from the nursing home?" The Herrscher of Knowledge asked, sitting on Chen Luo's bed.

Hua left after taking Chen Luo home and checking that there were no safety hazards in Chen Luo's room and that no one had broken in.

Although Hua was Chen Luo's assistant, and Hua did indeed consider staying by Chen Luo's side all day to provide the most stringent protection, Chen Luo refused.

In Chen Luo's words: How can you better protect me if you don't become stronger?

In other words, Hua didn't understand what PUA meant, otherwise he would have given Chen Luo a piece of his mind.

So Hua should be training at the training ground right now.

As Chen Luo placed the puppet he had just carved into a suitable position, he replied, "Although I don't know if you understand, although Aponia's ability is to foresee the future, this future is not presented to her from the beginning."

"According to Aponia herself, after applying the precepts to herself, she saw countless threads, not any actual images."

"However, these lines have all sorts of patterns and lines of varying lengths."

“Aponia’s ability to foresee the future stems from his interpretation of these manifestations.”

"For example, the lines extending from a person who dies soon are very short."