Their commission was suspicious.

"You...have never touched it before?" Chen Luo asked Aponia uncertainly.

Based on Chen Luo's understanding of himself, if Aponia's desire for the red thread on his body reached the level of issuing a commission, Chen Luo might not necessarily refuse to let Aponia touch it.

“At least I haven’t touched it.” Aponia shook her head.

"So, what do you say? Is it okay?"

"I don't think it will work, at least not now," Chen Luo shook his head.

Well... while a traveler's desire for Originium surpasses that of most beings, it doesn't mean that Originium can buy everything.

Aponia's current request is like Alicia's desire to touch Raiden Mei's horn in the Land of the Dead—a very shameful thing.

If Aponia wanted to touch Chen Luo's head or face, Chen Luo wouldn't refuse, as long as he received the raw stones.

But the thread of fate is the only thing that has a tiny bit of privacy.

To use an imperfect analogy, Chen Luo's fate line represents something that records Chen Luo's entire life.

For Chen Luo now, even if he were to stand almost naked in front of others, he would not feel ashamed.

It won't hurt you to be looked at, especially by a beauty like Aponia.

But there are two exceptions: one's own soul and one's own destiny.

The importance of the thread of fate has reached a point where even Chen Luo feels somewhat ashamed.

The soul represents a person's essence, while destiny represents everything about a person.

If Chen Luo were to truly allow Aponia to touch the line of his destiny, then Chen Luo's discount on Aponia would have to be at least 6%.

“Although I expected it, the disappointment still lingers. Well… let’s just keep waiting. After all, time is the last thing I need,” Aponia said.

"So, Aponia, are you planning to return to the doll collection and go back to the sanatorium, or return to the paradise of the past?" Chen Luo asked after turning the page on this chapter.

“Let’s go back to paradise. After spending several days with the children at the sanatorium, I suddenly started to miss Gretchen.” Aponia’s eyes were deep.

Aponia was already overjoyed to learn that all the children in the sanatorium were safe and sound, but it wasn't until a few days ago that Chen Luo informed her that she could go in.

Aponia, who entered the world of dolls under the influence of "You are a doll," stayed there for several days, as if she wanted to gather all the longing she had accumulated over tens of thousands of years into those few days. Aponia took meticulous care of the children, but she maintained her principles—she could not spoil them.

Even after tens of thousands of years, the incident involving the children in the sanatorium remains a deep and lasting pain in Aponia's heart.

This was also the most important and original reason why Aponia imprisoned herself in the depths of darkness.

"Sigh, now that you're gone, the kids will probably go crazy again, right? After all, in the two days before you came to the puppet world, without your supervision, the kids really dared to go anywhere. They were having a blast while the streets were deserted at dusk."

"Now that the children are no longer suffering from the Honkai disease, it's certainly not a bad thing to let them go out and experience the world more. But... Luo, can I ask you for a favor?"

Aponia had protected the children in the sanatorium so thoroughly because, being infected with Honkai, they were in great danger anywhere except in the sanatorium.

But things are clearly different now.

"Go ahead and speak," Chen Luo nodded.

“Find a teacher for the children. Someone who can teach them and discipline them when I’m not around,” Aponia said with a smile, uttering something that was terrifying for the children.

"?! What kind of demon are you?" Chen Luo looked at Aponia in surprise.

"And you haven't forgotten, have you? The puppets all possess the ability to download knowledge from the collective network of the puppet world. As long as they have enough physical strength and power, they can even become doctors in an instant," Chen Luo added.

"But didn't you not grant them this ability? In your words, you wanted them to live a normal life in this world without forgetting their puppet identity."

"That's what they say, but if you specifically ask, I can open up the knowledge network to them without any trouble."

"No, we need to find a teacher for the children, not only to impart knowledge but also to discipline them. Since they want to experience real life, they need a real childhood. Besides, they won't die in the puppet world, but they can still get hurt."

"..."

Chen Luo glanced at the children in the doll collection, who were already jumping around wildly since Aponia's temporary departure, almost tearing the sanatorium apart. Chen Luo fell silent.

"I'm sorry, I can't ruin the children's playtime," Chen Luo said, shaking his head in refusal.

No more tutoring!

"Please," Aponia prayed, her head bowed.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"But upon closer reflection, a childhood without teachers is indeed not a complete childhood." The moment Chen Luo saw the 100 raw stones, his attitude instantly changed.

Chapter 888 Achievement – ​​[Savior] Achieved!

"Finding a teacher for the children isn't a difficult thing, since teaching children doesn't require much knowledge. All you need is someone who can tell stories, looks gentle, and is a woman."

Children don't have much knowledge, and the children in the professors' sanatorium don't need to have too much knowledge.

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but there are more and more people in the puppet world now. Finding a suitable candidate isn't difficult." Chen Luo said as he searched for suitable candidates across the entire network.

女性

good looking.

gentle.

They can tell stories.

Possess a certain amount of knowledge reserves.

After entering these 5 keywords, only two people remained on the final list displayed by the group network.

After observing the two individuals in Aponia, she chose one who was about her age.

"I'll leave the rest of the courses to you; please arrange them for me," Aponia said.

"Don't worry, if you're going to help someone, help them all the way. I'll definitely help you fulfill your wish."

Oh, you poor little bastards, your nightmare has begun!

I didn't want to either, but your sister Aponia has given me just too much.

[Ding! Mission complete]

[Ding! Achievement complete.]

Huh? What happened? What achievement?

Achievements based on completing a certain number of tasks?

The sudden sound of the notification caught Chen Luo off guard.

[Savior]: You are the only leader and the only hope in this apocalypse. You will never succumb to hardship, never abandon your beliefs, and will unleash even greater power in the face of adversity. The flame of hope will forever burn in your heart.

Ah, so that's what it is.

Looking at the slightly over 1 people in his doll collection, Chen Luo suddenly realized...

This achievement was a reproducible achievement that Chen Luo triggered in Changkong City, requiring him to shelter 1 post-apocalyptic survivors in the shelter.

The three-star achievement "Doomsday Redeemer" only requires 10 survivors to meet the achievement requirements, while the four-star achievement "Doomsday Leader" requires 100 survivors.

The saviors, however, would require 1.

Chen Luo used to think he might never achieve this, since the post-apocalyptic environment was not easy to come by, and Chen Luo did not have enough financial, material, and human resources in the Honkai world. So Chen Luo never thought about achieving this. After making a deal with Otto, Chen Luo forgot about it again.

Until just now.

After the Seventh Herrscher burned Australia, the pre-civilization has undoubtedly entered an era of social disorder. Although social order has not completely collapsed, it can be described as the end of the world under the threat of collapse.

For many people, at least, it truly felt like the end of the world.

After Chen Luo dispatched half of his assassins to distribute orange juice during the pre-civilization era, the number of puppet-like reserve personnel increased dramatically, and it was increasing every day.

It has now reached a staggering one million.

Unfortunately, such a massive number as millions appears so insignificant in the face of a single civilization.

Although there are millions of puppets in reserve, achieving this savior's goal requires bringing them to the sanctuary, which, in the current situation, refers to the puppet world.

Just 10 minutes ago, the world record for the number of survivors from a previous civilization was only 9200. In just 10 minutes, 900 people died, directly helping Chen Luo achieve the record.

Chen Luo looked at the reason and it seemed to be because a collapse had occurred in a certain place.

"..." Chen Luo was not happy when he saw this achievement.

Even if this achievement could grant Chen Luo a significant and permanent enhancement effect in the apocalypse, so be it.

"Luo, why do you look so worried?" Aponia, who was about to leave, couldn't help but ask after seeing Chen Luo's expression.

"It's not so much worry as it is a feeling of being struck by how, at a point in time when the collapse of the previous civilization had already occurred, human life was as worthless as grass, and disappearance was a common occurrence." Chen Luo didn't elaborate further.

Aponia was unaware of the reason for Chen Luo's sorrow and depression, but since Chen Luo was unwilling to say, Aponia did not pry. After bidding farewell to Chen Luo and the Lawgiver of Knowledge, Aponia returned to the Paradise of the Past.

[Savior]: You are the only leader and the only hope in this apocalypse. You will never succumb to hardship, never abandon your beliefs, and will unleash even greater power in the face of adversity. The flame of hope will forever burn in your heart.

Special skill: [What he said seems to make some sense]

[What he said seems to make some sense]: As a savior, no matter how much nonsense you spout, it all seems to have some merit. As long as you can cover up the lie, then what you're saying is right. The stronger the apocalyptic atmosphere, the higher your probability of persuading others.

(Whether you use persuasion or seduction depends on your decision.)

"...So why would a savior have such a special skill? It's even more absurd than a madman not dying from being unarmed." Chen Luo looked at this ability with some confusion.

Keep fooling us, keep fooling us?

Why would someone who saves the world have a talent for deception?

Well, but don't think of using this skill as a magic spell; persuasion requires a conscious subject.

But it must be said that this skill is really powerful.

Moreover, it should be exceptionally useful, especially in the pre-apocalyptic pre-civilization. Chen Luo also needed an ability to resolve the issue of whether he would be suspected in the pre-civilization, so this skill appeared at just the right time.

It just goes to show that even saviors need to use words as weapons to make people believe in them.

The act of saving the world itself doesn't need any rhetoric, but getting others to join you in resisting the apocalypse requires a bit of linguistic skill.

Saving the world is never a one-person job.

"But Kevin doesn't seem like a very eloquent person, does he? Or is the real savior actually Mei?" Chen Luo pondered.

It's impossible, absolutely impossible, for Kevin to come up with a bunch of moving words.

It was only because Kevin joined the Firemoth that his journey to become a savior became somewhat arduous.

"Hmm, why are you looking at me like that? Did you miss me?" When she realized that Chen Luo was staring at her intently, the Herrscher of Knowledge drew a smiley face with her fingers.

"I was thinking...it's nothing." Chen Luo hesitated, then shook his head.

Chen Luo was pondering how difficult it would be to convince the Lawbringer of Knowledge to acknowledge their friendship.

However, Chen Luo was somewhat reluctant to part with it.

It can only be said that this special skill may have different effects on different people.

For example, the difficulty and the effect of deceiving the Herrscher of Knowledge are definitely different when it comes to deceiving Mei.

If someone can be scammed by their own mother, how hard do you think she is to fool?

And everyone probably understands just how difficult it is to fool someone like Mei, who can lead a civilization to persevere to the end and never give up hope.

May is truly a leader whose intelligence is frighteningly high.

According to May herself, she was an extreme romantic, and thus became a rationalist before the end of the world was over.

"I have a feeling you're thinking something bad." Sensing the occasional malice in Chen Luo's eyes, the Herrscher of Knowledge narrowed his eyes.

"How could that be? Xiao Shi, just tell me, what secrets do you not know about me?"

"Uh, no, but it doesn't matter whether I know your secret or not, or whether you talk badly about me, right?"

"Then think again, is there anything you want that I wouldn't give you?"

"No."

"Have we ever been apart for more than a day? Aside from special circumstances like skipping scenes."

"No."

"How could I possibly bear to say bad things about you? You are my favorite and great Herrscher of Knowledge!" Chen Luo said with a pained expression.

[Ding! In progress...]

Based on factors such as the Herrscher of Knowledge's favorable impression of you, the persuasiveness of your words, and the apocalyptic atmosphere of your current environment, a 30-sided die will be generated.