Their commission was suspicious.

"By the way, senior, where should I sit?" Liu Huaixi asked cautiously.

On her first visit to Chen Luo's home, and having freeloaded a meal, Liu Huaixi, as a guest, was quite cautious.

"No need to call me senior... I feel that in terms of age alone, you are probably older than me," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

“But at least in terms of being a gifted individual, you are my senior, and the age difference between us isn’t that big,” Liu Huaixi whispered.

"As for the title, just do whatever makes you happy. As for the position, pick whatever you like, anywhere is fine. If you're interested in the head seat, you can take it; it doesn't really matter."

Sit on his lap! Go for it!

Upon seeing this note, Liu Huaixi immediately shook her head.

Has this talent really gone bad?

Just now he was arguing with someone in the air, and now he wants me to sit on his senior's lap.

How do I fix my talent that suddenly went berserk? Need help urgently!

[You big idiot! You didn't even know you'd been NTR'd (cursing)]

"???"

Alas, my talent has indeed been wasted.

Hopefully things will return to normal after a while.

……

"Long time no see, Yuri." Chen Luo greeted the girl holding a submachine gun.

“Long time no see. No, didn’t we just see each other the day before yesterday?” Yuri Nakamura replied.

After getting into bars, Yuri Nakamura would visit one every few days.

They occasionally don't come, mostly because they're engaged in some kind of combat operation.

Chen Luo also didn't understand why the battle had to be carried out at night.

But Tachibana Kanade is different; she comes every day.

Chen Luo was pondering whether continuing like this would earn him more raw stones by keeping Tachibana Kanade at the bar indefinitely, or by completing the mission all at once.

After all, a serving of Mapo Tofu is worth five raw stones, while the cost is only 0.1 raw stones.

"A day apart feels like three autumns; if you count it that way, it's been three years since we last saw each other."

"Is that how you calculate things? But what are you doing here? Looking for that white-haired old man?" Nakamura Yuri didn't dwell too much on Chen Luo's sophistry, but asked directly.

The white-haired old man that Yuri Nakamura mentioned was naturally referring to Gemstone Elder, who hadn't been home for several days.

It's also possible that he hasn't been home for several weeks.

However, this seems to be the norm for the Gemstone Elder. As a Gemstone Elder who constantly travels to other different worlds, it is not impossible for him to suddenly disappear for several years, decades, or even hundreds of years.

For these long-lived species, a few weeks is just a blink of an eye.

He commanded the ball twice, which was quite remarkable.

"Huh? Where is he?" Chen Luo asked curiously.

Chen Luo hadn't initially come to see Zelrich, but after hearing his name, he became interested.

This was the first time Chen Luo had ever seen a customer like Zelrich who frequented the bar in the early stages but later became so engrossed in exploring parallel worlds that he stopped coming to the bar to deliver raw gems for quite some time.

"do not know."

"..."

She genuinely didn't know.

[A prisoner burdened by self-blame appears optimistic and cheerful, but there are always things buried deep in his heart. Incidentally, he's quite old, old enough to be an ordinary person's grandmother.]

The first sentence assesses Yuri Nakamura's current state, and the second sentence contains information about Yuri Nakamura.

Chen Luo wasn't sure if Liu Huaixi's eyes could see this information now, but he could definitely see the person's detailed identity.

I feel that although the riddles are less complex (which is true, they are less complex), the mouth has become more talkative.

[Strategy suggestion: Forcibly abduct the woman. She can't beat you anyway.]

[Strategy Guide: You could try helping him find his younger siblings, although it's difficult, it's possible. Alternatively, after revealing the truth about the world to him, help his friend find liberation.]

Ignore those strategy guides; Chen Luo has already read at least 10 strategy guides for the "Forced Abduction of Women" scenario.

As for that commission guide... to be honest, it was indeed useful, but this commission guide always liked to list out all the commissions that could be accepted, without ever considering whether Chen Luo was capable of completing them.

However, these commissioned guides did provide Chen Luo with some unique ideas.

Don't worry too much about it, but at least it's useful.

"I really don't know. That old man flies around all day. Sometimes he'll just stand on the rooftop for a while and then suddenly disappear. Other times he'll suddenly reappear, as if he's been thrown back. There's no way to pinpoint his whereabouts," Yuri Nakamura said helplessly.

"Okay, let's go to a bar for dinner if we have time later. I'll watch for a while longer." Chen Luo looked up at the starry sky.

"Since you're going to admire the moon, I suggest you bring a plate of mooncakes, right? They're called mooncakes, aren't they?"

“No, I’m not admiring the moon, I’m observing the world.” Chen Luo shook his head and continued gazing at the starry sky.

Chen Luo did see the moon, but it was merely a secondary concern. His true target was that enormous thing—the [Afterlife].

Since this talent is described as observing the world, there's no reason why it can't observe the "world".

Chen Luo already had a high affinity with this world, and since he had died twice more since his last observation of the world, he decided to try to use this talent to see if he could access this alt version of the world.

The afterlife is not vast; it is merely a place for those who are unwilling to die to make up for their lost lives.

This is clearly a transit point for a "world," a miniature "world."

The more other worlds Chen Luo encountered in the bar, the more curious he became about what lay beyond.

But if you want to reach beyond the world, you need to understand the world within it.

Instead of pinning his hopes on the bar suddenly opening its doors to a life form existing outside of this world, Chen Luo might as well take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime afterlife opportunity to learn more about the world.

This is what Chen Luo had been doing before he met Nakamura Yuri.

Staring at the sky.

Although the sky does not necessarily represent the world, and the earth can too, the sky is still the place closest to the Dao, right?

At first, Chen Luo didn't notice anything. Because of his multiple deaths, he could indeed sense the existence of a special world consciousness, but he couldn't see any prompts or notes.

But thanks to Chen Luo's persistent efforts, the sky was indeed quietly changing in his eyes.

For example... that line of text in the sky 【■■■■■■】

After these six black boxes appeared, no matter how much Chen Luo stared at the sky, he could not decipher the information behind them.

Perhaps this is the limit of Chen Luo's current abilities.

"...I will come back." After saying this, Chen Luo glanced again at the words marked with black squares in the sky, then turned and left.

At least this is a good start.

Chen Luo could indeed see the warning coming from a special being. Perhaps this special being was the world itself.

Although Chen Luo ultimately didn't obtain much useful information, it at least proved that Chen Luo was stronger than Liu Huaixi.

Chen Luo, observing the miniature world of the afterlife, could at least make out the words that were obscured. Liu Huaixi, however, used her abilities to observe the Xuanyuan Sword, but could only find a blank page.

In any case, using this talent for observing the world to observe the [afterlife] is indeed useful, and it has allowed Chen Luo to take the first step. All that needs to be done next is to increase the strength of the talent.

Or... die a few more times?

Or perhaps we should fuse with the core of the Herrscher of Death? To increase our affinity with this world?

Sigh, these days, it's not just people's goodwill that needs to be cultivated, but the world's goodwill as well.

By the way, is it possible to feel an instant connection with the world?

Chen Luo shook his head, dismissing the absurd idea from his mind.

Chapter 1046 A Grand Drama – [Waiting for Xi'er]

"It's Mei and Kiana." Chen Luo returned to the bar and saw the three customers who had just arrived.

"Bronya, can I borrow your Heavy Bunny to play with?" Chen Luo patted the little girl's head next to him.

"No." Bronnia tried to make a disgusted face.

"But is it possible that I'm just asking, and you can't refuse?" Chen Luo said with a smile.

“(╬o皿o)”

"Okay, just kidding. Although you really can't refuse me."

"Um, can I borrow Heavy Bunny to play with too?" Kiana asked with great interest.

Kiana has always envied Bronya for having a robot that can do her jobs.

Sigh, Reloaded Bunny is great in every way, its only downside is that it's not your own.

"Stop teasing Bronya." Mei sighed.

These two are both adults, especially Chen Luo, why are they still fighting with Bronya for things?

Wait, how did their ideas come together?

No normal person would think the same way as Kiana, right?

"Bronya issues a solemn warning: Heavy Bunny is Bronya's friend," Bronya said with a stoic expression.

"But since we're friends, shouldn't you encourage him to make more friends?" Chen Luofan asked.

Bronya was speechless for a moment.

"The Heavy Bunny is the most precious gift Seele gave me..."

"But it's mine now."

"...Bronya is a 14-year-old girl protected by law. If you continue to provoke Bronya, she has the right to ask the law to punish you!"

"Hmm... I should probably discuss the matter of re-legislating with Otto. With the power of Destiny, amending a law shouldn't be too difficult, right?" Chen Luo stroked his chin, deep in thought.

“〣( oΔo )〣”

It's not scary to be perverted; it's scary when a pervert has power.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. I came to trigger the touch interaction with you today mainly to discuss something with you." Chen Luo pulled Bronya and the others to the nearest table and said to Bronya.

"What is it?"

"..." Chen Luo didn't answer immediately, but instead looked at Bronya's notes again.

[A 14-year-old girl (currently) protected by law. It's advisable to get her consent before touching her, otherwise… while the law can't punish you, Fu Hua can!]

[Strategy Advice: What more advice do you need? You don't even need to force her. Bronya, you don't want Seele either...]

Ignore these frivolous notes. Chen Luo's main reason for contacting Bronya today was something else entirely, not because he wanted a strategy guide or anything like that.

[Quest Guide: I was still thinking about your quest guide, but don't you even remember how many years you've made people wait for Seele? Oh, it's only been less than two months, so it's fine... my foot! Did you forget about your armor? If you don't need it, at least give it to her.]

It was only after being reminded by his own talent that Chen Luo remembered this matter.

Because he'd been so busy lately, and Bronya hadn't mentioned it, Chen Luo naturally forgot about it.

But don't panic, it's not too late to think about it now.

Chen Luo had forgotten both Xi'er's request and the solution to it.

"Bronya, I'm asking you now, do you want to save Seele? Saying 'save' might not be the right word, but you get the idea."

"Where is Seele? You found Seele?" Bronya was excited upon hearing news of Seele.

"without……"

"Then go find it!"

"Don't get excited. Although I haven't found Seele, I have found a way to find her," Chen Luo said.

“Bronya knows the method too.” Upon hearing that Chen Luo had only found the method, Bronya’s enthusiasm quickly faded.

"Oh, you know that too?" Chen Luo was taken aback.