Their commission was suspicious.

Why does it seem like Exusiai's IQ has suddenly dropped a lot?

Why is it?

Texas, observing the interaction between Chen Luo and Exusiai, began searching for suspicious points.

Finally, Texas focused her gaze on the right hand of Chen Luo's Exusiai head.

People of the Sarkaz race will feel dizzy if there is something separating them from their head, but a head pat can solve the dizziness, so it's basically fine. Therefore, Chen Luo's hand is on Exusiai's head.

Texas, as Exusiai's roommate, keenly noticed something unusual about it.

Texas.

"Huh?" Chen Luo's shout interrupted Texas's flash of inspiration.

"what happened?"

"Please tell Lappland that her surgery might not be able to take place until tomorrow... at the earliest. I have some things to take care of today," Chen Luo said.

"Understood." Texas simply couldn't refuse Chen Luo.

"I'll be going now, goodbye."

Even with Exusiai holding his leg, Chen Luo's body rapidly became ethereal and eventually disappeared completely.

After Chen Luo left, Texas ignored Exusiai's complaints and instead pondered something, intending to reconnect with the spiritual light that had just been severed.

However, after leaving the Penguin Logistics dormitory, Chen Luo did not immediately leave the Terra continent. Instead, he was teleported to a wilderness.

In the wilderness between Rhodes Island and Lungmen, Chen Luo had placed a teleportation anchor.

Originally, this location was closer to Rhodes Island, but Rhodes Island is mobile, so it has long since moved away from here.

"Now, it's time to witness a miracle." Chen Luo squatted down and then pulled out Cupid from his shadow.

One cupid, two cupids, three cupids...

Chen Luo can either keep the number of Cupids to one or summon more Cupids as casting materials.

Chen Luo only stopped his actions after he had produced 100 Cupids.

“Qiubi, I need your help with something,” Chen Luo said.

“No problem.” Cupid nodded.

In fact, even Cupid and his friends couldn't refuse.

"Look carefully." Chen Luo took out an insect and held it in his hand.

"boom!"

Then the insects were burned to ashes by the flames.

Chen Luo then took out an oil-paper umbrella and gently opened it.

"Alright, now you can start running away."

"???"

Just as the Cupids were at a loss and then obeyed orders to flee, disaster struck.

You's magic was enough for Chen Luo to summon a natural disaster while supporting this umbrella.

Chen Luo was quite satisfied as he watched Qiu Bi scatter and flee.

Team battles can be lost, but Cupid must die.

Run away, run away...

Seeing that the number of missions completed by the Calamity Messenger had increased by 1, Chen Luo activated his Herrscher of the Void ability and instantly appeared 10 kilometers away.

"Issue a recruitment order to recruit a puppet with disguise skills, basic combat ability, and super strong counter-reconnaissance capabilities. Those who have received professional training will be given priority." Chen Luo issued the recruitment order in the group network.

The spots were snapped up in an instant.

However, when Chen Luo saw the person standing in front of him, he was speechless.

"You only bought the disguise skill after you saw the recruitment notice, right? You're pretty fast."

There's a difference between just purchasing a talent skill and having it fully integrated, and Chen Luo could tell that.

Chen Luo was full of admiration for this, because he suspected that the puppet's hand speed was probably even faster than his own.

“Yes, Doctor,” a girl dressed as a Moth of Fire replied.

This is a true warrior who chases the flame, and he can be considered a colleague of Chen Luo.

"Doctor" is what the puppets call Chen Luoshi when they are outside.

"Fine, considering your past professional training with the Fire Moth, I'll assign this task to you," Chen Luo sighed.

Moreover, having just acquired this disguise skill does have its advantages.

"Doctor, you didn't mention the reward for this mission," a female member of the Firemoth reminded her.

"Huh? Didn't I mention it? You accepted the commission without even knowing what the reward was? Never mind. A Soul Materialization qualification + the chance to upgrade a B-level Disguise skill to an S-level skill, and the reward is given in advance. How about these rewards?" Chen Luo asked.

"Professor is awesome!" the girl cheered.

Chen Luo gave so much!

"So, Doctor, what is my mission?"

"Infiltrate, infiltrate the Reunification Movement, and try to understand the suffering of the infected on this land."

Chen Luo finally understood something—he was so busy, how could he possibly have time to properly engage with the Reunion Movement and experience the suffering of those infected with Oripathy?

So the only option left was to take an unconventional approach—send infiltrators and then observe their memories.

"Understood, Doctor." The girl nodded solemnly.

The puppeteer's orders are the ultimate pursuit.

The same applies to this group of "players" who look somewhat like the Fourth Calamity.

Even without those rewards, Chen Luo's commission slots would be snapped up in an instant.

These puppets are all fanatical followers of Chen Luo.

"Oh, by the way, let's call you Pangolin," Chen Luo said casually.

"...That sounds awful, Doctor. Can you change the codename?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll help you with your cultivation. First, I'll add the materialization of your soul to your skill, and then I'll raise your disguise skill level."

Subordinates are not allowed to contradict their superiors!

Chapter 1423 Mei: Chen Luo is still just a child, so... don't let him go!

Chen Luo, who always enjoys taking advantage of others, was taken advantage of by his own puppet.

However, Chen Luo didn't care, after all, the puppet's hand speed was just too fast.

Chen Luo has never been stingy with the dolls regarding the special ability of soul materialization, because the price of this ability is actually not very high.

Chen Luo originally intended for everyone in the puppet world to have a materialized soul, and set the price of the third law on this premise.

Because the effect of materializing the soul is really good, and the consumption is really low.

All it takes is a drop of Chen Luo's blood.

The reason for setting a price that is neither too high nor too low is that Chen Luo did not want these people to exchange for soul materialization within a certain period of time, otherwise even if Chen Luo's blood was drained, it would not be enough.

Please, there are so many people in the Doll World. If they all rushed to buy the Soul Materialization Qualification in one day, Chen Luo would probably be drained dry.

"Cough cough cough..."

Chen Luo coughed as he walked out of the life support pod, supporting himself against the wall.

The nutrient solution in his body evaporated rapidly upon contact with air, and Chen Luo's breathing became smoother.

Leaning weakly against the wall of the life support pod, Chen Luo watched as Dr. Mei opened the pod door and woke him up.

"Something's happened." Dr. Mei said in a deep voice after seeing Chen Luo wake up.

"I know, otherwise you wouldn't have woken me up. Go ahead, what bad news do you have? I can handle it," Chen Luo asked after stretching his body.

After using the "You Are My Puppet" ability on himself, Chen Luo could use the puppeteer's skills to treat himself as a puppet and control him. This was an ability that only master-level or even superb puppeteers could skillfully use.

As for the effect, it is to enhance or weaken the physique according to the puppeteer's needs.

Chen Luo had often done this before, but now, in order to make himself more like a weak and stiff person who had been in the dream world for a long time, Chen Luo suppressed his physical strength even more.

Chen Luo's current weakness is not an act.

Fortunately, only Chen Luo's physical strength was affected. His abilities, which had been conceptually modified, could not be detected by the previous civilization, so there was no need to restrict them.

"While we were searching for the Eighth Herrscher, the Eighth Herrscher was also searching for us, and she succeeded in finding the keywords to locate us," Dr. Mei said, adjusting her glasses.

"What keywords?" Chen Luo asked curiously.

"The Herrscher, the Eighth Herrscher, the Moth to Flame, the Collapse... These words appeared alternately on the Internet, and within a very short time, all the members of the organization who had not participated in psychological training fell into a deep sleep."

"Now, we need you to turn all the fusion surgery candidates in the base into fusion warriors. Even without considering your special abilities, your success rate in performing fusion surgery is still among the top in the Fire Moth," Dr. Mei said.

"Furthermore, during your period of slumber, Dr. Spacie also developed the Observation Hub. Although it cannot awaken those who have already fallen into a deep sleep, if one enters the Eighth Herrscher's dream within the Observation Hub, the Fusion Warrior's consciousness will be pulled back after the Observation Hub is closed."

Although Chen Luo could do this in his dreams, his personal energy was limited.

“However, this technology requires the use of a new type of drug to suppress the shackles. This drug is a type of drug that causes orientational cognitive impairment, allowing the user to actively filter out certain keywords. However, the effect of this drug is limited. As the awareness of the keywords contaminated by the Eighth Herrscher increases, the effect of the shackles will also become ineffective.” Dr. Mei explained what happened during Chen Luo’s slumber.

"Hmm, I think I understand. And I also have some good news and some bad news," Chen Luo said slowly.

"The good news is that, with the help of the Fusion Warriors, we have indeed found traces of the Eighth Herrscher. The bad news is that the area that person went to that day was quite large, so we need to continue searching that area. If we continue searching at the current pace, we can find the Eighth Herrscher in a maximum of four days, and then we can pinpoint her location."

"But if, after locking down a certain area, mentally-sensory fusion warriors who can maintain their independent mental state conduct a thorough search of that area within the observation hub, then this plan can be implemented in two days," Chen Luo said.

"After all, as you know, the area where I can influence the Fusion Warriors' activities in the dream world is limited. Each of them has their own life in the dream world. This is an unchangeable logic."

"...Understood, let's settle on this. Over the next two days, you will gradually narrow down the reconnaissance area. Then, based on the number of mental-sensory fusion warriors who can enter the observation hub, you will decide how large an area to conduct a thorough search." After quickly assessing her options, Dr. Mei swiftly devised the plan with the highest probability of success under the current circumstances.

“No problem, we’ll follow the organization’s decision,” Chen Luo said.

"So... my job now is to keep performing fusion surgeries?"

“No… I need you to awaken a few psycho-sensory fusion warriors first, and then perform the fusion surgery.” A cold glint reflected from Dr. Mei’s glasses.

“But then… if something goes wrong during the fusion surgery, I won’t have enough energy to stabilize their rampaging, broken phone.” Chen Luo paused.

"This is... a necessary sacrifice."

"Although many people have indeed been saved because of your abilities, it is definitely more worthwhile to awaken a few mental perception fusion warriors and enable them to conduct a thorough search of an area with clear consciousness than to use your abilities to stop the Honkai Beast gene riot."

Because in the pre-civilization era, people died every day during the fusion surgery research, and the number of deaths was not small. Although the suitable candidates could be identified through Chen Luo's method, the death rate of the suitable candidates was also very high.

Originally it was 1 in 10000, but after improvements to the selection method, the survival rate of qualified individuals became 1%.

If we can't defeat this Eighth Herrscher, then there's no point in talking about the future.

"I know, but seeing life slip through my fingers is really not a good feeling. However, I am willing to obey the organization's orders, so who are the few psycho-sensory fusion warriors I need to awaken?"

“Desdobia, Aponia…” Dr. May named several psychic fusion warriors one after another.

However, the fact that neither Alicia nor Kevin were on Dr. May's list shows that Dr. May was indeed making the selection of the spots from a very rational perspective.

“Wait, anything else is fine, but Aponia won’t do,” Chen Luo suddenly said.

"Why?" Dr. Mei frowned.

"You selected a total of 6 psychic-sensory fusion warriors, and among these 6 warriors, Dr. Mei, they are the ones with the strongest will in your assessment, right?"

"That's right. According to the reasoning, those six are roughly the limit of your energy."

"But what if I told you that Aponia saw the children who died in the nursing home in her dream?"

"..." Upon hearing Chen Luo's words, Dr. Mei immediately felt a headache coming on.

The more flawed a person's mind is, the more easily they become immersed in dreams. Dr. May originally thought that Aponia's consciousness was relatively firm among these fusion warriors, but if those children from the sanatorium were in the dream, it would be hard to say.

The despicable Eighth Herrscher!

However, Aponia is also an excellent squad member for dealing with the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"So... after you pulled several Fusion Warriors out of their dreams and started accumulating mana, when you located the Eighth Herrscher two days later, did you have enough mana to pull Kevin, Alicia, and Aponia out?" Dr. May sighed.

“Sure. The main thing is that Alicia isn’t too obsessed with dreams, while Kevin and Aponia are the two who are dragging her down,” Chen Luo said.