Their commission was suspicious.

This is Chen Luoxin's S-level talent—Petrifying Eye.

But how should I put it? It's only good for crushing weaker opponents...

Chen Luo does have the ability to gorge himself, but he doesn't really want to eat these Gastrea.

It's... hard to swallow.

"Snapped!"

All the petrified monsters instantly turned to ashes and vanished with the wind.

"Sweetie, lift your head."

Just as Chen Luo was about to enter a stealthy state to peruse the Book of Akasha, he heard someone calling his name.

Chen Luo subconsciously looked up and saw a bunch of emoticons in the sky.

. :.?ヽ(*'?`)ノ?.:.

"???"

"Are you... the world consciousness of this world?" Chen Luo asked uncertainly.

"That's right, you have good taste."

"..."

"What? Don't you have any questions for me?"

"Yes, there are many. But before that, let me ask you this: you're not insulting me, are you?"

"Oh, did I say something wrong?"

"No, maybe I misunderstood." Chen Luo shook his head.

The word "cute" can express either extreme fondness or extreme dislike... truly, the Chinese language is profound and complex.

However, the feeling that this world consciousness gave Chen Luo was quite different from all the world consciousnesses he had encountered before.

The world consciousness of Chen Luo's world has basically never spoken to him. The only time the world consciousness of the Collapsed World spoke was today, telling him not to erode the world. Perhaps because of their differing stances, that world consciousness seemed rather angry.

The world consciousness of Haruhi Suzumiya's world seemed rather businesslike, never communicating with Chen Luo except for necessary information.

On the contrary, the world consciousness of this pitch-black bullet world seems to be quite lively.

"You've come at the right time. I need your help with something; could you please clean up some things in this world?"

The world consciousness, which sounded quite outgoing, spoke to Chen Luo.

"Huh? Why would you ask me for this kind of mission?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"Hey, did I get the wrong person? Aren't you that 'tool'? Your name is... Chen Luo, right?"

"..." Chen Luo fell silent instantly.

"What do you mean by 'tool'? And am I that famous now??" Chen Luo finally couldn't help but ask, staring at the constantly changing emoticons above his head.

Who is it? Who is ruining my reputation?

And who are you calling a tool?

"Oh, if there's no objection, then there's no mistake."

"Don't change the subject! What do you mean by 'tool'? Explain yourself!" Chen Luo roared. "Tool" sounded like someone who would be taken advantage of, but Chen Luo neither wanted to nor would be taken advantage of!

"Hmm... how about this, let's each compromise. I'll ask you for help again, and you can forget what I just said, okay?"

Can this be called each side taking a step back?

"So what do you want?"

"I can help you, but you have to explain what kind of 'tool' you are, and also explain why you know me?"

Although Chen Luo felt he might not have the right to negotiate with the world's consciousness, wishes are a matter of mutual consent.

Chen Luo doesn't necessarily have to come to this world. At worst, he can just go back and use the world coordinates in the Adventure Certificate to find a zombie world, and the result will be the same.

These days, no one can stop moving forward without someone else.

Therefore, Chen Luo has become more assertive in his speech.

"Actually, you're not exactly famous, but I happened to see your information in a chat room. It seems like someone with the ID za1035472876549681 mentioned you. They said they recently hired a nanny to take care of their child, and that the nanny's soul was somewhat special, saying they could understand someone just by looking at them. At first, I didn't understand what they meant, but now it seems they really could understand someone just by looking at them.

"How special is it?" Chen Luo couldn't help but ask.

"Why are you asking me how special your own soul is? Don't you know? I've never seen a body that can resonate with wishes before. Today, I've truly witnessed something new."

"Uh... then why do you call me a tool?"

If the world's consciousness doesn't give Chen Luo a reasonable explanation, Chen Luo will turn around and leave!

Chen Luo also knew that his talent was indeed somewhat special, and it seemed reasonable to deduce that he possessed rather unique soul traits based on this special talent.

Chen Luo had studied the concept of soul qualities before, because proper puppeteers who want to create puppets with souls will have a deep understanding of souls.

Some people's souls are born with unique characteristics. The most obvious example is those gifted individuals; the higher the level of their talent, the stronger the uniqueness of their soul.

Therefore, as an EX-level talent user, Chen Luo was somewhat aware of the uniqueness of his soul.

Resonating with one's wishes...that sounds pretty cool.

"The Holy Grail grants wishes simply by being made, isn't that what it is? Isn't the Holy Grail just a tool? And since you've taken human form, aren't you just a tool? Furthermore, I sense the aura of the Root within you…aren't you the Holy Grail incarnate?"

The voice of world consciousness carried a hint of doubt.

"..."

Chen Luo was surprised that the "tool person" here wasn't an adjective, but a noun.

It doesn't refer to people who can be used as tools, but rather people who have become tools—tool people.

"I didn't transform from a tool into human form; I was a human from the very beginning! And I'm not a being born from the Holy Grail!"

"Oh, really? I thought the World Consciousness was a relatively new concept, don't lie to me! Oh, why do you have the mark of a puppeteer?" The voice of the World Consciousness sounded even more surprised than when Chen Luo heard the World Consciousness recognize him.

"Why would I lie to you? Besides, I am a puppeteer, so of course I have the mark of a puppeteer."

Chen Luo seemed quite happy after discovering that the world consciousness had found the puppet on his body to be a mark, since this at least proved that the puppeteer faction was still quite well-known.

This shows that this profession has the potential to be explored further.

"Wow, this is incredible... Wait, a wish resonance... the Puppeteer faction... Damn!"

After the world consciousness finished speaking, it fell into an eerie silence.

Chen Luo could even vaguely hear the sound of pages turning, but he couldn't make it out clearly.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?" Chen Luo asked, looking up at the sky with some confusion.

"Ahem, no, nothing. I just suddenly remembered something interesting."

"What's interesting?"

"Why ask so many questions? You're not the world's consciousness. Anyway, I have a mission for you, the reward is very generous, want to pull off something big?"

Chen Luo wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the world consciousness seemed a bit stiff. Could it be that it knew about the bad things he had done in other worlds?

Wait a minute, I don't think I've ever done anything wrong.

"want."

Chen Luo seemed to hear the sound of a large number of raw stones being smashed towards him.

"Well... shall we go through the formalities first?"

"Process? Oh, you mean applying for immigration status, right?"

But... how does this world know that I have identification? Didn't it not know just now?

"Um."

After receiving the answer, Chen Luo readily produced his identification and then casually applied for an identity.

Why does this world consciousness seem a bit sluggish?

While waiting for the next batch of tasks, the user-friendly plugin whispered something.

"Perhaps it's because it was just born? Didn't it say that it hasn't been the world's consciousness for very long?"

[So... a loli? Quick, use charm on her!]

Why did you seduce me?

A third voice was inserted into the channel between Chen Luo and the humanized plugin.

"...Don't pay attention to my keychain, it's mentally unstable."

When someone talks about another person behind their back and gets overheard, that's the kind of expression Chen Luo has now.

It was a little awkward.

"But your keychain did make one right thing: I'm still a child."

"I see..."

Chen Luo nodded, and then became more tolerant of the world's consciousness.

Sigh, kids will be kids, it's understandable that they sometimes say the wrong thing.

"By your human way of counting time, that's only a little over 5000 years old."

"..."

You're telling me someone over 5000 years old is a child? This is a child?

"But according to the world's consciousness counting method, I'm not even a year old yet."

"Is the difference in the count really that big?" Chen Luo was surprised by the time span in terms of the world.

"Do you mean 1 years for one year?"

"No, that's not how it's calculated. Age is determined by one cycle of world reincarnation. Judging the maturity of a world's consciousness by age is unreliable, because a world's consciousness possesses complete management capabilities from the beginning. However, generally speaking, the older the world's consciousness, the stronger its ability to manage the script."

"script?"

"Hmm, the script. To you otherworldly beings, it's just like anime or something, basically the history of the world's development. But I'm still just a kid and inexperienced, so this script is probably going to end badly..."

The voice of world consciousness sounded somewhat lost.

"So what should be done if a project is abandoned?" Chen Luo asked curiously.

The end of the world? Or a massive purge? Or a seamless world reset?

"I'll do nothing, just wait for the world to write its own ending. The reason I call it a bad ending is simply because it doesn't match the ending I envisioned."

"So...you want to give up?"

Chen Luo understood!

"This isn't called 'slacking off'!"

"But if the world can write its own script, then what's the point of having you world consciousnesses?"

"Actually, for the world, the script isn't that important! For the world and its consciousness, the script is just an add-on. Managing a house—as long as the house doesn't collapse, what posters are plastered inside doesn't matter."

"Even if all the humans on this planet were to die, it wouldn't affect me much. After all, the world is so vast; there must be other planets with intelligent life besides this one. Even if all intelligent life in this world were to disappear, the world would still function normally. As long as the world isn't destroyed by outsiders or some accident, I wouldn't have failed in my duty; at most, I wouldn't have received any extra points."

"So your work in the world consciousness seems pretty easy. It feels somewhat dispensable..."

"How could that be? It's very important, you know. The world is like a sophisticated instrument. Without the maintenance and coordination of a world consciousness, the world might continue to move for a short time, but if there's even the slightest external influence, it could collapse completely."

"Like machines on an assembly line, maintenance workers may seem idle, and they really are. But anyone who dares to fire a senior maintenance worker just because he's too idle is either an idiot or a moron."

The experienced master craftsman was dismissed—the assembly line machine was damaged—the entire production line came to a standstill—production capacity could not keep up—unable to deliver on time—breach of contract and compensation—income could not cover expenses—the factory went bankrupt.

Chapter 1511 World Consciousness: This human world has become tainted once again!

[Cleanse Gastrea]: Reduce the number of gastrea in this world by at least 30%.

Reward: 3000 Primogems

"Reduce Gastrea by 30%? Do you even know how many Gastrea there are in this world? That's a huge workload, and you're only giving me 3000 Originium?" Chen Luo argued vehemently after receiving the mission.

"These are the rules; these are the maximum rewards."

"Could you give me some more?"