Their commission was suspicious.

"no."

"I beg you."

"...I can give you some more unusual identity items. That's the limit of what I can do. Really."

"Thank you, my friend!"

"Friends...that sounds pretty rare."

[You... never mind.]

The user-friendly plugin seemed hesitant to speak.

The humanized plugin originally wanted to imitate Kallen and say some witty things, but then suddenly remembered that the world consciousness seemed to be able to hear it, so it chose to give up.

How could you deceive a child who isn't even a year old? Do you have any conscience? Doesn't your conscience hurt?

If these words were spoken out and heard by the world's consciousness, the impact would certainly be negative.

"But why are you cleaning up Gastrea?" Although the World Consciousness was doing exactly the same thing as Chen Luo, and even managed to swindle some research funding, achieving a win-win situation, Chen Luo was still very curious.

Didn't you say you didn't want to write this script anymore?

"I just hope this world doesn't go down the wrong path and become utterly doomed. Oh, I meant the people on this planet, not the world itself."

"In fact, the machine called the world never needs human help. As long as there are no outsiders or certain special beings, this world will not be threatened; only humanity itself will die."

Even if a planet were destroyed, it would be a drop in the ocean for the world, and there's no need to pay attention to it; just consider it a natural loss.

"The veterans in the chat room all said that a plot like this, which is beyond saving, should just be left alone; if it has a bad ending, so be it. But this is the first script I've ever written, and if possible, I hope it can have a good ending."

"But ultimately, I underestimated the inherent flaws of humanity. The beginning of the script was actually quite good, like something out of Resident Evil, where humanity's own mistakes gave rise to terrifying monsters, and then, through united efforts and close cooperation with the cursed children, they successfully resolved the virus outbreak, ultimately achieving a happy ending."

"The first part is fine, but the second half is full of problems!"

"The older generation always says that failure is the mother of success, but I always feel that failure is failure. You've come at the right time. I was just thinking of trying to see if, with the help of external forces, we could slightly modify the script and make the ending of this world a little better," the world consciousness said.

Under the rambling of the World Consciousness, Chen Luo roughly guessed its image: a little unlucky guy who was less than a year old and had just written a script, only to have it backfire.

I had already assumed the worst about humanity, but I never expected that humanity could exceed that worst malice and cause the whole story to fall apart.

According to the interpretation of world consciousness, the reason for choosing this kind of post-apocalyptic survival scenario is not the choice of world consciousness, but the choice of this world.

This script is the result of the world's own creation.

There are often two types of script selection: one is determined solely by the world consciousness, and the other is like the world consciousness of this world, which, being a novice, chooses to let the world itself derive the script, and then the world consciousness makes minor adjustments to ultimately write a perfect cycle.

But it backfired.

However, according to the world consciousness, generally speaking, if a novice world consciousness is unlucky enough to draw this kind of post-apocalyptic survival scenario, there is a high chance of failure.

Every time, experienced colleagues remind these newcomers to be extremely careful about human nature. But even after taking all the precautions, each newcomer still fails because they simply can't imagine that some people are not only full of bad intentions, but are entirely made of bad intentions!

It's clear that the world's consciousness isn't very accepting of this ending. Ever since Chen Luo brought up this topic, it has been constantly talking about it in Chen Luo's ear without stopping.

A novice in every sense, not only writing a script for the first time, but also probably communicating with outsiders as a global consciousness for the first time.

They lacked the reserve and composure of the world consciousnesses Chen Luo had encountered before.

"I'm curious, if the script is dispensable, why would a world consciousness exist to maintain the plot of its own world? Wouldn't it be better to just let the world develop on its own?"

"Because this generates more world essence. You can think of it as world currency. Managing a world is like playing a management game; even if you manage it poorly, there's still a guaranteed reward, but if you manage it well, there will be extra rewards—what I call bonus points."

"What is the use of that world currency?"

"For the world as a whole, it's probably used to purchase 'modules' from other worlds, populating its content and increasing its potential. For you humans... you can probably do almost anything, right?"

"I see... Xiao Ling, I need to consult the Book of Akasha in a bit, so I might not be able to continue answering your questions."

"Hmm, Xiao Ling? Me? Why are you calling me Xiao Ling?"

"Because you're not even one year old yet, right? Isn't that zero?"

According to human standards, even if someone isn't a year old, shouldn't they still be called one year old?

"But you're not human."

"……really."

The world consciousness simply couldn't refute it, because what Chen Luo said made perfect sense.

[It takes 1-10 hours to find out how to manufacture weapons that can counter Gastrea. Would you like to inquire?]

[The query for how to create a potion that preserves the Cursed Child's physical strength while preventing an increase in their infection rate will take 1-15 hours. Would you like to query?]

[Since these two questions overlap to some extent, binding them as the same bag style will take 1-20 hours. Would you like to check?]

"...This thing can be sold in bundles?"

Chen Luo almost thought he had stumbled upon a pay-to-win mobile game.

From a generally rational perspective, 20 hours is 5 hours less than 25 hours, so it's a win!

"How can you assume I'll definitely roll the worst number that takes the longest to roll?"

Your luck in charming and persuading others is the exact opposite of your luck when using the library; you've never failed to persuade or charm others, but you haven't had much success with the same library assessments.

"Then...I'll buy it!"

Chen Luo is now somewhat aware of his own luck.

While Chen Luo was in a stealthy state and began searching the library, he discovered that Chen Luo could no longer hear him, and his world consciousness slowly fell silent.

In the silent forest, countless Gastrea roamed among them. Most Gastrea were filled with curiosity about this phantom that appeared in the material world but was unattainable. However, after taking many bites and finding that they could not bite it at all, driven by hunger, they went their separate ways.

This place, far from human settlements, is teeming with all sorts of Gastrea, making it a complete no-go zone for humans. So no one else would bother to come and watch Chen Luo.

20 hours later...

"I can't believe it actually took 20 hours! That's outrageous!" Chen Luo's face was filled with resentment, and he suspected that the library's ability had a grudge against him.

After using it for a considerable period of time, Chen Luo also figured out the criteria for judging the library's capabilities.

The maximum duration that can be influenced by the world's consciousness depends on luck, and how many points are thrown depends on whether Chen Luo is unlucky or not.

[Look on the bright side, you've encountered something with a 1 in 20 chance, aren't you incredibly lucky?]

"Tsk. Did anything happen while I was browsing the library?"

Nothing happened, but our analysis of this world has long since reached its limit. You're not far from Tokyo now, shall we go and light a fire before we leave?

"Hey Ling, are you there? Let's talk. Can I help you revise the script?"

"Hmm, you're calling me. You want to rewrite the script? Whatever, rewrite it however you want, do whatever you want. This script is beyond saving anyway! It can't get any worse than it is now. I'm prepared to stick with my backup plan."

The fact that humanity in this world has managed to make even the world's consciousness disappointed with this cycle of reincarnation is truly remarkable!

“If that’s how you put it, then I won’t hold back. All the cursed children of this world will be mine! I will take them to my special space,” Chen Luo said to the sky.

"Huh??? Not giving a red envelope at the banquet is one thing, but how dare you take the leftovers home?"

The mention of world consciousness left Chen Luo speechless for a moment.

Chen Luo had wanted to ask this question for a long time: who did he learn these metaphors about world consciousness from?

"Wait, I get it, are you going to make one of those 'regretful' scenarios?"

The world consciousness suddenly realized that the script of regret seemed to fit the current script quite well.

Don't you hate the Cursed Children? Now take all the Cursed Children away, let's see how you save your life!

Die, you trash!

What directors hate most isn't bad acting, but disobedience! Like the humans in this world.

Ugly as a person, yet dreaming!

"How about this, you don't need to complete my mission either. While you're at it, let me tweak some parameters, add 100% Gastrea, and go all out! This world has become corrupted again!"

"No."

"well?"

"The mission must be completed!"

"But...but I bet it's the person who posted the commission, right? Aren't I the client? Aren't I the father figure? Shouldn't you listen to me?"

"Perhaps in other matters, the client is always in control; even if you want a rainbow of colors, I can get it for you. But... no one can stop me from completing this commission, no one!"

"Nobody's going to steal my raw gem! Nobody!"

Chen Luo hadn't forgotten that he had been charged 1500 raw stones before he received this quest worth 3000 raw stones.

Anyone who tries to stop me from making raw gems must die!

"Don't get agitated."

“But you can adjust the parameters to 100% after I finish the task,” Chen Luo said, changing the subject.

"Huh? What are you after then?"

"Of course it's to complete the mission, otherwise why would it be to protect those scumbags?" Chen Luo said righteously.

“But before that, I need to go and investigate in person first. I need to see if that city is worth saving,” Chen Luo said.

Even if 90% of people deserve to die, the remaining 10% of good people shouldn't suffer as a result.

Chapter 1512 When the "Savior" Arrives in the Apocalypse...

We can't let the very few good people suffer just because there are a lot of bad people, so Chen Luo plans to conduct an on-site investigation of the cities in this world.

In any case, Chen Luo was indeed not qualified to judge the people of the world, but Chen Luo was willing!

As long as I have no morals, no one can hold me hostage!

But the fact is that there are indeed some good people in this world.

Furthermore, Chen Luo didn't want to decide someone's life or death based on subjective assumptions. At worst, he'd just throw the soul fire at them and let them scream. The one in pain was the bad guy, and the one who felt comfortable and carefree was the good guy.

Chen Luo's current location is closest to Tokyo, so Tokyo is naturally the city he chose to conduct his research in.

[Human: I think you just want me dead!]

"If you ask me, just burn it. Don't you have that soul fire? Throw it into this city, you'll save yourself some effort, and you'll get a lot more soul fire extracted from it. Why not?"

The world consciousness has also been watching Chen Luo closely. According to the world consciousness, those who are busy running around are either absolute newbies or absolute veterans.

Newbies often resort to patching one problem at a time because they don't know how to operate the system.

A seasoned player can meticulously manage eighteen different storylines on their own, opening dozens of scenarios within a single world, which is dazzling.

The reason why the world consciousness of this world is so idle is because it has given up.

"Are you the world's consciousness or am I? These humans are all your children!" Chen Luo said with a pained expression.

Why is this world consciousness even more despicable than Chen Luo, this outsider?

She was ready to cause trouble as soon as Chen Luo arrived! ? ?

"In your human terms, it's like saying 'stay away.' What do you mean, 'my child'? I don't have such a rebellious son!"

It's clear that the world's consciousness is furious with the humans in this world.

It makes sense. A novice world consciousness, born with a wealth of knowledge and ready to work hard, finally manages to get the script on track, only to have someone show it what a 3600-degree spiral crash looks like!

Who could withstand that?

"If you ask me, as a qualified world consciousness, what you need to do now is try your best to get things back on track, using a small twist to cause a big storm and then..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Anyone can talk the talk, right? When it comes to theoretical knowledge, I'm better than you. The key is, as the world's consciousness, I can't directly attack the locals. I can only modify various parameters to make them suffer terribly, and then see if I can make them die. I can only directly attack outsiders."

"If that's the case, then is 'Final Destination' just a modification made by the world's consciousness to those world scripts? Like causing death through various accidents or something..." Chen Luo fell into thought.

"Death is coming? What's that? I'll go see."

You've made a huge mistake.

"What does this have to do with me? Luo Luo doesn't know anything. Luo Luo doesn't know anything at all." Chen Luo's heart tightened, and then she decisively shifted the blame.

Although Chen Luo really wanted to burn those scumbags to death and did intend to do so, he needed to resolve some issues beforehand.

For example, what about the few but truly good people? What about those who had a good relationship with the Cursed Children and were quite helpful to them? How can the city continue to develop if everyone dies?

Before this, Chen Luo had only observed the world through the perspective of anime. Although having power would indeed allow him to do whatever he pleased, Chen Luo still intended to be fair.

What if the world is even a little bit better than I think?