Their commission was suspicious.

"...You're not going to stay in my room, are you?"

"Oh dear, I came in a hurry this time and forgot to bring any money. It's so late now, there probably won't be any rooms left to book, so I'll have to make do with your room for now. Oh, by the way, I'll just have to hope that Luo Luo will be incredibly generous and pay for everything during this time."

"Paying the bill is no problem; the man in the suit told me he'd cover everything. You staying in my room is also fine, since this suite is really big. But I have one request,"

"any request?"

"You sleep on the sofa."

"???"

……

"Doctor... um? Number 17? What are you doing here?" Although he had already left the Moth of Fire, Hua still habitually got breakfast for Chen Luo and brought it to his suite.

Hua has a spare key card for Chen Luo's room, which was given to Hua yesterday.

But as soon as Hua entered Chen Luo's suite, he saw number 17, which had just been "turned on".

After turning on the machine and doing some stretching exercises, Number 17 greeted Hua and explained why he was there.

"I'm entrusted by Dr. Mei to keep a close eye on Wilvie and Chen Luo, so it's normal for me to be in this room, right?" Number 17's tone was as calm as ever.

"Vilvie? Wait, Dr. Wilvie, what are you doing here?"

"Huh? Who called me?" Wilvi sat up straight on the sofa, looking around in a daze.

"Dr. Velvet arrived on the Mu Continent following our train. Her purpose is to conduct a continent-wide magic tour on the Mu Continent. Since she didn't ask for leave, Dr. Mei asked me to keep an eye on her," Number 17 explained.

"Then why is Isamara in this room too?" Hua looked incredulously at Isamara, who was sleeping in her pajamas next to the fast-sleeping Chen Luo.

But don't get me wrong, Isamara wasn't sleeping in a bed, she was sleeping on the floor.

"Yesterday, Miss Isamara... launched a night raid, and then Chen Luo stuffed dozens of Paradise Gold Coins into her mouth until she fainted. Then Chen Luo threw her on the ground," Number 17 recalled the events of last night.

"???"

"Wait, could Pado be here too?" Hua suddenly had a feeling that they had a party yesterday but didn't invite him.

"No, not at all." Number 17 shook his head.

While Hua breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt as if he had missed something.

But Hua had to praise Chen Luo.

Chen Luo was able to lie motionless in bed and sleep soundly, despite being surrounded by a woman who was always the target of his madness: Number 17, a white-haired woman with red eyes whose eyes were filled with nothing but him, and a woman with several personalities who could bring him many kinds of happiness.

One of the three was nowhere to be found sleeping, another was forced to sleep on the floor, and the third was made to sleep on the sofa...

If Chen Luo had made any wrong choice, the scene this morning would probably have become inappropriate for children.

"Time for breakfast!" Hua Shen called out after taking a deep breath.

……

"What? Dr. Mei came this morning?" Chen Luo paused, having just finished eating breakfast in his room.

"Yes, that's right." Number 17 nodded.

On the 17th, he was also eating breakfast, or rather, Chen Luo had given all the dolls he had made by hand the ability to eat.

The moment No. 17 eats, the food is rapidly decomposed and converted into Honkai energy.

Leaving aside the inspiration for other dolls, the inspiration for the feeding function on Android 17 was indeed from Saber.

Dr. May still doesn't know why Prometheus 17 was able to eat and instantly break down the nutrients in its food into energy for storage.

"Did Dr. Mei say anything?" Chen Luo asked.

“No, because you were all asleep at the time, so Dr. Mei said we would talk after you woke up,” Number 17 replied.

As far as No. 17 knows, the reason why Dr. Mei was able to use No. 17's real-time communication function to notify Chen Luo and the others so early was not because Dr. Mei got up early, but because Dr. Mei had not yet gone to sleep.

Number 17 is able to communicate with his backup unit in real time, so he knows exactly what Dr. Mei did last night and what he did to Dr. Mei this morning.

Dr. Mei spent the entire night studying Paradise Coins. After observing that mice became much more energetic after inhaling the Paradise Coin powder, Dr. Mei made a bold decision.

Dr. Mei ate a Paradise Coin herself.

Dr. Mei is not a reckless person. The reason she did this was because No. 17 had reported to Dr. Mei that Paradise Coins can be eaten.

However, it was not mentioned on the 17th who Chen Luo fed the food to, or how many Paradise coins he fed that person.

Trusting Chen Luo, Dr. Mei consumed the Paradise Coin, thus opening the door to a new world.

This stuff can actually boost your energy!

And it's not addictive!

A great helper for staying up late!

Then Dr. Mei stayed up all night.

This made No. 17 worry that Dr. Mei might suddenly die.

"What? Using gold coins as an energy booster? That won't do." After expressing his concerns, Chen Luo put down his chopsticks on the table after finishing breakfast.

"Why?" Number 17 asked.

"Hmm... the biggest effect of this gold coin is on the mental aspect, meaning it can prevent your mind from getting tired. However, it doesn't do much to relieve physical fatigue. If Dr. Mei uses this thing frequently, she might develop chronic illnesses and break down her body," Chen Luo said.

Soul-type energy naturally acts on the soul. Although experience is not entirely a type of soul-type energy and can also interfere with the physical body, its conversion rate is relatively low.

Without fully integrating into the group network to become a puppet, Paradise Coins have this characteristic—they can greatly enhance one's spirit, but can only slightly strengthen one's physical body.

Is this another kind of case of not adapting to the local environment?

As Chen Luo's puppet, the Paradise Adventurer belongs to the group network and is also a producer of Paradise Coins, so using Paradise Coins is not as troublesome.

However, even Paradise Adventurers prefer to spend more Paradise Coins on enhancing their spirit, because how strong a Paradise Adventurer can be at the beginning is often reflected in how many talents they can download.

However, the upper limit of talent is related to the capacity of the soul.

Paradise Adventurers essentially buy talent slots with Paradise Coins; how could they not like it?

At least in the early stages, this is the most profitable method.

Just like in an infinite space, buying guns is definitely more beneficial than buying abilities in the early stages of a game, unless you're incredibly unlucky and encounter a supernatural instance.

"Knock knock!" Number 17's fingers tapped lightly on the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"Ahem, you never told me about this before. When you gave me the Paradise Coins, you didn't tell me how to use them." Dr. May's voice came from Number 17.

Dr. Mei called number 17.

"Isn't it because I'm worried that your preconceived notion that Paradise Coins can refresh you will prevent you from thinking outside the box and using them more effectively?" Chen Luo explained.

"Is this thing called Paradise Coins?"

"Hmm, maybe it's a gold coin from some amusement park? But the label on this amusement park gold coin says it's not recommended to consume large quantities in a short period. It seems to have side effects," Chen Luo said.

"...Could this side effect be used to kill Honkai Beasts?" Dr. Mei suddenly fell into thought.

"..."

I asked you to study Paradise Coins so you could find other ways to use them, not so you could make weapons.

Chen Luo wanted to say that, but he didn't. The main theme of the previous civilization was to fight against the Honkai, so it was not wrong for Mei to think in that direction.

Furthermore, although Chen Luo possesses the "Spend Money Like Water" ability, which allows him to use Paradise coins as weapons, ordinary Paradise adventurers do not have this ability.

Developing a method to use Paradise Coins as an attack method would also be good.

It's possible that even if a method of attack is found, those stingy Paradise adventurers would rather abandon their worthless lives than use Paradise coins.

People can be resurrected after they die, but once the Paradise Coins are gone, they're truly gone!

However, they might use this method if it's to protect an important NPC.

You can earn more Paradise Coins, but if a side quest NPC dies, they're really dead! My rare limited-time quest!

"Mei, what do you want to say to us?" Chen Luo reminded Dr. Mei that it was time to get down to business.

"Oh, by the way, last night I reported your request to the higher-ups of the Firemoth, and they immediately forwarded it to the government leaders of the Mu Continent, and gave a response this morning."

"You agreed?" Velvi asked.

“They’ve agreed. They’re willing to use the temporary surgical vehicle you’ve been using for your continental magic tour to perform the fusion surgery,” Dr. May said.

"I bet there's a 'but' to it. For example, going from one surgery a day to two surgeries a day."

Wilvi wasn't surprised that those old men would agree to the request. After all, performing fusion surgery in a makeshift operating room every day sounded a bit hasty and troublesome, but for those old men, it would only take up half a day.

In the past, with the convenience of transportation in civilizations, even crossing the entire Mu continent wouldn't take long.

Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, those old men should be scattered all over the continent, so having surgery while touring the entire continent might actually make things more convenient for them.

Performing one surgery a day means that only one person needs to come each day.

“No buts.” Mei shook her head.

“They didn’t make any additional demands during these two weeks; they simply agreed to it,” Mei said.

“…It seems I underestimated these old geezers’ desire for longevity.” Wilvi paused for a moment, then continued eating her breakfast.

“However… they might occasionally send people to perform fusion surgeries after Chen Luo returns to the Firemoth, and they will specify that Chen Luo should perform the surgeries,” Dr. Mei continued.

"Phew, that startled me. I almost thought those old geezers had changed their minds. If they hadn't made some extra demands, I might have really suspected that Chen Luo was some big shot's illegitimate son, which made them change their minds, or that there was some kind of mastermind behind it all." Wilvi breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems those old geezers are as greedy as ever, and even more greedy than Vervie thought. Well then, it's alright.

They simply swapped short-term gains for long-term gains.

"Are you being polite?" Chen Luo couldn't help but ask.

But believe it or not, you actually guessed right.

There is indeed a mastermind behind these old men in the Mu Continent government, and that mastermind is right in front of you.

Surprised or not?

Chen Luo once sent nearly a hundred assassins to scatter orange juice all over the world to complete the Human Orange Juice Project. The main target of these assassins was Mu Dalu, followed by outward radiating outwards, and finally various remote corners rarely visited by people, such as the North and South Poles.

The reason for doing this is that the Mu Continent suffered the greatest trauma in the Ninth Herrscher incident. More than one-fifth of human territory was sunk by the Herrschers, causing a huge blow to human society.

Although Dr. Einstein activated the device in time, sinking the continent of Mu into the Sea of ​​Quanta and preventing the instantaneous death of all humanity on Mu, the cataclysmic event still resulted in the deaths and injuries of more than half of the entire continent.

The death toll at the same time was probably in the hundreds of millions.

This was even before the Eighth Herrscher, when large-scale human casualties had already occurred due to various Honkai Beasts and zombies.

Thanks to Chen Luo's special attention, the Human Orange Juice Project has now been completed throughout the entire Mu Continent.

Since it involves Chen Luo, even those old men who haven't been completely controlled by Chen Luo are willing to "keep their distance".

"Alright, the information has been shared. I should try to develop this Paradise Coin into a weapon. But since you said it's a mental item, it might be like a mental perception fusion warrior. It might not be effective against Honkai Beasts, but it could be used against Herrschers," Dr. Mei pondered.

After greeting everyone, Dr. Mei went offline, and No. 17 went back online.

"So, my assistant, is she ready for the magic show?" After Mei left, Wilvi turned to look at Chen Luo.

"Today? Now?"

"Now is the time, of course! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" Wilvi put down her knife and fork, grabbed Chen Luo's wrist, and then carried him away.

Chapter 1739 First Meeting with Dr. Einstein

"Where is Chen Luo?" Dr. Einstein, who had taken a ride to the seven-star hotel where the attendees of the Fire Moth conference were staying, asked the man in the suit next to him.

“Well… I’ll go up and ask.” The man in the suit looked at Dr. Einstein somewhat nervously.

The man in the suit is now most afraid that Dr. Einstein and Chen Luo will get into a fight over a disagreement.

As long as the two don't fight and their opinions don't clash too much, then once I get through these two days, I can get a promotion and a raise!

Now, let me go to the suite and greet Dr. Chen Luo, so that he knows in advance how to deal with Dr. Einstein.

Dr. Einstein watched as the man in the suit ran into the seven-star hotel.

Einstein knew perfectly well why the man in the suit wanted to run ahead of him to find the doctor who chased the fire moth, but Einstein didn't care.

Dr. Einstein, who was patiently waiting downstairs, was suddenly drawn to a street magic show nearby.

Einstein had seen quite a few magic shows. Generally speaking, all magic shows are deceptions; after all, if they were real, they wouldn't be magic, they would be sorcery.

All magic performances rely on two things: prepared props and extremely fast hand speed.