Their commission was suspicious.

Because I have to accompany Chen Luo to a meeting today, I've been to even more places yesterday and the day before.

Because he was quite busy these past few days, and because Chen Luo also had to perform fusion surgeries on the old men, he was even busier.

In addition to the two things mentioned above, Chen Luo also had to accompany Hua, Isamara, and Pado shopping, while also enduring routine surveillance by the 17th.

Because he was busy, Chen Luo felt that time passed very quickly.

But compared to the effort and trouble of completing all sorts of outrageous requests, this period was no different from a holiday.

“This tour wasn’t perfect at all. You have to come with me to Mu Continent again in a while so we can visit all the places we missed on this tour!” Wilvi said after pinching Chen Luo’s thigh.

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Luo nodded.

Anyway, there won't be a next time.

Before long, the entire Mu Continent will be gone.

If you want to tour Mu Continent again, you can only go to the Sea of ​​Quanta to find Mu Continent.

"Next time, I'm going to prepare a magic trick that will make the entire continent disappear! Remember to help me prepare it."

"Yes, yes, yes," Chen Luo replied even more perfunctorily.

Because the Ninth Herrscher will perform this magic trick before you do.

But the bad news is that things can't be turned back.

"Speaking of which, it's almost Chinese New Year, isn't it? In another month or two..." Chen Luo looked at the bleak autumn scenery outside the conference room.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Fortunately, the girls around Chen Luo are all unusual, otherwise he might not be interested in going out shopping.

"Chinese New Year... New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival, right? I've heard Hua mention it."

"No. Chinese New Year is Chinese New Year, and Lunar New Year's Eve is Lunar New Year's Eve. The Spring Festival and Lunar New Year's Eve in China use a special calendar. So we have to wait another three or four months."

"Oh, right. Speaking of New Year's Eve, it feels like I've experienced it somewhere before." Velvi rubbed her temples, deep in thought.

"You're supposed to make dumplings on New Year's Eve, right?"

"Mm." Chen Luo nodded.

"Let's make dumplings! I've heard Hua talk about this kind of New Year's Eve activity." Wilvi, unusually, showed interest during this otherwise boring meeting.

“Of course, we can even invite Kevin and the others over. But… using machines to make dumplings is prohibited!” Chen Luo said.

"...Haha, how could anyone use a machine to make dumplings?" Velvi laughed, waving her hand to hide her embarrassment.

Chen Luo anticipated his actions!

"Yes, of course you have to make dumplings by hand on New Year's Eve."

"Is it really impossible to use a machine to make dumplings?" Wilvi asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"No way. If you don't know how to make dumplings, you don't have to. Just sit quietly and watch the people who know how to make them, and be a freeloader." Chen Luo said disdainfully.

"Oh……"

"The meeting has begun," Chen Luo reminded them.

Vervi looked up at the head of the conference room, where Dr. Einstein was standing, playing a PowerPoint presentation.

"Now I will introduce the Armed Doll to you. The Armed Doll was originally created as a tool to minimize the casualties of human soldiers. Its advantages are..."

Chapter 1742 Chen Luo Forced to Take Over an Entire Warehouse of Defective Armed Dolls

"I'm so bored."

"This is so boring. Why doesn't anyone slap me in the face and then do something funny?" This time, Chen Luo rested his chin on one hand, lost in extreme boredom.

“…If it were Mebius, this might actually happen, given her infamous reputation, but you’re not qualified,” Velvi said.

Besides, who doesn't know that Chen Luo has close ties with the higher-ups?

Any normal person, even one with a modicum of sense, would at most secretly and quietly criticize Chen Luo in their heart, but wouldn't say it out loud.

Moreover, everyone here is Chen Luo's reserve puppet.

Therefore, Chen Luo will never see any plot involving being slapped in the face and then being killed in return in his lifetime.

"Next, please welcome the representative of the Moth Chasing Flame to speak."

"Hey, hey, it's your turn." Velvi nudged Chen Luo's waist with her elbow.

"Ah, shouldn't it be you?"

"I'm here to assist you. I can step in if there are any technical problems, but right now we're in the middle of the wrangling." After saying this, Wilvi slapped Chen Luo's thigh, and Chen Luo immediately stood up.

"It seems the representatives of the Moths of Fire are quite eager to speak. May I ask what your thoughts are?"

"Emmm... I'm not an expert in this area, but I still want to share my opinion. After carefully reading your question and thinking about it for a long time, I actually don't know how to answer it. As I said at the beginning, I'm not an expert in this area."

"..."

Chen Luo's words not only stunned Einstein, who had asked the question, but also left the others in a similar state of confusion.

We seem to have heard what you said, but at the same time, we seem not to have heard it.

“That’s how it is. We, the Fire Moth, fully support the Armed Doll Project, but we are pessimistic about it. To put it simply, whatever happens, don’t say that we, the Fire Moth, made you do it,” Chen Luo added.

"Alright, I understand, sit down." Einstein rubbed his temples.

Chen Luo's two speeches reflected two extremes: one of indecisiveness and the other of decisiveness.

The first sentence perfectly illustrates what nonsensical literature is, while the second half is practically saying that we, the moths chasing the flame, intend to become non-stick pans.

However, since no one intervened in the armed puppet incident, no one paid attention to Chen Luo's words.

In the ensuing show of hands vote, the proposal for armed puppets passed with a decisive majority of 32 votes in favor, 2 votes against, and 1 abstention.

The two dissenting votes were mainly due to concerns about some kind of machine crisis, but now that humanity is almost extinct, what's there to worry about?

With these considerations in mind, the proposal was ultimately passed.

However, the other two dissenting votes were actually reasonable, because the armed puppets did indeed rebel later on.

Because the armed dolls possessed rudimentary intelligence, and Dr. Einstein added an instruction called "survival" to them, their AI network analyzed the situation after experiencing extremely high casualty rates in the fight against the Honkai, suggesting that obeying humans hindered their survival.

However, due to the fundamental principle that humans should not be harmed, they can only use protest as a means to oppose this matter.

A conflict has arisen between humans and armed puppets, and humans cannot expend a great deal of energy to suppress the rebellion, as the pressure of the Honkai is increasing day by day.

Ultimately, Einstein, representing the human government, granted the armed puppets their freedom.

After all, ignoring the demands of the armed dolls would only cause trouble for ourselves. If they were given freedom, they would resist the Honkai in order to survive, but they could not be used as expendable resources.

One is adding a potential enemy, the other is adding a little help, only the contribution to KPIs has decreased... Humanity is not so bad as to make a series of blunders.

After the meeting ended, some people left and others dispersed, while Chen Luo remained seated, watching Einstein pack his belongings with anticipation.

Because Chen Luo knew that the big one was coming!

When Einstein met Chen Luo a few days ago, he said that after today's meeting, he would give Chen Luo all the defective armed dolls he wanted in advance.

This way, Chen Luo will be able to collect a lot of defective armed dolls!

Another reason Chen Luo wanted the defective armed doll was that he really disliked the doll-making skills of these people.

Dolls made by mass-producing weapons using super convenient materials like Soul Steel have absolutely no soul!

Rather than waiting for the complete armed dolls to appear in front of you, and then figuring out how to create an opening for them and then patch it up, it's better to have them incomplete from the start.

Exceptions like gold-inlaid jade are definitely not worth discussing. Anyone who possesses the He Shi Bi jade with gold inlay on the edges would dare to call themselves "I, the Emperor."

What Chen Luo was trying to do was more like putting two gems on the face of the eyeless snowman he had built up.

Although the price of two gems is enough to buy more snowmen, gems have a price but the soul is priceless.

Good-looking skins are the same, and interesting souls are one in a thousand.

Because each weapon has a different history, the resulting armed dolls also have their own unique characteristics.

"Let's go," Einstein said as he passed Chen Luo and Wilvi after packing his things.

"I don't understand why you want defective armed dolls, Chen Luo? Are you planning to repair them all yourself? Aren't you tired?" asked Wilvi, who got up with Chen Luo.

"Of course I'll fix it all myself. After all, you have to find something to do, right?"

"Oh, you mean being my magic assistant is boring? Then I'll have to give you a little more work to do."

"...What I mean is, I'm bored at Firemoth. I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless." Chen Luo looked at Vervi warily.

When will Wilvi come up with such a brilliant idea? Even Wilvi couldn't have thought of it. Chen Luo naturally had to be wary. What if he had to go through the water tank escape next time?

For Chen Luo, not everything requires the raw stone as a driving force for him to do it.

Chen Luo's motivation is only strongest when he encounters raw stones.

……

"I heard you've been undergoing fusion surgeries these past few days. Aside from the first day's surgery, it seems the others weren't successful," Einstein asked as he led Chen Luo and the others to the warehouse where the armed puppets were stored.

"The success rate of super-mutation surgery is extremely low; otherwise, it wouldn't be considered a surgery with only one in ten thousand successful cases. This is one of the reasons why humans are regarded as the most precious resource," Chen Luo said.

"That's why you're so highly regarded, isn't it?"

"That's not important. What's important is that the success rate is already low, and the people who had fusion surgery in the last two days are the kind of people who, after passing the tests, are completely unlikely to become fusion warriors. They just want to increase the success rate by having me perform fusion surgeries repeatedly. I'll probably have to deal with them a lot in the future," Chen Luo said with disdain.

"Oh, can such a thing really have a success rate?" Einstein seemed somewhat surprised.

"After performing many fusion surgeries, the body develops a certain resistance to Honkai Beast genes. With a few more surgeries, you're bound to get lucky. The success rate going from 0% to 0.01% is a major breakthrough," Chen Luo said.

"..."

"So Dr. Einstein, would you like to give it a try? For the sake of the armed puppet, I'll give you a free fusion surgery with no side effects. If you fail, you'll only have to lie in bed for two days at most. If you succeed, you'll have endless life. And after-sales service is free until you succeed."

"..." Dr. Einstein didn't speak, but he looked very interested.

"Come and give it a try."

"You really won't die?"

"Of course, Dr. Einstein, you might still be a suitable candidate, and it's possible that you'll succeed on your first try."

"...If it doesn't bother you, I can give it a try." Dr. Einstein finally agreed.

After all, no one can resist the temptation of immortality.

Nobody's here!

Especially for scientists, the longer they live, the more they can research.

Or like Vilvie, who was standing next to Chen Luo, whose research abilities increased dramatically after becoming a fusion warrior...

If becoming a Fusion Warrior grants the ability to conduct research, then that's a huge win.

"However... Dr. Einstein, you'll have to figure out how to get the Honkai Beast genes yourself. Those old geezers prepared them themselves; they're mostly prototype Honkai Beast genes with super survival abilities. If you use them sparingly, you can still get a portion of Honkai Beast genes, but it might not be what you want," Chen Luo reminded him.

Chen Luo actually strongly suggested that Einstein use the genes of a Honkai Beast that can generate electricity.

"Well, let's talk about that later. We've arrived." Einstein stopped in front of a warehouse.

Einstein stepped forward, and after undergoing iris scanning and fingerprint verification, pressed a button, causing the heavy warehouse door to swung open with a bang.

But the warehouse was not as dark as outsiders might imagine; instead, it was spacious and bright.

The commotion in the warehouse seemed to have startled some "small animals," causing a minor disturbance, and they looked at the area with either timid or empty eyes.

"This is the warehouse where the defective armed dolls are stored. The armed doll project has actually been underway for quite some time, and naturally, there have been many failed attempts in the process. They often have various defects. Now they are yours," Einstein said, looking at Chen Luo with his back to the warehouse.

"It seems there are quite a few problem children... So can I pick 15 from these armed dolls? Or, including your fusion surgery, can I pick 16?" Chen Luo asked, looking at the warehouse full of cute, discarded armed dolls with basic intelligence looking in his direction.

“…Chen Luo, you may have misunderstood what I said. What I meant was that all 108 defective armed dolls in the warehouse are now yours.” Einstein said, one hand on his hip.

"……what?"

"Then follow me to complete the highest-level access binding. Remember to be responsible for these 108 armed puppets." Dr. Einstein took the lead and walked into the warehouse.

Chapter 1743 Chen Luo: It was all the work of the moths that chase the flame!

Looking at the various armed puppets in front of him, Chen Luo suddenly felt immense pressure.

Originally, a maximum of 16 armed puppets would have made Chen Luo feel that repairing them was a fun activity.

Now? Now it's become a job!