Their commission was suspicious.

However, a crystal as small as the one in Chen Luo's hand should not be called a Collapsed Crystal; it can only be considered a prototype.

After using it for a while, the crystal in Chen Luo's hand finally grew to about half the size of a fist.

"I don't know if this efficiency is high or low." Chen Luo muttered to himself, looking at the purple crystal in his hand.

"Putting aside the efficiency issue, how did you manage to handcraft this thing?" The Herrscher of Knowledge looked at the crystal in Chen Luo's hand with some astonishment.

The current Herald of Knowledge has an expression of utter disbelief on his face.

It is precisely because those who understand the laws of nature are those who understand the laws that they can comprehend just how outrageous Chen Luo's act of manually rubbing the broken crystals is.

The key point is that Chen Luo can actually make it.

"Just a casual rub. Suddenly I feel this ability is even more awesome than getting a Herrscher core," Chen Luo mused, stroking his chin.

Honkai energy is truly a near-perfect resource; aside from its corrosive properties, it is excellent in every other aspect.

As a ruthless individual with a Honkai energy adaptability of 200%, Honkai energy in Chen Luo's hands is completely unaware of what it means to be corrupted.

The technique of condensing Honkai energy into Honkai crystals in the surrounding environment can help Chen Luo quickly produce clean energy.

Furthermore, if Chen Luo wants to create puppets in the future, not to mention the kind of body puppets, those ordinary puppets will always need an energy core, and this Honkai Crystal is very suitable as an energy core.

Chen Luo had also seized a few Honkai Crystals from ME Corporation, but the quantity was very small.

Although those broken crystals were indeed slightly larger, Chen Luo had only condensed them for a short time and could continue to condense them into larger ones.

"I have a feeling that the Honkai energy adaptability has reached 200%, so there shouldn't be only this little effect." After a brief moment of astonishment, the Herrscher of Knowledge began to analyze.

While manually crafting Honkai Crystals is outrageous, Chen Luo's ability to exchange Primal Stones for other people's talents is outrageous enough in itself.

"I think so too, but even if that's the only effect, it's definitely worth the price of admission. I invested time, but I gained Honkai Crystals. It perfectly solved the energy core problem that I was worried about after creating the dolls."

"Furthermore, it also allows us to use Honkai energy in other worlds." At this point, Chen Luo couldn't help but look at the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Perhaps because of that spacetime rift, the Herrscher of Consciousness has been altered in this world and can use spiritual power, but Honkai energy is more useful than spiritual power in certain situations, such as corrosive effects.

Holding a Honkai Crystal and absorbing its Honkai energy can help the Herrscher of Knowledge recover her power faster and increase her endurance.

Furthermore, the dual-gun mode of the Heavenly Judgment doesn't require bullets, but rather Honkai energy. However, Chen Luo and his friends' world doesn't have Honkai energy, so Honkai crystals can be used here.

In short, this was a huge profit.

Moreover... Chen Luo watched as the half-palm-sized Honkai energy in his hand approached, and instinctively made some minor modifications to it before forcefully throwing the Honkai crystal out.

The Honkai crystal fell into the window of a two-story house.

"boom!"

A violent explosion rang out from the house, completely destroying the two-story building and even affecting the houses next to it.

With just this one move, Chen Luo's "Demolition Series" achievement gained three progress points.

"This thing can be used as a grenade, and it's much more powerful than a grenade," Chen Luo said with a smile.

The moment the Honkai Crystal fell into Chen Luo's hands, Chen Luo's furniture mastery came into play.

Chen Luo now possesses another special skill.

[Mastery of Honkai Crystal Manufacturing and Usage]

That's what they say, but this ability isn't counted in the talent panel because it's essentially still considered furniture mastery.

“Although things haven’t gone as expected, we haven’t suffered any losses. Let’s go back to the nest first.” Chen Luo waved to the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Then, the Void Treasury in Chen Luo's hand, which had returned to its dual-gun state, instantly transformed into a giant mecha, carrying Chen Luo into the air.

The use of Heavenly Fire Sanction did indeed inflict considerable injuries on Chen Luo, but the adaptability of Honkai energy is undeniable, and the Heavenly Fire self-destruction was in an incomplete state. In addition, the Three-Colored Dumpling's healing effect meant that Chen Luo was now basically unaffected.

As for that mecha... Although Chen Luo has never touched the third divine key, he once touched Heavy Bunny and developed a very deep friendship with it.

Now, with the help of the Void Treasury, Chen Luo has successfully constructed the Heavy Armor Rabbit.

This time, Chen Luo didn't use the teleportation anchor or the bar to return directly to the nest, which was a long time ago. Instead, he slowly floated back, partly to enjoy the Heavy Bunny outfit, and partly to absorb Honkai energy and condense it into Honkai crystals.

Under Chen Luo's conscious guidance, countless purple light particles, invisible to others, continuously gathered in the Heavy Bunny's hand, slowly transforming into an irregular crystal.

At the same time, Chen Luo instantly summoned back his Eye of God.

Chen Luo's Eye of God had been left in the Honkai Energy Reactor of ME Corporation for some time, and later it was taken by someone else for research.

Because it had been soaking in the concentrated Honkai liquid, Chen Luo had never been able to retrieve it.

Now that Chen Luo can directly gather Honkai energy on his own, why would he need Honkai energy concentrate?

Besides, even if the Herrscher of Knowledge were to hold this thing, it would be more efficient than putting it in Honkai energy concentrate.

Those tools of anti-entropy have been eliminated.

When they arrived at the building again, it had already changed completely.

The building's metal sheeting was already very sturdy, and Raven later reinforced it with multiple layers of reinforcement, making it even more stable.

Of course, while reinforcing the structure, we also made sure to leave a few small openings for children to pass through.

However, Chen Luo did not enter through that opening, but flew directly up.

When Chen Luo returned to his "nest," he saw a raven watching a group of children.

In the center of the children were the two new children brought back by the raven.

There wasn't much of a barrier between the children, and when Chen Luo was selecting survivors to enter the tide, he specifically asked Xiao Xiaoshi to help him accurately identify some children with relatively positive values.

The reason for this is that Chen Luo did find a survivor, but did not bring him back to the survivor base.

Whether human nature is inherently good or evil is a question we won't discuss for now, but Xiao Xiaoshi sensed a lot of evil thoughts in the other person through the ability of the Heart Demon, which is enough to prove that the other person is not a good person.

Chen Luo wouldn't deliberately kill such a person, but he also wouldn't bring them back to the survivor base that had been built with great difficulty.

Chen Luo felt that this kind of atmosphere of mutual help was very good. If one bad apple spoils the whole bunch, then it would be troublesome.

"How was it? Did you feel a great sense of accomplishment?" After transforming the Void Treasury back into a pair of gauntlets and putting them on, Chen Luo approached Raven.

"A sense of accomplishment? Yes, there is. After working so hard for so long, the nest is finally taking shape." Even after Chen Luo approached, Raven did not immediately look at Chen Luo, but continued to stare at the children.

This proves that Raven has lowered its basic guard after spending time with Chen Luo, and it may also mean that Raven was moved by seeing these children.

[Ding! Mission complete]

【Nest】: Help Raven establish a safe survivor base in the dangerous Changkong City, which is full of assassins and Honkai Beasts.

Rewards: 500 Primogems + [Raven Affinity +30] + Random Items

Difficulty: 3 stars

After hearing this suggestion, Chen Luo nodded in satisfaction.

It was worth the trouble of coming back; this mission is finally complete.

According to Chen Luo's estimation, two conditions need to be met to complete this task.

One is having a sufficiently safe base, and the current base is already safe enough, especially after Chen Luo wiped out almost all the surrounding zombies and Honkai Beasts.

The second thing is that we need a sufficient number of people.

At first, Chen Luo was a little unsure, but now it seems that the number of people has reached more than 10.

This is also exactly what is required to complete the "Doomsday Redeemer" achievement.

"By the way, Raven, what are your plans after this nest is built? Have you thought about what to do with them later?" Chen Luo asked, pointing to the children in front of him who were gradually accepting the two new children.

"Maybe I'll save up for a few years, then buy a villa island and live there with them? But their Honkai dependency is a problem. At least for now, I can't take them out," Raven sighed.

“Listen to me, don’t buy any villas or islands. Why not build an orphanage somewhere else? Rename it Raven Orphanage,” Chen Luo suggested sincerely.

"Why would I build an orphanage?" Raven glanced at Chen Luo.

"The main issue isn't whether or not to build an orphanage. It's just that I feel there's a bit of uncertainty about things like villa islands. What if the sea level rises suddenly or something, and the villa island gets submerged?"

"There's no such thing as an extremely low probability possibility. You're just a worrier."

"..." Looking at this stubborn raven that wouldn't listen to any advice, Chen Luo could only say that it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words.

Then Chen Luo turned his gaze to the group of children.

Chen Luo was, after all, someone who helped establish the entire "nest," and the number of children he rescued, as well as the number of children he rescued in partnership with Raven, was definitely more than the number of children Raven rescued on his own.

It would be impossible for Chen Luo to say that after establishing this survivor base, he had absolutely no concern for the children inside, not even the slightest bit.

In fact, Chen Luo had also considered suggesting that Raven send these children to St. Freya Academy.

However, whether St. Freya Academy will accept these children is a question, and at the same time, these children are also very important to Raven.

Sending all these children to St. Freya Academy would practically sever Raven's connection with them. Raven herself is a World Serpent executive and a mercenary, making her identity quite delicate.

For the raven, giving her a more persistent thought and belief might be more important than giving her money.

Moreover, the children who are brought to the nest are all good children, so there's no need to worry about any ungrateful ones.

"Hey, Raven, I have two suggestions. I wonder if you'd like to hear them?" Chen Luo suddenly said.

"Hmm, what brilliant idea have you come up with this time?" Raven turned to look at Chen Luo.

"Both of my suggestions are about these children. Would you like to hear them?"

"Then tell me, I happen to have nothing to do right now." Raven nodded.

“My first suggestion is that I can help you find a home for these children. What do you think of St. Freya Academy? I have a pretty good relationship with the principal of that academy,” Chen Luo asked.

Entrusting it to St. Freya Academy is actually a very reliable idea, provided that Raven himself is ignored.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Himeko and Theresa were willing to accept Raiden Mei, a Herrscher they had almost never met, shows that St. Freya Academy is different from the glamorous girls at Schicksal Anti-Entropy.

Furthermore, St. Freya Academy is a school that trains Valkyries, so those with incomplete awakenings of the Holy Mark should receive good care at St. Freya Academy, both in terms of treatment and training.

Moreover, even if Theresa cannot help Chen Luo solely out of consideration for him, Chen Luo can offer something else in exchange.

Or you could directly sponsor funds; after all, Chen Luo has received quite a bit of gold.

"You mean that Valkyrie School?" Raven's heart skipped a beat.

Raven had heard of this school before.

To be fair, this school might be good, and it also has Chen Luo's guarantee.

But if they are really sent to St. Freya Academy, they will probably never be seen again.

It would be quite difficult to get a visit, given the Raven's sensitive identity.

Of course, it's also possible that World Serpent might use this incident as an opportunity to send Raven to infiltrate St. Freya Academy.

Believe it or not, it's actually quite possible.

After all, there are two Herrschers at St. Freya Academy right now.

"What's the other suggestion?" Raven instinctively didn't immediately agree with the suggestion.

If she really had a choice, Raven wouldn't want to choose this one, because Raven doesn't quite trust St. Freya Academy.

This is the level of vigilance every mercenary should have.

"My second suggestion, Raven, are you interested in buying Honkai Crystals?" Chen Luo opened his hands.

There, a purple crystal lay quietly in my hand.

Chapter 105 The Raven's Ahoge (cowlick)

"This is... a Honkai crystal?" Raven looked at the thing and felt it looked familiar, even subconsciously taking a step back.

Raven knows about this thing, although Raven isn't a researcher and doesn't pay much attention to this area, but Raven knows it's quite dangerous.

"That's right, and it's a custom-made Honkai crystal. I customized it specifically based on these children's Honkai energy tolerance. This Honkai crystal will constantly release Honkai energy into the outside world, but the concentration of Honkai energy is not high, just enough to maintain the Honkai energy required by these children."

"Furthermore, I've specialized in extending the lifespan of these Honkai energy crystals. One Honkai energy crystal can last for at least a year. In addition, it can absorb trace amounts of Honkai energy from the air to sustain itself. If the Honkai energy concentration in the area is slightly higher, it can basically last for two years without needing to be replaced."

With his expertise in furniture making, Chen Luo made a customized modification to the Honkai crystal that he had been creating along the way.

Strictly speaking, Xiao Kong and the others don't need much Honkai energy. The Honkai energy crystals that Chen Luo condensed in about 10 minutes are enough to sustain their needs for almost a year.

"Xiao Kong, come here for a second." Chen Luo said to the oldest child among the children.

Xiao Kong, who was accompanied by a miniature robot, walked over after hearing Chen Luo's call.

"What's wrong, teacher?" Xiao Kong asked Chen Luo as she walked over.

Unlike Raven, who was responsible for teaching them some basic survival skills, Chen Luo was a medical teacher.