Sakura's Invitation to the Amusement Park

"You mean that Mobius has been studying the Fire Moth's equipment for so long, but hasn't found out how your ability should evolve, so you need to go out and find inspiration, right?" As a smart person, Dr. Mei understood immediately.

"Yes, that's right. There's no reason why we can't strengthen this special ability through training, but we haven't found a suitable method within the Fire Moth, so we can only look for a method outside." Chen Luo nodded.

"And I don't know why, but when I'm out and about, I have this illusion that I feel more relaxed and that my abilities are slightly improved. But whether it's an illusion or not, it's worth a try."

In fact, Chen Luo's words were simply a continuation of Mei's.

That's the advantage of talking to smart people; they always come up with the most suitable reason for themselves, thus helping Chen Luo to make his point.

Chen Luo didn't need to come up with a reason at all; it was very convenient.

Is that so?

Upon hearing this, Mei suddenly recalled a message she had received a couple of days ago: Chen Luo hadn't left the lab for a whole day and morning after entering Mobius. Perhaps it was because Mobius was using specialized equipment to test Chen Luo; otherwise, why would it normally take so long?

"But it's dangerous outside," Mei emphasized.

"I know," Chen Luo nodded.

"So you underwent fusion surgery and became Flame-Chaser?" Mei asked.

"No."

"Do you have powerful warriors, similar to Flame-Chaser, by your side to protect your safety?"

"No, Dr. Mei, why do you ask that?"

"In that case, you will be in great danger."

Who gave you the courage to go out alone? Aren't you afraid of getting killed by a lone wolf?

"Once this characteristic is revealed, many researchers will be interested in your body and blood. If you remain in the lab and with the Fire Moth, no one can harm you. But if the Fire Moth ..." Dr. Mei didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning was clear.

Such intrigue and backstabbing are never uncommon among Fire Moth.

Moreover, from another perspective, if Chen Luo develops this ability well, wouldn't he become a Flame-Chaser killer?

Although Chen Luo's current strength may not be up to that level, using his blood to make something like a Flame-Chaser inhibitor could cause significant problems.

"Don't worry about that. Although my direct combat strength may not be very strong, I'm very fast at running away. In fact, the more seriously injured I am, the faster I can run. This has been proven by experiments," Chen Luo said.

Full health, Erhu; play with low HP.

The effect is that once Chen Luo's health drops below 50%, the lower his health, the higher his evasion ability.

"That's true, but as a friend, I still suggest you don't go out."

"But in that case, we might not be able to find a way to make our abilities even slightly stronger."

"... Then I suggest you find a bodyguard," Dr. Mei suggested, realizing that things seemed to have reached a dead end.

Just like Kevin was Mei's bodyguard, if Chen Luo really wanted to go out, he would have better find a bodyguard.

Kevin's protection, Mobius himself is Flame-Chaser, but Mei has never seen anyone like Chen Luo who is neither Flame-Chaser nor a wanderer around the world.

"How am I supposed to find them? I'm just an ordinary assistant in the lab with a formal position. How could I possibly have the authority to mobilize guards?" Chen Luo said, sounding quite innocent.

"But you are not now," Mobius said.

"If you need, I can make time to go out with you to gather materials," Kevin, who was sitting a little away from Mei, suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Kevin was still a little surprised to hear about the plum.

Why are these two suddenly so close?

"No, you're too cold. Besides, you should protect Dr. Mei." Chen Luo shook his head.

"..."

From a purely rational perspective, Chen Luo's refusal was indeed reasonable, but the fact that Chen Luo refused so quickly was truly surprising to Kevin...

"I can apply to the higher-ups to get you a bodyguard, um..."

After Dr. Mei finished speaking, she began to think about the candidates.

If we're talking about bodyguards, the first person Mei thinks of is Sakura.

However, Sakura's presence would be too obvious, and the other party is not good at being a bodyguard; they are more suited to assassination than guarding.

Moreover, judging from Chen Luo's tone, Chen Luo would probably stay outside for a long time, which would leave Ying with no other time to do anything else.

However, Sakura's strength is indeed formidable, and her combat power is certainly guaranteed after becoming Flame-Chaser.

"How about this, until the higher-ups approve the application, Ying will protect you for now?" Mei said after hesitating for a moment.

If it's just a matter of having Sakura fill in for a few days temporarily, it should be fine.

"I don't care," Chen Luo said.

"And you, do you agree with this move?" May looked at Mobius.

"The best option would actually be for me to accompany Alo outside to collect materials, gather samples, and look for ways to enhance him. But I don't have that much time... I personally acknowledge his ability to escape, but if you insist on assigning him a guard, that's fine too."

Mobius never worried about Chen Luo's safety at all.

At least in this world, there's no problem as long as Chen Luo doesn't provoke the Herrscher of the End from afar.

Worried about Chen Luo? You should be more worried about the people who targeted Chen Luo.

"Hopefully, those higher-ups won't send their own people this time, otherwise we might still need to find our own guards." Dr. Mei didn't hold back in expressing his concerns about those higher-ups to Chen Luo and Mobius and them.

Mei and Mobius have a good relationship, and Mobius and Chen Luo also have a good relationship, so it's understandable that they would think this way simply out of concern.

"The Fire Moth sounds like it's in a lot of chaos. Can it really withstand the Honkai?" Chen Luo, who had only been in the Fire Moth for a few days, asked.

"Many of the high-ranking members of the Fire Moth are cunning like ordinary politicians. Although their abilities cannot be denied, they are ultimately products of power struggles. Their hearts are not in resisting the Honkai at all."

"They simply don't understand how cruel Honkai is to ordinary people. As long as things don't affect them, they remain indifferent."

"Even if some people recognize the cruelty of the Honkai, they still cannot change their power-hungry nature when resisting the Honkai."

Or rather, unless faced with a major global catastrophe, humanity can never unite.

Moreover, even when resisting alien invasion, the desire for internal strife will not cease, but will only diminish to a limited extent.

When it comes to deciding who to send to fight the aliens and who to be in charge of logistics in the rear, it can be a real battleground.

After all, if a country suffers a great loss, it will be at a disadvantage in subsequent global competition after it has withstood this disaster.

The struggle in the shadows never ends.

Expecting these high-level executives to make any shrewd and correct decisions without any personal bias is really asking too much of them.

Chapter 425 Sakura's Invitation to the Amusement Park

"There are three slots each day. One slot is for the higher-ups, one slot is for ordinary volunteers, and the third slot is reserved for Mei... If all goes well, a successful fusion surgery takes less than an hour, maybe even half an hour. And if the surgery fails, it's quick, only a dozen minutes. That means you only need to dedicate less than two hours a day." After Mei and Kevin left, Chen Luo estimated his time in this world.

Although staying in the Previous Era gave Chen Luo the feeling of being a highly educated intellectual, Chen Luo couldn't stay Previous Era.

In fact, it's already quite good that Chen Luo was able to spare two hours.

However, Chen Luo doesn't have tasks every day; like today, Chen Luo doesn't have any tasks.

When there are no missions, Chen Luo is quite free, which is a good opportunity to run around this near-apocalyptic place and complete some quests.

Although others later discovered that Chen Luo's time in the Previous Era seemed to be getting shorter and shorter, there was nothing they could do if they couldn't find Chen Luo. Besides, even if they suspected Chen Luo, could they really arrest Chen Luo?

Putting aside whether they can catch Chen Luo, even if they do, what can they do?

If Chen Luo is unwilling to perform surgery on them, can they force him?

Even if they really dare to force...

Therefore, sometimes having force means you can do whatever you want.

"Oh, I remember now, I think I was supposed to cleanse Xiao's karma today." Chen Luo suddenly remembered.

The agreed time is noon, which means there are still two hours, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Chen Luo suddenly felt a little envious of his previous days when he was overly busy. Because there were many world dungeons in the early stages, and many characters in them, and these were all NPCs who had not done world quests, there were many quests to accept.

But now that all the quests on each NPC are almost finished, it means we're about to enter a lull period.

After all, there is a limit to the number of tasks each person can have.

Chen Luo carefully reviewed the tasks he had accepted but had not yet completed.

Then they discovered that there were indeed tasks that could be completed, such as taking their cousin to challenge the three S-rank Talent in Xinghai City.

"I'll practice my puppeteer skills for a while, then go clear Xiao's karma around noon. In the afternoon, I'll perform surgery, then go back to the main world to find Liu Wenxuan or have a fight. In the evening, I'll take the Book of Cang Xuan to see Fu Hua... Perfect!"

Call me the Time Management Master!

"By the way, Mobius, how about we discuss my treatment?" Chen Luo suddenly spoke up, addressing Mobius, who was reading a book.

"Hmm? What kind of treatment?" Mobius frowned.

"It's about my treatment. Think about it. Originally, I was just an assistant, so my salary was paid like an assistant. But now I'm a one-in-a-million genius in fusion surgery. Shouldn't you give me a raise? And shouldn't you also change my other benefits?" Chen Luo said.

"... Are you short of money?" Mobius glanced at Chen Luo.

"Money is not the problem; the problem lies in things like clocking in."

Chen Luo still has the gold he obtained from Changkong City in his backpack, so he doesn't care much about money.

Moreover, this is Herrscher of Corrosion; why would he be afraid of not having money in modern times?

"Just like Mei and I just said, I'll only do two... three surgeries a day, and I can use the rest of the time as I please. Plus, I won't work overtime on Saturdays and Sundays," Chen Luo said.

"If possible, I would also prefer not to have to clock in."

"... Why are you bothered by such strange questions? Anyway, you don't care about money, so do whatever you want. You can have as many surgeries as you want in a day, but you still have to clock in and out, otherwise you won't get paid."

"... Since I can use the remaining time as I please, why do I still need to clock in?" Chen Luo looked at Mobius with some disbelief.

Is there something wrong with your lab?

But Mobius ignored Chen Luo and continued reading the book he had obtained from Chen Luo.

This book doesn't contain knowledge from the Sea of Quantum or the Imaginary Tree, but rather from papers published later in the Void Archive.

These things are indeed a great gain for Mobius now, and much better than the obscure and difficult knowledge of the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum.

However, at Chen Luo's insistence, if Mobius intends to publish the paper, he must also list Chen Luo as a second author.

"Luo, someone's here to see you. It's someone with pink ears on their head. I think their name is Sakura." A knock sounded on the door, followed by Cang Xuan's voice.

"Understood." Chen Luo nodded, waved to Mobius, and then walked out.

"We meet again. Until the higher-ups of the Fire Moth decide on the specific person to guard you, I will be in charge of guarding you for a period of time. Of course, this only applies to guarding people outside of the Fire Moth. If you need to leave the Fire Moth, please notify me in advance via the communicator." Sakura, who hadn't seen Chen Luo for a while, sat opposite him and began to talk about work.

"Understood, thank you for your help."

"It's no trouble at all, just work. And please don't keep staring at my ears, thank you," Sakura said after a pause.

"Emmm..."

Fine, you wait, I'll go back to my Elysian Realm and give your ears a good rub.

I can't stroke your ears now, but that doesn't mean I can't stroke your ears in the future.

As for not giving rua?

Sakura, you don't want your sister to be unable to go to school, do you?

"When do you usually go out?" Sakura asked.

"Well... I'm not entirely sure. Okay, just ask me whatever you want. I'm a pretty reasonable person, and for some reason, I felt like we were destined to be together from the first moment I met you, so feel free to say whatever you want." Chen Luo could tell at a glance that Ying seemed to have something on her mind.

Well, Chen Luo immediately realized that the other party seemed to have a request for his services.

"It's like this, tomorrow is Saturday. I originally took a day off, but due to special circumstances, I'll be in charge of your safety starting today. However, I have some urgent matters to attend to..." Sakura said after hesitating for a moment.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Accompanying Sister to the Amusement Park]: Please don't disturb Sakura's precious time at the amusement park, which she finally agreed to take Rei to. Thank you. Let Sakura be able to go to the amusement park with her sister as promised tomorrow.

Reward: 200 Primogem + Sakura's Affection Level 10

Difficulty: Two stars

"Hey, I thought it was something serious. Since you have something urgent to do tomorrow, then go ahead. I can guarantee that I won't leave the Fire Moth tomorrow, so naturally I don't need you to protect me," Chen Luo said, waving his hand.