The Previous Era Dollification Project

Didn't you see that even Blanca didn't dare let her husband enjoy the first wave of benefits right away? Wasn't it to check the success rate first?

Although Chen Luo can indeed perform the fusion surgery on his own and succeed in it, it is already quite remarkable that an assistant could help Mobius ensure that no one dies after the fusion surgery fails.

It's hard to believe that a 17-year-old boy could undergo fusion surgery.

After accompanying Doctor Mobius to the operating room, Chen Luo met the three unlucky guys who came for the fusion surgery.

All three volunteers were male, which seemed to foreshadow their fates.

For example, in the world of Honkai Impact 3rd, if you're male, you're either cannon fodder or at the peak of combat power; there are no exceptions.

However, upon seeing the three of them, Chen Luo suddenly realized a mistake he had made: at least one of the three could succeed.

"Why are you here?" Chen Luo asked, frowning at the person.

"Big... cough cough, Luo, I have legitimately signed up for this surgery," said Killer No. 1.

That's right, Chen Luo actually saw Killer No. 1.

"Alright, I didn't want to go through all that trouble." Chen Luo sighed, beckoned to the other person, and then walked into the operating room.

"You two don't mind me being the first guinea pig, do you? After all, although I've heard about it, it's still a question of whether the other party can guarantee survival after the surgery fails," Killer No. 1 said with a smile to the other two.

"Mm." The other two nodded.

These three volunteers came from three different factions. Killer No. 1, needless to say, was one of the higher-ups.

The other two spots are for Mei and a real volunteer.

As an elite among elites, Killer No. 1 is strong enough to easily defeat two people.

In terms of status, Killer No. 1 is also the secretary of Cannon Fodder No. 1, so his status is also very high.

Moreover, as Killer No. 1 stated, they still harbored doubts about the success of the surgery.

After entering the operating room, Mobius stood there quietly, while Chen Luo began to put on the equipment that the chief surgeon should wear.

Anyway, Mobius was just there to observe Chen Luo's technology; he didn't need to lift a finger.

"What ability do you want, Chris?" Chen Luo asked.

Chris is the name of Killer No. 1.

Although Chen Luo never addresses the other person by their name, it doesn't mean Chen Luo doesn't know them.

"It would be even better if it were an assassination ability," said Killer No. 1.

"That's why I specifically brought a sample of a Honkai Beasts that lurks in the shadows and is very good at hiding." Killer No. 1 handed a small box to Chen Luo.

"... Yes, it's possible, but you'll have to die once." After opening the box and glancing at it, he stared at Chris for Empress saying this.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir," Chris said with a smile.

Chris was born into the shadows and was trained to be an assassin from a young age. His role as secretary was merely a side job; his primary duties were security and removing obstacles for his master.

"It doesn't matter, it's all the same who I do it for anyway," Chen Luo waved his hand.

Chen Luo was not angry at Chris's unauthorized actions; Chen Luo always treated all the puppets as people.

From the moment the other party became a puppet, it was clear that the other party would never have any thoughts that were detrimental to Chen Luo.

Therefore, Chen Luo has always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards dolls.

Moreover, Chen Luo is rather lazy. If he were to actually manage the lives of every single puppet, which will become more numerous in the future, then Chen Luo would have no time to do anything else.

The opponent was quite strong and could be considered a top-tier assassin, but even so, when Chen Luo performed the fusion surgery on him for the first time, he unsurprisingly caused the opponent to die.

This shows just how heinous fusion surgery really is.

In the early stages, they relied on human lives to save people. Later on, because there weren't enough people left, the fusion surgery was temporarily put on hold.

In the late game, human life itself becomes an extremely important resource, and the Fire Moth can no longer afford to waste it.

Moreover, fusion surgery is a very mysterious thing. Whether it succeeds or not depends not on your skill level, but on your luck.

The surgery lasted a full hour. After an hour, Chen Luo pushed the wheelchair out and brought out Killer No. 1.

Success is a certainty; given Chen Luo's ability to revive puppets, he can increase the success rate even by piling them up.

The other party also gained the ability to walk in the shadows as they wished.

[Shadow Leap]: Allows you to teleport back and forth in the shadows to achieve the purpose of instantaneous movement, and can also control the power of shadows to a certain extent.

Not every Flame-Chaser is strong. After becoming Flame-Chaser, Mobius has the ability to control shadows and dark lightning, and can also resurrect almost infinitely, and can even Man-made Collapse, making him incredibly powerful.

However, the other party only obtained a mid-level A-grade ability.

The difference between A-rank Talent and S-rank Talent is too great.

One is practicing martial arts, the other is cultivating immortality. How can they be the same?

Unless the opponent is truly strong enough to achieve enlightenment through martial arts, become indestructible, and shatter the void, those who practice martial arts really cannot defeat those who cultivate immortality.

Similarly, A-rank Talent User cannot defeat S-rank Talent User.

"Sigh, why isn't there a single doll that can awaken the ability to self-destruct? Let me think, what kind of Honkai Beasts can self-destruct..." Chen Luo fell into thought.

Since each puppet's talents, skills, and knowledge can be shared through Collective Network, if one puppet possesses this ability, it is equivalent to a group of puppets possessing this ability.

Of course, having Collective Network doesn't mean that the dolls can do whatever they want.

Each doll has a different upper limit due to its inherent limitations.

Just like the cost of a battle formation in FGO, the higher the level, the higher the cost cap.

If the puppet is of a lower level, choosing too high a talent or skill may result in not being able to equip any of them.

Even max-level players can't get a full 5-star Servant and a full Five-star Mystic Code Essence.

Therefore, some low-star divine skills are needed at this time.

For example, self-destruction...

Wait, a Heroic Spirit? Self-destruction? Low-star? A sacred sacrifice?

My great hero, my great hero...

Waaaaah~~

Seeing that the first person to have surgery could still smile even though the surgery failed, the other two were relieved.

It's impossible that the secretary of this high-ranking executive of Fire Moth was also lying with the other party, right?

"Since the other party is destined to die, why perform surgery on them? Why not just turn them into a puppet and send them out later?" said Mobius, who was standing next to Chen Luo.

Just now, Chen Luo asserted that this person's fusion surgery was unlikely to succeed.

"You don't understand. Not giving up on any patient is a doctor's principle."

"But you are not a doctor," Mobius said coldly.

"Okay, but his wish is to become Flame-Chaser, so regardless of whether he succeeds this time or not, we should at least build up some resistance for him first," Chen Luo said.

While performing surgery on this genuine volunteer, Chen Luo received a request from someone who wanted to become Flame-Chaser.

Although the reward was only 200 Primogem because the opponent was too weak, Chen Luo still accepted it.

Anyway, the other party said to become Flame-Chaser, but didn't say how to become Flame-Chaser.

"Another thing I want to observe is how much doll Puppet Mark would be needed if, instead of directly transforming the other person into a doll, we Puppet Mark, so that the person is immediately transformed into a doll upon death and their soul is uploaded," Chen Luo said while performing the surgery.

The latter reason is Chen Luo's main objective this time.

After all, Chen Luo needs to convert quite a few people, so it would be even better if he could find the minimum acceptable level for an ordinary person.

Otherwise, Chen Luo will be drained of his resources sooner or later.

"Hmm, dead..." Chen Luo's hands suddenly stopped moving.

Chen Luo didn't say this with much emotion.

Because the other person's death was already within my expectations, and it's not like they can't come back to life.

What Chen Luo valued even more was that at the moment of the other party's death, the Puppet Mark that Chen Luo had already placed inside the other party's body instantly took effect, and a part of the soul was uploaded to the Collective Network.

This is the moment of... rebirth.

In a sense, for a puppet that Chen Luo basically doesn't interfere with, becoming a puppet does indeed grant the ability to be immortal.

It's just that the cost is a bit high.

But... Chen Luo did try to dissuade the other party before they underwent surgery.

But the gambler's mentality will always exist.

Is it worth paying the price of life in pursuit of power? That is the question.

Chapter 467 The Previous Era Puppet Transformation Project

[Ding! Mission complete]

"..." Watching the volunteer, number 2, being pushed away by his comrades, chatting and laughing, his mindset having changed considerably, Chen Luo felt a little emotional.

Between life and death lies great terror, but also great enlightenment. After hearing that the surgery had failed and that he was lucky enough to survive, the other person's mindset had changed.

Of course, the fact is that the other party did indeed become Flame-Chaser, but Chen Luo sealed the other party's abilities.

Only when the other party encounters a situation where they truly need this ability will they truly awaken.

As for how to determine whether the other party truly needs it, that's up to their own judgment.

This command is engraved in the other person's subconscious, meaning that whether or not to awaken is up to the other person themselves.

However, when the other person lifts this restriction, it also means they are completely cut off from normal life.

Once he realizes he is Chen Luo's puppet, the other party should leave.

Because by the time of that, according to normal fate, the other party should have been dead, and the dead cannot appear in this world again.

Hmm, that sounds just like some kind of mysterious organization.

The third volunteer was one of Dr. Mei's subordinates. Unlike the second volunteer, who was an opponent, the third volunteer did not want to become a fusion warrior, but rather to survive. Of course, no one forced him to undergo the fusion surgery; it was just that his will to survive was stronger than his desire to become Flame-Chaser.

Since that's the case, Chen Luo will naturally grant his request.

When placing the Puppet Mark on volunteer number 3, Chen Luo directly halved the original Puppet Mark's capacity and inserted another Puppet Mark.

The first to take effect is the 0.5 Puppet Mark. If this amount of Puppet Mark can successfully transform it into a doll, the second Puppet Mark will not take effect.

Now that Chen Luo has obtained a special external Earth, Chen Luo wishes are quite grand.

If possible, Chen Luo wanted to move all the people in this world who would eventually die from Honkai to the Earth in the Puppet Collection Vault.

Chen Luo didn't intend for them to exert any combat power; Chen Luo just wanted to find them a suitable place.

The Previous Era was destined to perish, and this was an inescapable fate for Chen Luo. At least with Chen Luo's current abilities, he could not change this outcome, and the Second Civilization Era could continue to exist peacefully.

However, relocating all the Previous Era humans to the Puppet Collection Vault is also a solution. As long as Chen Luo doesn't interfere with them, they will be no different from ordinary people and can live in the Puppet Collection Vault without any difference.

Although one solution has been found, it is still difficult for Chen Luo to achieve.

One of the difficulties is that Chen Luo doesn't have that many Puppet Mark.

Even if you completely drain Chen Luo, turning everyone in the current Fire Moth base into puppets wouldn't be enough.

This would be enough for ordinary people, but there are several Flame-Chaser here as well.

The stronger a person is, the more Puppet Mark they need.

Kevin alone is worth several hundred ordinary Fire Moth warriors.

Moreover, if Chen Luo remembered correctly, after the Ninth Herrscher appeared, Mu Continent, one of the cultural centers of the Previous Era, was swallowed up by the black hole created by the Ninth Herrscher. If Chen Luo really wanted to save as many people as possible, he would have to turn all the people on the Mu Continent into puppets before the Herrscher swallowed the entire continent.

Is this even a job a human being can do?

I'm giving up! I'm quitting! Being a puppeteer is exhausting!

Despite spending countless hours painstakingly building up the mark, the gap is still so large!

So what method is there to instantly Puppet Mark on all of humanity in the entire First Civilization Era?

Chen Luo fell into deep thought.