Vill-V: Dear audience, do I look like your wife?

And Griseo... don't Griseo. While she may not possess the ability to summon special beings in the real world like she does in the Elysian Realm, her cognitive distortion ability is exceptionally terrifying.

It is said that after witnessing Chijie, Griseo painted a picture that plunged a city into turmoil and ultimately led to its destruction.

Terrifying indeed, terrifying indeed.

"These three Flame-Chasers from Dusk Street you mentioned sound quite interesting, but you might not know that Vill-V also had connections to Dusk Street. At least before she was captured by the Fire Moth, she worked as Wandering Magus Dusk Street. Whether she was ever a wanderer is unclear, but she was definitely Magus. If you really want to know anything about Dusk Street, you can ask her."

"Of course, I feel that if you were to ask Pardo 50,000 years in the future, it might be clearer," Mobius said.

"Asking Pardo, the person involved, is pointless. I'm just going to take a stroll around Dusk Street anyway. As for how complicated the relationships are, that's not something I need to worry about," Chen Luo said.

That's what they say, but the main reason Chen Luo didn't ask was that Pardo seemed to have been told something by Elysia, so she wasn't too willing to talk about these past experiences.

It wasn't that Elysia was deliberately causing trouble; in fact, even the letters Chen Luo received from Pardo never mentioned any information about these trivial matters.

In fact, although many such letters could be written, the future Chen Luo would only offer some reminders to the present Chen Luo on major decisions.

It's as if it's saying, "You can get the big questions out of the box, but you can figure out the small ones yourself."

This made Chen Luo suspect that perhaps it wasn't Elysia who told Pardo to say it, but rather his future self who told Pardo to say more.

Sometimes, knowing too much isn't a good thing, because knowing too much can change a path that could lead to a perfect ending into one that leads to the worst.

Judging from the current situation, Chen Luo's choices in the future may be good enough in his own eyes.

Sometimes, a simple reminder can change a person's life.

For example... in the final round of a quiz competition, faced with a question that is essentially a choice between two options, should you trust the answer provided by a frail, white-haired old man?

And this answer will determine whether your life takes two different paths.

This is especially true given that the random rewards Chen Luo receives after completing a task are truly random.

"Speaking of which, you haven't said why you hired Pardo Felice yet," Mobius suddenly asked, noticing the atmosphere becoming somewhat strange.

"Huh? Why hire Pardo? Who knows? Maybe it's because we're both good at running away, or maybe it's because her incredible luck can help me..."

"Of course, it could also be because they just wanted to fulfill the other person's wish to bask in the sun?"

"After all, you know I'm the kind of person who likes to fulfill other people's wishes, right?"

"But who can say for sure? Even I don't understand why I would spend a quarter of my salary to support a 'righteous thief' who only knows how to sunbathe."

"Hmm? Being kept?" Mobius frowned, sensing that things were not so simple.

"Ahem, I misspoke, don't mind it," Chen Luo said somewhat guiltily.

"But as for Vill-V... I always feel..." Recalling Mobius's earlier reminder, Chen Luo began to recall the Great Engineer, the Great Magician, the Great Mechanist, and... the Great Fraudster in his mind.

And the slightly fleshy thighs.

No, no, it's that strange hat.

"You're interested in her? What a coincidence, she seems quite interested in you too," Mobius said coldly.

"Really? What does that woman want to do?" Chen Luo was so frightened that he hugged his arms tightly.

"... If you really want to save Dusk Street from this, then I have only one request," Mobius said after a moment of silence.

What are the requirements?

"Don't ruin her."

"???" Chen Luo tilted his head.

"Wait, what do you mean? Am I that dangerous in your eyes?"

"Shouldn't you be worried about what she might do to me?" Chen Luo felt a little indignant.

Chen Luo now understands Chijie's feelings when something went wrong in the Fire Moth and Mobius shifted the blame onto Chijie.

"Oh."

That single word, seemingly mocking and disdainful, seemed to encapsulate everything Mobius wanted to say.

Chapter 480 Vill-V: Dear audience, do I look like your wife to you?

Today was another three fusion surgeries, as usual.

The bad news is that the three fusion surgeries were unsuccessful as always, but the good news is that no one died, and one person even became Flame-Chaser.

Chen Luo doesn't perform fusion surgery on everyone who becomes his puppet until it's successful.

Chen Luo is actually quite lazy and will not perform fusion surgery on them unless absolutely necessary, because fusion surgery takes a long time.

Therefore, if the other party's wish does not involve fusion surgery or becoming Flame-Chaser, Chen Luo will simply revive them.

If the resistance the other party gains after being resurrected is indeed just enough to ensure the success of the next fusion surgery, Chen Luo wouldn't mind giving the other party a stroke of good fortune.

However, it was clear that none of these individuals possessed such good fortune, so only one puppet who aspired to become Flame-Chaser became one.

The other one just wanted to live, so Chen Luo didn't pay much attention to him.

The procedure takes less than half an hour to resolve after a failed surgery, but it takes a little longer to build up their resistance and turn them into Flame-Chaser.

The last volunteer was the kind who didn't think about becoming Flame-Chaser or that he had to survive, and Chen Luo really couldn't do anything about it.

In summary, it took two hours to earn 400 Primogem.

"It seems things are going well today too." Kevin stood outside the operating room, watching the last person walk away.

"You've been waiting outside the operating room for two days straight, Kevin. Don't you have any training to do?" Chen Luo asked.

"We've already trained for two hours. We'll train for another two hours later," Kevin said coldly.

"You don't need to come next time. Don't worry about anyone causing trouble if you don't survive the surgery. I can handle it if that happens," Mobius said as he walked out of the operating room after finishing his work.

"..." Kevin remained silent.

In fact, Mobius was right.

The reason Kevin would take time out of his training sessions to loiter outside Chen Luo's operating room was because Kevin was worried about the possibility of someone dying due to a surgical error.

Normally, fusion surgery is fatal; 99% of patients die. However, Chen Luo publicly claimed that there was a high probability that the patients would not die.

This also means that if something goes wrong on Chen Luo's operating table, it could really lead to medical disputes, just like the situation where someone dies during surgery in a normal hospital.

There's a huge difference between going through surgery with the mindset of certain death and being guaranteed an 80% chance of survival, only to die in the end, and being guaranteed an 80% chance of survival but ultimately dying.

Although Chen Luo was not a survivor of the tragedy caused by Kevin's soft heart, since the other party was related to the Great Honkai of the Sixth Herrscher, Kevin could not completely turn a blind eye. Moreover, the other party could help him temporarily suppress the activity of the Honkai Beast Factor in his body.

At the same time, Chen Luo and Mei are partners in a certain sense, and Kevin felt he had to come and show up, both professionally and personally.

"Wow, Kevin, you're so thoughtful! Thank you so much. By the way, since there's no time like the present, do you need me to help you suppress the Honkai Beasts activity factors in your body today?" Looking at Kevin, who was silent but seemed to be keeping quiet to avoid making things even more awkward for himself, Chen Luo smiled with interest.

"... But you just had surgery." It has to be said that Chen Luo's suggestion really appealed to Kevin.

"Don't worry, it's okay. Although I've publicly stated that I can perform a maximum of three surgeries, since I said I could combine two days' worth of surgeries into one day, that means I can perform at least six surgeries a day."

"Although this may seem like a waste of ability usage, the problem is that I always need some residual ability to protect myself, right? In other words, although I can't do what I promised you before, I can at least suppress you for half a minute without any problem."

"Hmm, half a minute of compression, 12 hours of charging."

"If it's possible, thank you very much." After hesitating for a moment, Kevin nodded.

Kevin's requirements weren't high; holding hands was enough for Kevin.

So half a minute is indeed enough.

As for Chen Luo's suggestion to leave some forces for self-preservation, Kevin himself strongly agreed with this proposal.

Let alone Kevin now, even Kevin, the future leader of the 13 Flame-Chasers, is still just a mortal.

"Then Mobius... cough cough, Doctor Mobius, you go back first, I'll go with Kevin." After discussing it with Kevin, Chen Luo waved to Mobius.

"Hmm." Mobius nodded lightly and walked towards his laboratory.

"Let's go," Chen Luo said to Kevin.

"Okay, but don't get too close to me, you'll get frostbite," Kevin said after nodding.

"Don't be so formal. It's better to get frostbite than to be too hot, isn't it? To be honest, Kevin, it's quite cool around you."

"..."

"Let's go. Let's see if Mei has time; she should be in the lab right now. And we really should go and spend time with her after her training," Kevin said.

Kevin didn't care that Chen Luo treated him like a central air conditioner.

After Chen Luo and Kevin circled around several times, they finally found Mei's laboratory. Once inside, they discovered that she was indeed conducting research, but it was on the core of the Seventh Herrscher.

Chen Luo also saw someone who looked slightly familiar next to the other person.

"Vill-V ..." Chen Luo suddenly fell into deep thought as he watched her figure.

Chen Luo is currently in the Elysian Realm. Of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers he has not yet met, only Vill-V, Griseo, and Cosmo remain. He has met the others to varying degrees.

Chen Luo still doesn't know what kind of discount these Flame-Chasers have given him.

As for whether or not to ask Vill-V about Dusk Street... why bother asking her? You might as well go see for yourself.

After all, Vill-V is a veteran Magus, and you can't expect Magus to have a normal conversation with you.

"This Herrscher Core..."

"Don't even think about it. The design of the Seventh Divine Key won't be given to you," Dr. Mei said sternly.

"Come on, be reasonable! Aren't the Divine Key I designed perfect enough?" Vill-V said, dissatisfied.

"It's perfect enough in some ways, but also imperfect enough," Dr. Mei said coldly.

"Emmm... don't say that."

"If you really want to design the Seventh Divine Key, the manufacturing can be left to you, but the actual control must be given to me," Dr. Mei said.

"Hmm... A genius who is restricted cannot unleash their full potential."

"... Then you should rein in your genius." Dr. Mei sighed.

"May, do you have time now?" Kevin asked after knocking on the lab door.

"Perfect timing, Kevin, you're here." Mei turned her head and saw Kevin walking towards her with Chen Luo.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

After Kevin walked over, his gaze involuntarily shifted from Mei to the Herrscher Core of Flame.

Kevin was very familiar with this core, after all, he had personally killed the owner of this core.

Moreover, the other party was his comrade-in-arms before this.

Most importantly, the other party not only did not put up any resistance when they died, but was also smiling as they looked at them.

So while Kevin's body was not physically harmed, his spirit was truly devastated.

"This Herrscher Core ... I intend to give you the Divine Key made from it," Mei said after a moment's hesitation.

"The Divine Key..."

The Divine Key are the collective name for thirteen weapons crafted by the civilization that resisted the Honkai of the previous generation using Herrscher Core and Soul Steel.

In fact, Kevin was no stranger to the Divine Key, because the Divine Key project itself was proposed by Coal.

After being recruited into the United Nations -affiliated anti- Honkai organization Fire Moth, Mei immediately proposed the development of the Divine Key series of weapons.

Because no one had ever dared to attempt it before, Mei's radical and dangerous proposal was met with much opposition at the time. However, Mei persisted in her views, overcoming all opposition to develop the forbidden technology— the Herrscher Core- Driven Anti- Honkai God-Slaying Weapon: the Divine Key.

"You can decide these things... I came to see you about something else. Do you have time now?" Kevin asked.

"There's still plenty of time, what's wrong?" Mei asked.

"Luo said he still has the strength to help me suppress the Frost Physique for at most half a minute."

"Half a minute? Do you have the energy? If not, don't force yourself, Luo. Or you can wait until you've recovered a bit this afternoon before helping." Upon hearing Kevin's words, Mei instantly understood what Kevin meant and then looked at Chen Luo with concern.

In fact, Kevin has virtually no secrets he keeps from May.

Therefore, Kevin told the truth about this matter.

"Don't worry. Although I can't use my full strength, suppressing it for half a minute shouldn't be a problem," Chen Luo said.

"That's wonderful." Mei smiled quite gently.

The "Mei" in question refers only to a genius scientist; she hasn't yet risen to the level of a leader of the Fire Moth."