Hearing Chen Luo's narration, Raven's gaze toward him also became a little strange.
What exactly does this traveler from another world want to do? First, he told her to kill soldiers, and now he says he wants to help her build a survivor base.
This person is really very strange.
"The little girl beside you should also be an incomplete Stigmata awakener, right? If I'm not mistaken, she's in the same situation as Miyu. Because of the incomplete awakening of their Stigmata, they survived the 3rd Impact, but as a result, they cannot leave an environment with abundant Honkai energy. Otherwise, they'll suffer withdrawal reactions." Chen Luo suddenly pointed at the little girl, Sora, whose hand was being held by Raven, and said.
"In Nagazora, full of Zombies and Honkai beasts, you're wandering aimlessly with a little girl—are you saving her or harming her? That's why you really need a safe base now. So, should I help you build a survivor base, to shelter children like her and Miyu?" Chen Luo suddenly asked.
Here, Chen Luo made a conceptual shift.
At first, it was Chen Luo saying he would help the Raven build a survivor base, which counted as payment. But now it became a question—whether she wanted Chen Luo's help in building a survivor base.
This tiny, easily overlooked change was, of course, not useless, because…
"Fine, I accept your employment. But at the same time, you must help me build a survivor base." Raven glanced at Sora beside her, then at Chen Luo, and finally nodded.
[Ding! You have a new commission!]
[Nest]: Help Raven build a safe survivor base in this Nagazora filled with zombies and Honkai beasts.
Reward: 500 Primogems + [Raven Favorability +30] + Random Item
Difficulty: 3-Star
(Note: Maliciously farming commissions, twisting concepts—truly fitting of you.)
"..." Chen Luo looked at the words inside the parentheses on his talent panel, face full of conflict.
Why does it feel like this damn talent panel became much cheekier after coming to the Honkai Impact 3rd world? Was it because it wasn't used to the new environment?
But it's no big deal.
As long as he can farm commissions and get Primogems, it's fine.
"Welcome aboard, to the Island Bomb-Bomb Raven Squad." Chen Luo stepped forward and extended his right hand to Raven.
"Hm? What kind of name is that?" Raven lightly shook his hand while simultaneously protesting against this strange name.
"You're Raven, I'm Island Bomb-Bomb. So the team name is Island Bomb-Bomb Raven." Chen Luo explained with a calm smile.
"…Although this name sounds really unpleasant, you're the employer, so you have the final say." Although Raven instinctively felt this name was extremely unlucky and distasteful, alas, Chen Luo had money.
[Ding! "Raven" has joined the "Island Bomb-Bomb Raven Squad."]
"Since this survivor base is being built for you, why don't you personally give it a name?" Chen Luo said to Raven.
"Hm, I'll name it? Then let's call it… Nest." Raven looked at the arrangements within the survivor base, thought for a moment, and said.
"But isn't this floor a bit too high? Why choose such a high level as a foothold?" Raven couldn't help but ask.
"Well, who knows if Nagazora might end up flooded by seawater? In case Honkai causes the local water levels to rise, setting our base on higher floors ahead of time will be more convenient later, won't it?" Chen Luo said casually.
And Chen Luo really wasn't just saying this casually, because according to the story, three years later, Nagazora really was flooded by water. Since the Honkai energy concentration was too high, and Nagazora was a coastal city, many areas ended up submerged. That's exactly why Chen Luo chose a higher floor as their foothold.
"..." Raven had no comment on Chen Luo's odd way of thinking.
Although Raven always felt Chen Luo was overly concerned, with something like Honkai, who can possibly predict what will happen? So she couldn't say his concern was wrong.
"All right, Sora, starting today we'll live here." Raven patted the head of the little girl beside her.
"Miyu, starting today you have a companion too." Chen Luo also patted the head of the little loli he had rescued.
"Got it, big brother. Oh right, big brother, how about that thing I asked you? Did you find my parents?" The little loli lifted her head, looking at Chen Luo with expectant eyes.
"Mm, about that. I did go to ME Corp, but I didn't see your parents turned into zombies there. So maybe your parents might still be alive somewhere, just escaped a bit farther away." Chen Luo paused, then stroked her head and said.
In truth, her parents had not turned into zombies, but had been corroded to death. But such a painful topic was a bit beyond what a child could bear.
Chen Luo personally liked Primogems very much, but since this mission wasn't time-limited… as for the truth, he'd wait a few days before telling her.
"You have to live well here. Maybe one day you'll see your parents again." Chen Luo said earnestly.
"Mm." The little loli obediently nodded.
[Ding! Achievement requirements fulfilled, Achievement acquired: (Friend of Lolis)]
[Friend of Lolis] (3-Star): You more easily gain the trust of little lolis. Their initial affection toward you increases, and your words are more likely to convince them.
Requirement: Rescue one loli and raise her favorability above 80.
Promotion paths:
[Loli King] (4-Star): Raise the favorability of ten lolis above 80.
[Lolis, Submit to Me] (5-Star): Raise the favorability of twenty lolis above 80.
[Lolis, Submit to Me] (5-Star): You very easily gain the trust of little lolis, and they are highly likely to firmly believe what you say. You are destined to become the God of Lolis!
Special Skill: [Lollipop]: No little loli can refuse a lollipop. If one does, then give her another. When you gift a lollipop to a little loli, her affection toward you increases greatly, and she will believe what you say.
(Note: This is way too criminal. You cannot cage what belongs in hell.)
"..." Staring at this string of system prompts, Chen Luo fell silent.
He originally thought that after rescuing survivors, he'd get some achievement like "Savior of Survivors." But this achievement was way too damn weird.
It was simply—ridiculousness opening the door for ridiculousness, reaching the peak of absurdity.
The three achievements Chen Luo currently possessed—"Saint Chen" needed no words, what face and reputation that gave!
"Honkai Reaper" also sounded cool as hell.
The title Friend of Non-Humans sounded a little strange, but it was able to reflect Chen Luo's universal love.
But this damn achievement—how could Chen Luo ever show it off?
[Ding! Achievement requirements met, new achievement obtained: (Savior of the Apocalypse)]
[Savior of the Apocalypse] (2-Star): You can more easily inspire confidence in people trapped in the apocalypse or great disasters, and you can more easily gain their trust. You are a natural leader of the apocalypse, and within disaster or apocalyptic environments, your strength slightly increases, overall ability and recovery increase, luck slightly increases, inspiration slightly increases, calmness slightly increases, and willpower resilience slightly increases.
Requirement: In an apocalyptic or great disaster situation, establish an extremely safe survivor base and take in one survivor.
Promotion paths:
[Redeemer of the Apocalypse] (3-Star): Take in 10 survivors.
[Leader of the Apocalypse] (4-Star): Take in 100 survivors.
[Savior] (5-Star): Take in 10,000 survivors.
[Savior] (5-Star): You are the only leader of the apocalypse, the only hope. Everyone's faith converges upon you. Disaster cannot crush you, misfortune cannot defeat you. You will never yield under hardship, never abandon your conviction. The more desperate the situation, the greater the power you will unleash. The fire of hope will forever burn within your heart…
"See, see, now this is a proper achievement. Although this initial achievement is only two stars for saving one person, at least it's proper." Seeing this achievement appear, Chen Luo finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
Phew, my lifetime of reputation is finally saved.
The only thing that made Chen Luo conflicted was that this five-star achievement sounded amazing, but unfortunately he might never reach it in his lifetime.
Because the total number of survivors in the whole of Sky City probably wouldn't even reach 1,000.
And not every survivor could be brought into the base.
For example, those greasy uncles—letting them stay together with little lolis, would you feel at ease?
Oh wait, no need to worry, because greasy uncles basically had no chance of surviving anyway.
Or rather, the chances for men to survive at all were pitifully low.
Of these two achievements, the first one, Chen Luo felt he could only reach the 3-star version, and anything beyond that was difficult. After all, reaching 80 favorability should be quite hard. Although children are easier to coax, they still know who treats them better.
As for the second achievement, there was indeed a chance to reach 3-stars, but 4-stars was basically impossible.
But then again, why was it that saving a little loli started as a 3-star achievement, while saving an apocalyptic survivor started as a 2-star?
Thinking carefully, this world did indeed favor women over men.
Or perhaps the more conditions an achievement had, the higher its star rating once achieved?
The survivor achievement had two requirements: save them, and ensure the person was still alive.
The little loli achievement required the person to be young—or at least look young—also female, and also for her affection to reach 80.
Thinking about it that way, it made sense: the harder an achievement was to reach, the higher its rating once achieved.
"From here on, you should hunt down zombies while also looking for survivors." Chen Luo couldn't help but look at Raven.
Because Chen Luo noticed that his Apocalypse achievement count had already reached two people.
In other words, aside from the little girl named Miyu that he rescued, Raven's Sora also counted as a survivor. Was this the benefit of forming a team?
Or maybe this Savior of the Apocalypse only counted the number of people taken in by the survivor base?
"Mm, fine." Raven nodded.
Since Chen Luo was both willing to help her establish a survivor base and willing to pay high prices to commission her to kill zombies, Raven had nothing to object to.
"Oh, right. Speaking of which, the mission to capture me—you're not going to bother with that anymore?" Chen Luo suddenly asked.
"No need. That mission was originally a personal one issued by Jackal, not an official mission of World Serpent. So whether it's completed or not makes no difference, and besides, the pay was way too low." Raven said casually.
Actually, it wasn't that Jackal paid too little, but rather that Chen Luo paid too much.
$1000 per zombie, and if the numbers were high enough there was even a bonus payout. Although compared to the gold Chen Luo scavenged this wasn't a huge sum, Raven felt like she could fleece him until he doubted his own life.
"In that case, no problem. Next, should we act together or separately? Honestly speaking, I'm pretty good at finding people." Chen Luo volunteered himself.
Chen Luo wasn't bluffing—under Little Senti's assistance, finding people was really easy.
Little Senti was the Herrscher of Sentience. That meant she could sense where consciousnesses were active. After taking the Heart Demon Essence, she could even dive into the subconscious sea, broadly scanning whether there were people around.
Finding people was just a trivial side job for the almighty Herrscher of Sentience.
The Herrscher of Sentience could do anything!
"Oh, is that so? Then what's your role? What weapon do you use?" Hearing Chen Luo's words, Raven looked at him again.
Raven liked to operate alone, but having a teammate's support wasn't bad either.
"I lean more toward support, using a grimoire to release magic from various schools, especially wind magic which I'm best at. I can also use a bow, and I'm pretty good with it, able to snipe from long range. Of course, I'm also proficient with firearms."
"I can also give you buffs, boosting your attack power by 30% for ten seconds. I also have healing medicines, but in limited supply."
"And I'm skilled in surgery and human body modification. If there's trauma, as long as I have enough medicine, and as long as the injury isn't too outrageous, I can basically save the person."
Hearing Raven's questions, Chen Luo raised his hand and listed out part of what he could do.
Right now, Chen Luo and Raven weren't familiar, so it was impossible for him to reveal his trump cards.
So Chen Luo leaned toward portraying himself as a support-type ranged mage.
And since he possessed a Vision, could control Anemo, had a grimoire in hand, and was good with a bow, Chen Luo could indeed play this role convincingly.
"Hm? So you're not that good at close combat, then?" Having dealt with many people before, Raven's eyes were sharp, and she immediately caught Chen Luo's hidden meaning.
Chen Luo had never once introduced his melee abilities, which meant he was lacking in that area.
"Emmm…"
Chen Luo glanced at his ability interface, seeing [Sword Mastery], [Fist Mastery], [Spear Proficiency], [Stealth Master], and [Edge of Taixuan] (Mastery), then gave a firm nod.
"I'm really not that good at close combat. I'm just a poor, weak little support, that's all."