The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

“If the Firemoth doesn’t deliver on its promises, then go ahead and kill all the top executives of the Firemoth. I won’t stop you,” Möbius said casually.

"..."

Chen Li now understood why Mebius from the previous civilization was disliked by the higher-ups and even by the entire Moth Chaser.

By drugging and incapacitating her colleague, a negotiation professional, she directly betrayed the entire upper echelon of the Firemoth organization.

It would be a miracle if anyone liked it!

After considering it for a while, Chen Li took out the Herrscher of the Void's remains from his backpack and placed them on the ground next to him.

Because Chen Li has other trump cards up his sleeve, he's not worried about them going back on their word.

"Is there anything else we can exchange for this?" Möbius asked, frowning, after glancing at the meeting minutes written in the manuscript.

The handwriting is really bad.

"Yes. An elixir of immortality. It can extend one's lifespan by hundreds of years." This was Chen Li's trump card.

"Can it surpass the physiological limits of the human body? Interesting!" Mebius's eyes lit up instantly.

"No, it can only prolong life. The principles are different." Chen Li shook his head.

“Not interested.” Mebius instantly lost interest.

"I'm interested! Mebius, don't talk nonsense! Someone! Someone, come quick, drag her out of the meeting room! Send someone who knows how to negotiate!" A harsh voice rang out from the meeting room's loudspeaker.

"Tch, all those high-ups know is how to dream of immortality," Möbius said, somewhat annoyed.

“Alright, let’s do some other deals before those people arrive. For example… can I study you?” Möbius asked with great interest.

Mebius was very interested in why the other person could travel through the world.

"Not really," Chen Li shook his head, politely declining.

"Are there any monsters or flesh that are unique to your world?"

"Yes, but I didn't bring it this time."

"Then I'll reserve one portion of Soul Steel."

"Dr. Möbius, are you in a position to make this decision?"

“Don’t worry about whether I can make the decision or not, just agree to it first. If the Fire Moth doesn’t approve of this deal, you can just not sell the elixir of immortality to those high-ups, right? They’ll agree to that,” Möbius said.

Throughout history, no high-ranking official has ever desired immortality.

“Then I can also help you forge a scalpel, a scalpel with magical powers. The effects can be customized.” Chen Li instantly understood Möbius’s plan and immediately said.

"Okay, deal. One Soul Steel."

"Yes, but you'll have to bring your own materials."

“No problem.” Mebius nodded.

And so, before the higher-ups of the Firemoth rushed to the meeting room, Chen Li and Mebius, who were in cahoots, had already booked several business deals.

Of course, these businesses are not excessive; on the contrary, they are quite reasonable.

After all, we can't treat the higher-ups at Moth Chaser like fools.

The Fire Chaser organization has so many departments, and each department has a legitimate request for Chen Li. But whichever department gets its legitimate request first will have to fight for it.

"Hey, wait a minute, Dr. Möbius, you promised to show me around the Firemoth." Alicia stood up and chased after Möbius, who had been kicked out of the meeting room.

A beautiful girl like Mebius is not to be missed.

"Wait a moment, you are the person involved, please cooperate." A senior executive of Moth Chaser said politely.

After all, he was the warrior Chen Li described as capable of easily defeating the Herrscher of the Void.

The moth that chases the flame needs such highly skilled people, so being polite is perfectly normal.

This is also why Chen Li gave half the credit for defeating the Second Herrscher to Alicia and vigorously promoted Alicia's combat power.

Anyway, praising someone doesn't cost any money.

Besides, Chen Li and Alicia have fought side by side. At least they really have.

"Let her go. Anyway, you don't care where I come from; you only care whether I really have the elixir of immortality." Chen Li took out a fragrant pill.

"Or are you planning to share a portion with Alicia?" Chen Li countered.

"Alright, you can leave now. Mr. Chen Li and I have important matters to discuss." The senior executive of Moth Chaser politely invited Alicia out.

"Then, let's talk about the business of immortality." Chen Li tossed the pill in his hand.

In order to survive after "transmigrating," Chen Li went to great lengths, using "immortal remains" to make many longevity pills.

Gold, silver, pepper, and fine salt were used to bribe ordinary people, while the elixir of immortality was used to bribe the wealthy.

As for why not use the elixir of immortality to exchange for more things that "belong" to oneself in the original world?

Because in the original world, lifespan is also locked.

Why didn't Chen Li eat it himself after arriving in another world?

That's because only Chen Li knew what he had put into the longevity pill.

Moreover, this type of "immortal remains" seems to be related to time, which is indeed useless to Chen Li.

Chapter 11 A Miracle Forging Request from Another World - Akame ga Kill!

"You mean? You used three Longevity Pills to get what you wanted, and then you asked for the position of Minister of the Fire-Chasing Moth Engineering Department." Möbius looked at the boy who was suddenly on the same level as him, somewhat incredulous.

"No, don't misunderstand, I don't want to be the head of the engineering department. They forced me into this position," Chen Li said, shaking his head.

However, Chen Li was quite satisfied with the job, because after becoming the head of the engineering department, he received an extra crystal and a few star stones as a reward.

"...Tsk, this Fire Moth is doomed sooner or later," Mebius said unhappily.

Mebius had originally thought that as long as Chen Li could stay at the Fire Moth as a guest, he would eventually have a chance to beat him to his knees and then capture him in the laboratory to force him to be his guinea pig!

Mei and Us were very curious about the principle behind Chen Li's world travel.

But now it seems a bit too difficult.

“You’re not much better off, are you? You ordered a lot of things from me before they arrived,” Chen Li said.

“I’m different. What I need as a researcher can indeed help me conduct research, improve the technological level of the Firemoth, and increase the probability of resisting Honkai. But they’re using their resources on themselves.” Möbius denied Chen Li’s words.

However, Mebius had anticipated this situation.

The current "Moth Chasing Fire" team is just a makeshift operation.

“If the Firemoth ultimately loses to the Honkai, it must be because from the very beginning the Firemoth lacked sufficient dominance to manage the resources of the entire civilization,” Möbius stated confidently.

"That makes sense." Chen Li nodded seriously.

"You still have the nerve to nod, you little troublemaker. Your face is beautiful, but your methods of bringing ruin to the country are the immortality that countless rulers dream of." Mebius reached out and pinched Chen Li's cheek without warning.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I haven't brought disaster to the country or the people."

"Okay, okay, don't be so serious," Alicia stepped in to smooth things over.

"Hmph, well, at least the Firemoths can afford some Soul Steel. In a while, the Firemoth vanguard will start building some new city on the site of the lunar ruins, I think it's called Neo-Atlantis. Hopefully, they'll find some useful artifacts from the ruins." Möbius stroked his chin.

"That sounds interesting. But don't misunderstand, although our transaction involves Soul Steel, the Longevity Pill transaction isn't entirely about directly demanding Soul Steel. Instead, it requires the Fire Moth to provide me with enough forging materials so I can forge weapons for you, and you'll exchange them for an equivalent amount of Soul Steel at market price. That's fair, isn't it?" Chen Li said.

Of course, this is just the price of one Longevity Pill. It's equivalent to exchanging one Longevity Pill for the right to exchange Soul Steel.

The other two longevity pills are priced differently.

"Oh? Why did you choose to do this?" Mebius was genuinely surprised.

"First, naturally, it's to improve my skills. Second, three portions of Soul Steel are enough for me. Third, while I may not necessarily save the world, I certainly won't let it be destroyed in my hands." Chen Li raised his thumb.

“The moment I first saw Chen Li, I knew he was a trustworthy and good person. My judgment was right,” Alicia said, clapping her hands.

"You think everyone you meet is trustworthy, get out of my way."

"Hmm, Xiao Li is so cold. And I don't just say that to everyone," Alicia said resentfully.

"Anyway, maybe I can even help you save the world. So... do you acknowledge that the pure and beautiful goddess Idrila is unparalleled in beauty?" Chen Li said to Mebius.

“Hmm, what is that?” Mebius frowned.

"A goddess."

“Boring. Let’s go, Alicia. Didn’t you want to see Gretchen? I’ll take you there.” Möbius turned and walked away.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Li, do you want to go?" Alicia nodded happily.

"No need, I need to start forging now. It's not too late to see each other again later." Chen Li shook his head after looking at the forging materials that had already been delivered.

Women only slow down my iron-forging speed... unless she's a rich woman.

……

"Ding!"

"Ding!"