The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Little evil god..." Medusa followed in with a hint of panic.

"Hmm...I think I understand." Upon hearing the little evil god's words, Chen Li suddenly realized something.

This eye patch is indeed an ordinary eye patch, but it seals the left eye of Lily Bell, the ceiling garden of this world (sometimes she also wears it on her right eye).

The seal here does not refer to "restraint," but rather to "covering."

But tell me, isn't this a seal?

The seal is a very useful term, and given its high brightness, if properly combined, creating a one-star artifact is a natural outcome, and it might even be able to challenge for a two-star artifact.

While waiting for Garden Lily to prepare a gift for him, Chen Li's gaze swept around Garden Lily's room, looking for anything else with a very bright and prominent title.

You might even find a bargain.

However, things were clearly not as wonderful as Chen Li had imagined; the items in Garden Lily's home were indeed all ordinary items.

After Garden Lily Bell came out of the kitchen, she was followed by a little evil god who looked completely drained, and Medusa who seemed to be quite frightened.

"A gift to mark our meeting." Garden Lily tossed a sack of unidentified objects to Chen Li.

Chen Li picked it up and looked inside, and saw a large pile of snake meat.

"Thank you. This is the price for this eye mask. The [Sealing] attribute on it is very bright and useful." Chen Li paid another 50 star stones.

Although Chen Li could have bought the eye patch for 10 or even fewer star stones, a pleasant trading atmosphere is one of the foundations for achieving a larger deal.

There are so many good things in this world, so it's okay to invest a little more.

Therefore, Chen Li couldn't understand why he was labeled a "shady businessman."

Extracting the entry for "unscrupulous merchant"...

Progress: 25/100 (Progress can be increased when acquiring extremely valuable items at the lowest possible cost)

What? You're saying this shady businessman's progress increased because he spent 30 yen on an angel halo?

Oh, that's okay.

They are indeed unscrupulous merchants.

That's undeniable.

"Although I didn't get the Star Destroyer, it seems I did get a mech." After getting Star Stones again, under Chen Li's guidance, Garden Lily used up all 100 Star Stones in a ten-pull lottery.

This time, it seems that Garden Lily Bell has drawn something extraordinary.

"Let me see? Holy crap, Godfather?" When Chen Li saw the robot in Garden Lily's hand, he immediately uttered a curse from Honkai Impact 3.

Isn't this the same character from Honkai Impact 3rd whose progress is always 95%?

If the item extracted using the Star Stone is too large, far exceeding the limit that the Star Sea Treasure Cave, which is half a meter in diameter, can accommodate, the item will be temporarily shrunk. This shrunk state will last for up to one day.

However, a person who sees an object can vaguely perceive how big it is.

"Ahem, if you get tired of this robot, Lily, you can sell it back to me. I'll take anything with valuable entries or that's the right size to fit in your mouth and is very clean," Chen Li said.

After Chen Li touched the Heavenly Father, he could see a rather peculiar entry on the other side—[To be continued]

It's strange, but also strangely interesting.

"Recycle with starstones?"

"Yes."

“But I’d rather have a Star Destroyer,” Garden Lily said, stroking her chin.

“It can be exchanged,” Chen Li said after a moment of silence.

"Can it really be exchanged?"

"But one Heavenly Father is certainly not enough."

“No problem, I’ll save up some more.” Garden Lily Bell nodded.

"Are there any other ways to earn Star Stones?"

"Not yet, subsequent features are under development," Chen Li shook his head.

"I thought I could trade snake meat for star stones." Garden Lily Bell glanced at the little evil god with regret.

"Huh!" The little evil god's hair stood on end from that glance.

105

Chapter 105 Is it wrong for me, Sirin, to just want a pair of scissors?!

"Sigh, Qingque, where do you think I should get a Star Destroyer?" Chen Li asked casually, propping his chin up as he sat in the library of the Taibu Si.

"Hehehe..." Qingque remained silent, only laughing foolishly.

"What are you laughing at? You're practically drooling." Chen Li flicked Qing Que's forehead with his finger.

"It's like this, when I went to the General's Mansion with your glasses, I happened to run into the Grand Diviner there." Qingque wiped her mouth, not finding any drool, but she didn't care.

"and then?"

"It feels so good to be served tea and water by the Grand Diviner and to be so caring." Qingque started grinning foolishly again.

"That's it?"

"Of course, that's not all. The Grand Diviner even played Imperial Jade Cards with me. I won big and had a blast!"

"...You didn't gamble, did you?" Chen Li asked tentatively.

"No, what's wrong?"

"You scared me." Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you so scared?" Qingque asked, puzzled.

"Qingque, don't forget, I'm currently in disguise, but I'll eventually reveal my true colors. If you beat the Taibu to the point where you even lose your socks, then once I'm exposed, you can expect Fu Xuan to send you to clean up the entire Taibu Bureau's mess," Chen Li warned.

"...I almost forgot about that." Qingque felt a wave of fear as she recalled it.

"In short, it's a good thing that Fu Xuan didn't lose so much that he had to give you his pants back."

"......" by Qingque.

"Qingque, why aren't you saying anything?"

"I'm thinking..." Qingque hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Forget it, stop talking. You look like you've caused trouble. Don't try to take the blame. I won't take the fall." Before Qingque could finish speaking, Chen Li cast a shield around himself and moved to the side, indicating that he had nothing to do with Qingque.

"No! Li Bao, save me!" Qing Que immediately hugged Chen Li's leg and burst into tears.

"...It's hopeless, rest in peace." Chen Li smiled and patted the sparrow's head, then said nothing more.

"A tonic! Save me! I'd give a fortune for a horse bone! Buy a horse bone!" Qingque clung to Chen Li's thigh, refusing to leave.

"Alright, let me ask you first, what exactly did you do?" Chen Li asked after thinking for a moment.

"It's nothing, I just called out a few times... Little Xuanzi."

"...If that's all there is to it, it's not a big deal. I have a plan that can keep you safe."

"What method?" Qingque was overjoyed upon seeing this.

"Wouldn't it be enough if you just caused another big disaster, so that Fu Xuan would temporarily forget about the little trouble you caused?"

"what?"

"Don't worry, although it sounds like a disaster, if handled properly, you won't be criticized; in fact, you'll be cleared of wrongdoing. Don't worry, don't worry, it's just that you might get a lot of criticism at the time. I've got you covered, really."

“...Alright then.” Although Qingque felt that Chen Li’s words were somewhat unreliable, she could still detect a sense of sincerity in them.

After comforting Qingque, Chen Li began to nibble on the divine amber that Qingque had brought back from the General's Mansion.

It was a piece of amber the size of a washbasin, its color gleaming alluringly in the light.

Although the amber that fell from Amber King's body when he swung his hammer sounded a bit like Amber King's dandruff, Chen Li, who took a bite, briefly chose to lose his memory.

It tastes great, and it gives a lot of attribute points!

After taking a bite, Chen Li put the Divine Body Amber away again.

"Hmm, since you ate it, why didn't you finish it?" Qingque asked, puzzled.

"Oh, because the amount of enhancement I gain from the first bite of an item is already fixed. Eating more only increases my resistance to that item and my special attack against it. The effect of the Divine Body Amber is quite unique, so I don't really need that resistance," Chen Li said.

"But... what use are you to keeping it?"

"When we sell it to the Interstellar Peace Company, we'll say it's a divine amber that the Amber King himself took a bite out of," Chen Li said.

"Can we trust Interstellar Peace Company? Don't treat Interstellar Peace Company like a sucker, okay?" Qingque complained.

“You’re right. What if I used a biting method to carve this divine amber into the shape of the Amber King?” Chen Li asked.

"Chen Li, are you a genius?!" Qing Que was instantly astonished.

I never even imagined this path!

When Qingque received the divine body amber from Jingyuan, Jingyuan explained the condition of the body amber—only those chosen with a will as firm as a rock, who have undergone long trials and refinements, can break through the light condensed within the amber.

This means that it is very difficult to change the shape of the divine amber.