The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Ding!"

The melodious sound of hammering echoed in a specially made workshop in the engineering department.

This is a rather strange forging workshop for any blacksmith, because there is neither sweltering heat nor dirt and grease.

"Phew, I never had these conditions back then!" After wiping away his sweat, Chen Li, shirtless, looked with satisfaction at his new creation displayed on the forging table.

Unless it's a miracle fire used to forge wondrous items, burning ordinary flames doesn't consume any energy from the forging table.

"In that case, this alchemical pistol should be able to withstand Honkai energy storage, right?" Chen Li looked at the alchemical pistol that he had repaired after destroying the Herrscher of the Void.

Once repaired, the alchemical pistol can be used by the user or as a vessel for a wondrous object.

In fact, all 100 items Chen Li crafted in those 7 days were designed with this purpose in mind. The goal was to reduce the amount of crystal needed for the carriers when creating extraordinary objects in the future.

However, Chen Li's professional level is too low, and the probability of forging items producing special attributes (professional characteristics) is very low, only about 10%.

For example, this pistol has a "rapid" effect, which increases the rate of fire and bullet velocity by 10%.

However, because these effects are attributed to the characteristics of the profession, they cannot be used to extract entries.

However, if the effect is so good during use that it is given new meaning by time and fate, it may give birth to unexpected and surprising entries.

At the same time, these weapons were also created to complete the beginner's missions.

The Guide to Forging Rare Items appeared out of thin air in front of Chen Li, who tapped it lightly.

Beginner's Quest (Part 1):

Forging a rare artifact √

Forge 10 rare artifact embryos √

Completed a miracle check-in √

Store once with crystal [Entry] √

Complete one forging commission (0/1)

Five tasks, each rewarding two Miracle Crystals.

Upon completion, you will receive an additional 10 crystals and a special reward with a cover featuring a question mark.

This is the professional skill of the artifact blacksmith, and also part of the "gift" mentioned by the elf.

In other words, although the little elf did not force Chen Li to save the world, it gave Chen Li a clear objective.

Therefore, Chen Li suspected that there would be similar tasks to saving the world in the later beginner quests.

The reason for creating 100 strange artifact embryos (carriers) in 7 days was that Chen Li felt this was also a series of tasks.

"Well then, we need to figure out how to get this commission sorted out now." Chen Li looked at the only unfinished task among the five tasks in the first beginner's task.

The [Forging Commission] is a new system.

This commission serves as both a notebook for Chen Li, the blacksmith, and an opportunity for him to acquire more forging materials.

In addition to accepting commissions himself, Chen Li can also randomly obtain commissions.

【Rose】: Forge a rose that will never wither and can scatter countless rose petals.

Posted by: Yinzhi

Reward: 10 Crystals

Risk: None

[Scalpel]: Forging a magical scalpel.

Posted by: Möbius

Reward: 10~100 Crystals

Risk: Low to High

[Custom]: Alicia seems to have some needs, let's go check it out.

Posted by: Alicia

Reward: Unknown

Risk: Unknown

Aside from the Silver Branch, the rewards for the other commissions are unclear because the specifics of the artifacts to be crafted for them are not yet known.

The quality of a rare object, to a certain extent, determines the level and magnitude of the miracles that the other party can create.

By forging a wondrous object and then handing it over to the other party, Chen Li will receive the corresponding number of crystals for any miracles the other party creates in the future after possessing the wondrous object.

If, in the future, the miracles far exceed expectations due to Chen Li's personal intervention, they will be condensed into Miracle Cards, resulting in additional Miracle Crystal rewards.

Risk represents the degree to which handing over the artifact to the other party could lead to a tendency toward world destruction.

One glance at these commissions makes one understand one thing clearly—don't mess with Mebius!

The opportunity to obtain more forging materials lies in...

Would you like to invest a crystal to capture an unknown miracle?

After glancing at his remaining 24 (16 + 8 {newbie quest rewards}) crystals, Chen Li clicked "confirm".

【Crystal-1】

[Entrustment +1]

【Torture Instrument】: Forge a torture instrument that can make the other person feel the most pain according to each person's different characteristics.

Posted by: Arya (Akame ga Kill!)

Reward: 1 Crystals

Risk: Low

"..." by Chen Li.

The significance of obtaining a quest for an unknown miracle lies not merely in receiving a quest, but in giving Chen Li an opportunity to travel to other worlds. That's why it's called a miracle quest.

For such miracle requests, if Chen Li reaches a consensus with the other party after communicating, Chen Li can use the Star Stone (space-time crystal) to teleport to the other party's world and create a special wonder for them.

Of course, Chen Li could also create a curious object and send it to the other party without having to go to their world in person.

They even invite the other person to their current world.

Of course, no matter how you travel through time, you still need to collect star stones.

It's worth mentioning that there is no penalty for abandoning a request from another world after traveling there.

Admittedly, the other party could sign a contract with Chen Li first, but Chen Li could use 1 crystal to exempt the contract.

It damages reputation, but not Chen Li.

The Guide to Forging Rare Items will only constrain Chen Li's conscience, not Chen Li himself.

Chen Li didn't want to do this kind of commission.

But this world is indeed a world worth visiting.

"Hmm, at worst I can sign a contract with her later, and once I get to her world, I can spend a crystal to break the contract and then kill her," Chen Li thought, stroking his chin.

Bottom line? What bottom line?

Bottom line, that's something you talk about with people.

Chen Li had heard of the anime Akame ga Kill!, and the golden-haired, black-clad noble lady who appeared at the beginning was even more impressive.

"What a miracle! That world deserves to be saved!"

Uh, it's a little embarrassing...

Seeing that the start was not going well, Chen Li temporarily stopped throwing crystals.

Chen Li was originally hoping to find a commission that required a time-space artifact.

This was really simple for Chen Li.

Starstone and Chen Li's blood can extract not only spatial attributes but also temporal attributes.

For Chen Li, this type of rare item was practically a risk-free business opportunity.

Neither Silver Branch nor Mebius's requests were particularly difficult, but Chen Li didn't have a suitable entry.

"It seems I either have to try my luck with the gacha pulls, or I'll have to wait until I get back to the main world to find suitable items to extract the affixes. The rose needs [Eternity] and [Scattered]. Fortunately, it's just a single rose, so the affix priority doesn't need to be too high."

"But I'm a little unwilling to just go back to the main world like this."

Although Chen Li can now place miracle beacons and freely travel between the two worlds, there is still a "settlement" after returning from the adventure world for the first time.

So, in order not to waste this opportunity, Chen Li thought he should at least make another strange object or do something special.

There's no need to worry about the time; when you return, you'll be back in the time before you traveled through time.

"So...who are you going to help create this artifact for?" Chen Li asked, shifting his gaze to Alicia's request.

P.S.: It feels quite strange to be back in my old job after almost half a year.