The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Vilvi."

“Vilvie, a very nice name. Because of you, I wasted a crystal summoning this shield, so you have to give me one back,” Chen Li said.

"How do you want to pay me back? Or what do you want?" Seeing Chen Li's calm expression, Wilvi felt that Chen Li seemed completely unsurprised by the scene before him.

"I want you……"

"Hmm?" Vilvi took a step back.

"The pocket watch on my person," Chen Li said.

"This?" After a moment of hesitation, Wilvi took out a pocket watch from her pocket and handed it to Chen Li.

"Yes, this is it." Chen Li saw the golden pocket watch, grabbed it, and finally saw the entry it contained.

[Mechanical], [Spiral]

The former has already been successfully conceived, while the latter is still in the process of being conceived.

Therefore, after playing with it for a while, he tossed the pocket watch back to Vilvie.

This is why Chen Li was willing to pay a crystal as a price to summon the shield—to legitimately collect protection money!

Chen Li, who currently possesses a fortune of 34 crystals, is still willing to part with this one crystal.

Moreover, Chen Li was just about to forge a rare artifact.

"This is the first pocket watch I've ever repaired myself, so be careful. But why are you giving it back to me? Did you change your mind?" Wilvi complained as she caught the pocket watch.

"You can keep this for now. I'll come back for the pocket watch when the time is right. The priority now is to eliminate the Honkai Beast in front of us." Chen Li looked up at the Judgment-class Honkai Beast that was staring fiercely at him and attacking him relentlessly.

This was brought here by Chen Li.

Use the Herrscher of the Void material card that Chen Li possesses.

The material card stated that if it were taken out in the Honkai world, there was a high probability that it would attract the Herrscher of the Void's companion Honkai beast.

So Chen Li thought of finding a secluded place to lure the Honkai Beast over and kill it.

Then, Chen Li, sitting in a wheelchair and singing, caught the attention of Virvi.

Vilvi looked at Chen Li with great interest, wondering what the Moth Chaser would do in this situation.

Then Chen Li suddenly produced a long sword out of thin air.

"We, the Cloud Riders, will shroud the sky like clouds, protecting our immortal vessel!" After a moment of preparation, Chen Li shouted loudly.

Chen Li did not choose his good brother Yinzhi.

Chen Li suddenly realized that this sword could summon knights, and the Cloud Riders were also riders!

Why not give it a try since it doesn't cost crystals or star stones?

As for the cost? It might not be a cost; it could be a new forging commission.

Chen Li felt that besides randomly refreshing forging commissions, summoning knights with Pale Justice and then figuring out how to complete their commissions was also a very cost-effective method.

Who would refuse to acquire a rare item?

It just so happens that this Jingliu and Yinzhi are from the same world.

It seems I'll have to go to the Ironclad World sooner or later.

A moon's light, sometimes visible, sometimes hidden, dazzled the soul.

After everything fell silent, a white-haired girl stood in front of Chen Li.

"Who are you?" The girl named Jingliu stared at Chen Li.

"My name is Chen Li, and I am a rare artifact forger. As long as you provide the materials, I am willing to forge a rare artifact for you, but before that, I hope you can slay the ferocious beast before you." Chen Li pointed to the Judgment-class Honkai Beast behind Jing Liu.

"Strange object?"

"Ah."

“I don’t need it.” Jingliu shook his head, holding a blood-red longsword.

"But I can help you slay this beast, and the price... if you have the strength in the future, you can help me slay 10 bountiful creatures." After being summoned, Jingliu knew that Chen Li had to fulfill one reasonable request of his as a form of cultivation.

Although being suddenly summoned was indeed a bit abrupt, challenging powerful enemies was indeed one of Mirror Style's greatest interests.

"The Famous Sword Zhili?" Chen Li stared blankly at the blood-red longsword in Jing Liu's hand.

If Chen Li remembered correctly, this sword seemed to have been forged by Yingxing, also known as the Star Core Hunter Blade, for the Mirror Stream.

Logically speaking, after the Rebellion of the Moonlit Night, Jingliu would have used this sword to kill Ren thousands of times, and then returned the sword to Ren.

"You know?" Jingliu seemed somewhat surprised that Chen Li recognized the name of the sword in his hand.

"Hasn't the Rebellion of Drinking Moon happened yet?" Chen Li asked directly, somewhat puzzled.

"It seems you have indeed heard my story. However, the truth differs somewhat from what you think. I know about the Rebellion of the Moonlit Night. However, I am currently only at one stage of my life. A stage... where I can resonate with the summoning incantation you just uttered," Jingliu said after glancing at Chen Li.

"Oh, I see."

Regardless of her stage of life, Yinzhi always acknowledged that the pure and beautiful star goddess Idrila was unparalleled in beauty.

However, the phrase "protecting the immortal boat" only applies to Jingliu who did not experience the chaos of drinking the moon, thus creating this special phenomenon.

"Then I have one more question: what time period are you actually in? Has the Jianmu tree been reborn?"

"The Jianmu tree can be reborn? No. Besides, you have too many questions," Jingliu said coldly.

“The strange objects you know are different from the strange objects I’m talking about. The strange objects I’m talking about are items that can even modify the rules. Theoretically speaking, I can even create resurrection items. I can help you, really,” Chen Li tried to persuade him.

There is also the concept of "strange objects" in the world of "Beng Tie" (崩铁), and anything with a slightly special feature can be called a strange object.

"...Do you think I would still believe in resurrection?" Jingliu sneered.

"Have you ever thought about this? Since I can use this sword to summon you, can't I also use this sword to summon Bai Heng? The Cloud Cavalry is 'cavalry,' so aren't the Fox-People Flying Warriors still 'warriors'?"

"???" Jingliu was stunned for a moment.

That makes sense.

"Even if we take a step back and assume I can't summon Bai Heng, can't I just make a longsword specifically for summoning fox-person flying warriors?" Chen Li asked again.

"...What do I need to give up?" Having truly felt the power of the sword [Pale Justice], Jingliu was persuaded by Chen Li.

“If possible, you should find some materials related to Heroic Spirits. If you can extract Heroic Spirit entries, there might be a good chance of summoning Bai Heng. Once I arrive in your world, I will naturally forge a wondrous artifact for you. The timeframe is uncertain, but you can wait, can't you?” Chen Li said.

"Alright, I'll trust you this once. I'll deal with this beast for you first." Jingliu drew his sword and flew towards the Judgment-class Honkai Beast.

As the bright moonlight descended from the sky and shone upon the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, the moonlight instantly turned into endless crimson.

Chen Li glanced at the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, which had instantly fallen into a disadvantageous position, and then paid no further attention to it.

As the swordsman of the immortal ship "Luofu" and the creator of the Cloud Cavalry's undefeated reputation, the renowned Wuxia Feiguang had no trouble slaying the companion beast of the Herrscher of the Void.

Although the companion beast of the Herrscher of the Void is of the Judgment rank, there are differences between Judgment rank beasts.

Furthermore, in the early stages of civilization development, the strength of Honkai Beasts was not as outrageous as it was in the later stages.

After placing another commission, Chen Li threw two crystals into the forging table and began forging a new artifact.

Chen Li does indeed have a [Heroic Spirit] entry, and it's quite prominent.

But Chen Li is useful.

Chen Li had a bold idea.

Chen Li wants to build a Hall of Heroes in the pre-civilization era!

To this end, Chen Li is collecting entries for the 13 heroes.

Meanwhile, unaware of what was happening but curious about everything, Velvi looked around at whatever caught her eye, eventually fixing her gaze on the forge burning with the flames of miracles.

What a beautiful flame...

No engineer could resist such a beautiful flame!

Within that flame, Vervier seemed to see a miracle.

"Snap!" Chen Li snapped his fingers.

Starstone-10

"Meow." A kitten with a bag of cat food in its mouth darted out from Chen Li's shadow.

"Alright, Flower. Give me your favorite cat food," Chen Li said with a smile to the kitten.

Then I glanced at my newly created commission.

【Unlimited Cat Food】: Create a food bowl that produces an unlimited amount of cat food for this cat that could even become the new master of the world.

Posted by: Huahua (a cat with the ability to both "death note" and "get college students to sign in")

Reward: 1~10 Crystals

Risk: Low

Because the journey back to the Moth Chaser in his wheelchair was so boring, Chen Li requested a new, mysterious request.

When Chen Li saw this request, she was dumbfounded.

After Chen Li repeatedly confirmed the situation using the video call function that came with the Miracle Request, he discovered that it was indeed an "ordinary" magical cat.

The only special thing about this cat is that it has a Death Note.