The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

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Chapter 192 Virvie: How about the idea of ​​making the Immortal Ship stand up?!

The enchanting sound of hammering echoed throughout the workshop until it finally stopped. Only then did the artisans come to their senses and look into a forging room, wondering what such an elegant and melodious sound of hammering, like art, truly meant.

"As expected of the general's distinguished guest, he certainly has some skill in crafting objects. It's a pity he's a short-lived species..." After making a few remarks, the craftsmen from the Bureau of Works dispersed and devoted themselves to their work.

In the mouths of the craftsmen of the Immortal Ship, the term "short-lived species" is not a derogatory term, because the knowledge within the Bureau of Crafts is vast and boundless, and it is impossible for humankind to fully comprehend all of this knowledge in its short span of 100 years.

……

"No matter how many times I've seen it, the awe-inspiring power of forging artifacts never diminishes. Although I still don't understand it, it feels incredibly powerful," Wilvi remarked from the side.

"Speaking of which, Vilvie, you've become the Envoy of Pleasure, so why haven't you caused anything yet? You're making me uneasy; I have a feeling you're brewing something big." Chen Li put down the Hammer of Miracles, reached into the Miracle Fire, and took out the crafted artifact.

"Why do I have to cause trouble?" Wilvi tilted her head.

"Because my preconceived notion of the Masked Fool is that he's a troublemaker, and a big one at that," Chen Li said.

“Your preconceived notions are quite accurate. Here, this is my result.” Wilvi gave Chen Li a smug smile and then took out a mask.

"This is..." Chen Li could see that the mask in Wilvi's hand was emitting a faint light, indicating that the mask was extraordinary.

There must be many great entries above!

"Personality mask".

"???"

"It can bestow a mask upon any object that possesses an additional personality. If worn by a human, it will create a dual personality; if worn by a non-living object, it will give the object consciousness and personality, and may even bring it to life."

"You scared me to death! I thought it was one of those Personas from the 'Smell of Goddess' series that could summon something like a Stand... No, this thing is even more dangerous than a Persona. What are you going to do with it?" Chen Li couldn't help but ask after realizing that the Persona's effects seemed a bit too overpowered.

The effect of this item is rather ordinary compared to rare artifacts, but it is still a bit too advanced for ordinary travelers on their path.

"Chen Li, as you know, I fell deeply in love with you the moment I saw you..."

"???"

"...the forging furnace."

"..."

“But I’ve discovered that human strength has its limits. Without the help of special powers, forging items similar to wondrous artifacts is incredibly difficult. However, the arrival of the Star God of Joy and the power she provided have given me even more possibilities,” Velvi said eloquently.

"how is this possible?"

"I briefly read through the history of this world. The God of Intelligence was originally a computer used to solve all things, and Emperor Rupert, a member of the Genius Club, was also a computer with self-awareness. This shows that in this world, the potential of machines is unpredictable. Allowing unconscious beings to transcend the limits of the individual may also be one of the ways to become a god."

"Vilvie, calm down. The two examples you just gave are not replicable," Chen Li reminded her.

“You’re right. In subsequent experiments, I also discovered that even though this mask, created by fusing one of my blank personalities with the power of the entire Pleasure Commander, does have the ability to give consciousness and personality to non-living matter, the personalities are too weak. Although they are pure enough, they cannot even control their own bodies smoothly because the ‘signal’ is too weak, so it is difficult to even move.” Velvi shook her head regretfully.

"It would be strange if it could work... Wait a minute, did you just say something incredible?" Chen Li was stunned for a moment.

"Are you referring to the entire power of the Pleasure Envoy? I feel that given the reputation of the Pleasure Star God, He might take back this power at any time, so I have never considered this power as my own." Velvi waved her hand.

"No, I meant what you just said about the mask incorporating a blank personality of yours?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

"There's a problem, a huge problem, are you crazy?" Chen Li couldn't help but press his forehead.

To be honest, when Chen Li met with Velvi, he found that she hadn't created any Genesis Mech or anything like that. Chen Li thought that this Pleasure Envoy, who was originally quite outrageous, was actually the most docile. He didn't expect that Velvi had secretly pulled off a big stunt for him!

You care about me, right?

"nonsense!"

“It feels so good to be cared for, but what if I told you that this blank personality was provided by a god with different faces who suddenly glanced at me?” A sly smile appeared on Velvi’s lips.

"what?"

“Here’s the thing, as you know, I have multiple personalities…” Wilvi said quite frankly.

After Chen Li learned the secret from the plot, Wilvi no longer considered it a secret.

"and then?"

"The plot you provided was indeed helpful to me because it made me realize my own talents... Although my id has always refused to face reality, I am still quite capable of facing reality now that I only have two personalities. So after switching personalities using different methods and successfully reaching an agreement for each personality to work for a period of time, a star god glanced at me, I think it was the same harmonious star god mentioned in history books."

"Ah... this is an unexpected path, but it seems quite reasonable." Chen Li scratched his head.

Can cooperation between different personalities be considered harmonious?

The behaviors of 'understanding,' 'support,' and 'cooperation' are manifestations of a harmonious destiny.

The little elf offered a friendly reminder.

Okay, that makes sense.

Or rather, the future Virvi, who possesses eight equal personalities, is indeed very similar to Hipper, who has a thousand faces.

And Virvi's id personality is completely indifferent to being a part of something, rather than the main body.

This Om is so harmonious.

"So you embarked on a path of shared destiny?"

"More or less, but quite a bit different. The moment we reached a consensus, we did indeed embark on the path of harmony, and this path, for some reason, gifted us a unified platform that allows the id and other personalities to communicate normally, cooperate, and progress together..."

"It is not good?"

“Theoretically it’s good, but my ego thinks we’re disturbing her. Plus, with the idea that ‘Vilvie is not just Wilvie, but only Wilvie,’ and the help of the delightful destiny that just happened to come to our door, we ‘took’ this overarching platform out and put it into this mask,” Wilvie said.

"..." Chen Li roughly understood.

What Vervière needs is purity.

Even if Velvi splits into 8 or even hundreds of personalities, those personalities are still Velvi, but the overall platform is not.

In Wilvi's view, this overarching platform can also be considered a personality, so different Wilvi voted to "vote out" this overarching platform.

what is this?

"Moreover, this bulk goods platform came about at a really opportune time. As I just mentioned, after this Persona was given a personality to a non-living object, the resulting consciousness and personality were very pure and weak. Pure means having no opinions of their own, and weak means having insufficient potential."

“But if, after removing the mask, the personality and consciousness of the non-living entity are left inside the mask and unified through this unifying platform… even if each individual is weak on its own, it’s a different story when they come together. Sufficient consciousness strength would allow this persona to control whatever it wants, such as the immortal ship beneath our feet.” Velvi stomped her foot.

A single drop of water has limited power, but water gathers from many streams and eventually becomes the sea!

"Furthermore, I discovered that the personalities preserved in this way also retain and exert some of their original abilities in the new body. For example, the personality of an ordinary stone can make objects harder. Although these abilities are very basic, they may not be so when combined."

“As long as this mask remains intact and is passed down through generations, supported by countless pure and weak personalities, sooner or later this mask will enable a behemoth like the Immortal Ship to possess its own personality and fully control its body. Perhaps it can even develop into a galactic giant,” Velvi said with great interest.

“…Jingyuan, I’m so sorry.” Chen Li sighed deeply.

I'm sorry, I'm the one who sent three "bombs" to the Fairy Ship.

Thankfully, none of them exploded.

"What does this have to do with Jingyuan?" Wilvi tilted her head in confusion.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking that even though you've created this thing, the God of Intelligence hasn't even glanced at you?" Chen Li complained.

“What does this have to do with the God of Wisdom? This mask is still very weak, and it’s just a tool. It doesn’t show my genius at all.” Velvi shook her head.

"I can barely accept that reason, but why doesn't Tongxie even glance at you... Oh, you melted Tongxie's Blessing." Chen Li couldn't hold back anymore when he thought of this.

It's unclear whether it's because Vilvie only displayed genius-level madness and not other merits that she wasn't invited by the God of Wisdom.

Furthermore, since there seemed to be few consciousnesses within this mask, and the Blessing of Harmony was no longer on Vilvie but on this mask, the God of Harmony had not extended an olive branch to Vilvie.

Therefore, such a harmonious genius became a master of pleasure...

This is so delightful.

[Perhaps the Star God of Joy used His divine power to block out this persona. He wants to pull off something big!]

"..." Chen Li thought about it and also felt that it was possible that Aha was behind it.

Perhaps for Aha, the amusement he gets from letting those who are not good enough to be geniuses into the genius club is no greater than the amusement he gets from preventing geniuses who should be in the genius club from getting in.

What kind of fun isn't fun?

Damn it!

"By the way, Wilvie, have you named this mask? And have you equipped it with any countermeasures?" Chen Li asked.

“The name of the mask… let’s call it ‘Inheritance.’ As for countermeasures, of course there are. After all, you know, what blacksmith wouldn’t leave a backdoor in the items they forge?” Velvi nodded.

"What backdoor?"

“Each personality within this persona is weak; their strength stems from the collective strength. How the collective acts is determined and integrated by the unifying platform, which in turn is mine… You can think of the unifying platform as the brain of this persona.” Velvi shrugged and didn’t continue.

"...Is your overall platform large enough?"

“Rest assured, every personality born from the Persona will be connected to the overarching platform at its purest state. Each personality both uses this platform and bears its burdens, so it will never collapse,” Wilvi said.

"Okay, as long as you keep it in mind," Chen Li said, feeling that the risks of this Persona were relatively controllable.

Although this Persona can give birth to pure personalities from non-living things, although the pure personalities born will all have some characteristics and abilities of the original body, and although these personalities, each with their own strengths, will work together under the influence of the group to make the objects that the Persona can control increasingly larger and perform increasingly complex behaviors...

But this persona is still suppressed by the comedic god, so it can't be overturned.

At best, it would be something like the Luofu Immortal Ship forming the head, the Yaoqing Immortal Ship forming the torso, and so on, making the Immortal Ship Alliance a single entity.