The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

Completed 10 Miracle Check-ins (12/10) (√)

Job level upgraded to lv4 (√)

Reputation increased to level 3 (Lv2: 157/200)

"Now all that's left is reputation... Judging by this progress, one more big project and we'll be almost done." Chen Li was quite pleased to see that his newbie quest was finally nearing completion.

It cost Chen Li 90 crystals to create the one-star rare item [Cute Body].

It can be said that this rare item is the one that Chen Li spent the most money on after acquiring the "Pleasure" attribute, mainly because this rare item has no obvious side effects.

It possesses both meme-level spread and the ability to transform infected individuals into whiny monsters, granting them pseudo-invincible attributes. It can be said to be quite excellent in every aspect.

And most importantly, this artifact also has an overlimit mode.

Once the overlimit mode is activated, this strange object will change the underlying logic, transforming into a true "Moe-Ying Virus," turning all infected creatures into "Ying-Ying Monsters," and this transformation is irreversible.

It could totally give the entire Honkai Impact 3rd world a little shock with its whining monsters!

However, since this overlimit mode requires crystals, Chen Li felt that he would never be able to use this function in his life.

After creating this extraordinary artifact, Chen Li has not yet received any benefits because it has not yet been handed over to the Immortal Boat Alliance.

The reputation increased by 80 points compared to two days ago, mainly because Chen Li was too unrestrained in the Collapse Iron World, even causing irreparable damage to the Void Star God's body. In addition, he often "passively" spread the reputation of his genius club members, thus becoming famous far and wide.

A world like Beng Tie, with its vast universe and even transcending planetary boundaries, is perfect for a grand production! Chen Li really liked it!

After the Immortal Boat Cute Day is successfully held, Chen Li will have the opportunity to raise his reputation to level 3 and complete the novice mission.

Therefore, Chen Li will stop at nothing to get Meng Yingri!

"Hehehe, Jingyuan, don't blame me!"

As for what kind of preconceived notions this would create when it spread to other worlds, Chen Li didn't care; as long as he gained fame, that was enough!

"Speaking of which, Chen Li, you seem to have never mentioned what abilities you have after becoming the Balance Token Envoy?" The Great Black Tower interrupted Chen Li's sinister laughter, which sounded like that of a villain.

Daheita knew that if Chen Li laughed like that, someone would definitely be in trouble, but Daheita didn't think it would be him, so he didn't pay attention.

"I thought you could suppress your curiosity until tomorrow."

“Because the Balance Star God and his Arbitrators are so mysterious, even more mysterious than mysterious, I’m very curious,” the Great Black Tower said.

"The power of this envoy may seem immense, but it truly is immense."

“…Get to the point.”

"This envoy's power may not be anything extraordinary or magical, but it has certainly brought me a lot of convenience. One of its names is the Trial of Balance."

"I've heard of this. It seems that the Arbiter of Balance provides certain destined travelers with a Balance Trial. The strong will gain opportunities, and the weak will have a chance to catch their breath. After passing the trial, they will face stronger opponents, more difficult puzzles, and richer rewards," said the erudite Great Black Tower.

Arbitrators champion the concept of "mutualism," praising its eternal focus and patience. But universal laws cannot transcend time and space, and mortals can only seek the beauty of "balance" in the mundane world, sparing no effort to erase the extremes of the world: beauty and ugliness, joy and sorrow, good and evil, love and hate—countless opposing concepts are created and interpreted, merely to satisfy the arbitrators' obsession with a "zero-sum" universe.

However, the trial of equilibrium does not mean that the sum of the gains of the strong and the losses of the weak is zero. This is because every being in the universe has different adaptive strategies and survival mechanisms.

The higher your balance level, the stronger the enemies you face and the more difficult the puzzles, but you will also gain more material, spiritual, countable, and uncountable rewards... The rewards will match the power you possess.

"So...would you like to give it a try?" Chen Li invited.

"No need. I don't need it." The Great Black Tower shook its head.

Arbitrators are sometimes mistaken for gods in some worlds, but they are far too inexperienced for the Great Black Tower.

For the Great Black Tower, the envoy of wisdom, the balance level could no longer restrain her.

Because she has already reached the pinnacle of this universe, second only to the Star God.

So... surely it's impossible that some Memory Makers from the Flowing Light Memory Court, whose brains seem to be missing a screw, would come to spy on the memories of the Wisdom Envoy's audience with the Wisdom Star God Envoy at the Great Black Tower?

"Not every arbitrator is a Balance Envoy, just as not every member of the Genius Club is an Intellect Envoy. The Balance level I cast on you should be able to affect you. Do you really not want to give it a try?"

"No, I'm still annoyed by that woman messing up my experiments every day," the Black Tower said irritably.

“Oh, that’s the second point. You can now call out the name of the Silent Lord at will, because when it comes to manipulating causal chains, the Balance Star God is the real expert. He manipulates the cause and effect of the entire universe… According to the rule that subordinates are not allowed to contradict their superiors, the Silent Lord cannot affect the causal chains near me, so naturally she cannot freely appear along the causal chains or hear us talking about her.”

"Really?"

“Of course,” Chen Li said.

"Polka Kaka is a bitch! Phew, that feels much better."

"However, the God of Balance is very stingy. He only gave me the ability to counteract the influence of the causal chain, but not the ability to manipulate the causal chain."

"What's the big deal? You can just forge one yourself, can't you?"

“That’s what I was thinking too. I’ve always wanted to forge a strange object that can slap someone through the internet cable, but after thinking about it carefully, it would be better to forge a strange object that can slap someone through the chain of cause and effect.” Chen Li nodded.

A portion of this balanced power can be set aside to forge wondrous objects.

"Once you've finished crafting this marvelous object, let me borrow it for a moment." The Great Black Tower's eyes lit up.

"no problem."

"No wonder you said the power the Balanced Star God gave you might not be as wondrous as some rare treasures. Both of these advantages are... alright, but not enough."

"The power bestowed upon me is like this; it's far inferior to what I could obtain by consuming it myself. However, the power of balance has a third advantage: I can see the connections between things and achieve balance," Chen Li said.

"Balance? For example?"

“Dad once said that balance isn’t important, connection is. Do you know what the biggest difficulty in using the Universal Cutting technique is? It’s not the difficulty of cutting the lines or the cost of splicing them. It’s finding that line. For example, right now I can see the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree.” Chen Li looked at Sirin, who had been sullen because of the absence of Little Chen Li.

"This has already exceeded the limits of the Balance Envoy, hasn't it? The Balance Star God has been quite good to you."

"Don't get me wrong, I got this after consuming the Glance of the Balance Star God. I won on my first try, I'm pretty lucky."

The [Connection] was something Chen Li obtained, while the [Balancing of Connection] was a gift from the Star God of Balance. The two are perfectly matched.

Chen Li had always believed that the Balance Star God had "seen" Chen Li devouring the Gluttonous Star God's glance a hundred years ago, and therefore this time it was deliberately offering its glance to Chen Li to eat. This was the proof.

Chen Li declares that the Balanced Star God is the true brother! The Void Star God ranks second!

"By the way! Glance! After you devoured the Glance of the Balance Star God, can He still glance at others?"

"Because this time when I ate the Glimpse, I was thinking that I didn't want the Balance Star God to lose this part of his vision, so I was able to recover. I asked with the Miracle Card 'Then I Ask You,' and the 'Food God's' ability to 'cause irreversible damage to the part of a god that has been swallowed' is an option, not a requirement."

"Oh, then could you cut off the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree and graft it onto me or the Star God?" the Great Black Tower suddenly asked.

"It's possible, but what do you want to do?"

“I want to cultivate this connection a bit stronger before giving it back to Celine. Do you know what Celine’s biggest problem is?”

"what?"

"illiteracy."

"..."

No problem.

But Xilin didn't even graduate from elementary school, so it's not good to make things too difficult for her.

“Your idea is good, but stop thinking about it. In fact, the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree is more solid than you think; it’s just that Sirin herself doesn’t know how to use it,” Chen Li said.

Although the version of Honkai Impact 3rd is very outdated, every Herrscher core is actually a mechanic monster.

Take Seele, the first limited five-star character in the early days of Honkai Impact 1rd, for example. Although her stats seem a bit stagnant in today's game with inflated stats, her "replay" mechanism, which allows her to act again immediately after defeating an enemy, is still top-tier even now.

“Alright, let me add some more details about how to train Sirin.” The Great Black Tower nodded.

The Great Black Tower will absolutely not give up on the Sirin N*R project! Because it's really useful.

The Great Black Tower also had no intention of having Chen Li create a wondrous artifact that could directly connect to the Imaginary Tree, as this would be meaningless for the Great Black Tower's research on the Star God.

Moreover, if all the problems were truly solved with the help of others, that would be the biggest problem for the Great Black Tower.

"Stop adding anything, want to join me in spying on the Silent Lord?" Chen Li asked.

"what?"

“Unbeknownst to you, the Silent Lord has a close connection with you. She has used this connection countless times to stop you from potentially stepping outside your circle of knowledge. And now we can turn the tables and spy on the Silent Lord,” Chen Li said.

"Good brother. Don't forget to call me when something good happens! Let's go!" Big Black Tower was overjoyed.

"Of course, we are brothers and best friends." Chen Li made no mention of using the Great Black Tower's "signal communication," which would surely allow the Great Black Tower to watch the event on the same screen.

So when Estella received the order from the Great Black Tower to collect all the messengers issued by the staff who had turned into whiny monsters throughout the entire Black Tower space station, she pushed open the door to report and saw the Great Black Tower and Chen Li huddled together, laughing from time to time.

This time, Estella could no longer convince herself that it was just a delusion caused by excessive stress, because Estella had just released that stress.

"Lady Black Tower... she must be in love. Has this day finally come?" Estella sighed.

Otherwise, Estád couldn't explain why the Great Black Tower and Chen Li would genuinely smile when they looked at each other.

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Chapter 204 The Silver Wolf Who Was Angered to Tears by Chen Li - I Swear I Will Not Be a Wolf If I Don't Avenge This!

"..." Looking at the scene before him, Chen Li fell into deep thought.

Upon seeing the crime scene, Chen Li suddenly remembered something.

That is, when I was using [Moe-chan], there was another heavyweight in the Black Tower Space Station - Haruhi Suzumiya.

"What? You want to eat with us too?" Haruhi Suzumiya asked Chen Li while taking snacks from her four friends in a sack.

"...At first, when Estella told me something had happened, I didn't believe her. I never expected it to actually happen." Chen Li sighed.