The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

Chen Li only learned from the other party that everyone's personal career panel is the so-called world beacon.

The first time I heard about it, it seemed a bit strange, but upon closer inspection, it's quite normal. After all, what everyone in this world has is their personal panel, right?

Identity is profession, and profession is identity.

The personal panel records all of each person's information and also includes many basic functions.

For example, a person's identity is their profession. Performing the duties of their profession will increase their experience. When their experience reaches a certain level, they will gain a "trait" slot (usually one slot every 10 levels, but there are exceptions). Traits, in turn, can help professionals perform their professions better.

For example, a higher teacher rank will have the quality of "teaching and nurturing people," making students more obedient and thus allowing the teacher rank to be raised more quickly.

The fact that the main world is becoming increasingly strange is precisely because of the existence of individual job panels, which allows this world to continue to follow the rules and stay on the right track, with everyone performing their respective duties.

However, even with continuous upgrades, ordinary professions can at most lead to health and longevity, free from illness and disaster; they won't make everyone a superman.

Of course, there are also special class card inheritances. For example, Kang Feng, whose shield was shattered by Chen Li's shot, is a shield warrior.

The methods for acquiring these special professions vary. For example, one might obtain a special profession card, or excel at their current job and be able to switch to a hidden profession…

Since the advent of personal dashboards, they have defined the division of labor for each person in society, and have also provided anyone with a channel for advancement.

Of course, it's not without side effects.

For example, lifespan is currently locked to the panel and can only be increased by upgrading your job level and obtaining world rewards.

Therefore, the personal career panel is both a blessing and a constraint from the world.

Just like Chen Li's personal career panel used to have an extra privilege - guardian.

And the one under guardianship is naturally the evil god next to Chen Li!

It's bizarre, isn't it? Chen Li is actually the guardian of the evil god in fairy tales.

Although the Fairy Tale Evil God could kill Chen Li with one punch in terms of strength, Chen Li is the Evil God's guardian.

After all, he was the only survivor among the group of people Chen Li brought the evil god to this world.

Before the evil god reaches "adulthood" in this world, it cannot shake off the identity of being a guardian.

This is also why Chen Li, besides his real name, is able to restrain the evil god.

However, no matter how persistent Chen Li was, he couldn't find any words related to guardians in the Strange Item Forging Guide.

As a result, the smile on Tonghua's face grew brighter and brighter.

"It seems... another constraint has been lifted from my body. My dear believer, let's see how you stop my [favor] this time."

Tong Hua stood up and pressed Chen Li down onto the sofa, her fingers tracing across Chen Li's chest.

Admittedly, Chen Li possesses the true name of the Fairy Tale Evil God, but he dares not use it.

It's like you have the power to flip a table, but you don't dare to do it easily. Because that's the final line you've crossed.

However, the fairy tale evil god was very clever. He never crossed Chen Li's bottom line, but only tested it at the edge of the bottom line.

Therefore, when Chen Li usually interacts with Tong Hua, he can only barely use his role as her guardian to stop some of Tong Hua's behaviors.

But it was only "barely".

Therefore, Chen Li doesn't really want to meet Tong Hua unless absolutely necessary.

But now things are messed up; the guardianship status is gone.

"Alright, stop resisting. I've watched you grow up. Just pretend you were bitten by a dog." Tong Hua coaxed Chen Li in a tone that was meant to comfort a child.

"Stop," Chen Li said through gritted teeth.

Fairy Tale's movements froze.

"Hmm?" Chen Li, who had only been stubborn, suddenly chuckled when he saw Tong Hua's pause.

"Stand up and sit properly. Children should sit properly and are not allowed to lay hands on their guardians," Chen Li continued.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Li saw Tong Hua looking dissatisfied. Although he was quite indignant, he could only obediently sit down next to her.

"Oh dear, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Although I didn't see the words 'guardian,' the identity is still valid," Chen Li said with a smile, holding the Strange Item Forging Guide.

"Tsk. Sooner or later, I'm going to rip this personal panel off." Fairy Tale said unhappily.

In fact, the lower a person's skill level, the more they feel that the personal panel system is extremely superior.

The more capable a person is, the more they feel that the constraints of their personal control panel outweigh the benefits.

"But you have to be willing to give up the convenience that your personal panel brings. Isn't your fairy tale authority turning into story authority? Are you willing to give that up?" Chen Li said, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Fairy tales are stories.

If the power of fairy tales could be transformed into the power of stories, then the power of the fairy tale evil god would be even greater.

"Tsk, just wait and see. As the world's largest book publisher, I'll be able to succeed in this transformation in 10 years at most," Fairy Tale said unwillingly.

This is how the Fairy Tale Evil God fulfills his profession as the Fairy Tale Evil God.

When the Fairy Tale Evil God first arrived in this world, after gaining the world's recognition and acquiring a power panel, he had three options for advancing his strength.

One approach is to start from the perspective of an "evil god" and do what an evil god should do.

One approach is to start with fairy tales and spread them.

One approach is to start with God and gain more faith.

However, Chen Li, who knows the true name of the Fairy Tale Evil God, will not allow the Fairy Tale Evil God to spread chaos. Moreover, in this world full of strange things, if an evil god spreads chaos, it is indeed easy for the legendary investigator with the relics to come knocking on his door, either sealing him away or swindling him out of his "financial ruin".

Moreover, Chen Li, as the only believer of the fairy tale evil god, never spreads his faith, so the third path is also blocked.

Therefore, the fairy tale could only choose the second path.

He first used unconventional methods to become the world's largest publisher of fairy tales, thus solidifying his identity as a "fairy tale" evil god.

Then, by using legitimate methods to defeat other book publishers and seize control of the story's distribution rights, the fairy tale can be gradually transformed into a story. Add to that some subtle tactics and rituals…

Although this process will be slow, it is still quite effective in a world where identity is one's profession.

This is a world perfectly suited for "gods".

That's why the evil god in fairy tales never allows his companions to come into this world.

One law-abiding evil god is enough!

The local evil gods and fairy tale evil gods of this world are not on the same path, so there is no need to worry.

Chapter 23 Sunday's Request - The Perfect Gift for My Sister!

"Let me see, let me see!" Tong Hua kept urging, circling around Chen Li.

"Don't move around, sit still. I don't want to forge any artifacts right now," Chen Li said with a headache.

"No, no." Tong Hua raised her head and continued to circle around Chen Li.

Being a guardian is indeed the best way for Chen Li to control Tong Hua besides using her real name, but the authority of a guardian is not very broad.

Just now, because Tonghua touched Chen Li inappropriately and did something slightly out of line for someone in the position of a ward, Chen Li was able to easily restrain Tonghua.

However, Fairy Tale hasn't done anything out of line yet, so Chen Li can't forcefully restrain her.

Guardianship authority is meant to help newborns adapt to and accept the world more quickly, not to force them to choose to destroy the world after living like slaves for 18 years.

Reasonable discipline is acceptable, but unreasonable discipline is not.

“Listen. Crafting artifacts is really tiring. I’ve already crafted two artifacts in half a day, and even had an audience with a god, so I don’t plan to forge any more artifacts right away,” Chen Li said to Tong Hua.

Since the guide to forging wondrous artifacts had already been shown to Tong Hua, Chen Li did not hide the matter of forging wondrous artifacts.

Having obtained the real name, Chen Li could indeed do whatever he wanted with the fairy tale to a certain extent.

Moreover, with the help of Chen Li's parents, Chen Li and Tong Hua signed all sorts of contracts using Tong Hua's real name, enough to fill a whole drawer.

As a legendary investigator, Chen Li's father, Chen Shi, is quite adept at avoiding being tricked by evil gods when signing contracts and also taking advantage of the evil gods in the process!

Chen Li does indeed need the help of fairy tales to better source goods in this world, since her parents are always "missing".

“I don’t care. I came here because I care about you. You can’t let me come all this way for nothing. Besides, you’re still doing nothing right now, so forge a rare artifact for me to see,” Fairy Tale said.

"...I've forged a rare item, but I won't receive any reward. So, I won't be forging the Infinite Rose for the time being. You should give up." Chen Li shook his head.

Although the dandelion in the fairy tale was unusable, it gave Chen Li a weapon that could freely separate and combine, possessing the ability to separate.

The weapon's [dispersion], and the "eternity" of the "immortal remains".

Before gaining the ability to appraise, Chen Li had already traded away all the Longevity Pills. So it wasn't until he returned to the basement and retrieved the "Undying Remains" that Chen Li discovered that the Undying Remains had three entries.

[Forever], [A Moment], [Immortal]

Although the combination of these three words made Chen Li feel increasingly uneasy, he had already collected all the necessary words for the rose.

Now, rather than forging rare items, Chen Li would rather chat with his gaming buddies.

“Then…can’t you forge some other wondrous items? I can provide you with the entries. Although my manifested projections are unusable, I still have quite a collection,” Fairy Tale said.

"This..." Chen Li was somewhat tempted.

Chen Li knew that the Fairy Tale Evil God liked to collect strange and unusual trinkets.