The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"No, I feel you still don't believe me. Look at this photo of me and Jing Yuan in his 'Mengying' state. You don't know what 'Mengying' is, do you? It's a magical artifact I created for the Immortal Ship. It can suppress the demonic yin body of the Immortal Ship people and the moon madness of the fox people, but the price is turning into a whiny monster. This is currently the biggest secret of the Immortal Ship Alliance, bar none." Chen Li continued. "This humble woman truly believes you! Please don't say any more." Looking at the photo Chen Li showed her, Ting Yun's composure crumbled slightly.

Stop talking, please stop talking!

If you say another word, I'm afraid I'll be silenced once I return to the Immortal Ship!

"I think you... okay, I think you really believe it, then we can continue." When Chen Li saw the somewhat uneasy expression on Ting Yun's face, he knew that Ting Yun really believed it.

However, Chen Li also felt that Tingyun didn't need to be so afraid, because soon Tingyun would become one of the biggest secrets of the Luofu Immortal Ship.

Everyone's keeping it a secret, so there's no need to worry about it being leaked.

"I am all ears." Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Chen Li had finally stopped worrying about whether she believed him or not.

"Here's what happened: through some secret channels, I deduced that the Great Lord of Annihilation, Huanlong, intends to use the Star Core to revive the Jianmu tree and wreak havoc on the Immortal Ship. You are the identity Huanlong chose to infiltrate the Immortal Ship. Therefore, when your merchant guild returns to the Immortal Ship, you will be attacked by the Great Lord of Annihilation, Huanlong. She will take your place and enter the Immortal Ship, causing chaos throughout the entire ship!"

"???" Hearing Chen Li reveal such a big secret in one breath, Ting's head was spinning.

You mean to say that the messenger of destruction, the Great Lord of Annihilation, Huanlong, has set his sights on me, a weak, pitiful, and helpless ordinary fox-person?

Tingyun suddenly felt that he might not need to worry about being silenced after returning to the Immortal Ship, because he would be silenced before that.

"Oh, judging from your expression, you obviously don't believe my secret channels, right? Well then, I'm about to tell you one of the greatest secrets of the universe! Listen carefully..."

"Stop, esteemed Master of Rare Artifacts, I don't want to know any secrets. I just want to know if there's any hope for me." Ting Yun looked pitiful and helpless as she gazed at Chen Li.

Tingyun wasn't afraid because of the Great Lord Huanlong, because Tingyun had never faced the pressure of destruction. Tingyun was afraid because of Chen Li, because any one of the secrets Chen Li mentioned could put poor little Tingyun under strict surveillance by the immortal ship for decades.

In that case, Tingyun's business, Tingyun's money, Tingyun's treasures... everything will be gone!

“Of course there is hope. I have a magical item here called the Resurrection Match. You can watch the Resurrection Match ads through the link I send you…” Chen Li briefly explained the effects of the Resurrection Match to Ting Yun.

"You mean I'm doomed? But I still have a few days to watch the resurrection matches, collect the resurrection cards, and prepare for my next resurrection?" Tingyun was amazed by the magical effects of this strange object.

So, is the Master of Rare Items really a master of "rare items"?

Instead of just stealing accounts from members of the Genius Club and using meme-level contagion to play pranks, as some online rumors suggest?

As expected, you can't believe everything you read online.

And no wonder the other party could become a member of the genius club.

If this artifact's effects are real, I'd believe you if you said you were a star god!

Therefore, Tingyun guessed that this strange object must have some kind of restriction!

For example, it can only revive itself, a noob.

"That's not the case. If Miss Tingyun is unwilling to cooperate, we have other methods..."

In fact, Chen Li had already sent out this WeChat Moments terminal a long time ago, but to ensure security, the delivery was slow and it has only now reached Tingyun's hands.

The best original plan was indeed to use Tingyun to lure Juemie Dajun Huanlong, but now Chen Li has another method.

It can only be said that the difficulty of the levels has not kept up with the speed at which players have become stronger.

“However, before that, I think that since Miss Tingyun, you are perhaps one of the biggest victims in the Huanlong incident, you are entitled to know the whole truth. So please watch this video before deciding how you want to resolve this matter. The way this video is presented is a bit special, but you don’t need to worry about it.” Chen Li said as Tingyun sent him a video.

Or rather, the plot.

Chen Li remained indifferent to this, because if a wondrous object capable of reviving a dead star god had already appeared, would it seem strange to have a wondrous object for viewing the future? Of course not.

At least Chen Li believed that the Star God of Wisdom had always been fully aware of the plot's progress, and that everything might not have deviated from the Star God of Wisdom's calculations.

However, the God of Wisdom clearly cannot resurrect other Gods.

Chen Li has been keeping the Black Tower Space Station storyline out of the Black Tower because he's afraid the Black Tower will add something "to the Star Core".

The process may not be important, the result may not be important, but the starting point is definitely important!

Without the pioneers, the universe would be a quarter less fun!

Therefore, Chen Li always felt that the most suitable destiny for a pioneer should be one of joy.

After an unknown amount of time, having patiently finished reading the story on her WeChat Moments, Tingyun slowly raised her head, looking at Chen Li with a complicated expression.

"You mean that Huanlong will not only attack the 'Minghuo' merchant ship that I will be on my return journey after this trade trip, but will also take my identity, emotions, and experience, claim everything as his own, disguise himself as me, infiltrate the immortal ship, and destroy half of Luofu?"

"Ah."

"And all of this is simply because of my rich emotions and experience, and because Huanlong needs an identity to board the Immortal Ship?"

"Ah."

"If nothing unexpected happens, she will use my identity to revive the Jianmu tree, use my identity to destroy half of the Immortal Ship, use my identity to displace countless people, and use my identity to destroy those I know and those who know me?"

"Ah."

Chen Li nodded three times.

Huanlong's style is to incite religious conflict within a planet, undermine its spiritual pillars, drive the collapse of trust within civilization, and ultimately lead people to utter despair. She enjoys plunging people into chaos and suspicion, driving them to self-destruction and completely ensnaring them in her wicked schemes.

Therefore, an identity that would allow her to thrive within the fairy ship is of paramount importance.

The reason for choosing Tingyun may also be related to her identity as Suiyang.

The Suiyang Clan enjoys parasitizing and manipulating flesh and blood bodies, sensing the many changes in the nervous system that arise with emotions.

Attacking Tingyun will allow her to obtain Tingyun's body, which is rich in emotions and experience, and will also allow her to board the Immortal Ship and use the abundant power of Jianmu to create an indelible body!

That's why it's said that Huanlong's interest in Xianzhou is a case of mixing personal matters into official business.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Destruction to target the Immortal Boat Alliance, this "honey badger," at this stage.

"So you have your own plans?" Chen Li asked.

"What did the generals say?" Tingyun asked in return.

“Jing Yuan doesn’t know yet. So it’s all up to you. The Immortal Ship doesn’t need your sacrifice, and neither do I. Everything is up to your own preference,” Chen Li said.

Regardless of Tingyun's decision, Chen Li expressed his respect and approval.

“I’ve heard that in that ancient civilization before the Immortal Ship set sail across the starry sea, there was a profession called envoy. Their job was to be sent as envoys to neighboring small countries, to provoke the kings through various means, and to die in the enemy’s country, so that their own lives could secure a just cause for their nation to conquer the small country. The ancient saying that ‘enemies are not killed in war’ comes from this.” Tingyun murmured softly.

"There's no need to worry about that. The Great Lord of Annihilation, Huanlong, has been plotting against the Immortal Ship for some time now. He made contact with the Medicine King's secret teachings on the Luofu Immortal Ship a long time ago. So it won't be difficult to find a reason to attack the Great Lord of Annihilation," Chen Li said.

Once a legitimate cause is established, launching a campaign against the Annihilation Lord or waging war against the Antimatter Legion can convince the Cloud Cavalry of the Immortal Boat Alliance to fight with all their might.

Even if no evidence is found, no one would comment on the fact that the Immortal Boat Alliance launched the attack on the messenger of destruction first.

The statement that the Uchiha brat was born evil is indeed biased.

No one would argue that the antimatter legion is inherently evil.

The conflicts between different Star God factions can all be described as a matter of stance, except for the two Star God factions.

One is destruction.

Second, breeding.

Both of these Star God factions are utterly despicable.

"I see. How did you know about this?"

"Because I am the messenger of the God of Abundance, I don't know who else knows this. This was told to me personally by the leader of the Medicine King's secret lineage."

“???” Tingyun tilted her head.

"Your general knows about this. Also, don't tilt your head; it's bad for your cervical spine," Chen Li quickly reminded him.

"You mean...like this?" Tingyun instantly recalled the classic scene she had witnessed, and then tilted her head at an exaggerated angle.

"!!!"

"Ouch...it hurts." Seeing Chen Li's pupils dilate, Ting Yun covered her neck and smiled slightly.

"You're not Tingyun! Tell me, are you that damned Masked Fool in disguise?!"

"You flatter me, my benefactor. I was just trying to lighten the mood, as the atmosphere was a bit serious," Tingyun said politely with a smile.

"..."

"Oh dear, it seems my benefactor likes it when he calls me that," Tingyun said again, keenly noticing the change in Chen Li's expression.

“You don’t need to call me that. I’m just giving you a choice, I can’t call you a benefactor.”

"Just for this one resurrection card link, my benefactor deserves this title, so there's no need to be modest. It's just that I'm a little confused." Tingyun gently stroked her chin.

What's puzzling you?

"Since I cannot retaliate against Huanlong with a just cause, and you have given me the freedom to choose without any coercion, what reason can I give to explain my desire to teach Huanlong a lesson?" Tingyun sighed.

"...I think you're just very vengeful," Chen Li retorted.

Of course, Chen Li felt that anyone would feel vengeful in this situation.

You killed my men, and then used my identity to destroy my family and friends?

Who can accept this?

What? That's something that's going to happen in the future? It hasn't happened yet?

Does it matter?

It does not matter!

You can't even dream about it! Let alone actually do it in the future!

The inherently evil Demon Lord of Annihilation!