The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

Soul Steel Otto?

If Otto hadn't actually died, it wouldn't have been exciting enough.

"Isn't this better? You see the ad where Otto is resurrected. Otto can meet with Kallen, whom he loves, and then be killed, waiting for the next resurrection... Of course, I will sign a contract with Otto before giving him the resurrection card link to prevent him from doing anything funny."

"How many times do I have to watch the ads?" Theresa's eyes widened in disbelief.

"I don't know, it depends on how many people Otto has offended. So how often your grandfather and his fiancée can meet depends on how much time you can spare to watch the commercials?" Chen Li patted Theresa's head.

Chen Li was not persecuting Otto.

Conversely, Chen Li provided Otto with the opportunity to revive Kallen, and also provided Theresa with the opportunity to revive Otto.

Those who want to kill Otto are all people who have been persecuted by Otto.

In other words, Otto killed Otto.

“…It’s sad, I’ll have to watch commercials for the rest of my life.” Theresa said sadly.

Theresa had already gained a basic understanding of just how many people her grandfather had offended.

Even he himself wanted to pick up Judas and smash his grandfather a few times, half to death, let alone others.

“In any case, shouldn’t we release my grandfather now and let him announce his resignation to the Heavenly Mandate?” Although Theresa didn’t really want to take over the position of Bishop of the Heavenly Mandate, she still said.

"Oh, that's not enough. Because when we signed the contract with the higher-ups at Anti-Entropy, they added an extra clause: they also want to beat up Otto. So..."

"What?! You actually used beating up my grandfather as a diplomatic tactic?" Theresa was dumbfounded.

"There's no other way; it's a necessary sacrifice. Although this diplomatic tactic is somewhat underhanded, it's really effective."

“…Don’t kill Grandpa.” Theresa sighed, accepting the cruel reality.

"Don't worry, there's Siegfried lining up behind Walter, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance."

"Huh?!!" Theresa stared wide-eyed at Siegfried.

You kid...

“Uh, Theresa, Durandal and Kiana have suffered so much, they lost their mother when they were young…” Siegfried’s reasoning was so compelling that Theresa couldn’t refute it at all.

Otto once used the Feather of Dust to alter Theresa's memories of the Second Honkai Impact, making her believe that the Second Honkai Impact was resolved by Schicksal. However, Theresa just read the manga and learned the truth...

“Okay, I don’t care anymore. By the way, Chen Li, I remember Xilin said that my grandfather used Feather Dust to modify my memories many times, which made me not very smart... Do you have any way to cure it?” Theresa leaned close to Chen Li and asked in a low voice.

"..." by Chen Li.

In a sense, if you can believe this reason, it means you don't need treatment at all.

Even after it's cured, it still makes your mouth water.

But it's also possible that Theresa has become stupid, which is why she believes this reason.

“When Sakura comes back, I’ll lend you Mengying’s body. It can clear the burden of your memories, but whether it can help you become smarter is another matter,” Chen Li said.

Mengying only treats illnesses, not increases intelligence.

All the IQs of Theresa in the world are worth one stone, but her astronomical observation skills alone are worth eight pecks.

And for some reason, every Valkyrie armor and every clone of Theresa is incredibly alluring, but when Theresa wears this nun's outfit, she evokes absolutely no desire.

As expected of a nun, she was indeed abstinent.

"Alright, now for the last topic. After we finish discussing this, you can all use your WeChat Moments devices to watch ads and revive Cecilia." Chen Li looked at everyone.

"What topic?"

"What should the alliance of the three organizations, Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent, be called?" Chen Li asked.

"Let's call it the Destiny Alliance. I think the name Destiny sounds better," Theresa said first.

“Why not a World Serpent? Perhaps it can inherit the name of the Fire-Chasing Moth,” the Gray Serpent said.

“We can’t call it ‘Moths Chasing Fire,’ otherwise it’ll be too confusing,” Chen Li objected.

"Lord Chen Li is right."

"Let me say something fair," said the Thunder Dragon Horse as it approached.

Generally speaking, when someone says they want to speak the truth, they can say anything, but they absolutely cannot say the truth.

“I think the name Theresa’s Destiny Alliance is very good,” said Raiden Ryoma.

“Right?” Theresa nodded in satisfaction.

"But it's not good enough."

"..."

"So, taking half of Theresa's Destiny Alliance name and combining it with the name Anti-Entropy... how about calling it Anti-Entropy Alliance?"

“...I have never seen such a shameless person!” Theresa was shocked.

What is the difference between the Anti-Entropy Alliance and Anti-Entropy?

Because Anti-Entropy adopts an alliance-style management system that differs from the centralized authority of Destiny, it is inherently an alliance.

"And what about the World Serpent?"

"That could be called the Anti-Entropy World Alliance."

"..."

The gray snake was speechless, completely overwhelmed by the lightning dragon horse.

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

"Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing. Let me say something fair." Chen Li gestured for everyone to quiet down.

"Chen Li's words sound so familiar."

“Since everyone is dissatisfied with the names they’ve chosen, let’s just forget about them and I’ll come up with a name,” Chen Li said.

"what name?"

"Houmu Paradise"

"???"

"!!!"

"..."

The three major powers, Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent, were all dissatisfied with the naming method proposed by the other party, but they were clearly even more dissatisfied with the name Chen Li had chosen.

"May I ask if there's any deeper meaning behind this name?" Gray Serpent II asked tactfully.

"Because my outfit is called the Golden Houmu King. What, do you have a problem with that?"

"..."

"Just kidding, of course I had a special meaning behind this name." Chen Li suddenly smiled.

"What's the deep meaning?"

"Destiny, Anti-Entropy, World Serpent all sound so cool. Being defeated by such organizations would be taken for granted. But no individual or force can tolerate the humiliation of being defeated by Houmu Paradise," Chen Li confidently stated his reasoning.

Logically speaking, Chen Li is right.

"But have you ever thought about this? Even the people of Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent couldn't accept the humiliation of their alliance being called Houmu Paradise?" Siegfried asked tentatively.

You're right, but...

The alliance of the three major forces fighting against the Honkai—Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent—will surely have a cool name, right?

What the heck is 【Houmu Paradise】?

“And you don’t have the copyright,” Theresa reminded her.

“You’re right, but I was prepared!” Chen Li snapped his fingers.

Then Gray Snake took out a document.

"What's this? A copyright transfer agreement for Houmu. Where did you get this?" Theresa asked, somewhat surprised, as she tiptoed to take the document.

Theresa loves reading the Hoomu Adventure comics, or rather, Hoomu is a mascot that children in this world love.

"You might not believe it, but never mind, I won't say it."

What Theresa didn't know was that the "Houmu Adventure" comic series was actually created by Walter, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance.

Does that sound bizarre?

Chen Li spent a lot of money to buy the copyright of Houmu.

The world's snakes will pay the bill.

Even reverse entropy needs to eat.

Although the mechs developed by Anti-Entropy are no weaker than the Valkyries of Destiny, the biggest drawback of Anti-Entropy mechs is their extremely high cost.

And coincidentally, the World Serpent is very rich, or rather, the Gray Serpent is very rich.

"and then?"

"I have an item here called [Crowd Cheers], which can create a trend or put a group in a frenzy. If we can make Houmu popular all over the world, then naturally no one will object to the name of the Houmu Paradise organization!" Chen Li proposed a brilliant idea.

"Don't use something that sounds so expensive to do something so pointless!"