The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Then, I won't stand on ceremony." Looking at the star-shaped dodecahedron that Rick handed over, under the gaze of Rick, Shubi, and Tet, the God of Games whose essence was activated because Rick obtained the Star Cup, Chen Li opened his mouth and bit into the Star Cup.

“Eat up, it’s what you deserve. And let’s eat our way to a future for humanity. A future where humanity can even break through the limits of the Star Cup. I’m really looking forward to that,” Rick said with a smile.

If the Star Cup is omniscient and omnipotent, then everything will be under its control.

But just like the paradox of God—can God create a stone that He cannot lift?—whether the Cup can enable humanity to surpass the Cup in the future is also something that cannot be known.

Is it possible that in the future, humanity will shine among the stars?

As the leader of humanity, Rick, who had devoted more than a year to the effort and witnessed countless human sacrifices before Chen Li's arrival, naturally wanted to fight for humanity to have an opportunity to become an outsider.

If the Star Cup can't do it, then let someone who can eat the Star Cup do it.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out from the Star Cup. Although the omniscient and omnipotent dodecahedron Star Cup returned to its perfect state in an instant, in another sense, it had forever lost a part of itself.

And this clicking sound also rang out simultaneously in countless corners of the world.

All living things in the world simultaneously felt as if they had lost something, but as the soft light passed by, that piece was restored.

When Chen Li eats using gourmet cells, the first bite always has the greatest impact on the attribute points he gains.

The seat beneath Chen Li shattered instantly due to the surge in his power, but Chen Li quickly allocated all his attribute points to strange and unusual skills to reduce his physical abilities to the limit he could control, thus preventing him from accidentally smashing the cave he was in.

Good news, Chen Li has been enhanced.

"Here you go." Chen Li tossed the Star Cup back to Rick.

Chen Li was very interested in many of the additional entries on the Star Cup, but Rick needed to use the Star Cup to establish an alliance, so Chen Li returned it to Rick first.

"How does it taste?" Rick asked curiously.

Rick was curious about everything, from the fact that Chen Li could actually chew the Star Cup to its taste.

"Like a crispy ice cream cone, it tastes great, and it's so crunchy! Burp."

"Are you OK?"

"It's nothing, hiccup."

"Oh no, hiccup."

"Why can't I stop? *burp*"

Bad news, Chen Li is full.

Or rather... I ate too much.

Even the Gluttonous Star God has arrived; everyone must call you "Brother." Brother, you are the true Gluttonous Star God.

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Chapter 239 The Great Black Tower: Sirin, your Chen Li is mine tonight! (10k) "A self-proclaimed intellectual [Sixteen Races]!"

"Swear an oath to the covenant!"

Ignoring the consent of the sixteen races, the "Ten Covenants" based on the throne of the One God were read at this moment.

From this day forward, the world begins to change.

【1】This world prohibits all killing, war and plunder.

【2】All disputes shall be resolved based on the outcome of the game.

【3】The game must be played with stakes that are judged to be equal by both parties.

[4] Without violating [3], there are no restrictions on game content or betting.

【5】The challenged party has the right to decide the content of the game.

[6] All bets made under the "Pledge to the Covenant" must be strictly observed.

【VII】A full-power agent should be appointed to resolve disputes between groups.

【8】If any improper behavior occurs during the game, it will be considered as a defeat once it is discovered.

[9] I declare in the name of God that the above rules are immutable.

[10] Let's all play peacefully together!

(I will add 200 free words to the chapter as needed for the plot.)

"The Star Cup is really useful."

"Indeed, the Star Cup is really useful."

"You two...you three really treat the Star Cup so casually? Hiccup." Looking at the Star Cup that had returned to his hand, Chen Li asked the three people in front of him.

Shubi is a machine race, Riku is a human race, and Tet is a god race.

“Because my wish from beginning to end has only been to end this war. What humanity wants, humanity needs to achieve itself. Because this is a matter for the race, not just one person. Isn’t peace a good thing? Besides, don’t we still have you?” Rick said, shrugging.

"It's a perfect ending, I really like it." The God of Games, Tet, said nothing.

As the God of Games who appeared after Riku obtained the Star Cup and whose divine essence was activated due to Riku's faith, he felt it was only natural that Riku won this eternal war and obtained the Star Cup.

Hughie remained silent, as she didn't care about any of this.

"Furthermore... if life is a game, then it was with your help that a perfect ending was achieved. Not a single Mech died, and there was no need for severely damaged Mechs to slaughter the Winged Race, or even the God of War. This violated one of the six covenants I once established: 'No one should die.' So I am very grateful. To repay you, I plan to give you something," Rick said.

The moment Rick touched the Star Cup, he seemed to see something different from what he was seeing now.

As the omniscient and omnipotent holder of the Star Grail, one can know exactly what would happen if a certain outsider had not arrived.

Even though the Machina race calls themselves heartless tools, and the death of a tool is not considered a defeat, the Skywing race is a living being. If the Machina race kills a Skywing race that has been turned into a loli by the God Strike, it will add an endless hatred between the two races.

And at this moment, everything is so perfect.

Chen Li even helped Rick achieve something that even the Star Cup couldn't do—resurrection.

The concept of reincarnation does not exist in this world.

How could Rick's fallen comrades, whom he had always remembered, be resurrected? Chen Li had already provided the answer.

—Watch the ads.

This is destined to be a huge project.

Even if the only god were to appear, you wouldn't be able to look away from the 30-second ad; you'd still have to watch it obediently.

Even if someone is so powerful that they are omniscient and omnipotent, they cannot change the drop rate of resurrection card fragments.

It's a sad fact.

"What do you want to give me? A star cup? Hiccup," Chen Li asked.

Chen Li hadn't fully processed that Star Cup yet, so he wasn't really keen on speaking, but he was also very curious about what Rick wanted to give him.

“It’s not the Star Cup. Of course, I can give it to you if you want, but I feel you’re not interested in it. When you have the Star Cup, all you see in your eyes is pure, simple hunger. So I’m going to give you something you need more.”

Because he hiccuped whenever he spoke, Chen Li nodded instead of speaking, letting Rick continue.

“For example… the power of miracles,” Rick said.

Rick had discussed the forging of wondrous items with Chen Li before Chen Li consumed the Star Cup, so he already had a basic understanding of how to obtain the attributes and the power of miracles.

"Out of gratitude, I plan to hand the Star Grail to Tet after you've extracted all the irrelevant sub-attributes from it. Then, I hope you'll use a Miracle Card that can awaken collective consciousness to craft a wonder for me. Trust me, it'll be a real steal!" Rick gave a thumbs up.

After hearing Rick's words, Chen Li pointed and gestured at Rick.

Hey, you're a genius!

Chen Li understood Rick's logic.

If Chen Li's method of obtaining the power of miracles is based on how many miracles the holder of a marvel can create in the future, then if Nelson gives the Star Cup to Tet, and then uses the marvel that Chen Li created after awakening the consciousness of civilization to guide the development of the human race, ultimately "defeating" Tet, who possesses the omniscient and omnipotent Star Cup, the resulting power of miracles would be beyond imagination.

Chen Li, who created these extraordinary items, naturally made a fortune.

Rick felt he wasn't good at anything except playing games.

But in this world where everything is decided by games, Rick feels that he might have the ability to defeat the One God.

Miracles can be created.

But this miracle was only possible if Rick actually handed the cup to Tetto, rather than just letting him take it.

The name "human race" was only recently recognized by the One God; before that, this race was not even recognized by other races.

This is the biggest question that other races had after hearing about the Ten Covenants—what is the human race?

And how can it not be a miracle that humanity gradually developed and successfully defeated the one true god?

Making this decision requires not only Riku's confidence and courage based on his strength as a human leader, but also that the God of Games will not resort to underhanded tactics after obtaining the Star Grail.

Fortunately, the current conditions all fit.

As the god of both Riku and Shubi, the God of Games wouldn't mind playing another game with them, but the God of Games would never go easy on them in the game.

Even if Rick ultimately loses, if he can't beat the One God Tetu in the game, can't he beat other races?

At that time, the treatment of the human race will still not be too bad.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Hiccup..." Chen Li couldn't help but say.

This Rick is someone special!

“Then let’s begin now. I’m very curious about what it feels like to awaken the consciousness of civilization,” Rick said expectantly.