The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

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Chapter 241 Chen Li: I treated you all as brothers, and you actually wanted to surpass me? (9k)

"Today's random gift is... a cat?" Chen Li's gaze fell on the familiar hole in the ceiling.

At the edge of the cave, a calico cat was peeking down into Chen Li's room.

After Chen Li and the Great Black Tower appeared, it seemed to trigger some kind of switch on the calico cat, which immediately leaped down...

"Black Tower, be careful! The terms on this cat are very bright." Chen Li warned, seeing that the cat wasn't charging at him but instead lunging towards the Black Tower.

Before touching the other party, Chen Li could only vaguely see the brightness of the other party's entry, but could not see the specific content of the entry.

"Just a calico cat..." After calculating the cat's landing point, Daheita directly reached out his hand towards the cat's inevitable path.

The Great Black Tower wasn't underestimating the development potential of these heaven-sent objects. Rather, according to its analysis, all the world-destroying seeds that appeared in Chen Li's room were just seeds, easily manipulated before they could fully develop.

"..." Chen Li stood quietly to the side, watching the large black tower.

Chen Li felt that the state of the Great Black Tower was very familiar.

They seem to be similar to the many brainless villains I encountered when I was caught in the vortex of fate; they all seem to have their heads caught in a door and don't seem very smart.

In response, Chen Li commented that they had consumed too much of the "IQ-lowering halo" (a term referring to a delusion or aura that reduces intelligence).

As Chen Li expected, just as Da Heita was trying to catch the cat, the cat flew down from the ceiling and grabbed Da Heita's hand with its front paws, giving Da Heita a... over-the-shoulder throw.

The big black tower crashed to the ground with a thud, while the cat nimbly jumped onto Chen Li's bed and began licking its paws.

"???" The huge black tower, which had suddenly collapsed to the ground, was stunned for a moment.

What happened?

"Starting today, the probability of a Wisdom Envoy being thrown over the shoulder by a cat is very low, but it is no longer zero."

"Stop making sarcastic remarks and help me up."

Chen Li helped the big black tower up, while the big black tower stared intently at the calico cat, as if it had sensed something.

The Great Black Tower was extremely cautious, probing back and forth...

The big black tower saw Chen Li subdue the calico cat by the scruff of its neck.

"It's...that simple?" The Great Black Tower was somewhat skeptical.

The Black Tower felt that the calico cat was preparing a powerful attack, but why was it only used on itself?

"It's that simple. Want to know what the keywords on this calico cat are?" Chen Li asked, holding the cat in one hand.

"Stop being so pretentious, just tell me."

"[Luck], [Weakness], [Disguise], [Contempt], [Inversion], [Reincarnation]..."

"A jumble of random terms." Big Black Tower frowned.

“It’s really a mess. I can’t guess what this cat’s specific abilities are either, but it feels like it’s a mechanic-based monster, and you just happen to fit that mechanic,” Chen Li said.

"Aren't you able to observe objects from the perspective of the world? Why not give it a try? After all, these seeds of destruction are gifts from the world to you." The Great Black Tower had a good idea.

"It's less of a gift and more of a way for me to deal with all this troublesome stuff," Chen Li complained.

After learning that the highest level of collective consciousness he could awaken was called Heaven's Will, Chen Li wondered if the world also possessed consciousness, then would it be impossible to directly interfere with or take action to resolve known problems, and would it be possible to resolve them only through induction?

Or there are limitations to personally taking action.

However, the world can manipulate probability to choose where these random things appear.

For example, at Chen Li's doorstep.

Just as the probability that a cat can use its intelligence to perform an over-the-shoulder throw is no longer zero, the probability that these random things will appear in Chen Li's house one after another due to coincidence is also not zero.

It's very small, but not zero.

The suggestion made by the Great Black Tower was very constructive, so Chen Li looked at the cat Zami in his hand again.

Overclocking mode, start!

Overclocking complete!

"Well? Did you notice anything unusual about this cat?" the Black Tower asked.

“I’ve seen too much, so much that I can’t accurately filter out which piece of information explains the existence of this cat. But I should be able to use the ‘Let Me Ask You’ option to ask.” Chen Li pulled out a Miracle Card.

Chen Li's experience was like asking someone their name and they saying that spaghetti should be mixed with No. 42 concrete and fried chicken should be cooked with No. 92 gasoline. After all, we can't use an optical lens to detect Socrates. If hydrogen dioxide continues to corrode this machine tool component, then sooner or later we'll have to install a collagen on the Fibonacci curve. Otherwise, we won't be able to change the superposition state of Mixue Ice Cream and Albek...

The answer lies within that information, but Chen Li has no desire to play a puzzle game!

"Don't rush to use the Miracle Card, perhaps... I have a plan!" The Great Black Tower's eyes lit up after hearing that Chen Li could see the information but gave up thinking about it because the information was too complicated.

"Stop with your little schemes." Chen Li took a step back.

"Don't be so nervous. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, good boy..." The Black Tower pressed closer step by step.

"I'm afraid you'll bite my lip when you're having a bad day."

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle..."

Since the problem isn't a lack of information, but rather an overabundance of information, wouldn't it be better to find someone who can only focus on one specific issue?

The Great Black Tower lifted its chin again... This time, it was Chen Li who lifted the Great Black Tower's chin.

……

"Hmm, I see..." The big black tower covered his mouth and said in a somewhat indistinct voice.

Chen Li has misunderstood the problem.

If the Great Black Tower is in a state of bad luck, then when using Chen Li as an adapter, it should not damage the adapter, but rather damage itself.

The one who should be unlucky is the Great Black Tower.

Like now.

"Stick out your tongue, I'll treat you."

"what……"

The abundant power landed on the tongue of the Great Black Tower, instantly healing the scratches on it.

"I understand. This little thing possesses a special ability: it can overcome the strong with the weak through sheer luck. It can defeat incredibly powerful enemies using random, weak methods. The worse the opponent's luck, the higher the probability of victory." The Great Black Tower was still somewhat reluctant to leave after ending its hyperdimensional state, but it still explained the cat's problem to Chen Li.

"So that's why it chose you instead of me? Because now, no matter what you do, if there's a chance of failure, you'll definitely fail?" Chen Li understood.

This is the price of being rejected by the world.

If one in ten thousand people is going to have bad luck, that person will definitely be you.

If you win one out of 100 random rock-paper-scissors games, the world loses.

Probability no longer applies to you, because all misfortunes are inevitable.

Moreover, this misfortune will only worsen over time.

All things are created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay to heaven.

The world has nurtured you for so long, yet you are unwilling to give back to the world.

You're such a selfish person!

“That’s right.” The Great Black Tower nodded.

"But what does this little thing have to do with destroying the world?"

"Because this little thing will generate an image based on the weakest creature in the vicinity, in accordance with people's definition of weakness, and instill contempt in the surrounding creatures. And every time it defeats the strong in people's eyes with its weak image, it will subvert common sense within a certain range. Because the weak defeating the strong is inherently subverting common sense. Until it subverts the laws of the entire world."

"Defying common sense? Oh no, did it just defeat you?" Chen Li was stunned for a moment, then immediately ran out of his house.

In fact, Chen Li didn't even need to leave the room; he had already keenly sensed the abnormality of the nearby [connection] when he arrived at his doorstep.

Originally, in Chen Li's eyes, the connections between all things were like threads of different colors, linking everything together. But now, these threads have become different colors.

Stepping out of the room, Chen Li saw water flowing uphill and people carrying bicycles...

After Chen Li watched as the other person walked a long distance away from his house, the other person put down the bicycle and rode away. Throughout the entire process, the other person never doubted that he was carrying the bicycle, nor was he surprised that the water was flowing uphill.

“…You little thing are pretty good.” Chen Li lifted the cat that he had been holding by the scruff of its neck, which was baring its teeth and claws.

A short while later, the Great Black Tower also came out.

"Big Black Tower, are you... are you alright?" Chen Li originally wanted to ask Big Black Tower what else he had seen, but after seeing Big Black Tower's tattered clothes, he changed his question.

At this moment, Daheita's black silk had several holes in it, his body was dirty, and his face was covered in black ash from who knows where.

"N-nothing, I just missed a step while going down the stairs." Daheita shook his head.

"Huh? Then you'd better be careful, or the first genius in the Genius Club to fall to his death from the stairs will appear." Chen Li used his fictional ability to restore the damaged state of the Great Black Tower to what it looked like two minutes ago.

"It's not a big problem. Let's deal with the immediate issues first," said the Great Black Tower, looking at the chaos in the area with a radius of 500 meters centered on Chen Li's house.

"Who do you think you can blame? Who told you to be so unlucky?" Chen Li rolled his eyes at the big black tower and then took out the Myriad Manifestations Judgment.

Since the connections between all things are disrupted by this cat, let's just sever all those connections and then piece them back together one by one.

Fortunately, Chen Li did not lose to the cat, so only seven or eight connections in this area were disrupted; otherwise, Chen Li would have given up on treatment.

The Great Black Tower was undoubtedly a top-tier powerhouse, but the reason it didn't cause much of an impact was because Chen Li, as an observer, subconsciously thought that it wouldn't be surprising if the Great Black Tower, who was rejected by the world, lost to an ordinary cat.

"That's not the case. Unless you have exceptional luck or are a special character with similar abilities, it's easy to fail against this cat. It can make countless mistakes, but you can only make one. That's what makes this creature so terrifying," the Great Black Tower explained.