The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

“So it is, and so it is…” the Great Black Tower whispered in Mebius’s ear.

"Chen Li has this kind of use?" After hearing the secret mentioned by the Great Black Tower, Mebius stared intently at Chen Li with the eyes of someone examining a magical tool.

"Don't look at me like that! Mebius, calm down." Chen Li was startled by Mebius's gaze.

“Your not denying it means it’s true! Let me try!” Mebius took two steps forward, looking at Chen Li with fervent eyes.

"Ah, I suddenly remembered that today is Theresa's coronation ceremony, and I'm going to present her with the crown... Also, you two are not allowed to tell anyone else about this!" Chen Li took two steps back and bid farewell.

It's fine to get close to pretty girls, but you can't really treat me like a public power outlet.

Couldn't it have started with a purely physical relationship?

Moreover, Chen Li did indeed receive a message from Gray Snake.

Chen Li took a step back and retreated to Raiden Mei's house.

"Wait, I haven't gotten on the bus yet!" The big black tower started to panic as Chen Li disappeared.

Being afflicted by Chen Li's World-Averse Curse presents two entirely different levels of difficulty, depending on whether Chen Li is by your side or not.

Because with Chen Li by his side, he can feed Chen Li at any time to break the curse.

Some things you can do without, but you can't live without.

"Never mind. It's not a big problem." The Great Black Tower quickly calmed down.

Even without Chen Li, my Great Black Tower can still protect the hat on my head!

"What's more intriguing is Chen Li's last sentence. Did Chen Li say he allowed us to tell others about this?" The Great Black Tower looked at Mebius, who was somewhat disappointed by Chen Li's escape.

"It seems so." Möbius thought for a moment and then nodded.

"Although I don't know why Chen Li said that, since Chen Li has given permission, of course I have to share the good news with my best friend." Da Heita excitedly sent a message to Ruan Mei.

"But if more people know about it, won't the competition become more intense? After all, there's only one Chen Li," Mebius said with some concern.

"Don't worry, since Chen Li has given his permission, he must have his reasons. Perhaps he has a special item that can solve this problem."

“That makes sense…” Mebius didn’t understand, but he chose to respect Chen Li’s choice.

……

"What? Because Chen Li has consumed the world, connecting with Chen Li allows one to observe the world from a higher dimension?"

"What? Kissing Chen Li can connect the worlds from a different dimension?"

"What? Kissing Chen Li can transcend the world?"

"What? Surpassing Chen Li is equivalent to kissing the world?"

"What? Chao Chenli can receive the world's blessing? Is there really such a good thing?"

……

"...Mei, Kiana, do you guys feel like they're looking at me strangely? Do you have any clues?" When Chen Li arrived at the site of the Destiny Bishop succession ceremony through a second teleportation, he noticed that his group members were looking at him strangely, so Chen Li approached the only two who weren't looking at him with odd eyes.

"I don't know." Both of them shook their heads, looking quite bewildered.

"Forget it, there's no point in saying more. Let Theresa succeed to the position of Archbishop of Destiny first, and then form an alliance with Anti-Entropy and the World Serpent." Chen Li muttered a few words and then looked at the high platform.

Today is Theresa's inauguration ceremony as Archbishop, and it is scheduled to be broadcast live globally.

The World Serpent had no opinion on who the Bishop of Destiny was, but Anti-Entropy had a strong opinion.

Even though the Anti-Entropy leadership had been beating Otto for a whole day and night, Anti-Entropy was still unwilling to cooperate with Destiny, which was led by Otto, again.

This is the bottom line!

Therefore, this succession ceremony is very important.

Only when Theresa inherited the position of Archbishop of Schicksal and represented Schicksal in forming the three families that resisted the Honkai, and as the leader who dominated this important historical process of civilization, could Chen Li obtain a large amount of civilization points.

Otto himself had no complaints about stepping down as Archbishop of Schicksal, or rather, he was overjoyed to be given enough time to watch the advertisements and prepare for Kallen's resurrection!

They were so happy they couldn't even speak.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" Otto was struggling frantically.

However, Otto, who was tightly bound by a sack with only his head sticking out, his mouth gagged, and was being hung up, was completely unable to break free of his restraints on his own.

“Um…shouldn’t we put my grandfather down? The global live stream is about to start, and my grandfather is going to speak.” Theresa, who was already wearing the new bishop’s robes that Amber had worked overtime to modify, hesitated before speaking.

Although Otto's current speechless joy is not due to a single reason, it is a fact that Otto's mind is made up to abdicate.

After receiving Otto's exact instructions, Amber was naturally succeeded by Theresa as the bishop's secretary.

Although Amber wasn't entirely sure if Otto, who was video calling her with a bruised face, was being held at gunpoint out of her sight, Theresa was indeed the rightful heir to the Archbishop of Destiny.

The very authentic kind.

Furthermore, Amber and Theresa were actually from the same batch of test subjects; Theresa was A310, and Amber was A303. And it was Theresa who saved Amber, so Amber readily accepted this premise.

However, the only problem is that since the headquarters of Destiny was taken away by Sirin for her collection, Destiny had to rent the headquarters that originally belonged to Destiny from Sirin.

"Principal Theresa, what nonsense are you talking about? Otto's reason for stepping down is that he is seriously injured and his health is deteriorating... Of course, we have to be ruthless, otherwise how can we show the feeling that Otto is terminally ill? We can't just step down for the sake of stepping down, we have to show everyone the most authentic side of Otto! I am Otto's makeup artist! I will not allow such an unprofessional thing to happen!" Walter said righteously.

If we don't act convincingly, what if the whole world notices our deception?

Walter felt absolutely no remorse whatsoever for beating up someone's grandfather in front of others.

"It doesn't feel like acting." Theresa had nothing to say as she looked at Walter, who was delivering punches that were landing squarely on her skin.

Theresa only learned today that Walter, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, had been working as a history teacher at St. Freya Academy all along.

Theresa really wanted to question Walter about what he thought of St. Freya. Did he think St. Freya Academy was some kind of backyard for Anti-Entropy, where they could come and go as they pleased?

“It doesn’t matter, Otto doesn’t feel pain.” Walter waved his hand dismissively.

"Really?" Theresa was a little unsure.

As we all know, humans can feel pain, but Otto is not human; Otto's body is a Soul Steel body.

So Otto may really not feel pain.

“I don’t know, but I don’t think he feels any pain.” Walter pushed up his glasses.

……

"Greetings, friends from all over the world. I am Otto Apocalypse, the bishop of the Destiny Organization. As some of you already know, our planet experiences periodic catastrophes called Honkai. Yes, for the sake of secrecy, they were previously referred to in the news as unexplained disasters..."

In his abdication speech, Otto passionately explained the Honkai, summarized the current situation, and looked forward to the future.

"As expected of Bishop Otto, he was able to portray the image of a great leader who, despite his ailing health, voluntarily abdicated so that a new generation of heroes could lead humanity toward a better tomorrow during this period of upheaval. The part about his ailing health was especially obvious to anyone."

"really."

"Walter, you did a great job."

"You're too kind. I will continue to work hard in the days to come, so that Otto can constantly surpass himself and present the image of him 'dragging his ailing body' to everyone in a more vivid and lifelike way." On stage, Otto gave his resignation speech, while Walter in the audience also gave some strange remarks.

After Otto delivered his abdication speech and announced that Theresa Apocalypse would succeed him as archbishop, it was not Otto who handed over the hastily made crown symbolizing power to Theresa, who had already prepared it, but rather the humanoid Golden Houmu King who was in charge of bestowing the crown!

Otto also solemnly explained the many contributions that the "Houmu," a great being that has been passed down from the pre-civilization era, has made to mankind, as well as the rationality and legitimacy of the "bishop" authority being granted by the "Houmu."

Chen Lizhen admired Otto's ability to talk nonsense in front of so many people without changing his expression.

After Theresa successfully succeeded as Archbishop of Destiny, Welt, representing the Anti-Entropy and Anti-Commerce Alliance, and Gray Serpent, representing the World Serpent, announced the alliance of the three factions and renamed it the Kingdom of Houmu.

And the leader? Of course it's the Golden Houmu King, how could it be Theresa?

As the one who spearheaded this major historical event, Chen Li also gained a large amount of civilization points.

Meanwhile, the progress of extracting the [Golden Houmu King] and Miracle Cards has reached 70%.

“These civilization points aren’t enough to awaken a level 5 collective consciousness, but if there’s an existing collective consciousness… that wouldn’t be difficult, and it might even reach level 6.” Chen Li pondered, seemingly having already decided on his target.

Where in the Honkai world is there a ready-made collective consciousness that can hold up the overall situation?

It's really hard to guess.

Now that everything is ready, it's time to begin forging this wondrous artifact.

Since he planned to develop the Honkai World into a base, Chen Li intended to invest heavily, such as creating a combined one-star artifact, and the first thing to do was...

"First, we need to create the most important artifact for changing the worldview of the Honkai world—the Spirit... the Honkai Sphere!"

"...Just for my sake, how about you change the Honkai Ball to a Poké Ball?"

The little elf said she was fed up with Chen Li's constant slips of the tongue.

"Alright, I'll do it for your sake." Chen Li hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly agreed.

However, before creating this extraordinary artifact, Chen Li still needs to resolve one issue.

"Let's put this out in the open," Chen Li finally said, unable to bear the strange looks his group members were giving him and their constant private discussions.

Chen Li felt that she was being ostracized.

Moreover, Raiden Mei and Kiana, who were unaware of what had just happened, also joined the group ostracizing Chen Li.

“Um… Chen Li, there’s something I’m not sure if I should say,” Wilvi stepped forward and asked Chen Li.

"explain."

"Well... a friend of mine wants to ask, if you were to receive the world's blessing, what would the punishment be?" Velvi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"???"