The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"Okay." Chen Li nodded, then turned and left.

"What are you going to do?"

"Go make money for me. What a waste..."

"Dr. Mebius, why are you unhappy?" Chen Li only approached Mebius after leaving Alicia.

“It’s not that I’m unhappy. With such a big sponsor, the lab’s budget problem is solved. It’s just that I’m thinking…” Möbius frowned slightly.

"What are you thinking about?" Alicia asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing." Möbius really didn't intend to break the contract, but he only just realized something.

What if, as Möbius said, what if... what if he experimented on himself?

Would you consider yourself an experiment you created?

Coincidentally, Möbius always had a habit of testing himself before testing others to see the results.

"Probably...not right?"

Author's note upon release + Unlimited bounty

My thoughts on the product launch!

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Forget about whether it's cute or not, just tell me if it's new for the New Year or not.

After taking a five-month break following writing over 10 million words in less than 1000 days for my last book, I've finally recovered.

Writing a book is truly baffling.

Writing stories is a very enjoyable thing, and it's even better when there's a forum. But writing a book is tiring.

Especially in winter, I don't want to get out of bed. I definitely prefer spring and autumn.

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Chapter 52 The Fire-Chasing Moth Paradise Project, launched!

"Don't look so sad. You've gained immortality, and I've gained you. We all have a bright future," Chen Li said, patting the shoulder of a high-ranking member of the Fire Moth.

"Yes, yes, Lord Chen Li, I am so grateful to you." The middle-aged man glared at Chen Li through gritted teeth.

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't you promise yourself? I'll give you 10 Longevity Pills, and you'll have to listen to me in everything from now on," Chen Li said innocently.

"..." This high-ranking member of the Fire Moth was on the verge of tears.

Yes, this high-ranking member of the Fire Moth admitted that when faced with the temptation of ten Longevity Pills and Chen Li's incredibly childish request, he thought he had it in the bag!

As long as I get my hands on the elixir of immortality, what does it matter if I turn my back on you afterwards?

You think you, someone from out of town, can beat me? I'll eat the whole table right here and now!

Do you even know the value of being a local big shot?

Then things went wrong.

The higher-ups were dumbfounded when they saw the more than 100 notes and orders that Chen Li pulled out afterward.

Forced gold trading is incredibly powerful!

It is especially suitable for dealing with high-ranking officials who are incompetent themselves.

Since this strange object states that the more equivalent the transaction, the more likely the other party will force it to comply, it also means that dealing with novices doesn't necessarily require a completely equivalent exchange. Like these high-ranking individuals right now.

As long as the gold coin emits a golden light, it means it's working.

Chen Li is experimenting with the limits of gold coins, but has not yet seen it reach those limits.

However, when facing unconventional life forms such as the Star God or the Dragon God of Gensokyo, Chen Li would choose to be more cautious.

There is a limit to the amount of forced-transaction gold coins that can be constructed from a dozen or so Miracle Crystals.

Miracles don't come for free; to achieve even greater miracles, you need to invest more crystals.

Chen Li only learned that rare items had star ratings after his professional level was raised to level 2.

Only artifacts with a reasonable combination of attributes, consuming more than 100 Miracle Crystals, or even having a probability of fighting against the entire world, can be recognized as one-star artifacts.

Novice artifacts utilize the world's rules, while star-level artifacts defy the world's rules.

In other words, all the strange items Chen Li currently possesses, except for Pale Justice, are novice creations.

Pale Justice can be considered a one-star artifact in terms of its effects, but because it is formed with a bonus when forging artifacts for the first time, it is not a true one-star artifact.

Upon closer examination, Pale Justice can summon knights from different worlds and also drop the knights' training and acquire their inherent skills, which is indeed of a different quality from the artifacts Chen Li later forged.

Chen Li initially thought it was because he hadn't done well enough later on, but now he understood—it was because he was poor.

But don't worry about beginner artifacts being too fragile... If beginner artifacts can't fight the world, they can't fight you, right?

The term "world" does not refer to a single planet or civilization, but rather to all things in the universe.

Even gods appear extremely small in the face of the world.

“Alright, your next task is to coax the other high-ranking members of the Firemoth into a fair trade with me,” Chen Li said to High-Ranking Member Number 1.

"Your deal is truly fair," the top executive remarked respectfully.

"Without me, where would you go to extend your life by a hundred years? Although it's fake medicine, its effects are just as good," Chen Li said irritably.

"What? It's fake medicine again?"

"I found the genuine Longevity Pill, but it cost a fortune, and the effect wasn't good, so I saved some money on materials. But don't worry, the effect is the same," Chen Li said, shrugging.

"..." What could the top leader do but accept his fate?

"Oh, right, go and get eight Longevity Pills to operate, so that the Fire-Chasing Moth can obtain more resources and improve its status," Chen Li casually said.

"Huh?" The higher-up was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the 10 Longevity Pills he had just obtained.

Including these 10 Longevity Pills, there are currently only 13 Longevity Pills in circulation in this world.

So Chen Li's meaning is quite clear.

Not only are they fake drugs, but you can only get two pills! It's so painful!

"Alright, stop complaining. You should be glad I'm thinking about saving the world now, otherwise I would have killed you long ago." Chen Li said gently, seeing the still unconvinced executive.

To prevent innocent people from being harmed, Chen Li specially summoned back the Peace Longbow to test the sin value of the higher-ups of the Fire Moth.

Then Chen Li realized that it was already a sign of his kindness that he didn't exterminate these people and their entire families.

Especially after Chen Li gained control of the other party and actually received high moral praise, Chen Li knew that he didn't even need to summon the Peace Longbow.

In other words, Chen Li currently has few functional artifacts. If he had many artifacts, he wouldn't need the other party at all; he would have already started a massacre and even slapped the End in the sky.

"Yes, boss, I will carry out your orders without hesitation." The number one executive stood up straight instantly.

"Oh, by the way, could you also help me find someone?"

"Who?"

"His name is Qianjie, but I don't know if he still uses that name. He's male, and I don't know where he lives. All I know is that he helped a villager eliminate a Honkai Beast, but the villagers believed that drinking his blood could ward off Honkai, so they tied him to a pillar. Alright, go find him."

"???" The number one executive was completely dumbfounded.