The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

"There was just a small mishap." Kaguya Houraisan cracked her knuckles.

"What little accident?"

"Yukari Yakumo is dead."

"what?"

"I mean she lost her eligibility and was kicked out of the group. Right now she's making a scene in the group using Yonglin's spare phone."

"What the hell? That meteor broke through the defenses of WeChat Moments? Let me see what's going on?" Only then did Chen Li realize the seriousness of the situation.

Being hit by a meteor is unlikely for Chen Li, a troublesome person, but it's not impossible. Chen Li was once struck by three bolts of lightning while walking on the street, but luckily he survived unscathed.

However, Chen Li has never actually experienced a lethal meteor attack.

After Chen Li got out of bed, he found a stone on the wall of his room that was still steaming.

It must have been bounced away after hitting Chen Li and triggering the Moments feed.

If it weren't for the social media posts mitigating the damage from this attack, Chen Li and the houses within a radius of several kilometers might have been instantly wiped out.

"Send this friend request to Yukari Yakumo." Chen Li tossed a phone to Kaguya Houraisan, who was clinging to the edge of the large hole.

"Okay." After taking the phone, Kaguya Houraisan ignored the ever-shrinking hole and quickly started a group of people.

After Kaguya Houraisan moved into Chen Li's house, she marked the house with her Eternal Power, just like an animal marking its territory.

No matter what damage the house suffers, it will be restored to its original state in a short time.

Kaguya of Houraisan, isn't that amazing?

"What is that?" Chen Li got out of bed and walked to the meteorite, which was the size of a human head.

Chen Li's WeChat Moments' normal defense range is three meters in diameter, so Chen Li's bed remained intact.

Out of curiosity, Chen Li touched it.

The next moment, Chen Li was dazzled by the words on the meteorite.

Embryo, Hunt, Devour, Evolution, Metamorphosis, Destruction

Countless terms came rushing in, especially the terms "evolution" and "transformation," which were dazzling.

"So... this thing is an embryo?" Chen Li understood after reading the entry.

Chen Li instantly understood why his restraint bracelet hadn't sent the thing flying elsewhere, allowing him to avoid the disaster—because it wasn't a disaster at all.

Isn't this a gift from heaven?

Did the world have a change of heart and throw some weird things at itself as a form of nourishment?

Hmph, even if you make it up to me now, I won't forgive you easily.

However, out of caution, Chen Li shook his head and did not explore further. Instead, he threw out two star stones, which landed on the ground and transformed into two summoning circles.

It appears as if he's shaking his head, but he's actually shaking someone else's head.

"My dear son, what happened?" Chen Li's dear mother asked with a serious expression as soon as she appeared.

"Oh, this thing just fell from the sky and hit me in the face. The words on it are very eye-catching, so it must be something extraordinary. But I don't recognize it, so I'd like to ask you to identify it," Chen Li said.

"You'll have to ask your mom about this," Chen Shi said slowly after examining the object carefully for a long time.

"..." Chen Li, who was having his face pinched by his mother, suddenly felt dizzy.

Why did you spend so long looking at it if you don't know why?

"Let me see, let me see... Oh, so it is... Holy crap, how can it be this?" Li Changxi stopped torturing her son and looked at the meteorite.

But before he could finish speaking, his face turned horrified.

"What's wrong?" Chen Li knew that his mother, as a folklorist, knew a lot about other worlds, so the problem must be serious for her to show this kind of expression.

"This is the Devourer, a terrifying monster said to be capable of destroying a world."

"It sounds dangerous." Chen Li stroked his chin, but he wasn't flustered at all.

"Yes. This thing started as an embryo, just like it is now. Its outer shell is extremely hard, even divine weapons cannot damage it in the slightest. After it is born into a certain world, it will slowly absorb the free energy of that world, and then use this to nurture a life form that restrains the energy of that world while still in its embryonic state. After hatching, it can instantly skip the infancy stage by devouring the outer shell, enter the growth stage, and then begin to hunt everything in this world until it devours the world completely, grows into its complete form, and returns to the starry sky." Li Changxi said with a serious expression.

For example, in a world full of dragons, a Devourer can develop a dragon-specific attack and eventually grow into its complete form.

Li Changxi knew this so clearly because she had killed a Devourer.

But that wasn't because Li Changxi was too strong or the Devourer was too weak. Rather, it was because the unfortunate Devourer developed a system that was extremely effective against the other world, and was then thrown into the secret realm by the powerful beings of that world.

Then he met Li Changxi.

What does your control over the dragon race have to do with my human race?

"I see...that's interesting." Chen Li's voice trailed off.

"What do we do now?" Chen Shi and Li Changxi exchanged a glance, then looked at Chen Li at the same time.

"Of course... I'll use it to forge a magical artifact. I need one to strengthen myself." Chen Li kicked the meteorite and threw it into the Miracle Forging Table, which was burning with the flames of miracles.

So even divine weapons can't harm you in the slightest, right?

The Miracle Fire instantly ignited the entire meteorite, and faint primordial characters began to slowly detach from the embryo.

An embryo, right?

An embryo means it can't resist, right?

As time passed, countless original texts rose and fell in the fire of miracles.

The embryo, known as the Devourer, also completely lost its vitality.

Although Chen Li didn't have a very high opinion of this world that made him toil, starve, and deplete himself, he also had absolutely no interest in destroying it.

Besides, it's better to get 30% of what the other party devours after making a contract with them than to have 100% of it all to yourself.

Idiot, even if I kill you, all the gold bars will be mine.jpg

With the death of the Devourer, the fate of a future tyrant also came to an abrupt end.

"Speaking of which, could this Devourer be one of the many paths in the overly exciting destiny that the little elf mentioned?" Lost in thought, Chen Li didn't stop forging the strange artifact.

Perhaps I could find a strange way to coexist with the Devourer, such as using an earphone cord to strangle my right hand, which is being parasitized by the Devourer, making it my own right hand, and then I could punch a tiger in the south and kick a dragon in the four seas...

But now, it can only be considered a gift from nature.

While the Metamorphosis attribute can be used to forge artifacts for the old bug, wouldn't that be a waste?

To transform, you must first transform yourself.

Wait until you transform first, then guide the older insects to transform as well.

[Devour], [Evolve], [Transform]...

"By the way, Mom and Dad, do you have any items with the 'normal' tag?" Chen Li suddenly turned his head and asked.

Chen Li did not want to cross his bottom line by devouring humans or anything like that, so he planned to impose some restrictions.

Never believe in your own willpower in the future, especially not in winter mornings when someone tells you they'll get up in 10 minutes. Absolutely do not believe them.

"Huh? Yes... right? Does this count?" Chen Shi thought for a moment and took out a book.

"This thing is called... [Guide to Abnormal Monster Girls]".

"Where did you get this?" Li Changxi glared at Chen Li's father.

"We just robbed...the souvenirs that were just taken from that unlucky cult leader's house! These are his belongings! I didn't see them!" Chen Shi loudly protested.

"Never mind that for now, what I want is normal... well, abnormal is fine too. Isn't normal the same as not being abnormal? It's not a big problem." Chen Li took the book and threw it into the forging furnace.

Then Chen Li stared into deep thought as he looked at the two floating entries: [Abnormal] and [Evaluation].

Damn it! Why is there a "review" entry?

What exactly did you evaluate with this thing?!

77

Chapter 77 "Tasting" Alicia's Flavor

Obtaining new curiosities and new miracle cards should have been a happy thing, but Chen Li's feelings were quite complicated.

Floating next to Chen Li is the Miracle Card that appeared after Chen Li burned the Devourer to death.

[Kick Beihai Kindergarten]: You broke the rule that could not be eliminated in the embryonic stage no matter what, proving that your code has higher priority than his!

Effect 1: When you kick a creature younger than your current age, you deal significant true damage and inflict the "Fear" effect on it.

Effect 2: Can be used to forge rare items.

If you're not a buddy, who are you subtly criticizing?

Moreover, this was the first time Chen Li had ever seen a Miracle Card with only two effects.

This Miracle card only gives 15 crystals.

If given a choice, Chen Li would probably be the first to forge this miracle card into a wondrous artifact!

Because Chen Li was surrounded by "old women" who were much older than him.

However, after killing the Devourer Embryo, Chen Li suddenly obtained 800 Star Stones.