The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

Because there was only one group of artifacts at the moment, Alicia went inside.

Chen Li plans to create a group chat for the Fire Moth once he has more "friends".

This makes communication easier.

"Speaking of which, Kaguya Houraisan is calling you a bastard right now. How did you offend her?" Alicia asked curiously.

You're amazing for making a homebody like this so angry.

The last time Kaguya Houraisan was this angry was when Alicia invited her to play the game called Three Kingdoms Kill that Chen Li released in this world.

"Emmm..." Chen Li stroked his chin, unsure of what to say.

Does toying with a young girl's feelings count as manipulating her?

Okay, I'm not a teenager, so it's fine.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Have you prepared the Honkai Beasts I asked you to prepare?" Chen Li chose to change the subject.

"Ready? What are you going to do?"

"Eat, have you ever tried grilled Honkai Beasts?" Chen Li asked, holding up the long needle in his hand.

The needle in Chen Li's hand was over a meter long, resembling a barbecue skewer.

But these are actually needles created by Chen Li to cause pain to people.

Because it is made of soul steel, it has the ability to be stretched at will.

Chen Li untied the needle from his father and then handed the time anchor to him.

"Barbecue... Honkai Beasts?" Alicia's eyes widened.

Are you serious?

"This is a new rare item I recently acquired. It can eat anything, and eating it increases resistance to that food. So I'm wondering if if I eat my fill of Honkai Beasts, does that mean my resistance to Honkai Beasts will be maxed out? And how is maxed-out Honkai Beast resistance manifested? Does it mean Honkai Beasts can't damage me or something?" Chen Li asked a series of questions, as if he wanted to get all his questions out.

Even if it's a rare artifact he forged himself, Chen Li would still have many questions about using it.

Although you can use the "Let me ask you" option to directly ask about the rare item, it hasn't cooled down yet.

In short, let's eat first and then talk about it.

“Okay… but can you really eat anything?” Alicia asked.

"Theoretically, that's true. Anything I think is edible is edible."

"Conversely, you mean if you think something is inedible, then you can't eat it, right? Well... what about me?" Alicia blinked and pointed to herself.

"???"

Are you serious?

"Just kidding. Don't be so serious. Come on, I'll take you to find the Honkai Beasts." Alicia patted Chen Li on the shoulder.

“But it’s not impossible… How about you give me a strand of your hair?” Chen Li looked at Alicia, who had her back to him, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

If I were to taste Alicia's hair, as she is a Herrscher, would I then gain resistance to Herrschers?

This is very important in the Honkai world.

"Are you serious? But my hair is very precious. I can only give you one strand." Seeing Chen Li's genuine curiosity, Alicia didn't dampen his enthusiasm. In Alicia's view, being curious about the world was an excellent quality.

Alicia painfully plucked a strand of her own hair and handed it to Chen Li.

With an inquisitive spirit, Chen Li put Alicia's hair into his mouth.

"It tastes a bit like noodles."

“It must be dragon beard noodles, because dragon beard noodles are delicious,” Alicia said confidently.

"No, it's like snail rice noodles."

"???"

"It's delicious. Ellie, thank you for the treat. Your hair, like you, is so perfect that it's impossible to find fault with it."

"Kaguya's right, you can be really annoying sometimes, but sometimes you're just too cute to hit," Alicia sighed, rubbing her forehead.

78

Chapter 78 Alicia: Chen Li, you smell so good!

What does it mean to eat anything?

"What do you mean by 'this is the spirit of pioneering'? You've pioneered nothing!"

Is your prototype something you call pioneering? Isn't that invasion?

"And what does it mean that body fluid exchange is the fastest way to increase the progress of biological resistance?"

Looking at the instruction manual for this strange object, Chen Li was greatly shocked.

What do you want to do? Or rather, what do you want me to do?

Chen Li used the "Then I'll ask you" skill again and obtained the manual for the strange item once more.

But Chen Li wished he hadn't seen it, because he could no longer look directly at Alicia sitting next to him.

Chen Li absolutely resisted eating everything, which is why he went to great lengths to spend crystals to specifically restrict this strange object. The instruction manual for this strange object offered another way, but... is that reasonable?

Why is it that the progress of body-body exchange increases the most?

"What's wrong? Xiao Li, why do you look so strange? What little secret are you talking about with that ball of light?" Alicia asked, looking at Chen Li who was hugging a ball of light and whispering to herself.

Although Alicia didn't understand why Chen Li wanted to talk to the light orb, if the black silk that Chen Li created could increase attack speed, then what else was impossible?

"Oh, it's nothing." Chen Li used the memo function of the Strange Item Forging Guide to copy down the original text that appeared on the light sphere and then ended the questioning.

【Then let me ask you】 means that you really need to ask in person.

But you can't expect the strange object to actually start talking to you; your first reaction will definitely be shock rather than surprise.

Using the original script to create the instruction manual also has an advantage: Chen Li can learn more about the original script.

The sphere of light in front of Chen Li is the true form of a one-star rare object.

Others who possess rare items must keep them in their possession, but Chen Li is different. He can place these passively activated rare items in the Myriad Knowledge Repository or keep them near him, and they will still take effect.

As a craftsman specializing in rare items, Chen Li will eventually possess many rare items with passive effects. He can't possibly carry them all around him, can he?

"So how does it feel to eat Honkai Beasts?" Alicia asked curiously.

Alicia has a very high resistance to Honkai... well, she has to be, after all, she's a Herrscher.

However, Alicia was also unable to perform the action of eating a Honkai Beast after it had been grilled.

Firstly, it's too tough to bite, and secondly, it would easily expose one's unusual condition.

From a young age, Alicia knew that she was very different from others, after all, not every girl was as perfect and breathtaking as she was.

However, Chen Li is different. As a stranger in a foreign land, everything Chen Li does is reasonable.

Even if Chen Li stubbornly took a bite of Mebius, Alicia would still think that Chen Li was making a pioneering move to verify the differences in the rules between worlds.

"It tastes pretty good, but Qianjie, could you char it a little more?" Chen Li nodded and then said to the person who was grilling.

"You're so annoying! Is this why you brought me to this Fire Moth and put me in the logistics department?" Qian Jie, wearing a mask, said impatiently as he stood in front of the barbecue stall.

At least Qian Jie didn't expect that Chen Li would still choose to let him join the logistics department after seeing that he could destroy the stone house with one punch.

They call it... a thousand tribulations, but I can tell at a glance that you are born with a connection to fire.

You fell from the sky into this world in a great hurry, and I pulled you out of the fire pit... You were born to be a cook!

Damn it! I'll throw you into the fire sooner or later.

"Ugh, this is so annoying!" Qian Jie, getting angrier the more he thought about it, started a full-on stir-fry.

"Wow, I knew he was perfect as a cook!" Chen Li exclaimed as he saw the meter-high flames in the iron pot in front of Qian Jie.

“Indeed. By the way, what were the effects after you ate the Honkai Beast? What resistances did it increase?” Alicia asked.

"There are quite a few types of resistances added, including resistance to Honkai energy and resistance to Honkai Beasts. The latter specifically means that it can reduce damage from Honkai Beast attacks, and it seems easier to deal damage to Honkai Beasts when attacking them. Like this." Chen Li said as he walked to the stunned Honkai Beast and then chopped it with a hand chop.

Chen Li didn't use any special techniques, but his hand slashed through the Honkai Beast's body as easily as a hot knife through butter.

"I didn't use much strength just now. It seems that eating too much Honkai Beast food naturally creates a special attack effect against Honkai Beasts," Chen Li said.

"That's amazing."

"I haven't eaten enough yet. If I ate even more Honkai Beasts, I might be able to pierce through a Judgment-level Honkai Beast with a single punch," Chen Li said.

This strange creature's resistance effect sounds very similar to that of the Devourer, but if the Devourer wants to increase its resistance to a certain world race, it can only be cultivated in the embryonic stage, and will be completely fixed after leaving the embryonic stage.

"Does that work on Herrschers?" Alicia then asked.

"Honkai Beasts are Honkai Beasts. Herrschers are Herrschers. This kind of resistance, which is similar to a racial killer, can only be effective against the species of the food itself. Honkai Beasts and Herrschers are completely two different species." Chen Li shook his head.

"That's it..."

"Although they are all Honkai Beasts, the first bite I take from a Rush-class Honkai Beast and a Chariot-class Honkai Beast will increase my evolution strength by different amounts. However, when I take the second one, the enhancement to my physical attributes will be less. But the race-killing effect applies to all Honkai Beasts," Chen Li said.

Thanks to the effects of the one-star rare item, Chen Li got all the good things.

"If you want to obtain more purification, you'll have to hunt down some special Honkai Beasts, such as the Herrscher's companion Honkai Beasts and mutated Honkai Beasts." Alicia glanced at the different types of Honkai Beasts scattered all over the ground.