Miraculous Forging from Honkai

"..."

"Xiao Li, are you sure this is my Miraculous Item?" Elysia tilted her head, her gaze at Chen Li carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"You said anything was fine, so I picked a random style. You can't blame me for that. Besides, it cost me 1 Crystal." Chen Li glanced to the side, not daring to meet Elysia's eyes.

Before Elysia lay a pair of black stockings.

Attack Speed Gear: As the saying goes, the less you wore, the higher your defense. These black stockings, made from Heavenly Garment, possessed formidable defensive power. Wearing them in battle increased the wearer's attack speed; the more elegant and magnificent the combat posture, the faster the attack speed.

Effect: When using a bow, arrows could be converted into Arrows of Love, carrying the "Love" effect. Blessed by time, space, and fate, successfully dodging an attack would trigger the Time Stasis Domain effect, briefly slowing the flow of time.

(When the enemy's Love value reached 100, they would be "charmed" and rendered unable to act. The stacking speed of the "Love" effect was also affected by how elegant and magnificent one's combat posture was.)

PS: These black stockings had been infused with someone's "heart and soul"! Therefore, under certain special circumstances, they could transform into white stockings. The charm effect granted by the white stockings was true charm.

(Miracle: I'm trying to optimize the mechanism for randomly forging Miraculous Items in the Forging Table's recycle bin. Honestly, this intelligent trait-combination system is practically artificial stupidity!

Oh, right. As an aside, sometimes making good use of Negative Artifacts produced by the recycle bin can create even greater miracles. The advantage of Negative Artifacts is that when you give them to villains, your conscience won't hurt. They can be put to use instead of going to waste.)

Since the Miraculous Items produced in the recycle bin were randomly dismantled and fused from discarded traits Chen Li had neither saved nor used, there was a considerable chance of producing Negative Artifacts.

The upside was that they were cheap.

If enough discarded traits were stored in the recycle bin, investing 10 Crystals might produce four or five Miraculous Items a day later.

The downside was the high randomness. Most of them would probably be Negative Artifacts.

But they could be used to screw people over.

"Although this Miraculous Item's effects really aren't as outstanding as I imagined, how about giving it a try?" After explaining everything except the PS and Miracle message to Elysia, Chen Li asked.

"Mm, doesn't that sound rather impressive? The more elegant and magnificent my combat posture is, the faster my attack speed becomes. Wasn't this made just for me? I really like this garment." Elysia stroked the black stockings and praised Chen Li.

Elysia liked beautiful things.

Judging by appearance alone, the black stockings were indeed lovely. Elysia held them in her hands and stroked them; they felt exceptionally comfortable as well.

"I'm glad you like them. But honestly, this isn't an especially outstanding Miraculous Item, because the true superiority of Miraculous Items often lies in their ability to manipulate rules."

Yet this Miraculous Item truly suited Elysia, because Elysia's fighting style was indeed elegant and magnificent.

"Does that matter? Isn't it enough that I'm satisfied?"

"You're right. Also, the length of these black stockings can be adjusted when worn. The shorter they are, the weaker their passive effect becomes, but the stronger their defense becomes," Chen Li said.

The less you wore, the higher your defense. That was no empty saying.

"Is that another random magical effect?"

"No, that was my design."

"It's a great design. Don't design it again next time. Have you considered how I'm supposed to use it for defense if it gets shorter?" Elysia posed a soul-searching question.

"...Ahem. Anyway, having the effect is better than not having it, right? It might come in handy someday. Like if I make a Miraculous Item that can create shields based on defense..." Chen Li's thoughts began to wander again.

"I'll accept this Miraculous Item. How much should I pay you?" Elysia asked.

"Money?"

"Yes. Didn't you say from the start that I needed to provide my own materials? And you said miracles weren't free. But the Starstones belong to you, so the materials obtained with Starstones naturally belong to you as well." Elysia nodded.

"Let me think..."

After handing this Miraculous Item over to Elysia, Chen Li immediately received 20 Crystals.

In the future, Elysia might use it to achieve greater results in battle or create miracles in other ways.

No one knew what the future held.

Anyway, it couldn't possibly be Elysia using it to charm Chen Li.

And forging this Miraculous Item had cost a total of 10 Crystals.

Although it did not possess many special rules and didn't require an increase to the initial quota, extracting traits from these items with Miracle Fire had cost 8 Crystals—more Miracle Fire than forging Pale Justice had consumed.

The items drawn from the gacha did indeed carry echoes of time and fate, but their quality still could not compare to Relics.

The other 2 Crystals had been spent on Heavenly Garment's automatic shaping and the Preserve, Imprison, and Wind Control traits.

Miraculous Forger class experience +8.

At the same time, Chen Li received the 50 Starstones from giving the Starstones to Elysia, as well as the 50 Starstones from giving the Miraculous Item to Elysia.

Those were calculated separately.

One Miraculous Item had earned him 10 Crystals and 100 Starstones.

More importantly, after completing the Novice Task of fulfilling one commission, he could claim even more Crystals!

"I want more valuable traits!" Chen Li said.

"I'll do my best to keep an eye out for items containing precious traits. Before that... here. There's 5 million inside." Elysia directly tossed a card in front of Chen Li.

"5 million? Rich lady, food, hungry!"

"Ahem, this is actually my salary card. That's my reward for subjugating the Herrscher of the Void. But we both know what really happened, so... once you've spent the money, remember to return the card to me," Elysia said.

"Wow, the bounty was that high?"

"You stayed in the engineering department for seven days straight, so you never had time to collect the ID and salary card Moth Chasing Flame prepared for you. Though it seems there isn't much money in your salary card either."

"Yeah, probably because I exchanged all my credit for subjugating the Herrscher of the Void for an industry." Chen Li nodded.

"What industry?"

"A game company."

"A game company? Oh, are you planning to release some games?"

"Yeah. Among the essential supplies I brought for transmigration, I prepared some interesting little games, animations, comics, and songs." Chen Li nodded.

All of it was for Chen Li's better survival.

"Oh, what's the name of the first game?"

"Sanguosha!" Chen Li declared.

Never mind how many negative reviews Sanguosha had—just tell him whether it made money or not!

Oh, right. To keep his own reputation from going down the drain, Chen Li had registered the company under the name "Fool's Tavern."

As for his codename as chairman within the company, it was—Sparkle. He also served as the game planner.

Let the players suffer; Sparkle would bear the infamy!

"Will games from different worlds really be compatible?" Elysia asked.

"Of course, they'll have to be rewritten according to this world's specific circumstances. Someone will help me deal with those issues. After all, I spent a Longevity Pill on this." Chen Li said.

"What do you need money for?" Elysia did not understand.

"To sponsor Dr. Mobius and buy her patents," Chen Li said.

Not just Dr. Mobius—there were also Einstein, Dr. Mei, and others.

They could all be used to earn Starstones.

But Chen Li had no interest in doing business, so he used a Longevity Pill to exchange for professional talent.

As for whether he feared Moth Chasing Flame's upper ranks might go back on their word?

Chen Li was actually looking forward to them doing so.

After all, how could investing make money faster than robbing Moth Chasing Flame's upper ranks?

Chen Li still had a trait called Forced Transaction in his hand.

"Huh? Then why don't you just talk to Dr. Mobius directly?"

"Because she isn't interested in the Longevity Pill."

"Then how can you be sure Mobius is interested in money?"

"Mobius isn't interested in money either, but with her temperament, her laboratory must run a deficit year after year. So wouldn't it be perfect for me to become her investor? She definitely wants a worry-free investor too. It's called a win-win partnership."

As long as he gave Mobius, Vill-V, Mei, and the others substantial financial support, the world's situation would surely improve further, and Chen Li's gains would be considerable as well.

And Chen Li had another thought that was difficult to say aloud.

That was, one day, standing before Mobius and lightly slapping her face with a stack of banknotes!

Then saying to her, "Mobius, you wouldn't want Klein to go hungry because of you, would you?"

The more Mobius looked at him like a lab rat, the more excited Chen Li became when imagining that scene.

"Oh, I think I understand... So let's go on an assignment."

"Huh? Your train of thought jumps that far? And what kind of assignment requires you to go personally?"

"It's like this. Just yesterday, Moth Chasing Flame received a challenge letter from someone investigating Moth Chasing Flame. The way for us to win is to find them." Elysia briefly summarized the matter, then grabbed Chen Li's hand without further explanation and dragged him outside at a run.

"Investigating Moth Chasing Flame? A challenge letter? At this point in time, it should be Vill-V, right?" Chen Li casually took Elysia's salary card, lowered his head to think for a moment, then identified the other party and allowed Elysia to pull him along.

Vill-V, a genius inventor and the creator of God Keys.

She was also an exceptionally good target for selling Miraculous Items.

For example... a Miraculous Item that boosted confidence.

And as for whether she wanted it, that was no longer up to her.

"Oh, right. I'll take you to get your ID and salary card first. Then I'll find somewhere to change into the attack speed... black stockings."

Elysia was also curious about just how effective this seemingly rather improper Miraculous Item truly was.

Elysia's voice gradually faded beside Chen Li's ear. The next moment, noisy sounds flooded into Chen Li's ears.

"Hm?" Chen Li abruptly raised his head.

Before him was a campus scene. Students in uniforms radiated the unique vitality of youth as they moved back and forth through the school grounds.

"Is this still Moth Chasing Flame? Where the hell did I end up?" After being dumbfounded for a second, Chen Li realized that he had disappeared again while walking.

Moreover, these students did not seem surprised by his appearance. This was quite unlike his previous experiences of suddenly transmigrating while walking, which would inevitably stir up anyone who witnessed it.

Perhaps... it was the enhancement granted by the Miraculous Forging Guide? It made his appearance no longer seem abrupt in these people's eyes?

"Are you... a student at Qianyu Academy? Why aren't you wearing a uniform? Do you need to borrow one? The dean of students is right over there. He has a terrible temper when he sees students not wearing uniforms." After Chen Li stood in a corner for some time, someone patted him on the shoulder.

Chen Li turned around and saw an enthusiastic, cheerful white-haired boy.

"You're... Kevin?" Chen Li looked at the sunny, cheerful young man before him, deeply uncertain.

"You know me? Then you really are a student here. Do you need a uniform?" The boy before Chen Li asked warmly again.

"Thank you. In return... do you need a little help?" After accepting the other party's autumn uniform, Chen Li suddenly had a bold idea.

Perhaps Kevin could be used to farm some gold!

Meanwhile, at the entrance to Moth Chasing Flame's engineering department, Elysia stared thoughtfully at the empty space behind her.

"Where did Chen Li go?"

PS: I'm working hard on writing, I'm working hard on writing.

If everyone is interested in designing Miraculous Items too, you can leave your ideas in the pinned comment in this book's comment section. 4

Positive Artifacts and Negative Artifacts are both fine. Even purely fun-type Miraculous Items might appear in this book.

Chen Li Gets Captured by Vill-V After Flipping the Car

"Ding! Pretty Girl Card!" Elysia's pleasant voice rang out.

"..." Looking at the card in his hand, Chen Li wanted to die.

Moth Chasing Flame used an all-in-one card system. After special processing, it could even be used outside. And whether deliberately or accidentally, Elysia had not set a password, meaning anyone who got hold of it could use it.

That was why Chen Li was not so broke that he could not even afford a cup of water.

But why did Elysia's salary card make that sound effect when it was activated?

The people around him were looking at him as though he were a pervert.