Sparkle: Damn that Masked Fool! Damn my competition!

"Hot water," Chen Li said expressionlessly.

"Oh..."

"Judgment: Is this the Machine Soul? I remember that Herta didn't add a feeding module to its puppets. And normally, Herta dolls don't blush." Looking at this scene, Screwllum fell into deep thought.

It can easily do things that were originally impossible; that's the essence of machine spirit.

The above is the answer given by Chen Li.

For example, firing 35 bullets from a 25-round magazine is a piece of cake.

"As you just saw, because the Machine Spirit Virus is an 'outsider' to the Herta, and the Herta itself, as a puppet, can smoothly accommodate this outsider, a very special situation has been created. I can Extraction the term 'Machine Soul' by burning it with Miracle Fire, increase the brightness of the term with Miracle Fire, and then put it back into the Herta's body. This can be considered another kind of forging of Miraculous Item, which will make the upper limit of the Little Herta even higher," Chen Li said from the side.

This was an experiment by Chen Li, because according to the Pixie, how could Miraculous Item object be so inconvenient?

Besides, who says that Miraculous Item must be a physical object?

Chen Li once used Crystal to store an attribute, and by holding the Crystal in his hand, he could easily use the attribute's abilities.

However, instead of saving the entry after increasing its brightness, returning it to the entry owner is another approach.

Although this approach is a bit unorthodox, just like unofficial histories aren't necessarily entirely unbelievable... For example, Chen Li once heard that Ham was the child of Aha and A Kivili before Aha became a god. Later, A Kivili became the Trailblaze Aeon and abandoned his partner. Aha was so enraged that he killed A Kivili with a single blow.

Then he looked at Pom-Pom hiding in the corner and said, "Why are you so serious?" and ascended to become the Aeon of Joy.

As for Pom-Pom... he remained on the train that held his parents' memories, constantly sweeping A Kivili's ashes.

Theoretically speaking, this unofficial history is not very reliable, but what if it is true?

Now, Chen Li has proven that his experimental approach has been successful.

However, this also has drawbacks and limitations.

First, this entry should ideally be an "outsider" to the entry owner, because if the entry involves the entry owner's own origins, arbitrarily increasing the entry's visibility may lead to a series of chemical reactions.

For example, even though both are carbon, the differences between coal and Diamonds are naturally vast. Increasing the proportion of a certain element in a particular organism can lead to very specific, fundamental changes.

However, it is precisely because of the above limitations that another drawback and limitation has emerged.

That is, the enhanced entries should ideally be neutral entries, and not positive or negative entries such as good or evil, otherwise it may cause the entry owner's personality to change drastically.

The Little Herta perfectly satisfies the above two conditions because the term "machine soul" is both an outsider and a neutral term.

Even so, Chen Li only spent three Crystals to Enhancement Machine Soul's attributes.

It was partly because of reluctance, and partly because of fear.

The reluctance is easy to understand, but the hesitation stems from Chen Li's worry that the Little Herta might reach its limit and explode. Furthermore, Chen Li doesn't know if the Crystal's ability to increase the capacity of attribute entries can be applied to living beings...

The strength of a term that Miraculous Item can bear cannot exceed the term's capacity, and the same applies to living creatures.

But Chen Li also discovered the benefits of the term "machine soul" because of this.

After being enhanced with Crystals, the Soul's idealistic attribute was greatly strengthened, which produced a strange phenomenon.

The Machine Soul was strengthened, taking up more of the Little Herta's maximum slot capacity. However, the Machine Soul also has a subjective attribute. When the Little Herta didn't feel that it had reached its limit, the Machine Soul started to exert its power, making it a fact that the Little Herta hadn't reached its limit.

The stronger the machine spirit, the stronger the Little Herta; the stronger the Little Herta, the higher the strength of the machine spirits it can contain; the higher the strength of the machine spirits, the stronger the Little Herta becomes...

It's incredibly sinister!

It's even more sinister than stagnant water!

Of course, there are limits to this.

Crystal, as the embodiment of the Miracle Power, a creature can undergo a dramatic change in its life simply by gaining the enhancement of one more Crystal.

"Little Herta, you've been enhanced," Chen Li said, patting Little Herta's head.

"Yes, I've been strengthened. I can feel the power surging out!" Herta said, looking at his small fist, which hadn't changed at all.

The next moment, a hazy purple aura began to emerge from Herta's body, making Herta look incredibly cool.

"..." Chen Li hadn't expected that the phrase "the power is surging up" could be so vividly embodied.

Is this what a machine spirit is? It's amazing.

This isn't a machine spirit at all, okay?

"Herta, you must remember..." Chen Li spoke up at the right moment.

"Remember what?"

"The height of a fountain will never exceed its source. The power of a machine spirit will never exceed the belief in its heart. In other words, as long as your belief is strong enough, you can do anything."

"I understand!" Little Herta began to show high spirits.

"I will surpass the Great Herta! I will create the Path the Herta!"

"It's not necessary to set such a high goal..." Chen Li smiled and patted the Little Herta dog's head.

"Don't interfere with my ambitions. Humph, men really only slow down my sword-drawing speed." Little Herta irritably shook off Chen Li's hand that was on his head.

"Cough cough." Chen Li tossed the Crystal in his hand.

"But the Miraculous Forger won't do that. The Miraculous Forger will only help me buy a better knife!" Upon seeing the Crystal, a bright smile instantly appeared on Little Herta's face.

"That's more like it." Chen Li nodded in satisfaction.

Because of the passive attribute that Miraculous Forger almost immune to the negative effects of anyone using Miraculous Item on Chen Li, and because Chen Li used Miracle Fire to enhance the Little Herta's Machine Soul attribute, Chen Li now has absolute dominance over the Herta.

It's like a child who's already Deliverance in another world, but when they get home they accidentally knock over all the bowls in the cupboard, and they still get scolded.

"But then again... increasing a creature's strength by taking risks to enhance its brightness is no different from crafting a Miraculous Item. Moreover, increasing a creature's brightness requires Heart Wings due to a lack of experience, for fear of making a mistake... It feels less appealing than crafting Miraculous Item." The more Chen Li thought about it, the more something seemed off.

Ignite the Miracle Fire, increase the brightness of the entry...

Isn't this the same process as creating Miraculous Item?

Furthermore, directly increasing the brightness of a creature's attribute is not cost-effective at all, since the Crystals cost are the same.

"Logic: Some people are born with a distrust of external forces, believing that great power belongs to them only when it is possessed and truly in their hands, and that any external thing is subject to loss." Screwllum offered his own thoughts on Chen Li's statement.

"Conclusion: Your experiment was not a waste of effort. Some people may indeed prefer this way of gaining power, but whether to continue this experiment needs to be verified to see if strengthening other people's original attributes will yield the same amount of Crystal rewards as forging Miraculous Item for others."

"Indeed. Little Herta, it's up to you now. What If you really create a Path called Herta in the future, remember to VIP me for 50 Miracle Crystals."

"Don't worry. I guarantee you'll become Aeon! Just wait and you'll be remembered in history alongside the Great Herta, just like Zandar." The Little Herta patted his chest and assured him.

"Then I'll wait. By the way, are you going to the Herta Space Station together later?"

"Of course! I will conquer a vast territory for you!"

"... Speaking of which, Haruhi Suzumiya will also be at the Herta Space Station today."

Chen Li looked at the Little Herta and thought of Haruhi Suzumiya again.

Haruhi Suzumiya possesses the ability to grant wishes, while the Little Herta, due to the enhancement of its Machine Soul attribute, also possesses strong idealistic abilities. In a sense, the Little Herta can be considered a weakened version of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Haruhi Suzumiya's abilities can affect the world, while the Little Herta's abilities can only affect itself.

In addition, Haruhi Suzumiya and Little Herta both seem to be quite "unreasonable"... The former is due to her personality, while the latter is due to her Unreasonable Module.

"Little Herta, if you and Haruhi Suzumiya were to clash in the realm of idealism, who would win?"

"That little girl with the ability to make wishes come true? She's guaranteed to win, jail time," Little Herta said confidently.

Herta is a local puppet of Herta Space Station that has been enhanced by a machine soul, with a combat power of up to 800,000!

The little girl, however, came from another world. Even though her potential was comparable to that of a creator god, once she arrived at the Herta Space Station, she had to be humbled and subdued! Her combat power was at most 600,000!

With 800,000 against 600,000, the advantage lies with me!

"I don't think so. But the chemical reaction that occurs when an ordinary sample combines with an item from another world is indeed amazing. If you gain some other enhancements, becoming Aeon is certainly a promising future." Chen Li's gaze involuntarily fell on the entry for "[Heaven's Lost Property]".

Because the Herta is a doll, it can actually carry some strange and unusual things, such as the power source of an entertainment Exusiai from a certain Heaven's Lost Property world.

Here's a joke about Heaven's Lost Property— "for entertainment purposes."

Every world has its unique features, such as the "free personal panel" benefit in Chen Li's world, which gave Little Herta its own personal panel.

Little Herta's profession is [Puppet], and therefore he gained the initial trait - Link.

The Great Herta commands countless Herta dolls. If a device similar to the Misaka Network were installed on the Little Herta, and a propagation-type Miraculous Item were used to transmit the machine soul to each Herta dolls for "linking"...

The sacred Kara connects each and every one of us!

[Sparkle]: Jujubes are still in short supply!

Just as Chen Li invited Screwllum to go to the Herta Space Station and was about to wake up Sirin, Sparkle he hadn't seen for several days, suddenly sent Chen Li a message.

[Dad]: Saying good morning now, look, is it even morning...? Oh, it is morning. What have you been up to these past few days? Why are you so sluggish?

[Sparkle]: Don't even mention it. My mask was stolen by Travel Together a couple of days ago, so I went to the boat of the Mourning Troupe and stole another mask. I'm only just getting out now.

[Dad]: You must have worked really hard.

[Sparkle]: By the way, the famous Mister Miraculous Forger, could you please help me modify my mask? I don't really like the design of this mask.

[Dad]: No problem. But remember to pay.

[Sparkle]: By the way, it would be best to add a binding function to the mask.

[Dad]: No problem, but remember to add money.

[Sparkle]: Got it. By the way, can I use pictures of cute girls to pay for forging? Like Robin.

[Dad]: Huh?

[Sparkle]: I will personally transform, and it will look just like the real thing.

[Dad]: What a disappointment! No way!

[Sparkle]: Okay, okay, let me draw a design for you first.

[Dad]: No need, just pass the mask to me.

[Sparkle]: That won't do. Without the design drawings, how can you create a mask that's exactly the same as my original mask?

[Dad]: Just pass the mask to me, I'll figure out the solution.

I have all your masks in my hands, how could I not know what they look like?

[Sparkle]: I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush.

[Dad]:...

He who doesn't listen to his father will suffer the consequences. Why can't this child understand?

Chapter 167 Sparkle: That damned Masked Fool! That damned Travel Together!

"So... it failed?" Screwllum couldn't help but ask as Herta gently turned the key into the door, only to have the key break inside the lock.

Screwllum did not accept Chen Li's invitation to go to the Herta Space Station in his true form, because Chen Li said that he would only invite Screwllum from Screwllum Star to the Herta Space Station, but would not send Screwllum back to Screwllum Star from the Herta Space Station.

The way Friends Circle works is that you have to go back to where you came from. If you keep sending messages, Friends Circle will only receive them and not send any more – because the rollback point has been refreshed.

At this moment, Screwllum appears in a holographic projection state.

Screwllum was very interested in the Herta's claim of having a chance to meet the Aeon of Intellect, but it was clear that the Herta had failed again.

"It's over. If it had been successful, the key wouldn't have broken off in the lock." Herta said, holding the half-broken bronze key in his hand.

This is the characteristic of the Key of Destiny's Invitation.

The other party rejected your invitation and broke your key.

Only when the bronze key is restored from its broken state to its complete state can it be used again.

Although both the Destiny Invitation Key and the Miracle Card have a cooldown based on time, the Miracle Card uses a 24-hour cooldown timer, while the Destiny Invitation Key can refresh at midnight.

"It seems that the Reverberating Luminary doesn't want to see you, and probably doesn't want to see me either," Chen Li said with a smile.

"You can still laugh?"

"What can't I laugh about? No Aeon wants to see you, but there are Aeon who want to see me," Chen Li said, tossing the key projection he had summoned before using the key in the Herta.

"Tch, so-called Aeon of Joy? He only agreed to your invitation last time because he wanted to see me make a fool of myself. This time, I won't agree to any of your conditions. Go ahead and try again if you dare. If you succeed in inviting him this time, then..."

"Then come to my house and spin around 30,000 times?"

"No, if I agree to the bet with you, the Aeon of Joy of God of Fun, will definitely come, so I don't agree to your bet." Herta directly rejected Chen Li's bet request.

"If that's the case, the Aeon of Joy might not necessarily accept the invitation..." Chen Li said with considerable distress.