The Miraculous Forger from Honkai
Chapter 173

Sirin: You Don't Actually Think I'm That Gullible, Do You? (4k)

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[Dad]: No problem. It's only less than twice as expensive as drawing a limited five-star character with a guaranteed pity every time.

[Silver Wolf]: So you mean I only need to watch 300+ ads to collect a Resurrection Card, right? That's alright...

[Dad]: No, it's 3000 times. I mean, on average, each fragment requires 300 times.

[Silver Wolf]: So how did you collect 100,000 Resurrection Card?

[Dad]: Find a liver surrogate.

[Silver Wolf]: So how much did you spend?

[Dad]: It didn't cost any money, it was free. And they should thank us.

[Silver Wolf]: These days, even college students aren't this cheap, are they? Where did you find them?

[Old Man]: Hell.

[Silver Wolf]: That's all.

[Dad]: So, how about we have a third match to see who collects more Resurrection Card? By the way, the link I send can't be shared with others; you can only use it yourself.

[Silver Wolf]:...

Will we win this match?

Of course not!

There are 100,000 Resurrection Card, and each Resurrection Card requires 3,000 attempts to collect. Each viewing takes 30 seconds...

Even if Silver Wolf didn't eat, drink, or sleep, it would still take him 285 years to collect 100,000 Resurrection Card.

[Dad]: You're not scared, are you? You coward! You coward! You coward!

[Silver Wolf]:???

Chen Li used all my words!

Silver Wolf looked with pleading eyes at Kafka, the purple-haired beauty standing beside him with her arms crossed and a stunning figure on full display.

"It's no use, baby. Maybe this old man is just that heartless. I sent him a photo just to get this chance to talk to you." Kafka sighed.

"Huh? What? Damn it, that old man got off too easy! Kafka Meitu, I want one too!" Silver Wolf lamented, biting his thumb.

"You may have misunderstood something. The photo I sent you was of you crying." Kafka chuckled softly.

"Ha?"

"Oh, Dad messaged me privately. He asked me to check if you cried, and if you did, to take another picture, preferably a clearer one. He wants to frame it and put it by his bedside so he can look at it every day for fun." Kafka glanced at her Friends Circle and said after closing the app.

"???"

Chapter 206 Sirin: You guys don't really think I'm stupid and easy to fool, do you? (4k)

"Honestly, Chen Li, can't you tone it down a bit? You make my back ache every day. If it weren't for the fact that I'm immortal, I would have been bedridden long ago."

"???"

"???"

"???"

When Houraisan Kaguya, still exhausted, finally managed to climb to the dining table and blurted out her lewd words, the three members of the opposite sex who had been freeloading at Chen Li's house— Kitsune Saiguu, Sirin, and Little Herta— each made their own different reactions.

"So that's the kind of relationship you two have?" Kitsune Saiguu nodded thoughtfully.

Although Kitsune Saiguu has a very gossipy heart, because eating helps reduce the magic consumption during her daily activities... and the food is really delicious, Kitsune Saiguu was only interested for a moment before continuing to eat the food that appeared on her Mom's Tablecloth.

"Huh? Chen Li, did you and Great Herta get divorced? Now you're going to find me a stepmother?" Little Herta tilted his head.

"What? Chen Li, did you and Houraisan Kaguya do that shameless thing yesterday?! I'm so envious... it's outrageous!"

"What? Chen Li, you married Great Herta? How come I didn't know?" Sirin's eyes widened.

Sirin had no idea what happened after she practiced her Herrscher of the Void abilities during the day, finished the exercises assigned by the Great Herta at night, drank the milk Chen Li gave her before going to bed, and fell asleep immediately!

Chen Li, how dare you? I was the one who started it...

Okay, even if Houraisan Kaguya went first, it should still be me first...

"Hmm, why aren't you guys eating? Why are you staring at me and Chen Li like that? Is there something on my face?" Houraisan Kaguya asked, puzzled. She summoned the virtual screen of her Friends Circle Terminal and activated the camera function, trying to find something wrong with her stunning beauty.

"Don't you want to think back to what you just said? And you, Little Herta Houraisan Kaguya Little Herta, stop stirring up trouble!" Chen Li gave each of them a hand chop.

"What did I say? Did I say something wrong? Did that Heaven's Lost Property smash through my room and nearly kill me, and then appear in your room? How about we switch rooms? I don't want to keep getting smashed." Houraisan Kaguya sighed.

Because Chen Li was being attacked every day, Houraisan Kaguya, who lived upstairs from Chen Li, had been experiencing backaches and pains every morning, as if her body had been completely drained.

"I'll consider it." Chen Li nodded perfunctorily.

"Kitsune Saiguu doesn't care, and I also heard a bit of the commotion, so I know the truth, but it seems that someone took Houraisan Kaguya's deliberately misinterpreted words as true." The Little Herta shifted its gaze to Sirin.

Houraisan Kaguya did it on purpose, and even the Little Herta could tell that Houraisan Kaguya did it on purpose.

So who can't see it? And who's really getting anxious?

That's so hard to guess.

"You two..." It took her a while to realize she'd been tricked. Sirin clenched her fists, and a pair of scissors instantly appeared in her hands.

"I'm going to cut the thread that binds you two together!"

"Can this thing be cut? Sirin, don't come any closer!"

"Chen Li, you need to control Sirin! Sirin has gone berserk!"

Houraisan Kaguya and Little Herta, who were simply looking for some fun out of boredom, immediately chose to run away when they saw Sirin Judgment of All Things into two swords and charge towards them with the weapons.

"Who told you two to provoke the pufferfish? Pufferfish swell up when provoked, that's common sense." Chen Li had no sympathy for Houraisan Kaguya and the Little Herta, but was more concerned about his own entry.

The entry for "Heaven's Lost Property" Extraction.

[Progress]: 6/5

This progress proves that six days have passed since Chen Li woke up every morning to be troubled by the impending doomsday crisis, and each time it brings Chen Li a new surprise.

This time, the new surprise is... a withered monkey's hand with the entries for "God", "Wish", "Twisted" and "Hand".

What's rather strange is that this monkey's hand only has three knuckles.

When Chen Li woke up in the morning and saw a claw crawling around on the floor of his room, he instantly became alert.

Looking at the description, Chen Li could roughly guess what type of item it was.

However, Chen Li accepted everything. As long as something came into his hands, regardless of its effects or side effects, as long as the entry was valuable, it would inevitably be dismantled by Chen Li.

Side effects are also a function.

"Alright, Sirin, you must be tired of hitting, do you want to take a break?" Chen Li called out to Sirin, who was still fuming and looked like a pufferfish that had been provoked.

"Hmph! Forget it, I won't argue with them. But I still have something to say. I was only angry because I was tricked, not for any other reason, so don't overthink it." Sirin said stubbornly as she sat back down next to Chen Li after putting away the Judgment of All Things.

But after Sirin finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, and while observing Chen Li's expression, she added, "Of course, it's not that I dislike you. If you behave well enough, I can give you a chance to pursue... to follow me."

"Yes, yes, yes, my dear Queen. Anyway, it's mealtime now. We need to eat our fill so we'll have the energy to beat them up," Chen Li said.

I'm not a professional strategy guide system, but I think...

"Well, that's true." Seeing that Chen Li's expression didn't change, or at least didn't show any disgust, Sirin breathed a sigh of relief.

Sirin had heard that arrogance can ruin a life, but she didn't know if it was true.

"The Heart Wings Queen so cute, I love her."

"Really?!" Upon hearing Chen Li's sudden question, Sirin crushed the chopsticks in her hand.

"Why would I lie to you? But Your Queen, it would be even better if you could better explore your potential Herrscher of the Void. Although it's good to live a peaceful life, the Queen form is also very cool!"

"He's not particularly handsome, just average." Sirin waved her hand somewhat embarrassedly.

"Sirin, you know that forging Miraculous Item also comes at a price. I really hope that in the future, a great Herrscher of the Void of the Void, riding on auspicious clouds, punching the Imaginary Tree and kicking the Sea of Quantum, will say to me: 'Go ahead and drive, I, the Queen, will figure out the solution!'"

"Tch, the mere Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum... Just you wait, I'll use the Judgment of All Things to cut the connection between myself and the Imaginary Tree, and then tie a new knot! I'll charge at the Imaginary Tree first, and then conquer the Sea of Quantum!"

It's just the Imaginary Tree; Otto can go there, and so can I!

"Having ambition is a good thing, but we still have to take it one step at a time."

"I naturally understand this principle!"

[... Honestly, isn't this Sirin a bit too easy to please?]

The Pixie suspected that even without her not-so-professional strategy system, Chen Li could still trick Sirin into bed 18 times with just three sentences.

"In short, having motivation is a good thing. The Great Herta asked me to provide some motivation for Sirin, so I should cooperate."

"Sirin, you're still too easy to fool," Houraisan Kaguya whispered as Chen Li the kitchen to get juice.

"That's right, that's right." Little Herta nodded repeatedly.

"You guys don't really think I'm stupid and easy to fool, do you?" Sirin looked at everyone with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"The reason I'm so easily coaxed by Chen Li is because I like being coaxed by him. I love being coaxed by him, and I know he's doing it for my own good. I made a deal with Great Herta: as long as I diligently complete her targets, she'll find a way to persuade Chen Li to reward and educate me. Don't worry about who wins over whom in the end; I've already tasted the sweetness of Chen Li's favor," Sirin said smugly.

Of course, Sirin couldn't deny that she was indeed very happy when Chen Li coaxed her, so happy that she lost herself.

But there's no way around it. That's the Bond between the Queen and her retinue!

"This idea definitely couldn't have come from Sirin. It must have been a brilliant plan devised by the Great Herta. The Great Herta is both coaxing Chen Li and little Sirin," the Little Herta said confidently.

Just as Sirin was about to bask in the admiring gazes of the crowd, she discovered that they were whispering about a topic that Sirin found somewhat nonsensical.

"Indeed. Is the Great Herta, which came up with such a method, truly a genius?"

"Hey, what kind of image do you guys have of me?" Sirin said, exasperated.

"Why are you all looking at me so strangely?" Chen Li noticed this when she returned from the kitchen.

"It's nothing, let's eat, let's eat," Houraisan Kaguya said dismissively.

"By the way, if any of you are free, how about we go to the Akame ga Kill!! world today and help Najeta use the Forced Transaction Coin to persuade the Revolutionary Army's higher-ups? Of course, not everyone needs to go, just one person is enough. If no one is available, I can ask a friend from the group." Chen Li seemed to remember something and turned to ask the people at the table.

"I want to play games with Gabriel," Houraisan Kaguya said, raising her hand.

"I have a date with Nguyen Mai," Little Herta said, raising his hand.

"Um?"

"Okay, I do have an appointment. But it's about the same."

Both the Little Herta and Houraisan Kaguya were willing to help Chen Li, but the problem was that Chen Li's tone was overly relaxed. He clearly didn't consider this a difficult problem.

For those weaklings in the Revolutionary Army, a single spiritual transformation by Kitsune Saiguu was enough to make them cry out in disbelief!

There's not even a need for a second person.

"You must have some free Kitsune Saiguu, right?" Chen Li looked at the white fox who was still eating.

"Me? I have time, but only one morning. You might not believe it, but yesterday I was wandering around the Xianzhou alone until midnight, and I happened to meet a woman named Yu Kong."

"She saw that I was a Foxians and all alone on the Xianzhou, so she arranged for me to do an internship at her workplace this afternoon. Although I'm not interested in the job because I have to watch commercials, I couldn't resist her enthusiasm. So I plan to bring her a gift and tell her that I've found my half-brother on the Xianzhou, so she won't worry. Oh, and Master, could you lend me some Xun Di? I want to buy her some gifts," said Kitsune Saiguu.

"???"

Chen Li had no idea how Kitsune Saiguu and Yu Kong had met, but Kitsune Saiguu's appearance blended seamlessly into the Xianzhou.

"A morning is enough. Since you're the only one free, it seems you should keep all 200 Starstones to yourself." Chen Li nodded.

"How much? 200 Starstones?" Houraisan Kaguya was taken aback.

"Yes. Najenda exchanged 10 Imperial Arms and some antiques with high-quality attributes for 500 Starstones from me, and she will give 200 Starstones as payment for this operation," Chen Li said.

Where did she get 10 Imperial Arms?

"Wouldn't it be fine if you helped him take over the Revolutionary Army headquarters?"

"So she's trying to get something for nothing?"

"This is my idea, because I've found that everyone in the group is too poor. How can you participate in the lottery if you don't have any Starstones? If you can't win good items, how am I supposed to buy them from you?" Chen Li said.

"But I feel like you're still at a slight disadvantage."

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