Chapter 285
"None of these are the important points. The important point is where Welt went!" Tesla couldn't help but remind them when he saw that their discussion was completely off-topic.
"Oh, there's no need to worry about that. If nothing unexpected happens, Welt should be in the Honkai: Star Rail world, and he's already become a successful Nameless Guest."
"Huh? Welt was just launched."
"But from Welt's perspective, he may have been launched several years ago. That's why I said Welt will gradually get rid of the Easter Egg's influence."
How did you know?
"If you don't believe me, ask Herta. There should be someone named Welt on the Astral Express, right?" Chen Li turned to Herta, who had also come along, and asked.
"It seems so, what's wrong?" Herta nodded.
"That settles it then. If nothing unexpected happens, Welt should have been launched into the Honkai: Star Rail world many years ago."
However, it is also possible that the Honkai world, which just experienced its third Honkai, is modeled after the Honkai: Star Rail world from many years ago.
This is not impossible, because the situation in the Solar System is extremely complex, and time is very chaotic.
This is all thanks to the Cocoon of Eternity.
"Of course, my guess might be wrong. Anyway, why don't we just ask the person involved?" Chen Li said.
"Indeed, so hurry up and take out the Slap Gloves." Kiana nodded repeatedly.
Kiana called Chen Li here for this reason.
It wasn't that Kiana was unwilling to spend a Starstones to rent a public Miraculous Item from her Friends Circle, but rather that the Slap Gloves public Miraculous Item was constantly showing as "currently occupied," so she hoped Chen Li would use the projection function, or simply take back the Slap Gloves.
"It seems the true form of the glove has been occupied by the Preservation Aeon... Goodness, those people from the Interastral Peace Corporation are really going all out to boost Amber King's ranking; they've emptied their card pool." Chen Li was somewhat surprised after glancing at the usage status of the Slap Gloves.
The Friends Circle Terminal that Chen Li gave to the Interastral Peace Corporation was specially made. It could record how much Karma Coins from the Interastral Peace Corporation were produced in the Karma Balance (because the Interastral Peace Corporation was willing to do these good deeds because of Chen Li, most of these merits belonged to Chen Li), and then provide the Interastral Peace Corporation with card draw opportunities.
When Chen Li woke up, he found that the Amber King's Slap Gloves was available for use 24 hours later, and his Karma Coins had also increased dramatically.
Chen Li was very pleased that he was able to get the Interastral Peace Corporation to change its ways and return to the right path.
If a large interstellar company like Interastral Peace Corporation is truly committed to Preservation and stability of its people, it can easily bring peace and stability to hundreds of billions of people.
Therefore, Chen Li instead provided Tesla with another Miraculous Item— [The Wish Granting].
"The Slap Gloves are too complicated to use. Why not use this Miraculous Item?" Chen Li said, holding up the bell.
To pull Welt back, you would need to slap Welt first using the Slap Gloves, then throw the glove to Welt so Welt can Tesla, because the Slap Gloves creates a one-way channel.
But Wish Granting something, all you need to do is shout it out.
"But remember to describe this Miraculous Item precisely when using it, otherwise you might get some weird Welt," Chen Li warned.
"Are there many Welts?" Kiana asked curiously.
"You're making a fuss over nothing. There are countless worlds in the universe, and among these worlds, there are always some that are extremely similar, with similar people, similar events, and even similar fates... This is quite common," Herta said.
That's why Herta didn't care at all when it learned that there was a Welt in the Honkai world.
There's a Raiden Mei in the Honkai world, and there's also a Raiden Mei in the Honkai: Star Rail world.
In the Honkai world, there is a Yanqing, and in the Honkai: Star Rail world, there is also a Yanqing.
Wasn't Herta surprised when it met Himeko from the Honkai world?
"The Herta wouldn't find it strange that there are many Welts in the world, but shouldn't there only be one genius like the Herta? If the Herta knows about the existence of Welt on the Astral Express, then why doesn't Welt know about the Herta?" Kiana raised a question.
"Young lady, you have a good eye. That's right, there may be many Welt, but there will only be one genius like me." Herta rarely praised others.
"Let's summon it first. Let me think... If we need precise location..." Tesla held the bell and began to formulate his keywords for Joachim.
"Huh? Why is Tesla suddenly blushing?"
"Who knows? Maybe they thought of some keywords that are not suitable for children."
"Speaking of which, what is the relationship between Dr. Tesla and Welt? She was the one who was most anxious when Welt disappeared..." Kiana asked softly.
Let's go in both directions.
"That's enough! You've been cricketing at me the whole time! And you're doing it in the dark!" Tesla, holding a bell, was furious.
"Welt! Use Star of Eden on them!" Tesla shouted.
In the In the Name of the World!
As a figure appeared in front of Tesla, a black hole also bloomed in the other's hand.
"Who are you? You just say you're ' in the In the Name of the World '?" Chen Li snapped his fingers dismissively.
A gap suddenly opened up beneath the opponent's feet, swallowing them whole.
"Hmm, what did you do? Where's my Welt?" Tesla was stunned to see his Welt disappear again so soon after returning.
Not a buddy.
Even though we're not buddies, you can't treat me like this.
"Was that Welt just now? I only saw a black hole... In that case, you should go and join him." After taking Tesla's bell back, Chen Li threw Tesla into the gap as well.
"Alright, let's give them some alone time to express their feelings of longing... especially for Welt," Chen Li said to the crowd.
"No problem."
"Okay, but Chen Li, did you just use Yakumo Yukari's ability?" Kiana, who had thought Yakumo Yukari was nearby, waited for a while before realizing that the all-powerful Yakumo Yukari hadn't appeared. She then realized that it must have been Chen Li who used the ability.
"Well... this is the Bond between me and Yakumo Yukari!"
Speak like a human.
"It's related to your Exclusive Profession. As you know, using the Wondrous Brush skill in conjunction with the Occupational System to generate a unique skill will grant you affix effects, right?"
"I've heard of it, and I also know that entries can have their brightness increased using Starstones."
"Having an entry that can increase brightness is already equivalent to half a Miraculous Item... Then I realized that if this half Miraculous Item were combined with the [Friends Circle] Miraculous Item, which can materialize Friendship and Bonds, it would become what it is now—I can truly borrow the abilities of friends with Exclusive Professions through the bullet screen function. I had already discussed this with Yakumo Yukari before Stigmata, so there was absolutely no infringement," Chen Li explained.
After being enhanced, Friends Circle now features a bullet screen feature that can convert every chat message sent by group members into bullet screens. These bullet screens can be imbued with the personal characteristics of each group member before being sent out.
Whether it's because the group members have been enhanced into half- Miraculous Item (Miraculous Forger already have the ability to freely use Miraculous Item and Miraculous Item projections), or because the additional Artifact Wielder attached to Friends Circle have enhanced Friends Circle, Chen Li can now freely borrow the abilities of the group members by consuming their chat history.
Currently, this is limited to group members who have obtained their Exclusive Profession.
This truly embodies "Friendship and Bonds".
"I wonder if, after the Friends Circle is further enhanced, it will be possible for group members to borrow abilities from each other. But if nothing unexpected happens, it probably won't be free. I guess it will require Starstones," Chen Li said.
"Why do I need Starstones again! Drawing cards requires Starstones, strengthening my Exclusive Profession requires Starstones, borrowing public Miraculous Item requires Starstones... Although I can owe this one, I'll need Starstones to borrow my friends' abilities in the future. I'm broke, really broke." Kiana sighed.
Kiana currently only has 15 Starstones in her pocket, and those are from the Spring Spirit account, not entirely belonging to Kiana.
If strengthening your Exclusive Profession is equivalent to obtaining a constellation, then the Starsea Trove is also indispensable, because drawing from the Starsea Trove may yield Exclusive Weapon... just like how Pardo draws the "Mystery Jar" skill.
Starstones are needed everywhere, but the total number of Starstones circulating in the Miraculous Item Group does not exceed 1,000.
Even so, it's only because Chen Li would occasionally give away Starstones randomly.
"I didn't want to either, but since I haven't achieved financial freedom through Starstones, I simply can't design a complete monetary system," Chen Li said, shrugging.
Despite earning thousands of Starstones at a time and spending very little, Chen Li only accumulated a total of 34,000 Starstones so far.
To be precise, it's 34,308 Starstones.
The reason he was able to earn over 30,000 star stones was because the Interastral Peace Corporation helped Chen Li earn 5,000 Starstones in just one day yesterday.
As expected, the Interastral Peace Corporation was still somewhat useful.
And this was only the result of a single day's effort by the greatest forces in the entire universe.
"Did you know that there's a limit to how much Starstones a person can earn? Even if you clean up a planet, you can only earn two or three thousand Starstones. Changing the rules of the entire Solar System could earn four or five thousand Starstones, but the reality is that I can't Deliverance every day..."
"But you're Deliverance every day," the Great Herta, who was using the Little Herta's body, objected.
"... Let me finish. In short, I've come to a conclusion from the past few days of my life."
"What theorem? Are you trying to become a monster?"
"No. The theorem I've deduced is: indeed, instead of trying to Deliverance, it's better to extort the Interastral Peace Corporation." Chen Li realized!
I went through so much trouble to create the Stigmata Game Miraculous Item and change the rules of the entire Solar System, and all I got were four or five thousand Starstones. Your Interastral Peace Corporation can earn me 5,000 Starstones a day? What's the point of my hard work then?
"That's normal. After all, the Interastral Peace Corporation is a massive interstellar-level force. If they mobilize all their resources to support Amber King, they could save more planets in a day than you could save the world in half a month. Although they mostly treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, at least they've addressed the symptoms, haven't they?"
In other words, if the quality is insufficient, quantity will compensate.
Interastral Peace Corporation is really rich.
"And don't forget, only one day has passed since you learned about the card-drawing mechanism yesterday. Some planets haven't officially received support and salvation yet, so your gains in the next few days will definitely be higher than yesterday," the Great Herta rationally analyzed.
"I see... It seems that working alone is no match for gang operations. I understand now!" Chen Li realized again.
"What have you figured out now?"
"If you want to quickly obtain Starstones, you really need to do something big, or at least do something big with the widest influence."
"For example?"
"The most influential figure in the Honkai: Star Rail world Impact 3rd must be the Aeon, right?"
"Calm down. Starstones are enough for now. Aren't Crystals the currency you need most?" Great Herta said quickly, fearing that Chen Li might actually pull something big.
The phrase "tell others to calm down" doesn't sound like something the Great Herta would say. After all, under normal circumstances, the Great Herta is the one who's the craziest. But the problem is that when Chen Li goes crazy, he really goes crazy.
He could easily throw the entire Honkai: Star Rail world into chaos within 10 minutes, even causing the Aeon to fight each other, instantly igniting a war of gods that would eventually obliterate the Great Dao.
Chen Li is a normal person, with the emotional fluctuations that a normal person should have.
The Starstones gains from Destruction are definitely greater than those from creation, and obtaining Starstones is much easier.
The Great Herta has always suspected that the reason Chen Li was able to resist the enormous Starstones benefits brought by Destruction the world is because Starstones are only a supplementary item, and enough is sufficient. The Crystals obtained by creating positive Miracles are Chen Li's main pursuit.
Just as people might spend a lot of money to get rare characters, no one would spend a lot of money to get in-game currency like coins, Credits, or Mora.
Based on Great Herta's long-term observation of Chen Li, Great Herta believes that even without the profession of Miraculous Forger, anyone with the ability to transmigrate has the potential to Destruction the world.
It can travel through time at will, replicate any time, space, or fate-related abilities, and gain enhancements by disrupting time, space, and fate. Moreover, the greater the trouble encountered, the greater the benefits will be...
The Great Herta increasingly felt that the reason Chen Li's house was constantly receiving Heaven's Lost Property was because Chen Li himself was the biggest "Heaven's Lost Property." And these Heaven's Lost Property were all attracted to each other!
At the same time, Chen Li was born with the ability to travel to different worlds, an advantage that other Heaven's Lost Property do not have—efficiency.
Chen Li: How many worlds have you Destruction?
Five Heaven's Lost Property.
Chen Li: It was alright, but what about last month?
Heaven's Lost Property:???
"Chen Li, aren't you the biggest mystery of the rules?"
"Huh? Herta, what nonsense are you talking about all of a sudden?"
"It's nothing," Herta shook his head.
"I'm thinking of adding a daily check-in feature for the group members. They can get 10 Starstones for just popping up in the Miraculous Item every day, and the person who posts the most each day can get an extra 20 Starstones. What do you guys think?" Chen Li asked.
This would increase the chat history among the group members, making it easier for Chen Li to continuously borrow their abilities.
Secondly, it can also be used to spend the Starstones that are not in use at home.
Chen Li never participates in lotteries; Chen Li only wants to watch others participate. It seems everyone has a "newbie bonus period," and everyone's luck is exceptionally good during that period.
Moreover, after being reinforced yet again in the Friends Circle, reinforcing group members is equivalent to reinforcing Chen Li himself.
Although this enhancement doesn't provide the same boost to Chen Li as crafting a One-star Artifact, it's cheaper and also increases the versatility of Chen Li's abilities.
For example, Chen Li has now learned the same Overhead Toss as Pardo, and he throws one without making a sound, and one drools as he throws one.
Yakumo Yukari's gap ability is also very convenient.
"Are you being so generous today?"
"Let's increase Friendship and Bonds. I feel that the Friends Circle has the potential to become Void Archive of Miraculous Item. All the abilities of the Friends Circle will be collected, reproduced, and enhanced to the Miraculous Item level..." Chen Li imagined the bright future.
However, we still need to create Miraculous Items, because only by creating more Miraculous Items can we gain more Miracle Power.
Chen Li's generosity is largely thanks to Interastral Peace Corporation.
Seeing how effective the Interastral Peace Corporation was in Path of Preservation, Chen Li suddenly began to set his sights on other Aeon factions...
The Erudition Society of Path of Wisdom seems like a good choice, as it has many geniuses, though none of them are beyond the realm of common sense.
"I'm afraid you'd need to reach the Two-star Artifact level in your [Friends Circle], right?"