Chen Li: The Aeon Resurrection Tournament Officially Begins Today!

"Uh, I thought you were playing the SpongeBob and Patrick Star joke on me, so I kept telling me you caught another jellyfish. But..." Chen Li stared at the scene before him, his mouth agape.

No, buddy.

"I've been telling you I caught another jellyfish, is there anything wrong with that?" Xing tilted her head.

"But you didn't tell me you actually caught only jellyfish. How did you do that?"

After forging the Miraculous Item, Chen Li looked at the scene before him and felt as if the sky had fallen.

You mean, I helped you create Miraculous Item and gave you 100 Starstones, and you ended up catching a whole truckload of jellyfish for me, right?

"I don't know. I know you're anxious, but don't worry, these jellyfish aren't ordinary jellyfish, they're Treasure Jellyfish," Xing explained.

"What's the use of that? Can it unlock treasure? So you mean I gave you 100 draws, and you helped me get 100 draws?"

That's very abstract.

"Understood, go and invite Emperor Pardo immediately!"

"No." Xing shook her head.

"The treasure of this Treasure Jellyfish doesn't refer to any treasure or treasure chest. It's the treasure of the Treasure Boy. Every time you eat a jellyfish, you'll randomly gain a special little ability, flash, skill, etc.— Treasure Jellyfish."

"So this is the treasure?" Chen Li was greatly shocked.

"Then you're definitely a treasure girl for being able to draw the Treasure Jellyfish."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xing put her hands on her hips.

To put it bluntly, Xingneng's ability to catch 100 Treasure Jellyfish in a row is indeed quite impressive.

The newbie perk period is terrifyingly generous.

One hundred Treasure Jellyfish drifted inside the Astral Express carriage, and the absence of water did not affect their Treasure Jellyfish at all.

Chen Li had a general idea of how to utilize these 100 Treasure Jellyfish.

There are only two possibilities.

One option is for Chen Li to eat it all himself.

One method is to trick Haruhi Suzumiya by telling her that eating jellyfish will directly grant her treasure points, while killing jellyfish will "drop" treasure points. Then, in front of Haruhi Suzumiya, have Pardo kill these jellyfish to maximize the benefits.

In conclusion: Haruhi Suzumiya is so useful! Pardo is so useful too!

However, since it was Chen Li who provided the Starstones, Chen Li is the MVP.

[Oh yeah, you're the MVP, Xing is just a pushover.]

"Is my Miraculous Item ready?" Xing asked impatiently after explaining the effects of the Treasure Jellyfish to Chen Li.

"Here." Chen Li took out a plaque.

"This is... I'll have to carry this sign up from now on?" Xing took the sign, which was about 40 centimeters long and 20 centimeters high, from Chen Li's hand.

It says on it, "Art is Explosion."

"This is a title. I just had a sudden thought: could I create a title-type Miraculous Item? So I made this thing."

The method to find out about this is much simpler than you might imagine. Just find any sign, put the entry on the sign, and slam the entry into the sign.

Done!

How do I use it?

"Place the sign on your head, then slowly let go."

Following Chen Li's instructions, Xing placed the sign in her hand about ten centimeters above her head, then covered her head with one hand and slowly let go with the other.

Xing was still a little afraid that the sign would fall and hit her on the head.

But in the end, the sign disappeared, leaving only the six glittering golden characters above Xing's head. "Art is Explosion."

"Is this the title? It looks really impressive."

"Just kidding, this isn't a title, it's just a text-based Miraculous Item. It just looks like a title." Chen Li shrugged.

However, although it is not Miraculous Item, the requirements for creating a Miraculous Item based on text are quite demanding.

Not just any Miraculous Item can be transformed into a text-based Miraculous Item. The most important condition is that the Artifact Wielder does not need to use the Miraculous Item as a medium of use.

Just like this Miraculous Item right now.

Art is Explosion: Art is Explosion — by Patrick Star.

"What are the effects of this Miraculous Item?" Xing asked expectantly.

"It's very simple. This Miraculous Item can only be used when the Artifact Wielder possesses high-risk explosive energy. After use, it will divide the user's high-risk explosive energy into four parts. Due to the overclocking attribute, the power of 1/4 of it is comparable to the original energy explosion. And for each additional part of the output, the explosive power will increase fourfold, up to the equivalent of the simultaneous explosion of 64 Stellaron! Moreover, it can ensure that all the energy is poured onto the enemy during the explosion, without wasting a single bit! How about that? Pretty awesome, right?"

"!!" Himeko's hand trembled.

Chen Li, what have you done!

The Astral Express dares to take Star, the Stellaron Baby, all over the world because the Astral Express really has a way to seal the Stellaron.

If the star does encounter a problem, such as its Stellaron becoming unstable, the train is capable of ensuring the safety of both parties.

But things are different now.

Sixty-four Stellaron exploded simultaneously, without wasting a single drop of energy...

Even Emanator to arrive, he would have to consider whether the Stellaron faster or he himself could escape faster.

Although throwing out all four Stellaron at the same time would truly kill the star, the enemy would also perish.

"What about my life?" Xing pointed to himself.

"Now comes the important part. Until you have used up all four portions of energy, you will not experience any adverse effects on your body from consuming the Stellaron within you. This Miraculous Item will maintain your vital signs."

"So that means each time I unleash my full power, I consume 1/4 of my Stellaron, and I won't die until all my Stellaron are used up, right?"

Xing felt that this concept didn't sound very novel.

"No, even if you are exhausted, you will not die. What follows is the most ingenious aspect of this Miraculous Item! Loyalty and Return."

"Because your Stellaron is loyal to you, it will not affect you when it explodes, and the quarter of the Stellaron that splits off will track the target on its own and obey your orders to achieve the goal."

"Oh, so you mean bullets with self-awareness that can track targets, right?"

Xing felt that this setting wasn't very novel.

"You don't understand the beauty of this setting! Let's try it now! See that cup of coffee?" Chen Li pointed to Himeko's coffee, which he had only drunk half of.

"I saw it."

"Explode it!"

"Oh, won't that blow up the Astral Express too?"

"Don't worry, it won't listen to me, just blow it up."

"Hmm, blow him up! But... I don't know the explosion skill yet?" Xing blinked.

This Miraculous Item doesn't come with any explosive abilities; it only makes things that are already explosive explode even more violently.

The star's Stellaron is very stable and will not explode.

Therefore, Xingcai needs to learn from the Little Herta how to use his Backup Hidden Energy Source!

While Chen Li was creating this Miraculous Item, Xing was busy catching jellyfish.

"... It's too late to learn now, let Little Herta do it." Chen Li took the title off Xing's head and placed it on Little Herta's head.

"Use the power of the Void God Body to destroy that cup of coffee!"

"No problem." Without saying a word, Little Herta separated 1/4 of the power of the Void God Body and threw it towards the cup of coffee.

The Void God Body itself is only the size of an egg, and a quarter of its size is even smaller.

But when Himeko saw that thumb-sized black hole, she felt that this thing might be even more dangerous than the Stellaron.

When that quarter of the Void God Body landed on the coffee, the instantaneous burst of power startled Pom-Pom, who was cleaning the room in the distance, so much that she fell to the ground with a thud, and also made Himeko's face turn pale.

But when Pom-Pom arrived at the scene, she found that the Parlor Car was safe and sound.

"Coffee has been attacked! Lock down the entire venue!" Xing shouted.

"Stop locking down the whole place. I'm going to show you what the power of loyalty is."

"You have no idea what true loyalty is!"

"Loyalty means completing your superior's orders with absolute precision!"

"Even if it has the power to destroy an entire galaxy, if it were to destroy only a cup of coffee, it would only destroy a cup of coffee!"

"As for what to do with the remaining energy? Loyalty can solve everything!" Chen Li said.

The loyalty attribute is really useful!

Fortunately, Chen Li really does have a lot of [loyalty] entries.

Many of Chen Li's weapons, which were considered antiques and were left over from the First Civilization Era to the Second Civilization Era, possessed the attribute of "Loyalty".

"So, if it's my turn to clean up the trash and I don't want to throw it away, I can just spend a quarter of my life to clean it up? That's so convenient!" Xing's eyes widened.

"Right? It's very convenient, isn't it?" Chen Li nodded repeatedly.

It's even more convenient than having Dan Heng use Azure Dragon Cleanses the World (Cloud Chant Art) to clean the carriage!

"Don't waste a quarter of your life! And don't do such dangerous things on the train!" Pom-Pom picked up a broom and chased after Chen Li, hitting him.

"Why are you chasing me? That's Xing saying that, but it was Little Herta who actually caused the explosion!"

"Because it was you who created this Miraculous Item!"

"Hey, wait a minute, Chen Li, don't run away! You still haven't told me how I'm going to survive after I've used up all four of my powers!"

"No problem. The Stellaron will come back on its own. It's a [Return to Town] ability; I've added [Return to Town]." Chen Li's voice faded into the distance as he spoke.

After Pom-Pom chased Chen Li to the guest room carriage, a gap suddenly opened next to Xing, and Chen Li gracefully walked out of the gap.

With the Gap Ability, playing with Pom-Pom is just as easy as playing with Peppy... just as easy as playing with Aqua!

"Damn it! Back to the city!"

"It's not about returning to the city! It's about how, as long as you have 1/4 of your power left, after 24 hours, any remaining power that hasn't been completely neutralized will be summoned back. The timer starts from when you throw out the first portion of your power," Chen Li said.

"So... you used up your last bit of power too?"

"Just wait to die, what else can we do?" Chen Li looked at Xing in surprise.

This Miraculous Item made of 35 Crystals. You don't want to find a thread in it, but you want to find a carpet in it?

"But with energy constantly being depleted, it will eventually dry up if it's not replenished."

"Everyone else is like that, but you are different. You are Path of Destruction. You can draw power from the Path of Destruction by constantly Destruction things. Moreover, Stellaron are already considered to be related to the Aeon of Destruction... If all else fails, for example, go to another world to recharge your Stellaron, and everything will be fine."

"Charging? How do I charge it?"

"Sunbathing."

"It's powered by light?!"

"Light energy is also energy. Or electricity would work too, but the electricity bill for the Astral Express might skyrocket..." Chen Li stroked his chin.

"What if I end up in a sunless underground city, and there happens to be no electricity there?"

"How could there possibly be such a remote and impoverished place... Well, it's not that there isn't, then let's just wait to die." Chen Li patted Xing on the shoulder.

Chen Li suddenly realized that the next stop of the Astral Express was Jarilo VI, and there happened to be a remote underground city there.

Given Xing's current situation and the environment of the Lower City, Chen Li couldn't help but think of the Ultra Brothers and the cross...

"Isn't there any other way? For example, is there anything that is both easy to carry and has plenty of energy?"

Yes, my friend, yes.

"What?!"

"Stellaron. As the saying goes, you can replenish what you lack. If you frequently rub against Stellaron, you might be able to recharge yourself," Chen Li said.

"Understood, from today onwards I will become Stellaron Hunter!" Star nodded, understanding her destiny.

"?!?!" Chen Li was stunned for a moment.

Oh no! The Stellaron Hunters finally managed to deliver the Star to the Astral Express, only to have it brought back to the Stellaron Hunters by itself?

"Good boy, don't learn from those bad people, Stellaron Hunters, or you'll be led astray." Himeko hadn't said anything when she saw Xing fiddling with Stellaron and even creating a super firecracker with 64 Stellaron, patted Xing on the head after hearing Xing's words.