Chapter 331
Reporter: Miss Robin, what is your lucky number?
Robin: 36
Reporter: What's your favorite letter of the alphabet?
Robin: D
Finally—"Shocking! Galaxy Superstar Robin reveals her bust size is 36D!"
"Theoretically, yes, but this Miraculous Item object is called a 'Reporter's Pass.' It's not for taking secret photos, but for observing and recording something or someone from God's Perspective," Chen Li said.
"Isn't this still taking photos secretly?"
"... Okay, it's basically taking photos secretly. Anyway, this Miraculous Item can put Eden in a state where he can't be attacked, and of course, Eden can't attack others either, and he won't be discovered by others. This way, there's no need to worry about Eden getting hurt while recording the echoes."
This Miraculous Item was crafted by Chen Li using two keywords: [Peeping] and [Recording].
"Although this Miraculous Item also has the ability to actively Peeping others, I think you probably won't need it, right?" Chen Li added.
"Probably... I won't need it. But I feel like I might never have needed this Miraculous Item in the first place. Can I return it? I mean, can we disassemble the entry and recycle it?" Eden hesitated, then stopped.
"Just take it. Besides, even if you don't use it, I still have to. I need this Miraculous Item to prevent being spied on; it's its Miraculous Item effect."
"Alright..." If Chen Li himself also needs to use this Miraculous Item, then Eden can accept it.
"Remember to leave a good review."
"No problem." Eden nodded.
Then Eden approached Chen Li and leaned down to kiss Chen Li's forehead as he sat on the sofa.
"???" Chen Li's body stiffened.
"What's wrong? Didn't you want a good review? Is there a problem? Or are there no good reviews yet?" Eden tilted his head.
"... You don't need to give a good review this way. But never mind, I've already felt your kindness. Good review successful, no need for another one."
Since acquiring the "Positive Review Cashback" feature, this is the first time Chen Li has received such an unexpected way to leave a positive review!
It cost 36 Crystals to create this Miraculous Item. Chen Li spent two attributes to give it three abilities: [putting oneself in a third-person perspective, anti-spying, and remotely spying (observing) a selected Miraculous Item].
Thank you to the advanced civilization for the generous reward of "Eye of Analysis".
Miraculous Forger: Lv5 (416/500)
Chen Li felt that as long as he worked hard, he could reach level 6 today.
"Eden, you're too bold!" Elysia exclaimed.
"Why are you so slow to react?" Chen Li glanced at Elysia.
"Because... because I never thought I could give a good review this way!" Elysia's eyes widened.
My progress has actually been overtaken by my best friend Eden? That's just too pathetic.
"I didn't expect that either," Chen Li echoed.
"I just think this is the reward Chen Li deserves. After all, although the effect of this Miraculous Item is somewhat unexpected, its cost must be quite high," Eden said with a light laugh.
"Is that so?" Elysia touched her chin.
"If you're interested in this positive feedback method, Aili, you can give it a try," Eden said, seemingly noticing Elysia's interest but also her slight shyness.
Eden knew that Elysia was very good at getting along with cute girls, but she didn't seem to be very good at getting along with male friends.
"Huh? That's not a good idea..." Elysia hesitated, then stopped herself from speaking.
Chen Li, whose heart was in his throat, felt complicated and a little disappointed after hearing Elysia's words.
"Hey, look, there are so many Ottos over there." Vill-V suddenly pointed behind Chen Li.
"Huh? So many Ottos? I didn't fuse Kyubey with him, did I?" Chen Li turned his head and found a lot of Kayaba Akihikos.
But when Chen Li turned his head back, Elysia's delicate face came into Chen Li view. Her unsteady breathing revealed Elysia unease, and a warm, humid feeling spread from Chen Li's left cheek throughout his body.
"Alright, here's the long-overdue positive review." Elysia straightened up and winked at Chen Li.
But the slight blush on Elysia's face proved that Elysia was not as composed as she appeared.
"Emmm..." Vill-V fell into deep thought.
What just happened?
It seems that she was just about to go over and give Chen Li a good review (the Poké Ball template is held by Vill-V), but Elysia pressed her shoulder with one hand and kept her in place.
Did you think Vill-V was trying to provide an assist? No! Vill-V originally intended to go in herself!
"Does Chen Li have any Miraculous Items that can enhance physical abilities?" Vill-V felt deeply that her physical abilities were holding her back!
Although the fusion with the spider made Vill-V's mind exceptionally active, almost unmatched in the mental realm, her physical weakness always led Vill-V to various crises.
Crisis in every sense of the word.
"This..."
"Is it... over?" The Robin's voice trembled slightly.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that the Robin that had been standing nearby was now covering its eyes with the small wings behind its neck, which belonged to the Halovian.
"Ahem, move your wings aside. Nothing happened, don't be too shy. Besides, I didn't ask you to praise me in this way, so there's no need to imitate me, really," Chen Li quickly said.
Chen Li suddenly noticed a pair of eyes watching him from a distance.
On Sunday, he stood at a distance with his arms crossed, his face serious as if he were thinking about something.
Chen Li felt that Sunday should also have a label like "Peeping" on him.
"Phew... Got it." The Robin breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Elysia was wondering if she was still missing one more after giving a positive review, since she was now the only Artifact Wielder of two Miraculous Item besides Chen Li.
But having just stolen Vill-V's opportunity had exhausted all of Elysia's courage for the time being. Besides, giving a good review in front of others was still too much to ask.
Unless... no one else can see it.
"Chen Li, you just said you've used your Reporter's Pass in some situations, right?" Elysia suddenly asked.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"The third-person perspective ability of Reporter's Pass is similar to invisibility, right?"
"More or less, but not quite. To be more precise, it's about making yourself disappear from this world, like the anti-fiction setting where [characters in a TV series can't see or interfere with the cameraman filming the series]. Invisibility is just a side effect."
As we all know, cameramen are not chosen by any crisis.
Even if something like the world is Destruction or a volcano erupts in a TV series, the cameraman is safe.
"And let me clarify beforehand, I have no intention of using invisibility to do anything bad. I just need to use this Miraculous Item's ability to Peeping others to obtain enough information and to prevent others from Peeping me." Chen Li didn't want to ruin his reputation, so he explained.
"But the only drawback is that the Artifact Wielder, who has God's Perspective, can't interfere with other people, right?" Elysia said.
"That's right."
"Isn't that a bit of a shame? Although Eden only needs to record the echoes, Eden still wants to help out, right?" Elysia winked at Eden.
"That's right, it would be even better if we could interfere with reality." Although Eden didn't know what Elysia was planning to do, he still nodded in agreement.
"But adding this feature would cost a lot of money, since Observer and Observer can intervene at any time are different definitions."
"Then you could just implement a warning system or something. As long as the impact isn't too great, it won't be noticed by the person involved or those around them, right? Or you could assign warning levels to everyone, so even if someone makes a big move and gets caught, only one person will notice... What do you think of this suggestion?"
"But if it's discovered, it will be attacked; that's the nature of this Miraculous Item. Correspondingly, the upper limit of this Miraculous Item is also very high. As long as it doesn't make a move, even if the world is Destruction, it won't affect the Artifact Wielder," Chen Li said.
Because Chen Li's original intention in designing this Miraculous Item was to make it absolutely indestructible.
"But compared to becoming a journalist, being a battlefield director, who only needs to offer slight guidance to help your allies in battle... wouldn't that be a much better way to earn Starstones and Crystals?"
"If that's what you're saying..." Chen Li looked at Elysia and then at Eden.
"Alright, adding this feature might give this Miraculous Item more diverse uses. It's just a matter of a few Crystals anyway, and if it can create more Miracles, it's definitely worth it. Wait a moment." Chen Li nodded.
"But remember to give Eden a good review after I reforge the Miraculous Item... Just give me a normal review, I don't want the word 'good review' to have another meaning from now on."
"No problem." Eden nodded.
[Tsk tsk tsk, this is really going to turn from a [Reporter's Pass] into a [Madam, you wouldn't want your husband to find out, would you?] Miraculous Item.]
"I think it's quite normal for Eden to want to modify the Miraculous Item's effects. After all, for this Miraculous Item to work, it has to ensure that it doesn't interfere with the whole event at all. Adding a little interference ability is good; it shows that Eden also wants to contribute his own strength."
Just like the neutral countries that ended up in the game, they are no longer considered neutral countries.
The Observer intervenes will also lose their status as Observer.
However, if you only want to intervene slightly, it shouldn't be a big problem.
[Hmm, are you sure it's really Eden who wants to contribute?]
"Of course, what else can we do?"
[Tsk tsk.]
Twenty minutes later, after Chen Li added the "Warning" attribute to this Miraculous Item using the "Wondrous Brush" technique of combining the "Danger" and "Perception" attributes, the reforged Miraculous Item was once again presented to everyone by Chen Li.
"The name of the Miraculous Item has been slightly changed; it's no longer called Reporter's Pass."
"What's it called?"
"War Correspondent's Pass".
"Now that sounds really impressive!" Vill-V nodded.
Although both are journalists, journalists and war correspondents are two completely different concepts.
The former can be good or bad. There are good journalists who are not afraid of danger in order to show the truth to the public, and there are also unscrupulous journalists who fabricate, edit, and smear facts at will for wealth and traffic.
But no war correspondent is a coward.
"And the results?"
"We've added an alert level function to the original effect. Artifact Wielder can now interfere with reality, but they'll only be discovered if others notice their movements and the alert level exceeds 100. What's that saying again? If cheating isn't detected, it's not cheating," Chen Li explained.
"Who corrupted Chen Li? Was it Tet?"
"Wow, what a huge scapegoat! I think I need to see a doctor. After all, I'm still a child, and I shouldn't be able to shoulder such a heavy burden." Tet said, feeling wronged.
Tet never said that cheating isn't cheating if it's not detected. His original words were. "Cheating in a game results in a loss once it's exposed."
"Alright, stop arguing. What's even more amazing about this Miraculous Item is that the alert value isn't shared."
"What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is, even if you discover me alone, as long as we can quickly and efficiently deal with this person and ensure that the unusual situation here is not noticed by others, and this person cooperates by remaining silent and not making any big movements, it won't raise the alert level of others who haven't noticed yet. Although I feel it's not very meaningful." Chen Li tossed the War Correspondent's Pass's pass to Eden.
"Indeed, if the enemy spots you on the battlefield, they will definitely attack you or yell at you, so this effect is really useless."
"Yes, yes."
"That's right."
"It seems everyone is rather pessimistic about the practicality of this Miraculous Item. But I still have to give it a good review. Thank you for your hard work." Eden chuckled and accepted the Miraculous Item.
"It's alright, at least we've recouped our costs," Chen Li said, indicating he didn't mind.
Reforging the Miraculous Item cost eight Crystals, and with Eden's second positive review of the reforging, Chen Li gained 12 experience points.
However... the original crafting of this artifact only yielded a profit of 50 crystals, compared to a cost of 36 crystals, resulting in a profit of only 14 crystals. If Chen Li hadn't had a higher artifact crafting level, the profit might have been less than 10 crystals.
With just this one insignificant little feature added, Chen Li gained another 30 Crystals.
The cost is 44 Crystals, the reward is 80 Crystals, and the profit is 36 Crystals.
What Miracles could such a small function create, and whether the opinions of everyone present regarding this Miraculous Item were genuine... Chen Li didn't understand, but he dared not ask.
"I don't need this Miraculous Item for now, so I'll just put it in the public Miraculous Item section. No rent required for the first three days; after that, the rent will be paid to Chen Li." Eden held the golden goblet, took a sip of wine, and then placed the Miraculous Item in the public Miraculous Item section.
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Once the 10-second public display period for the "Miraculous Item" Friends Circle was over, Eden's Friends Circle Terminal started ringing incessantly.
Eden received 18 requests to borrow Miraculous Item within a second.
"???"
Eden never expected his Miraculous Item to be so popular... You guys were clearly complaining about it just now.
Eden had assumed that only Elysia would be interested, but now he was caught in a dilemma.
"Vill-V, what do you need this Miraculous Item for?"