The Absurd [Two-Star Curio] and Acheron's "Wonderful" Experience

"That's right. So what?"

"Oh no, oh no... Oh, never mind I didn't say anything, I'm going back to my room." Little Herta quickly returned to his room.

Hopefully, we can do this before everyone discovers this blind spot and before the effect of this Miracle Card gets out...

"Damn it!" Little Herta had just entered the room when he saw the announcement that Sirin had posted after tagging all members using her administrator privileges.

The announcement included the effect of this Miracle Card.

"Alright, now you can rest assured. Nothing like someone encountering a major crisis and being unable to ask you for help will happen while you and I are asleep. Even if it does, you'll be there in time." After changing into her pajamas and even taking a bath in her private World Bubble where time seemed to stand still, Sirin, who was already leaning against Chen Li's Chen Li, waved to him.

"I'm going to take a shower first..."

"Cleanse!" Sirin snapped her fingers, and all the dust on Chen Li's body was cleansed.

This is something Sirin and Herta learned.

"Okay." Chen Li wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but Sirin's maternal instincts had become so strong that Chen Li couldn't resist them.

Chen Li had no idea whether Sirin was trying to lull her to sleep or whether she needed to lull her to sleep. As soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep in no time, clutching her clothes tightly as if afraid she would run away.

Is this also the magic taught to you by the Great Herta?

Teach me!

Chen Li really envied this quality of sleep.

Never mind, let's go to sleep...

I promised Sparkle Miraculous Item; I can forge it tomorrow, since it's Sparkle.

As soon as Chen Li closed his eyes, he felt a pulling sensation in his body and heard a faint sound.

Help me, Chen Li!

After Chen Li responded, Chen Li opened his eyes again and found himself... uh, Little Herta in bed?

"... What are you doing?" Chen Li was stunned for a moment when he saw the Little Herta sitting on the bed in a duck-sitting position, and then put down the black hole in his hand.

"Go to sleep! Hurry up and stop talking nonsense!" When Little Herta saw Chen Li arrive, it didn't care that Chen Li was only wearing pajamas and started to take off Chen Li's clothes.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

"Never mind, time is too tight..." Knowing himself as Little Herta does, his other self would definitely be able to spot the loophole in this Miracle Card...

"Open your mouth." Little Herta stuffed a grape-flavored lollipop into his mouth.

"Ah?"

"Hmm..." Little Herta went straight for it.

Chen Li never imagined that the Little Herta summoned him for this reason.

You've almost ruined the "I'm here to help you" message!

A moment later, the Little Herta took something away, and left something behind.

"What is this?" Chen Li asked, still sucking on the lollipop in his mouth, puzzled.

"I'll summon you again before midnight. I've imbued this lollipop with a bit of mystical power. As long as you don't use the effects of the Gourmet Cells, it should stay intact for 5 hours. I hope that when I see you again, this lollipop will still be in your mouth... Don't swallow it! Even if you ask me to take it out, Great Herta, you can't! I'll check how much this lollipop has melted! My eyes are my ruler!" Little Herta said, staring at Chen Li.

Why are you so sure I'll see the Great Herta?

"Tch, I may not understand others, but I understand myself!" Little Herta sneered.

The next moment, Little Herta saw a look of surprise and helplessness on Chen Li's face.

"Go ahead, and remember I'll be checking how fast your lollipop melts. If it melts perfectly, there'll be a reward!"

"What reward?"

"Do you... want a little Little Herta?"

"You mean... Vita? I want to! That bastard Vita hasn't replied to my messages at all!" Chen Li nodded fiercely.

"... Don't force me to swear." Little Herta looked at Chen Li coldly.

"Ahem, I'm leaving now, bye-bye." Before leaving, Chen Li ruffled Little Herta's hair vigorously.

"Hmph! Chen Li, I've discovered a bug in this Miracle Card! It can only be activated once, which means that as long as you don't activate that attack, you won't disappear... Wait, what's that in your mouth?" After the Great Herta summoned Chen Li while sitting on his bed, it was stunned to see the lollipop in Chen Li's mouth.

"It should be the same style, right?" Chen Li glanced at the purple lollipop in the Great Herta's hand.

"!!" The Great Herta crushed the lollipop with his bare hands, veins bulging on his forehead.

Alright, alright, it's time for the Little Herta to distinguish between the king and the queen!

"Chen Li, spit out the lollipop in your mouth!"

"Isn't this a bad idea?"

"I'll get you a different lollipop."

"But Little Herta said she used her machine spirit power to influence this lollipop..."

"Tsk, take it out first, then put it back in a bit. Oh, right, rinse your mouth first."

"... I have good news and bad news." Chen Li took the lollipop out of his mouth.

"Speak." The Great Herta handed over a glass of water.

"The good news is you guessed right. As long as I don't launch an attack, I won't be immediately deported."

"And what's the bad news?" Great Herta asked while Chen Li was rinsing his mouth.

"Nguyen Mai is calling me."

"Ha?"

"But on the bright side, maybe the experiment needs my help."

"Do you think I'd believe such nonsense? But if it's Ruan Mei... maybe it really is possible. Never mind, let her wait a minute." Great Herta sighed helplessly.

Help me, Chen Li.

Help me, Mister Miraculous Forger.

Help me, honey, I'm stuck.

Help me, boss.

[Help...]

That night, Chen Li felt as if he was being harassed by dozens of nuisance phone calls.

Some of these requests for help were specific, hoping that Chen Li would help her clear away the monsters... This was Pardo's request for help, and it was also the most normal one.

It's worth mentioning that the outcome of this request for help wasn't perfect. After verification, the experience gained from the monsters that Pardo summoned Chen Li to clear belonged to Chen Li, not Pardo, which disappointed Pardo, who wanted to enjoy the commission for a long time.

"..." Looking at the lollipop that was being examined by the Little Herta and was now only a tiny bit left, Chen Li felt inexplicably guilty.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem? Is the melting speed normal?"

"It's normal, but Chen Li, do you know what? I added something else to this lollipop."

"What is it? It can't be a surveillance camera, can it?"

"No, this thing can only detect whose scent you've picked up." After saying that, Little Herta bit into the last bit of the lollipop and looked at the colorful head and body wrapped in the lollipop... This part of the head and body contrasted sharply with the white body of the other parts.

"Are you sure it's the smell and not the smell of saliva?" Chen Li was surprisingly relieved.

"Heh, I won't make a fool of myself. By the way... what does Silver Wolf want with you?" Little Herta, who had been staring intently at the lollipop stick for a long time, suddenly asked.

"Well... let's talk about how many people actually summoned me." Chen Li couldn't very well say that Silver Wolf had sought him out to retrieve the [Punklor Spirit] game cartridge from the Herta Space Station.

Although Chen Li was too lazy to intervene in this matter, Chen Li couldn't betray his friends!

"Alright, let's talk about something else. Why did Baiheng look for you? If you can't answer that, I'm going to go find Jingliu."

"Let's talk about Silver Wolf instead." Chen Li decisively decided to betray Silver Wolf.

After all, the things she discussed with Baiheng were more confidential.

Silver Wolf's account was banned, so be it.

I'll turn around and laugh at her mercilessly!

Chapter 284 Outrageous [Two-star Artifact] and the "Wonderful" Experience in the Acheron (10,000 words)

"When I was taking a shower, I asked you to scrub my back. You should have just said thank you, instead of saying something like, 'Are you crazy? Why are you summoning me now? Where am I?' or other ungrateful things, understand?" Sparkle pointed at Chen Li.

"... What the hell! So where am I? Why does this place look so familiar?" Chen Li, who had just woken up in the early morning and whose brain hadn't even started working yet, was summoned to his current location by Sparkle through the "I'm here to help you" mechanism, felt that the place in front of him was too familiar.

The call to "I'll help you" could be refused, but Chen Li, still dazed, responded instinctively.

Muscle Remembrance from last night.

"A place more beautiful than heaven."

"Your home?"

"No, your house. Surprised? Unexpected? Happy?" When Sparkle pushed open the bathroom door, she gave Chen Li a real surprise.

—Cecilia brushing her teeth.

"???" Cecilia looked at Chen Li and Sparkle in a bathroom with a blank expression.

"Um... did I disturb you by making noise while I was washing up?" Cecilia hesitated, then stopped herself from speaking...

Cecilia remembered not hearing any noise from the bathroom earlier...

"So, when I show up in your bathroom, all you need to do is let me scrub your back or let me scrub your back. Don't ask how you ended up in my house. That's ungrateful, understand?" Sparkle suddenly popped her head out from behind Chen Li, greeted Cecilia, and then said to Chen Li.

"Shush. Um... Cecilia, don't worry about it. By the way, could you get me my toothbrush, please?" Chen Li, pointing to the cabinet shelf on the large washbasin with his name on it.

"Huh? Oh." Cecilia paused for a moment, then opened the compartment and took out Chen Li's toothbrush. After looking Chen Li up and down at his clothes, she handed him the toothbrush and cup with some confusion.

You guys... made a pact to brush your teeth together in the bathroom?

But after Cecilia examined it carefully, she found that Chen Li's clothes were intact and there were no signs of them being wet. Although they were a little messy, they looked more like wrinkles caused by pressing down on the clothes while sleeping.

Chen Li's face still showed some sleepiness, as if he had just woken up.

"No need for the cup, I have one here. And please get the toothpaste too," Chen Li said very politely.

For some rather strange reason, most of the rooms in Chen Li's house have en-suite bathrooms, but only the downstairs bathroom has an extra-large bathtub. Chen Li doesn't know why Cecilia is here, but Chen Li knows it's time to give Sparkle a little shock.

If we don't warn Sparkle soon, others will think Chen Li doesn't know how to use a cup.

"Huh?" Cecilia didn't understand, but Cecilia chose to respect it.

Chen Li grabbed Sparkle's twin ponytails to prevent her from escaping, took the toothpaste from her, and then closed the bathroom door with a smile.

"Also, please keep this a secret from Sirin. I don't want her to misunderstand," Chen Li said after peeking out again.

"No problem." Cecilia glanced at Sparkle twin ponytails were being held by Chen Li, and roughly understood what had happened.

After all, it's Sparkle; it wouldn't be surprising if something happened.

"Um... darling, what do you want to do?" Sparkle pigtails had been grabbed, had a slightly ominous feeling when she saw the toothpaste and toothbrush in Chen Li's hand.

"You got up very early. Did you brush your teeth this morning?"

"Brush your teeth! Brush your teeth!"

"But I feel like one pass might not be enough..." burp

"Darling, calm down. I just heard you were going to forge Two-star Artifact today, so I was planning to help you get rid of bad luck this morning. I didn't know Cecilia was outside, really," Sparkle said innocently.

"You're right." Chen Li nodded, then let go of Sparkle's twin ponytails.

"Well... darling, if you don't need me, I'll be leaving now." After seeing Chen Li release her, Sparkle took a step back.

"If you dare to leave, I'll take back the Miraculous Item I made for you last night," Chen Li said as he squeezed toothpaste onto his toothbrush.

Yesterday, Sparkle said something like, "Help me, darling, I'm stuck," and summoned Chen Li. Chen Li saw that Sparkle was sincerely asking for help, and that his energy had recovered to the point where he could forge a beginner 'Miraculous Item. So he helped Sparkle reforge her Miraculous Item, and at the same time, he was conducting an experiment to gain more experience in reforging Miraculous Item.

Chen Li's experience points were also stuck at Lv5 (499/500).

Chen Li did it on purpose.