Screwllum: [Hey, big spender, Venmo me 50 and show me what you've got!] / Aha: That's right, Chen Li is the mole I sent into the Genius Society!

"Hmm, I see... Chen Li, you're actually a genius!"

"You didn't understand at all, did you? What I mean is, it's not because I'm a genius, but because this power has attracted the extra attention of the Erudition," Chen Li said, tossing a Crystal in his hand.

"Don't be so modest. Think about it, not everyone who has the potential to Destruction the world is invited to the Genius Society. The fact that you were invited to the Genius Society means you must have something special about you. Think about it from another perspective, isn't forging Miraculous Item your own skill? Why are you being so modest?" Qingque patted Chen Li the shoulder.

"Then who do you think could Destruction the world but wasn't invited to the Genius Society?" Chen Li countered.

"The Scourge of Annihilation, also known as the Aeon of Destruction."

"... Qingque, are you a genius?" Chen Li looked at Qingque in surprise.

The Aeon of Intellect shouldn't have invited me; he should have invited you to the Genius Society.

"Keep it low-key, just don't let Great Augur know about this," Qingque said modestly.

"..."

"So... what should we do now? This invitation..." Robin on the other end of the video call asked, looking at a very simple envelope in her hand.

"Just send it to me. Oh, and give these little gadgets to Screwllum as a greeting gift." Chen Li took out five phones that represented his Friends Circle status and sent them to Robin via the Miraculous Forging Guide.

Sending items through the Miraculous Forging Guide is free, but sending items through Friends Circle costs money.

I really need to upgrade my Friends Circle.

"Five?"

"Screwllum definitely won't need five, but he can send those qualifications to other Genius Society member," Chen Li said.

Chen Li was very interested in the Herta, or more precisely, Chen Li was very interested in the Miraculous Item in the Herta's possession.

In the Honkai: Star Rail world, when talking about Miraculous Items, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the Herta Space Station, which is full of Miraculous Items.

Miraculous Items are quite suitable as forging materials.

"Aren't you going to hand these items over to Screwllum yourself?" Robin asked, looking at the five items that had already been transferred to her.

"Yes, that makes sense."

The other party went to great lengths to find the Robin, handed the invitation to the Robin, and asked the Robin to pass it on. Chen Li naturally couldn't refuse to meet with it.

"Qingque, I'm going to buy some oranges. You stay here and don't move," Chen Li said, turning to Qingque.

"Okay, go ahead, I'll only eat two, the rest are yours," Qingque said casually while playing on her phone.

Chen Li skipped a beat; he knew he had encountered a master.

"You're going to eat two more? Just soak some orange peels in water and drink it," Chen Li said seriously.

Then I saw Qingque's bewildered face, as if she didn't understand why Chen Li said that.

Wait, something's not right... How did Qingque know about this meme?

Chen Li glanced at Qingque's phone suspiciously, then checked her Friends Circle history.

Imperial Jade Pillar of Shame Master: I don't know why Chen Li went to see the Genius Society members, but said he would buy me oranges. Never mind, let's continue talking about the rules of Emperor's Jade Cards.

The princess who escaped from the Bamboo Forest of the Lost: Buy oranges? Here's what you need to say to him right now...

"I really need to make a Miraculous Item that can slap someone through the internet cable," Chen Li muttered as he walked into the newly opened Teleportation Gate.

Although Chen Li didn't know the specific procedures for geniuses to be invited into the Genius Society by the Aeon of Intellect, Chen Li knew that there must be something wrong with the process for him, otherwise Screwllum wouldn't have personally delivered the invitation.

"So you mean this invitation was given to you by Herta, the Genius Society Seat 83 Wisdom Envoy of the Genius Club, and then you were asked to pass it on to me?" Chen Li asked, sitting in the reception room, as he opened the invitation and looked at the elegant handwriting.

Chen Li believed that the invitation was written by Herta itself, because the text on the letter inside the envelope read: Invitation to the Genius Society.

Indeed, there were no words of welcome; it seemed to simply state a fact.

"Yes. I can sense traces of the flow of Erudition within you, it's quite amazing. Hello, my name is Screwllum, the 76th seat in the Genius Society. Welcome to the Genius Society." Screwllum, the mechanical duke of the Screw Clan and owner of Screwllum Star, extended his right hand to Chen Li.

"Hello. Chen Li, the Miraculous Forger. It's a pleasure to meet you," Chen Li replied in return.

"Miraculous Forger, is that your profession?"

"Yes. A profession capable of fabricating Miracles. And also an outsider. I think you might have noticed that."

"A stranger? Indeed. Both Ms. Herta and I investigated your past before handing you this invitation, but we only found that you seemed to have had contact with the Lady. Robin, as if you appeared out of thin air. So both Ms. Herta and I are very interested in you," Screwllum nodded.

"I knew that if geniuses wanted to find out, they couldn't hide this kind of thing. So... Mister Screwllum, you came to me with this invitation letter, it can't just be an invitation for me to join the Genius Society, right?" Chen Li said as he slowly put the letter written by Herta himself into his mouth.

Under the watchful eye of Screwllum, Chen Li savored the letter and "read" the curiosity in Herta's heart when he wrote those words.

The process of reading a book is like this: by carefully savoring its flavors, one can even discern some of the author's psychological state and emotions at the time of writing.

Because words can often reveal emotions.

For example... "Manuscript for the Requiem to My Nephew".

Screwllum wasn't surprised by this; Jing Tian, so anything he did was perfectly reasonable.

"Yes, Ms. Herta wants to know why you are qualified to be invited to the Genius Society, and... wants to observe your behavior to judge whether you are good or evil. Although judging geniuses by good and evil is somewhat arrogant, but..."

"I understand. The Genius Society doesn't have any bad ones, but it does have some bad ones." Chen Li expressed his deep understanding.

Those who can join the Genius Society are all geniuses recognized by the Erudition, and they often achieve outstanding results in one or many fields.

Their inventions may benefit the world, but they can also nearly Destruction it.

When geniuses want to find collaborators, they naturally look for geniuses with a normal mind.

"I'm glad you understand," Screwllum said politely and elegantly.

As a mechanical gentleman, Screwllum prefers to be honest with everyone.

At least he did not hide his purpose for coming.

"Since you're curious about why I'm qualified to be invited to the Genius Society, then I'll show you." Considering that the Genius Society member might become his big clients in the future, Chen Li decided to put on a show.

"Right here?"

"Right here."

"Okay, I'll wait and see." Screwllum nodded.

Screwllum didn't gather much information about Chen Li in a short period of time, but it included the fact that after Chen Li was received by the Aeon of Intellect due to an unknown event, everyone on the planet suffered from insomnia for a day.

Although rumors circulated that this was a manifestation of the Aeon of Intellect, and that reading during this period of "insomnia" would lead to faster learning, thus sparking a learning craze, Screwllum clearly did not believe it.

How could the effect of a genius meeting the Aeon of Intellect be so great that it causes the entire planet to lose sleep?

How incredibly bored must that genius be to compel the Aeon of Intellect to perform such a miracle?

"Um... Screwllum, do you and Herta and those other geniuses have any group chats or anything like that?" Chen Li asked.

"No, but there is separate communication." Screwllum shook his head.

"Oh... do you have any public accounts?" Chen Li then asked.

"Yes, I do have this. What's wrong?"

"Here, let me borrow it for a bit. It would be best if it had a mode that allows for customization of account content," Chen Li said excitedly.

Chen Li couldn't help but grin as he thought about what he was going to do in a little while.

"Here you go." Out of respect for the genius, Screwllum logged into his social media accounts as Genius Society member and Screwllum Star King, enabled the customization features, and then handed the phone to Chen Li.

"Just you wait and see. Where's the handwriting mode? Oh? Here. By the way, Screwllum, what's your Interastral Peace Corporation account number?" After taking the phone, Chen Li took out a Miracle Crystal and used the tip of the Crystal to engrave words directly on the phone.

After telling Chen Li his account, Screwllum watched from the side. He saw the tip of the Crystal rubbing against the phone screen, but it did not damage the phone. Instead, it left a strange phrase on the phone screen.

But before Screwllum could finish reading, Chen Li cautiously blocked his view.

After Chen Li finished carving the characters, he clicked "send" on the text he had just edited.

"Now, the moment of witnessing Miracle has arrived." Chen Li handed the phone back to Screwllum.

"Miracle? What Miracle?"

"Three, two, one..." Chen Li slowly closed his fingers.

After Chen Li finished counting down, Screwllum's phone suddenly beeped.

[Ding! 50 Credits have been credited to the Interastral Peace Corporation account.]

"Hmm?" Screwllum tilted his head in confusion.

This can only be called strange, not Miracle.

However, the next moment, Screwllum understood what Miracle was.

Screwllum's phone began to vibrate wildly, and countless notifications of Credits being credited to his account rang repeatedly. Screwllum's phone started to smoke, Screwllum he began to try to salvage it.

Screwllum was successfully rescued.

Screwllum opened his phone and looked at the message that Chen Li had just sent using his account.

At that moment, Screwllum understood the message.

Screwllum: [Rich bro, transfer me 50, let's see how powerful I am!]

Then, Screwllum subconsciously opened one of his mobile apps and transferred 50 Credits to his account.

"???"

How strange, let me take another look.

Then Screwllum transferred another 50 Credits to his account.

Screwllum felt like he had no control over himself at all.

"So... Mister Chen Li, the Miracle you're talking about is getting everyone who sees this message to transfer 50 Credits to me?" Screwllum, who was forcibly taking his eyes off his phone, was no longer calm.

"Sigh, never mind whether this Miracle is legitimate or not, just tell me if this is Miracle or not."

"..."

Screwllum suddenly realized that if it were Chen Li, it might not be impossible for him to use the opportunity to meet the Aeon of Intellect to make the entire planet sleepless for a day.

Chapter 84 Aha: That's right, Chen Li is the undercover agent I sent to the Genius Society!

"Hey? Screwllum, what tricks did you use to get me to transfer 50 Credits to you? Is this some new invention of yours? Let me borrow it and take a look. But shouldn't you be talking to the new Genius Society member right now?"

This message comes from Herta.

"Mister Screwllum, we have detected a large amount of unexplained remittances to your account. The amounts are small, but the total amount is enormous. Do you have any clues?"

This message came from the bank of Interastral Peace Corporation.

Screwllum's text messages kept ringing, even though Screwllum had turned off the bank account notification for the 50 Credits that had been credited to his account, it still hadn't stopped.

Fortunately, most of these people were curious about how Screwllum managed to do this and were not angry. After all, 50 Credits is not a lot of money, not even enough to buy a fried chicken burger.

"I've deleted the message I just posted and posted a new one: New research is underway, please don't panic, the money transferred to your bank account will be refunded." After sending a text message to Interastral Peace Corporation, Screwllum looked up at Chen Li.

This little thing is not enough to cause Screwllum a problem.

Because Interastral Peace Corporation would certainly be happy to smooth over the aftermath of this matter, and would be even more willing to engage in deeper cooperation with Screwllum.

In a sense, the comment that Screwllum just posted is determining the flow of wealth throughout the universe.

Even if each share of this wealth only costs 50 Credits.

It's perfectly normal for Interastral Peace Corporation, which controls nearly half of the galactic market, to be curious about this.

"Question: How did you do that?" Although Chen Li couldn't see Screwllum's eyes, he could tell that the other party was very puzzled at the moment.

Compared to this minor incident, Screwllum was clearly more curious about the essence of the phenomenon.

Curiosity is an essential quality and virtue for every genius.

Chen Li also made his own contribution to this prank, for example, Chen Li gave 100 Praise of High Morals to help Screwllum resolve the matter more smoothly.

"It was just a small Miracle. It's an application of the Source Text, but it didn't come without a price," Chen Li said, looking at the half-finished Miracle Crystal in his hand.

"The Source Text is a special script, and the script itself contains special power. If you find it difficult to understand, you can think of it as code in the real world," Chen Li continued.

"A truly wondrous power. Was it when you unleashed this power that this planet was briefly plunged into darkness, even causing the entire planet to suffer from insomnia, thus attracting the attention of the Erudition?" Screwllum wondered.