Miraculous Forger Starting with Honkai

Chen Li was fairly satisfied with this job. After becoming the Engineering Department Head, he had also received one extra Crystal and a small reward of Starstones.

"...Tch, this Moth Chasing Flame is going to be finished sooner or later," Mobius said irritably.

Mobius had originally thought that as long as Chen Li stayed in Moth Chasing Flame as a guest, she would sooner or later get the chance to beat him to his knees, drag him into her laboratory, and force him to become her little lab rat!

Mei and Mobius were both curious about the principles behind Chen Li's world-hopping.

But now, it seemed rather difficult.

"Aren't you any better? While they haven't arrived yet, you've already preordered quite a few things from me," Chen Li said.

"I'm different. As a researcher, the things I want can genuinely help my research, improve Moth Chasing Flame's technological level, and increase the odds of resisting Honkai. They, on the other hand, are using resources on themselves." Mobius denied Chen Li's accusation.

Still, Mobius had long expected this situation.

The current Moth Chasing Flame was nothing more than a ramshackle operation.

"If Moth Chasing Flame ultimately loses to Honkai, it will definitely be because it never had enough authority from the beginning to manage the resources of the entire civilization," Mobius declared firmly.

"Good point." Chen Li nodded solemnly.

"And you still have the nerve to nod, you little calamity. That face of yours is pretty, but your ability to bring ruin to nations and their people is the immortality countless rulers dream of." Before Chen Li could react, Mobius reached out and pinched his cheek.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want. I haven't brought ruin to any nation."

"Alright, alright, don't be so serious." Elysia stepped in to smooth things over.

"Hmph, whatever. At least Moth Chasing Flame can afford some Soul Steel. Before long, the Moth Chasing Flame Expeditionary Team will begin building some new city atop the lunar ruins. I think it's called New Atra. Hopefully, they can excavate more useful things from those ruins." Mobius stroked her chin.

"That sounds interesting. But don't misunderstand. Although the deal between us involves Soul Steel, the Longevity Pill isn't simply exchanged for Soul Steel directly. I require Moth Chasing Flame to provide enough forging materials, then I'll forge weapons for you. You can then exchange them for equivalent Soul Steel at market price. That's fair, isn't it?" Chen Li said.

Of course, that was only the price for one Longevity Pill. It was equivalent to trading one Longevity Pill for the right to exchange for Soul Steel.

The other two Longevity Pills would come at a different price.

"Oh? Why would you choose to do that?" Mobius was genuinely somewhat surprised.

"First, naturally, to improve my own skills. Second, three portions of Soul Steel are enough for me. Third, while I may not necessarily save the world, I definitely won't let it be destroyed by my own hands." Chen Li raised ****.

"The moment I first met Chen Li, I knew he was a trustworthy good person. It seems my judgment was right after all." Elysia clapped her hands.

"You think everyone you meet is trustworthy. Go away."

"Mm, Little Li is so cold. Besides, I don't say that kind of thing about just anyone," Elysia said resentfully.

"Anyway, maybe I can even help you save the world. So... may I ask whether you acknowledge that the beauty of Idrila, goddess of Beauty, is unparalleled in all the world?" Chen Li asked Mobius.

"Hm? What's that?" Mobius frowned.

"A goddess."

"Boring. Let's go, Elysia. Didn't you want to see Gretel? I'll take you there." Mobius turned and walked into the distance.

"Okay, okay! Little Li, do you want to come?" Elysia nodded happily.

"No, I'm going to start forging. It won't be too late to see her another time." Chen Li shook his head as he looked at the forging materials that had already been delivered.

Women would only affect the speed of my forging... unless they were rich ladies.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

The melodious sound of forging echoed through a specially built workshop in the Engineering Department.

This was a rather strange forging workshop by any forger's standards, because there was neither scorching heat nor grime and grease.

"Whew, when did I ever have conditions like these?" After wiping away his sweat, the bare-chested Chen Li looked with satisfaction at his new creation resting on the Forging Table.

As long as he was not using Miracle Fire to forge a Miraculous Item, burning ordinary flames did not consume the Forging Table's energy at all.

"With this, this Alchemical Pistol should be able to withstand charged Honkai energy, right?" Chen Li examined the Alchemical Pistol he had repaired after dismantling it upon killing the Herrscher of the Void.

Once repaired, the Alchemical Pistol could either be used by Chen Li himself or serve as a Miraculous Item Vessel.

In fact, all one hundred items Chen Li had made over these seven days had been forged for this very purpose: to reduce the number of Crystals spent on vessels when forging Miraculous Items in the future.

However, Chen Li's profession level was too low, so the chance of forged items gaining special attributes—Profession Traits—was very low, only around ten percent.

For example, this pistol had gained the "Rapid" effect, increasing both its firing rate and bullet speed by ten percent.

But because this effect had been granted by a Profession Trait, those "effects" could not be used to Extract Attributes.

Yet if its effects proved especially good during use and time and fate bestowed new meaning upon it, it might nurture some unexpectedly delightful Attributes.

At the same time, forging these weapons was also meant to complete the Novice Task.

The Miraculous Forging Guide appeared out of thin air before Chen Li, and he lightly tapped it.

Novice Task (I):

Forge one Miraculous Item √

Forge 10 Miraculous Item Embryos √

Complete one Miracle Check-in √

Store an Attribute with a Crystal √

Complete one Forging Commission (0/1)

There were five tasks. Each task rewarded two Miracle Crystals.

Complete them all, and there would be an additional reward of ten Crystals, plus a special reward whose cover was marked with "?".

These were the profession skills of a Miraculous Forger, as well as part of the "gift" the Pixie had mentioned.

In other words, although the Pixie had not forced Chen Li to save the world, she had given him an obvious incentive.

Thus, Chen Li suspected that later Novice Tasks might include missions similar to saving the world.

The reason he had forged one hundred Miraculous Item Embryos—vessels—in one go over seven days was that Chen Li believed this was also a chain quest.

"Then now, I need to figure out how to deal with this commission." Chen Li looked at the only unfinished task among the five tasks in Novice Task I.

Forging Commissions were a new system.

This commission was both a notebook for Chen Li as a forger and an opportunity for him to obtain more forging materials.

Besides accepting commissions himself, Chen Li could also randomly obtain commissions.

Rose: Forge a rose that will never wither and can scatter countless rose petals.

Client: Argenti

Reward: 10 Crystals

Risk: None

Surgical Scalpel: Forge a miraculous surgical scalpel.

Client: Mobius

Reward: 10–100 Crystals

Risk: Low–High

Custom: Elysia seems to have some kind of request. Go take a look.

Client: Elysia

Reward: Unknown

Risk: Unknown

Other than Argenti's, the rewards for the others' commissions were unclear because the specific Miraculous Items to be forged for them had not yet been determined.

The quality of a Miraculous Item determined, to a certain extent, the scale and magnitude of the Miracle its holder could create.

After forging a Miraculous Item and giving it to the other party, Chen Li would receive a corresponding number of Crystals based on the Miracles they created in the future while holding it.

If Chen Li's personal intervention caused the Miracle to greatly exceed expectations, it would condense into a Miracle Card and grant additional Miracle Crystal rewards.

Risk represented the extent to which handing the Miraculous Item to the other party might incline the world toward destruction.

One glance at these commissions made one thing perfectly clear—don't provoke Mobius!

And the opportunity to obtain more forging materials lay in...

Would you like to invest one Crystal to capture an unknown Miracle Commission?

After glancing at his balance of 24 Crystals—16 plus 8 from Novice Task rewards—Chen Li tapped confirm.

Crystal -1

Commission +1

Torture Device: Forge a torture device that can make each person feel the greatest pain according to their distinct traits.

Client: Aria (Akame ga Kill!)

Reward: 1 Crystal

Risk: Low

"..." Chen Li fell silent.

The point of obtaining an unknown Miracle Commission was not merely to gain a commission. It was to give Chen Li an opportunity to travel to another world. That was why it was called a Miracle Commission.

For a Miracle Commission like this, once Chen Li and the other party communicated and reached an agreement, he could use Starstones—Spacetime Crystals—to teleport to their world and forge a Miraculous Item specifically for them.

Of course, Chen Li could also forge the Miraculous Item first and send it over without personally visiting their world.

He could even invite them to the world where he currently was.

Naturally, no matter how he traveled between worlds, he would have to spend Starstones.

It was worth mentioning that there was no penalty for abandoning the other party's commission after traveling to their world.

Granted, the other party could sign a contract with Chen Li first, but Chen Li could spend one Crystal to exempt himself from the contract.

It would damage his reputation, but not Chen Li himself.

The Miraculous Forging Guide would only restrain Chen Li's conscience, not Chen Li himself.

Chen Li did not want to fulfill a commission like this.

But that world really was one worth visiting.

"Mm, worst case, I'll sign a contract with her later. Once I get to her world, I'll spend another Crystal to break the contract, then kill her." Chen Li rubbed his chin as he thought.

Bottom line? What bottom line?

A bottom line was something you discussed with people.

Chen Li had heard of the anime Akame ga Kill!, and the noble young lady who started out sweet only to reveal her dark side had left an especially deep impression on him.

"A Miracle... that world is worth saving!"

Uh, that was a little embarrassing...

Seeing that his start had gone badly, Chen Li temporarily stopped throwing in Crystals.

He had originally wondered whether he could search for a commission that required a spacetime-type Miraculous Item.

For Chen Li, that was truly simple.

Starstones and Chen Li's blood could Extract not only Space Attributes but also Time Attributes.

For Chen Li, Miraculous Items of that type were practically free money.

Neither Argenti's nor Mobius's commission was particularly difficult, but Chen Li did not have suitable Attributes on hand.

"Looks like I either need to draw cards, or wait until I return to the Main World and find suitable items to Extract Attributes from. The rose needs Eternity and Scattering. Fortunately, it's only one rose, so the Attribute priority doesn't need to be too high."

"But if I just return to the Main World like this, I'm not quite willing to accept it."

Although Chen Li could now place a Miracle Beacon and travel freely between two worlds, there would still be a "settlement" after he returned from the Serendipitous Encounter World for the first time.

So, in order not to waste this opportunity, Chen Li thought he should at least make one more Miraculous Item or do something relatively special.

There was no need to worry about time either. When he returned, he would go back to the moment before he had crossed over.

"So... who should I help forge a Miraculous Item for?" As Chen Li spoke, his gaze shifted to Elysia's commission.