The Erudition had been perfectly fine—how had someone turned it into an idiot? That was too cruel!
"How can I raise the success rate? Let me think..." Chen Li fell into deep thought.
After all, once the success rate stacked to 100%, he could get a free Star Ascension.
But he could not focus solely on raising the success rate without considering the returns.
So, if he wanted to maximize his profits, it would be best to repeatedly pull people in as laborers like he had when he gave the Judgment Throne to Aha, or... turn their interests into work.
Of course, he could also secretly forge Miraculous Items and give them away, but that increased the success rate too little. It was not cost-effective enough.
"Could it be... that I can only trouble my old friends?"
Chen Li raised his head, his gaze passing through the ceiling and settling on the star-filled sky above New Penacony.
Among those stars, several shone far brighter than the rest.
Those stars represented Aeons.
Chen Li's "old" friends.
[Chen Li, did you forget? There's still an idle Aeon in your Poké Ball.] Pixie reminded him.
"Voracity? That could work! I'll forge It a Miraculous Item that can turn whatever It eats into buff-granting food! Then I'll build the largest garbage dump in the Honkai: Star Rail world! Trash fits Its appetite, and it's right in Its professional field! Pixie, you're a genius!"
Chen Li's eyes lit up.
[Wait, it wasn't me! I didn't say that! Don't make things up!] Pixie frantically denied it.
I didn't come up with such a brutal idea!
You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!
"By the same logic... I can forge The Hunt Aeon a farm irrigated by the Path of Abundance,