The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

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[The strongest dark magician on earth]: What's wrong?

[Dad]: You shouldn't waste food when you use the tablecloth I sent you to get food, right?

The strongest dark magician on earth: None.

[Dad]: That's good!

[The strongest dark magician on earth]: Because I'm not the one who used the tablecloth, and I'm not the one who wasted food.

[Dad]: Huh?

[The Strongest Dark Magician on Earth]: After seeing your message telling me not to waste food, that little evil god said something like, "How can a rare thing be so inconvenient? As a supreme demon, why should I follow the rules?" Then he overturned the huge feast he had just summoned.

[Dad]: ...And now?

[The strongest dark magician on earth]: I can only say... I have never seen such a heartbroken little evil god.

To put it bluntly, it's like my mother has died.

It is a story that would break the hearts of anyone who hears it and bring tears to their eyes if they see it.

Garden Lily Bell looked at the little evil spirit lying on the ground silently shedding tears and muttering words like "Mommy, Mommy" and couldn't help but offer her a word of comfort.

"Make a phone call to your mother."

The little evil god's lifeless eyes brightened, and he took the Garden Lily Bell's phone to call his parents, who were in the underworld.

"Hello, it's me..." The little evil god gripped the phone tightly with anticipation.

Garden Lily Bell is also curious about what the little evil god's parents are like.

Then... the phone went dead.

The little evil god's parents hung up the phone.

"Waaah! I don't want to live anymore!" the little evil god cried out.

The little evil god went downstairs, but instead of taking the elevator or the stairs, he went through the window.

"..." by Chen Li.

"..." by Kaguya Houraisan.

Seeing the utterly dejected look on the little evil god's face in the group chat, Kaguya Houraisan flew into a rage.

"Chen Li! I considered you a good brother. I could accept you wanting to sleep with me, but you actually tried to harm me!"

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. When have I ever wanted to harm you?"

"Then why are you still letting me use this tablecloth?"

“As I said, as long as you don’t waste food, using this tablecloth has no side effects. Moreover, it doesn’t limit how long you can finish eating it, or even restrict you from giving the food to others,” Chen Li explained.

Because of the final effect, and because the food Chen Li conjured using the tablecloth was all strange and miscellaneous, Chen Li planned to have Kaguya Houraisan use the tablecloth to conjure some food so that he could feed the Herrscher of the Void.

Kaguya Houraisan's desired food is naturally the best food for cultivating useless people. By having Kaguya Houraisan, the first to become useless, drive the Herrscher of the Void, the plan to cultivate useless Herrscher of the Void can be promoted faster.

Chen Li's idea is not problematic.

As a craftsman of rare artifacts, even if Chen Li gives the rare artifacts to others, he can still use them by spending star stones.

“But how can you assume that if the Herrscher of the Void wastes food, I won’t be the one who suffers?” Kaguya Houraisan asked.

"Hiss... that's a really tricky angle for you." Chen Li suddenly realized that what Kaguya Houraisan said made some sense.

The answer to this question wasn't mentioned at all in the description of the strange object.

It only says that wasting food will be punished, but it doesn't say who will be punished.

As for the Little Evil God, he conjured up food from a tablecloth and then wasted it himself, because he said he wanted to treat Garden Lily to some underworld delicacies.

“Speaking of which, if the person being punished is the one using the tablecloth instead of the one wasting food, then what if the Herrscher of the Void used this tablecloth to conjure up food and then gave it to me, and I wasted it? Wouldn’t the Herrscher of the Void become more obedient after wasting food 10 or 8 times?” Kaguya Houraisan said, stroking her chin.

"what?"

"After all, think about it: if you want to rebuild a house, you have to demolish the original house into ruins first. Only when the Herrscher of the Void is broken can you control her better."

"..."

"How about it? Isn't my idea brilliant? It can save the world and also allow you to enjoy the pleasure of sex."

"I told you not to play those weird visual novels! Can't you play something serious?" Chen Li tapped Houraisan Kaguya on the head with the Strange Item Forging Guide.

"Tch, you're just pretending. Can you honestly say you didn't feel even the slightest bit of attraction?"

"No. Because I'm afraid of turning the Herrscher of the Void into a yandere."

“Hmm…that’s possible.” Kaguya Houraisan nodded in deep agreement.

Such unorthodox methods are indeed prone to causing trouble.

"Then you can move some beanbag chairs over first, and throw in a set of loose-fitting clothes as a bonus... Speaking of which, the Herrscher of the Void is located in Kiana's consciousness space, can the sofas be teleported there?"

"Sure. Even physical food can be transformed into food that the Herrscher of the Void can eat, so there's no problem."

"If the Herrscher of the Void casually tossed a yellow trash bag into her consciousness space, would that mean that Kiana's mind was filled with yellow trash at that time?"

"Uh……"

"Think about it from another angle. Could the Herrscher of the Void create some imaginary objects in the consciousness space and then send them to you? In that case, could you obtain physical objects?"

"I'll try it when I'm training... to become the Herrscher of the Void," Chen Li said after recording these guesses in his memo.

"Hmm, speaking of which, the design of your memo is rather unique... It looks a lot like a chat interface with the person who commissioned the posting," Kaguya Houraisan asked after glancing at Chen Li's memo.

"It's not just similar, it is."

"what?"

"The person who posted this request is called Vita. I sent her many messages, but she never replied, so I just treated her as a memo."

"...So, does this count as sexual harassment?"

“Vita hasn’t said anything yet,” Chen Li waved his hand.

This inspiration actually came from fireworks.

Although Chen Li's Guide to Forging Rare Items does have a memo function, sending Vita more annoying messages will ensure that she can contact him immediately once she can't take it anymore or wakes up.

You, Vita, are you planning to sleep until the very end?

However, Chen Li felt that Vita seemed to have made a very correct choice.

As Chen Li's funds increased in the later stages, the better the effects of the artifacts he created became.

Just like how Chen Li couldn't have imagined that the exquisite artifacts he created were merely beginner artifacts, not even worthy of being rated with stars.

"Alright, I'll go find some loose-fitting clothes for the Herrscher of the Void... and then prepare some soda, potato chips, instant noodles, and the like." Chen Li stood up.

"There's no need for such trouble. I have some loose-fitting clothes in my closet that I haven't worn yet," Kaguya Houraisan said casually.

"Hmm... I feel that for the Herrscher of the Void's figure, the clothes might be a bit tight, especially the chest area."

"Chen! Li!"

……

"Did you know? Recently, a stall called 'Don't Cry Challenge' appeared in Changletian. It only costs 1000 credits to participate in the challenge. If you can accept the punishment of the strange object after wasting food without crying, you can get 100 million credits! But so far, no one has been able to win the grand prize."

"What 'Don't Cry Challenge'? This sounds like something just for attention... Let me give it a try!"

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't there too many people here? I'm Su Chang from the Cloud Cavalry. Everyone, listen to my command and spread out a bit. Hmm, Xiao Guizi, what are you doing here?" When Su Chang from the Cloud Cavalry saw that there were too many people gathered here and volunteered to maintain order, she saw her best friend Gui Naifen in the crowd.

"Of course I'm here to take on the challenge! Changchang, you might not know, but this 'Don't Cry' challenge is super popular right now. If I succeed, my fame will rise, and we can make a fortune together." From the crowd, a red-haired woman in red waved to the approaching Yunqi Army.

"You... do you really want to try? He looks so sad crying." Su Chang leaned closer to her best friend and pointed at the Xianzhou person who was stuffing food into his mouth while crying and shouting, "Mom, I will never waste food again!" She said somewhat fearfully.

"Don't worry. What haven't I, Gui Naifen, seen?" Gui Naifen patted her chest and assured her.

After seeing off the Immortal Boat people who had eaten their fill but cried their hearts out, Chen Li looked up at the next person he would challenge.

"Hmm? Gui Naifen, right?" Chen Li said, looking at the other person.

"Shangshang, did you see that? I'm famous now!" Gui Naifen said excitedly to the girl in the apricot-yellow dress next to her when she heard the other person call her name.

"Yes, yes, stop shaking it." Su Chang felt like her brain was being shaken to its core.

Su Chang knew that her friend, whom she had only known for a short time, was indeed hot-tempered, so she wasn't angry.

"Can I get your autograph? No challenge fee required," Chen Li said to Gui Naifen.

Chen Li was quite interested in the black-stockinged king from the immortal boat in front of him.

In the game Honkai Impact 3rd, apart from Gui Naifen, all the other characters available for gacha in the entire Immortal Ship are either wearing white stockings or bare legs; black stockings are really rare.

"Really? Of course! Where should I sign it?" Gui Naifen was eager to try, seemingly very interested in signing autographs.

"Just sign this disclaimer."

"Oh, do we need to sign a disclaimer?" Gui Naifen was taken aback.

"Because some people were crying so hard, I was afraid something bad might happen," Chen Li nodded.

"Just kidding, I'm super brave, okay? Watch me!"

……

"Wow!"