The Artifact Forger from the Beginning of Collapse

But not with Haruhi Suzumiya, because Chen Li planned to get Haruhi Suzumiya for free.

As mentioned earlier, Haruhi Suzumiya herself possesses the divine power to grant wishes. Therefore, if Chen Li can convince Haruhi Suzumiya of his magical abilities as a craftsman of wondrous artifacts, then casually tossing an apple and claiming it's a golden apple that can grant any wish might also qualify as a wondrous artifact, allowing Chen Li to obtain the Miracle Crystal.

The acquisition of Miracle Crystals is not determined by how many crystals Chen Li spends on the artifact, but by how many miracles the other party can create with the artifact after Chen Li hands it over.

After the Balanced Star God, Chen Li found another target to fleece.

But first... Chen Li needs to prove that he can really create extraordinary items.

Chen Li looked around and finally chose her mother's tablecloth as a gift.

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Chapter 124 Chen Li: Hehehe, you guys don't want Haruhi Suzumiya to know the truth either, do you?

You're saying this is a rare object?

"It's a rare object."

"is it?"

"Yes. This object is quite special."

"This is no longer a rare item!!!"

"I am a master craftsman of rare artifacts. If I say it's a rare artifact, then it is a rare artifact. Try it if you don't believe me!" Chen Li assured Suzumiya Haruhi with unwavering conviction.

Looking at the crudely made gun in her hand, Haruhi Suzumiya was highly skeptical of its authenticity.

However, Haruhi Suzumiya glanced at the tablecloth in front of her that could indeed conjure up a lot of delicious food and felt that Chen Li's words did have some credibility.

"Would you like me to explain the effects of this gun to you again?" Chen Li asked.

Since Haruhi Suzumiya was the first to respond to Chen Li, Chen Li would naturally respond in kind. However, arriving in Haruhi Suzumiya's world was something Chen Li could hardly believe.

Chen Li felt that this was perhaps the proper attitude a client should have towards him, a monopolistic service provider.

“Okay, please introduce it again.” Haruhi Suzumiya nodded.

When Chen Li handed her this strange item and explained its effects, Suzumiya Haruhi kept staring at Chen Li.

It wasn't because Chen Li was exceptionally handsome. Okay, he was indeed quite handsome, but the problem was that this was the first time Haruhi Suzumiya had ever met a time traveler.

The idea of ​​otherworldly beings was something Haruhi Suzumiya never dared to dream about; she only dared to dream about superpowered beings, time travelers, aliens, and the like.

"This gun is called the Position-Swapping Gun. Its function is to allow you to switch positions with the other party by pulling the trigger. But it can only switch positions. For example, if this boy named Ah-Xu asks you to buy something, you can pull the trigger on him, and he will be the one buying the thing instead of you," Chen Li explained.

"What? You dare to order me to buy things?" Haruhi Suzumiya stared at Kyon, the ordinary-looking boy beside her.

"Can't you listen to human language? He said 'if'," Kyon retorted.

"Oh... if that doesn't work either!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Kyon rolled his eyes at Haruhi Suzumiya.

"If I shoot you when you travel back in time, does that mean I'll be the one who travels to the other world instead of you?" After a moment of silence, Haruhi Suzumiya suddenly asked a question that sent chills down Chen Li's spine.

“Theoretically speaking, yes. But if you really want to travel through time, you don’t need to go through all that trouble, Nagi. I can take you to see my world,” Chen Li said.

Because he had never witnessed the wonders of Haruhi Suzumiya firsthand, Chen Li didn't know the extent of Haruhi Suzumiya's influence on his transmigrated self. But in any case, it was best not to disturb such a delicate matter as transmigration.

"Moreover, it's worth mentioning that as a Witchcraft Blacksmith, I possess a passive ability that grants me near-immunity to all Witchcraft effects. So using this gun on me won't have much of an effect." Chen Li added this setting immediately after thinking for half a second.

What Chen Li said was indeed true; all the strange objects had a negative effect on Chen Li when they were in the hands of others.

However, this setting was added specifically because what Haruhi Suzumiya held in her hand was not some extraordinary object at all, but a gun that Chen Li casually made out of Soul Steel.

It might even only have the appearance without any internal structure, because ordinary guns are not suitable for little girls to play with.

If this setting isn't added, who knows if this fake artifact will even work on Chen Li?

“Oh…” Haruhi Suzumiya seemed somewhat disappointed.

"Why are you looking so disappointed? Do you really want to take my place and travel through time?"

"How could that be? Now that you've joined the SOS Brigade, you're one of us. How could I possibly betray you?" Haruhi Suzumiya assured him, patting her chest.

"When did I join the SOS Brigade?"

"Just now."

"Not interested... Oh, wait, that's fine too." Chen Li was about to refuse when he remembered something.

Then he quickly handed the WeChat Moments terminal to Haruhi Suzumiya.

Spare tire +1

Chen Li will allow Haruhi Suzumiya to join the Strange Things group, but he will absolutely not allow anyone else to share any plot details about Haruhi Suzumiya with her, otherwise there will be trouble.

In fact, Chen Li had already planned to upload all the Honkai Impact series-related storylines to the group after severing the connection between the previous civilization and the current civilization.

But before that, Chen Li had many things to do.

This includes, but is not limited to, leaving slogans such as "Chen Li was here" in various places, leaving more weapons with attributes created by Chen Li in the previous civilization, and trying to artificially cultivate attributes, etc.

Chen Li rarely sees this situation between pre-civilization and current civilization, so he naturally wouldn't waste this opportunity.

Leaving one's own creations in the past, allowing them to develop into terms over time, is one way to utilize professional skills assessment.

"What's this?" Chunri asked, fiddling with her new phone.

"Just think of it as a chat room terminal, but this chat room is full of people from different worlds, all of them are talented and have pleasant voices," Chen Li said.

"Sounds interesting."

"Anyway, why don't you try this gun first?" Seeing that Haruhi Suzumiya's attention was so easily diverted, Chen Li quickly brought the topic back.

Chen Li wanted to conduct an experiment: to present a fake artifact as a real one, and see if he could use Haruhi Suzumiya's ability to grant wishes to give the fake artifact magical effects.

Although the fake artifacts created in this way might fail in other worlds, or might only have a slight effect, Chen Li was curious whether this could be used to generate entries.

"How should we test this? I've got it! Kyon, you tell me to go buy something, and then I'll shoot you. Let's see if you'll actually go buy it." Haruhi Suzumiya came up with a great idea.

"It feels useless because you won't listen to me at all. Conversely, even if I use this gun, I won't listen to you, right?" Kyon complained.

“That’s true. Well then… Asahina, go buy some snacks to entertain the guests.” Haruhi Suzumiya said, having found someone easy to bully.

"Ah? Okay..." A senior student with long chestnut hair and a baby face, who was sitting in the SOS Brigade activity room, subconsciously stood up.

Mikuru Asahina's true identity is an investigator from the future.

The subject of the investigation was, of course, Haruhi Suzumiya. She originally only wanted to observe from a distance, but was forced to join the SOS Brigade because Haruhi said she needed a cute loli mascot role.

Asahina, with her timid personality, naturally became Haruhi Suzumiya's servant.

But just as Asahina was about to leave the activity room, Haruhi Suzumiya fired a shot at her.

Then Asahina stood still, while Haruhi Suzumiya left the activity room on her own.

"What a ruthless person. Using himself as an experiment." Chen Li remarked upon witnessing this scene.

After Haruhi Suzumiya left, everyone else in the Sos group's activity room turned their attention to Chen Li, the artifact forger.

The composition of the SOS group is exceptionally complex, aside from Asahina, who is from the future...

Koizumi Itsuki may look like a handsome guy, but he is actually a member of the superpowered organization "Keiji". He can use his superpowers in the confined space created by Haruhi's mental stress.

Petite in stature, with a pleasing appearance, taciturn and expressionless yet incredibly cute, Nagato Yuki possesses the four attributes of "no mouth, no expression, no emotion, no feeling." Her true form is a communication device (alien) created by the "Information Integration Thought Entity."

Kyon, with his ordinary appearance and personality, is the only truly ordinary human in the SOS Brigade, responsible for narration and commentary. However, in this timeline, he possesses the greatest ability to incite Haruhi.

In summary, Haruhi Suzumiya's wish to meet people from the future, espers, and aliens has been fulfilled, she just doesn't know it.

"Alright, I've sent Haruhi Suzumiya away. Let's have an open and honest talk... about the observers who have different thoughts and messy identities." Chen Li smiled at everyone.

"Huh?" Everyone was taken aback.

"Actually, the gun that Haruhi Suzumiya was holding just now was just a toy I made. It was a prop I wanted to use to test whether she could really make her wishes come true," Chen Li explained.

"Sigh, so your identity as a rare artifact forger is also..." Ah Xu looked at Chen Li in surprise.

What a ruthless person! She managed to completely outmaneuver Haruhi Suzumiya.

"Oh no, it's true. But I just want to be lazy. Since Haruhi Suzumiya's wishes can come true anyway, why should I bother forging magical artifacts?" Chen Li shrugged.

"You actually chose to lie for such a trivial reason?" Kyon continued to complain.

"You can't say that. Creating strange objects is also a waste of money. I made some toys for Haruhi Suzumiya for free. Isn't that very kind of me?" Chen Li said.

"Then may I ask what your purpose was in contacting Haruhi Suzumiya?" Koizumi Itsuki, who had been smiling the whole time, could no longer smile.

Rather than the other party being a true master craftsman, it's more troublesome that the other party knows that Haruhi Suzumiya's wishes can come true.

"It was purely by coincidence. But now that I've made contact, I'm not going to give up. In other words... hehehe, you guys don't want me to tell Haruhi Suzumiya that she has the ability to grant wishes, do you?" Chen Li propped a smile up his face with his index and middle fingers, and then uttered a villain line that couldn't be more classic.

"well?!!"

……

"I'm back! You know what, this position-switching gun is really useful! I got a lot of free snacks with it! Huh?" When Haruhi Suzumiya returned to the activity room, she noticed that everyone's expressions were a little strange.

Ah-Xu felt a mix of joy and sorrow, but joy outweighed sorrow.

The ancient spring and the tree remained expressionless.

Asahina Mikuru, on the verge of tears, was speechless with despair.