Lie Detector

Big Sis Feng Li a room at the provincial capital's Wallfacers affiliated legion's base, and notices had been sent out to all members of the provincial capital's Wallfacer Organization. In the past two days, they had all come up from various cities and even counties below.

So Big Sis Feng Li came over to ask Li Yao if he was ready.

Li Yao had reason to believe that Big Sis Feng Li did it on purpose.

Because he noticed that Chen Xi and Lin Xiaoxi's gazes suddenly focused on him, Han Xiaosang followed suit, leaning against the bar and staring at Li Yao!

Although he didn't know why he was staring at the bad-looking old man, this was the perfect time to do so! Li Yao rolled his eyes. "No way, I'm a decent person!"

"Don't do that!"

Big Sis Feng Li deliberately spoke loudly, "I just need your help. I've set up an interrogation room at the base and I'm just waiting for you to come over!"

Ugh! The three people at the bar immediately lost interest.

After Big Sis Feng Li, Li Yao remembered to ask, "Doesn't your Wallfacer Organization have any mental beings? The kind who can detect lies and even read thoughts?"

Feng Li: "Mind reading? That's a rare ability. Usually, people are only good at sensing or manipulating emotions. But once you get inside, there must be targeted training, so the accuracy isn't actually that high. If you make a mistake or use fatigue to make the test subject reveal a weakness, it can easily dampen the enthusiasm of the comrades. So I wanted to see if you have any better methods."

Li Yao's abilities during this period have made Feng Li somewhat superstitious about him! This is not good.

Even mages aren't omnipotent!

Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Well, I can't guarantee that my methods will be effective. So we can test them before putting them into practical use. How about tomorrow? I'll get the thing out in a bit and then let you guys try it out first."

Feng Li stood up to leave. "Then it's settled!"

After Feng Li left, Li Yao began to ponder – there are spells for detecting lies, whether in the enchanting or prophecy schools.

However, the Enchantment spells "Truth Utterance," "Memory Scrying," and "Weak Mind Control" are all mid-tier spells, Li Yao cannot use for the time being.

The Prophecy spells "Discern Lies" and "Detect Thoughts" are both viable, and they are relatively low-level, belonging to the Second Circle Spell!

"These are the ones!" Li Yao got up and went upstairs to begin preparing to make the "magic lie detector."

The magic version of the Discern Lies detector is relatively simple to manufacture. It can only give two results: "True" or "false". Detect Thoughts requires a long period of focused attention. It takes about ten seconds to detect the fluctuations in biological thought, the quantity of which is detected, and the surface activity of biological thought.

By embedding two spells into one device, a more accurate result can be obtained by asking questions systematically!

Li Yao spent the whole night making this thing.

The next morning, after washing up and exercising, Li Yao carried his suitcase to the Midnight Bar next door.

Since returning from the capital, Li Yao has acted as if he hasn't been to Midnight Bar at all.

The bar was nearly empty early in the morning, but Li Yao knew that business at Midnight Bar seemed to be picking up recently.

Occasionally, when passing by the door, you can see Xiao Zhao and Old He mixing drinks behind the bar, while Shuisheng Ge and Miss Wang Meiling move around in the lobby. It's a good thing this is the place of the Wallfacers, otherwise the fact that they employ child laborers would be enough to cause a lot of trouble.

Upon seeing Li Yao arrive, Big Sis Feng Li delight, "What a rare guest! Please come in, please come in!"

Li Yao: "..."

Why does this feel like a mother welcoming a sugar daddy? He took a step back and said seriously, "Sis, as the Big Boss Wallfacers in the provincial capital, can't you be a little more composed?"

Feng Li thought about it and realized he was right. His expression and tone became very solemn. "Come on, ladies, serve Boss Li well, or you'll be in for a beating!"

Li Yao: "..."

"Is this some kind of Grand Eunuch who's wandered into another show?" Li Yao rolled his eyes and walked in. Feng Li Feng Li over with a mysterious expression and whispered, "Did you bring the things?"

You're actually getting into character, huh?! Fine,

"I'll play along with your act!" he whispered. "Where's the money?"

Feng Li turned to Old He and said, "Old He, bring me my knife!"

Li Yao: "Dollar? You're too kind, RMB is fine!"

Feng Li then turned his head and said, "Take my shovel with you, and... never mind, straw mats are too expensive."

"Just kidding, just kidding." Li Yao immediately stopped Feng Li, opened his suitcase, and took out the lie detector he had made.

Two gem-like magic stones were surrounded by a bunch of copper wires and metal shrapnel, with two indicator lights and a display screen next to them... Feng Li stared at the steampunk-looking contraption for a while before asking, "Does it work?"

Li Yao felt ashamed.

With limited time and an urgent task, he only focused on developing the functionality and didn't put much effort into the appearance.

I should have made a case to organize all those copper wires and shrapnel.

However, the functionality is still working fine!

Li Yao said, "Why don't we just give it a try?"

Feng Li took a piece of paper Feng Li of his pocket and handed it to Li Yao: "This is a problem drafted by the Staff Department. Try asking someone in our shop."

Li Yao opened the paper and looked at it; it listed a series of questions.

From simple questions like name, gender, and date of birth, to recent activities and unexpected events, the questions range from basic to complex—the purpose being to observe the psychological reactions and fluctuations of the person being investigated.

However, these problems cannot be solved even with the help of instruments.

Ordinary agents who have undergone rigorous training can fool instruments and psychologists, while superhumans can control their own heartbeats, and to a certain extent control their blood flow rate and hormone secretion. Not to mention that existing scientific instruments cannot distinguish the truth or falsehood of what they say, even some mental superhumans have difficulty distinguishing the authenticity of these emotions.

Human emotions are essentially the result of hormonal manipulation.

As for the superpower that allows one to perceive the soul and thus access the mind... it does exist, but it is extremely rare.

There was simply no way to distribute them to the provincial capital.

The magic lie detector created by Li Yao can detect thought processes.

soon,

Shuisheng Ge was called over for testing.

Li Yao activated the instrument and pointed to the red and green lights on the indicator panel, saying, "A green light means what is said is true, and a red light means what is said is false. There are two wavy lines on this display panel. The yellow one represents surface consciousness activity, and the blue one represents subconscious fluctuations."

Generally speaking,

Even if the test subjects can deceive the Discern Lies, they cannot conceal the activities of their conscious and subconscious minds.

After all, weaving lies is a complex psychological activity, and the rate of mental activity exhibited by a convincing lie is definitely far greater than that of telling the truth! Based on this characteristic, one can distinguish who is hiding something! In fact, "detecting thoughts" can directly allow the caster to hear their thoughts, but the credibility of what Li Yao says is definitely not as high as that of the instrument! So Li Yao came up with this compromise.

After sitting face to face and waiting for the "Detective Mind" spell to take full effect, Li Yao picked up the paper and began to ask questions.

From simple questions about names and genders to a series of complex ones, Shuisheng Ge handled everything flawlessly.

Near the end,

Holding up the paper, Li Yao asked, "Zhao Shuisheng, are you a member of the Apocalypse Faction?"

Shuisheng Ge: "Not now."

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This is the first update. There will be three updates tonight. The second and third updates will be later, so please check back tomorrow. Hope you enjoy reading!