Alchemy Principles, Fraud Countermeasures

As Lin Yu spoke, the pile of "doll corpses" at the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot began to wriggle.

Soon, the body of one of the men, who appeared to be somewhat obese, wobbled to its feet.

Then, a slit appeared on the back of the plump corpse's spine, slowly splitting open like a zipper.

A black-haired girl emerged from the room wearing a tight-fitting nightgown, blinking her fiery red eyes.

"Freud, is that right? That's amazing... So how did you know I was in here?"

Lin Yu shrugged. "It's simple, I deduced it—although it seemed like you were recording just now, you emphasized the recording too much, which made me feel like you were broadcasting live."

"The sudden appearance of Elemental Gas further proves this point—you were definitely manipulating the release of that Elemental Gas on site."

"Considering your personality, with such a chaotic scene, and you being quite certain that I'll also appear to create more chaos, you probably wouldn't want to miss out on this kind of excitement, would you?"

"So, you definitely haven't gone far."

"Based on this, the Alchemy Array of the Nightless Sky Family is very powerful... If it were me, I would rather hide inside than run out."

"With so many corpses you've brought in, sneaking in couldn't be easier."

As Lin Yu analyzed the situation, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot nodded in agreement.

"You're really something—no wonder you could impersonate Sherlock; your keenness might even surpass that of the original owner!"

I approve of you!

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot gave a thumbs up, then greeted Arter Mercury, "Hello, Grandpa Arter Mercury, long time no see."

The two clearly knew each other, and a smile appeared on Arter Mercury's face.

"Oh, Fire Apricot, it has indeed been a long time... But why did you get so many corpses, and why are they lying inside one of them? Doesn't that seem a bit unhygienic?"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot shook her head. "Don't worry, Grandpa Arter, I washed them carefully, dried them thoroughly, sterilized them with high temperature, and disinfected them with ultraviolet light."

"In short, I'm sorry, but I also colluded with this guy here named 'Freud' and participated in the assassination plot against you..."

Arter Mercury shook his head. "It's alright. As I said, I am a man who deserves to die—you should have known that long ago, right?"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot nodded slightly. "Yes, after all, I possess an Advanced Alchemy related to corpses, which can be considered an extension of the 'Life Alchemy' Alchemy Lineage, so I'm quite sensitive to your condition..."

"Arlan Mercury placed you in the Nightless City and allied with the Sorens family and the Nightless City patriarch to prevent too many people who practice the 'Genealogy of Life' and have profound knowledge of it from coming into contact with you and discovering anything amiss."

"He just didn't expect that I, as a Direct Lineage of the Nightless Sky Family, would actually be able to successfully cultivate the 'Life Spectrum'."

"Nightless Sky Fire Apricot said with a grin, and Arter nodded."

"This is indeed quite surprising... Anyway, do you think his plan is feasible?"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot nodded slightly.

"Overall, it's feasible... I really didn't expect that you, a complete novice who knows nothing about Alchemy, could guess almost everything about Arlan Mercury's plan."

"What he used was a 'faith ritual,' in which he stripped away his original power as the 'Chosen of Life' and forcibly created a concept of 'life'—this is the power of Supreme Alchemy that only the Chosen of God can wield. The core of any 'Supreme Alchemy' is to create a 'concept' and then extend it infinitely."

"Therefore, the Emotion Spectrum can activate, energize, and Entities emotions."

"And the Life Spectrum can enable the mutual transformation of the life and form of all things."

"The Fusion Spectrum, on the other hand, brings Dead Thing to life and treats them as an extension of a certain life form."

"However, simply creating a concept of 'life' is not enough—because even if you were still alive, 'death' was almost a foregone conclusion. This kind of near-miracle of resurrection cannot be achieved simply by creating a concept."

"Therefore, Arlan Mercury constructed another ritual, connecting the concept of 'life' with you by making everyone in the City That Never Sleeps believe that Arter Mercury is still alive and is the Chosen of Life."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, combed through the hair and patiently explained everything like a teacher giving a lecture.

Lin Yu knew that the other party was doing this for his sake, so he also looked solemnly at Nightless Sky Fire Apricot.

"Thank you for your answer, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot."

Although this Alchemy knowledge sounds basic, it is definitely a closely guarded secret among the Noble —especially since it involves the core and essence of the Alchemy of the Five Great Noble Families.

This knowledge will not only be useful this time, but Lin Yu will also continue to use it in the future.

Even... if it were just an evaluation of Lin Yu's plan, the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot wouldn't need to explain it so thoroughly.

She did this to lay the foundation for Lin Yu.

"So, your approach is correct; dismantling this ritual through reverse manipulation might actually succeed... but this is ultimately an effect achieved through Supreme Alchemy. Even if you manage to make everyone in the City That Never Sleeps realize that Arter Mercury is not the Chosen of Life, I suspect the success rate is only about 50%."

"Half? That's enough."

Lin Yu nodded and said confidently.

After all...

If the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot can give a 50% success rate based on these factors, then Lin Yu dares to guarantee that the actual success rate should be over 80%.

After all, he didn't just intend to "reveal the fact that Arter Mercury was not the Chosen of Life" and "Arter Mercury was already dead."

What Lin Yu didn't tell Arter Mercury and Nightless Sky Fire Apricot was that he himself naturally possessed the ability to construct facts using "belief".

Therefore, he didn't need to "reveal" that Arter Mercury was already dead; he only needed to reveal that the other party was not the Chosen of Life... and then create a story about Arter Mercury's death!

Although Lin Yu has no way to make the living die or the dead come back to life through lies... whenever Lin Yu tries to have such thoughts, he feels that the amount of "belief" required is theoretically impossible to achieve.

Such a condition could only be achieved if all the people in the world or several Deity believed in it devoutly and wholeheartedly.

But if the very fact that Arter Mercury is "alive" was "fabricated"...

To construct a new "fact" to cover up his death, the number of beliefs required would not be as high!

Admittedly, the ritual of Supreme Alchemy is of extremely high status, Arlan Mercury's arrangements involve the Deity, but Lin Yu does not need to break the ritual head-on.

All he needs to do is activate his "Profession" ability to see which is superior, the "Rule of the Death game" or the "ritual of the Deity"!