frightfiction Chapter 1324: Nevernight Fire Apricot is about to fall into a trap
Chapter 1324: Nevernight Fire Apricot is about to fall into a trap
"Arthur, I must correct one thing. All raccoons can speak," Huo Xing picked up the captain and placed him on his shoulder, saying solemnly, "It's just that you can't understand what most raccoons say."
Lin Yu looked at the serious Buyetian Huoxing and knew that if he wanted to negotiate with Buyetian Huoxing, he had to respect his logic. So he also corrected his own words according to Buyetian Huoxing's words: "Okay, then I'll be more serious... Why does this raccoon named 'Captain' speak human language?"
Nevernight Huo Xing laughed strangely: "Yeah, of course it's because the evil me used super evil alchemy to transform an innocent ordinary person into the appearance of a raccoon!"
Before Lin Yu could respond, the captain spoke up, "There's no such alchemy. In fact, she recently acquired and practiced the Supreme Alchemy, then experimented on several raccoons. Finally, she succeeded on me. Thanks to the effects of the alchemy, I achieved 'enlightenment' and gained an increase in 'wisdom.'"
The captain said politely.
Nevernight Huo Xing looked at the captain helplessly: "Hey, why did you explain it so clearly to Arthur?"
The captain ruffled his beard with his claws. "Director Arthur himself wasn't fooled either."
Lin Yu looked at the captain in surprise, then looked at Buyetian Huoxing: "Then why didn't he speak before? When you gave him potato chips, he didn't show any ability to speak at all!"
The captain answered the question himself: "Because I am a quiet person."
Huo Xing laughed: "Yes, the Captain and I have a good understanding, and sometimes we don't even need words to communicate - but being able to talk is naturally better!"
Lin Yu nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he asked a question that concerned him deeply: "So, does this alchemy have many restrictions? How many animals can you give this level of intelligence that can carry out a conversation?"
Nevernight Fire Apricot raised a finger: "Of course there are a lot of restrictions, otherwise there wouldn't be only one successful case so far, the Captain."
"Actually... this alchemy requires a 'sacrifice' to the gods and the consumption of my own 'knowledge'. In other words, it's using my cultivated intellect and wisdom to nourish its soul, giving it the opportunity to achieve 'enlightenment'."
"Furthermore, not all life can withstand my wisdom... It must possess 'potential' within itself. After all, the principle of this alchemy in its effective stage is 'inspiration and enlightenment' rather than simply 'appearing' out of thin air."
The captain said modestly, "Yes, it is thanks to your Excellency that I have gained wisdom."
Lin Yu nodded: "I see..."
It seems that this alchemy cannot allow ordinary animals to gain wisdom in large quantities, which makes Lin Yu feel a little regretful.
Otherwise, you must learn it yourself or learn it secretly.
But now, since this alchemy is not as powerful as imagined, Lin Yu feels that the benefits are not proportional to the risks if he gets involved in it, which may offend the supreme alchemy of Buye Tian Yonglian and may even attract the attention of the God of Wisdom.
But anyway...
Lin Yu had no reason to refuse the idea that a magical raccoon that was intelligent and obeyed the wisdom of the Nevernight Fire Apricot could participate in his next action.
"Come on, let's set off."
As Lin Yu spoke, he quietly left the lounge in the direction Gao Shan left in his memory.
He brought Fu Luo and Lao Zheng, and Buyetian Huoxing brought the captain. Although it was a multi-person team of four people plus a raccoon, it was still very easy for Lin Yu and Buyetian Huoxing to leave here silently with their superb stealth skills and various camouflage methods.
After climbing over the wall with an automatic scanning device, in the vast wilderness outside this outpost, a crosswind gradually began to rise, blowing the sand and gravel on the ground into flying shapes. The gusts of wind wrapped in yellow sand and dust were outlined in continuous waves, like the undulating gray-yellow pixel lines on an old oscilloscope.
According to the last memory clues of those mice, Gao Shan probably rushed in this direction and came to this endless wilderness, chasing the body of the "Order" member named "Bowstring" who was suspected to have died.
Next, Captain Gaoshan headed in the direction where his footprints, where he ran wildly across the wilderness that day, had been completely covered by the wind and sand.
The vast wilderness in all directions seemed to be the possible direction in which Captain Gaoshan was heading that day.
"Since you can use Supreme Alchemy, could you please ask your gods for help, the gods who control 'wisdom', to tell me which direction we should go next?"
Lin Yu looked at Buyetian Huoxing and asked sincerely.
Nevernight Fire Apricot sighed, "You're absolutely clueless and yet you dare to make demands. You're the type of client we in R&D hate the most, you know that...that's not how Supreme Alchemy is used!"
Lin Yu showed a regretful expression: "What a useless Supreme Alchemy... But I always feel that maybe your attainments are too low and you are unable to bring out the creativity of Supreme Alchemy? Because if the head of the Buyetian family was here, she would definitely be able to do it, right?"
"Even if you try to provoke me, I can't do it. Even though I'm not that familiar with Supreme Alchemy, I'm very sure of its limitations. If I can't do it, I can't do it. Supreme Alchemy is powerful, but it's definitely not omnipotent."
Lin Yu sighed: "Then I have no choice but to come by myself, really."
A golden compass appeared in his hand.
Huo Xing from Nevernight came over curiously. "It appeared! This strange little object from another world... What's the effect of this thing?"
"I'm not sure about the specific effects, after all, I 'borrowed' it from someone else," Lin Yu said calmly, "but this [compass] can indeed serve as a 'direction' for me - it can tell me the direction of the physical 'thing' I most want to know the location of right now."
As Lin Yu spoke, he felt the "belief" coming from Huo Xing in the Nevernight Sky.
Afterwards, he immediately activated the ability of the "Trickster" and used the "Realization" effect to turn the effect of the "compass" that was reproduced using the "fortune teller's" "prop" as a prototype into reality.
The compass needle spun rapidly and finally pointed to a direction - in front of Lin Yu's left.
"Really? Why didn't you bring out this wonderful [prop] earlier?"
Although Huo Xing's words seemed to be somewhat doubtful, she was very receptive to new things and had a preconceived notion that this "Director Arthur" was "very mysterious and had many tricks up his sleeve." Naturally, she had no doubts about the effects of the [props] that the other party mentioned.
So this sentence is more of a "blame" than a "question" - Buyetian Huoxing is accusing Lin Yu of asking himself if he can solve the problem first when he clearly has the means to do so.
Lin Yu held the compass transformed from the counterfeit and walked in one direction, casually responding to the Nevernight Fire Apricot: "Of course, it's because this thing has a long cooldown time after being activated once, so naturally we should save it if we can."
"While the tools we have as visitors from another world are very convenient, they are not 'all-powerful' or 'unlimited'."
Huo Xing agreed with this statement, but her dissatisfaction remained. "The same is true for Supreme Alchemy... This kind of alchemy consumes much more energy than normal alchemy!"
Hearing this, Lin Yu followed the direction of the pointer and said calmly, "This is the first time I've heard of this... But I've noticed before that the heads of the Shuiyin and Buyetian families didn't seem to be putting in any special effort when they performed this technique."
Huo Xing sighed: "Have you noticed that the two people you listed have a common characteristic?"
Lin Yu pretended to think and then asked, "Are they all heads of royal noble families?"
Huo Xing shook her head. "No, although this is indeed a common trait between them, the more crucial point is... these two are both chosen by the gods, the 'chosen ones', and are the agents of the gods' will."
"With this connection and this blessing, performing the supreme alchemy that 'borrows' power from the gods and calls upon 'authority' naturally consumes minimal energy, activates extremely smoothly, and even enhances power and effects. This ability can be used much more freely than that of an ordinary person."
As Buyetian Huoxing explained, Lin Yu looked normal, but he secretly felt that "the plan went well" in his heart.
After all, he had not forgotten the side quest he had taken on from Yonglian of Buyetian.
He tricked Buyetian Huoxing into becoming the next "God of Wisdom" and taking over Buyetian Yonglian's responsibilities.
At this moment, the topic naturally transitioned to the matter of God's choice, which naturally gave Lin Yu a good start.
"So becoming the 'Chosen One' allows you to unleash Supreme Alchemy more freely..."
"This alone is an incredible blessing... No wonder the royal noble families are so powerful. Besides the inherited 'divine artifacts', this 'divine choice' is also crucial."
Lin Yu sighed, and Buyetian Huoxing echoed, "Yes, so even if the Supreme Alchemy is mastered by someone outside the royal noble family in that one in ten thousand chance, with the advantage of being 'chosen by God', it can still maintain its absolute power and crush the enemy."
"What's more, the blessings brought by being God's Chosen One are not as simple as simply releasing the 'Supreme Alchemy' at will. There are many other blessings as well."
As Huo Xing of Buyetian said this, Lin Yu said casually.
"Really? That sounds like... being God's Chosen is a pretty cool and freeing thing."
"You're totally wrong. Just looking at the two chosen ones you mentioned, I know the life of a chosen one is far from free," said Huo Xing, shrugging. "With great power and the status of a chosen one comes responsibility."
Lin Yu whispered, "But their responsibilities are more due to the status of 'Patriarch', right? The responsibilities that need to be borne by the status of 'God's Chosen' are all based on self-awareness, right?"
"Especially if the 'Chosen One' and the 'Patriarch' are separate entities, and the Patriarch handles all matters on a daily basis, then wouldn't the Chosen One be able to live a carefree life unless something unforeseen happens?"