Infinity Throne

"First of all, I will briefly explain the principles of alchemy to the boss based on my personal experience."

Xing Fei changed his words and his tone instantly became professional.

As if to say.

No one knows alchemy better than him.

"Alchemy, which was popular in Europe in ancient times, is actually a science to put it bluntly. There is no mysterious power."

"Of course, some ancient alchemy books that have been handed down also have certain reference value."

"The alchemy I learned in a certain world is a kind of 'strengthening'. In that world, there is a supreme existence called 'truth'. Only when 'truth' exists, can I clap my hands to release Come to alchemy. Otherwise, without being beaten and nurtured in that world, the most you can do in the real world is blowing on flasks and playing with alcohol lamps."

Xing Fei seemed to be a little swollen as he spoke, and his tone began to grow louder.

Um?

However, Yi Lin noticed that Xing Fei had a problem with his speech.

The flask...is for blowing?

How to blow?

Xing Fei didn't notice the flaw in his words and continued:

"The identity of an apostle is equivalent to a medium, a medium that connects the real world with 'that world', allowing me to feel the 'truth' in the real world. I did an experiment not long ago, allowing a Ordinary people, completely follow the method of alchemy, draw formations, brainstorm formulas, analyze material elements, and perfectly follow the principle of equivalent exchange..."

"But in the end there was no reaction at all."

"So I personally came to a conclusion that certain types of enhancements require the blessing of a certain amount of 'power of the world'. Without the apostle status as a medium, there is no way to perform this type of enhancement. Of course, there may be methods, but for the time being I did not find."

Yi Lin understood what Xing Fei meant. After pondering for a moment, he drew inferences and said, "You mean, the person who summons alien creatures in this way must be an apostle?"

"It should be similar, otherwise it would be too weird. Coming back to this matter, I checked some information. The black magic that was popular in the Middle Ages is said to be similar to the magic in the novel, but the steps are more complicated. They are also the same It uses some media, such as animal and insect corpses, human organs, incense, and medicine, and then uses complex methods to complete rituals to demonstrate various abilities."

"Of course, I have never seen these in reality. They are all legends. Whether it is exaggerated or not is difficult to say. However, according to the scene you described, those hundreds of people sacrificed their lives voluntarily. , I have some ideas about summoning alien creatures."

Xing Fei took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and while flipping through the book, he said: "It is said that there is a black witchcraft ritual to 'summon the devil', which is similar to what you said. However, some experts have studied this period of history and said Those wizards were able to summon the 'Devil King' because they had hallucinations caused by taking a large amount of hallucinogenic drugs."

"Expert...hehe."

Yi Lin chuckled and was noncommittal.

"Well, in short, after using science to explain these mysteries, everything becomes ordinary. The video a few days ago probably slapped a lot of people in the face. In fact, I think it took hundreds of people's lives to summon that Big guy, it is somewhat similar to the basic law of alchemy, 'equivalent exchange', using life of the same quality to exchange for 'creatures' of the same quality."

"But I am very curious, how to measure the value of human life? The value of each person should not be quantified, right? Age, weight, wealth, gender? In short, I think it is quite weird, and it is difficult to fully explain That’s right. This is beyond my realm of knowledge and I think you may have the wrong person.”

Can’t quantify?

No.

Yi Lin frowned.

In fact, it is possible.

He suddenly remembered the "chaos points" he gained every time he killed someone.

Isn’t this the embodiment of quantifying “life”?

From the perspective of "Tower", life can be quantified, weighed, and even recycled.

Yi Lin closed her eyes.

He recalled the scene again.

After all the sacrificers committed suicide, blue light like fine sand gathered from their bodies...

After the Chimera appeared, the blue light that once surrounded her...

What kind of passage did it pass through to get from its world to this world?

When it appeared, it was covered in rot. Is it related to the blue light?

While Yi Lin was thinking, Xing Fei said to himself: "However, although I can't give you the conclusion, I personally have a conjecture."

"Huh? Please tell me."

"Those complex and cumbersome rituals, whether it is the size of the venue, the incantations recited, the number of sacrificers, etc., may be equivalent to acting as a 'coordinate' to accurately locate a certain place in a certain world. Life, this may be the true meaning of these rituals.”

"If you think about it along the lines of alchemy, are these tedious steps, materials, and spells similar to some kind of 'formula'? Through different matching combinations, like codons, the corresponding 'monsters' Summon it.”

coordinate?

formula?

a?

Yi Lin's eyes narrowed: "Is this ritual related to the specific number of sacrificers or even the time when the ritual starts?"

"Of course there is. These black witchcraft are most particular about the right time, place, and people. The time to start the ceremony must even be precise to a certain day, a certain hour, or even a certain minute. Even the position they stand on the summoning array is also particular. This is all what the book says, and I think they were so particular about it at the time, so there should be some reason for it."

Hearing this, Yi Lin was thoughtful.

He didn't say anything more.

After all, Xing Fei has nothing to do with this matter, and there is no need to involve him too deeply.

Yi Lin understood almost everything she should know.

When preparing to end the call.

Xing Fei suddenly remembered something and added: "By the way, there is one more thing, about the fragrance you said you smelled during the ceremony. Not only in medieval Europe, there are also similar records among ancient alchemists in my country. But only a few words have been handed down, not much."

"For example?"

"In ancient times, it was said that there was a kind of powder refined from 'Landin grass' as the main raw material. After being ignited, it would emit a mysterious fragrance. It is said that after someone inhales this fragrance, they will have 'traveling back to ancient times'. At that time, I thought that these people were taking drugs because of the effect of wandering in a fuzzy state and completely forgetting themselves, but after hearing what you said, I don’t know if it has anything to do with it."

"This is somewhat consistent with what you said about the psychotic state of that group of people at that time."

Looking back from ancient times to the present, wandering in a trance, completely forgetting yourself?

Is the next sentence transcendent?

So fantasy?

Xing Fei finally ended the call in fear.

He swore that unless he died, nothing about today's matter would be revealed, not even a single punctuation mark.

Xing Fei was afraid that Yi Lin would come to kill him.

In fact, after Yi Lin thought about it carefully, he didn't reveal any secrets that must be silenced to hide them.

But since Xing Fei was so crazy, Yi Lin could only let him go.

From Xing Fei's side, Yi Lin couldn't get a definite answer to this matter.

But it also expanded Yi Lin's many ideas.

After chatting with Xing Fei, Yi Lin saw that her spiritual energy was almost depleted, so she put away the mother and daughter Bai Xiaoyi and Nie Hongxiu who were watching TV with great interest and prepared to go to bed.

Wang Tiandi's eyes widened, his breathing became rapid, and he pressed the remote control under his butt, as if he would fight with anyone who dared to turn off the TV.

Yi Lin could only let this stupid dog stay up late watching "Animal World" and go to sleep alone.

A night of silence.

The next day.

Three poles in the sun.

Yi Lin slept until she woke up naturally.

It feels like I haven't slept in such a comfortable bed for a long time.

Master Ma's small dormitory was extremely oppressive. If it wasn't forced by the situation, Yi Lin would never sleep there again even to death.

After waking up, Yi Lin was bored and wandered around the laboratory.

Unexpectedly, Yi Lin discovered Pan Zhengyi's figure in one of the laboratories.

Many researchers and ladies were surrounding Pan Zhengyi.

But Lao Pan was actually wearing a suit that was clearly an "experimenter", lying on the bed, laughing.

This guy's dark circles seem to be getting deeper.

How long has it been since I last slept?

Yi Lin watched curiously for a while and discovered that these researchers were actually doing research on Lao Pan.

"What's there to study, Lao Pan?"

Yi Lin slowly typed a question mark.

It can be seen that Lao Pan has no fear for his life and seems to be enjoying himself, so Yi Lin does not bother him.

This guy has a terrifying luck value of 8.6. It is estimated that only natural disasters can take him away.

Maybe you'll survive the trial better than anyone else, so there's nothing to worry about.

After Yi Lin came back, she saw her apostle panel.

Now we have a new understanding of "luck value" and "charm value", two attributes that seem to have little combat effectiveness.

Luck and charm also have their limits.

Call it a "lock".

In Itai City, with the help of [Lancer's Blessing], Yilin accidentally ordered the luck value to break through the lower limit of zero, reaching the realm of negative numbers, and even realized a powerful enhancement.

——[Echoes of Doom].

When the luck value exceeded the lower limit, Yi Lin felt as if she understood something.

Ah, what a pain to comprehend.

The more unlucky he is, the stronger he becomes.

That feeling was very similar to the feeling he had when he broke through the mental lock. The feeling of having everything under control was very comfortable.

But at that time, after all, the lower limit was forcibly broken through with the help of props. When the effect of the props disappeared, the luck value on Yilin's panel returned to 2.6, and in the "Enhancement" column, [Echoes of Doom] also dimmed and could not be used or disabled. Check it out, it's gone.

After knowing that this kind of operation existed, Yi Lin was full of expectations for future trials.

Surrender, you can surrender, and continue to surrender. If you don’t surrender, I will be in trouble with you.

From then on, Yi Lin had another secret.

After ignoring the nervous Lao Pan, Yi Lin found Molly again.

After all, I returned to the laboratory without saying a word last night, so I had to say hello to the owner.

Molly looked surprised when she saw Yi Lin coming back.

But what surprised Yi Lin even more was that the first thing Molly said was:

"Did you sneak back here some time ago?"

"Ah? When?"

Yi Lin was stunned when he heard this.

Why didn’t I know that I was back?

"Not you?"

Molly was also stunned.

The two people stared at each other for a long time.

After much hesitation, Molly told Yi Lin without any secret that she had obtained a mysterious USB flash drive for no apparent reason.

"GM?"

What's the meaning?

The two closed the door, and the man and the woman were alone in a room.

After confirming that the surrounding area was absolutely safe, Molly handed the mysterious USB flash drive to Yi Lin.

Yi Lin frowned and looked at the two letters engraved on the USB flash drive, lost in thought.

These two letters were not engraved with laser. Instead, it looks like it was carved on the metal shell of the USB flash drive with a knife, and the workmanship is rough.

For some reason, Yi Lin always felt that this font looked familiar.

But strange.

When Yi Lin was about to plug it into the computer to see the contents of the mysterious USB flash drive, Molly was so frightened that she snatched the USB flash drive back from Yi Lin's hand.

That expression was very much like a little hen protecting her calf.

"Hundan, don't insert it randomly! I have specially encrypted this USB flash drive. It can only be opened with my dedicated computer and in a specific way. Otherwise... it will explode on the spot."

"..."