dognovel Chapter 1323 Captain
Chapter 1323 Captain
Although Huo Xing is very curious and doesn't pay much attention to etiquette and politeness most of the time, she also respects her friends' privacy.
Although the memory image of the mouse was spit out by her, because Lin Yu was communicating with Lao Zheng and Fu Luo, Huo Xing of Buyetian consciously went to the other end of the lounge to play with the raccoon named "Captain".
Lin Yu walked straight to her side.
When Buyetian Huoxing heard the footsteps, he gave up trying to grab the captain's tail with one hand, raised his head and looked at Lin Yu who was not far in front of him.
"Are you done?"
Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, there are many valuable clues... Thank you for your help, these mice really came in handy."
Buyetian Huoxing laughed: "You're welcome, my friend. It's best if I can help you."
Lin Yu continued in a low voice: "But, there is a problem..."
"what is the problem?"
Buyetian Huoxing asked curiously.
Lin Yu looked at Buyetian Huoxing and the mask covering her features and said, "According to that memory... at that time, someone suspected of possessing the ability to manipulate corpses used them to attack our friends."
As Lin Yu spoke, Buyetian Huoxing laughed when he heard it.
"Oh my... Seriously, you've discovered this."
"I never thought those memories would contain something harmful to me," Buyetian Huoxing said helplessly, slightly hunching her body. "Really... I wanted to continue being friends with you. I sincerely consider you my friend..."
"Shh-!"
With a sound of breaking through the air, the Nevernight Fire Apricot rushed to Lin Yu like a hunting beast, with a dagger with a cold glow in its hand.
"What a shame, Arthur!"
"Old Lin, be careful!"
Fu Luo, who noticed the movement on the other side of the lounge, screamed, and even Lao Zheng was startled.
"boss!"
But facing the attacks and questions from Nevernight Fire Apricot, Lin Yu's choice was...
Standing there, motionless.
"Snapped--!"
The dagger stabbed Lin Yu's chest. Buyetian Huoxing blinked: "Why don't you dodge?"
Lin Yu stretched out his hand, grasped the handle of the dagger and "pulled" it out, revealing the blade that was not stained with blood.
He said helplessly: "It's too lame. I won't fall for it."
In Huo Xing's hand was a retractable toy knife.
Fu Luo, who was about to support Lin Yu, stopped and Lao Zheng also withdrew his mental power.
Obviously, although Lin Yu could see that Buyetian Huoxing was joking, the joke was not bad.
At least Lao Zheng and Fu Luo couldn't tell the difference in a hurry.
Huo Xing of Buyetian was naturally not the mastermind or attacker behind the scenes, although she did have the ability to manipulate corpses.
But Nevernight's Fire Apricot was indeed not involved in this matter.
after all……
If she was really the attacker or was involved in it, Buyetian Huoxing would never give the memories of those rats to Lin Yu.
Seeing that Lin Yu was not scared at all and everything was under control, Buyetian Huoxing curled her lips helplessly.
"I can't scare you at all, Arthur... Really."
"So, you want to start with me and investigate where the guy who manipulated the corpses to attack your friends acquired this ability, right?"
Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, although this alchemy that can manipulate corpses is your own creation, I want to know where you got the inspiration from. Is there any possibility of passing it on or being stolen by others?"
Although Buyetian Huoxing was a little disappointed because she failed to deceive Lin Yu, she adjusted her state and gave an answer after hearing Lin Yu's question.
"My inspiration for this came from the alchemy of the Spectrum of Life that manipulates plant life... I was thinking, since plants are immobile yet contain life force, yet can be made to move by alchemy, then corpses are also immobile yet retain some life force. Even if there's no life force left, they're still vessels that can hold that life force. Could they also be made to move?"
"That was my initial idea... but in the end, I actually achieved the alchemical effect by relying on some of the techniques of the Fusion Lineage. So in a sense, this is absolutely original to me. If they were using alchemy to manipulate the corpse, they might have used the technology I created. Of course, I don't rule out the possibility that some geniuses share my ideas."
"I haven't actively taught this technique to anyone, but as you know, I've been demonstrating these abilities in the outer city, and corpses are always lost for various reasons... So it's possible that someone has reverse-engineered my techniques and mastered some of them."
"Furthermore, after being arrested by that person, I was forced to demonstrate these alchemy techniques to her," said Huo Xing, sighing. "She thinks very highly of this technique... Although I only demonstrated it to her once, you know how profound her alchemy attainments are. If she wanted to crack or replicate my techniques, it would probably be easy."
Lin Yu naturally knew that Buyetian Huoxing was not referring to the head of the Buyetian family, her mother.
only……
"She probably hasn't taught this alchemy to anyone..."
Huo Xing nodded. "Then you might as well assume for the moment that the technology they're using has nothing to do with me, and might not even be alchemy. Although alchemy for manipulating corpses is my signature technique in Nevernight City and in our world, you otherworldly visitors can travel between so many worlds, so it's likely that other worlds have similar methods, right?"
"At least I don't sense any residual alchemical energy here... If someone truly used the alchemy I invented, even if they tried to eliminate the effects, they would likely be able to detect any remaining traces in front of me, the inventor."
Lin Yu nodded.
"I understand...but now that I think about it, it seems the scope could be expanded a bit."
Huo Xing was a little curious: "What does this mean?"
"During the final attack in that memory, Captain Gaoshan, my friend who died in the wilderness with Forbolo, seemed to discover the attacker was a deceased acquaintance of his after removing the attacker's mask," Lin Yu said calmly. "So, although my first reaction was that someone had manipulated the corpse to achieve this, there are more methods to achieve this than just manipulating corpses."
"The attacker either applied makeup or used some other appearance-changing ability to disguise an unrelated corpse as the deceased, or used cognitive interference to make Captain Gaoshan mistakenly believe he was seeing the body of someone he knew."
"In fact, this process may not even require the participation of a corpse. He may find a living person or even do it himself."
"And the ability of 'cognitive interference'... has even been demonstrated by the other party."
As Lin Yu analyzed, Buyetian Huoxing nodded: "That makes sense. Do you have any clues about the guy with this ability?"
Lin Yu shook his head.
"I have no idea at the moment."
If I have to say... the person Lin Yu is referring to as being able to do this is actually himself.
Moreover, Lin Yu can even do the two options he listed at the same time: whether it is changing into the appearance of another person, or instantly interfering with the opponent's cognition to make him think he saw an acquaintance, Lin Yu can do it easily.
Even if the latter plan is adopted... Lin Yu uses the [Narrative Trick] and does not need to know in advance what Gao Shan's friend, who is most likely code-named "Bowstring" and probably once served as a captain in "Order", looks like.
But Lin Yu estimated in his heart...
The attacker would not have been able to do that.
After all, [Narrative Trick] is one's own [Professional Item]... Only a [Professional Item] of a 'unique profession' can achieve the instant "cognitive interference" ability, and it is difficult for other players, no matter how strong they are, to replicate it.
Moreover, the opponent's cognitive interference ability mostly comes from the gray area and is inseparable from the "central agency".
Lin Yu had seen the upper limit of the central agency, and he had even used the [Ancient Notes] to obtain the ability to interfere with cognition without relying on the [Narrative Trick]. Therefore, Lin Yu knew clearly that it was definitely not that easy to directly tamper with the cognition of the soul.
The fact that most of the large-scale cognitive modifications he had previously carried out on the natives were simply "erasing related memories" was enough to show that his cognitive modification ability was greatly limited.
Therefore, Lin Yu is very sure...
The other party must have seen that guy named "Bowstring" before, which is why he was able to deceive Captain Gaoshan.
There is indeed one more clue.
However, Lin Yu might have to wait until he leaves the wasteland and returns to the real world to investigate the clue of "bow string".
After all, he had no impression of this name, and it was very likely that he was a member of "Order" who had died before he joined the "Death Game".
Judging from Fu Luo's reaction in Mouse's memory and in reality, he probably has no idea who this "Bowstring" captain is.
"Luckily, there's a 'Order' mission happening right after I get out, so there should be plenty of people I can ask about related matters."
Lin Yu finished thinking and looked at the Buyetian Fire Apricot.
"Next, I'm going to sneak out from here and investigate along the direction Captain Gaoshan left last time to see if I can find traces of a second battlefield in the wild... Do you want to come with me?"
How could Buyetian Huoxing refuse such an invitation?
"With great pleasure, my friend," Huo Xing laughed and picked up the raccoon beside him. "Can I take the captain with me?"
Although Lin Yu didn't know why Buyetian Huoxing planned to take the raccoon with him, Lin Yu, who was already used to Buyetian Huoxing's eccentric personality, calmly agreed to Buyetian Huoxing's request.
"Of course, welcome aboard, Captain."
After all, it wouldn't hurt to have one more raccoon along for the ride.
But what Lin Yu didn't expect was...
The raccoon "Captain" spoke.
"Thank you for allowing me to join your operation, Director Arthur."
Lin Yu showed a shocked expression on his face.
"No, how can this raccoon talk?"