Chapter 66: The Conspiracy Sequence
“You want me to drink this potion?” On the third floor of the ancestral home, Mia asked suspiciously, looking at the potion Asker had brought out.
“Yes.” Asker said. “Shadow Dancer bloodline, the next potion is Dodge I.”
“That’s not right.” Mia said. “I already have Shadow I, the next potion should be Shadow II.”
“It’s not like that.” Medea explained. “Any bloodline is composed of more than three potion sequences. The order of consumption only needs to follow from low sequence to high sequence, there is no restriction on which potion sequence to take first.”
“For example, you already have Shadow I, then taking Dodge I next will not cause any problems. Starting from the low-level potions of different sequences is called ‘The Stable Path’.”
“What needs to be noted is whether you should take high-level potions in advance before finishing all the low-level potions of all sequences.” Medea continued. “Let’s take the same example, you already have Shadow I, and the next one should be Dodge I.”
“But you choose to take Shadow II in advance. Doing so has the short-term benefit of rapidly increasing your combat power, because the Shadow II potion is more powerful than other Sequence I potions.”
“The long-term hidden danger is an increased risk of losing control. When you take Weakness I next, the Weakness I potion will have a more intense conflict with Shadow II, greatly increasing your risk of losing control. This method is called ‘The Steep Path’.”
“In the long run, most Transcendents should choose The Stable Path, first taking all the low-level potions in their bloodline, and then climbing up level by level.”
“This is the safest way. Once you have taken all the low-level potions of all sequences, the risk of losing control later will be much smaller.”
“But there are a few situations where a Transcendental may be forced to choose The Steep Path.” Medea held up two fingers.
“First, when facing imminent danger and needing to quickly increase their strength in a short period of time; second, when they don’t have a complete set of bloodline potions on hand and don’t know which other sequence to take, they can only choose to improve their strength within their current sequence first.”
“Miss Mia, which situation do you belong to?”
“Uh…” Mia hesitated. “Should I take this Dodge I potion? What does it do? Will it cause conflicts? I’m afraid of pain…”
“The effect of Dodge I is to allow you to precisely control time and distance, enhancing your ability to dodge attacks.” Asker said. “After digesting it, it will be harder for enemies to hit you.”
“Eh, then if you want to hit me in the name of training, wouldn’t the probability of me successfully dodging be higher?” Mia’s eyes lit up.
This little brat, why is she only worried about me? Asker’s face darkened. Medea smiled and said:
“Yes, as long as you take the Dodge potion, unless Asker takes a corresponding ‘Hit potion,’ the probability of him hitting you will definitely decrease.”
“Then I’ll drink it.” Mia took the Dodge I potion from Asker and went downstairs to find Nuo for supervision.
“It’s not good to lie to children like that.” Asker said euphemistically.
“I’m not lying.” Medea said with a smile. “I just said that the probability of your attack hitting her will decrease. Even if it decreases from 100% to 99.9%, I’m not lying.”
“Speaking of which, do you have any clues about my Conspiracy I formula?” She crossed her arms and asked.
“I know a guy who definitely has it.” Asker replied. “The one who is currently on the Galata Peninsula, one of the leaders commanding the Frankish knights to attack Constantinople, and also the mastermind behind this war, Doge Enrico of Venice, is a high-ranking Transcendental of the Conspiracy Sequence.”
“Hmm, then what should we do? Kidnap him and torture him?” Medea pondered. “A Transcendental of the Conspiracy Sequence, it must be very difficult to scheme against him. Why don’t we just sneak up on him and capture him? A simple and crude method might be more effective.”
“He’s probably hiding now, we probably won’t be able to find him.” Asker said.
“Why?” Medea frowned.
“Because when you try to scheme against a Transcendental of the Conspiracy Sequence, they will perceive it through the sea of the subconscious.” Asker said, “Low-level Transcendents can only feel that someone has malicious intent towards them, while high-level Transcendents can even receive specific information.”
“Like you directly saying the conspiracy out loud, he probably heard it clearly over there.”
Medea: …
“Actually, it doesn’t have to be that complicated.” Asker said, “We can just buy it from him.”
“Buy?” Medea was stunned.
“Yes, buy.” Asker said with certainty. “I know Doge Enrico has a son named Ranieri, who was publicly declared dead in the war between the Venetians and the Genoese.”
“But he actually just faked his death. He has been living in the Siris province incognito for a long time, and even married a Siris girl.”
“Say, if the Eastern Solomon citizens of Siris were to learn that the culprit behind the attack on Constantinople, Doge Enrico Dandolo, actually has a son living in the Siris province, what terrible, cruel, and inhumane things would some mobs do to him?”
Asker paused here, took out his phone from his pocket, and continued to talk to himself: “The above is the simple conspiracy I designed. Because it involves malicious intent towards you, I believe you must have already sensed it, Doge Enrico.”
“If you are willing to sell the Conspiracy potion formula, please quote your price and send it to my CM account ‘Asker.’ After I transfer the money, you can send the formula information.”
“Within 1 minute, if I don’t receive any news, then I will consider it as you giving up on the negotiation, and this simple conspiracy might be put into action.”
Under Medea’s stunned gaze, about 5 seconds later, a new friend request popped up on Asker’s phone screen.
The nickname was “Blindness_Elder.”
He can actually do this! Medea was dumbfounded. Using the other party’s perception of malice, deliberately revealing the conspiracy content to let them sense it, actually achieving the purpose of long-distance communication and threat…
This operation was too slick!
Asker clicked “Accept” on the friend request, and soon the “Blindness_Elder” on the other side sent a voice message:
“You are the sniper who killed my assistant yesterday afternoon and blocked the Galata Bridge with a sniper rifle.”
“You guessed wrong.” Asker replied quickly. “Let’s not play these games of mutual probing. You sell the formula, I pay, and your son can continue to be a teacher in Siris without any malicious disturbance, how about that?”
The other side was silent for a long time: “Conspiracy I formula, 100 pounds.”
How did he know we wanted to buy the Conspiracy I formula? Medea was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood.
Right, if I was already a Transcendental of the Conspiracy Sequence, I should know about “malice sensing” and wouldn’t say it out loud.
“Deal, give me your account number.” Asker replied.
The other side immediately provided a long bank account number and added: “The account name is ‘Giovanni.’ Eastern Solomon Empire currency is not accepted, you need to exchange it for silver marks to complete the payment.”
“No problem.” Asker replied.
After the transfer was completed, the other party sent a voice message, dictating the Conspiracy I potion formula:
-Ingredient-
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A pair of Tentacles of Crystalline Gembeetle
-Subsidiary-
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One Pituitary of Shadow Insects
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500ml Ink of Architeuthis
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20ml Serotonin
-Processing-
Boil the Architeuthis ink, add 20ml of serotonin, quickly cool to 0-4 degrees, then add one Pituitary of Shadow Insects. Let it stand until it returns to room temperature, add a pair of Tentacles of Crystalline Gembeetle, and drink the liquid after the tentacles are completely submerged.
“Is this formula real?” Medea expressed doubt.
“The materials are real, the processing method is wrong.” Asker replied. “If I remember correctly, the preparation of the Conspiracy I potion should be in a cold environment, symbolizing the calmness and coldness of thinking, there shouldn’t be any boiling.”
“Am I right, Doge Enrico? Maybe I should pay a visit to your son’s address, I heard that his wife gave you a grandson two years ago…”
“Hehe, I’m old, it’s normal to have a bad memory.” The other side was silent for a while, then slowly replied, “The processing method should be changed to: add serotonin to the Architeuthis ink at room temperature, cool to 0-4 degrees, then add one Pituitary of Shadow Insects, then lower the temperature to below 0 degrees, and finally add the Tentacles of Crystalline Gembeetle.”
“Is it real this time?” Medea still expressed doubt.
“It should be.” Asker said, “Don’t worry, if you lose control because of taking the wrong potion, I will definitely go to Siris to avenge you.”
Medea was in tears, can we figure out the formula first? Don’t wait until I’m dead to avenge me!
“Let me remind you.” The voice message from the other side said, “There are many reasons for losing control: for example, having undigested potions in your body, or having taken heterologous potions of a higher sequence before, or even being in a bad mood on the day, leading to spiritual instability, etc.”
“I understand what you mean, Doge Enrico.” Asker replied. “If the potion formula you gave is real, she most likely won’t lose control for other reasons.”
“After preparing the potion, you can also find other Transcendents of similar sequences to identify it.” The voice message continued. “For example, the Mind Sequence or the Desire Sequence, through the spiritual intuition of the mind, they can roughly tell whether the potion preparation is successful or not.”
“Okay, then thank you for your guidance, Doge Enrico.” Asker said finally, then blocked and deleted this friend.
“Seeing how nervous he is, the revised formula is most likely real.” Medea said thoughtfully.
“That’s right.” Asker nodded. “But we still have to be prepared for the one in ten thousand chance that it’s not… It’s okay, I remember where his son lives, the old man can run, but the young one can’t.”
“If I die, I don’t need you to avenge me.” Medea said with a straight face. “Just come down and accompany me.”
“Hmm, I remember your androphobia is a physical instinct.” Asker said thoughtfully. “In other words, it will remain in the corpse? When you’re buried, I’ll put you in the pit first, then come down and touch you, so we can even save the money for cremation.”
“No, I mean please go die.” Medea rolled her eyes.
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