After receiving Sleepless Sky Huoxing's affirmative reply, Lin Yu imdiately set about creating the illusion that "Alt rcury" had died.
This was not an easy task—because any injury inflicted upon Alt rcury would trigger his self-repair chanism.
What Lin Yu had said earlier about "exhausting his recovery ability" was also impossible to execute: because Alt rcury repairing his own injuries did not consu anything.
Since Alt was now the physical manifestation of the very concept of "Life," his "self-repair" after being injured or dying was actually an external manifestation of the "Life" concept residing within his body.
But...
At this very mont, Lin Yu had consud the last of his [Teeth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deceit] to obtain a portion of Old Zheng's abilities from his peak period, all for the sake of being able to handle any situation with ease.
Although he couldn't actually kill Alt...
Lin Yu could create the illusion that Alt had died.
Looking at Alt rcury before him, Lin Yu spoke.
"Then, I will now ask you to fall asleep. If nothing goes wrong... you should not wake up again. You will walk towards death in your slumber."
"Mr. Alt, in the final monts of your life, is there anything you wish to do, anything you wish to say?"
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Alt nodded slightly.
"To die in slumber... how fortunate I am."
"Not only have I lived an extra fifty years, but in the end, I can leave this world in such a peaceful manner, and even have the leisure to prepare myself to welco my death."
As Alt spoke, he began to think seriously.
"I truly have no regrets, but... there are indeed so things I wish to say."
"Do you have paper and a pen?"
Lin Yu shook his head, but Sleepless Sky Huoxing beside them raised her hand.
"Of course, I have everything you could want here."
As she spoke, Sleepless Sky Huoxing traced her finger through the air, gesturing towards the pile of her corpses over there for a long while, as if searching for sothing.
"Found it!"
Sleepless Sky Huoxing said, then chuckled lightly.
A corpse climbed up from the ground, wobbled as it pulled paper and a pen from its chest, and placed them before Alt rcury.
Alt nodded. "Thank you, Huoxing."
Then, he began to write on the paper.
Alt wrote and paused, quickly filling more than half the page. He then put the pen away and stuffed it back into the corpse's pocket.
Next, he gently folded the completed "suicide note" in half and handed it to Sleepless Sky Huoxing.
"After I die, give this to Gleda rcury."
"Gleda rcury, I understand," Sleepless Sky Huoxing said, folding the "suicide note" again and stuffing it into her mouth, swallowing it with a "gulp." "Don't worry, no one will find this letter until I et Gleda rcury—unless they cut open!"
This astonishing action left Lin Yu utterly shocked.
"Won't you digest it?"
"Don't worry, I have three stomachs. It's a modification surgery I perford on myself," Sleepless Sky Huoxing said proudly. "One stomach for dessert, one for the main al, and one specifically for storing important docunts."
"That's a truly practical modification."
Alt remarked with feeling.
"Where exactly is that practical?"
Lin Yu couldn't help but retort.
Sleepless Sky Huoxing held up a finger. "By the way, I also have three hearts and four lungs, which greatly enhances my endurance for prolonged physical activity."
Lin Yu looked at Sleepless Sky Huoxing. "I don't want to know these things."
"That's wonderful. If I were still young, I'd definitely have you get a set too," Alt rcury said, a look of longing appearing on his face. "But it's too late now... In any case, I have no regrets left. You two, Mr. Freud, I am ready to depart."
As he spoke, Lin Yu once again took off his hat in a gesture of respect.
"Then... goodnight, Your Excellency Alt rcury."
Alt slowly sat down on the ground, placed his cane beside him, and crossed his hands over his abdon.
An intangible ntal wave once again enveloped Alt's body. The elderly old man's head drooped powerlessly as he fell into eternal slumber.
"Next, what do you plan to do?"
Sleepless Sky Huoxing propped her chin on her hand, speaking with great curiosity.
Clearly, she wanted to know what kind of arrangents Lin Yu would make.
Lin Yu placed his hands on Alt rcury's body and then slowly used the power of hypnosis to adjust his bodily functions to a near-death state.
His heartbeat and breathing rate dropped to their minimum, and his body temperature gradually grew cold.
Sleepless Sky Huoxing clicked her tongue in amazent. "Truly impressive, but... anyone who understands alchemy or uses professional equipnt for detection will be able to see through it."
"Yes, so further 'disguise' is needed, to deceive the initial, less ticulous professional inspections as much as possible, and to avoid exposure before the truly unavoidable, detailed examinations."
"At the sa ti, within this short period, the fact that he has 'died' must be deeply ingrained in people's minds."
As Lin Yu spoke, he took out Hannah.
Just as he was about to apply so disguise to Alt rcury, the entire venue's alchemy array suddenly trembled violently.
Simultaneously, Alt rcury's body on the ground was suddenly enveloped in a dazzling cyan light that flared up abruptly. Life energy surged and boiled, making Lin Yu feel as if he were witnessing a scene full of vitality, with all things competing to flourish.
Sleepless Sky Huoxing narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "Oh dear... it seems your plan is about to encounter its biggest variable and crisis."
Lin Yu also understood what was happening.
"In a sense, the success rate of my plan can be adjusted even higher. After all... the more the enemy opposes it, the more it proves I'm doing the right thing."
Lin Yu let out a breath. He knew the reason for this phenonon.
Clearly, with Alt rcury alone outside, and him not being the true Chosen One of the God of Life, even with his near-"immortal body" ability, that Arlan rcury who was willing to stake his entire family... was obviously still not reassured.
He had still set up a hidden contingency—a contingency that would trigger when he sensed Alt rcury's life was threatened.
So, in a sense, this was indeed good news for Lin Yu: it confird that his thod truly had the potential to kill Alt rcury.
But this was also extrely bad news...
Judging from Alt's current reaction and the changes in the scene, what Arlan rcury's "contingency" was beca obvious.
"Boom!"
The barrier of the Sleepless Sky family's auditorium was torn apart. From the main entrance ca a voice filled with furious rage.
"Who dares to try and kill my elder brother?!"
Arlan rcury, burning with rage, had personally arrived here!
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