I'll report this to the government and send all the main characters to jail.

Chapter 251 Forging Marks, Carefully Setting a Bait

Creating a fake "Reaper's Mark" sounds like a fantasy.

It is not merely an energy marker, but a complex creation involving the soul, faith, and the laws of the universe.

Each mark contains the imprint of the will of the "Reaper" leader of the Star Devouring Cult.

It is their core means of controlling their followers and marking their prey.

Forging it is tantamount to forging the signature of a top-tier powerhouse in the universe.

But Su Chen has an advantage that others cannot match. He is not imitating out of thin air, but has once "eaten" a complete mark.

His divine realm and the prophet's database retain the most complete, most fundamental structure of the laws governing that imprint.

"Authorized user, this task is extremely difficult."

The prophet's voice rang out, tinged with solemnity:

"The core logic of the 'Reaper's Mark' is based on the law of enslavement of 'One Divinity.' Although we have analyzed its structure, we do not possess the foundation of 'divinity.' Forcibly simulating it has a success rate of less than 1%."

"I see."

Su Chen sat cross-legged in the quiet room of the safe house, his consciousness already immersed in his own divine realm of will.

In his mental world, those fragments of the devoured and decomposed imprints floated silently like patches of dark red nebula.

"We don't need to forge a fully functional mark. We don't need it to enslave anyone, nor do we need it to transmit information."

Su Chen's thinking was very clear: "It only needs to do one thing: emit the same 'scent' as the real mark."

"Just like we don't need to brew real poison, we just need to make perfume that smells like poison."

"And our target, Shadow, has a traumatic allergic reaction to this 'smell'."

The prophet remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly rapidly analyzing the feasibility of this new idea.

"Understood. Bypass the core function and only reproduce its 'law characteristic signals'. Feasibility assessment in progress... Success rate increased to 67%. However, it requires a large amount of the authorized user's willpower."

"Let's begin then," Su Chen said without hesitation.

Within his divine realm of will, a storm was brewing. Su Chen mobilized his pure source of will, transforming it into golden threads, and began to attempt to weave them.

Using the structure of laws analyzed by the prophet as a blueprint, he carefully shaped his energy into the form of an imprint.

On its first attempt, the golden energy had just begun to take shape when it suddenly collapsed due to internal structural conflicts, turning into specks of light.

Failed!

The properties of the energy are incorrect.

Although his willpower was strong, it lacked the essence of the Star Devouring Cult, which originated from "harvesting" and "annihilation".

"Prophet, invoke the 'Fraud' module. We won't mimic its textures, we'll mimic its 'behavioral logic'."

"Simulate the mindset of a fanatical follower of the Star Eater Cult—that insane desire to destroy everything and attribute everything to the 'One God.' Use this 'desire' as dye, infusing it into my willpower!"

"Command confirmed. Constructing the 'Fanboy' personality profile... Simulation begins."

A cold, obsessive, and destructive torrent of emotion instantly surged into Su Chen's divine realm of will.

Su Chen felt a strong sense of unease, as if his thoughts were being polluted by this negative emotion.

But he forced himself to calm down, wrapped this simulated "intention" around his willpower, and began to weave it again.

This time, a miracle happened.

Those golden threads of will seemed to have been stained with a dark red.

They no longer repelled each other, but began to intertwine and connect in a strange yet harmonious way, gradually forming a complex rune full of eerie beauty.

An hour later, a small object, no bigger than a fingernail, emitted a faint bloody glow.

The fake mark, which looked exactly like the real "Reaper's Mark," successfully floated within Su Chen's divine realm of will.

It has no practical function; it's just an empty shell.

However, the "flavor" it exudes at the level of laws is incomparably pure.

Because it lacks a core function of enslavement, it appears even more covert and pure.

"It's a success..." Su Chen felt a surge of excitement as he sensed the small "bomb".

But he was not satisfied with that.

"Prophet, we can do better. Shadow is being hunted down by the 'Reapers' faction of the Cult of the Star Eaters."

"But if this mark looks like it was tampered with by a small faction within the cult, wouldn't that make him even angrier and more convinced that it's a conspiracy?"

"Theoretically feasible. According to the captured database, the Star Eater Cult is divided into numerous factions, and the commonly used encryption protocols have subtle differences."

"I can simulate the law fluctuations of the 'Shadow Council' faction and add them as an 'impurity' to the surface of the mark."

"That's what we'll do!"

After a series of meticulous adjustments, the fake mark became even more "perfect".

It looks like a mark bestowed by the cult leader of the "Harvest".

During the transfer process, a subordinate with ulterior motives secretly tampered with the transaction, leaving behind a trace that shouldn't have been there.

For a suspicious, sensitive, and PTSD-stricken Shadow, this is practically a confession that says, "I am the conspiracy!"

Now, everything is ready, except for the final step: how to deliver this "gift" to Shadow.

Su Chen's consciousness returned to reality, and he opened his eyes.

"Thousand Faces, where is the 'Soul-Gathering Orchid' currently stored as an auction item?"

"Reporting to you, sir, all sealed-bid items are stored in the Vickers Group's central vault and are under the strictest protection. They will only be delivered to the designated handover room after the auction concludes and the buyer has paid in full."

"So, no one can access it until the auction ends?"

"Yes, sir. Unless... you can break into the Vickers Corporation's vault," Thousand Faces said with a wry smile.

Su Chen shook his head.

Forcing your way into the vault would be too stupid.

His gaze fell upon the auction proceedings.

"The handover room..." he murmured to himself.

A bolder, more flawless plan came to mind.

He doesn't need to place the mark beforehand. He can give this "gift" to Ghost the moment he gets the "Soul-Gathering Orchid"!

"Prophet, calculate whether, if I were outside the central vault, I could project this false mark onto a specific item inside, through the wall?"

"Calculation in progress... The vault's law-shielding field is extremely strong, making a direct projection success rate zero. But..."

The prophet then changed the subject: "The items will pass through an internal transport corridor on their way from the vault to the handover room. The shielding there will be temporarily weakened."

"If we can resonate with the laws from the other side of the passage at that instant, there is a 70% probability that we can temporarily 'imprint' the 'information' of this false mark onto the target item."

"The effect will be very weak and will dissipate within an hour, but it should be enough for what you want to achieve."

Su Chen's eyes lit up.

"That's enough."

He looked at the list of items with "secret bids" on the table, a hunter's smile spreading across his face:

"The bait is ready, and the hooks are prepared. Now, it's time to go fishing."