Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 598 - 562 Identity Exchange

Not mentioning how the Evil God Sect intends to act, the mysterious figure has already transported the captured half-broken statue back to the Alchemist Association.

It's not that she didn't want to take the statue to the Witch Workshop, but rather that the Witch Workshop wasn't equipped to handle such a bounty.

Of course, the deeper reason is that she needs to change her identity.

"I still don't understand. With all your fussing and scheming, wouldn't anyone with discerning eyes see through your identity?" Sanderion looked at the mysterious figure who had taken off her hood and asked, puzzled.

The mysterious figure glanced at Sanderion and Perfikot by her side, and after smiling, she wiped her face with her hand and immediately transformed into Perfikot's appearance.

"They can see that it's me, but do they know which one is really me?" the mysterious figure asked Sanderion, as she approached Perfikot and then reached up to remove Perfikot's face.

Evidently, the Perfikot who had always been by Sanderion's side, and the one in the Northern Territory, were just her crafted Alchemy Puppets.

However, with Perfikot's technology advancing rapidly, the Alchemy Puppets she now produces are indistinguishable from real people unless she deliberately leaves a flaw.

Moreover, due to her profound expertise in human transmutation, Perfikot can theoretically transform a person entirely into her appearance, matching height and looks perfectly.

But that's unnecessary for Perfikot because it would be much more challenging and time-consuming to transform someone else into her than to create an Alchemy Puppet that resembles her.

With that time, she could create ten Alchemy Puppets for decoys.

"Are you planning... to use this doppelganger puppet to lure out other Evil God Sects?" Sanderion observed as Perfikot adjusted the doppelganger puppet's face to her previous appearance and instantly understood her plan: "Tonight's actions will make them see you as a thorn in their side, inevitably resulting in assassinations and attacks."

The Alchemist Association has sufficient defenses, and with two Godslaying Armors standing guard, they wouldn't dare to attack lightly.

However, the Witch Workshop's defenses are inadequate. Even though I've managed it for over a hundred years and believe its defense system is comprehensive, it's still just a workshop. If they launch an attack and deploy one or two divine creatures, they definitely cannot be stopped."

"Exactly, so at this time, it's tantamount to giving them a perfect opportunity to assassinate me. Even if they can't be sure it's me, the events of tonight guarantee they'll spare no effort to kill whoever destroyed the Death Sect's stronghold." Perfikot adjusted the face in her hand and reattached it.

The doppelganger puppet moved its body slightly and began to change clothes with Perfikot.

Although the clothes on both of them didn't look very different, there were still some differences. After the exchange, there were no flaws to speak of.

"In that case, Heine's safety..." Sanderion suddenly worried about her disciple. As for the Witch Workshop, she didn't care much, but she didn't want anything to happen to her disciple.

Perfikot, naturally prepared for this, simply shook her head and said, "If it's only 'me' there, someone would surely see through it. Heine must stay, but whether it's her or not is another matter."

"I understand. Let's find an opportunity to swap Heine later on." Sanderion, of course, didn't think Perfikot intended to sacrifice Heine, but planned to replace Heine with a doppelganger puppet in the same way.

This way, they can continue creating the illusion of activity in the Witch Workshop while ensuring safety.

Once the clothes were changed, Perfikot turned to look at the trophies obtained tonight, a very excited expression on her face.

"Truly an astounding gain. The divinity on this half-broken statue nearly matches the ancestral totems of the largest native tribes in the Northern Territory." Perfikot put on the Multi-Function Goggles she had used before, switched lenses, and exclaimed: "Extracting this divinity is enough to make three more Godslaying Armors."

The core of the second-generation Godslaying Armor is divinity. Without divinity, it wouldn't have its current strength.

When Perfikot crafted it, she handed over a whole Ancestral Spirit that she could control to Sanderion to help forge the power core driven by divinity, which was previously made by Sanderion.

After being installed on the Werewolf Armor, it gained its current strength and the special behavioral logic harnessing the beastly instincts of a wolf.

"Only enough for three? I was hoping for at least five!" Sanderion teased, not seeing this as an issue.

Perfikot nonetheless explained, "This divinity can't be used directly. Extracting it and processing it results in a loss of at least a fifth, possibly even a third. Additionally, some divinity in the statue might not be extractable or usable, leaving only this much available."

Even Perfikot felt regret, as she hadn't found a way to obtain more divinity beside the devotion and faith of followers accumulated over the years.

So, although she had some divinity, it mainly came from the native peoples of the Northern Territory.

Most of it was acquired from suppressed rebellious tribes, with the rest coming from totems of vanquished opponents in past tribal wars.

Not only that, but what Perfikot currently holds has emptied the Northern Territory's reserves from the past centuries. If she wants more, she'd have to exploit the compliant native tribes under her rule.

And this is something Perfikot is unwilling to do, at least not until the Northern Territory or Empire face a truly irretrievable crisis, or she feels it's absolutely necessary.

Compared to that, obtaining divinity-laden statues from the Evil God Sect seems to Perfikot like a satisfactory way to acquire divinity. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"In any case, let's process these items first. Just leaving the divinity there results in losses too." Perfikot said, calling Sanderion over to assist her, and then initiated her alchemy.

Seeing this, Sanderion shrugged and walked over, expertly coordinating with Perfikot to process the statue as they had done before.