Deducing Godhood from the Fetal Stage

Chapter 94 Game Theory

at the same time.

The top-floor office area of ​​the Imperial Star Extraordinary Person Registration and Protection Center.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows stretched the eternally rising skyline of the Imperial Star, with pillars of psionic light silently rotating in the distance. Inside the office, however, semi-transparent blackout curtains were drawn, leaving only one light screen illuminated, repeatedly playing the same street surveillance footage from the commercial district.

A middle-aged man leaned back in his chair, frowning as he stared at the light screen.

His name is Qiu Mian, the executive director of the Emperor Star Extraordinary Person Protection Center, and a Xuanjing Realm Great Perfection cultivator.

A slightly tired voice came from the communication terminal on the other side of the light screen.

"We've interrogated all the reporters we brought back to the station, and none of them provided any useful leads." The voice paused. "We've used all the methods we could, and they're incredibly stubborn, but we can confirm it. The Crimson Flame Beast Hound's rampage was caused by human mind control."

Qiu Mian nodded: "Emperor Star. Someone is controlling the minds of pet dogs on Emperor Star to cause attacks on people."

"Yes."

"These guys are pretty bold."

"It seems they really don't want the Spirit Pet Act to pass." The old friend on the other end of the communication sighed. "But they're clever. They chose a Crimson Flame Hound in the Bone Forging stage. It's like an ant under my feet. It gets crushed as soon as it fails. I don't even have time to track down the mastermind behind it."

Qiu Mian remained silent for a moment.

"In other words, without media hype, it's practically a done deal that the 'favored servant' would attain enlightenment."

"It's pretty much true." The old friend paused for a moment, then said, "After all, the Grand Council rules over the entire Five Paths and Five Communities by 'following the will of the people,' and manipulating public opinion through media is their only chance—"

Qiu Mian leaned back in his chair.

"It's not appropriate to say this openly—but in private, Lao Chen, let me be frank with you."

"Since the 'Marriage' Dao position disappeared, how long have the two Dao Lords of 'Enjoyment' and 'Serving Music' ruled the 'Attendant' path? Twenty thousand years? One is a demon cultivator, the other a demonic cultivator, and now a demon lord has squeezed onto the 'Attendant' path by relying on 'favored service' and attained the Great Sage Dao—"

He shook his head: "On this road, there's absolutely nothing for ordinary people to do."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the communication line: "Then why did the higher-ups pass the Spirit Pet Act—it's because for many years no one has been able to advance through 'marriage,' and to stabilize the [Servant] sequence—"

"I didn't say it. You didn't hear it either."

"—Okay." My old friend changed the subject. "Did the surveillance footage find anything? Who intervened?"

Qiu Mian sat up straight again, slid his finger across the screen, and froze the monitoring image on a certain frame.

In the video, a small pebble traces an almost invisible arc in the air, precisely hitting the hind leg joint of a running spirit dog.

"Can you believe it?"

He zoomed in on the image and pointed to the direction from which the stone was thrown. "A little baby threw a stone and sent a spirit beast dog in the Bone Forging stage flying."

"—Really?"

"When I was watching the surveillance footage, I also thought the equipment was malfunctioning." Qiu Mian pinched two fingers together, trying to zoom in on the baby's face. It was very clear and cute, but he just couldn't remember the baby's appearance.

"I can't remember his face, and I can't describe it."

He tapped the table. "Two possibilities: First, someone is obscuring cause and effect. Second, a blood relative of five generations above the Dao Lord level has automatically blurred my memories and perceptions."

My old friend hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "Then there's nothing for us to do. They're all big shots."

"Yes." Qiu Mian was about to turn off the monitor when the other end suddenly changed the subject.

"Old Qiu, keep an eye on the matter of the Ghost Mother eating spirits for me."

Qiu Mian paused, his fingers moving slightly.

"The testing center handles hundreds of talented children every day. Can your center do that?"

"Old Chen."

Qiu Mian interrupted him, "No matter what, we can't let children do this kind of thing."

There was a long silence on the other end of the communication.

"—Don't forget, even the weakest god has rules. If the rules aren't met, they can't be completely eliminated, just like our Dao Lord."

Qiu Mian did not respond.

"And, in the past three months, seventy-four children have died on the Imperial Star."

The old friend's voice was low, "Will your 'embracing young love' not be affected?"

Qiu Mian tightened his grip on the phone slightly.

"Embrace the Young Ai".

The foundation of his life's work and achievements lies in the four words "protecting young children".

It is precisely because he dared to make "caring for children" his main business that he was able to secure his position. When it comes to caring for children, no one can do it better than him.

Every child who dies within his jurisdiction weakens his destiny and spiritual path.

Seventy-four.

Three months, seventy-four.

On one hand, there's the agonizing question of whether to place the burden of this problem—which should clearly be solved by adults—onto a gifted child.

On the other hand, there's the anxiety of the numbers of those prematurely deceased still climbing higher.

It was giving him a huge headache.

He hung up the remote call and opened his computer terminal, only to find an urgent email—an assessment report marked with a red urgent label—transmitted from the B3 testing area. He opened it casually, his eyes scanning the data.

With his other hand, he opened his phone and browsed through the pages.

Then, his peripheral vision was forced to focus on the computer terminal, his pupils contracted sharply, and the phone slipped from his hand, falling to the ground with a "thud".

[Test Subject Number: B3-047-02]

[Actual age: 2 months and 11 days]

Bone age: 14.6 months | Muscle fiber density: 1.3 | Baseline neurological response: 2.6 | Bone density: 1.62

[Power Output: 487.6 kg (Body Tempering Level 2/Mid-Stage Bone Forging)]

[Precise Control: Green light lasts for 120+ seconds without triggering red light]

Dao Hui's overall rating: 50/50 (out of 50)

Jiang Chong followed Inspector Zhou through a long corridor to a separate testing room.

The door is a double-layered reinforced alloy structure, with densely packed isolation runes embedded in the inner wall, making it more than one level higher in security than the previous room.

"Little Jiang Yun, there are only the two of us in this room." Inspector Zhou squatted down, her tone extremely gentle. "Auntie needs you to stand on the round platform in the middle, and then just relax. You don't need to do anything."

Jiang Yun looked around the room.

The circular stone platform, about two meters in diameter, is covered with ancient spiritual runes. Above the platform floats a crystal prism the size of a fist, slowly rotating.

There are twelve psionic pillars around the wall, each topped with a different colored firestone.

altar.

This is not an ordinary testing room; it is a spirit altar.

He walked up the stone platform with his short legs and stood still.

The crystal prism sensed the life form and suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, enveloping him from above.

"Buzz"

A deep, resonant sound echoed in the room.

As Inspector Zhou stared at the rapidly changing data on the screen in his hand, his fingertips trembled slightly.

Soul feedback waveform - normal.

Life Soul Activity - Normal.

Soul Rating —

The characters on the screen flashed wildly, jumping from A to S, from S to SS, from SS to SSS.

[Soul Rating: SSS+]

Inspector Zhou slowly exhaled.

Expected.

With such outrageous physical data, it would be strange if the life spirit rating was low.

But SSS+ level—that's a level that, even considering the entire Imperial Star and the batch from the Awakening Festival two months ago, there are no more than ten of them.

This is because someone proved immortality this year.

He was only two months old.

But just as she was about to put pen to paper, the line of text jumped up again—[Rating: God]

Inspector Zhou's eyes widened instantly, and the pen in his hand fell to the ground with a "clatter".

God-level life soul.

Within human civilization, there is only one god-level life soul, and that is the [Innate Dao Body], a treasure of civilization condensed by all of humanity.