My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Seeing the unusual shock on her face during the trial, Lin Mo held up the crystal shell in front of her: "You recognize it?"

Before the judge could respond, the God of War spoke first.

"Isn't this a Blessed Crystal? Back then, every native god had one. I thought Gao Yang had taken them all, but I didn't expect there were still some that slipped through the net. Your luck is truly something else."

He winked at Lin Mo, showing he didn't consider himself a soul slave at all.

"A blessed crystal?"

Lin Mo looked toward the trial.

The judge nodded, having regained her usual composure. She raised her hand to tuck a stray gray hair behind her ear and began to explain.

"Our native gods will infuse their power into it and spread it across the continent. Ordinary people who use it will gain the corresponding power. These are the true demigods who protect the peace of the continent."

Lin Mo nodded as he listened to her description.

"Hmm, it's pretty much what I know, but on the mainland it's called Divine Essence Crystal, and using it can upgrade you by one level."

Upon hearing this, the judge gave a faint, somewhat helpless smile.

"Using it like that is such a waste."

She didn't continue explaining, but turned around, walked over to Gao Tiantian, and squatted down.

As she crouched down, her gray hair fell from her shoulders, a stark contrast to her usual posture of sitting high on the judge's bench, looking down upon all living beings.

She spoke very softly, as if afraid of startling the translucent little girl.

"Where did you get this?"

Gao Tiantian tilted her head and thought for a moment, her semi-transparent short hair scattering a few fine strands of light in the air with her movements.

Her expression was very serious, as if she were recalling a small incident from long ago.

"It fell from a bad guy who was driving. That day, the bad guy hit me with his car and then drove away. When Tian Tian was lying on the ground, she saw this thing fall out of his pocket. It was shiny and pretty, so she kept holding it."

She took the crystal shell from Lin Mo's palm, held it up to her eyes and looked at it in the hazy light of the sky. There was no resentment in her tone; she was simply stating a fact that had happened long ago.

The judge slowly stood up, turned his head and exchanged a glance with Lin Mo.

Lin Mo understood—the "bad guy driving" was Xue Nian, the driver who caused the accident in Gao Yang's memory.

But he wasn't sure if what Tian Tian said was true, or just a vague memory from her past life.

In short, the crystal was right next to her when she woke up.

Lin Mo pulled his thoughts away from Gao Tiantian's words and looked back at the trial.

"What do you mean by 'wasteful'?"

The judge turned around and began to formally explain the true use of the Blessed Crystals, her voice regaining the precision and orderliness she had displayed in the judge's seat.

"Blessing Crystals can store the power of gods indefinitely. Depending on the power of the god into which the crystal is infused, ordinary people will receive completely different results after using the crystal."

At this point, she pointed to herself.

"For example, if the Blessed Crystal contains only my Law of Judgment, the user will most likely gain judgment-related skills, such as the Eye of Judgment, or the ability to perceive lies and evil."

She withdrew her hand and pointed to the God of War beside her, who was still crossing his arms.

"If it's just his power, it's most likely weapon-related abilities, such as automatically generating his own weapon or gaining combat talents that amplify his physical strength."

Lin Mo caught another piece of information in her words, and his eyebrows rose slightly.

"So, it means it can integrate the power of multiple gods?"

"That's right."

The judge nodded, a barely perceptible glint flashing in his gray eyes.

"However, in that case, what you get is uncertain. Multiple laws intertwined will randomly produce a comprehensive ability, which could be a composite skill, multiple talents, or a piece of equipment that carries multiple laws at the same time. The result is not entirely controllable, but it is likely to be stronger than the effect of a single god. Of course, it is also rarer."

"How can the power of the gods be integrated?"

Lin Mo asked.

The judge pointed a finger at his own chest.

"Soul entities like me and the God of War can directly touch the crystal and inject the power of the law. In addition, there is another method: let the Blessing Crystal come into contact with the artifacts used by the gods. It will automatically extract the residual power of the law from the artifacts. The longer the artifacts are bound to the gods, the more complete the residual laws will be."

Lin Mo's brow twitched slightly.

A divine artifact used by the gods.

His gaze unconsciously drifted into the distance. Outside the window of the teaching building, under the hazy sky, the distant roar of engines could be faintly heard, accompanied by the loud crash of a tall building collapsing and a hoarse laugh.

That was the laughter of Blood Crusher.

The blood-soaked chariot was riddled with all sorts of weapons, all of them genuine divine artifacts.

Blood Crusher planted all the weapons of the defeated native gods into the front of the chariot as ramming horns.

Each one is a divine artifact that has been imbued with divine power for countless years.

Just then, a newly renovated department store in the distance collapsed with a loud crash.

The sound of reinforced concrete cracking echoed across several streets as large sections of the glass curtain wall peeled off the building, shattering into countless tiny glass shards on the street below.

Blood-grinding laughter came from the collapsed area, rough and excited, like a trapped beast tearing at the bars of a cage.

Lin Mo withdrew his gaze, a very faint smile curving his lips.

He looked down at Gao Tiantian, squatted down, and looked at her at eye level.

"Your brother isn't on this island, but I can take you away from here to find him. Before that, you have to do me a favor."

Gao Tiantian's translucent eyes lit up. Without even asking what kind of help she was doing, she nodded vigorously, her voice clear and firm.

"Yes! As long as I can find my brother, that's all that matters!"

Lin Mo smiled and stroked Tian Tian's hair.

"There's a guy over there driving a big truck. He's the bad guy who hit you the other day. I need you to do me a favor and make him stop his truck."

Gao Tiantian blinked.

When she heard "the bad guy who hit you," her translucent eyelashes trembled slightly, but there was no hatred or sorrow.

She thought quietly for a while, then asked the question.

"What happens after we stop?"

"Leave the rest to me."

Gao Tiantian nodded and put the crystal shell back into Lin Mo's palm.

She used two translucent little hands to gently close Lin Mo's fingers one by one, as if she were keeping something very important for him.

"Okay, I'll help you."

She paused, then added.

"Then you have to take me to find my brother, okay?"

Lin Mo stood up and put the crystal into his pocket.

He glanced down at her, said nothing more, and simply took her hand again.

The layer of dark blue soul energy in her palm remained firmly covering her small hand.

In the distance, Xue Ni's maniacal laughter echoed once more, mingled with the deafening roar of a tall building collapsing.

Lin Mo led Gao Tiantian towards the direction of the laughter.