Deducing Godhood from the Fetal Stage

Chapter 108 Go

Lingjiu hadn't slept soundly since returning from shopping that day.

It was past two in the morning, and the Jing Shui Pavilion was so quiet that the faint hum of the air conditioner vents could be heard. Jiang Yun was sound asleep when she was awakened by a familiar energy fluctuation.

[Mother and Child Connected] Automatically connects.

It was a mother's emotion. It was chaotic and heavy, like a tangled ball of thread that couldn't be untangled.

He squinted and, using the nightlight, sensed the direction of the master bedroom next door.

Ling Jiu didn't lie down as usual, but sat on the edge of the bed, hugging her knees. Her spiritual senses filled the room and she couldn't retract them.

After a while, Ling Jiu gently lifted him out of the crib, so as not to wake Jiang Ren and Hao Jia next door.

"Ah Yun, you're not asleep? Time for some milk!"

Jiang Yun opened her mouth and hummed.

Lingjiu carried him to the bay window, then sat down herself, leaning against the window frame. She unbuttoned her clothes to feed him.

Jiang Yun obediently opened her mouth, took it in, and sucked hard.

Outside the window, it's the night of the imperial city, with neon lights of skyscrapers stretching all the way to the horizon, brighter than nighttime.

She remained silent for a long while before speaking, her voice very low.

"Mom can't sleep."

Jiang Yun stopped sucking and nestled in her arms, listening quietly.

"You really can understand me~" Ling Jiu looked down at him, her gaze unfathomable, lost in thought.

"You mean—that girl Dai Ziqing is only three years old."

Ling Jiu rested her chin on the top of his head. "Her brother protected her so much, but she insisted on standing up for herself. Now she's lying in a hospital room, unable to wake up."

"When I was in seclusion, I was fighting my inner demons every day. To be honest, I really wanted to give up. It was because I was thinking of you that I gritted my teeth and persevered."

"But she was so young, yet so sensible, all for a group of complete strangers."

Jiang Yun's small hand clenched her clothes.

Ling Jiu looked down at him, her eyes a little wet.

"Director Qiu has been loitering around our compound several times, but Sister Wei has stopped him outside," she said softly. "I know what he wants. He wants you to go."

"But you're only three months old."

Her tone suddenly hardened, as if she were trying to convince herself.

"No, absolutely not. You're so young, that place is too dangerous. Even Dai Ziqing, with her high compatibility, fell into the pool of resentment that those beasts from the Star Federation have accumulated for tens of thousands of years. What can a three-month-old baby like you do there?"

"Mom can't risk you."

She spoke with absolute certainty, but her arms tightened around him, so much so that Jiang Yun could hardly breathe.

Jiang Yun understood.

His mother wasn't asking him a question; she was having a tug-of-war with herself.

On one hand, there's the instinctive protectiveness of those from privileged backgrounds who want to shield their children from all filth and danger.

On one hand, there was the knowledge she had honed during her two-plus months of seclusion, making it impossible for her to completely ignore the babies who had been eaten and Dai Ziqing lying in the hospital room.

"Ah-Yun, do you think Mom is being too selfish?"

Ling Jiu murmured, "The Grand Council does not exploit citizens, nor does it collect taxes from ordinary people. From the very beginning, the empire was built on the unity of all its people—"

"Even kids from ordinary families dare to take a gamble, but I..."

She smiled wryly.

Why am I telling you all this? You wouldn't understand anyway.

Jiang Yun, however, made a move.

He adjusted his position in his mother's arms, lifting his face off her clothes and staring intently at her with his dark eyes.

Then, he silently recited a sentence in his mind.

"Yanzi, full-power simulation. The pros and cons of my involvement in the Ghost Mother's Spirit Devouring Incident."

[Received. Divine Strategist Tianyan enters deep deduction mode ————]

The next instant, a dense stream of information exploded in Jiang Yun's mind.

Countless causal branches unfold, fold, and recombine in the mind.

He could feel a sudden throbbing in his temples, and that long-lost feeling of overload surged up, even more intense than when he was in his mother's womb.

[Risk - Remnants of the Star Federation]: The Pool of Resentment was created using the old methods of the Federation, and there may be spies lurking behind it, with a probability of intervention from hostile forces.

[Risk - Unknown nature of the Divine Ruins]: The rules of the area where the source of resentment is located are chaotic, and those below the Hidden Spirit Realm have limited perception. Dai Ziqing's deep coma is a previous example.

[Risk - Identity Exposure]: Once involved, developmental abnormalities may come under the scrutiny of more powerful forces.

[Risk Mitigation Item - Identity Background]: You are the great-grandson of the empire's strongest ruler. Taking decisive action will greatly improve Ling Caixin's and the empire's higher-ups' perception of you and will lead to their protection.

[Risk Mitigation Item - Daoist Protection]: You have the protection of the "Returning to Heaven and Mysterious Brightness Instrument" and "Mending the Heaven's Gap", making your entry much safer than others.

Next came the deduction of profits, which took longer than he had anticipated.

[Benefits & Secrets]: The method of genetic chimerism and consciousness stripping in the old era is related to the very foundation of the Star Federation and its value is immeasurable.

[Benefits & Development]: The Pool of Resentment contains a massive amount of nascent soul energy residue, which has a rare reverse nurturing potential for the foundation of the innate Dao body.

[Benefits & Causes]: With the background of the Ling family, rescuing the human infants is a clear achievement with a significant boost to future career advancement.

[Benefits - Human Reputation]: The current empire is feigning weakness towards the Great Wilderness Demon Clan to break the deadlock, allowing the Golden Lion Clan to act arrogantly. The Ling family's direct lineage's intervention can restore the backbone of the human race and the Ling family's reputation.

Jiang Yun's breathing slowed down.

The final causal chain slowly closed, and the Divine Calculation and Heavenly Evolution gave its conclusion.

[Comprehensive Analysis: Under the premise that the mother's spiritual consciousness can be borrowed, the source is suppressed by the Dao Lord's token, and the "Mending the Heavens" and the Heaven-Returning Mysterious Brightness Instrument provide protection, the intervention risk is controllable, and the overall return rating is extremely high.]

Optimal solution: Go.

[Computing power consumption: 87. Balance: 35.]

[Additional Warning: The causal relationships within the Divine Ruins are extremely complex, and there may be echoes from the past. It is recommended to conduct a thorough investigation before entering the Ruins.]

A legacy from the past?

Jiang Yun caught those four words and her heart sank.

Yanzi rarely gives such vague hints.

What it can calculate clearly are always the probabilities and branches.

This inexplicable fear often implies something that even it cannot understand.

That place was more complicated than he had imagined.

But the conclusion remains unchanged.

go with.

He raised his little hand and pressed it against Lingjiu's cheek. His mother was startled by his sudden action, her eyes still moist.

"Ah-Yun?"

Jiang Yun stared into her eyes, enunciating each word clearly.

"Mom, I'll go."

Ling Jiu froze.

The bay window was quiet. The streetlights outside flickered on and off.

"You—" Her voice trembled slightly, "What did you say?"

"go."

Jiang Yun repeated it again. This time he nodded, his chubby little head bobbing up and down, his attitude clear.

Ling Jiu stared at him blankly.

She had seen her son's precocious talent before.

She's already exhausted by the fact that a three-month-old baby can crawl, stand, and even watch science lessons on a tablet all by herself.

But this moment is different.

Her long string of words just now—Dai Ziqing, the Star Federation, danger, selfishness—she thought she was just confiding in an infant who couldn't understand, pulling out the tangled mess in her heart to let it breathe.

As it turned out, the little guy not only understood it.

He did answer, and he answered so readily.

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