Chapter 2691: Man-made?

On the fifth floor of the Watcher Guild, inside Madam Xiang's room, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Viper, Madam Xiang, and Library Commons were all present. As for Amu and Baja, they were currently in Sodo City to ensure no issues arose with the festival there.

"This person named Douglas—is he truly favored by the world?"

Viper's face was grim. He had been searching for the Son of the World recently; not only had he failed to find one, but he had also lost an arm in the process.

"He is only half of one."

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the sofa, Checking Zhan Long Shan placed on the low table in front of him. He was currently maintaining his blade.

"Half?"

Viper furrowed his brows, not quite understanding what Su Xiao meant.

In truth, after Su Xiao had checked Douglas's data, he was also puzzled. Aside from his various abilities, one line of Douglas's data was particularly intriguing:

Category: Human, Son of the World (1/2).

Su Xiao had never imagined there could be "half" a Son of the World, but after analyzing the current situation, he arrived at a hypothesis.

The previous Son of the World, named Alexia, was a female hunter who had died a few days ago. This meant that a few days ago, the power of luck had been withdrawn from her, and a new Son of the World had appeared within a very short time.

After Alexia died, a new Son of the World emerged, but it was too weak—it might have even been a newborn infant. Weak beings with immense potential are more easily blessed by the power of luck.

As an entity capable of plundering the power of the world, the Ancient God's resurrection caused changes in the world, specifically the transfer of a portion of the power of luck.

When the Ancient God resurrected, none of the people present could accept the power of luck because their strength was too great. The blessing of the power of luck is like drawing a golden arrow on a blank sheet of paper; this arrow represents destiny, mission, and so on.

When the Ancient God resurrected, among those present, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja were not natives of this world and had no connection to its power of luck.

Soul was rejected by the world due to being tainted by the Ancient God's aura. Haogui was dead, and God Hunter Ta Balde was too strong to accept the power of luck.

Douglas originally couldn't either, but at that moment, he had intended to perish together with the Ancient God and Soul. After using his abilities beyond his limits, he was heavily wounded by the Ancient God.

For an instant, Douglas was near death; he even saw his "death slideshow." This near-death state made him weak to the extreme for a moment. Combined with the world's rejection of the Ancient God, which led to the transfer of the power of luck, the dying Douglas successfully received a portion of the power of luck's blessing.

If a normal Son of the World has the dual blessing of destiny and mission, then Douglas only had the mission, without the blessing from destiny. This could be seen from the fact that he met Su Xiao—his luck was not good.

In terms of luck, Douglas could compete with Su Xiao.

"Kukulin, in two days, Ta Balde is going to take this person deep into the Dark Prison? To have him destroy the sub-structure of the Array Realm?"

Viper's brows furrowed even deeper, his expression filled with worry.

"No, taking him to the Dark Prison will only lead to a worse outcome than the current one."

Madam Xiang flatly refused, her tone forceful.

"Without him, the sub-structure of the Array Realm cannot be destroyed."

"Then find another way. Viper, what are you thinking? Pinning the hope of victory on the enemy?"

"What you said... makes sense."

Viper let out a long sigh. He turned his gaze toward Library Commons and asked, "Commons, do you have any suggestions?"

Library Commons put on his oxygen mask, took a breath, and said slowly:

"What would happen if we artificially created a 'Son of the World'?"

As Library Commons spoke, Bubu Wang, who was taking a nap, lifted his head. He was somewhat suspicious—was this old man a disguised Qiyuezhe? After all, even the term "Son of the World" was mentioned. Su Xiao had never mentioned this concept, only referring to people favored by the world.

"Alexia, Douglas, Old Elder, Mandy, Samba Li—there are many such people in history. Between the ages of 15 and 40, they have brilliant lives. Samba Li, for instance, had 19 wives and held great power in his later years. These people are like the world's own children; those around them gradually revolve around them, making them the center."

As Library Commons said this, his breathing became a bit rapid. After resting for a moment, he continued:

"Once, a civilian organization discovered what I just said. They began frantically searching for such people. Until that organization perished, they never found a Son of the World. People favored by the world, unless they are as strong as Bai Ye or Ta Balde, are unlikely to threaten them.

After that civilian organization perished, they left behind many things. One of them was a ritual called Soul Luck Stripping, but no one knows if that ritual is effective."

After saying this, Library Commons leaned back on the single sofa and stopped moving. Viper was alarmed and hurriedly stepped forward to put the oxygen mask on Library Commons. Commons took several minutes to recover.

"Commons, you knew this, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Viper looked at Library Commons with a helpless expression.

"You didn't ask."

"If I don't ask, you won't say?!"

"In my head, I store over 1,400 years of historical changes. The sum of all supernatural events is too numerous to count. If you don't ask, it's hard for me to recall. I am a library, not a prophet. Also, shouldn't we be eating breakfast?"

Hearing Library Commons' words, Viper was speechless, knowing this was Commons' senility acting up again. It was already noon; what breakfast?

"How should that 'Soul Luck Stripping Ritual' be set up?"

"What soul luck?"

"It's over."

Madam Xiang was very distressed; the hope that had just appeared had vanished in an instant.

"Just joking, no need to look so gloomy."

Library Commons took out his portable notebook and began writing in it, completely ignoring the strange expressions on Madam Xiang and Viper's faces.

Before long, Library Commons finished writing, tore off the page, and gave it to Viper.

"Leave it to me."

Viper walked away quickly to find someone skilled in this area and began preparing for the Soul Luck Stripping Ritual.

Naturally, there were no hunters skilled in this; civilian supernatural organizations were better at it.

At two o'clock that afternoon, Viper used the Rhine Kingdom's channels to bring in several professionals. These were people from the Rhine military who had previously used a certain ritual to imbue dark energy into firearms and even shot Haogui once.

At three o'clock, the military personnel concluded that, in principle, the "Soul Luck Stripping Ritual" was completely unfeasible—no, it was suicidal—but the line of thought was quite good.

As Viper, Ge, and Madam Xiang expanded their respective networks, by five o'clock in the evening, they had assembled a research team of over a hundred people. These were old folks who had studied mysticism their entire lives. Their lifelong learning was finally recognized by the Watcher Guild. They were all as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline, sometimes arguing to the point of rage, rolling up their sleeves to engage in physical PK. The PK between two old scholars wasn't spectacular; in the end, they were almost scratching each other.

Finally, at four in the morning, the old scholars provided a solution. Their conclusion was that an individual should not oppose the entire world; in other words, it was impossible to strip Douglas of his power of luck.

Although they couldn't strip it, these old scholars came up with a solution. They prepared to use a ritual to make the ghost that had once resided in Douglas's body reach a symbiotic relationship with him.

This way, Douglas and that ghost would be the same entity. After completing this step, they would use the ghost's characteristics to seal this ghost, which now represented Douglas, into an object, and then have a trustworthy person highly fuse with this object.

This way, the trustworthy person, the female ghost, and Douglas would be connected. The female ghost within would act like a wire, connecting the trustworthy person to Douglas. The three would become nearly a single entity, successfully creating an artificial, trustworthy Son of the World. ===== CHAPTER 2692 =====