Chapter 500: Artificial Divine Oracle

"Artificial Divine Oracle?"

When Luo Jinyou heard Ying Duo say that, he also froze for a moment.

While playing the game, he also noticed something off.

Because he had played many such games and knew the basic flow well, yet whenever he played, some inexplicable odd text would pop up.

Ying Duo would call him over to take a look each time this text appeared.

After a while, Luo Jinyou finally got through about a third of those games.

Ying Duo recorded those gibberish runes into the text after using the 【Scout】 skill, and finally got a rough idea.

And at the very top of the document, a line of large characters glaringly read:

"Artificial Divine Oracle Project"

Below followed dense experimental data and some experiment logs or the like.

And inside, Yang Yixie also saw a familiar name.

Fang Zhiyan.

Should we say it was not at all surprising? The Dome's illegal experiments all seemed to bear his signature.

Below were many specialized terms of this world; Yang Yixie couldn't fully understand them, but could still guess the gist.

The Dome, on one hand, was mass‑arresting Divine Oracles, and on the other hand secretly seizing some Special Ability Practitioners and sending them to labs.

However, this experiment didn't seem to be carried out solely by Fang Zhiyan; another frequently appearing name was a researcher called Xi Luo.

Nevertheless, with only one console, no matter how skilled Luo Jinyou was, some steps couldn't be skipped, though the speed of acquiring the text was already fast.

"Right, but I guess you probably haven't heard of it."

Ying Duo expressionlessly nodded and continued to manipulate energy, carving the Rune on his hand.

That truth was somewhat… painful.

Although Luo Jinyou was genuinely pleased that Ying Duo would voluntarily chat, Ying Duo's human‑machine feel was indeed not fabricated.

It just left one speechless, just like before.

While Luo Jinyou was pondering how to respond, he saw Ying Duo's hands on the keyboard pause.

The energy screen to Ying Duo's right displayed the new text just provided by 【Scout】; Ying Duo was thus reading the text while busy with 【Modification】 on his hand.

Obviously, he had seen something shocking or very important.

"Tell me, how likely is Shen Zexi to be a Divine Oracle?"

Ying Duo murmured and suddenly asked.

When he skimmed the experiment roster, he happened to see another familiar name.

But all he obtained were just text records; this batch was a log of a group of orphaned children who had awakened Aberrant Arts and were assigned numbers for the lab.

These must be records from many years ago, which is why they appeared so early in the list.

And a key NPC's name happened to appear here, which made Ying Duo can't help but ponder.

The Fate Child's destiny turned out to be the destiny of the Fate Law.

Let him think carefully, who else has a title that includes a law's name?

……Meng Kexin?

Can a player also become a Divine Oracle?

By this logic, Ying Duo glanced at his own Aberrant Arts name.

【Chaos Game Declaration】

It differs from Chaos by only one character.

That's not good news.

"Probably not, right?"

Luo Jinyou hesitated before speaking; he still didn't know that Ying Duo could open accounts of any size anywhere.

"Shen Zexi's Aberrant Arts are of the elemental type, controlling Lightning Chains and water."

Elemental Aberrant Arts are already an extremely powerful category; Shen Zexi is even dual‑elemental, so if his Aberrant Arts also relate to a law, that would truly be cheating, wouldn't it?

Ying Duo, unsure, let Luo Jinyou continue focusing on the game, trying to obtain more records about this experiment faster.

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So chatting with outsiders is really exhausting.

Xi Ren Sheng felt a bit regretful; who made him so similar to his partner?

Although his partner's Aberrant Arts seemed to be of the Space Law, Xi Ren Sheng always felt that Yang Yixie's ability should also be linked to the Chaos Law.

Involving too many laws leads to an inability to specialize; that's a sad story.

Xi Ren Sheng seemed to find the posture uncomfortable, so he took a half‑step back on his own accord, and Xie Jingyan's "blade" slipped from his neck side into his palm.

He glanced down and discovered that Xie Jingyan was holding, in fact, just a pendant‑like peach‑wood sword.

"Oh—this is good." Xi Ren Sheng sincerely praised.

"Get to the point," Xie Jingyan hung the small peach‑wood sword back at his waist, expression unchanged, "What exactly do you want?"

Xi Ren Sheng grinned, "Let's pierce the Dome."

Xie Jingyan looked at Xi Ren Sheng and felt a wave of absurdity.

Since two years ago, she had been using every means she could reach to gradually peel away the Dome's glossy exterior.

She had defended the Dome for so many years, defending against the hidden experiments, Fang Zhiyan's ambition and Han Huan's tacit approval.

"Since you know who my father is," Xie Jingyan's voice lowered, "why do you think I would agree?"

Xi Ren Sheng blinked.

"Then how about—" he tilted his head, thought for a moment, and quickly suggested, "Shall we go kill the Mutation Department's director?"

Xie Jingyan's fingers tightened slightly, and the curve of Xirensheng's mouth became even more exaggerated.

Xie Jingyan was indeed somewhat moved; her father had arranged for her to leave the Dome Headquarters early, and she truly had no idea how the Mutation Department operated internally.

But every lead she had investigated, every record of human experiments, ultimately pointed to the same place——

The Mutation Department.

She didn't know whether Fang Zhiyan was the mastermind or a pawn, didn't know how much Han Huan knew, and even less knew which side her own father was on.

Perhaps precisely because she is the Divine Oracle of Life, Xie Jingyan understands the preciousness of life better than anyone.

Xie Jingyan can freely direct the flow of life force; she can drain all vitality from a tree, yet she cannot grant life once more to the dead.

She despises anyone who treats others' lives lightly.

Whether it's the Mutation Department or Xirensheng before her eyes.

They are the types she dislikes most, yet they happen to be the most successful and longest‑living in this wasteland.

"...... Our cooperation is limited to this point."

Xie Jingyan gave a response.

"But before that, you need to draw back the energy on Qiyang's body—not all at once; just slightly weakening the interference will do."

Xie Jingyan said coldly.

Whether one calls her cold‑hearted or ruthless, perhaps it is precisely because she can interfere with life so easily that she does not deliberately meddle in the futures others must face.

Moreover, although Qiyang's ailment is tormenting, under the Dome's finest medical care it has already shown considerable improvement.

Rather than using her ability to grant him a miracle, she would prefer that Qiyang recover his health through his own efforts and the hospital's work.

The easier something is to obtain, the less people cherish it.

Only by personally experiencing its hardships can one regard it as precious, something not to be lost.