Chapter 914: Privilege or Not?! The Cost of Time‑Based Nurturing!

What a hard‑line attitude?

Almost to the point of swearing not to quit until the goal is reached.

Su Yang is seeing Tiger so radical for the first time.

The point she raised does have merit.

But it doesn't apply to this world.

Being strong is one side.

Risk, however, is the other side.

The Death Game has never been a place where sheer strength lets one run amok.

Even with the strongest Innate Talent, even with the most useful Brain.

But if that decisive luck is missing…

It's all for nothing.

So—

As Shan Yue said.

If pregnancy can exempt one from participating in the game.

Then tens of thousands will choose to create offspring for that.

Even if it's just a two‑month break.

That short time can avoid two instances of Risk.

That calculation…

No matter how you calculate, it's a great value.

Xingchen leans forward, voice cold, "If a woman can rest when pregnant, what about a man?"

"Because the gender difference grants women that particular privilege."

"As a player outside the rule's preferential treatment, I feel intense discrimination!"

"Or… because you're a woman, you only consider it from a woman's perspective?"

As the words fall, voices of debate rise.

Tiger looks up at Star Dome, then slowly says, "I don't know what reason you have for saying that."

"The continuation of life is itself a great undertaking."

"Bias arising from physiological differences is predetermined the moment you are born a human."

"Besides, I don't want to argue about fairness."

"I'll ask you one question—if your family were still alive."

"Your older sister, younger sister, your mother, even your future wife."

"The product of a romantic union—could you bear to let her risk her life playing the Death Game?"

The debate abruptly stops.

Xingchen snorts aloud, "Are you moral‑blackmailing?"

"Being in a Round Table Meeting yet ignoring fairness?"

"Fine, since the talk has come to this, I'll take your move!"

"From the moment I was 'kidnapped', my family was already wiped out."

"I don't care about bloodline inheritance, I don't need that either."

"As for the great undertaking you speak of…"

"Sorry, I don't have such grand ambition, nor such selfless character."

"Reproduction has never been a trivial, commonplace matter."

"Precisely because I revere life, I won't endorse a proposal that looks only at the head and ignores the tail."

"If Divinity issues such rules, I have nothing to say."

"But this is a Round Table Meeting; get clear on your position!"

The whole speech contains no insults, nor frantic quarrels.

Only considered from an objective, rational perspective.

Xingchen, though his character isn't great.

But his debating is especially forceful.

It must be said, what he said made the others present nod silently.

Su Yang turns his head, and from his angle he can capture Tiger's entire figure.

Unfortunately, under the cloak's shroud, no clue can be seen.

The appearance of this Proposal gives him full reason to suspect three points—

First: Tiger's Dependents are pregnant; she is eager to use the Proposal to protect her.

Second: Tiger herself is pregnant; she is fighting for her own benefit.

As for the third point…

Su Yang is not quite sure.

After all, in his impression, Tiger has never been the type who, driven by hot‑blooded zeal, disregards consequences.

Anyone with eyes can see the irrationality in her Proposal.

So she herself could not not know.

As a fellow Permanent Member of the Round Table Meeting, this is her third session.

Now she also has the privilege to review all Proposals.

Therefore, her perspective and scope are far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.

Even though everyone at this table are Top Players of the New Era.

Then…

Su Yang thought this might be a test by Tiger.

It could also be an alternative way of traversing the Golden Road.

The world is vast and full of wonders.

Zhuge Chen can perceive all things.

Tiger may also possess such "functional" Dependents.

She perhaps also wants to advance further on the Golden Road.

"Could it be… she discovered a hidden Easter Egg unknown to anyone?" Su Yang thought silently.

Just as he was pondering, Tiger spoke up.

"In our era, from the initial hundred‑billion players, only a few million remain alive now."

"How many have become Divinity's Dependents?"

"And how many have turned into deep‑sea swimming fish?"

"This is only the Eleventh Death Game, and now there are even more competitors from the Old Era."

"We can no longer endure the turmoil; henceforth, Blue Star compatriots will become fewer and fewer."

"Perhaps in the not‑distant future, the number will sharply drop below a million."

"By then, with our already weak accumulation, how much competitiveness will we have?"

Upon hearing this, Xingchen retorted: "We lack a Resurrection Mechanism, so our numbers are low."

"A high mortality rate is inherent to the Death Game; you are not a first‑time player."

"Even if your Proposal passes, newborns are born smoothly, and subsequently you have also compiled a Proposal to settle them."

"Then I ask you…"

"Even if the infant can grow and develop smoothly."

"And the caretaker can also live peacefully without incident."

"Then, from his birth until he can officially join the Death Game, how many years must pass in between?"

"Ten years?"

"Or fifteen years?"

"During this period, who will teach him survival skills, and who will serve as his introductory teacher?"

"This world has no movies nor TV series; his only activity space is an island so tiny it cannot be smaller."

"Facing a complex and ever‑changing game space, how can certain common sense and Cognition be instilled?"

"With such exorbitant costs and time stacked, you tell me he can smoothly live to adulthood and successfully marry and have children?"

The starlight above their heads flickered, causing everyone's gaze to constantly shift, and Tiger, who had just spoken with a solemn and resolute tone, remained silent.

Even though he really didn't want to admit it, …

Xingchen's words were all reasonable.

Education and care themselves are a long marathon.

The environment determines what kind of person is forged.

Living in chaotic times, he cannot become a gentle and refined child.

What must be taught is not only combat skills, but also the most extreme path of survival.

However, all this must be built upon a completely safe condition.

This undertaking is enormous, requiring support from more than one Proposal.

And it is highly impractical.

If, after great difficulty, a decisive, killing‑ready child is finally taught, at fifteen, during his first participation in the Death Game, he will snap and die.

That would be a considerable blow to both the individual and the team.

It also wastes numerous costs.

The loss outweighs the gain.

Su Yang has never been averse to children; he even hopes to see the New Era continue.

But currently, being in a critical period, many things cannot be done.

And they cannot be done.