[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-ring-of-fate":3,"chapter-the-ring-of-fate-the-ring-of-fate-chapter-991":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Ring of Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2298960,4496,"Chapter 991: Bloodline","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-991",991,"\u003Cp>Pregnancy? Hearing that word, Lumian’s scalp went numb instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Keji is pregnant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wake up, you’re a man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did it happen? Who did it? When?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on the endurance of the “Ascetic,” Lumian maintained a semblance of calm on the outside, his voice low and heavy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you certain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s definitely pregnancy,” Li Keji’s voice came from beyond the iron door. “I was a doctor before becoming a biologist—do you think I can’t tell if I’m pregnant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s really pregnant… Lumian’s whole body went numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all the Pathways he knew, only those tied to the “Great Mother” could make a man pregnant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Green and the others secretly inseminate Li Keji at Red Moon Hospital without telling me? Unlikely—such a massive event, they’d have no reason to withhold it from the Godchild… Besides, he said only I, the Godchild, possessed divinity in the Dream City, capable of accelerating fetal growth while impregnating Li Keji, and even that required the aid of the Obstetrics Department at Mushi Hospital… Lumian’s first thought was to suspect Green and the other “Great Mother” beneficiaries, but his prior information didn’t support that theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately considered another possibility:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingrui, under intense psychological stress, triggered changes in the Dream City that none of them had yet noticed—now the “Great Mother” could grant divinity to a few beneficiaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changes like this erupted in just one day? Is that even possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Green believes I’ve already impregnated Li Keji—there’s no need to do it again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve already impregnated Li Keji…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his mind raced, Lumian suddenly made an absurd guess:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the child in Li Keji’s womb be mine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shocked, Lumian followed this line of thought further:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last week, I slapped hands with Li Keji in the Psychiatric Ward of Mushi Hospital—I pretended I’d impregnated him to deceive Green and avoid suspicion about my identity as the Godchild…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that very touch have actually made Li Keji pregnant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I only possess a trace of Oumibela’s bloodline—I have none of the abilities tied to the “Sower”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, not in reality—I lack the objective conditions—but this is the Dream City…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Dream’s subconscious believes it, even the most absurd, ridiculous things can happen…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, when I slapped hands with Li Keji, in Green’s eyes I was the true Godchild Oumibela; I did carry Oumibela’s bloodline—this allowed the Dream’s subconscious to roughly equate me with the real Godchild Oumibela… and the real Godchild Oumibela possessed the supernatural ability to impregnate Li Keji…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the location where I slapped hands with Li Keji and declared “He’s already pregnant” was Mushi Hospital—a place where the “Great Mother” exerts immense influence. The Dream’s subconscious, confused and misled by that environment, could easily have equated me with the Godchild Oumibela…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, one more point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian’s pupils dilated sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had overlooked something—they’d unconsciously equated the Dream’s subconscious with Mr. Fool’s subconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in truth, the Dream’s subconscious should be a fusion of Mr. Fool’s subconscious and the “Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun”’s subconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such conditions, the characters and changes created by the Dream’s subconscious wouldn’t originate solely from Mr. Fool’s perception, nor would they always benefit Lumian and the others!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the figures in the Dream City—including Rosan, Ainana, Deng En, and others—cannot be simply defined as characters woven by Mr. Fool’s subconscious based on his own understanding and the Dream City’s conditions. Here, Mr. Fool’s subconscious must be replaced with the Dream’s subconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, Deng En, Ainana, Rosan before drinking the “Shaman” Elixir, and other assorted figures derive from Mr. Fool’s perception, or the Tianzun’s perception, or are primarily Mr. Fool’s perception but subtly altered by the Tianzun—they cannot be casually grouped and analyzed as one type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment of Mushi Hospital, Green’s belief, and the fact that I truly carry Oumibela’s bloodline caused the Dream’s subconscious at that moment to be dominated by the Tianzun, choosing to “believe” I was the Godchild Oumibela—so Li Keji quietly became pregnant after our handshake? Oumibela’s child is a direct descendant of the “Great Mother”—when born, Li Keji would be utterly corrupted by the “Great Mother”? The more Lumian thought, the more chilling it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also envisioned a more terrifying outcome:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Mr. Fool were in absolute weakness and the Tianzun became the master of the Dream City, He could make the false seem real—fully activating the identity of “Godchild Oumibela” in the real-world Lumian, turning it into truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the real Oumibela would resurrect through Lumian’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nearly fell for it without realizing… Lumian broke into a cold sweat along his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled a joke he’d seen online and couldn’t help a self-deprecating chuckle:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Touching hands really can cause pregnancy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?” Li Keji asked, puzzled from inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, Lumian’s emotions settled as he calmed and asked quietly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When did you become pregnant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still wanted to struggle a little longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Keji answered honestly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At first, I thought it was because I used my own flesh and spirit to create new mushrooms, and their spores or hyphae entered my body and implanted in my abdomen—yes, that was part of my new experiment after your suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But after careful examination, the timing of the pregnancy is clearly earlier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian fell silent for two seconds, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I come in to confirm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course,” Li Keji didn’t refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian stepped forward—and his figure vanished from the corridor, reappearing inside Li Keji’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, he saw no mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That surprised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, Li Keji’s room—under the bed, in the corners, behind the door—should be overrun with all kinds of mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the room was as clean as someone else’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian turned his gaze to Li Keji, seated on the bed, and saw his belly had indeed swelled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, his spiritual intuition as the \"Despair Witch\" confirmed that the child inside Li Keji was blood-related to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t tied to Lumian—or to Lumiana—it was tied to Oumibela!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really is mine… Lumian was about to speak when he suddenly felt countless nearly invisible threads swaying around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyphae? He instinctively looked up—and finally spotted a mushroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mushroom was semi-translucent, clinging to the ceiling light, hanging down countless hyphae—resembling a common jellyfish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the ‘prototype’ you mentioned?” Lumian asked cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bearded Li Keji nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are the failed specimens?” Lumian pressed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Keji answered seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’ve all been absorbed by it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he waved his hand—the jellyfish-like mushroom drifted down, brushing against his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Lumian thought of a cub bear rubbing against its caretaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are the mushrooms that used to be in the room?” Lumian confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absorbed by it too,” Li Keji’s voice carried a hint of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian fell silent for a moment, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can help you abort it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… but he’s truly my child,” Li Keji hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have gained a touch of maternal instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian’s lips twitched as he activated “Seduction”:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, he’s not your child—he’s the god’s child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve never understood why you were imprisoned, have you? It’s because the god took interest in you—his followers fabricated charges to lock you in the psychiatric ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think: you’re a man—how could you normally become pregnant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Women can get pregnant, why can’t men? Mushrooms can too!” Li Keji countered Lumian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian didn’t give up, continuing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But has anyone ever become pregnant without doing anything at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…,” Li Keji finally sensed something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian exhaled quietly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This pregnancy was conceived through the god’s intrusion into your dreams.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian realized that if he hadn’t yet fully digested the “Seducer” Elixir, manipulating Li Keji into an abortion alone would have been enough to complete the performance—but he didn’t need to digest the “Seducer” Elixir extra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—As a member of the assassination team targeting Zarathustra, as the one who killed Mr. Cui, Lumian had already fully digested his “Assassin” Elixir; only the “Witch” role still required performance. He decided that if Li Keji chose abortion, he’d make the ritual as mysterious and theatrical as possible, using the “Witch” identity to expel the “Great Mother”’s child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t abort the child in your womb, it will drain your flesh and spirit, growing rapidly within two or three weeks—when it’s born, you’ll become a dried corpse, unable to conduct more mushroom experiments, unable to fulfill your dream,” Lumian said in a low voice, outlining the possible consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing he couldn’t conduct more mushroom experiments, Li Keji made his decision:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, please help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lumian could respond, he added to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the god’s child hybridizes with mushrooms, maybe it’ll produce some special changes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God’s child… hybridization… forget your mushrooms… Lumian didn’t want to be chased by a mushroom calling him “Mother” in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Li Keji’s eyes lit up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me think of a plan first—then you help me. It’ll take one or two days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian dared not force Li Keji—after all, in Mr. Fool’s subconscious perception, no matter how absurd, this biology teacher could create anything with mushrooms. If he opposed him and forcibly aborted, something terrifying might happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem,” Lumian replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly resolved that when the time came, he’d reduce the god’s descendant in Li Keji’s womb to ashes—so it couldn’t hybridize with mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumian then warned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell anyone about the god’s matter—for now, or disaster will strike.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t,” Li Keji shook his head. “I haven’t even told Principal Jiajia or other colleagues about the mushrooms lately—they’ve all seemed like different people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Changed into a different person?\" Lu Mi's gaze suddenly froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1613,"2026-06-20T06:22:37.987Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6f4a1aea285dd056690a59450e9e444eea48d979b8362c3f1d3a9bed0c9b9b8a","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-992","the-ring-of-fate-chapter-990",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-ring-of-fate-cover.jpg"]