98: Chapter 98 Offspring Test! Da Bao's IQ Ranks Second to Last

"What did you say?"

The pen in Lin Yun's hand dropped onto the table with a "clack."

He thought he had misheard. Dabao, with an IQ of 250, that genius among geniuses who could draw the structural diagram of a Star Destroyer at the age of one, was... second to last among the nine children?

"Who on earth is ranked first?"

Xiao Zhang shrank his neck: "Professor Fang said his measuring instrument has already gone off the charts. He wants you to go directly to the Academy of Sciences' underground laboratory to see."

Lin Yun said nothing and left immediately. Behind him, his nine partners looked at each other and followed him in unison.

Twenty minutes later.

The 18th floor underground of the "Hive" pilot project, Dragon Country's highest secret-level biological laboratory.

Professor Fang stood in front of a giant data wall, his hair messy and his eyes dark-circled. He held a cup of cold coffee, and his lips were slightly pale with excessive excitement.

Behind him, nine independent holographic screens were lined up. Each screen projected a three-dimensional genetic model and a talent ability map of a baby.

"Mr. Lin! You're finally here!" Professor Fang's voice was hoarse from staying up all night, but his eyes burned with a nearly fanatical flame. "I've done genetic research for thirty years, and I have never... never seen such data!"

"To all the mothers present, I must first pay my highest respect to you—every one of your children has already surpassed the theoretical limits of human genes!"

Professor Fang walked to the first screen and lit up the data with a trembling finger.

"Dabao Lin Hao, IQ 250. But this is only the tip of the iceberg of his talent. His 'Absolute Calculation' ability allows his brain's efficiency in processing mathematical and physical models to reach thirty percent of the 'Nuwa' supercomputer's level!"

"A one-year-old baby with computing power equivalent to thirty percent of a top-tier human supercomputer. Everyone, what does this mean?"

Professor Fang did not wait for anyone to answer and skipped directly to the second screen.

"the second baby Lin Yao, Ms. Su Man's daughter. Her talent is 'Matter Reconstruction.' In last week's test, she unconsciously reconstructed her metal milk bottle into a flower composed of nano-scale metal particles while dreaming. The molecular structure of that flower is completely consistent with our most advanced nanomaterials—even optimized by twelve percent!"

A trace of imperceptible pride flashed across Su Man's face.

"San Bao Lin Xuan, Ms. Gu Qingyao's son. Talent: 'Energy Control.' He can amplify his own bio-electrical energy hundreds of times when his emotions fluctuate, converting it into controllable plasma sparks. Last time he cried because he was hungry, he directly burned through the baby monitor camera."

Gu Qingyao's mouth twitched, and she elegantly turned her head away.

"the fourth baby Lin You, Princess Alisha's daughter. Talent: 'Space Folding.' She is currently the only one of the nine children who can already actively use her talent. She can perform a slight folding of the space within half a meter in front of her; simply put—she can make a milk bottle appear in her hand out of thin air. The spatial fluctuation data we detected around her has a disturbing similarity to the 'Moon Gate's' spatial rifts."

Alisha's expression changed slightly. Lin Yun noticed and shook his head slightly, signaling her not to overthink it.

"the fifth baby Lin Xi, Ms. Ye Linger's son. Talent: 'Time Perception.' His brainwave frequency is completely different from that of a conventional baby. He seems to be able to perceive things that are 'about to happen'—in fifty random event prediction tests we conducted, his accuracy rate was one hundred percent."

Ye Linger nervously grabbed the corner of Lin Yun's clothes.

"The Sixth Baby Lin Xi, Ms. Zhao Qingxue's daughter. Talent: 'Force Field Rebound.' Her ability was already demonstrated during the deep-sea crisis. But according to our latest tests, her 'rebound' is not limited to physical attacks—she can even rebound sound waves and electromagnetic waves. This means that around her, any form of long-range attack is ineffective."

Zhao Qingxue remained expressionless, but her arm tightened slightly around The Sixth Baby.

"Qi Bao Lin Chen, Ms. Lu Wanxing's son. Talent: 'Law Rewriting.' This is the most abstract and terrifying of the nine talents. In one test, he stared at a glass of water for three minutes. The molecular structure of that water underwent an irreversible change—the water turned into a new substance with superconducting properties that we have never seen before."

Lu Wanxing pushed her glasses, her face solemn.

"Babao Lin Tao, Captain Long Ying's son. Talent: 'Oceanic Dominion.' I don't need to say much about this, everyone present has seen it with their own eyes—his cry at birth directly made a Living Planet Engine choose to flee."

Captain Long Ying held Babao, a proud curve on her lips.

Professor Fang walked to the last screen, and his voice suddenly lowered.

"Finally, it's Jiu Bao Little Anna, Ms. Katerina's daughter."

"Her talent, 'Absolute Hacker,' was already demonstrated to the world on the day she was born. But what I want to tell you is—that is only the most superficial layer of her ability."

"Over this past period of time, her brain has been engaged in a type of ultra-high-speed information processing activity that we cannot understand."

"She seems to be... learning."

"What she is learning, we don't know. But according to 'Nuwa's' estimates, the amount of information she processes every day has already exceeded the total data generated by all of humanity in a single day!"

Professor Fang turned around and looked at Lin Yun, his bloodshot eyes filled with a nearly devout fanaticism.

"Mr. Lin, now I'm getting to the point."

With a wave of his hand, the nine independent screens merged into one, becoming a giant ability matrix map composed of nine different colored light points.

"While conducting individual assessments of the nine children, we also performed an experiment—placing them in the same space simultaneously to observe if their talents would produce 'Resonance'."

"The result..."

Professor Fang's voice suddenly became high-pitched.

"When the nine children are put together, their respective talent values do not simply add up; instead, they grow exponentially!"

"In 'Resonance' mode, Dabao's 'Absolute Calculation' speed directly surpasses 'Nuwa'!"

"the fourth baby's 'Space Folding' range expanded from half a meter to the entire laboratory!"

"Qi Bao's 'Law Rewriting' even briefly affected the gravity constant within the laboratory!"

"And the threshold to trigger all of this is extremely low—they don't even need to cooperate intentionally; as long as they stay in the same room, 'Resonance' will occur naturally!"

Professor Fang swallowed hard.

"Mr. Lin, do you know what this means?"

"It means your 'Hundred Sons Plan' isn't crazy—it's far from crazy enough!"

"If a hundred such S-rank offspring 'resonate' at the same time, the power generated will be more than just changing physical laws!"

"They will have the ability to... reshape reality itself!"

In the laboratory, everyone, including Lin Yun, fell into a long silence.

Lin Yun looked at the nine-color ability matrix map on the screen, his brain working rapidly.

Professor Fang's discovery perfectly matched the Red Queen's previous simulations.

But there was one question Professor Fang didn't mention—

"Professor Fang, Dabao is second to last. Then who is... the very last?"

Professor Fang froze for a moment, then an awkward bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Strictly speaking, it's not that a certain child's talent is weak. It's just that... we are completely unable to perform any effective measurement on this child."

"Because every time our instruments try to scan this child's brain, they... automatically shut down."

"It's not being destroyed or interfered with; the instrument itself determines—there is no object to scan in front of it."

"It's as if... this child doesn't exist at all to our instruments."

"This child is—"

"the fifth baby Lin Xi," Professor Fang looked at Ye Linger, "Ms. Ye Linger's son. The one with the 'Time Perception' talent."

Ye Linger's face turned pale instantly.

Lin Yun's pupils contracted.

He slowly walked to the fifth baby's crib and looked down at the little boy sleeping peacefully.

the fifth baby's breathing was steady, and his little face was rosy, looking no different from any other healthy baby.

But Lin Yun keenly noticed a detail—the fifth baby's eyelids were trembling slightly, as if he were dreaming.

And on his system panel, the fifth baby's ability rating was currently flickering in a color he had never seen before.

It wasn't the gold that represented S-rank.

It wasn't the platinum-gold that represented SSS-rank.

It was a black as deep as the void.

[Warning! The talent level of the fifth offspring "Lin Xi" is undergoing an unknown mutation!]

[The "Time Perception" talent is evolving!]

[Evolution direction: Unknown!]

[System suggestion: Observe closely, do not intervene forcibly!]

A layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Lin Yun's back.

"Time Perception" is evolving? Into what?

He remembered what Professor Fang said—"the instrument determined there was no object to scan in front of it."

If a person's existence cannot be perceived even by the most advanced instruments...

Does that mean the fifth baby is learning an ability—to temporarily "disappear" from this timeline?

"Lin Yun," Ye Linger's trembling voice came from beside him, "our child... is he okay?"

Lin Yun was silent for two seconds, then reached out and rubbed Ye Linger's hair, trying to make his tone sound relaxed.

"Don't worry, he's just having a... very, very long dream."

"When he wakes up, he might give us a big surprise."

Ye Linger bit her lip and nodded.

Lin Yun turned around, his gaze sweeping over the nine children.

Dabao was playing with blocks. the second baby was rubbing a bottle. San Bao was creating plasma sparks to scare the fourth baby. The Sixth Baby was rebounding Qi Bao's 'Law Rewriting'. Babao was attracting the water in a cup to circle around him. Jiu Bao Little Anna used her ice-blue eyes to quietly watch every brother and sister.

Only the fifth baby was sleeping quietly.

"Children..." Lin Yun murmured to himself.

He suddenly realized that these children's growth speed far exceeded his expectations. If they continued to develop at this rate, within five years, they would become the most powerful beings on this planet.

But—

Can Earth still accommodate them?

"Professor Fang," Lin Yun suddenly spoke.

"Yes."

"How long do you think Earth's resources and environment can still support them at their current growth rate?"

Professor Fang gave a bitter smile: "Frankly, if it's just nine children, it's not a big problem. But if the 'Hundred Sons Plan' is really implemented... the energy fluctuations generated just by their 'Resonance' would be enough to cause global geological disasters."

"They need a larger, more stable living space."

Lin Yun's gaze pierced through the laboratory ceiling, through the "Hive" new city being built in full swing on the ground, through the atmosphere, and landed on that silver-white celestial body that had hung in the night sky since ancient times.

The Moon.

There, was a damaged "Moon Gate."

There, were unknown technological remains left by the "Observers" civilization.

There, was also the source of the mysterious signal Jiu Bao Little Anna was receiving.

And more importantly—the moon's gravity is only one-sixth of Earth's, it has no atmospheric interference, nearly infinite solar energy resources, and rich minerals that have been detected.

There, was the most ideal... nursery base for the "Hundred Sons Plan."

It was also the first springboard for human civilization to step into the sea of stars.

"Nuwa, pull up the latest geological survey data of the far side of the moon."

"Red Queen, based on the transport capacity of the 'Luan Bird' fleet, calculate how long and how much resources it would take to build a permanent base on the lunar surface that can accommodate 100,000 people."

The two AIs responded simultaneously.

Three seconds later, two reports with completely different styles appeared before Lin Yun.

"Nuwa's" report was gentle and comprehensive, considering factors like ecological cycles, residents' mental health, and cultural preservation; the construction period given was five years.

"Red Queen's" report was cold and extreme, cutting out all "non-essential" human factors and being purely efficiency-oriented; the construction period given was—

Three months.

Lin Yun looked at the two reports and pondered for a moment.

"Take the average of the two. One and a half years."

He looked up at everyone present.

"Everyone, I have a new proposal."

"Before the 'Hundred Sons Plan' is officially launched, we need to do one thing first."

"Move our home to the moon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the laboratory's communication system suddenly rang.

It was an emergency report from "zhurong," the shipborne AI of luan bird no. 1.

"Report, Commander! We discovered an anomaly while performing a routine scan of the 'Moon Gate' ruins on the far side of the moon!"

"The energy core of that 'Moon Gate' we thought was completely paralyzed..."

"...is self-repairing!"

"At the current repair speed, it is estimated that in forty-eight hours..."

"...it will reopen!"

In Lin Yun's eyes, two sharp gleams instantly burst out.

He looked down at Jiu Bao Little Anna in his arms.

In Little Anna's ice-blue eyes, golden data streams were flickering wildly, and a heart-pounding smile hung on her lips.

She seemed to have known about this for a long time.

No—not only did she know, she was even looking forward to it.

"It seems we don't need to go looking for the moon."

"The things on the moon are already impatient to come looking for us."

"Notify everyone—"

"The entire Luan Bird fleet, enter Level 1 combat readiness!"

"Target: the Moon!"

"This time, we aren't going for war—"

Lin Yun's voice echoed in the laboratory, carrying an absolute dominance that made everyone's blood boil.

"We're going to move!"