Evil Infant Tribunal

(No chapters today, 6600 words. Have a great weekend everyone!)

The Trials of "Birth" is usually not too difficult. The purpose of the entire Trials is nothing more than the two words "birth" and "nurturing". Moreover, the hints it gives are usually obvious enough, without too many twists and turns. However, even so, the Trials of "Birth" is still a nightmare for many players.

Because His Trials are never difficult in solving problems, but rather in... understanding them.

You never know what kind of distorted will of "Birth" you will encounter in His Trials, nor do you know what kind of mind-blowing things you will encounter.

The history of the Life Era is far less Civilization than that of the Civilization Era. The crazy, fanatical, bizarre, and all sorts of stories about "birth" and "nurturing" are like a bottle of ink that never fades. Once it inadvertently seeps into the hearts of players, no matter how pure their hearts may be, they will inevitably become extremely turbid.

This is what players fear most about the [Birth] Trials.

Although this fear is not entirely unknown, and everyone knows that these mind-blowing things will inevitably revolve around "Birth," what is most outrageous is that it always manages to impact your understanding in an unexpected new dimension, tearing at your fragile nerves and leaving you dumbfounded and deeply shocked.

But His Trials are not always disadvantages; they also have advantages.

The advantage is that, setting aside the disagreements and ulterior motives among players, there are few fatal risks in His Trials; at most, there is a slight risk of pregnancy.

Cheng Shi couldn't understand why the [Prosperity] Trials he prayed for had turned into [Birth], but since he was already here, he could only try to win this round and gain some points first. Moreover, the location of this Trials was in his very familiar "home ground," so he decided to lead his teammates to speedrun.

A true speedrun.

Where do we go now?

Several people followed behind Director Cheng like tourists in a group, asking questions curiously. Cheng Shi did not blindly follow his own ideas. While leading the way, he also silently observed his teammates, asking them questions from time to time to assess their strength and logic.

To achieve a speedrun, you must have a good understanding of your teammates and ensure that every cog in the machine is in its proper place in order to maximize the team's potential.

So Cheng Shi walked and laughed, "Think about the goal of this game. The place I'm taking you to will be a good place to find clues to that goal."

The little Assassin and the shy Cleaner lagged behind and didn't say much, while the bold and outspoken Gou Feng talked to Cheng Shi the whole way.

The objective of this Trials was not difficult, so Gou Feng had already made some deductions about it. Combined with his observations along the way, he pondered and guessed:

"The goal of this Trials is clearly to ensure that the Life That Should Not Be Born is born."

I remember you saying that the Divine Nurturing Church here is dedicated to the service of conception?

As far as I know, among the followers of my Lord of Grace, the fertility faction and the procreation faction are two factions with completely different wills and beliefs.

The local church protects citizens' rights to conception and pregnancy, so this church worships "pregnancy" rather than "birth," is that right?

As Believer in the "Birth" tradition, he had some understanding of the history of the era in which it flourished.

Cheng Shi gave Gou Feng a thumbs-up, then quickly explained:

"Yes, although the Divine Nurturing Church has the word 'nurturing' in its name, its worship is indeed 'pregnancy'."

They believe that all conception is a gift from Him, and all Believer should enjoy this right. However, the outcome of conception is related to each person's piety. When someone becomes less pious during conception, the new life she gives birth to will certainly be less pious as well.

The Divine Nurturing Church will not allow such blasphemous babies to be born, so there is a dedicated organization within the church responsible for identifying and handling such cases.

This institution is called the Evil Infant Tribunal; presumably, we can find plenty of useful information here.

After walking for a long time, Cheng Shi led the group to stop beside a building surrounded by high walls. He turned around, raised his hands, and smiled brightly.

"Dear tourists, we have arrived at our final destination, the Evil Infant Tribunal."

The crowd was momentarily infected by Cheng Shi's cheerfulness, and then they looked around with smiles.

"This wall is built way too high. It seems even higher than the outer city wall we just saw."

"A low salary is not acceptable. This job is too dangerous because if a staff member determines that a citizen's unborn child is an evil baby, it is almost equivalent to determining that citizen has committed blasphemy."

Think about it, if she really did commit blasphemy, that's one thing, but if it was a misjudgment, then the angry citizens will certainly not let go of a church staff member who tried to kill her child or even kill her.

These high walls are all for the safety of the staff.

Everyone was stunned when these words were spoken.

The squinty-eyed man finally caught up. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "There are still misjudgments? So their method of judgment wasn't the tool He bestowed, but a human assessment?"

Cheng Shi was also puzzled, but he had only heard these things from pregnant women or their husbands when he was delivering babies, and he had never verified them. Today was the first time he had come to verify them.

"There are always limitations to trying to understand the past in the present. Previous research was not detailed enough, but I think we can uncover the truth of history today."

Unveiling the mysteries of history with your own hands is a fascinating thing, isn't it?

The young Assassin glanced at Cheng Shi, and although he agreed with the viewpoint, he still asked strangely:

"That's not wrong, but what you're saying sounds a lot like the words of Believer of [Memory]. Are you really a Mage?"

Everyone looked at Cheng Shi upon hearing the voice, only to see Cheng Shi shrug and shake his head, saying, "Who told you I'm a Mage?"

"Ah?"

The teammates were all stunned.

They had assumed that the guide was a Mage, but he denied it once they arrived at their destination.

"You're not a Mage?"

No way, you can't possibly be a Wood Elf, can you?

"Dude, you don't seem like someone from [Prosperity], are you kidding us?"

Wood Elf?

Ha, how could he possibly be a Wood Elf?

Just as Zhang Jizu thought Cheng Shi was about to reveal his true identity after being unable to deny it, he heard Cheng Shi nod honestly and reply:

"That's right, I am Wood Elf."

Otherwise, why would you think I ate cake? Even if I were truly hungry, I wouldn't be that hungry. It was an offering to my Edict of Passage!

"..."

What a liar!