The God-Making Project

Confronted with his questioning, the Sea Eagle Country's top decision-maker, who had openly manipulated the show, laughed it off.

"I have never publicly expressed my own opinions or preferences, nor have I ever wanted to manipulate the show. Brandon acted entirely on his own initiative."

"Of course I respect the show. Whatever result it produces, that's the result. I have no objections whatsoever."

He dumped all the responsibility onto Brandon.

After all, Brandon was like a white glove he wore.

Whenever there was dirty water to throw, he threw it on him.

Once the glove got dirty, he could simply replace it.

On the surface, he said he respected the show, but the truth was as plain as lice on a bald man's head.

Without his instructions, Brandon could never have acted so brazenly.

Who would believe such words?

No one would.

At their level, they stood at the very pinnacle of humanity. Some matters were like blank sheets of paper before them, transparent at a glance.

"Your Excellency Madison, do you believe what you're saying yourself? Without your authorization, would the show's monitor have issued threats behind the scenes?"

"The facts are already out in the open. There's an old saying in the Nine Domains Nation: open the skylight and speak plainly. There's no need to be evasive in front of us."

"The result is right there. Ye Jin is recognized as the most outstanding person on the show. Since you want to score them, the scores should reflect the will of the whole world, not be manipulated behind the scenes!"

"Ye Jin must take first place. I believe in him. He can bring the perfect gene serum to its full potential."

When they heard the Nine Domains Nation's chief person in charge say the words "perfect gene serum," they all fell silent.

They seemed lost in recollection.

Decades ago, the Sea Eagle Country had launched a series of spacecraft to explore the universe.

On March 3, 1972, the Sea Eagle Country launched Pioneer 10. It lost contact with its home planet in 2003.

On April 6, 1973, the Sea Eagle Country launched Pioneer 11. Contact was lost in 1995.

On August 20, 1977, the Sea Eagle Country launched Voyager 2. It was expected to lose contact between 2025 and 2030.

On September 5, 1977, the Sea Eagle Country launched Voyager 1. It was expected to lose contact after 2025.

Contact with Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 had been lost.

Voyager 2 and Voyager 1 were still in contact.

Find alien planets and make contact with them.

That was humanity's greatest ambition in that era.

Explore alien planets and make friends with alien humans.

By the time the twenty-first century arrived, humanity had begun to feel regret. Blue Water Planet was like a tender sprout, the only hope amid the ruins.

It really should not have exposed itself to the eyes of the universe so quickly.

Some probes in particular carried most of humanity's basic information, directly exposing the level of civilization on Blue Water Planet.

In a universe where friend and foe were unknown, this was extremely dangerous.

But by then, both Voyager 10 and Voyager 11 had traveled too far, and contact with them had been lost completely.

Explorer 1 and Explorer 2 were still in contact, but they had traveled too far to return.

After that, the vast majority of Blue Water Planet's space communication projects were shelved indefinitely.

Pioneer 11's primary purpose had been to study Jupiter and the outer solar system, and it also carried basic information about humanity.

Five years after Pioneer 11 set out, it found a crashed spacecraft on a planet where volcanoes erupted frequently.

When it encountered the spacecraft, all the living beings aboard were already dead.

It had remained on that planet for over a century.

Pioneer 11 itself carried a special mission.

To find resources on alien planets and bring them back to Blue Water Planet.

After discovering the spacecraft, humanity regretted it even more.

But it was all too late.

Everything that was going to happen had happened.

Though the spacecraft had crashed and been corroded by the years, its exterior still looked as good as new.

It had immense research value.

This was humanity's only means of exploring alien planets.

After discovering the crashed spacecraft, Pioneer 11 used its onboard transporter to carry it back.

The Sea Eagle Country marked out an area on the map and named it Area 51, using it to research alien technology.

After the twenty-first century, the balance of power was reshuffled.

Because of the need for resources, the other four top nations among the "Big Five" all joined the project.

And three years ago, they made a major breakthrough.

They discovered gene serums inside the spacecraft.

When they first made the discovery, they were beside themselves with joy.

They thought another era for humanity was about to begin.

But with the passage of time, the vast majority of the gene serums had lost all activity and become defective products.

Everyone who used the gene serums suffered various unpredictable consequences.

Some went insane.

Some died on the spot.

Some underwent genetic mutations.

Some fell into comas and never woke.

There were all sorts of unpredictable consequences.

After more than a hundred top scientists researched it day and night, they finally discovered an aspect of human genes that was compatible with the serum.

They called it Divinity.

On the surface, everyone on this show had been selected at random.

But in reality, their genes were all highly compatible with the gene serum.

To decide who would receive the best-preserved gene serum,

the show "Humanity's Future" was born.

Codename: "God-Making Project!"

The sole victor would be God's Chosen Son.

But they also had a way to control God's Chosen Son: implanting a chip.

It was made from material found on the spacecraft.

Nothing like it had ever appeared on Blue Water Planet.

It was also their last resort.

They intended to create a god, but this god had to submit to their control, a god who could be controlled at any time.

None of them wanted a great god perched above their head.

The god had to remain within the bounds of their order.

They came out of their recollections.

Madison of the Sea Eagle Country also came back to himself. "I'm doing this for Ye Jin's sake. After all, the winner has to have a chip implanted. I don't want him to suffer that pain!"

Anyone who didn't know better might have thought him deeply compassionate.

The Nine Domains Nation's chief person in charge sneered. "Mr. Madison, Ye Jin's affairs are none of your concern. I only want to protect his interests. If he won, he won, and no one can take away his rights."

"As for the chip implant at the end, that's even less your concern. When the time comes, he'll make his own choice. I will never interfere."

With things said so plainly,

Madison had no way to refute him.

He had been in the wrong to begin with.

Now that it had been exposed to his face, he was even more at a loss for where to hide his face.

"All right, I agree! But there's no need for the audience of the whole world to choose. At the same time, we'll change the scoring system," Madison said with a sigh.

He had some little schemes in mind. If it were opened to the whole world, it would be highly unfavorable to the Sea Eagle Country.

He had to keep the matter within controllable bounds.

At the very least, they had to take second place.

And secure the position of first alternate.

"What do the rest of you think?" The Nine Domains Nation's chief person in charge looked at them.

The Iris Country and John Country had always been the Sea Eagle Country's vanguards.

Seeing that their boss had backed down, they too gave up resisting.

The Iron Bear Country, meanwhile, had extensive strategic cooperation with the Nine Domains Nation.

Naturally, it was inclined to support the Nine Domains Nation.

"No objections!" The other top decision-makers all nodded.

They reached an agreement.