Chapter 16: Well Said, It Makes Perfect Sense—I'm Useless!
Xu Ran and his mother were both speechless.
His mother said, “As the research director of the Demigod Kindergarten, you don’t even know the treatment method?”
Director Qin shook her head. “The children of the wealthy live in luxury from birth, their vitality abundant—they never experience the ‘Heaven’s Retribution’ phenomenon. As for the poor children... if they die, they just die. No one pays attention. Therefore, no one has solved this problem.”
“I’m powerless as well...” Director Qin said dejectedly.
Xu Ran: “...”
No cure? Then it would have to be up to him, the “Perfect Kid”—he couldn’t just watch idly.
On one hand, his innate talent of “Reading Ten Thousand Volumes” was extraordinary. After reading 500 books, the strange knowledge hidden within them would be deeply imprinted in his mind. Some knowledge points would even suddenly illuminate his thoughts. He had a solution for Tiger Girl’s condition!
On the other hand, he had known Tiger Girl for over 700 days.
He witnessed her learn to walk in a fit of anger; witnessed her progress from babbling to skillfully calling out “Brother Ran”...
He even used Tiger Girl as a tool every day, rapidly advancing his skill progress...
Moreover, aside from Tiger Girl, he had no friends of the same age.
If it weren’t for Tiger Girl, his mother would surely worry every day that he was a withdrawn child.
From any perspective, he couldn’t stand by and watch Tiger Girl suffer from “Heaven’s Retribution.”
“Let me reveal just a little bit of my secret... maybe one-twentieth. After all, I’m joining the Demigod Kindergarten. I need to show some talent.”
So, Xu Ran approached Director Qin’s feet and poked her side.
“If you make a two-centimeter deep cut on each of the ten toe tips and drip ten drops of true blood from a seventh-rank crystal beast, it will cure her!”
Huh?
Director Qin looked down at Xu Ran. Although his speech was fluent and organized, and his tone calm, she promptly dismissed the suggestion of the little kid.
“Little handsome boy, go play over there, okay?”
She dodged Xu Ran and continued to focus on Lin Qian.
His mother was already sweating profusely. “Director, please listen to my son. I don’t even know about ‘Heaven’s Retribution,’ but he does...”
Hearing this, Director Qin furrowed her brows.
“Madam, a single drop of true blood from a seventh-rank crystal beast is worth five million. Ten drops—that’s fifty million!”
“Such a precious resource can’t be used carelessly. If I do, not only will my position be suspended, but I could also be prosecuted and imprisoned. You know that, right?”
“If it weren’t for special reasons, I would never risk bringing it out. And now you want me to listen to a little kid’s advice?”
“This joke isn’t funny at all, madam.”
Director Qin’s voice was serious.
“Fine. As expected, there’s a trust crisis...”
Xu Ran was speechless.
But objectively speaking, a kid’s words were indeed unreliable!
After all, this wasn’t a trivial matter—it involved resources worth fifty million!
There had to be a convincing reason to dispel doubt.
Xu Ran poked Director Qin’s side again.
“I have an innate comprehension bone. My vitality value is 200 points. You can measure it.”
Upon hearing this, Director Qin raised an eyebrow.
“What did you say?”
Xu Ran said no more and held out his hand, signaling Director Qin to draw blood for verification.
Skeptical, Director Qin allowed her assistant to take a fingertip blood sample from Xu Ran.
The assistant dropped the blood into the machine. “Director, vitality value is 206 points...”
The assistant’s hands and voice trembled in sync with the reading.
Seeing this, Director Qin snatched the device, eyes wide as she examined the data, then suddenly looked down at Xu Ran.
“How old are you, little friend?”
Xu Ran blinked. “I’m on my 1001st day since birth.”
“Not even three years old? Yet you have 206 vitality points? This... this... this...”
Her tone involuntarily rose, filled with disbelief and excited amazement.
Adam, almost four years old, had a vitality value of 546, but you have 206 at three... while not as high as Adam, it’s still extraordinarily impressive!”
Director Qin’s gaze at Xu Ran sparkled as if a miser had discovered a gold mine—burning with intensity.
Nearby, his mother was still dazed, confused by what was unfolding.
What’s going on?
She looked around and noticed everyone was staring at her son as if he were a monster.
“Ran... you... you...”
Xu Ran calmly shrugged. “Yes, Mom, I’m a genius.”
“Every day when I wake up, I’m filled with strength. Plus, I have an innate comprehension bone, and this year I’ve read a full 800 books in the library.”
His mother said, “...That may be so, but I still feel a bit dizzy... let me catch my breath...”
Hearing this, Director Qin’s eyes behind her black-rimmed glasses blazed once more.
“Wait! You just said you have an innate comprehension bone, right? You said it twice, didn’t you?”
Xu Ran nodded calmly. “Yes. I have an innate comprehension bone.”
“Not only is your vitality super high, but you also have an innate comprehension bone?!”
“Quick! Test it!”
Director Qin immediately instructed her assistant to get the tools and test Xu Ran’s bones.
Unfortunately, the innate comprehension bone did not register.
Director Qin: “...”
“No bone? There’s no magnetic field indicating a bone exists. Are you lying to me?”
Xu Ran smiled calmly.
He indeed had no bone. If he had some other divine eye or bone, it would be easily detected.
But comprehension is something instruments cannot measure.
He could boast however he wanted.
With his incredible array of miraculous skills, who would doubt him?
Therefore,
Everything was under Xu Ran’s control.
“Please open the window. Don’t ask why—just do it.”
The window opened.
Xu Ran blew strange notes toward the chirping sparrows in the tree.
As the notes reached them, the sparrows immediately cocked their heads and fluttered down into Xu Ran’s palm.
“I can comprehend the basic syllables of animal sounds and imitate them. This is my comprehension talent.”
“In martial arts, this talent is equally useful.”
“Do you believe me now?”
Xu Ran lifted his head as if to say: I’m such a genius—how can you still doubt me?
Having witnessed Xu Ran’s extraordinary nature, Director Qin’s resolve wavered.
She exhaled deeply. “I want to know—the principle behind your treatment?”
Xu Ran smiled serenely.
“That’s simple. Although few have studied ‘Heaven’s Retribution,’ there is a book in Jing City Library called The Taming Diary, written by Li Pingjun.”
“He dedicated his life to breeding crystal beasts and authored The Crystal Beast Taming Notes.”
“The Taming Diary isn’t a professional book, but it contains specialized knowledge. In it, Mr. Li recorded a strange incident: a seventh-rank crystal beast cub suddenly fell ill at age three, its limbs twisted, and it collapsed unconscious.”
“Its mother bit open the tips of the cub’s limbs five times, dripping true blood to slow the disease.”
“Mr. Li closely observed the case, but unfortunately, the mother’s true blood was depleted and she died; the cub lasted four hours before losing its breath.”
“There is reason to suspect that the crystal beast cub suffered from a ‘Heaven’s Retribution’ event, and the mother’s actions were the correct way to combat it.”
“True blood—the purest, most primal blood within a crystal beast—contains surging, volatile lightning energy. Humans cannot ingest it directly, nor apply it externally.”
“But true blood is a top-tier material for refining magical tools; it can be absorbed by such tools, granting them unique effects.”
“A fine innate bone is essentially a magical tool—possibly even more powerful than one. It must be able to absorb and consume true blood!”
The group was stunned.
They looked at the nearly three-year-old Xu Ran, who spoke so maturely and convincingly, and suddenly felt a shameful sense of “I’m such a failure compared to this genius!”
The medical staff muttered, “...Hard to describe, but the scene was a little terrifying.”
His mother whispered, “Is this really my child?”
Tiger Girl’s mother was speechless, her mind blank.
The senior experts were silent.
Only Director Qin quietly shook her head. “This is all speculation, little friend. How can I trust you? This is dangerous, you know?”
“True blood can’t be used casually, especially dripping it into a child’s wounds... it will corrode and cause huge damage!”