A Game for Everyone: God-Level Talent is Achieved Through Rolling In.

Nie Wan said, "I don't know."

She spoke so clearly and concisely that it was obvious she wasn't lying, which immediately infuriated Lan Xiangyuan.

"You don't know what you're saying!"

"But I know who can solve this problem."

"Oh? Who?"

"Mandala".

Lan Xiangyuan's lips twitched. She tried to hold back but couldn't. She stared into Nie Wan's eyes and asked, "If you're joking about this, I really will strangle you."

"No kidding."

Nie Wan said earnestly, "You should know that the Demon Mother inherited by Mandala also has the function of protecting children and pregnant women during childbirth."

Lan Xiangyuan knew, of course, that the Demon Mother was a famous "evil god" in Buddhism. Like the General Guan, she was an evil ghost that was subdued by the Buddha. Before being subdued, she vowed to devour all the children in the world. After being converted into a guardian deity, she turned around and protected children, thus taking on the function of a goddess who grants children.

She had previously considered that such a profession might be useful in addressing related issues.

But Mandala is a person from an unknown place!

With a leader like Ye Rutan, who is ruthless in both public and private matters, who can believe that her subordinates can work properly? Lan Xiangyuan certainly doesn't.

Besides, who knows whether the Mandala tradition now extends to the Demon Mother's profession—whether it's about giving away children or eating them? If things go wrong and she ends up feeding all these poor kids, that would be too terrible.

Nie Wan could tell what Lan Xiangyuan was worried about just by looking at her expression, so she immediately reassured her: "You may not believe in mandalas in other aspects, but you can completely believe in this one."

"May I?"

"Yes, she would never harm a pregnant woman or a child."

Lan Xiangyuan looked skeptical: "Why are you so sure? Do you know her background?"

From the moment Lan Xiangyuan established her intelligence department, she relentlessly dug into the private information of the high-ranking officials of the Nameless Land, but she never managed to uncover even the slightest secret about Mandala and Ye Rutan.

She guessed that the authorities had some information, but firstly, they couldn't dig up too much, and secondly, they hadn't given up on maintaining a balance of power. So even if they did find out, they wouldn't inform the Cold Moon Immortal Palace.

No matter how powerful Nie Wan is, she is still a member of the Cold Moon Immortal Palace. Logically speaking, it is impossible for her to know more about others than she does.

Seeing Lan Xiangyuan's expression, Nie Wan knew she was imagining things again, so she flicked her forehead with her finger.

"What nonsense are you thinking? I learned about part of her background through the NPC illusion. I didn't have any secret affair with her, and I wasn't impersonated."

Lan Xiangyuan thought about it and realized it made sense. They had been grinding monsters here for the past few days and hadn't left at all, so there was no possibility of impersonation.

To say that he was replaced from the very beginning... that's impossible. At this stage, unless Ye Rutan comes in person, he can't achieve such incredible results as Nie Wan.

Relieved, she quickly asked, "Then tell me, why do you believe she wouldn't harm anyone?"

"This is her dream."

Nie Wan's words once again left Lan Xiangyuan speechless.

"A dream? Is it to be a pregnant woman or to help pregnant women?"

"All."

Lan Xiangyuan gasped, never expecting that such a rational and elegant woman as Mandala would be so despondent.

"W-why?"

"On the one hand, her mother passed away when she was young, and the obsession stemmed from missing her mother; on the other hand... she and her husband had been trying to conceive for many years, but due to genetic incompatibility, they kept having miscarriages, which was very harmful to their health, but it also strengthened this obsession."

Lan Xiangyuan began to doubt Nie Wan again—did she really know so much detail by finding out from the NPC illusion?

But the level of detail that Nie Wan knew far exceeded Lan Xiangyuan's imagination.

"Later, when she turned forty, she could no longer conceive, so she and her husband underwent tubal ligation and planned to adopt a child. As a result, something rather dramatic happened."

Lan Xiangyuan raised her hand to stop Nie Wan from continuing.

"Stop talking, let me guess. Could this dramatic thing be that her husband had a child with someone else behind her back?"

Nie Wan nodded.

Lan Xiangyuan was exasperated: "That sister seems quite smart, how could she have been fooled by a scumbag!"

She knew that if something like this happened, there was a 80% chance the man would cheat on her!

In any case, when it comes to having children, all they need to do is contribute sperm; they don't have to go through the hardship of trying to conceive like their wives do.

Lan Xiangyuan felt she could now understand why Mandala had joined the Nameless Land.

"Could she have turned evil on the spot after finding out about this, and sacrificed the scumbag, the mistress, and the child?"

"No, I just got rid of my husband. As for the mother and child, before the game started, she was always sending money in her husband's name."

"This..." Lan Xiangyuan really didn't know whether Mandala was ruthless or soft-hearted, and she felt complicated.

"So you're trying to tell me that if she can tolerate a mistress and her child, she wouldn't harm someone else's child?"

"That's roughly the idea," Nie Wan said. "Datura's integrity in this regard should be trustworthy."

Lan Xiangyuan felt she was convinced, but still had many concerns: "But what if she makes a move on the child's father during this process? Especially if he's a scoundrel who reminds her of her husband."

"For someone like that, it wouldn't be a pity if he died."

"That's not how it works! You're not going to do your paramount duty anymore! You still need to preserve your fighting force!"

Nie Wan readily agreed: "You're right, we still need to be on guard. I'll go find the eighteen clan leaders to boost my reputation and honor points, and then exchange that for an opportunity to create a divine oracle item. I'll have them turn the Immortal Pillow into a divine oracle item, and that should be able to suppress the Mandala."

"You want to upgrade the Immortal Pillow into a divine prop?" Lan Xiangyuan was greatly surprised.

When Nie Wan created the Struggle Tower last time, she spent all the Spirit Clan reputation and honor points she had gained after becoming the leader of the Spirit Clan, and all she got in return was an exquisite divine oracle item.

Now, to upgrade a magical artifact into a divine artifact, the resulting prestige and reputation would undoubtedly be astronomical.

"Won't grinding reputation quests interfere with what you're doing other things?"

Nie Wan said, "There's nothing else to do right now, just leveling up and grinding reputation won't affect anything."

Lan Xiangyuan said, "If you're working so hard because you think I value this matter so much and this is the only way to resolve it quickly, then I don't think you need to work so hard. I'm not in a hurry. Sister Chengzi said that most people in their group don't want to have the baby right away. They're so busy right now, having a baby would just be adding to the chaos. If it weren't for the fact that society has suddenly returned to normal, many people would want to abort their babies when they're still a few months along."