Chapter Two: One Line of Code, One Miracle

[First causal verification complete.] [Host permission acquired: invoke Life Compilation once.] [Next upgrade: 10,000 real adoptions; 100 independent contributors.] [Reality modification creates causal debt, payable by divinity or host.] Lin's smile vanished. “Payable how?” The System did not answer. Noise erupted outside. DeepVault's lawyers, regulators, and reporters arrived together. Before the cameras, Chen Mo displayed an assessment claiming Firefly's core code came from MysticDome. He accused Lin of stealing trade secrets and causing the hospital incident. Online opinion reversed within minutes. UNEMPLOYED ENGINEER'S REVENGE. UNAUTHORIZED HUMAN EXPERIMENT. OPEN-SOURCE TERRORISM.