The "totem core" of modern mecha ball games is not a technological imitation, but a sealed "divine fragment" excavated from ancient Mayan ruins. Each game unintentionally completes an ancient sacrificial ritual - the winner's mecha will absorb the loser's "life energy" (shown as post-game fatigue and decline in status), and this energy will be funneled into a waking existence underground through the global league network. Cheng Mo's father was not murdered that year, but after discovering the truth, he actively allowed himself to be swallowed by the sealed core to delay the god's complete awakening. Now, that existence is about to break free, and Cheng Mo is the only "living key" who inherits his father's bloodline and can resonate with it.
