81: Stele Forest

Seven days of high-intensity training had not only significantly improved Nan Zhisui's physical strength, speed, and endurance, but also turned her into a somewhat patient hunter.

She was no longer impatient to escape, but instead waited very patiently for the most suitable opportunity to flee.

However, she hadn't expected her opportunity to come so quickly.

Early the next morning, Xuan Jin did not take her to the forest swamp. Instead, he stood at the Cave entrance and said to her, "I have some business to attend to and will be out for a while, only returning in the evening. You are not allowed to leave the Cave today."

A good beast husband and Master will always provide opportunities for his apprentice Little Female to show her initiative.

For example, right now, he was providing her with the conditions to escape from him.

The little abacus in Nan Zhisui's mind began to click and clatter, but on the surface, she pretended as if nothing was wrong and said, "Okay. I understand."

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman nodded and, as usual, solemnly moved a massive stone to block the Cave entrance.

Nan Zhisui listened carefully to the sounds outside. After confirming that Xuan Jin had left, she still waited for a good while before taking the Jack out of her space again.

She found the right angle and used the Jack to pry open the giant rock. Leaving a gap wide enough for one person, she escaped through the crack to freedom.

Nan Zhisui, a tiny figure, ran through the forest. Long-term training had already made her somewhat familiar with the swampy terrain of this area.

She found a mud pit and covered her entire body with mud. After ensuring she couldn't smell her own scent, she continued to run.

Run! Get away from that bastard Stinky Snake!

This time, Nan Zhisui's escape went very smoothly. After half a day, she felt she had run nearly 20 kilometers, something she wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

Back at the Cave, when Xuan Jin returned, he was not surprised to find that the Little Female had indeed escaped.

Heh.

The game of hunting the Little Female had officially begun.

He sniffed the air, but the scent cut off at the swamp. He touched the dried mud remaining on the ground, and the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman straightened up, his expression indifferent.

She learned how to escape. The plan was more meticulous, and the movement was faster.

It seemed his Little Female was indeed very clever.

**

The girl stood atop an ancient tree to look into the distance; she was searching for the direction of the ocean.

Looking out, mountains stretched beyond mountains in the distance—a distance so vast it seemed endless.

She found the ocean!

Her eyes lit up!

After confirming the direction, just as she was about to climb down, she unexpectedly saw a large, orderly Stele Forest next to the ancient tree.

Nan Zhisui was somewhat surprised.

The Beast World's civilization was backward; they could only count up to ten.

Although she had indeed seen books depicted with pictograms, as well as totems made of giant stones or wood.

But before this, she had never seen anything like a Stele Forest.

Curiosity piqued, Nan Zhisui climbed down from the ancient tree and swung lightly on a vine to the location of the Stele Forest. Then, she saw row after row of Beast World characters on the steles.

Beast World characters were beast-shaped characters different from Earth's pictograms, and Nan Zhisui didn't recognize a single one.

Experiencing the Stele Forest culture for the first time, Nan Zhisui walked into the forest step by step with curiosity, when she suddenly saw a giant stone stele in the middle.

However, the moment Nan Zhisui saw this stele, she got goosebumps all over!

han characters!!

It was actually Chinese han characters!!!

How could there be Chinese han characters here?!

Nan Zhisui used her hand to brush away all the grass and leaves on the stele and began to read carefully.

[Hello, traveler from afar.

If you can also understand this text, I believe you and I come from the same place.

If you ever have the chance to return to our Hometown, I hope you can inform my family that I have already died in this world.

I was born on May 6, 1956. I am a Peoples Teacher from ** County, ** City, ** Province, China, Earth. My name is Qi Yingmei.]

Nan Zhisui read the words aloud as she touched them. Her muscles tightened slightly, showing her nervousness.

"China, Peoples Teacher Qi Yingmei, born in 1956."

A human from the same planet and the same country as her.

Nan Zhisui quickly looked further down.

[After I came to this world, I was bound to a System. It said its name was childbearing system 001.]

Reading this line, Nan Zhisui got another layer of goosebumps!

[It wanted me to complete childbearing tasks and have children. However, as a young woman of the new era and a married Peoples Teacher, how could I do such a thing?

I would rather die than submit.

But it was no use.

It used my life and my husband and daughter on Earth as leverage. I had no choice but to carry out the childbearing tasks.]

[The speed of childbearing in this world is different from our world. It only takes two months to conceive and give birth.

But if you take a childbearing pill, you can give birth within a day after completing the pregnancy.

I received a childbearing task every three months. After receiving a task, I would take a childbearing pill so I could give birth quickly within a day and then rest for three months.]

[After going through some ups and downs, I became partners with a family of eight brothers from the Red Fox Tribe. I told them about my situation, and they took turns having children with me. Sometimes a litter would have six or seven, and sometimes a litter would have four or five.]

[I don't know if it was because I gave birth too much, but deformed and sick children always appeared.]

[But I am a biology teacher. How could I not know that a human female only releases a few hundred eggs in her lifetime? How can a human female keep giving birth and giving birth?]

[Soon, I found that I was aging particularly fast.]

[I gritted my teeth and gave up taking the childbearing pill.]

[Do you know what happened after I gave up the childbearing pill?]

[I conceived and gave birth naturally, which also completed the childbearing tasks, though my pregnancy increased to two months. However, the children I had without taking the childbearing pill were all single births. This is the normal number for human pregnancy. And all the children were healthy! My physical condition also began to improve significantly.]

[Successor, if you encounter the same things as I did, I know you are experiencing darkness just like me. But please do not give up hope.]

[Remember, do not use the childbearing pill. Absolutely, definitely do not use the childbearing pill.]

Nan Zhisui touched the stone stele with both hands, her head buzzing.

A sense of her worldview being shattered was invading her.

She began to review her own past.

She had given birth to cubs; the five middle litters were all normal, and she had only used the childbearing pill for the first and last litters.

The first litter was because she was mentally unstable while fighting with the childbearing system and was anxious to complete the task, so she took the childbearing pill. She remembered the partner was a Bird Beastmen, possibly an eagle.

And the last litter was with Xuan Jin, which was a snake egg.

For the others, she either lost the childbearing pill or forgot to take it... In essence, she herself didn't quite believe in such a Heaven-Defying thing as the childbearing pill.

What exactly was the childbearing system? Why did it appear in this world? What was its purpose in bringing human females to this world to have children?

Nan Zhisui's head throbbed with a buzzing sound.

Li Yun, System 006.

Qi Yingmei, childbearing system 001.

And then there was her, Nan Zhisui, System 007... Suddenly receiving a large amount of information, Nan Zhisui's head ached, and she experienced very strong emotional fluctuations.

[Nan Zhisui.]

Nan Zhisui pressed her head and leaned against a large tree, already somewhat familiar with the voice in her head.

"beast god? Why are you here?" She braced herself and asked him warily, "I didn't go to the God's space this time, why can I hear you speak?"

There was a moment of silence on the other side before he answered her slowly and seriously.

[There has never been a God's space.

I'm sorry, I lied to you.]

Nan Zhisui was surprised. "Then what are you? Why are you suddenly talking to me? Have you been voyeuristically watching me as the beast god?"

The beast god's voice paused for a moment, then slowly explained: [Where you went before was actually just your consciousness space. This is only a wisp of my Divine Sense, and it is in your head. When you encounter life-or-death matters or emotional fluctuations, it is possible to activate this wisp of my Divine Sense.]

"...Your Divine Sense is in my head? What are you doing hiding in my head? Answer me!" Nan Zhisui questioned.

First the childbearing system, and now the beast god.

Each and every one of them only thought about threatening her and using her?