154: seniority

Pillar of Leaders, Chen Jun Manor.

Time, like the most docile pet, flowed lazily at Chen Jun's fingertips...

A year had quietly passed since the System upgraded to level 2 and awakened the 【Multifortune】 function.

For Chen Jun, this year was nothing more than "reluctantly" accepting precious treasures from various civilizations—gifts that couldn't even fit on several planets—all of which he casually tossed into the ultra-large spatial ring that Yun Qinglan had upgraded.

But for the entire Human Federation, and especially for Chen Jun's Family, it had been a year of earth-shattering, Universe-shaking changes!

On this day, Chen Jun was sprawled out on his lounge chair, mentally flipping through the ten-thousand-page "Federation Annual Development and Family Population Briefing" that Chu Yueyao had just submitted.

He read it absentmindedly, until his gaze swept over the "New Generation Aptitude Statistics" section, and his movements paused slightly.

【This year, the Chen Clan added a total of 21,347 direct Bloodline descendants (great-great-grandchildren).】

【Aptitude Distribution: Innate Martial Body: 21,347. Innate Star Body: 0. Innate Moon Body: 0. Innate Sun Body: 0. Mortal Body: 0.】

Below the report, there was a note marked by Chu Yueyao in bold red font:

【Ancestor Chen! An unprecedented collective Innate Martial Body phenomenon has appeared among the Family's newborns! It is statistically impossible! The Academy of Sciences has intervened in the investigation and has preliminarily ruled out external interference, suspecting it is related to some unknown, powerful Bloodline blessing! This matter has been classified as the Federation's highest secret! Please decide whether to announce it to the public, Ancestor Chen!】

Looking at the uniform "Innate Martial Body" and the string of zeros following it, Chen Jun couldn't help but curve his lips into a subtle arc.

He put down the briefing and picked up a cup of billion stars resonance tea, which Li Qingshan had scrambled to offer him, and took a blissful sip.

"Hmm, the effect is not bad." He commented internally on the debut of the 【Multifortune】 function, "All uniform Innate Martial Body, it really looks neat."

He could almost imagine Mo Heng and his team of scientists scratching their heads and doubting their lives as they faced the data of these twenty thousand-plus Innate Martial Body infants...

"Sigh, the base is still too small." Chen Jun sighed with a humble-brag, "Only twenty thousand-plus, it only doubled in a year, when will I reach a trillion..."

With a thought, he brought up the system interface that only he could see:

...

【Rank】: Level 2 (Next Rank requires descendants: 1 trillion)

【Core Functions】: One-Shot Soul Penetration, Absolute Guarantee, Numerous Offspring & Multifortune (Longevity Multiplier, Multiple Benefits, Multifortune)

【Skill Points】: 0

...

"The road ahead is long and arduous, I shall lie down and search for the way." Chen Jun recited leisurely, and began to seriously consider a "serious" problem—assigning generational Ranks to his descendants.

After all, the Family population was about to expand exponentially, and without a neat generational ranking, what if the great-great-great-grandchildren... came to pay their respects?

If he, the Old Ancestor, couldn't even remember their names, wouldn't that be a loss of Face?

He summoned a virtual keyboard and began to conceive it with great seriousness.

As a Transmigrator with some traditional cultural heritage in his bones, he decided to follow the tradition of "generational characters."

"The Zhao generation is Chen Zhaojing and the others, the Yuan generation is Chen Yuanyue and that bunch of great-grandchildren..." Chen Jun stroked his chin, "There are still great-great-grandchildren, great-great-great-grandchildren... Oh, it's too complicated, I'll just Rank twenty generations!"

After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and set the generational Ranks for the next twenty generations of the Chen Clan:

Zhao, Yuan, Yan, Si, Chang;

Yong, Cheng, Fu, Ze, Chang;

An, Le, Yan, Shou, Kang;

Hao, Yu, Xing, Hui, Huang.

From the "Zhao" generation of Chen Zhaojing to the final "Huang" generation, a full twenty generations!

"Hmm, 'Zhao Yuan Yan Si Chang', spreading branches and leaves, the Family flourishes!"

"'Yong Cheng Fu Ze Chang', inheriting my blessings, lasting forever!"

"'An Le Yan Shou Kang', living in peace and happiness, long life, and good health!"

"'Hao Yu Xing Hui Huang', the ultimate goal, awe-inspiring throughout the Universe, the star sea shining brilliantly! Perfect!"

Chen Jun looked at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction, feeling that he had laid a solid "cultural foundation" for the thousands of generations of the Family.

"Next, I will just steadily wait for the 'Yan' generation, 'Si' generation... all the way to the little brats of the 'Huang' generation, to stack the System Rank for me!" He thought blissfully, "By then, I'll set the 【Multifortune】 guarantee directly to Innate Sun Body! Hehe..."

He could already see that in the future, the baby carriages of the old Chen Clan wouldn't be holding babies, but walking, future Star Arm Level, Galaxy Level seeds!

The image was too beautiful; he couldn't help but take another sip of tea to calm his shock.

...

Just as Chen Jun was secretly pleased with his "long-term plan," the Federation's top brass had completely exploded because of the birth of these twenty thousand-plus Innate Martial Body infants!

The Federation Academy of Sciences, top-secret conference room.

Mo Heng stood in front of a huge holographic projection. On it was the energy spectrum of the twenty thousand-plus infants, all with uniform Innate Martial Body fluctuations, as neat as if they had been copy-pasted!

He pushed up his glasses, his voice carrying a hint of the excitement and trembling of a scientist facing the unknown: "Everyone, the data does not lie! A full 21,347 newborns, without exception, are all Innate Martial Body! What does this mean?"

He looked around at all the Federation high-level officials present: Shi Yue, Li Qingshan, Chu Yueyao, and even the several Stellar-level Experts generals who had just returned from a "friendly visit" were present.

"This means that our Ancestor Chen's Chen Clan Bloodline is undergoing a type of directional, collective leap that we cannot understand!" Mo Heng said excitedly, "After excluding all known variables, the only common point is that they all flow with the blood of Ancestor Chen!"

"It is Ancestor Chen!" Shi Yue slapped his thigh hard, making the conference room buzz, "It must be that Ancestor Chen has grasped some kind of great power that we cannot understand! Blessing his descendants! Causing the Aptitude of his descendants to collectively improve!"

Li Qingshan held his sword, his eyes sharp: "In this way, the cornerstone of our Federation's high-end combat power will be stronger than ever! As long as these children do not die prematurely, their future minimum will be Planetary Level Peak! There is even a great possibility of breaking through to Stellar Level!"

Chu Yueyao took a deep breath, trying to calm her excitement: "This means that in the next few decades to a hundred years, the Federation will usher in an explosive growth of Stellar-level Experts! Our civilization Rank might be able to use this, once the children grow up, to quickly digest all the technology of a Level 2.8 civilization! Raising the civilization Rank to 2.5 in one fell swoop... ruling the entire Cangqiong Seat!"

Shi Yue's old Face flushed with excitement, rubbing his hands, he said: "Ancestor Chen is mighty! This is a huge joyous event! We must celebrate! I will go arrange it right now, granting the highest standard of resource quotas to every newborn!"

"Not only that, Ancestor Chen does not have time to take care of so many great-great-grandchildren, so we must take the initiative to share Ancestor Chen's burdens." Mo Heng added, "We must immediately launch the 'Morning Star Project', customizing the optimal training plan for these children, from enlightenment education to resource allocation, ensuring that every one of them can grow up smoothly!"

The atmosphere in the entire conference room was fervent, everyone saw the bright future of the Federation, and their awe and gratitude toward Ancestor Chen reached its peak.

However, this was just the beginning...

The power of the 【Multifortune】 function went far beyond this!

As time passed, those great-granddaughters-in-law and great-great-granddaughters-in-law who were pregnant with the "Yan" generation children began to enter the embryo maturation period one after another.

They were surprised to find that the feeling of pregnancy this time was completely different from before!

Their bodies seemed to be wrapped in a gentle yet majestic energy, and not only was there no discomfort, but they actually felt energetic, and their Cultivate speed multiplied!

Even some of their own hidden injuries and old chronic illnesses were nourished and repaired unconsciously!

"Reverse-Feed! This is the Innate Nurturing Feedback brought about by the fetus's excessively high Innate Aptitude!" All the pregnant women were incredibly excited.

What did this mean?

It meant that these daughters-in-law of other surnames would find it natural to break through to Planetary Level during pregnancy, thanks to the nourishing Reverse-Feed!

It meant that the mother's status would rise with her child!

With so many great-granddaughters-in-law and great-great-granddaughters-in-law pregnant, the news could not be hidden from the Federation's top brass at all!

The news spread, causing a sensation once again!

This meant that as long as one became a daughter-in-law of the Chen Clan, even if one's own Aptitude was mediocre, one could obtain great benefits during the pregnancy process!

For a time, the younger generation of the Federation's high-level officials considered marrying into the Chen Clan to be the highest honor!

The saying "Marrying a Chen Clan member is equivalent to getting life insurance and an Aptitude-boosting buff for yourself" spread like wildfire.

The marriage market for the Chen Clan's descendants completely became a seller's market, with an intimidatingly high threshold, but countless people still broke their heads trying to get in.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

When the first batch of over 20,000 "Yan" generation Innate Martial Body infants were successfully born and showed amazing growth speed, everyone was already numb.

Immediately after, the second batch, the third batch... more and more Innate Martial Body infants were born!

The number of newborns in the Chen Clan grew larger and larger like a snowball!

And their Aptitude started at a uniform Innate Martial Body!

There were even two "surprises" who were born as Innate Star Body because both parents had extremely high Aptitudes, triggering the "choose the higher, not the lower" principle!

The Federation's top brass went from initial shock and ecstasy, to getting used to it, and finally... to being completely numb!

Mo Heng's Academy of Sciences had given up on researching this phenomenon and instead devoted all their energy to how to efficiently Cultivate these "mass-produced" geniuses.

Shi Yue's military began to plan future legion formations in advance—the "Innate Legion" composed entirely of Chen Clan descendants; just thinking about it made one's blood boil!

Chu Yueyao's government was busy allocating massive resources to ensure that every Chen Clan infant could receive the best cultivation, while also dealing with even crazier "tributes" and marriage requests from various affiliated civilizations.

Li Qingshan and Zhou Zhenshan still remained on the front line of "serving Ancestor Chen," but the awe in their eyes had long since gone deep into their marrow.

The entire Federation was like a super machine that had been wound up, operating efficiently and fanatically around Chen Jun and his Family.

And at the center of all this storm, Chen Jun himself was still living his immovable "Lying Down to Win" life.

...

On this day, Chen Jun rarely felt interested, and accompanied by Yun Qinglan, he went on a "secret inspection" to one of the Family's nursery centers.

This nursery center occupied the size of an entire artificial planet, with a beautiful environment and top-tier facilities, specifically used to take care of the Chen Clan's newborns.

Chen Jun disguised himself as an ordinary inspection official, walking around with his hands behind his back.

Then, he saw a scene that made even him, an immortal being, twitch the corner of his mouth—

On the huge open-air activity field, tens of thousands of baby carriages were neatly arranged.

These little bean-sized babies, only a few months old, were all exquisitely carved like jade, their eyes unnaturally bright.

Some were babbling and waving their little fists, and the wind from their fists actually faintly created air vortices!

Some were "staring" at each other, their Mental Energy fields colliding, sparking tiny electric sparks!

Others were even more outrageous; two little babies, in order to fight over a pacifier that looked like it had a particularly strong energy reaction, actually started low-altitude hovering and chasing without a teacher!

Although they were flying crookedly, it was indeed flight! It was those two Innate Star Body babies of the Yan generation.

The nursing robots nearby were busy running around, not busy feeding or changing diapers, but busy calming down the small energy storms that these little ancestors had accidentally created.

Or stopping them from using their newly grown baby teeth to chew on the alloy railings—they could really leave tooth marks!

A Stellar-level Experts physician, who seemed to be the person in charge, was roaring into the communicator:

"What?! The energy stabilization device in Zone 3 is overloaded again?! This is the latest model that was just replaced! Quickly allocate backup equipment! Also, tell logistics, next time we purchase cribs, the standard must be raised to be able to withstand War God Level primary attacks! Yes! You heard me right! It's a crib!"

Chen Jun: "..."

Yun Qinglan was still as cold and clear as ever, but a hint of extremely faint... helplessness? seemed to flash in her eyes.

Chen Jun silently withdrew from the nursery center...

"Good heavens..." He complained internally, "Did I give birth to a nest of little supermen? This isn't raising children, this is clearly free-ranging a planet of humanoid walking nukes!"

Returning to the manor, Chen Jun slumped into his lounge chair again, already starting to think about how to use the next skill point.

"Hmm, 【Multifortune】 now guarantees Innate Martial Body, which is enough for now. After all, if the Aptitude is too high, not only will the pregnancy probability be greatly reduced, but the pregnancy cycle time will also become longer, which will instead affect the efficiency of childbearing and slow down the System upgrade." He stroked his chin, analyzing rationally.

"【Longevity Multiplier】? Not needed for now, I'm already an immortal species."

"【Multiple Benefits】? This is for the late game, no rush."

"So, the answer is still—opening blind boxes!"

"For the next skill point, it's still more cost-effective to open a new function. Let's see what other surprises I can open up."

Chen Jun was full of anticipation for opening a new function.

After all, the surprise of 【Multifortune】 was already big enough, and he was very curious about what new tricks the System could come up with.

"That's it, it's happily decided! Next skill point, continue opening blind boxes!" Chen Jun slapped his thigh, feeling that the future was bright, and the road to Lying Down to Win was becoming wider and smoother.

He comfortably picked up a newly developed "Black Hole Chocolate," which lets you experience a momentary feeling of weightlessness, and tossed it into his mouth.

"Hmm, the taste is not bad, it's just that this feeling of weightlessness... is a bit like taking a cheap interstellar flight."

After finishing the chocolate, Chen Jun entered the virtual universe...

He was busy developing a single-player game called "Ancestor Simulator" in the virtual universe.

The game content was very simple: the player plays as the founding ancestor of a large Family, and the goal is to reproduce as many descendants as possible, increasing the Family's strength and prestige.

"Hmm, this 'One-Shot Soul Penetration' skill is set to 100% hit rate, very reasonable."

"'Resource acquisition' mainly relies on descendants' tribute and external tribute, which is also very realistic."

"'Family Crisis'? Set it to zero! I have to deal with crises while playing a game? Wouldn't that be like going to work?"

...

Chen Jun was debugging the game parameters with great interest, striving to restore the most authentic "Lying Down to Win Ancestor" experience.

As he played, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He knew that the gears of the Family had already started roaring, and the path of the System's upgrade had already been paved.

He only needed to quietly lie there, watch, and wait...

Waiting for those trillions of trillions... of descendants to spread his Bloodline and glory to every corner of the known Universe.

Until invincibility and eternity!