419: Chapter 419 Desire and Despair

Qin Lin sat on the Bridge, holding the white time crystal stone in his hand.

The crystal stone gleamed with a gentle luster under the lights; it no longer glowed as it once did, but it remained warm, as if a tiny heart were beating inside.

Ling Xi sat beside him, quietly waiting for him to digest what she had just said.

"So, my Rebirth was all because of you?" Qin Lin finally spoke.

Although Ling Xi had already confirmed it, Qin Lin asked again in excitement; this was, after all, a life-saving grace.

Ling Xi nodded: "Yes, I needed someone to complete the task of having many children to help with my Recovery, and you were the one I chose."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Why me?"

Ling Xi thought for a moment: "Because after the apocalypse arrived, you had a very strong desire to survive and extreme despair."

Qin Lin was silent for a moment: "Then if I had given up, would you have chosen someone else?"

Ling Xi looked at him: "Yes."

Qin Lin held the time crystal stone in his palm, feeling its warm touch: "So you let me have a Rebirth, let me drive on the road, let me meet Su Yuran, Su Yuling, Han Qing, Han Yurou... was everything arranged by you?"

Ling Xi shook her head: "It wasn't arranged by me; I just gave you a chance to start over. Who you meet and who you are with are all your own choices. I only gave you some hints and tasks through the System when you needed them."

Ling Xi looked at him, explaining patiently: "The tasks were also set by me because my Recovery requires the energy of new life. Each time a child is born, I can absorb a bit of life echo and recover a little. The more children you have, the faster I recover."

Qin Lin leaned back in his chair: "So, actually from the beginning, your goal was to have me produce children?"

Ling Xi looked at him: "Yes, of course, I am helping you, and I am also helping myself."

Qin Lin looked at her, silent for a long time.

Then he smiled: "Alright, although it's a bit sudden, at least I know the truth now."

Ling Xi looked at him: "Are you not angry that I forced these tasks on you?"

Qin Lin thought for a moment: "Why would I be angry? I'm too grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I would have died on the first day of the apocalypse. It was you who gave me a Rebirth, gave me everything I have now, and the experiences with so many women."

The corners of Ling Xi's mouth curled up: "That's good."

Qin Lin stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the starry sky outside: "Then how is your Recovery going now?"

Ling Xi stood up and walked beside him: "Much better than before."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Then can you remember more about the catastrophe now?"

Ling Xi was silent for a moment: "I remember some fragments. The Universe energy cycle shifts, and the rifts are the result of energy overflowing, just like water overflowing when full; the previous Universe epoch ended the same way."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Then can we stop it?"

Ling Xi looked at him: "We cannot stop it, but we can avoid it. The energy of the rifts will dissipate on its own. As long as we don't stay in the path of its expansion, we will be fine. The Ark can take us away."

Qin Lin nodded.

Days passed by one by one.

The newly arrived Yao Race women began to successively establish a Bond with Qin Lin. Ling Xi's guidance became more and more precise, almost hitting the best timing every time.

The System notification sound rang every few days, each time bringing new good news.

Qin Lin met Chieftain Qing Yao in the hallway. Her belly was already slightly bulging, and she held her waist with one hand while walking: "Qin Lin, I can feel the child."

Qin Lin looked at her: "So fast?"

Chieftain Qing Yao nodded: "The gestation period of the Yao Race is short; maybe in a while, it will be born."

Qin Lin reached out and placed his hand on her belly: "Then you should rest well."

Chieftain Qing Yao smiled: "I know."

Ling Xi's memory was recovering day by day.

One night, she said to Qin Lin on the Bridge: "I remembered some things about the previous Universe epoch."

Qin Lin looked at her: "What things?"

Ling Xi looked at the starry sky outside the window: "When that Universe was about to end, many people tried to escape; some succeeded, some failed. The Ark Origin was one of the most successful works at that time. It carried a portion of the sparks of civilization, crossed the boundary of the Universe, and came to this Universe."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Then you also came from the previous Universe epoch?"

Ling Xi nodded: "I carried the time crystal stone, crossed the boundary of the Universe, and slept in this Universe for a long time, until you activated it."

Qin Lin was silent for a moment: "Anything else?"

Qin Lin was like a student now, intensely asking his teacher for knowledge; he was simply too curious about these things.

He hadn't thought about it before, only living, but now the situation was special, and he was a person with curiosity.

Ling Xi thought for a moment: "I am like fragments, like a shattered painting, slowly being pieced together."

...

The Ark continued to sail in the galaxy.

Qin Lin shuttled between different rooms every day, establishing a Bond with different Yao Race women, while at the same time, under Ling Xi's guidance, piecing together the truth about the catastrophe bit by bit.

One night, he went to Chief Bai Yao's room. She was sitting by the window looking at the stars. Seeing him enter, she said: "You finally came to see me again."

Qin Lin walked over and sat down beside her: "How is your body today?"

Chief Bai Yao touched her belly: "The child is very lively."

Qin Lin smiled: "Then she must be like you."

Chief Bai Yao looked at him: "You seem very busy lately."

Qin Lin nodded: "One hundred new Yao Race women have arrived, and I have to establish a Bond with them one by one."

Chief Bai Yao was silent for a moment: "Then you are too tired."

Qin Lin thought for a moment: "Although it is tiring, it is also very enjoyable."

Chief Bai Yao reached out her hand: "Then you can enjoy yourself here for a while longer."

Qin Lin looked at her and smiled: "Okay."

The next morning, the System notification sound echoed in every corner of The Ark.

[Ding! Congratulations Host! Passenger Chieftain Qing Yao has successfully become pregnant!]

[Reward: survival points + 200000, blessing points + 1000]

Qin Lin looked at the words on the panel and turned to look at Ling Xi: "Chieftain Qing Yao is also pregnant."

Ling Xi nodded: "Her energy state is very good; as expected, she is pregnant."

Qin Lin closed the panel, walked out of the Bridge, and came to Chieftain Qing Yao's room.

She was sitting by the window combing her hair.

Chieftain Qing Yao lowered her head and touched her belly: "So fast."

Qin Lin walked over and sat down beside her.

There were more and more half-Yao children on The Ark.

Bai Yu could already run, her white tail swaying behind her, like a small white flag.

She would chase after Qin An, and Qin An would turn back to wait for her, and then the two of them would laugh together.

Qin Yuan squatted in front of Qing Ya, looking at her green hair: "Your hair is getting longer and longer."

Qing Ya touched her hair: "Mom said to take good care of it."

Qin Yuan thought for a moment: "Then I want to take care of mine too."