423: Chapter 423 Then Let's Keep Planting

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Passenger Yeying has successfully become pregnant! ]

[ Reward: survival points + 200,000, blessing points + 1,000 ]

[ Newborn talent locked as "Shadow", Dark attribute affinity increased, Cultivation speed increased in environments rich in Dark energy, stealth ability enhanced. ]

Qin Lin looked at the words on the panel, a feeling he couldn't describe welling up in his heart.

Yeying was pregnant.

He closed the panel, walked out of the Bridge, and came to Yeying's room.

She was sitting by the window, looking at the dark red sky outside, her hand resting on her stomach: "Did you know?"

Qin Lin walked over and sat down beside her: "Yes. The System notified me."

Yeying looked down at her stomach: "So fast."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Are you happy?"

Yeying raised her head to look at him, a kind of light in her dark red eyes: "Happy. The Demon Race population is sparse; being able to have a child is a great blessing."

Other Demon Race women also successively established a Bond with Qin Lin; their bodies were each different.

Some had lower body temperatures, like Yeying; some had higher body temperatures, like hot springs gushing from deep underground; some had skin smooth as a mirror, and some were as rough as stone.

Qin Lin was always careful each time, but the bodies of the Demon Race were tougher than humans.

Ling Xi's guidance remained precise: "Her wings are very sensitive; you can touch them more often, as this helps establish a deeper connection... Her horns will heat up slightly when she is relaxed; you can use this to judge her state... Her breathing rhythm will change with the frequency of interaction; when her breathing is synchronized with yours, it means the energy exchange has reached an optimal state."

The women on The Ark were also slowly changing their attitudes towards the Demon Race.

Han Yurou often drank tea with Yeying. Yeying spoke very slowly, but every word carried weight: "Are your ears real? The Yao Race also has ears, but yours are different."

Yeying touched her own pointed ears: "Our ears are innate, meant for hearing sounds clearly in the underground world."

Han Yurou nodded: "So that's how it is."

Liu Ruyan and Chiyan often Cultivated together; their energy attributes complemented each other. Chiyan was Fire, and Yeying was Dark.

Chiyan said: "The power of the Demon Race is different from the Yao Race, but both are very powerful."

Yeying said: "The power of the Yao Race is very pure; we can also learn from each other."

Su Han and Xuan Shuang's Ice Spirit Root also had a new companion. There was also an ice-attribute Cultivator among the Demon Race named Hanshuang.

Hanshuang's hair was ice-blue, her pupils were silver-white, and her body temperature was even lower than Su Han's and Xuan Shuang's.

When the three sat together drinking tea, the temperature of the entire living room would drop by several degrees, but none of them minded.

The Yao Race children on The Ark were full of curiosity about the Demon Race.

Qin An squatted in front of Yeying, looking at her horns: "Your horns are different from deer antlers; your horns are curved."

Yeying looked down at him: "Because I am Demon Race."

Qin An thought for a while: "Then will your child also have horns?"

Yeying was silent for a moment: "Yes. If he has horns, will you be afraid?"

Qin An shook his head: "Not afraid, horns look very good."

The corners of Yeying's mouth curled up slightly.

Bai Yu also leaned over, looking at Yeying's silver-white hair: "Your hair is white, so pretty."

Yeying looked at her white tail: "Your tail is also very pretty."

Bai Yu wagged her tail: "Thank you."

Yeying also smiled slightly.

The pregnancy speed of the Demon Race women was slightly slower than the Yao Race, but much faster than humans.

Ling Xi said this was a physiological characteristic of the Demon Race; their gestation period was slightly longer than the Yao Race, but shorter than humans.

Qin Lin shuttled between the rooms of the Demon Race women every day, establishing a Bond with them, waiting for them to conceive.

As time passed, the System notification sound rang out again.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Passenger Hanshuang has successfully become pregnant! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Passenger Shadow has successfully become pregnant! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Passenger Youyue has successfully become pregnant! ]

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! Passenger Xuetong has successfully become pregnant! ]

Every day brought new good news, and the Demon Race women confirmed their pregnancies one after another.

Qin Lin looked at the numbers on the panel, feeling that The Ark was becoming stronger and stronger.

Yeying's belly had already slightly bulged; when she walked, she would subconsciously support her belly.

Once, she met Qin Lin in the corridor: "Qin Lin, the child moved."

Qin Lin walked over, placed his hand on her belly, and felt a small life inside moving gently: "He is really moving."

Yeying looked at him: "He really likes your scent."

Qin Lin looked at her: "How do you know?"

Yeying thought for a while: "I can feel it. The Demon Race has a keener perception of life than humans. When he moves, his aura and your aura are synchronized."

One night, Qin Lin was looking at the star map in the Bridge. Ling Xi walked in: "Qin Lin, the number of children on The Ark is already quite large. I can feel the energy field becoming more and more stable."

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

Ling Xi sat down beside him: "When the Demon Race world was eroded by rift energy, I was sleeping, but I could feel some fragments. The manifestation of rift energy in the worlds of different races is different. In the human world, it manifested as extreme climate; in the Yao Race world, it manifested as the dissipation of Spiritual Qi; in the Demon Race world, it manifested as Dark attribute corrosion. But the root cause is the same: the cycle of cosmic energy is changing."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Then when this cycle ends, will everything return to normal?"

Ling Xi thought for a while: "Yes. But it will take time. One cosmic cycle ends, and another cosmic cycle begins. The rifts will close, and the world will experience Rebirth."

Qin Lin was silent for a while: "Then what we are doing now, is it meaningful?"

Ling Xi looked at him: "It is meaningful. Because you are preserving the seeds of civilization. When the new cosmic cycle begins, these seeds will sprout, and new civilizations will grow."

Qin Lin looked at her: "Then we are the people who plant the seeds."

Ling Xi nodded: "Yes."

Qin Lin leaned back in his chair: "Then keep planting."

The dark red sky outside the window slowly faded under the lights of The Ark, and distant stars flickered with faint light in the darkness.

The Ark sailed through the Universe, fully loaded with new hope and new life.

Ling Xi stood by the window, looking into the distance: "Qin Lin, there is another world ahead."

Qin Lin walked to her side: "What world?"

Ling Xi turned her head to look at him: "A world full of light."

Qin Lin looked at her: "A world of light?"

Ling Xi nodded: "Yes, that world is inhabited by the Light Race."

Qin Lin was silent for a while: "The Light Race, what would they look like?"

Ling Xi looked at him: "They are different from everyone we have encountered so far."

Qin Lin smiled: "Then we shall go and see."

The Ark's thrusters lit up again, flying towards that world full of light.

Outside the window was a brand new starry sky, and ahead was a journey yet to be stepped upon.

Qin Lin stood by the window, behind him was The Ark, the lights, and more and more new life.