Three ways of giving birth and moving forward in this world
For Lin Fuxia, his family had changed drastically after just one week away. People had become much more mature, and many things at home had changed. He had once been at the top of the hierarchy, but now he had fallen far behind.
The animals she raised had all grown much more mature. The big bird had grown several sizes larger. The little lion beast, on the other hand, was still as goofy as ever.
For her own safety, Lin Fuxia did not show up for the time being, but went out with the old people in the guild to fight monsters and level up, otherwise she would be too useless now.
Of course, when she went out to fight monsters, she did not forget to bring Li Yan and the other two with her. The big cat waved his hand and gave the three of them player panels as well. Level zero players were more fragile than tofu.
"For the past seven years, billions of people have been fighting monsters. Ordinary monsters have been killed to near extinction. Now the forest area has been greatly reduced, and the monsters usually stay in the depths of the forest and rarely come out."
Lihe, who took Lin Fuxia to fight monsters, introduced to her the changes over the years.
"Players are generally quite high-level now, and Warcraft has been eliminated, leaving only high-level monsters. Leveling up now mainly depends on completing quests. In comparison, the natives haven't changed much." Li He shrugged. "Not really. The natives have become more cautious. A few years ago, they complained that we players were taking up their living space, and even started trouble to exclude us. Now, most of them keep their tails between their legs when they see players, or desperately try to please them."
This is also foreseeable. Players can upgrade, but it is impossible for the indigenous people to achieve the ascension of the entire race in just seven years. It is inevitable that they will be left far behind.
Fortunately, the warning left by the big cat was still useful. The warning was originally to prevent the indigenous people from causing trouble, but later it became a rule for players not to bully the indigenous people. Anyone who wanted to do something excessive had to consider the consequences.
So these seven years have been generally peaceful.
Lin Fuxia thought that now that the big cat was back, it would be even less likely for anything to happen in the future.
Sure enough, a few days later, the entire continent was shaking. Although there was no black dragon appearing from the sky this time, everyone knew in their hearts that the ancestral god of this continent had returned.
As a result, some people who were ready to make a move became quiet.
The indigenous people all went to worship their ancestral gods, hoping that they would grant them the same super powers as those otherworldly people.
The players also gathered together silently, ready to make collective suggestions to the ancestor god, hoping that the ancestor god could give them grace.
However, since it was the first time for everyone to do something superstitious like this together, everyone was still a little hesitant.
Lin Fuxia also quickly found out what this big move was.
Lin Fuxia: "Pray for a child?"
She was very surprised.
You are praying for a child from a cat, no, a dragon?
Then something occurred to her and she asked, "Has there been no newborns since the immigration?"
Chuanhe, who was sitting in front of her, nodded with a solemn expression. "Yes, let alone a newborn, there wasn't even a pregnancy report. Everyone just realized that maybe we didn't activate the childbearing module after we immigrated here."
When playing games, we don’t care about whether we have children or not, but now we are living in this real world. Without children, after this generation dies, the players will be extinct. Isn’t this scary?
Lin Fuxia thought, this is really a big deal, and it is indeed something only the big cat can solve.
So, when the big cat sneaked over again at night, she stopped him from sneaking into the bed, took out a lighting prop, put it on the table, and looked at him seriously.
Big Cat coughed and said, "Everything was fine before, wasn't it? Why don't you let me get in bed again?"
Is he angry again?
He thought about it, then turned into a big white cat and rubbed against her in a flattering manner.
Lin Fuxia's mouth twitched. It was like this again. Whenever she gave him a cold face, he would use this trick. She knew that she couldn't continue to be cold to him when he looked like a cat.
The first time he ran to her bed to sleep, he turned into a cat first, and then suddenly turned into a human in the middle of the night. When he woke up on the first day, he found a man lying next to him, and he almost kicked him off.
Lin Fuxia pulled him away by the hair on the back of his neck, then grabbed his cheeks with both hands, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Change back first. I have something very serious to tell you."
Big Cat: "It's okay, just say it."
He was worried that he had offended her again, but at least she couldn't bear to get angry at this cat-like look.
Lin Fuxia really couldn't keep a cold face to this adorable cat-head, so she sighed and said to him, "It's about having a baby."
"Ah, you want to have a baby with me? Yes, yes!"
Lin Fuxia sneered.
Big Cat immediately shut up and pretended to understand, saying, "You mean, you players want to have children? I've heard a lot of players talking about this in groups these past few days. That's no problem. I can enable the pet module."
Lin Fuxia frowned: "Pet module?"
The big cat yawned and shamelessly nestled into her arms. Seeing that she didn't stop him, he automatically found a comfortable position and said, "It can be called a pet module or a childbearing module. It's just a name. I just wanted to ask you what you think."
Lin Fuxia: "Hmm? Is there anything else going on?"
"That's right. There are mainly several kinds of voices now."
The big cat stretched out a paw.
"The first and loudest voice is the hope that the fertility of men and women can be restored to the same level as before immigration."
Lin Fuxia: Isn’t this what everyone wants?
The big cat stretched out its second paw: "The second voice is that some women think this is all a game, so why should women still be required to give birth to children as before?"
Lin Fuxia: ...
Ah, this, somehow makes some sense.
Yes, this is all in the game, there are player panels and all kinds of amazing abilities, so fertility also goes against common sense. Is there any problem with that?
The big cat extended its third paw. "The third voice asks, 'Why do you have to incubate a child yourself? Wouldn't it be better to do it through the player panel? It's like raising a World of Warcraft egg. There's a clear incubation progress bar on the panel, and you can get various materials to feed the egg. When the time is up, the egg breaks and the baby is born.'"
Lin Fuxia's mouth twitched, and he subconsciously hugged the cat, who was almost lying on his back, to prevent him from falling. He objected directly, "How can this be possible? If getting a child is as easy as getting a monster cub, who would still treasure a child? It will also cause all kinds of ethical problems."
The big cat took the opportunity to bury himself in Lin Fuxia's arms: "That's right, if this aspect is to change, it will be a huge and subversive change, so I want to see your final choice."
As he spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, and then he began to snore and fell asleep.
How could Lin Fuxia not know that he was pretending to sleep? He was worried that she would kick him out.
But she wasn't that pretentious. Since she was going to be tied to him in the future, it was only a matter of time before they slept in the same bed.
To be honest, whether he is in cat form or human form, he is very pleasing to the eye and very comfortable to hug.
Sometimes people suddenly turn into cats, and cats suddenly turn into people. It's a bit exciting.
Hold the big white cat, lie down, cover yourself with the quilt, and go to sleep!
In the middle of the night, the cat really turned into a living person. Lin Fuxia went from sleeping with the cat's arms around him to being hugged by the cat while sleeping. He was woken up by the heat and kicked the cat away.
…
Next, players across the continent were shrouded in the issue of "having children."
Because an option [How do you want to have children] appears directly on the player panel
Option 1: Traditional model: Just like before immigration, a man and a woman get married, and the woman gives birth.
Option 2: Equality model: Both men and women can give birth
Option 3: Incubation mode: Let new life come into being by incubating eggs
Everyone was arguing about this, and almost everyone was talking about it.
Older people are completely unable to accept any model other than the traditional one.
Hiraizumiists hope to solve the gender differences from the root and encourage people everywhere to support the reproduction of both men and women.
Those who do not want to get married and do not want to go through the pain of childbirth happily choose option three.
Of course, option three has come under considerable criticism, primarily over ethical concerns.
Anyway, the number of votes for each option is increasing rapidly, even people who don't like children at all come to join in the fun.
Lin Fuxia just watched the fun. She didn't want a child, so this was just a fun thing for her.
Whether I stay in the guild or go somewhere else, I can hear everyone's lively discussions, which is quite enjoyable.
After a week, the discussion gradually died down and everyone had almost made their own choices. The majority of people chose option one. However, it was useless for these people to choose this option because most of the people who chose this option were men.
If the women don't want this method, the men won't be able to find anyone to have children with them.
Some men, after seeing the voting results, smugly said something like the minority obeys the majority, and that being unorthodox means going down a path to the end and it will never come true, and then they were thrown rotten eggs by some bad-tempered women.
Those who chose options two and three are also worried that the minority will ultimately obey the majority, and they are very concerned.
In Lihe's words, "A woman finally has this chance to change her destiny, won't it be ruined by those stupid men?"
Anyway, she now dislikes all the men in the guild.
After hearing her complain, Lin Fuxia asked, "Which one did you choose?"
Lihe said: "The second one."
Lin Fuxia was a little surprised: "Didn't you say you didn't want to get married? I thought you would choose the third one."
"I don't want to get married, but I also want a child. If it's option three, hatching a child from an egg, I'm always worried that I won't have deep feelings for him. This child, after ten months of pregnancy, can only have the deepest feelings, right? And with option two, marriage isn't a must. I can even borrow sperm from him!"
Lin Fuxia: "Then option one doesn't affect you either, right?"
"How can it not have an impact? I don't want to see so many women trapped by childbearing, family, and motherhood in a few years. I also don't want to hear men say that having children is a woman's birthright and that not having them is selfish. It's disgusting! The ability to bear children shouldn't be a shackle. If it is a shackle, then everyone should wear it to be fair."
Lin Fuxia smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
When Big Cat came over in the evening, Lin Fuxia asked him which one he had finally decided to choose.
Big Cat was confused: "Didn't everyone make their own choices?"
Lin Fuxia was even more confused: "Huh?"
Big Cat: "Whichever option you choose will determine how you will give birth in the future!"
Lin Fuxia: “…”
She looked at him oddly.
Big Cat: "Don't you think so?"
Lin Fuxia: "...Everyone thought this was a voting process, and that one of these three methods would be chosen as the final solution."
The expression on the handsome new face that Big Cat had sculpted for himself was very puzzling: "Why would you think that? I'm so open-minded, I must let everyone make their own choices. After all, I'm not the one giving birth to the child."
Lin Fuxia pinched his face amusedly: "Are you doing this on purpose? Eighty percent of those who choose the traditional model are men. 280%, 60% of them will have no descendants."
Big Cat let her pinch his face and snorted, "Isn't it annoying to hear those men talking these days? A lot of people say that women shouldn't be allowed to get ahead of others, that morals are declining and women are lawless, and some even say that we should defend men's power and status."
He sneered, "Power and status! My beloved little believers are all women, how dare they hate women? If you're annoying me, I'll split them into a few more genders and see what they're still talking about!"
Lin Fuxia burst out laughing, thinking that such a big cat was extremely cute.
She held him and rubbed him: "What a tender face, is it the pink little brother style today?"
Big Cat: "Do you like it, sister?"
Lin Fuxia narrowed his eyes.
You are a guy who is thousands of years old, or even older than that. How can you have the nerve to call me sister?
No, where did you learn this?
She sighed, "Don't do anything extreme. Many people made their choices randomly this time. We still need to be cautious about things like this."
The big cat thought about it and nodded.
So the next day, amid people's eager anticipation and nervousness, the "voting" results came out.
Then everyone's eyes popped out of their eyes.
The first step is to inform everyone that from now on they will give birth to offspring using the method of their choice.
People were dumbfounded.
Isn't this about voting to choose a model?
Some are happy and some are sad.
"I just thought it was fun. I chose option three. Does that mean... I'll have to hatch eggs to give birth from now on? Isn't that a bit hasty?"
"What? After all this time, we can still have a child of both sexes. Then what's the point of us going through so much trouble to unite the majority of male compatriots to choose one?"
"Oh shit! It's over! There are only so many women to choose from. How can I still get a wife?"
After great shock, regret and resentment, people were greeted with the second piece of news.
The game said that since many people were not very cautious when making choices, they were given a chance to modify their options, and modifying the options required: 1. 100,000 gold coins, 2. 10,000 kilograms of food.
Seeing this condition, those who wanted to change their options became desperate.
Because of the dense population, wages for workers are very low now. Many jobs only require providing three meals a day, because if you don't want to do it, there are many people willing to do it.
So it’s very difficult to make money now. 100,000 gold coins are not enough even if you sell them!
This is like dangling a carrot in front of them that they can never bite!
Of course, for those who entered the game earlier, 100,000 gold coins is not that high. After all, most of those who entered the game early are now big guys and tycoons.
Before everyone had digested this news, the third notification arrived.
The third notice is actually an explanation.
Option 1: Traditional mode: A man and a woman get together, the woman gives birth, and the child is a natural person. There is no player panel, no player abilities, and no nine-life limit. Everything is the same as the indigenous people.
Option 2: Equal Mode: Both men and women can have children. The process of childbirth is still male-male (or male-female), but you can choose who will have the child. The child is also a natural person, without a player panel or abilities. However, the offspring born this way can be of either sex.
Option 3, Egg Hatching Mode: Bring new life into being by hatching eggs. When the player level reaches 100, you can start hatching eggs on the player panel.
If it is an asexual method, the offspring obtained will only have the player's own genes and have pure bloodline. If it is a sexual method, the offspring obtained will have genes from both parties.
During the incubation process, materials can be fed and the incubation environment can be optimized to optimize the quality of offspring.
However, at the moment a new life is born, the player's panel is automatically divided into two for the offspring, the player's own attributes are halved in all aspects (except the number of lives), and the offspring's future upper limit is also half of the parent's (exceptions may apply if there are special opportunities).
When this explanation came out, people fell silent.
Options one and two result in natural human beings, completely stripping away their player attributes. Option three's offspring will still be players, but this cap is halved, meaning each generation will be inferior to the previous one. However, a "special opportunity" means that there are still endless possibilities.
The three models will eventually give rise to three types of offspring and three types of populations.
He is just like everyone else.
Both men and women can give birth.
It is still better to retain some of the player's characteristics and continue to retain the possibility of having super powers.
This time, those who chose option one really felt a little regretful. It turns out that option two also allows you to choose whether the child is born by a man or a woman. For option one, that is like having an extra way out. It is not so unorthodox at all, but rather full of mediocrity.
And more people are salivating over the benefits of option three.
This is a path that will allow your descendants to become extraordinary!
Of course, the disadvantage is also huge. It will reduce the attributes of the parents by half in all aspects. For the first generation of parents, it is equivalent to that when others are still at the maximum level, they drop to level 50 in order to have children, and it is impossible to upgrade again. This is an extremely dangerous thing.
In short, each has its advantages and disadvantages.
However, Lin Fuxia discovered that many people in the guild, including many familiar people around him, were ready to choose option three, including Li He.
"It can improve your offspring! It can make them have only your genes!"
Li He laughed. "No need for a donor, no need to have someone else's genes inflicted on my child. It's my own child, isn't it amazing? As a player, if you have this kind of advanced technology and don't use it, you're wasting your player status!"
As for the attribute reduction by half, you don't need a child right now. You can have another one after you have had enough fun. With the support of the guild, you don't have to worry about being bullied after the attribute reduction by half.
It feels so good to have a strong backer!
Obviously, almost all the big bosses in the game have the same idea, including Li Yan and the other two. They also have the same idea because they can rely on Lin Fuxia.
Anyway, the egg-hatching mode does not affect your union with the person you like, and it also allows your offspring to have genes from both parties, so there is no impact in this regard.
On the contrary, as Lihe said, having such convenience but not using it, and instead still following the ordinary reproductive pattern, watching their offspring become mediocre at the same time as everyone else, this is a huge loss and waste, which the big guys cannot accept.
In the evening, the big cat came over again and asked Lin Fuxia excitedly, "Which mode do you want to choose?"
Lin Fuxia said: "No, I don't like children." It would be better to raise a few more cats than to raise children.
However, with this big cat, it is impossible to raise a few more cats.
That is to say, he doesn't appear during the day now, so she can touch and hug Xiao Qiangzi. Oh, Xiao Qiangzi has grown up a lot now.
Thinking of this, she asked, "What do you do during the day?"
The big cat yawned. "At first, it was to merge with the dragon body and fully recover. Later, it was for the purpose of having children. Opening a passage for having children is very tiring."
He looked pitifully and asked for a hug. Lin Fuxia smiled and opened her arms. He hugged her with a look of surprise, bent his slender body, put his head on her shoulder, and tilted his head to show a triumphant smile.
I secretly took out a booklet. Well, the saying that a strong woman is afraid of a clinging man is indeed true. After clinging for a while, didn’t I finally get the man?
…
In the next few years, many newborns were born every year. Of course, these were mainly born through options one and two. Those who chose option three had not taken much action yet.
So these newborns are ordinary people, without any characteristics of players, but without the restriction of nine lives, they are just ordinary people.
The lives and existence of the vast majority of people have completely settled down in the game world, on this road.
More than ten years passed like this, the first group of children gradually grew up, and the players began to slowly grow old. Many people even died one after another because their nine lives gradually ran out.
On this day, Lin Fuxia was visiting animals in a zoo.
I don't know how the big cat did it, but it copied all the animals from the original world B'. Now they are multiplying very well, especially some rare species, which have greatly enriched the species diversity of this world. Even many indigenous people like to visit the zoo.
Lin Fuxia was feeding the alpaca a cabbage, and the big cat standing next to her suddenly hummed.
Lin Fuxia looked at him: "What's wrong?"
The big cat looked up and said, "We are separating from the outside world."
Lin Fuxia paused: "Is the docking window over?"
"Yes." The big cat half hugged her, "We are slowly leaving the outside world. I guess World A is also completely shutting down the simulator. Do you want to go out and take a look? I'll carry you on my back."
Lin Fuxia rolled her eyes at him.
Ever since he completely merged with his dragon body and no longer needed to stay at the bottom of the abyss and could transform into a dragon anytime and anywhere, he has been very keen on carrying her around. I have never seen anyone who likes being a mount so much.
However, that afternoon, Lin Fuxia was annoyed by his pestering and fulfilled his little wish.
She sat on his head and let him carry her around.
She saw that the lonely world B' outside had almost completely fallen into darkness. The entire planet had turned into an ice ball and was falling apart step by step.
She also saw that the world was moving away from each other step by step, and continued to move forward and continue her journey.
He also saw that the Western Continent of this world had become as prosperous as the Eastern Continent. The black fog had largely disappeared, and there were modern cities on the Western Continent. Several of the cities were known as cities that never sleep. Even at night, the lights were still bright, the people were bustling, and it was extremely lively.
She also saw that the abyss that divided the Eastern Continent into two was no longer so turbid, but had regained its clarity, like a white silk thread stretching between the two continents.
On the Eastern Continent, the forests remained lush and green, monsters roamed leisurely through the forests, and players streamed in and out of dungeons hidden in invisible spaces. Players and the indigenous people toiled diligently on vast expanses of farmland.
There is an island floating in the air, that is the Sky Garden. Now the levels of the Sky Garden have been opened to more than ten levels.
Lin Fuxia sat on the dragon head, and the black dragon under him soared among the clouds, and the people below could not see them.
Suddenly, Lin Fuxia saw a group of people flying around in a city on flying birds.
Lin Fuxia laughed. That was a film and television city, and those people were filming. Hey, the person holding a loudspeaker and jumping below seemed to be Wen Qian.
After this guy was brought back from World A, he went crazy for a few years, but later he became normal and started creating film and television works.
Several revenge-themed mad literature films have been made, and in each of them, there is a villain named Lin, who is out to avenge the fact that she once threw him into World A.
Lin Fuxia didn't do anything after knowing this. Instead, he was quite happy and even looked forward to Wen Kari's next work.
The days are too long, so we have to find some fun.
After watching for a while, she patted the dragon head under her. Because she didn't want to appear too different from her in size, the black dragon was not very huge now. There was only enough space for Lin Fuxia to sit on its head. The scales seemed relatively soft and felt good to the touch.
Feeling her pat, the black dragon turned around and carried her forward to see the next scenery.
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