Chapter 162: Pregnant (Exclusive Published on Jinjiang Literature City)
The holographic equipment greatly frightened and shocked the young people, to the point that they were less resistant to the arduous snow-shoveling work.
When he got home after a long day, he was still excitedly telling his family about the amazing holographic training equipment.
So much so that the next day, apart from the able-bodied, most of the villagers came to the training room, filling the not-so-large two-person safe house to the brim.
“Lu Xuan, your training equipment sounds really interesting. Can we try it out?” Su Ying boldly asked.
Wu Yinyin, Li Yue, Liu Yu and other young women also looked expectant.
Miao Jinfeng, Aunt Chen, and other older women had already heard their sons describe how frightening the holographic device was. They were curious, but had no intention of experiencing it themselves.
Lu Xuan said indifferently, "As long as you're not afraid of being scared, you can."
“If you all dare to go, what are we afraid of? It’s all fake anyway,” Wu Yinyin laughed.
Wu Cheng and his son Wu Yang secretly shook their heads at their daughter/sister's audacity.
Other women who were interested in experiencing it also stepped forward.
There weren't many people, only eight in total.
The experience was the same as yesterday, and the difficulty level was the same as yesterday's for the young adults, except that the animals were changed, leaving only wolves and wild boars.
Training begins.
The other elderly women who weren't involved were still in an uproar when they saw the screen, even though they had already heard the procedures from their younger relatives.
"Oh my god! They really are inside!"
"Wolves! There are wolves!"
"Oh my god, that's terrifying!" Some of the more timid women saw a wolf pounce on the women and immediately closed their eyes in fright.
There was no dramatic turn of events; all the women were forcibly removed immediately without exception.
When they took off their glasses, their little faces were all deathly pale.
Hearing about it and experiencing it firsthand are two completely different things, and the eight people were clearly quite frightened.
Zhang Chengming, Wu Yang, and the others shook their heads, having anticipated this outcome.
Now you know what fear is, huh?
That was something that scared all of them so much that they didn't dare to go through it a second time. Could they really handle it just because they were there for the fun of it?
Of course, things are different now than they were yesterday.
They are not the same people they were yesterday!
Believing they already had experience, and with a night of mental preparation and rehearsals boosting their confidence, the young men took the glasses, heads held high, and declared: "Step back, let us give you a demonstration!"
"They're just wolves and wild boars. I'm sure I can easily take them down with my superpowers this time!"
Viewers in the live stream clicked their tongues in amazement: "[He was clearly terrified yesterday, how come he's shaking again so quickly?]"
Is he trying to show off in front of the women?
[Hey streamer! Let's teach them a lesson they won't forget! Let them know that fame doesn't come easily!]
Lu Xuan did not respond, but then added the tigers, leopards, bears and other ferocious beasts back to the camp, increasing the gravity and adding strong winds and heavy rain.
So, the confident and highly motivated young men, once they entered training mode, were either pressed to the ground by the sudden increase in gravity or nearly blown away by the strong winds.
Or they might be caught off guard by a wild beast attacking from the city, drenched in the process, and be forcibly removed before they can react.
The ladies, who had expected to see some exciting demonstration: ? ? ?
That's it??
Is this meant to serve as a negative example for them?
Su Ying, who was unhappy because of her poor performance, didn't say anything, but just chuckled softly in a voice that everyone could hear.
Wu Yinyin whispered to Ye Ping beside her, "They're not much better off than us."
The young men's faces flushed red, their expressions embarrassed and awkward, their gazes towards Lu Xuan filled with resentment.
They've lost so much face in front of their wives/sisters/younger sisters/mothers, how are they going to brag about it when they get back!
Don't they have any pride?!
Lu Xuan scoffed: If you're bad, practice more. How dare a noob like you care about saving face?
The young men understood Lu Xuan's meaning from his eyes, and felt even more aggrieved.
Of course they'll train hard!
Isn't this because it's a rare occasion for the women in the family to come over, and I want to show off my powerful and formidable side a little?
To everyone's surprise, Lu Xuan was completely uncooperative.
The young men, noticing their wives' disgusted expressions, looked utterly dejected.
"Forget it, stop thinking about nonsense."
Zhang Chengming wiped his face. "If you're going to train, train properly. Improving your strength in a real way is the most important thing."
The others understood this as well and quickly rallied.
That's right, train hard, and one day even if Lu Xuan deliberately makes things difficult for them, they will be able to take down those beasts and show off their skills!
Next, the young and strong became single-minded, forgetting their relatives and other villagers who were still watching, and began to focus on how to make good use of their superpowers in the training mode.
Lu Xuan didn't continue to deliberately make things difficult for them. He let those with non-offensive superpowers choose their weapons, since the intelligent system would automatically adjust other interfering factors under the same level of danger.
As ability users begin to improve, the number of ferocious beasts they encounter will gradually increase from one to two, and offensive ability users may even face two beasts from the very beginning.
This also meant that even though the young and strong men had regained their strength, they still couldn't avenge their previous defeat and were still tormented to the point of near death.
The women watched with great interest, and the audience was equally delighted, causing the live stream data to soar.
While the others were training, Lu Xuan also let the women try out the mecha tutorial.
It's okay if we don't have enough holographic glasses.
The device store didn't have unlocked the purchase permission, but the glasses were universal and had already been unlocked, so Lu Xuan bought dozens more pairs.
The universal version of the device supports up to 100 people online at the same time, so it's no problem to let all the women try it out at once.
However, the older women were not very interested in these fighting and killing activities and all shook their heads and refused, so in the end only the younger women were tested.
The test results showed that the number of women who could board the mechs was half that of the men, with only five women.
They are Wei Xiang, Wu Yinyin, Wei Qiaoqiao, Su Ying, and Wen Cui, a new bride who brought her younger brother to the village.
The five women knew nothing about mechs, but they weren't afraid of losing face or having the chance to use them in the future. As long as they could master another skill, especially one that many men couldn't learn, they were willing to practice!
Falling down? Like a turtle that's been flipped over and can't get up?
Whatever!
They may fall down today, they may fall down tomorrow, but one day they will learn to stand up, walk, run and jump.
The viewers in the live stream were quite moved as they watched the women diligently learning how to operate the mecha.
Who says that women in ancient times were all ignorant and lacked ambition? Weren't they much better than men?
[This ignorance is also instilled by ancient feudal ideas. In terms of willpower, they are stronger than many men. As long as they are willing to try, they may not do worse than men.]
Lu Xuan also admired their spirit and even took the initiative to connect to their built-in voice devices to give them some tips he had summarized in the past two days.
Just as the two were engrossed in teaching and learning, someone in the live stream suddenly caught Lu Xuan's attention by showering him with gifts.
[Hey streamer, look at the control panel! Someone's doing something crazy!!]
Lu Xuan looked back and found that there was indeed an anomaly among the dozens of split screens.
The mutated plants, which shouldn't have appeared in the lowest difficulty level, covered the entire screen.
In the middle was a small, helpless, pitiful person with a terrified face, jumping up and down trying to escape, but was whipped by the omnipresent vines, spinning and leaping in the air, screaming with his eyes closed.
"Ah! So many vampire vines!"
"It doesn't look quite like a vampire vine, does it?"
"The trees, the branches are moving! They're all moving, those plants are actually alive!"
The villagers watching were terrified and gasped in shock, especially Su Ying, whose eyes were fixed on her man.
Xiong Mao was whipped several times by the vines. In his panic, he conjured earth spikes to try and break the vines, but they couldn't even scratch their bark.
Finally, he was sucked into the heart of a giant man-eating flower, which was over five meters in diameter and filled with acid and sharp teeth, and was eaten alive on the spot.
Everyone: "!!!!"
Lu Xuan opened the split-screen settings details and saw that the danger level was 10 and the authenticity was 100%.
Lu Xuan: "...?"
How could someone be so reckless?
He was confident he wouldn't get hurt if he drove with 100% realism, but what about Xiong Mao?
"Ouch, that hurts so much—!"
Xiong Mao screamed in terror as he took off his glasses, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. His fierce face was filled with unprecedented panic and horror.
The 100% realism is no different from being swallowed by a real man-eating plant; the pain of being corroded by the venom is real.
Even if he withdrew, the experience of his flesh being corroded would not disappear; instead, it would leave a deep shadow in Xiong Mao's mind, as if he had truly experienced it firsthand.
"Ah Xuan, what's wrong with Xiong Mao? Is there something wrong with your equipment?"
Xiong Mao's experience was clearly different from that of the others, which made Li Tie and the other villagers nervous.
Lu Xuan briefly explained the reason to them, and they relaxed. Then, they put away their sympathy and looked at Xiong Mao with only speechlessness in their eyes.
Li Tie said angrily, "You can't even handle the most dangerous situations, yet you dare to challenge something more difficult? Do you really think you're so great?"
The other women shook their heads in agreement, saying, "It's important for people to know their own limitations. Xiong Mao is being far too arrogant."
"It's so realistic, it's like he was really eaten. I could even see Xiong Mao's skin being corroded and ulcerated. Ouch... I can't even imagine how painful it must have been."
Su Ying, who was just about to exit the tutorial and take a break, was both angry and heartbroken after hearing the whole story.
Forget about saving face for Xiong Mao in public, she pointed at his nose and launched into a tirade of abuse.
Still immersed in fear, Xiong Mao reflexively said nice things to coax people, temporarily forgetting the pain he had just experienced.
Learning from Xiong Mao's experience, Lu Xuan simply adjusted the danger level to the highest setting of 5 and the pain level to a maximum of 50%, and then locked both of these functions.
No one but him can be changed.
Never underestimate humanity's passion and interest in courting death, regardless of the era.
With insurance secured, the training of the young and strong finally got back on track.
Lu Xuan designed different training programs for them every day.
Today's training mainly focuses on practical combat skills, including weapons and superpowers. Tomorrow, we will specialize in gravity training, and the day after tomorrow, we will conduct extreme survival training under natural disasters.
The daily consumption of the holographic equipment by dozens of people is not small, and Lu Xuan certainly wouldn't be a sucker. After calculating the energy consumption, he went directly to the village chief for reimbursement.
Li Tie: "..."
·
The Li family.
Miao Jinfeng, who had just finished harvesting the first batch of mushrooms since the beginning of winter, cleaned the dirt off the mushrooms with salt water while muttering, "Are those two brats still in the training room?"
Wu Yinyin, who was helping out, nodded: "We'll go after lunch."
Miao Jinfeng complained, "Before we had holographic equipment, we only practiced for a morning. Why are we going to practice in the afternoon now too?"
Li Yue laughed and said, "I guess they just started using the holographic equipment and are still enjoying it."
Miao Jinfeng frowned, "But you can't just hang around in the training room all day."
Wu Yinyin only goes to practice mecha in the morning and goes home to help in the afternoon. Her two sons are not as sensible as her daughter-in-law.
Miao Jinfeng wasn't against seeing her son be ambitious and want to become stronger; the key was, while you train, don't let it interfere with your serious business.
Since these kids started using the holographic equipment, they haven't shoveled snow for two days.
Isn't it said that crops won't grow well or even wither and die if they don't see sunlight?
What, you think you have too much stock at home and aren't planning to harvest the new grain?
Are we just fed up with life?
Improving one's strength is for a better life; what they're doing now is putting the cart before the horse.
Miao Jinfeng felt increasingly uneasy and decided she had to talk to the head of the household.
Miao Jinfeng threw down the mushrooms she was holding and went inside. A short while later, she came out and asked her daughter and daughter-in-law, "Where's your father? Why isn't he here?"
Li Yue said, "Father went to the Lu family not long ago, saying he wanted to discuss some business."
...
The Lu family living room.
Li Tie looked at Lu Xuan, who was using his time-manipulation ability to catalyze a box of persimmons, with a puzzled expression.
"I asked Li Tuo and the others, and they said you said we don't need to shovel the snow yet? What were you thinking? Won't it affect the harvest?"
Lu Xuan said, "It won't have any impact. The reason for the two-day break is that there wasn't enough snow piled up before."
Li Tie was stunned. "Isn't that enough? The roof of the greenhouse is almost half a meter thick with it."
Lu Xuan was surprised, "It's already this thick? Then it's about time to scan it."
Li Tie was speechless.
Why wait until it's so thick to sweep? Doesn't that take more effort? What's the point?
Li Tie looked helpless. "It'll be dark in less than an hour. If we start sweeping now, are we going to be busy until midnight?"
Lu Xuan shook his head and said, "No need, we can finish before dark."
Li Tie: "???" How is that possible?
Outside the greenhouse.
Zhang Chengming used an extended shovel to cut and scrape the snow on the roof, while Wu Yang used another extended horizontal shovel to scrape down to the highest point of the roof, then scraped from left to right along the top to the end.
Finally, the two of them simultaneously tapped the edge of the house with the back of their tools facing away from each other.
The snow on the roof trembled slightly, then, to the astonishment of the others, it slammed heavily into a row of large plastic crates placed below, creating a cloud of snow mist.
Li Tie's mouth gaped open as he exclaimed excitedly, "How... how did you do that?!"
Just two people, with just a few cuts and slashes, and all the snow on the roof fell down!?
Even though it's only snow on one side, it won't take much time or effort to shake the snow off the other side in the same way!
Lu Xuan said, "I did it just like that, you saw it yourself."
This is the most cost-effective manual snow removal method found by the viewer who offered to help.
You only need the two tools that Zhang Chengming and Wu Yang used. For the steps of vertical and horizontal cutting, you can refer to the process of cutting a cake.
The snow, which was originally stuck to the roof due to ice at the bottom, is separated from the roof. Then, with slight vibration, the snow slides off automatically using the original slope of the roof, eliminating the need for manual sweeping.
This method requires almost no technical skill.
The reason why neither Lu Xuan nor anyone in the village thought of it was because they lacked experience.
Yunlu Village is located in the north, but not far enough north. It has never had much snow in previous winters, so there is no need for it to be snowed. Naturally, there is no need to rack one's brains to figure out how to save effort in snow removal.
Lu Xuan never had to worry about shoveling snow before or after the apocalypse. When he shoveled snow a couple of days ago, he didn't see any large chunks of snow falling from the roof.
With the simple and convenient snow removal method x, the hunting team and the guard team, totaling more than forty young men, each responsible for a five-acre area, just as Lu Xuan had told Li Tie before, all the snow on the rooftops was shaken off before dark.
Even the last bit of snow didn't require a wind-type ability user. Lu Xuan found a large, powerful hair dryer in the store and blew it all over the roof with great force, cleaning it up thoroughly.
From now on, shoveling snow will no longer require spending half a day every day and getting exhausted.
Cleaning every three days is enough!
Li Tie couldn't help but say happily, "Great! With so many convenient ways to clear snow, the able-bodied men in the village will be able to relax a bit and have some free time to do other things."
Li Jing and Li Tuo had lost their appetites from shoveling snow a few days ago, and as their father, he couldn't help but feel sorry for them.
The young and strong men were so excited when they learned that they would no longer have to shovel snow every day that they cheered for a long time.
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The Lu family.
Lu Qing ate the freshly made python jerky with relish and exclaimed in amazement, "I didn't expect python jerky to be so delicious. It's just as good as beef jerky."
Lu Xuan and Lei Yan, who were also tasting the dried meat, nodded in agreement.
It's really good.
The meat is firm and chewy, but it doesn't have the obvious muscle fibers of beef jerky. It's easy to get stuck in your teeth if you eat too much, but the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.
Because of the layer of honey applied, whether it's five-spice, spicy, or original flavor, it all has a sweet, fruity honey taste, making the flavor particularly rich.
Lu Qing couldn't resist eating several of them, until her mouth was dry.
She casually grabbed a cup of hot milk tea from her spatial storage, took the first sip, and suddenly frowned, quickly put the cup down, turned her head, and gagged.
"vomit--"
"What's wrong?" Lei Yan was startled when he saw this.
Lu Qing patted her chest and frowned, saying, "I don't know, it's just that the milk tea suddenly smells fishy..."
Lei Yan paused for a moment, picked up the teacup and smelled it. "Could the milk tea have gone bad?"
Lu Qing chuckled and said, "The space can keep things fresh, how could they spoil?"
Viewers who were focused on eating jerky initially found this scene rather strange, but some quick-thinking viewers guessed what it meant.
Lu Xuan also had his own guesses.
He took out a salted fish and waved it in front of Lu Qing.
Lu Qing looked completely bewildered. The strong fishy smell of the salted fish made her expression change, and she rushed to the kitchen, vomiting violently. "Ugh—"
Lei Yan was so frightened that he quickly followed.
"Why such a strong reaction? I've never had this reaction before when I smelled salted fish. Why this time—" The voice suddenly stopped.
A moment later, when the couple returned to the living room, they both looked somewhat nervous.
“Ah Xuan, I…” Lu Qing looked at Lu Xuan with a panicked expression.
Lu Xuan didn't say anything, but simply took out the treatment device and examined Lu Qing.
After a moment, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, it's good news."
Lu Qing: "!!!"
Lei Yan: "!!!"
Live stream viewers: [Wow! It really happened! Congratulations!]
The Lu family is about to have another member.
I wonder if the baby will look like the streamer.
They say nephews resemble their uncles, so maybe they really do.
Speaking of which, superpowers have a certain probability of being inherited. Is it possible that Lu Qing is carrying a second clone-type superpowered individual?
【！！！】
Lu Xuan: "..." The little thing's heartbeat has only just appeared, and you guys are already thinking far ahead.
Upon hearing the good news, Lu Qing was momentarily dazed.
The overwhelming surprise left her a little dazed, her mind still racing. No wonder she'd been sleeping more than usual these past two days; she'd thought it was just the usual laziness of hibernating people, but it turned out it was because...she was pregnant?
Yes, you have a child?
"I'm going to be a dad!?" Lei Yan reacted faster than Lu Qing, excitedly picking her up and spinning her around in circles.
"Hahaha, honey, you're going to be a mother! We're having a baby!!!" You'll never have to suffer because you can't have children again!
Lu Qing jolted as he hugged her, her maternal instincts suddenly kicking in, and she cried out urgently, "Put me down! The baby! The baby is in danger!"
Upon hearing this, Lei Yan stiffened, then quickly reassured the person and carefully helped them sit down on the sofa.
Lu Xuan said, "Don't worry, babies born to people with superpowers are very healthy. Although it's still early in the pregnancy, there's no need to worry about the fetus being unstable."
The couple breathed a sigh of relief, followed by pure excitement and joy.
Especially Lu Qing, who had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of this child!
With tears welling up in her eyes, she gripped Lei Yan's hand tightly and said repeatedly, "Brother Yan, we have a child, we finally have a child."
...
Not long after, Lu Chen returned home from school and learned that his older sister was pregnant and that he was going to be an uncle. He immediately used his communicator to tell his other friends the good news.
Soon after, the women from various families, having received the news, came to offer their congratulations, bringing meat, eggs, dried fruit, and other supplies.
Ye Ping held Lu Qing's hand and congratulated her: "That's wonderful! You've always wanted a child, and now you're finally pregnant."
Zhu Qiao'er touched her belly enviously and said, "I wonder when I'll be able to have a child."
Many of the women surrounding Lu Qing shared the same thoughts, including several of the new brides.
As newcomers, they are even more eager than the original villagers to give birth to a child for their husbands' families as soon as possible so that they can firmly establish themselves in their husbands' families and not worry about losing their current good life.
Ye Ping and Ye Jing are doing well; the former has already given birth to three children for Zhang Chengming, while the latter recently gave birth and her son is still young.
Although Wu Yinyin only gave birth to Li Kangbao, she should have wanted to have more children for the Li family, but she was carefree and felt that children would come when the time was right, so there was no need to think too much about it.
Su Ying, who also only had one child, Xiong Dabao, was quite different; she wanted to have another child, or even two or three.
Their family is too small. Having more children would make it more lively, and it would also provide more labor for the family in the future, giving them more security.
She glanced at him and said, "Lu Qing was able to find out she was pregnant because of morning sickness, but just because others don't have any symptoms doesn't mean they aren't pregnant, right? Should we get checked out? Maybe we'll get some good news?"
The women who were talking paused, stunned.
The women present were all young, and upon hearing this, they were inevitably moved and looked at Lu Qing expectantly.
Lu Qing laughed and said, "Go ahead and investigate if you want. It just so happens that Ah Xuan gave me the treatment device."
Believe it or not, this investigation revealed that some of them were actually pregnant, and not just one!
Zhu Qiao'er and Ke Wei are both pregnant!
Zhu Qiao'er was completely stunned when she learned that she was also pregnant.
"I...I'm really pregnant?" Her face was full of disbelief.
Although her mother-in-law never showed any dissatisfaction with her not having children in the three years since she married into the family, she would occasionally mutter when playing with her grandson Fangyuan, "I wish I could hold a grandson someday."
Whether it was to carry on the Liu family line or because she herself wanted a child to rely on, Zhu Qiao'er desperately wanted to get pregnant and dreamed about it all the time.
She even had Lu Qing examine her with a medical device in private to confirm that there was nothing wrong with her and Liu Chun's bodies, and that their inability to conceive was simply due to their fate not being right.
But she never expected that fate was already in her womb!
Kovi was even more surprising.
She and Wei Dayong had only been married for a little over two months, and neither Wei's family nor she herself were in a hurry to have children.
Who knew that she had already been pregnant for a month.
This means that she became pregnant just one month after getting married.
That's really fast!
After their initial surprise, the others congratulated the two of them.
Su Ying, who had made the suggestion but received no good news, was as bitter as if she had been soaked in a vat of vinegar.
It's awful!
What's even more frustrating is that when you get home, you have to face Xiong Dabao, who's scratching his head again because he can't memorize the multiplication tables, and Xiong Mao, who, for some reason, is still covered in sweat and smells terrible in the training room even though he doesn't do any strenuous exercise.
Su Ying was so angry that she dragged Xiong Mao into the room by the ear.
Xiong Mao thought he was going to get scolded by his wife because of his body odor, but before he knew it, Su Ying couldn't wait to start tugging at his clothes as soon as the door closed.
"Wife, wife? It's not even dark yet!" Xiong Mao was flattered.
Su Ying was both angry and anxious. "What do you care if it's dark or not? It's not like we haven't done things in broad daylight before!"
"Lu Qing, Zhu Qiao'er, even Ke Wei are pregnant, but my belly hasn't shown any signs! No, I have to get pregnant again!"
Xiong Mao, of course, would not refuse her initiative, and simply said, "Then I'll go take a shower first, so as not to get you dirty."
Su Ying couldn't wait any longer and said impatiently, "Why wash? Just do it like this! I don't mind! It's more exciting this way!"
Xiong Mao, who was already feeling hot and bothered from being pulled around, could no longer resist when he heard this. He immediately picked her up and threw her onto the bed.
"It's just a child, don't worry, honey! We'll try our best today, and you'll be pregnant tomorrow!"
If you can't get pregnant tomorrow, just keep trying every day. You can have more than one child, let alone a whole litter!
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