CH 15

Editor: LotusEater

The next day was another sunny day. 

In the large courtyard, the butler directed the servants back and forth in tending to the lush green flower bed.

One of the planet’s most precious resources was clean, drinkable water.

A rusty red atmosphere surrounded the planet. The clouds were full of violent cosmic storm particles, accompanied by extremely strong radiation.

Whenever it rained, the whole planet became incredibly dangerous – especially when more than eighty-five percent of the planet’s inhabitants were sub-females. 

Not as strong as the females and not as protected as the males, they could only huddle as best they could under the humble roofs of their houses, a shelter of broken iron and wood that could hardly be called a “home”.

The falling rainwater would pollute the water sources and contaminate the earth. If you drank that contaminated water for over an extended period of time, your body would quickly become sick. And once a patient had radiation sickness, their lifespan would enter a countdown.

If you wanted to live well, you had to have money for clean water.

The price of 100mls of water was ten union coins.

An adult sub-female needed about 1000mls of water a day, so that was a hundred union coins just for a day’s worth of water.

A hundred union coins might not even be enough for a meal on the Imperial Star, but here, it was almost the entire payment for a day of hard work for the average sub-female.

Therefore, certain jobs like those in hospitals – that not only paid high salaries but also included food and accommodation – was a career that countless sub-females fought hard to get.

Unfortunately, such slightly decent jobs had thousands of sub-females fighting for them, and even strong females. The thousands of sub-females that lost could only watch helplessly as their physical condition weakened day by day. 

—For rich males, however, that was not within consideration.

Under the bright sunshine; within white marble fountains; clear water spurted high into the air, lapping out white foam that resembled beautiful pearls as it fell.

The water mist stirred in the air and reflected a small and beautiful rainbow.

Such precious water was used for fountains here. 

The main character that was so arrogant, extravagant, and lascivious was naturally the green-eyed male zerg, who was now sitting in a certain place within the courtyard with a melancholic look.

He reached out, sadly scooping a handful of water from the fountain.

[If life deceives you, do not be sad, nor be anxious.

Calmness is needed on blue days.] 

The system, at some point, switched to a clear child’s voice that was sweeter than spring water. Those that heard it would feel as if they were living in a holy cathedral, where the choir’s holy children sang heavenly songs that healed every broken heart.

[Believe it, happy days will come.]

Ah—

Crystal tears dripped from the corners of Lu Mo’s eyes as he confessed, “Maybe I shouldn’t have listened to your nonsense in the first place. 

“If I hadn’t listened to your nonsense, I wouldn’t have come to this hellish place; if I hadn’t come to this hellish place, I wouldn’t have owed so much conscience debt; if I didn’t owe so much conscience debt—”

The system interrupted slyly, [Then you would now be a clean corpse, not a living person full of evil.]

Lu Mo: “……” 

[Well, at least we got something out of it.] The system comforted him, [Even though some of your scum value was deducted, you got three hundred million union coins and– it even came with an Imperial Star residence permit!]

Lu Mo buried his face deep into his hands and hunched his shoulders.

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It was an unprecedented ecstasy.

If he were to describe it, it was like sitting in front of an ATM machine, with piles of money constantly spewing out, and all he had to do was open his pockets to make it all his.

The feeling was so beautiful that Lu Mo had lost himself in the jingling sound. 

When he hit Song Jianshu, he was confident, inflated, and arrogant. He simply didn’t know his own name.

Now, seeing the bottoming scum value, the remorse; the pain; and the weakness made him almost want to punch yesterday’s self in the face.

After the live broadcast was released, the expected national condemnation did not come, instead it was the heartfelt departure of almost all his scum value.

[Crap, so handsome! So bold, I like it!] 

[Yeah, yeah! Not to mention, I like stronger males in the first place. I was afraid to say that before ……]

[As soon as he smiles, I nearly orgasm!]

Three hundred million union coins couldn’t soothe Lu Mo’s heart.

It was like playing a game, where sitting on countless gold coins in the game didn’t change the fact that he was still a poor man outside the game. 

The only good thing was that even if the scum value had decreased, it hadn’t disappeared, and the rewards that had been issued wouldn’t be withdrawn.

Lu Mo remembered that yesterday he had obtained a Level 2 reward package issued by the system. When he closed his eyes, he found a package floating in his spiritual sea,  emitting a glowing purple light.

He was about to open the package when he heard a rustle not far away, like the sound of a small animal passing through the grass.

But the thing was, he wasn’t in some wildlife park. He was in his own home. 

Lu Mo stood up and walked quietly around the flower bed. He stretched out his hand to push away the branches blocking his view. In a quiet corner, a small black figure lay by the fountain, burying its head in the fountain and taking a big gulp.

Lu Mo: “…..”

Wait, is it really okay to drink like that?

Rooted deep in Lu Mo’s soul, his ancient, Chinese nature roared madly— 

You should never drink water unless it is boiled!

Taking three steps forward, he strode over and lifted the child up, saying in a stern voice, “How did you get in here!”

The child looked to be only five or six years old, wearing a tattered hooded robe. His dark skin glowed beautifully in the sunlight. He was lifted by the back of his neck by Lu Mo. His limbs hung limply in the air, but his eyes were wide open, staring straight at Lu Mo in horror.

Lu Mo was a little surprised. The child had a pair of silver eyes, and it made him think of creatures called dark elves. 

But he was in the world of the zerg; there could be no dark elves. The child was probably just of some rare zerg bloodline.

His face was smeared with oddly colored oil, Lu Mo felt that……

It was almost as if some primitive tribe of zergs had crossed over; it looked so out of place.

“Talk! Are you mute!” 

The male zerg’s cold, green eyes were burning with grim fury. His posture was every bit nobility— the arrogance that had long permeated him due to the superiority of his upbringing.

The child, even if he was clueless, understood that the male was looking at himself no differently than he would a mole.

He secretly drank the holy water. He had thought to only drink a sip at most— even if it was just a small lick, but as soon as he had tasted the sweet liquid, he couldn’t control himself.

Wuu.. 

According to the rules of the tribe, one would have to be killed—stabbed through the stomach with a wooden stick and left to die out in the sun for three days!

It had been so hard for him to escape, and now to die….

Fear and trepidation poured into his heart, and the child struggled to hold it back.

His female father was the bravest warrior in the tribe, how could he, as his child, shed tears over mere death? 

He took a deep breath and, following the example of the warriors, declared gallantly, “Sir, I will not fear death; treat me as you would a true warrior!”

Lu Mo: “…..”

In fact, if you drink raw water, you won’t actually die.….Pft.

The child’s eyes were red, and tears had started to well up in them. He widened his eyes to keep them from falling. He was trying so hard that even his round face was puffed up like a little black cat. 

Lu Mo couldn’t hold it in anymore. He resisted the urge to rub the child’s face, and instead threw the child to the ground.

The kid fell on his buttocks solidly, but it didn’t look like it hurt at all. He tilted his neck and looked at Lu Mo dumbfoundedly, “Sir, although I haven’t metamorphosed yet, I’m already a proud warrior—”

“Ahem.”

The haughty male curled his left hand unnaturally, placing it to the side of his face to block the corner of his mouth, and coughed softly. 

“Get out of here.” He waved impatiently at the child with his other hand, “Where is this uncultured wild child from, this is not a place you can just enter as you please.”

He spoke in an elegant manner that the child had never seen before, and it made the child’s psyche develop a point of respect.

Although the Mr. Male looked weak, he must have been stronger than the warriors of the tribe.

He twisted his fingers nervously around the corners of his coat and stammered, “Then, then, I will not disturb sir’s purity any longer, and salute you with the first ripe sheaf of wheat in autumn!” 

After saying that, he clumsily performed an odd ritual towards Lu Mo before slowly retreating to the fence.

Surrounding Lu Mo’s estate was a ring of iron fencing made of fine steel, tough as nails. Lu Mo looked at the child curiously, only to watch him press against the fence and somehow smoothly squeeze through the extremely narrow gap with his arms and legs tucked in.

Lu Mo：=口=！

What a cat!! 

“Wait a minute.”

The child deviated from his pace and asked respectfully, “Do you have any further instructions?”

The male picked up the leather pouch on the ground. The small cloth bag was very exquisite and was painted with rough but interesting designs. He threw it hard, and the leather pouch flew over the iron fence.

The little warrior of the tribe bounced twice, showing a liveliness unbecoming of him, before he took the little pouch in his arms. 

The male said impatiently, “Take your junk away.”

The child’s mouth grew wide open and stared at him in disbelief.

Not only had Mr. Male nobly spared him after he stole holy water, but he even had the mercy to allow him to take some away!!!

Feeling the bulging water in his pouch— It was the holy water he had salvaged earlier in his greed. 

He bowed deeply to Lu Mo: “May Mother Goddess bless you, sir. You are so generous.”

[Ding, scum value has been deducted by one.]

[I hope you understand that this was not because I only wanted to deduct one point from you, but because you only have one point left.]

Lu Mo: …… 

The family, which was already not well off, was even worse off now QAQ.

…….

That evening, after dinner.

The butler sat down and said to Lu Mo, “Young master, I think it’s time to talk to you about children.”

Such a thing was supposed to be taught by the male parent, but because of Lu Mo’s special situation, the butler took on the responsibility.

He peered at Lu Mo with eyes full of emotion, aware that the time had come for the young master to consider an heir. 

“It is the duty of the male zerg to procreate. How many females do you think a male should have, Young Master?”

Lu Mo coldly said, “One.”

Ling, who had been smoothly arranging the tableware to the side, paused a moment and then returned to his original state, only with his ears slightly reddened.

“……” The butler took a deep breath, “And do you want only one heir?” 

“Who said that?” Lu Mo raised his eyebrow: “I want to have a hundred.”

The butler said helplessly, “Then you can’t just marry one.”

“Hmm.”

Lu Mo raised his chin. “A hundred, all born from Ling.” 

“Ka La—”

The dinner fork in Ling’s hand slipped and made a harsh sound.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully making even the system feel like scum. Scum value plus one.]

Lu Mo’s mood finally got better, and he stood up proudly and left. 

“Ling, you’ll never get away from me in this life.”

……..

Ling stood in the kitchen with a stiff back. He stood motionless for a long time, until there were no longer any sounds made in the living room.

He slowly covered his face, his ears so red they nearly dripped blood.

Give birth to..

Give birth to a hundred??