Chapter 309: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 310 Natural Disaster Apocalypse Cannon Fodder

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Stretching out her arms to embrace Wei Mingyu before her, Shen Yao revealed a happy smile.

"You're back."

The smile was like brilliant summer flowers in full bloom, a pair of clear, bright eyes full of spirit.

Wei Mingyu's heart softened; the hardship of several months, upon meeting Shen Yao, seemed no longer so difficult to endure.

"Mm, I'm back."

The two lowered their heads and finished speaking, opened the door and went in; to let Wei Mingyu relax properly, Shen Yao hurriedly pushed him to the bathroom to freshen up.

She took the opportunity to run to the kitchen, using the time to make a bowl of steaming hot noodle soup.

Outside, wind and rain lodging, eating and drinking were both problems; who knew how much suffering Wei Mingyu had endured along the way.

'System, you say it will be good news?' Or rather, that Wei Mingyu and the others' trip went smoothly throughout.

'Host, it is good news,' the kind of earth-shatteringly good news.

'What did you hear this time?' Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, carrying the finished noodle soup out.

The System didn't say, only that she would know in a while, 'If I told you, Host would lose the surprise.'

Surprise only counts as surprise when you suddenly learn of it while unaware.

The System clearly knew how to manipulate hearts, hiding in Shen Yao's mind hehe-laughing twice, then vanishing without a trace.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao didn't know what fit the System was throwing again; clearly, Wei Mingyu's gains this trip were not small.

Freshly showered, Wei Mingyu was clean and refreshed; Shen Yao called him to eat.

Wei Mingyu didn't stand on courtesy, smiling as he picked up his bowl and chopsticks, burying his head and eating hard.

Shen Yao sat on the chair without moving, gaze flat as she watched him.

Hm, although Wei Mingyu looked physically thinner, his mental state was extremely good; it seemed the suffering was limited, and there had been no fear for his life along the way.

"Rest assured, this time we were prepared; though we encountered many troubles, we could handle them," they even had methods they hadn't needed to use.

The Official side's preparations were quite sufficient; after all, the greatest purpose of this trip was to seek a thread of survival for the people struggling to survive.

Thinking of this, Wei Mingyu put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, picked up the paper to the side and wiped his mouth corner, "Yao Yao, we discovered a mineral vein."

Mineral vein?

What mineral?

"Iron stone, jade artifacts, or something else?" The first thing Shen Yao thought of was common ores, including but not limited to coal mines and the like.

Unexpectedly, Wei Mingyu straightforwardly shook his head; the arrival of natural disasters caught humanity off guard, general mineral products could play little role.

So if it really were coal mines or the like, it wouldn't be worth Wei Mingyu mentioning.

Shen Yao realized, "Is it a new energy source? Beneficial to the Country if utilized well?"

It must be so; just like today, Rimu City still has water and power outages, this isn't because the Official side lacks ability, entirely because under natural disasters human power cannot contend.

Wei Mingyu nodded and shook his head, "Still under research, but once a use is found, there is no harm to the Country."

Not an energy mineral, but a new kind of energy, with a certain radioactivity; used well, it will not affect human physical health.

For this mineral vein, their group spent an extra half month outside; otherwise, by the established route, they should have returned to Rimu long ago.

Together with Shen Yao, they tidied the kitchen clean, then Wei Mingyu pulled her to the study.

One spoke, one listened; Shen Yao hugged a soft pillow, her eyes shining with wonder.

She hadn't expected the outside world to be so thrilling and splendid; she had thought human civilization was nearly destroyed, and the outside would revert from the technological era to a primitive era. Turns out her imagination wasn't rich enough; she had guessed wrong.

Seeing Shen Yao liked listening to stories, Wei Mingyu simply told everything he could say.

Many things, limited by time, Wei Mingyu didn't tell in detail, but it didn't matter; just returned, he currently lacked nothing more than time.

Resting at home for a night, nurturing his spirit, Wei Mingyu found time to go see Father Wei and Mother Wei.

Wei Minzhi's matter was told to him by Shen Yao; same view as Father Wei and Mother Wei, although angry that their own sister was somewhat stupid, Zheng Cheng this person is not easy to get along with, splitting up is better.

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Because of Wei Mingyu's return, Shen Yao's mood was good these days when going to work.

"Shen Technician"

Wu Yong came over, called Shen Yao to go to a meeting; the Planting Garden had something to discuss.

Shen Yao thought of the mineral vein Wei Mingyu mentioned, "Management arranged it?"

Although Wu Yong and Management's in-law relationship no longer exists, Wu Yong's capability remains, still sitting steadily in the Group Leader position.

"What does Shen Technician know? Heard it's confidential; those going all have achievements to their name."

Wu Yong laughed and chatted a few more sentences with Shen Yao, until the two arrived at a room doorway.

Inside was a small conference room, seated with quite a few people; Shen Yao even recognized several famous Big Shots among them.

Finding an empty seat, she sat down, propping her chin, thinking what is Management up to, surely not planning to use the Planting Garden's experimental products to cause trouble.

Facts proved, when Shen Yao's brain hole opens wide, she really can cater to Management's thoughts.

Management thought exactly this; after allocating the brought-back minerals all around, the remaining ones were all sent to the Planting Garden.

Anyway, what the Planting Garden lacks least is experimental plants; what if the two combined have a miraculous effect; can't be taboo just because experimental plants ultimately go in the mouth.

The appearance of natural disasters made science become important, even letting originally normal technology fall into a huge public opinion vortex.

The most direct is the previously continuously resisted genetic technology now fully rolled out; the reason is also extremely simple: that is to spare no effort in increasing humanity's survival space.

The human body is still too weak; compared to natural disasters that can kill at any moment, what use is strengthening the body? Better to take an unconventional approach.

Just like that, the obtained minerals were divided into countless portions and scattered.

Shen Yao's side only received sporadic amounts; as for whether they are useful for the experimental fields, that depends on the final experimental results.

"Shen Technician, there are some changes in Five Number Experimental Field — the plants grow fast but don't produce seeds," the person responsible for tending them ran over to notify Shen Yao, their face anxious beyond measure.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao stood up and ran over with them to check. "Has it been reported to Management? Dig it out separately, soil and all, and send it to the Laboratory for analysis."

Shen Yao looked at the unconventional experimental plant and simply tossed it to the Laboratory to deal with the headache.

Those minerals had long since been crushed and integrated into the experimental fields; some results had already reached the large-scale planting stage early on, yet Shen Yao's side was still stuck in the experimental fields.

However, nowadays there are indeed clues, and the people responsible for tending them also breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew—

Good, good — effort rewards the dedicated. Finally, time wasn't wasted.

The responsible person reacted rapidly, afraid Shen Yao would regret it, and had already grabbed a shovel to start digging.

Shen Yao followed along and checked several other experimental fields — ordinary, nothing unusual; it seems these mineral powders aren't truly miraculous after all, more a case of pros and cons.

"You handle it; call me if anything comes up."

Shen Yao lowered her head to give instructions, then turned and left.

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Life in the Planting Garden has always been boring; the only highlights are out in the fields.

Wei Mingyu has already finished his leave and formally returned to work; he looks much steadier, and the minerals they brought back were first applied to weapons.

Listening to the firearms mentioned by Wei Mingyu, Shen Yao suddenly understood that even in a natural disaster end of days, humanity still has to develop various hot weapons.

"Be prepared and have no regrets; no one knows what comes after natural disasters."

Taking a step back, even natural disasters have occurred, so alien invasion can also be brought to the table.

The minerals they found are a type of energy on Earth not yet discovered; if not for satellites doing their job and providing the approximate location to the Official side, they would have had nothing up to now.

"Perhaps natural disasters are meant to make us adapt to the environment," coexisting with the harsh climate.

Shen Yao lay in Wei Mingyu's arms, touching her abdomen which had some movement.

Truly miraculous — she is pregnant.

After taking full contraceptive measures, she still unexpectedly became pregnant.

It's just that the pregnancy isn't showing yet; Wei Mingyu and she both haven't deliberately mentioned it.

"Strange to say, recently there aren't many pregnant people; most are those who went out before."

Wei Mingyu refers to the colleagues who carried out the mission with him — the Fifty Person Squad, all men, most of them the pillars of their families.

After this return, eight or nine out of ten of those with wives at home are pregnant.

Shen Yao quickly connected the key point: "Could it be related to that mineral site?"

The Fifty Person Squad went to the Mineral Field and brought back some minerals.

"The Laboratory has already collected our blood samples; no suspicious points found for now," at most their bodies' regeneration ability has strengthened a bit.

Wei Mingyu patted Shen Yao's shoulder. "We'll only know when the child is born."

The Official side won't do anything to these children; after all, the Laboratory hasn't detected anything, and these minerals have quite a few miraculous aspects.

If they truly benefit reproductive ability, the Official side might even promote it vigorously. The population decline in recent years has the Official side deeply worried.

"Hope he can be safe and healthy," although the System side has already said her child's body will only be excellent.

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Ten months of pregnancy, one morning delivery.

Shen Yao gave birth to the child in her abdomen under a sudden hail environment.

The scene was very perilous; fortunately someone was there to care for her, otherwise mother and child would likely have suffered greatly.

Fortunately this child is one who pities others; when coming out there was not the slightest torment to the birth mother — even Wei Mother, who was responsible for care, was amazed.

"This child, the hair—" Wei Mother took a look and hurriedly called Wei Mingyu over.

Wei Mingyu comforted Wei Mother, seemingly also comforting his own uneasy self. "Not afraid, it's just the color is red; it'll be fine once they grow up later."

Wei Father and Wei Minzhi squeezed to one side observing the infant; the red hair roots were exceptionally obvious, and even in pitch-black night they couldn't block the microglow emanating from them.

The whole family had tacit understanding; they didn't dwell on the hair color.

Rather, it was Shen Yao who hurriedly asked the System what was going on — could it really be the minerals affected her body, causing some indelible damage?

"Host, you're overthinking; this is a manifestation of your own energy taking form.

Your child has special aptitude, and is not an ordinary infant."

If it could manifest a body, the System would definitely reach out and scratch its head.

Although it knows quite a bit, it's not good to explain; this involves World Consciousness — if it says too much, there's no benefit for the Host.

Shen Yao could infer from the System's words that her own son is a special little one.

As for how special? Definitely not just hair being red, a fiery color — there are other abilities too.

With a subtle mood, Shen Yao during the subsequent confinement period finally discovered her little one's difference — turns out he's also a child with boundless strength.

Looking at Wei Father grimacing in pain from being hit by the little one, and looking at Wei Mother and Wei Minzhi hiding far away, Shen Yao pressed her lips tightly together, signaling Wei Mingyu to hurry and take the child away.

"Are the other children like this too?" The child currently has no name; after all, it's raining outside, no time to register.

Wei Minzhi found the cute white glutinous rice ball actually had sesame filling with high martial prowess, and was frightened.

Wei Mother could stay calm, but she worried the little one might accidentally hurt himself without knowing his own strength.

"How about sending him to the Hospital for a look?" The child is too small, can't even understand speech.

"Hospital isn't safe, too many people," Wei Father opposed, but he mentioned he knows a Doctor and can privately ask them to help take a look.

"No need for so much trouble; the Official side knows," or rather, for this batch of people, the Official side has records on all of them — they can't escape.

Wei Mingyu picked up the child in swaddling clothes and shook him gently, "It should be an inability to control his strength; I remember, some families have children born with unusual hair," compared to the strangeness of red hair, this one could even breathe fire.

Afraid of frightening the elderly at home, Wei Mingyu had Shen Yao rest temporarily, while he left carrying the child in his arms.

Shen Yao watched the door close, and her originally sitting body directly lay back down.

"System, is this natural evolution?" Humans rely on constantly adapting to life.

Like these children who were born, their bodies all carry some unusual traits.

"Yes, Host, in the future there will be more and more children like this."

This also counts as an opportunity this planet gives to humanity; whether it can be seized depends entirely on humanity itself.

Shen Yao kept a straight face, "If humans can evolve, what about those plants and animals?"

"Survival of the fittest," the System felt the Host was truly stupid; humans are also a kind of creature, so of course all creatures can evolve.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao finished her confinement, and outside this rain also slowly came to an end.

She returned to work at the Planting Garden, and at the same time learned quite a bit of news about plants and animals in Rimu City beginning to grow wildly.

Speaking of Rimu City's situation, it should have become more stable year by year, but unfortunately accidents kept happening; like this time, a single rain directly caused the plants inside Rimu City to expand outward.

Among them, the ones growing best were several Planting Gardens, and some research institutes also showed this trend; the reason was related to mineral content.

After such a long time of research, the Official side knew the capabilities of the minerals inside and out.

Wei Chengyan, that is, Wei Mingyu and Shen Yao's freshly born son, his innate great strength was the result of the mineral's effect.

Wei Chengyan once secretly went to the Hospital, carried by Wei Mingyu, a hurried round trip.

And children like Wei Chengyan, Rimu City had no less than a handful.

According to well-informed people, the Official side intended to observe the growth of several children, and ensure they were harmless before promoting it outward.

There was none of the expected conservatism, nor any dark thoughts of wanting to possess it for themselves; one can see the arrival of natural disasters made humanity suffer enough, mutual conspiracies and schemes count for nothing in the face of survival.