Chapter 909: Bound to the Childbearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 910: Global Evolution (End)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Throughout the entire winter, riots broke out in the shelter's residential area every few days.

The reasons for the riots were countless, ranging from the most conventional to the most bizarre; there was no reason they couldn't fight over, and there were even those who deliberately dragged others to die with them — even the building Shen Yao was in couldn't avoid it.

Shen Yao remembered that riot occurred on the thirty-second floor; the specific cause could no longer be verified (because all parties involved in the riot died), only that it spread to the three floors above and below, with quite a few serious casualties.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were assigned there because they had nothing to do; when they returned, their mood was poor, and it took several days to recover.

"Host, spring has arrived."

Shen Yao stood on the balcony; beside her stood the still verdant and upright Mutant Apple Sapling, which after a winter's gestation had become remarkably human-like, and behaviors similar to the previous "Big Smarty" were now a thing of the past.

Leaves extended around Shen Yao, constantly fanning and sending breezes; the Mutant Apple Sapling skillfully fanned her to cool her off.

The heating equipment in the room was excessively good; Shen Yao wearing light clothing was perfectly comfortable.

"Yes, spring has come, all things revive," another new cycle of reincarnation.

Shen Yao didn't particularly believe in the theory of karmic reincarnation; moreover, under the apocalypse, individual strength had been elevated to an absolute height, many people relied solely on themselves to survive, the original order changed again and again, finally becoming the nondescript state before their eyes.

"System, do you think the dangers outside might be even more severe than before the New Year?"

"Host, this is normal; evolution has not stopped," even if it stopped, the planet wanting to ascend dimensions would certainly not turn back; people think the current situation is already very bad, little knowing that future people will still yearn for today's life.

"Yes, evolution has not stopped," Shen Yao raised her hand and rubbed her brow, as if trying to smooth out the protruding knots; alas, heart-knots are hard to dissolve, some things are destined to be impossible.

"How is Chengyi?"

This morning Shen Chengyi accepted a mission and went out, without stating a return time; that meant her mission wasn't fully confirmed yet, and the officials would make arrangements for Shen Chengyi as appropriate based on the shelter's situation.

Mm

To put it in a more colloquial and understandable way, Shen Chengyi is the shelter's trump card; many tasks that others cannot complete or achieve fall to Shen Chengyi, and such tasks appear frequently — even during the shelter's coldest times, Shen Chengyi has to work from home; one can see the shelter's reliance on Shen Chengyi.

"Currently her mood appears stable, but Host, isn't the shelter going a bit too far?"

It's as if everyone else is useless; without Shen Chengyi the entire shelter couldn't function at all — how can they be so shameless.

"Don't you know the strength of the shelter's ability users?" Shen Yao turned and left the balcony, thinking the shelter also didn't want to stake too heavy a chip on Shen Chengyi, which wasn't conducive to the shelter's future development, but reality was that others couldn't be propped up; relying on Shen Chengyi they could still walk, but without her they'd collapse directly and be unable to stand.

System: …

"Tsk, I'm afraid other shelters' situations aren't much better than the present one."

The System often overheard the shelter's high-level discussions; they had equipment to contact the outside world, and occasionally exchanged information due to their own predicaments, but the various forces were too far apart, some modern communication methods couldn't be used, at most they gave advice full of subjective ideas, while also having to guard against being led astray.

Anyway, the System found it mentally exhausting to watch; who knows if those leaders feel the same.

"Nature selects, the fittest survive; from the current evolution, humans are the side that was abandoned."

This isn't a choice the planet made; after all, according to the planet's thinking, it gave all creatures a chance to evolve, it's just that compared to humans, other animals and plants have more talent.

This is normal; humans are a relatively complex race; they can do very great things, and also very despicable acts.

Shen Yao is also human; following the System through so many task worlds, she has seen too many desires, some laughable to speak of.

The corner of her mouth unconsciously revealed a hint of a smile; Shen Yao sat on the sofa, and again took out from her space the coffee brewed long ago, slowly savoring it.

The bitter taste bloomed in her mouth, then a faint sweetness emerged; the Mutant Apple Sapling on the balcony sneakily approached again, holding up its little branches, cutely begging for its snack.

Shen Yao helplessly took out another cup and handed it to the Mutant Apple Sapling; like humans drinking water, the mutant plant drank by throwing its little branches in; as the coffee visibly disappeared from the cup, the Mutant Apple Sapling shook its body, the rustling of leaves proclaiming its happiness.

Winter passed, spring arrived; the people who had been hiding in the residential area finally had a chance to go out for a breath of air.

The massive shelter came alive again; everywhere was filled with the smoke and fire of daily life; the tightly shut gates were pushed open, and one vehicle after another of various modified models carried the crowds away from the base.

Shen Yao was not in those vehicles.

Those who could go out at this time were either out of food at home or had official missions they couldn't shirk; otherwise who would choose to go out when the animals had just finished winter and were at their hungriest.

Shen Yao had absolutely no intention of becoming food; she stayed at home until the situation outside stabilized, then continued to the West Planting Field to earn some points to subsidize the household.

The West Planting Field this year opened many more fields than last year; according to official arrangements, sweet potatoes and potatoes with higher yields were to be planted here, all carefully cultivated products from the laboratory, with yields multiplied several times over pre-apocalypse levels, and crucially they had various resistances, guaranteeing yield stability to the greatest extent.

Shen Yao was an old hand; moreover, her performance here last year was outstanding; the person in charge of the planting field had no reason not to want Shen Yao.

"Sigh, thought there'd be too many people to sign up, didn't expect there aren't enough people."

"Hah, quite a few died last winter, especially in residential areas near the periphery, tsk tsk tsk."

"Bro, looks like you know some inside info? What exactly happened? I only heard someone didn't want to live and wanted to drag others to die with them."

"…"

Similar seemingly true yet false remarks were many, especially with many people and mixed eyes, no one knew the truth of what was said, but once spoken enough times, even disbelief becomes belief.

Shen Yao received her own work permit, thinking the officials' arrangements were becoming more and more formal; she believed it wouldn't be long before the model here would be subtly transformed.

Queuing to board the vehicle to the West Planting Field, Shen Yao thought she'd see fields overgrown with weeds; unexpectedly the land here had already been cleaned very clean, just waiting for them to get seeds and plant.

As usual, disembarking in order, Shen Yao took out her work certificate to collect her own seeds; because the number of fields here was more than last year, the land Shen Yao received was double last year's.

Farming tools were issued along with the seeds; the staff in front were reminding everyone to be careful and cautious, because after a winter's rest, the land contained especially many weed seeds and animal eggs; these creatures would compete with the planted seeds for food and occupy territory.

The staff's requirement was to clear the land's debris under the premise of guaranteeing one's own safety, and incidentally plant the seeds brought back.

Shen Yao: …

Shen Yao lowered her head to look at the small hoe she'd received, then at the seeds that barely filled the bottom of a bag, thinking these things really weren't easy to plant; she conscientiously used the hoe to dig and pick out debris, directly disposing of any insects that had already ended hibernation.

The most numerous in the fields were Mutant Ants; mutated ants had long broken out of people's certain stereotypes; now they were very formidable, not only able to eat seeds but also attack humans.

One must know human flesh and blood is a great tonic for certain creatures; unless they're picky eaters, basically no creature can refuse to eat humans.

Shen Yao wore a thick layer of protective suit; it could effectively isolate dangers from the ground and also guard against unexpected occurrences around her — for instance, someone ahead was attacked by a mutant plant, vine-like branches climbing ruthlessly onto them; by the time the vines were broken, obvious blood marks had already appeared on their body.

It took just a morning to clear the planting field's debris; at noon Shen Yao simply chose to rest rather than get up to search for food around.

In the afternoon she planted all the seeds, then pushed the turned soil flat; Shen Yao raised her hand to wipe her sweat, then boarded the vehicle to wait to go home.

This time is when accidents easily occur, because everyone relaxes their vigilance, thinking about arrangements for going home, and naturally overlooks changes in the surroundings.

Shen Yao saw a pitch-black jointed limb fly out from the ground, at an angle no one else understood, and wrap up a person.

Although staff notified the patrol team at the first moment, by the time people ran over, besides a deep pit left on the ground there was nothing else.

The others were clearly frightened, some with the look of birds startled by the mere twang of a bow, wishing they could throw down all the work in their hands and directly run back to the vehicle to sit and wait to return to the shelter.

Staff sternly required these people to finish the work in their hands before boarding; as expected, conflict broke out between the two sides, and only when the patrol team stepped in to soothe them was the already frightened crowd suppressed.

The people in the vehicle naturally sympathized, chattering that if it were them they would also want to survive, rather than stay outside and be dragged away by monsters.

"Can that person still live?"

"Live what live, I've never seen anyone dragged away by a monster and still alive."

"Sigh, this world, who knows how long it can last?"

"One day at a time, thinking so much is not as good as pondering what to eat when we get back."

"Hahaha, everyone's home today, might as well cook and eat the leftover mutant creature meat."

"Eat, not eating just benefits others, save all you want it won't fall into your own mouth, what a waste!"

"..."

The empty seats in the vehicle compartment were filled little by little, and the work certificates in hand took effect again.

Beep beep beep

As the work certificates were verified, a few more people were chased off the compartment.

Shen Yao:...

Really cannot understand, there are actually people secretly freeloading a ride? There's no special supplies here, even if Shen Yao picks up a bargain it's just going with the flow.

Not understanding, she simply stopped thinking about it; Shen Yao closed her eyes and waited for the drive to start.

This trip had no accidents; the people in the compartment arrived at the shelter smoothly. Also returning with them were planting field workers from three other locations, only compared to the west side, the southeast and north had more people, and the crops planted inside were more mixed.

Shen Yao received today's wages, directly exchanged for daily obtainable food, and even because today was the first day of the start, the official side brought out relatively scarce peanuts, only half a catty per person, yet still very attractive.

The originally low atmosphere became lively because of the official side's thoughtful action; everyone spoke of using these things to make delicacies tonight, even if just cold mixed peanuts, free is the most fragrant.

Shen Yao's half catty of peanuts was made into five-spice flavored appetizers, paired with pig ears and braised dishes from her space, piling the small basin full inside and out.

Separately sending photos and messages to Shen Chengyi and the other two, Shen Yao beautifully finished eating a small basin of food amid Shen Chengyu's envious sounds.

Mm

Not to mention, occasionally doing this really makes one physically and mentally pleased!

Without the troubles of before the end of days, Shen Yao looks much more peaceful; even though her mental ability is now top-tier, it still doesn't affect her behavior style.

Perhaps this is also part of growth; everyone can draw their own life philosophy from the long years.

Year after year, evolution grows increasingly severe; the shelter's internal negative population growth has never slowed, and although the official side has thought of countless methods, in the end they still lost to increasingly powerful mutant creatures.

The original shelter range began to shrink; while intentionally or unintentionally encouraging reproduction, the official side relaxed control over ability users, making the internal situation of the whole shelter somewhat delicate.

After all, human diversity proves that anything can happen.

Shen Yao's mental ability, after being concealed for a long period, had to be exposed; the reason was simple — not only did internal pressure make the official side show fatigue, severe external crisis left them even more at a loss.

When vast mental ability covered the entire shelter range, the official side, while rejoicing in their survival, also understood their role — puppets.

Being puppets is better than dying directly!

Moreover, this puppet role isn't wronged, because Shen Yao doesn't manage affairs, and Shen Chengyi is the type who says one means one, but is very principled.

As for Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning, they are even more straight and upright little white poplars; bad behavior simply doesn't exist. If they truly chose to be puppets they'd be unwilling, but there are plenty of people willing.

The shelter's situation slowly stabilized with Shen Yao's appearance; the most obvious aspect is contact with other shelters.

After many years of the end of days, some shelters were destroyed, some exist; among them are quite a few private shelters — they have no abilities at all, just acting as local despots internally.

When Shen Chengyi had spare capacity, she processed all these shelters, sending those who couldn't survive to their own side.

"Big Sister is truly strong; heard this time not only did she wipe out mutant creatures in a radius of a few dozen li, she also brought back quite a bit of advanced technology from the Jing City Shelter."

"The Jing City Shelter needs a favor; Big Sister and them each take what they need; but heard if this proceeds smoothly, the difficult problem lying between many shelters can be solved, and we can also not be trapped here, go out for a walk."

"Said like that, but who knows how long until implementation."

"No matter how long, it's all hope; just like this year the shelter's infant count hit new highs, as long as we advance steadily, humanity can survive."

"This is many people's wish, and also the reason Big Sister has always persisted."

"..."