Chapter 169

Lin Manzhi truly hadn't expected that she would one day have to experience a heat period, such an uncontrollable erotic situation.

Her mind is now blank; she looks down at the faint green pheromone threads sprouting from her fingertips, still extracting the medicinal essence from the Holy Maiden Fruit...

Lin Manzhi asked blankly, "Me? Heat period??"

Huang Cai: "Yes, each female's heat period has a fixed duration; Pregnancy Value ranges from 1 to 10, so the heat period can be as short as one year or as long as ten years, specifically based on three months before the day they reach adulthood. You wouldn't be so busy that you forget when your heat period is, right?"

Lin Manzhi stared blankly with widened eyes: "…"

The original, being a villain's younger sister, was essentially cannon fodder with hardly any screen time; how could she possibly know when her own heat period would arrive!

Now, calculating carefully, the original's Pregnancy Value is 4, meaning a heat period occurs every four years; if she hasn't misremembered, the original is in the fourth year after reaching adulthood this year!

Du Lin and the other two listened nearby, watching Lin Manzhi fall into silence.

Only then did they see a trace of crimson at the corners of Lin Manzhi's eyes; the motion of extracting the liquid had long ceased, and her vermilion lips resembled red plum blossoms blooming in white snow. At a glance, she possessed a charm characteristic of the heat period.

Du Lin and the others, being females, naturally knew the manifestations of a female's heat period; the most obvious is that the normally controllable pheromones will, like the instincts of ancient females, be released unconsciously.

However, everyone in the room is a female with a Pheromone Value, and they were engaged in an activity that required pheromone release, so they hadn't even considered the heat period at all.

Now that Huang Cai mentioned it, Du Lin became more convinced as she watched Lin Manzhi; the heat period had indeed arrived, no wonder Lord Lin had looked excessively beautiful these past days, her gaze like a hook.

"It's possible to forget. My Pheromone Value is 9, so I only experience a heat period every nine years; how could I remember when my heat period comes? For example, I've gone through two heat periods; I only realized it when I was by Jia Jian, or on the day the heat period arrived," Xu Jingjing said.

Lin Manzhi took a deep breath and looked at the relaxed females in the room.

No matter how she tried to think about a female's bodily heat period, it was clearly unavoidable.

She clenched her teeth, tried to stay calm and blend into the local female group, and asked, "But... when the heat period arrives, there are obvious symptoms, right? It's easy to notice, isn't it?"

Chen Xuan: "That's true; all females' heat periods last about ten days. However, before the actual heat period begins, they usually enter a pseudo-heat period for a dozen days, during which the body feels hot and the temperature is slightly higher than normal."

Lin Manzhi listened, feeling a bit panicked, and abruptly raised her hand, using the back of it to test the temperature on her forehead.

Her body temperature was normal, yet she felt intensely hot... So only waking up early and staying a while with Mo Lie could produce that slight sensation.

But! Isn't this just the usual feeling when you're with someone you like, wanting to get close to them?

It has nothing to do with the heat period... right?

Huang Cai, seeing this, thought Lin Manzhi was eagerly waiting for this moment.

She smiled at Lin Manzhi and cheerfully said, "Congratulations! Our leader's bloodline is very strong, so the success rate of producing offspring is lower; the intimacy during your heat period can greatly increase the chance of conceiving a cub!"

Lin Manzhi: "…"

That is indeed something worth congratulating.

Seeming to read Lin Manzhi's thoughts, Huang Cai nodded, "When it comes to propagating new life, the heat period is the most important and grand event for our entire Beast Race."

Lin Manzhi sat stiffly in place, feeling unfamiliar with the very words "heat period."

Du Lin looked at the speechless Lin Manzhi and became envious: "Offspring! We females have no Beast Form; the bloodline of the offspring we bear is fully inherited from the Beast Father. If it's a female offspring, the stronger the Beast Father's bloodline, the higher the offspring's Pheromone Value. This time, perhaps we might immediately welcome a little master~~"

Xu Jingjing: "That's amazing, I really want to see Lord Lin with the leader's offspring, that would be so cute!"

"It will probably be a male Beast cub, right? I don't know what the leader's Beast Form is; a strong cub is also very cute and beautiful when young," Chen Xuan turned to Lin Manzhi and said, "Lord Lin, when the cub grows a bit older, could you hold it for us to see your offspring?"

Lin Manzhi: "Hehe."

She kept a calm expression, half comforting herself, "You all imagine it so beautifully, but there's no guarantee that a heat period will definitely result in offspring."

Du Lin thought of something and said excitedly, "Speaking of offspring, when my heat period arrives, I'll find a Beast of a decent bloodline to mate with, and then I should definitely be able to conceive a cub!"

Xu Jingjing immediately added, "Sure, male Beast cubs are only cute during their cub stage; once they grow and become not cute, just give them to their Beast Father to raise."

This is normal in the Beast World; a female can have multiple male Beasts, and after giving birth, the cub is handed over to its biological Beast Father for upbringing, relieving the female of childcare burdens.

In Kuangsha City, those who don't want a Beast Husband will select a strong male Beast to sire offspring; after raising it a bit, they then give it to the biological Beast Husband to raise.

Chen Xuan also said, "The Beast Form of a male Beast is too large and terrifying; I still want a female cub. I will raise her with utmost care and make sure she survives."

Huang Cai listened to the others, smiled helplessly and shook her head, saying, "Female cubs are born in human form, which is extremely hard to raise, and their birth rate is much lower than that of male Beast cubs. Male Beast cubs are born already in Beast Form, can crawl and walk, making them easy to raise. If you want cubs, you should first raise a male Beast cub to practice."

Du Lin nodded in agreement and, following the topic, casually asked, "Sister Huang Cai, you aren't even a hundred years old yet; when do you plan to have another cub?"

The smile on Huang Cai's face faded slightly.

As time passed, the deep scar on her chest from losing a cub faded in pain; it was as if she had licked the wound clean, yet an indelible scar remained, and occasional recollection still caused a brief sting.

Raise another cub?

Huang Cai's eyes brightened with the thought, and she laughed, "Yes, you can't get through a heat period on your own; next time during my heat period I'll give it a try."

Since she'll need to find a male Beast to get through it, the new cub is also her new hope; this time she will protect her offspring carefully.

The atmosphere in the room instantly turned festive, filled with laughter; while chatting, the group continued their repetitive work of extracting the liquid, quickly shifting the conversation from the females' heat period to the precious cubs of their mighty race, and then onto other meaningless chatter.