Just as the beast was about to reach Yu An, a thick Qing Teng appeared, quickly wrapping her in a protective cocoon. At first glance, she looked like a giant green egg.
Mo Yan sensed that the Qing Teng meant no harm, so he focused on dealing with the beasts. Soon, they were either dead or had fled.
Wiping the blood that had splattered onto his face, he was just about to check on Yu An when her pained screams suddenly erupted from within the "green giant egg."
Then, the Qing Teng unfurled, revealing Yu An inside along with three... eggs?
Mo Yan looked at Yu An, then at the three eggs, and exclaimed in shock, "Why did you give birth to eggs!"
Yu An was too weak to speak after giving birth. She also wanted to know why she had laid eggs.
On the Beastman Continent, a zaizai's beast form is inherited from its Beast Father, but its method of birth depends on its Female Mother. Only if the Female Mother is an oviparous beastman would she lay eggs.
Although Yu An couldn't transform into her beast form, her Beast Father was a black panther, so she should be one too. Her birth method should have been viviparous. 'What on earth went wrong?'
As the original owner's memories flashed through her mind, Yu An suddenly realized something. The original owner's parents had been very cold to her, yet they doted on her twin sister.
The original owner had always thought her parents disliked her because her face was ugly and her Fertility was zero, bringing them shame.
But thinking about it now, a bold guess crossed Yu An's mind—
'The original owner wasn't their biological child!'
'But did the Female Mother have an affair, or did the Beast Father cheat? Or perhaps, was there something wrong with both of them?'
While Yu An was lost in thought, Mo Yan sniffed each of the three eggs.
With three males at the same time... it was possible to conceive three different zaizai. Seeing the three eggs, Mo Yan was very surprised.
The highest known Fertility was Heavenly Level, but at most, one could only have two zaizai at a time, and even that was extremely rare.
Yet Yu An had three zaizai in one birth. 'Could she possess the legendary Divine level fertility?'
At the same time, Mo Yan was also very disappointed. He could smell that none of the three zaizai were his.
Before they set out for the exiled land, he had laid out his terms bluntly: if the zaizai belonged to the other two, he would take Yu An to Han Ling City, and she would have to break their contract and set him free.
Mo Yan turned to confirm this with Yu An, lest she go back on her word, but when he looked back, he saw her pale face. He thought for a moment and decided to bring it up later.
"Get some rest. I'll go deal with the beast carcasses."
A pile of beasts had accumulated at the entrance, enough to store and eat for a long time.
After he left, Yu An finally had a chance to speak with the Qing Teng. She said excitedly, "Lu Lu, I thought you didn't follow me!"
Lu Lu was the Companion Spirit Plant that had grown from her Dantian after she awakened her Wood Element Ability in the apocalypse.
A thin Qing Teng emerged from the ground, coiled around the three eggs, and placed them in Yu An's arms.
"An'an, I've been here all along. I just used up all my superpower during the transmigration and have been slowly recovering."
'It's just that I used it all up again just now to protect Yu An.'
"Also, the Origin Core shattered, and I lost five-sixths of it..."
The Qing Teng was about to cry. "Without the Origin Core, how are we supposed to cultivate!"
The Origin Core was where superpower was stored. Once shattered, one's superpower would stop growing after reaching a certain level.
Yu An comforted it, "Don't cry, don't cry. There's still a little left, right? We just need to find the missing pieces."
"Oh, right, is my Chef God Space still here?"
The Chef God Space was something she had obtained by chance in the fifth year of the apocalypse. Inside was a cookbook and a mission-dispensing platform.
Every seven days, it would issue a food-related mission and provide a corresponding food truck and cooking utensils. Completing the mission granted permanent ownership of the utensils.
Unfortunately, they were all missions about selling food. On the first day of the apocalypse, 99% of the world's living beings had instantly turned into zombies, so there were no customers to be found!
Later on, it became difficult to even find ingredients, so she had yet to obtain any of the space's cooking utensils.
'But the Beastman Continent is different. It's rich in resources and has a large population. I can definitely complete the missions here!'
Moreover, Yu An's superpower was a bit special; it required devouring gold and silver to cultivate. This would kill two birds with one stone.
Learning that her Chef God Space was safe and sound, Yu An rubbed her hands in glee, ready to give the gastronomically barren Beast World a taste of shocking deliciousness!
But before that, she needed to fill her stomach.
Her gaze swept over the three eggs in her arms, and she suddenly craved egg fried rice. She happened to have some steamed rice in her space.
"Here are some eggs. You just gave birth to zaizai, you need to eat something."
Mo Yan knew Yu An couldn't eat raw meat and had found a nest of wild eggs from somewhere.
Yu An's eyes lit up. "Thank you, Mo Yan. I'll make you something delicious."
The Wood Element Ability was also a Healing Ability. Females recovered quickly after childbirth, and Yu An used the last bit of her energy to speed up her recovery, so she could already move freely.
She also detected that the birthmark on the original owner's face was caused by poison, but she couldn't remove it for now.
With a wave of her hand, a stove, a wok, and a spatula appeared out of thin air in the cave, startling Mo Yan.
"Wh-what is this?"
'Explaining would be a hassle.' Yu An didn't answer and just got to work.
She fired up the stove, added cool oil to the hot wok, and once the oil was heated, poured in the beaten eggs. With a SIZZLE, the aroma of eggs instantly exploded outwards.
Yu An quickly scrambled the eggs, poured in the rice, and used the spatula to press and break it apart. As she stir-fried, the aromas of rice and egg intertwined, filling the air.
Next, she added the right amount of salt for seasoning and stir-fried quickly to mix it evenly.
Finally, she sprinkled in some chopped scallions as a garnish, and it was done!
When the fragrant and delicious egg fried rice, with each grain perfectly separate, was placed before Mo Yan, he couldn't help but swallow.
'It smells so good.'
"Is this the delicious food you were talking about?"
Mo Yan couldn't help but ask, "I've never seen anything like it, not even in the Beast Emperor City."
Yu An already had her excuse ready. "I'm a female with the legendary Divine level fertility. To raise my zaizai, the Beast God gave me these things."
'It would be impossible to cook or do missions without Mo Yan noticing.' Yu An knew that beastmen revered the Beast God, so she simply attributed everything to him.
Yu An hadn't eaten a proper meal in a long time. Not caring whether Mo Yan believed her or not, she gave him a bowl and eagerly took a bite herself.
'Mmm, this is the taste of happiness!'
Just as she was about to take another bite, the eggs that had been placed in the corner suddenly moved.
The next second, under Yu An's watchful gaze, one of the eggshells cracked, and a little creature crawled out...
"A cat?"
"It's a tiger," Mo Yan said, walking over and picking up the little zaizai. "Here, you take care of your own cub."
Yu An fumbled to catch the golden tiger zaizai. The little guy wasn't shy at all and chirped "Female Mother" in a tiny, milky voice.
"So cute!"
Yu An's heart melted. Survival was hard enough in the apocalypse, let alone witnessing a new life being born. That's why people who had lived through it cherished young ones all the more.
"Zaizai, your nickname will be Da Hu. As for your proper name... Female Mother will have to think hard about it."
"Mm, I'm Big Axe!"
The tiger zaizai's speech was slurred, but his teeth were quite good. He could eat egg fried rice right after hatching. Once he had eaten his fill, Mo Yan cleared his throat.
"Since you've recovered, we'll set off for Han Ling City tomorrow. When we get there, you must break the contract as we agreed."
Yu An thought about it. Han Ling City protected females, and she now had her superpower and her space. There was no need to force Mo Yan to stay.
"I will. Don't worry."
The little female's smile was exceptionally bright, as if she were off to live a wonderful life. Mo Yan's lips twitched as he secretly looked forward to tomorrow.
'Han Ling City is no paradise. After the contract is broken, I'll send Yu An to the real Paradise. For the sake of the egg fried rice, I'll make it quick and painless for her.'
'I've endured this whole journey, and now my chance for revenge has finally come.'
'As for the zaizai...'
Mo Yan's gaze was indifferent as it swept over Da Hu and the other two eggs.
'They're not my zaizai. What do they have to do with me?'