OBS Chapter 401: Mutation - Loneliness 10
Chapter 401: Mutation - Loneliness 10
"After lighting the candles in all the corridors, I pushed open the doors one by one, walked to the pool, and checked one by one to see if there were any tribesmen like me who could break out of their shells..."
The patriarch's voice was emotionless, his eyes were looking straight ahead, his back was as straight as a pine tree, as if he was indestructible.
But Anjiu felt a sense of loneliness coming towards him.
She was speechless, she knew there were only soft-shelled eggs in the pool, and that was the case in every room.
"But, I finally waited for you." The clan leader tilted his head and looked down at her, with a hint of comfort and trembling from the head of a family in his eyes.
He slowly raised the corners of his mouth to both sides, trying to express his current mood and his affinity as the patriarch.
He soon gave up.
"There is another important task," he carefully took out the small egg from the pocket of his jumpsuit, his eyes softened, "We need to send them to the corresponding rooms and let them grow slowly."
"Where did this egg come from?" An Jiu asked.
"You'll see it soon. Just hold out your hand."
Anjiu opened her hands and put them together, and the tribe leader gently placed the egg in her palms.
“Feel it well.”
"Ah."
Anjiu's eyes fell on Baidan, and she felt a heavy weight pressing down on her.
When she knew clearly that there was a person in here, this weight took on a mysterious taste, and she felt her heart seemed to sink.
She gently touched the surface of the white egg with her thumb, feeling its smoothness and delicateness. At the same time, a slight coolness was transmitted through her fingertips.
“Do you feel a sense of warmth?”
The clan leader's voice was like a basin of cold water, completely sobering An Jiu up.
She closed the egg in her palm and said softly, "Well, it is warm."
The chief took the egg and put it in his pocket, motioning her to keep going. "That's not enough... I'll take you to see Asherah first. You can also call her -"
He pushed open the door and said calmly, "Madam Clan Leader."
Anjiu paused slightly and followed behind him.
Her eyes fell on the pool full of water in the room. As she got closer, her pupils suddenly contracted - it was a human-shaped ant queen!
The patriarch glanced at the four eggs floating in the pool, walked to the top of the woman's head, squatted down, put his hands into the water, grabbed her under the armpits, pulled her up from the bottom of the water, and put her down against the wall of the pool.
So that the area above her collarbone is exposed above the water.
The clan leader looked up at An Jiu and said, "You have no memories, so it's normal for you to be afraid. As the clan leader, I will tolerate you..."
He took a towel from the shelf next to him and wiped the woman's wet hair and cheeks.
She continued, "During childbirth, her abdomen will contract regularly and she will be unable to move and will be dragged into the water. If you see this, pull her out of the water in time..."
An Jiu asked cautiously, "Is the Madam still alive?"
The tribe leader paused in wiping and said, "No, I just don't want to see her drowned."
After drying his hair, he pulled out a small cart from the dark, which was filled with bottles and jars.
He skillfully took out a can, scooped out a piece, rubbed it in his palm to emulsify it, and then gently applied it on her face...
An Jiu memorized the entire process of his operation, watching the skin under his fingers turn into a strange grayish-white color. After absorbing the applied substance, faint dark lines seemed to emerge in the grayish-white color.
It seems like a constraint.
Beneath her, her huge, bloated belly lay quietly in the water. Through her translucent skin, one could almost see that it was filled with tiny eggs that were still developing.
Anjiu looked at his hands, not daring to imagine how many eggs were in his stomach.
"Since Madam is already...how can she give birth?"
Taking advantage of the fact that she had no inherited memories, she asked without any worries.
The patriarch also demonstrated his strong tolerance.
"Through a secret spell, Madam devoured the life cards of all the tribe members. As long as Madam is here, the tribe members will have a day of rebirth."
This is the only way to continue the lives of the tribe.
Although they will fall into an endless cycle from which they cannot escape, as long as the tribe members can be reborn and successfully give birth to the next generation, they will not be completely wiped out. As long as there are descendants, hope can continue!
The Sole Devourer must sacrifice his eternal life and can never be reborn.
And after endless resurrections, he took on the responsibility of reviving the entire clan, continuing the offspring, and prospering the clan.
Overnight, he lost his tribe and his lover, and was left with only endless waiting.
But the fact is that after so many years, he has not been able to resurrect even one member of his tribe.
He didn't know where the problem was. Everything was clearly carried out according to the detailed plan, without any mistakes...
An Jiu was still confused, "Can't you and your wife have children?"
Although marriage between close relatives can easily produce fools.
"No," the clan leader said calmly, as if he was talking to an outsider, "I can't give birth."
Anjiu: “…”
She was speechless.
If there is only one couple left in a race, and the man is infertile but still serves as the clan leader, the burden of the entire race's extinction will weigh on him, and he won't even dare to think about committing suicide.
but……
"Don't think too much, it's an acquired reason." The patriarch stood up and walked over to pick up a white egg, checked its appearance and shape, and after confirming that it was correct, he put it together with the previous one.
Then he picked up the second one.
When I was about to check, an accident happened.
Black spots suddenly appeared on the egg, and the entire egg turned bluish-gray, with a faint fishy smell emanating from it.
In a very short period of time, the eggshells were covered with mold, just like the effect that would only be achieved if they were kept in a damp and dark place for several days.
The patriarch loosened his hand almost instantly, but Anjiu still saw the mold growing to his palm, producing a gray mold ball the size of a fingernail and covered with hair.
The gray edges continued to spread like ripples.
The next second, the patriarch's hand reached into the water, and he used his other hand to rub the moldy area vigorously.
Like rubbing out a ball of yarn, the mold gradually shrank and eventually disappeared into the water.
Finally, he tore off the gray mark like a sticker, and when he pulled his hand out, there was no trace of bacterial plaque on his palm.
"You should also be careful when handling eggs next time. Some eggs change quality very quickly. If you accidentally get them contaminated, just wash them thoroughly in water like I did just now. Got it?"
After An Jiu nodded heavily, the clan leader retracted his gaze and murmured, "These eggs are useless. Gather them together and destroy them together."
He pulled a large bag from under the cart and put the moldy eggs in it.
"From now on, you will help me do these tasks, return the fertilized eggs to their places, and clean up the defective products. As for the rest, I will slowly teach you in the future."