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Fourth Joy rolled his round body cautiously, just like a mischievous child caught by their parents, trying to hide in corners where their parents couldn’t find them.
Little Darling: …
Well, after all, he’s my little brother.
Little Darling shifted slightly, adjusting the tentacles, most of which were half broken or nibbled, and tucked his brother deeper into the tentacles.
Fourth Joy nestled quietly in the safe nest of tentacles, carefully listening to the sounds outside to gauge how angry his mother was about his independent actions. At the same time, he soaked the fish monsters thoroughly in the breath given by his mother, striving to breed a new species that would satisfy him.
…Make up for past mistakes…
Some children… will never be abandoned by their mothers…
The fine tendrils, like grass, assembled the floating bones into a floating “land.” Fourth Joy cooperated by delineating the area into water, land, and sky, carefully selecting a group of sturdy fish headed monsters to go ashore.
Probably ninety-nine percent dead.
Fourth Joy rigorously calculated the mortality rate of the evolved fish headed monsters, urging those in the water to produce more offspring and providing an ample reserve army for the land.
Inside the sphere that had completely turned red from blue, the fish headed monsters did not become more ferocious under the moonlight’s influence; instead, they became much calmer. Among them, the parts with more mixed mermaid bloodlines began to occasionally flash sparks of thought in their chaotic bloodthirsty eyes, albeit brief and faint, it seemed to add highlights to their dead fish eyes.
They gathered under the sacrificial pillars formed by stacked bones, making gestures of worship and prayer. The tendrils on the “land” entwined around these bone pillars, adding a network of blood vessel-like patterns to the pale forest.
Then, some of the fish headed monsters’ chant-like prayers were transmitted clearly and accurately into Xu Yintang’s mind through some tendrils.
It sounded nice, but if it kept looping in his mind, it was really annoying.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Xu Yintang’s conflicted emotions manifested in the body composed of tendrils, tangling up like a ball of yarn and then dispersing again, swaying back and forth. Each tendril seemed to move with its own thoughts. When Xu Yintang wasn’t paying attention, they crawled around aimlessly, disobedient to his commands.
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[Relax and imagine yourself as a human.]
[Don’t focus on details, pay attention to the overall impression.]
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No malice.
A tendril captured a glimmer of light at the edge of the light sphere, making Xu Yintang uneasy for no apparent reason, but his rationality judged it to be beneficial and harmless. It was like getting a shot or taking medicine when sick; instinctively repulsive, but knowing it’s good for you.
Combining Fourth Joy’s previous description of this large sphere of light and their speculation about its identity, Xu Yintang tentatively placed this sphere of light in a neutral zone.
[Big light ball…]The description of ‘big light ball’ couldn’t be refuted. It paused for a moment before continuing, [You can call me Qingxiao.]
He came slightly closer, emitting a warm light that made Xu Yintang feel stuffy and uncomfortable but not scorching. The self-image visualized in Xu Yintang’s consciousness suddenly became much brighter and clearer, and the tentacles followed the command of his consciousness, weaving a human-like form.
[No, not turning the tendrils into a human appearance. Let me think… Like the butterfly of Third Flora, actually, it’s the scales of the original body projecting light. Visualize the image in the mind into a skin, like putting on clothes, dressing oneself up.]
This operation was a bit tricky, but fortunately, Xu Yintang had just figured out how to project the Blood Moon, and Qingxiao’s guidance was detailed enough. Before long, the tendrils spreading everywhere were gathered into a gradually forming human body. Xu Yintang opened his eyes, carefully sensing the structure of his body, making sure he didn’t create some kind of monster.
The body was basically human-like, with the heart that accidentally grew to the right side moving to a position almost the same as the left side, beating irregularly for a while until finding the right frequency. The warm blood color then tinted the pale skin, making it look no different from a living person.
It feels… off…
He touched his empty abdomen, which gradually became cold all over, and took the “uterus” stuck to Little Darling’s tentacles.
The fist-sized piece of flesh pulsated vigorously in his hand, its spider-web-like crimson patterns devouring the tendrils attempting to invade it. This was a symbol of Daeis’ favor, indicating that Xu Yintang, as Daeis’ follower, still had a connection with it.
Although the connection was not particularly strong anymore, Xu Yintang could vaguely sense that if he abruptly severed this connection, the sleeping Daeis would inevitably perceive it.
So he decided not to.
He pursed his lips and stuffed the stubborn piece of flesh into his body. Xu Yintang didn’t adjust its position when inserting it, but the uterus automatically adjusted to the most suitable lower abdomen position upon entering the mother’s body. The patterns stretched and entangled the tendrils forming the mother’s body, bringing a tingling sensation upon connection.
Xu Yintang then practiced putting on clothes for himself. He chose the style of patient gown he was most familiar with, simulating every detail from childhood to adulthood.
“Thank you.” Xu Yintang nodded towards Qingxiao in gratitude, then extended his hand to call the cowering young ones nearby — whether the following encounter would be hostile or friendly, they must always be polite children.
As for whether to let the young ones come closer or wait until Qingxiao left before deciding, the worst-case scenario would be flipping the table in anger, hindering any chance of escape.
Fortunately, the offspring didn’t seem eager to come closer.
Except for Fourth Joy, who felt that the light emanating from Qingxiao symbolized rational rules and was sweet and delicious, all the other offspring only felt a stimulating sensation that they couldn’t describe upon smelling it, knowing instinctively that they must keep their distance from the presence in front of them, not even daring to lick it.
Second Treasure was even stimulated by this smell to the point where his fur exploded, and countless eyeballs popped out of his face.
Qingxiao had anticipated that it would not be welcomed by the offspring, so it gathered up the overly bright light on its body and said to Xu Yintang, [I can send them back to the copy first.]
In other words, it wanted to have a chat with Xu Yintang.
“That would be great,” Xu Yintang smiled, not delving into where exactly the offspring were sent back to since Qingxiao was sending them back to the copy.
The offspring vaguely sensed from the consciousness connected to their mother that this was a conversation between adults that offspring were not allowed to join. Although leaving their mother alone with a stranger they perceived as dangerous had a psychological impact on them, they obediently did not resist the push coming from Qingxiao transmitted through their mother’s consciousness.
They were gently pushed through a barrier-like layer and landed back in the initial workshop.
Little Darling’s consciousness expanded, enveloping his siblings in his tendrils. The tendrils on the core meat rapidly oscillated, gathering information from the surroundings.
—Some dark creatures were nowhere to be seen, and the workshop was in chaos. Not far away, Thomas lay on the ground, unsure if he was alive or dead, while Tiantian, with an anxious expression, had just violently smashed open the door to the workshop.
[Little Darling’s way of perception is very much like yours.]
After sending away the offspring and remaining silent facing Xu Yintang for a while, Qingxiao finally made an effort to regain some of its conversational abilities.
When unsure of what to say to a mother, talking about the child was always a safe bet.
Xu Yintang looked at his own hands and tried to extend some tendrils from under the human “clothes.” He saw the reddish tendrils quickly spreading from his forearm to his fingertips, somewhat similar to the tendrils on Little Darling’s core meat.
“I thought this was from his father.”
[Daeis originates from all the fantasies and mysteries of the moonlight and doesn’t exist as such an entity.]
Feeling that its current form as a sphere of light wasn’t quite suitable, Qingxiao also molded itself into a shape resembling a human, albeit still just a radiant form, unable to don a human skin like Xu Yintang.
Looking at the transformation, Xu Yintang asked, “What am I?”
[To recognize oneself as what one is, is what one is.]
[Even if the origin indeed stems from the Void Sea, it doesn’t affect recognizing oneself as human.]
To exist in the form of a human, to live in the manner of a human, to think with human consciousness.
If not human, then what else could they be?
Author’s Note –
Gradually reclaiming the clues about Mother Xu Yingtang’s background.
Gradually filling in the background of the world.
Mother Xu Yingtang is back, I’m touched to tears.
Glad Mother is back.
Oooh, does this mean Mother Yingtang was never taken from the human world in the first place? I hope we find all about his origins soon~
Also the ‘Than’ in this chapter’s title should be ‘Then’. Thanks for the hard work!
Human form is back
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