What does the Divine Embrace consist of?
Now Xu Yintang could answer this question.
It consists of mist, moonlight, and the gentle breeze that passes by.
It made contact with a force lighter and more delicate than a human picking up an ant, as if it feared that even the slightest negligence could crush the fragile and minuscule life on its fingertip.
The piercing cries slowly subsided. Second Treasure didn’t understand the meaning of this touch, but it instinctively felt comfortable and safe, as if it was always meant to be a part of this embrace. Unable to resist, it huddled closer, seeking even more closeness.
This closeness was also a novel experience for the other party, who involuntarily drew near, eager to know more. The wriggling shadows left Xu Yintang and gathered closer to where the cub was. The moonlight fell on him again.
Xu Yintang’s body continued to convulse and tremble uncontrollably. Cold sweat soaked his clothes, leaving large patches of dampness.
His eyes hurt, and his face was sticky and wet with fluid running down. He didn’t need to touch it to know it was a mixture of fresh blood, tears, and something else.
Despite avoiding the fear of staring directly at the deity, the excessive ecstasy still placed a tremendous burden on his body. Blood and some viscous substance flowed from his throat, unable to stop until he could only vomit acidic fluids. Unfortunately, he hadn’t eaten anything in the past 24 hours, and his empty stomach couldn’t provide more material.
After a dozen seconds, Xu Yintang finally felt that he was still breathing. His ears, ringing with static noise, picked up the sounds of air movement and the pounding of his heart.
He’s back…
He bit his tongue to resist the urge to open his eyes and felt something gently touch his fingertips. When he explored it more carefully, he discovered that it was one of Little Darling’s tendrils coiling around his fingers. He also felt that the tendril had grown fleshy bud-like new mouthparts that couldn’t wait to open when touched. They resembled the spiky thorns on a new piece of clothing, and they pricked Xu Yintang’s fingertips.
[System Prompt: Congratulations to the player’s pet “Little Darling” for acquiring the skill “Bloodsucking.”]
[Skill Description: Siphon blood through special mouthparts on tendrils and secrete a venom that impedes clotting. Siphoning rate: 5 milliliters/second/tendril (stackable).]
Little Darling adhered its tendrils lovingly to Xu Yintang’s hand, refusing to leave it. It seemed to suddenly have an infinite interest in his hand. Some kind of sticky, fiery emotion was conveyed— the kind that couldn’t wait to lick and devour his hand from the inside out. At this moment, the same remnants of emotion were present on the wax statue that Jim had transformed into.
It seemed that these children would learn something from their food. Xu Yintang emphasized the issue of educating the children, and he didn’t mind if the cub was attached to his hand; after all, he could always slip it into his pocket, and no one would know what was inside.
However, if they learned something not-so-desirable by eating the wrong things and became rebellious, it could affect their parent-child relationship.
But for now, it appeared that Little Darling was more than content with occupying the territory of Xu Yintang’s hand. Its mouthparts produced a high-pitched hiss as they rubbed against each other.
Xu Yintang moved his fingertips in response to the tendril that was attached like a child, and when he once again felt countless tiny, soft tendrils caressing his consciousness and skin, he knew that the other side of the parent-child time with Second Treasure had come to an end. Second Treasure was dozing off with a buzzing purr in his consciousness, like a pampered cat, while the “dad” side was relieved as if it had just completed a difficult task. It was eager to return the child to Xu Yintang, the “mom.”
The deity had no ill intentions toward Xu Yintang and the children. It wasn’t a malevolent or evil deity. Its existence simply transcended human understanding, and it was so immense that it inspired fear.
This time, it had gained more experience in touching fragile ants. The shadow didn’t envelop Xu Yintang abruptly as before; instead, it hesitated around his feet, and the edges produced tendrils with entwining patterns, tentatively trying to connect with Xu Yintang’s shadow.
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Perhaps because children like Little Darling and Second Treasure were not enough to be classified as it’s cubs, the tendrils that came in contact didn’t convey too much affection but more of confusion and curiosity. It was as if it, too, didn’t know how to define and deal with these two children—and with the even more challenging “mom” that was Xu Yintang.
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After an unknown amount of time, a lengthy wait that had left Xu Yintang half-unconscious from exhaustion, the deity finally made up its mind. The shadow suddenly surged toward Xu Yintang like a rising tide, wrapping the cubs along with him. The moon outside the window had grown blood-red, and the red moonlight floated on the shadow, emitting a cold and eerie light.
[Warning! Warning! Encounter external contamination! Please take immediate action!]
[Value check in progress… Check failed…]
[Value check… Value check in progress…]
[Suffering from external contamination, player’s Constitution +3, Mysterious +11.]
[Constitution: 71/Mysterious: 76]
The system’s shrill alarm resonated in Xu Yintang’s consciousness, jolting his soul, which was floating out of his body, back to awareness. The term “external contamination” itself represented an extremely ominous omen. Strangely, Xu Yintang didn’t feel any discomfort. The shadows enveloping his body and soul and the gentle red moonlight shining upon him were incredibly soothing, like being wrapped in the warmth of a comfortable dream.
He had his eyes closed, but he could clearly see the moon blinking at him. He saw the tide of shadows recede from the moon’s red glow. After a brief awakening, the deity went to sleep again.
It was as if nothing had happened, yet something had changed at its core.
[System Prompt: The player has suffered contamination and entered an outward manifestation of alteration, direction of alteration: Servant of Daeis.]
[System Prompt: Congratulations to the player for acquiring the skill “Daeis’s Power · Birth (Small).”]
[Skill Name: Daeis’s Power · Birth (Small)]
[Acquisition Condition: The player successfully sows the seed of Daeis during the birth of the deity, faces Daeis’s shadow, and receives recognition, achieving the outward manifestation of alteration: Servant of Daeis.]
[Skill Effects: This skill consists of three stages: “Breeding Modification,” “Parasitic Cultivation,” and “Raising and Taming”]
[1. Breeding Modification: Use a substantial amount of high-quality native genetic information (both flesh and soul) with a rating not lower than C as the base, irrigate it with the player’s blood, and give birth to a new life’s seed.]
[2. Parasitic Cultivation: Plant appropriate seeds in a vigorous and strong-willed host, giving birth to a new life. Note: Parasitism will consume a significant amount of the host’s vitality. To achieve a higher success rate in cultivation, the host should be at least of B rank.]
[3. Raising and Taming: The player will raise and instruct the new life, and they will repay with strength and loyalty. Note: The growth limit of the new life is determined during the seeding; players should not have overly high expectations.]
[Birth Probability (of C-grade flesh/soul and successful parasitism in a B-grade host)]
[C-grade creatures: 25%]
[B-grade creatures: 92%]
[A-grade creatures: 23%]
[A-grade or above creatures: 05%]
[Considering the diversity of material usage and the uncontrollability of genetic variability, the birth probability will fluctuate as per the actual situation, and final interpretation rights belong to the player.]
[Additionally, this skill will not affect the player’s regular value assessment, so players can use it with confidence.]
In other words, this skill would impact the player’s unseen, non-standard value assessment, such as the alienation status setting that is not explained in detail from beginning to end.
Xu Yintang read this somewhat complex skill summary three times, carefully parsing and understanding each word and sentence while waiting patiently for several minutes. He counted his heartbeats until he was sure that Daeis had genuinely fallen asleep and wouldn’t return. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and open his eyes.
Sweat dripped from his forehead, and he felt like he had just been pulled out of the water, with his body uncomfortable and reassembled. Xu Yintang searched for the outward manifestation of alteration but couldn’t find anything, no matter how much he touched himself. He still appeared to be a normal human with two eyes and two legs.
Then he picked up Little Darling and Second Treasure and examined them thoroughly from head to toe.
The two cubs were also within the range of system messages being updated——
[System prompt: The race of the player’s pet “Little Darling” has been updated.]
[Pet race: Dai (infancy)]
[Grade rating: B]
[System prompt: The player successfully bound the pet “Second Treasure”. Pet status: Pregnant.]
[Pet race: Dai (infancy)]
[Grade rating: C]
[Pet skills -]
[Willpower Devour: Can cause 1~3 random willpower damage and 1~3 random sanity damage to a target whose will is not higher than 60.]
[Soul Soothing: It can soothe the consciousness of a target whose willpower is not higher than 60, and restore 1 to 3 random sanity.]
Compared to himself, the external changes in these two cubs were much more apparent. Little Darling, who had looked like a broken piece of rubber when born, had transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan.
A layer of glassy iridescence covered its body, making its skin translucent and hazy. It had grown a total of 19 circular mouthparts for bloodsucking on its 28 tendrils, in addition to its 7 regular mouthparts, which had sharpened into 12, each of them sporting a slightly harder bump in the center, suggesting the potential for even more formidable teeth in the future.
“Little Darling has become really beautiful,” Xu Yintang praised it. It was rare to receive positive feedback from the cub, who struggled with a desire to devour in the presence of “Mother.” Xu Yintang taught it to gently nibble on his fingertips and lick them in response to the praise.
It should be scary…
But…
Very happy…
Second Treasure, not to be outdone, approached to get attention as well. It rolled around, displaying its new form, wanting Mother to touch and praise it to show how pretty it was.
Its presence was now more solid and tangible compared to the previous misty form. Xu Yintang could vividly picture its claws and an abundance of eyes, inaudible but piercing cries, and a strange, almost fluffy texture. He couldn’t help but imagine these features overlaid on a cat’s appearance, certainly adorable.
Anything would become cute when associated with a cat. So, Xu Yintang gently rubbed Second Treasure’s soft form and optimistically said, “You’ll be cuter than a cat, baby.”
After surviving the ordeal and bonding with his cubs, Xu Yintang felt his strength return. His headache and dizziness had significantly subsided.
At this moment, the moon outside the window had returned to its pristine, gleaming white, and the deity had withdrawn its gaze from this corner. It had bestowed upon the human who had nurtured its seed the utmost care that a human could endure.
Even though these two cubs were inherently weak and aberrant, they should grow up smoothly under their mother’s care. Before returning to slumber, the deity reviewed itself, making sure there was nothing left to address. It might mention those two congenitally abnormal cubs to its kind again in its dreams, particularly the joyous, fragile, and peculiar human who had faced its shadow with delight.
As for how others would be thrown into panic and chaos because of the early fading of the Blood Moon…
Sorry, it had nothing to do with the deity.
As one of the culprits responsible for the Blood Moon’s fading, Xu Yintang, along with the two other culprits, exited the room and seamlessly disappeared into the depths of the hallway once more.
It was currently 3:27 AM, with 1 hour and 33 minutes until dawn.
Author’s Note –
Regarding mother Xu Yintang’s alienation, I wasn’t planning for him to transform this early.
So when he failed the first Sanity check miserably, I gave him another chance and rolled again.
Still a major failure.
I stubbornly tried again.
Another major failure.
Me:…This is absurd!
Is it reasonable to fail three times in a row? I can only follow the will of the Dice Goddess.
Maybe it’s because the Dice Goddess doesn’t like my original choice of the snake direction.
Damn it, what’s wrong with snakes? Snakes have two of everything!
Well the Pet’s skills are interesting
Snakes have two of everything 😭🤧😂🤣🤭
I lost it at the author’s note 😭
I love that the author seems to be using actual dice for this (if the comment isn’t just joking)
So the father is going to talk about his children to their uncles and aunties?
Such a happy go lucky loving snakes author—two of everything—lmao! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🐍
👀👀snakes are amazing, just switch dice till they work well. That’s they keys to ever good dice game. That is also why anyone who likes dice based games have a hoard of dice. It’s natural. Go with the snake that has two if everything🐍💜💜
I love snakes too
Thank you for your translation ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Off I didn’t understand half part of the story haha
+1
Haha haha! Author following along with dice! I can trust this author!
This God has more paternal awareness than many humans, even if he suddenly became a father 😶😅🫥