The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 680 The Usefulness of Descendants, Xu Meng Goes with the Flow
Unbelievable.

"Wasn't I a newborn weasel myself?"

"How long has it been since the teaching hurdle was overcome? A few months?"

At what age can a ferret give birth?

"And what about the pregnancy process? Were they skipped entirely?"

She has too many problems.

It took me a while to realize it:
"Wait, wait, wait, no, no!"

"Even if a weasel can give birth after a few months, it can't give birth all by itself!"

"This...who...who was my father??"

She quickly scanned the entire cave—

Squirrel, cat, weasel.

At this moment, the animals in the cave were also surprised to see the little weasel that had appeared on the grass.

Naturally, Yao Yao focused her attention on the weasel. Considering that she was now a weasel, the weasel in the cave seemed to be the only one of her kind.

It's impossible for a ferret to have babies with a squirrel or a cat, right?
Yao Yao stared at Ling You, wanting to say something, but not knowing where to begin.

She didn't even know whether the weasel was a player or an animal.

As darkness fell, they discovered the cave together. They huddled together, making "squeak squeak squeak" and "meow meow meow" noises for a while before reaching an agreement to squeeze into the cave to sleep.

Who would have thought such an outrageous turn of events would occur?!
At this point, she even complained a little to Xiaomeng: "Why are you doing things about having babies at such a young age?"

What am I supposed to do now?
Should we find a father for this little guy?

Pretend you didn't see it, didn't know what was going on, and just left?

Or should we take this little burden with us, migrating and raising the child at the same time?

Yao Yao was in a real headache.

While she was worrying, her teammate, Little Elephant, who inexplicably felt an itch on his head, couldn't help but chime in: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"What pregnancy? What baby?"

"Why do I have some trouble understanding this?"

Upon hearing this, Yao Yao remembered that her teammates were waiting outside the cave.

Looking again at the unfamiliar weasel and the baby weasel that had just opened its eyes, a sense of guilt welled up in my heart.

"My teammates kept watch outside the cave all night, and I ended up with a baby overnight???"

This is too abstract!

The squirrel, the cat, and the weasel all curiously gathered around to look at the little guy.

Taking this opportunity, Yao Yao crawled out of the hole, about to express her speechlessness, but suddenly froze.

The night inside the cave was warm and comfortable, leading her to believe it was a peaceful night.

But in reality, the ground outside the cave was already covered with a layer of white frost. A cold morning wind blew, and a thin layer of snow fell on her, making her shiver.

On the frosty white earth, the larger animals had nowhere to live, so they huddled together in twos and threes to sleep, while the smaller animals, who also had nowhere to live, huddled together for warmth.

A thin layer of snow had accumulated on their bodies.

When they awoke from their sleep, they slowly rose from the ground, like animals sculpted from rock slowly coming to life.

The fine snow slid off her body, revealing her original skin tone.

But not all the animals survived.

Some careless players and animals were too inattentive and did not sleep with other animals, but instead found a place to lie down and take a long rest.

As a result of the sudden drop in temperature, they died silently in their sleep. While other animals got up, shook themselves, and shook off the fine snow, they remained lying there quietly, like a real sculpture.

Faced with such a cruel and heartless scene, Yao Yao had a bellyful of speechless frustration and complaints, all of which got stuck in her throat.

She looked up at her teammates and noticed that the baby elephant also had traces of water from the melting snow on its body.

"Good morning."

"Good morning!" the little elephant said cheerfully. "You have a baby? Let me see!"

Yao Yao sighed, "I don't know what Xiao Meng is thinking."

"In this kind of environment, they actually managed to squeeze in games about raising children. How many people will die along the way?"

The baby elephant shook its head, its two big ears swaying as it defended Xiaomeng, "It wasn't necessarily Xiaomeng's idea."

"Didn't they invite a lot of players during development? It's probably these people who came up with this crooked idea!"

As they spoke, the animals inside the cave came out one by one.

The little weasel also came out and gently nuzzled against Yao Yao.

The baby elephant lay down with its eyes shining, trying to touch the ground with its front legs, but quickly realized something was wrong and switched to its trunk.

"So cute! Can you have more babies and give one to me?"

Yao Yao: "???"

Do you fucking know what you're saying?

"Ah... I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself," the little elephant quickly apologized. "Can you tell me how you were born? I think my baby elephant is pretty good, it's a lot of fun!"

"They seem to be animals of the same species, staying in their den for one night?" Yao Yao wasn't quite sure, but quickly said, "Don't think about that, let's go. The snow seems to be getting heavier, we need to leave quickly."

The baby elephant then raised its head and looked in the direction they had come from, only to find that the snow showed no signs of stopping, and the wind was getting stronger.

The mother elephant was already urging him to set off.

The mother weasel did the same, first placing the baby weasel on Yao Yao's body, then bending down to let Yao Yao climb on, and the family of three set off together.

At this point, Yao Yao had no time to complain. There was no time to hunt or drink water. She licked the fine snow on the ground to replenish her energy and hurriedly followed the main group to continue moving forward.

In the team chat, everyone was still chatting and complaining.

However, due to the harsh environment and the departure of reincarnated players, the sound is getting fainter and fainter.

People began to realize that the game Xiaomeng designed was not a lighthearted, fun, or even carefree party game like a racing competition, but rather an extremely challenging and arduous migration.

Everyone began to adjust their expectations and trekked southward through the increasingly heavy snow.

If we set aside the difficulties, the scenery before us is actually quite beautiful.

The vast, open land was covered in white. Dozens of animals of different species moved silently through the wind and snow, leaving footprints of varying depths, which were quickly covered by the flying snow.

There's even a sense of Zen in the tranquility.

Viewers watching the live stream found it a feast for the eyes.

But the players involved found it very difficult.

Yao Yao kept telling herself, "The cold is fake, the cold is fake..."

But that didn't work.

She was exhausted from the treadmill, her back ached, and she should have been drenched in sweat, but instead she felt a distinct chill, and even shivered from the cold.

She wanted to rest.

The long journey had exhausted the baby elephants, and they had dismounted from the elephants' backs to walk on their own, finding it difficult to keep going.

For a moment, she even wondered if she was playing Animal Kingdom or taking a hunter's exam.

—She had previously participated in a hunter assessment and was so exhausted by one of the endurance challenges that she was mentally disoriented.

After that, she almost gave up on the hunter exam and never participated again.

The number of animals in the group is still decreasing.

Some people couldn't stand the cold and crawled into the tree hole to rest when they passed by.

Some people wanted to replenish their energy, so they climbed up the tree to collect nuts left by other squirrels.

Some people have things to do in real life, and if they are distracted for even a short while, they will fall behind.

……

The mole was also dragged to dinner by its mother. Before leaving, it said to the leopard with a heavy heart, "Buddy, you can eat me now, I need to go eat."

He thought the leopard would be polite to him.

Unexpectedly, the leopard devoured him without hesitation, even sending a thank you message in the chat: "Thank you!" It was originally a small matter, but as everyone laughed, they realized:

Yeah! Teammates can eat too!

If you're ruthless enough, your teammates will all be your reserves!
Fortunately, things didn't escalate to that bad point.

Before their strength and satiety reached their limit, they successfully made their way out of the snowstorm and into a pine forest.

Here, they encountered several other migrating groups.

But that's not the most surprising thing.

The most surprising thing is:

As the sky gradually darkened, these animals actually huddled around a campfire in circles to keep warm!

Everyone was stunned and quickly moved closer, only to see a baby gorilla sitting in the very center.

Beside him lay many shredded fallen leaves and withered branches, as well as a crude "wooden bow" made of sticks and plant fibers.

"Drilling wood to make fire???"

"This is not fair!"

Her teammates' voices rang in Yao Yao's ears.

"What's unfair?" Yao Yao didn't understand.

"He has hands!!!" His teammate practically screamed.

The piercing cry of the elephant successfully drew the attention of a group of people in front of the fire.

A tabby cat that had been lying on the polar bear's head suddenly jumped down and scurried over to Yao Yao's side, sniffing the tiny white weasel on her body, looking very fond of it.

A startled exclamation suddenly rang out in the team chat: "Holy crap! Xu Meng?!"

This exclamation immediately made the channel lively:
"What Xu Meng? Where is Xu Meng? That chimpanzee?"

"No! It's the polar bear!"

"The tabby cat is Xiaomeng! Wow, we can't believe we ran into her! We're so lucky!"

"Great! Now I can pass the level in one go!?"

"They're still live-streaming! They said they didn't expect someone to give birth to an animal baby so soon, and they want to send her a gift."

……

Yao Yao blinked, somewhat surprised, and hurriedly brought up the control panel to open Xu Meng's live stream room as the cat dragged her into the inner circle.

It's definitely from the perspective of a polar bear.

The topic they were discussing was themselves—

"I never expected that someone would discover the Easter egg so quickly and create the next generation."

"This should be the first new life created by a player in the entire game, right?"

The polar bear looked at the cat as it spoke.

Xiao Meng's voice rang out, "That's right!"

"Amazing!"

"There are fewer than 30 new lives being born worldwide right now, and this little white ferret is the first!"

"Then let's give her something to congratulate her?" Xu Meng said.

The tabby cat turned its head to look at the weasel, and Yao Yao felt a few glints of light flash in the cat's pupils.

"I've got it! She doesn't have a dream machine yet! How about we give her one?"

"Sure, sure." The polar bear nodded easily.

Viewers who had been watching the live stream weren't surprised—since the start of the stream, Xu Meng and Xiao Meng had given away more than 30 Dream Machines under various pretexts, some to players and some to viewers.

Compared to this, people are more curious about something else:

"This game lets you have babies??"

"What's the point of having children under these circumstances? Isn't it just a pure negative benefit?"

"Hmm... Does this mean that players aren't allowed to have sexual relations with each other, but they can do whatever they want when they're transformed into animals?"

"Fundamentalist Fury fans are ecstatic!!!"

"That's all for today's live stream. I'm going to go get my wife to log in now!"

……

The polar bear silently picked up a branch about the thickness of a wrist, broke it in its hand, and threw it into the campfire.

Then he asked Xiaomeng, "Do you want me to give you a spoiler?"

“Sure!” Xiaomeng nodded. “Having baby animals isn’t a burden! Normally, after an animal dies, it has to start migrating all over again. But if you have offspring, you can wake up in your offspring after you die and continue migrating.”

“You can regard your offspring as a continuation of life.”

"So if you have baby animals, never abandon them. Take good care of them and raise them to adulthood."

Xiao Meng spoke earnestly.

One of the main reasons she was willing to reveal the plot was that some players had already abandoned their offspring because they felt they were a burden.

She didn't want to see this happen, so she preferred to spoil the plot.

She was also pleased to see that a large group of animals around the campfire all turned their attention to the little white weasel that Xiaomeng was holding and playing with, their faces showing surprise and envy.

The live stream chat was immediately flooded with questions, all asking how to have a baby.

There was a wolf and a lynx by the campfire. The wolf sat down on the ground and raised its two hind legs, looking at its crotch.

—Clearly, they are looking for equipment to make babies.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find it.

Nevertheless, the cat covered its own and the little ferret's eyes.

"Animals of the same species but different sexes have a chance of producing offspring after a long period of close contact during a sleep period."

Xu Meng explained.

"Don't ask what the probability is, just prepare well for pregnancy and see what fate brings."

The audience, who had just become excited, were immediately disappointed:
"Boring!"

"This is unscientific! I protest! The process must be shown!"

"Exactly! This kind of rule makes it too easy to have unintended pregnancies, and without emotional investment, it's easy to have abandoned children! I strongly demand that the emotional and physical interaction between both parents be added!"

"It's not just animals, it's people too! People are what we need most! My wife and I have been in a long-distance relationship for many years, and we really need them!"

"Mr. Xu, I'm a lawyer, and I assure you: to date, there is no law prohibiting sexual activity in the virtual world. You really don't need to worry too much!"

"Exactly! Even the sex doll shops on the street are more daring than yours!"

……

Unsurprisingly, the topic was quickly steered astray by a large group of players who enjoy playing pranks.

Just as Xu Meng had guessed before.

So he neither ignored nor refused, but went along with it and nodded, saying, "Okay, since everyone's voice is so strong... I will seriously consider it."

The players who were desperately trying to persuade her through the live chat didn't even expect Xu Meng to agree—after all, they had been petitioning for so long, but Xu Meng had never responded to the issue.

So much so that when Xu Meng answered, they subconsciously assumed it was a rejection.

After sending another comment, I realized something was wrong—

It seems Mr. Xu is... about to agree?!

If you disagree, what's the point of considering it?

After a moment of complete silence, the entire venue suddenly erupted in a burst of intense enthusiasm:
"Boss Xu is awesome!"

"Long live Boss Xu!!"

"Don't think about it anymore, just agree!"

"Isn't the Dream Machine currently selling 120 million units? If you remove this restriction, I guarantee you'll break 200 million! No, 300 million! If that's not enough, my roommate Cheng Qian will make up the difference!"

(End of this chapter)