"Dad, is that you?"

Xiao Ning slowly sat up, supporting herself on the edge of the cocoon.

Her dark purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall, the ends still coated with the nutrient solution from the cocoons.

She seemed not quite used to the human body yet; her attempts to stand up were somewhat clumsy and stiff. Just as she tried to stand up, her foot slipped and she stumbled forward.

Chen Feng subconsciously reached out to help, but his wrist was grabbed by Xiao Ning's warm little hand, and she threw herself into Chen Feng's arms.

At this moment, Xiao Ning was like a kitten that had found its nest.

Her cheek pressed tightly against Chen Feng's chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, her previously somewhat confused eyes curved into two crescent moons.

"Daddy." She called again softly, her voice clearer than before, with a slight upward inflection at the end, carrying a hint of coquetry.

Hearing that childish voice.

Chen Feng, who had unexpectedly become a father, was also a little stiff.

The little girl in his arms was as soft as a ball of cotton, and she carried a faint, grassy fragrance similar to that of Bai Fei, mixed with a faint, ethereal energy that was strangely reassuring.

He looked down and met Xiao Ning's upturned face—her dark purple eyes were as clear as amethyst immersed in spring water, devoid of any chilling killing intent, only pure dependence and joy remained.

The slight upturn at the corners of her eyes was exactly the same as Bai Fei's when she smiled.

"You...you really are Xiao Ning?" Chen Feng's voice was still trembling slightly. He carefully reached out and gently touched Xiao Ning's hair with his fingertips.

As your fingertips brush against the ends of your hair, you can feel a slightly cool sensation.

Xiao Ning nodded vigorously, then awkwardly touched Chen Feng's cheek with her other hand, before flashing a genuine smile. "I'm Xiao Ning. Dad, I'm... just like you now."

As she spoke, she raised her little hand to look at it.

Her fingers were slender and fair, with light pinkish-purple nail polish, as if she had applied a layer of natural nail polish.

Curious, she moved her fingers, and a point of pale purple starlight instantly condensed at her fingertips. The light swirled in her palm and eventually transformed into a tiny starlight flower.

"for you..."

Chen Feng took the flower constructed from energy and looked at Xiao Ning in his arms again.

"nice."

Upon receiving the praise, Xiao Ning's eyes lit up instantly. She opened her arms, hugged Chen Feng's neck tightly, buried her face in the crook of his neck, and rubbed against him repeatedly.

Her warm breath fell on Chen Feng's neck, carrying a faint sweet fragrance.

"Dad is the best."

......

After seeing Xiao Ning asleep in his arms.

Chen Feng immediately began to query all the data of the Void Devouring Crystal Beast through the Lucky Contract System, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

[Lucky Contract System: Race origin analysis complete, loading core confidential files...]

[Lucky Contract System: Querying information on the Void Crystal Eater (Leviathan Void Insectoid Affinity Type)...]

...

【Race Name: Crystal-Eating Mystic Beast - Xiao Ning】

[Cosmic Race Rating: SSS+ (Exceeds the upper limit of all known star beast races)]

[Number of existing individuals: 1 (unique)]

Lines of text, glowing with a pale golden light, flashed rapidly before Chen Feng's eyes.

Chen Feng also saw the truth about Bai Fei's racial origin imprint.

My heart immediately clenched.

The Leviathan Voidlings are not predatory insectoid swarms in the traditional sense, but rather an ancient energy race born from the primordial void of the universe. They comprise only 0.7% of the total Voidling race.

The Leviathan Void Zerg possess the most stringent bloodline purity requirements, with only 1% of their genetic code capable of being altered later in life.

To Chen Feng's surprise, the rating of the Crystal Devouring Beast was actually a whole major level higher than that of the Leviathan Void Zerg.

The Crystal Devouring Beasts are the only race in the universe that has mastered the "law of genetic reverse deduction".

They do not have a fixed gene chain, nor a predetermined evolutionary endpoint; their existence is for the purpose of "imitating" and "surpassing".

As long as the three conditions of bloodline, soul fragment, and energy field are met, the Crystal Devouring Beast can reverse-engineer the complete genetic sequence of any race in the universe.

Even ancient gods and demons that have long been extinct, even ancient races that were born at the beginning of the void!

As long as the Crystal Devouring Beast develops an absolute obsession with "becoming that individual," it can almost certainly achieve its goal. The only factor determining the completeness of its evolution is time...

[Lucky Contract System: The Crystal Devouring Beast Xiao Ning did not simply imitate Bai Fei's appearance, but rather deduced Bai Fei's complete bloodline form as the "last remnant of the Leviathan Void Insectoids" through the host's deep memories. This is something that even the host may not have realized. All knowledge about the essence of Bai Fei's bloodline has been accurately captured by the target and used as an evolution template.]

[Lucky Contract System: The bloodline purity of the Crystal Devouring Beast Xiao Ning even surpasses that of all existing pure-blooded Leviathan Void Insects, with an evolution potential of SSS-level and a combat potential of SS-level...]

It turned out to be the case.

This Crystal Devouring Beast, which had followed Chen Feng since he was born from a single crystal and would act cute towards him, secretly etched his longing—a longing he himself dared not easily touch—into its own genes, bit by bit.

She seemed to have absorbed all his memories, knowing every interaction between him and Bai Fei, and every time they fought together.

The moment the last line of text faded away, Chen Feng felt his eyes welling up with tears.

He lowered his head and gently brushed his fingertips across Xiao Ning's cheek.

She was sleeping soundly, her breathing even and deep, her long eyelashes casting two faint shadows under her eyelids.

When she was asleep, her brows would furrow slightly, and her little hands would grip Chen Feng's clothes tightly, as if she were clinging to the only piece of driftwood in the world.

Just like Bai Fei in the past.

She huddled beside Chen Feng, her brows furrowed and her hands clenched tightly, as if only by Chen Feng's side could she let down her guard and reveal such a vulnerable side.

She really looks like Bai Fei, both in appearance and temperament.

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