In the galaxy, as technology advanced, people had long discovered that the higher the level of mental strength, the lower the birth rate.
In response, interstellar researchers established a project and developed advanced embryo cultivation technology, which not only solved the low birth rate issue but also alleviated the physical burden of childbirth for women. This technology became very popular in the galaxy.
However, over time, people realized that children born using embryo cultivation technology were not as exceptional as those born naturally. Not only were their mental abilities generally lower, but they also often had genetic defects.
For a while, embryo cultivation technology faced a downturn, but as time passed, some people still resorted to it as a last resort.
Currently, natural and embryo-based pregnancies were considered equal, with most people first trying natural pregnancies before turning to embryo cultivation if necessary.
But this only applied to ordinary people. Once mental strength surpassed level 2S, sperm activity greatly increased, making both natural and embryo-based pregnancies extremely difficult.
So, if Gu Yincheng were to mention wanting children, those with high-level mental strength who had struggled to conceive would surely tell him that his thinking was too idealistic.
Lin Huanyan, of course, had no idea what Gu Yincheng was thinking. After sharing her thoughts with him, she eagerly ran toward the plant cultivation racks.
She wanted to test her new ability on these plants.
The warm yellow light evenly illuminated each plant.
The first plant she noticed was a Stone Flower occupying a whole rack. Its orange, thick, fleshy petals split evenly from the center.
As soon as she approached, her spiritual power in her mind stirred restlessly, but due to her control, it could only stay put obediently.
She tentatively extended her spiritual tendrils, merging them into the plant.
A comfortable sensation came from the stone flower, along with more detailed information.
At this moment, Lin Huanyan felt as if she were the stone flower itself, resting in the comfortable soil, drinking pure water droplets, basking in warm sunlight, and striving to grow upwards.
It took her a full quarter of an hour to pull herself out of this strange sensation.
So this is the feeling of her abilities, Lin Huanyan thought, smiling. This sensation is really nice. Even if she encounters unknown plants in the future, she will know how to take care of them.
Gu Yinchen had apparently also come to her side at some point. Seeing her open her eyes, he quickly asked, “How do you feel?”
“It’s pretty good. It feels like I am that plant, knowing what I need.”
“Anything else? Any other feelings?”
Lin Huanyan thought for a moment and shook her head. “Not for now.”
“Then let’s check out other plants. There are still many seeds we planted earlier.”
Gu Yinchen suggested, bending down first and pulling out the tray with the lotus seeds.
Ten transparent culture bottles were neatly placed on the tray, with the dark brown seeds clearly visible, soaking in the clear water.
Suddenly, Gu Yinchen let out a soft “Eh.”
“Yanyan, come look, these seeds seem strange.”
Hearing this, Lin Huanyan immediately looked over.
Gu Yinchen held a culture bottle steadily with his long, strong fingers, inside of which were three dark brown lotus seeds soaking in water.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual, but when compared with the nearby bottles, the difference became clear.
In the adjacent culture bottles, the dark brown seeds had cracked open with small openings, and green, curved tender sprouts were emerging, looking vibrant and healthy. However, the seeds in this bottle remained motionless and lifeless.
The previous joy faded, and Lin Huanyan began to examine them carefully.
In the end, she found that there were three culture bottles with unusual conditions. The difference was that two of them had completely motionless seeds, while in the remaining bottle, two out of three seeds had sprouted, leaving one still dormant.
Lin Huanyan furrowed her brows in thought. It didn’t make sense—these seeds were all planted at the same time, in the same environment, so why were some sprouting while others weren’t?
Could it be a difference in the seeds? But that couldn’t be true, could it? All the bad seeds just happened to be placed together?
After thinking for a while without figuring it out, Lin Huanyan directly reached out and picked up a bottle, using her spiritual power to penetrate the bottle and observe the seeds inside.
The seeds that had sprouted gave off a comfortable, healthy energy. But when Lin Huanyan probed the dormant seed, she immediately felt a dark, sinister aura. This aura was gradually eroding the seed’s vitality, which was why it had become so lifeless.
Since she had found the cause, Lin Huanyan didn’t hesitate. She surrounded the dark energy with her spiritual power, crushing and grinding it down, releasing a vibrant green energy in the process.
The green energy was the same as the one she had just received from the stone flower.
Lin Huanyan’s ability allowed her to absorb the healthy green energy from plants and use it to heal sick plants.
Sure enough, as soon as the green energy emerged, the seed that had previously seemed lifeless, as if it had given up, immediately began to absorb the green energy and started to repair itself.
Lin Huanyan nodded with satisfaction and withdrew her spiritual power from the seed.
At that moment, her eyes met Gu Yinchen’s, who seemed to be thinking deeply.
Gu Yinchen had been watching Lin Huanyan’s actions from the side, not knowing what she had done, but he could easily notice the subtle changes, especially since his spiritual power was strong. The once lifeless seed suddenly became active.
After Lin Huanyan finished, he spoke up, “Yanyan, what happened to this seed?”
Though Lin Huanyan had healed the seed, she didn’t know the exact cause, so she just shared what she knew.
“When I used my spiritual power, I found that the seed was filled with a dark energy. It felt extremely uncomfortable as soon as I approached it. This energy was destroying the seed’s vitality, which is why it became like this. I eliminated the dark energy and infused it with some vitality, and now it’s fine.”
Gu Yinchen listened and asked, “Do you know what this energy is?”
“I don’t know. I’ve been wondering where it came from. How could it have gotten into the seed? They were all planted together, but only some of these seeds have this issue.”
As she spoke, she continued using her spiritual power to heal the other seeds.
Meanwhile, Gu Yinchen seemed to be lost in thought.
“Yanyan, wait a moment, don’t heal the last seed yet. I want to do a comparison.”
Gu Yinchen took out a pollution-level testing pen from his spatial ring.
Lin Huanyan wasn’t dumb. Seeing his actions, she immediately cooperated, taking out the culture bottle and using tools to remove the untreated seed.
After testing, the pollution level came out to be 6.2%. He then took a sprouted seed and tested it again, and the result was 0. Lin Huanyan’s healed seed also showed a pollution level of 0.
Gu Yinchen also confirmed his thoughts.
“If I’m not mistaken, the growth condition of this seed should be related to the level of pollution.”
Lin Huanyan was still fixated on the number 0 displayed on the test pen.
“Achen, is this value too low?” Her tone was filled with concern.
In her memory, she had never seen a plant with such low pollution levels.
“It is quite low. The only zero-pollution plant in the entire star system is right here,” Gu Yinchen stated matter-of-factly.
“Sigh, what should we do? I…”
Before she could finish, Gu Yinchen understood her concern—she was worried that being too outstanding would attract unwanted attention, making it impossible to live a peaceful life.
However, Gu Yinchen didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he changed the subject.
“Yanyan, you’ve been calling me Achen, right?”
Lin Huanyan was puzzled but nodded honestly, “Didn’t you tell me to call you that?”
“I have something to tell you, and I must apologize first. You probably guessed it, but a lot of the information I gave you about myself was false.”
Lin Huanyan inwardly agreed—he had tricked her good, but what was he bringing it up for now?
“My real name isn’t Gu Chen, it’s Gu Yinchen. The family situation I told you about was also fabricated. But I can assure you, I came here with no ill intentions. I just happened to meet you and liked you. Since you’ve been living in the station, I came up with this plan.”
Lin Huanyan had already anticipated this. She was initially very angry, but after he had gone through the trouble of taking care of her and helping her awaken her special ability, her anger had faded.
However, the name Gu Yinchen sounded strangely familiar.
Lin Huanyan furrowed her brows. She had definitely heard it somewhere before but couldn’t recall where.
Gu Yinchen noticed her deep in thought and didn’t speak. He knew his name was very famous—every person in the star system would have heard of it—so that was why he had used a pseudonym before.
Lin Huanyan didn’t ponder for long. Since she couldn’t remember, she decided to look it up and quickly took out her smart device to search.
Gu Yinchen smiled as he watched her. When she took out the device, his smile widened.
She was really decisive, always relying on the smart device when unsure.
Suddenly, as if she had found something, Lin Huanyan looked up in shock. “So you’re the infamous leader of the space pirates!”
“Space pirate leader?” Gu Yinchen chuckled, amused by the title. No one had ever called him that before.
“Yes, I’m the current leader of the Tianyu Space Pirate Group. Surprised?”
Lin Huanyan rolled her eyes at the news. Who wouldn’t be shocked to learn they had unknowingly helped a pitiful person, only to discover that person was the leader of space pirates?
“Do you think so?” she asked with a rhetorical tone.
“Yanyan, the reason I’m telling you my identity now is to assure you that you don’t need to be so cautious. I have the ability to protect you.”
He looked at her, his eyes filled with sincerity, like stars shining brightly.
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ARTTEDSBGT (After Rebirth The True Eldest Daughter Starts Brewing Green Tea):
main story – completed translating
extras/side stories – i still dont have money and account to access this
ATISIUP:
ongoing
