"Gene inheritance... partners?"
Lü Siya's train of thought jumped too fast. For a moment, Meng Chao could not figure out what kind of position that was supposed to be.
"It means having children. We'll have a child together."
Lü Siya said, "Oh, perhaps more than one. In my opinion, it would be best to have a hundred or so, forming Dragon City's most powerful Lineage. On one hand, they could carry on the enterprises of Superstar Group and Qingtian Corporation, consolidating our power. On the other, those hundred-odd children could compete among themselves, and the strongest one would be the most likely to endure the incomparably cruel apocalypse, rebuilding civilization after the flames of the inevitable end of the world had dispersed—a civilization deeply branded with the marks of our two lives."
Meng Chao was struck as if by lightning, dumbfounded.
"H-how could that be possible!" he stammered.
"Why wouldn't it be possible? It's not as if I have to give birth myself."
Lü Siya spread her hands and said matter-of-factly, "Society is advancing, technology is developing. Current Spiritual Energy cultivation tank technology is already on the brink of a breakthrough. If we can gather the resources of Superstar Group and Qingtian Corporation, I believe that within three to five years, we will surely develop Artificial Gestation Pod technology. It can replace the mother's body in nurturing offspring, liberating all women from the burdensome work of bearing and raising children so they can devote themselves to research, exploration, cultivation, and combat, raising Dragon City Civilization's overall combat power by at least ten or twenty percent.
"Of course, if the technology encounters temporary difficulties, I don't mind carrying them myself—though my spiritual veins have been damaged, my genes have not mutated. Giving birth to three or five healthy, lively, strong children