Beastman Empire: Huo Cixiao X Luo Beishi
A large black python x a white hamster.
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The Age of Beasts, Star Era 4508.
Amidst natural disasters, man-made calamities, and the rampage of the Zerg, humanity fled the ravaged blue planet seven thousand years ago and arrived in the Beastman System Galaxy, where all the planets are inhabited by Orcs.
But fragile humans brought technology that spurred social progress. The orcs had no concept of technology, but they couldn't resist the beautiful vision that humans painted for them, so they stayed.
However, the low-oxygen climate of any orc planet is extremely harsh, but orcs with superpowers can survive regardless of the environment.
Driven by an insatiable will to survive, humans were forced to develop hybrid human-beast genes. These genes could be optimized and lifespans extended. Ordinary beastmen could live up to 500 years old, while advanced beastmen could live up to 1000 years old.
However, humans could only pair genetically with orcs, achieving cross-species technological progress. Later on, pure-blooded humans became rare.
However, this only applies to orcs; ordinary animals cannot reproduce across species.
Of course, technology has been advancing, and now interspecies reproduction is possible. Reproductive isolation no longer exists in interstellar society. Due to the orcs' overly powerful genes, the cunning human plan has failed, and humans are no longer the rulers of society.
Orc Star - Gamma 601
This place is simply called the Desolate Star; it's deserted and uninhabited, with sparse vegetation.
At the entrance of a cave at the foot of a mountain, where there is not much vegetation, a silver-haired boy is basking in the sun while holding an energy stone, living a carefree life.
Recently, he was kicked out of his home by his family on the grounds that he was lazy and good-for-nothing.
The truth is that he was too weak in both mind and body, and would die if someone stepped on him. He awakened to the full F-level right after coming of age. His stepmother's family couldn't get rid of him openly, so they sent a starship to abandon him on this desolate planet.
But only Luo Beishi-Amelia herself knew how happy she was to be here.
The magnetic field here is very suitable for him. He used to be out of breath even when walking, but now he can feel his body recovering.
So he walked in the direction that felt comfortable and came to a beautiful cave filled with colorful, high-grade energy stones!
At that moment, he knew he had struck gold! So while recovering his body, he took out his spatial storage and put more than half of the energy stones into his pocket.
In fact, he knew from the beginning that he might be abandoned, and driven by the habits of golden hamsters, he stockpiled food and supplies wherever he went!
Therefore, he now has no worries about food and drink and doesn't need to go to school. As his body recovers, he also knows that his Spiritual Power level has improved, but he doesn't know how much.
Just as he was feeling smug, a loud "BOOM!" explosion jolted him back to his original form as a white hamster.
He was entirely white, with black eyes, and his body was about the size of a human fist, but he was relatively light in weight.
Although trembling all over, the little golden hamster mustered its courage, stood up on its pink hind legs, and looked around.
Finally, I saw smoke rising about 30 meters to the southeast; it was so close!
Luo Beishi didn't want to get involved, but he worried that other beastmen might be experiencing the same ordeal as him... yet he also feared it might be a real-life version of the Ancient Blue Star story, "The Farmer and the Snake."
But the kind and timid little golden bear did not revert to human form; instead, it used its tiny body to quickly run over and investigate.
As he drew closer to his target, he seemed to sense a powerful aura emanating from a strong individual, but unfortunately, this aura was now almost imperceptible, nearly vanishing into thin air.
As the smoke cleared, Luo Beishi could see a Little Black python inside the safety pod, which was about the size of a coffin! It exuded an orcish aura, but it seemed to be dying.
Besides, snakes and rats are natural enemies. What if this guy eats his savior rat after he saves it? Oh well, there's nothing we can do to him right now anyway.
Then Luo Beishi transformed back into human form, and a spotless white-haired boy dressed in white clothes appeared instantly. Although his legs were a little shaky, he still stretched out his slender, fair hand, quickly found the switch, turned it on, and then used his Spiritual Power to gently place his hand on the Little Black's head to examine it.
He started attending classes at a very young age. His maternal family, the Emily Family, was very strict about their children's education, so he was exposed to it from a young age and understood the theoretical knowledge. Now, shall we use this Little Black python for an experiment?
That's right. In extreme cases, orcs will revert to their juvenile form to ensure that they don't die too quickly from energy depletion when severely injured, thus increasing their chances of survival with timely medical treatment.
His white eyelashes fluttered, and he thought to himself, "No way... this guy's spiritual domain is like a boundless ocean, incredibly vast and magnificent!" Unfortunately, his spiritual domain was like parched land, cracked everywhere, as if it were about to dry up...
Startled, Luo Beishi jumped in fright. He didn't care about anything else at the moment, picked up the little guy who probably weighed only a pound or two, and ran towards the cave as fast as he could.
He hadn't tried using his healing Spiritual Power to save anyone yet, but putting the Little Black python on the energy stones was sure to be a good idea! He himself had recovered thanks to these stones.
Anyway, he still had the healing books passed down to him by his deceased mother in his spatial storage, so he decided to take it one step at a time.
Perhaps it was the warmth emanating from the boy that caused the Little Black python, which had been holding on for so long, to slowly fall asleep.
Back at the innermost part of the cave, he placed the Little Black python on the largest energy stone.
He wasn't sure if there was something wrong with his eyes, but he saw the emerald green energy stone gradually fade in color.
"I don't know your name, so I'll just call you Little Black. Also, you used up way too much energy! You lost a large energy stone in just two minutes..."
Fortunately, he didn't move everything into the space lock, mainly because there wasn't enough room.
The Little Black, with its smooth, glossy scales, lay listlessly and exhausted on the energy stone.
Luo Beishi felt a pang of heartache. This poor little guy seemed to be in a worse situation than him. At least he wasn't thrown from the sky. The people who brought him here even gave him a small hovercraft that could be driven at low altitudes.
If you encounter danger, you can drive away.
He lovingly reached out and gently tapped the little boy's head. His Spiritual Power detected that the boy seemed to have recovered a little bit, though it was insignificant. However, the boy's aura seemed less weak, proving that the energy stone was also effective for Little Black.
Once the energy stone beneath Little Black turned transparent, he simply placed Little Black into the pile of energy stones.
He took out a small bed from his spatial storage and took a nap. Anyway, he wouldn't be able to learn anything in a short time, as long as Little Black didn't die.
And so, Luo Beishi turned back into a little golden hamster, falling asleep while hugging a fragrant little chestnut.