Quick Transmigration and Childbirth: The Target is Not Human

It felt as if thousands of ants were gnawing at my chest.

Xia Yangyang tried frantically to scratch, but her limbs were restrained by iron clamps, and she could not touch them no matter what she did. The pain made her burst into tears.

At that moment, even death became a relief.

But Victor's gentle, enchanting words kept echoing in her ears.

"Hang in there, Yangyang." "Hang in there a little longer." "It'll be over soon."

If she could open her mouth, Xia Yangyang would have loved to yell back.

"Hold on my ass! It's so easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!"

Under the magical power of the Heart of the Ocean, Xia Yangyang recovered.

She lay in a giant bubble, with a woven seaweed cushion beneath her, and a pink heart-shaped stone suspended above her.

Xia Yangyang touched her chest, where a young heart was beating energetically.

She's not dead?

She's really still alive!

The joy of being brought back from the dead overwhelmed Xia Yangyang: [I knew I had staying power; I'm really hard to kill!]

The system typed furiously without looking up: [I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?]

No, she just woke up. Shouldn't this cold and heartless system be affectionate with her?

She has no emotional intelligence at all; she has to do tasks as soon as she wakes up.

Xia Yangyang: [Good news?]

System: [The good news is that the human embryo gestation program was successful. Without a mother, the success rate of gestation in culture medium is very low, but one out of nineteen embryos still succeeded. Congratulations! You have a little octopus son!]

Has it been that long already?

Xia Yangyang was curious about the little octopus that suddenly appeared. What would a child born from the combination of a human and a mutated tentacle monster's genes look like?

However, she also breathed a sigh of relief. Now that she had a child, her mission should be considered complete, right?

The system, having read Xia Yangyang's thoughts, said: [This is your bad news.]

Xia Yangyang: [Huh?]

System: [Your son is dying. The system cannot determine whether his birth was successful, therefore the process is stalled.]

Xia Yangyang frowned: [What do you mean?]

System: ["Tentacle Monster II" suffers from congenital heart defects and relies entirely on an artificial heart pump to sustain its life. Humans continue to conduct sampling experiments to extract the maximum value from its genes. Based on remote data monitoring, I infer that it has at most three more days to live.]

Xia Yangyang's heart was gripped tightly by an unnamed hand: [How could this happen? Isn't there any way to save its life?]

The system paused for a moment: [There is a method; it's up to you to choose.]

Xia Yangyang: [What method?]

The system remained conflicted: [Let me be clear first, this method might make you a target of the ocean's relentless pursuit, and might even make Victor hate you... I advise you to be cautious. You can have more children, but once you use this method, you'll be in deep trouble.]

Xia Yangyang could glean some of the risks from the system's extremely cautious tone.

She calmed down and composed herself.

What is the natural conception rate without the assistance of human technology? It's probably ridiculously low, right?

If she were to abandon the child, not only would it be a living, breathing life, but she would also need to appease Victor.

Having already uttered such resolute words, it's easy to imagine the hardships and humiliations she will suffer in the future if she turns back and says she regrets it.

She didn't come to this world to enjoy herself; she came to do a mission.

So what if she's hated? So what if she's being hunted? Her real family is still waiting for her to come home.

Xia Yangyang: [Tell me, what's the plan?]

Seeing the determination in her expression, the system sighed: [Okay, do you see the pink stone above you?]

Xia Yangyang nodded.

System: [Actually, this thing is called the Heart of the Ocean. It was made from the heart of the first sea lord, the Siren. You can use this to replace your son's heart and let him live.]

Xia Yangyang murmured: [Heart of the Ocean...but it sounds like it's very important?]

System: [This is like the magic staff that the Monkey King took away; it's a treasured possession of the underwater kingdom. Taking it away will cause chaos in the ocean.]

Xia Yangyang, about to touch it, jerked her hand back as if burned: [Then how can I take it away?!]

System: [Wait, I haven't finished yet. Do you remember where you last saw this pink light?]

Xia Yangyang recalled carefully: [The pearl Victor fed me... I remember him saying it was his heart's blood?]

System: [That's right, the heart's blood of any Siren's child can be used to temporarily suppress this chaos. This is a secret known only to the Ocean Lord. After all, there are too many people in this world who covet the Heart of the Ocean. If one person steals it and another tries to snatch it, wouldn't the seabed be in chaos?]

Xia Yangyang didn't ignore the second half of the sentence, focusing instead on the first: "[Temporarily suppressed? Doesn't that still leave no solution?]"

System: [No, no, no, because your son has become the new Heart of the Ocean. As long as Victor brings him back to the sea, the chaos will naturally subside.]

Therefore, we are at most borrowing the Heart of the Ocean. Of course, the ocean's subjects don't see it that way; stealing the Heart of the Ocean would undoubtedly exacerbate the conflict between humanity and the ocean.

Actually, there's a part of the system that it never said from beginning to end.

It felt there was no need to say anything.

That is—life that survives by devouring the Heart of the Ocean is cursed by the sunlight.

Xia Yangyang was caught in a dilemma, staring at the dazzling Stone of Life that was so close to her.

*

The earth shook violently, and the seawater seemed to vomit as if it were carsick.

Inside the goldsmith's workshop, the hanging gold ornaments clattered and rattled, and the basins tilted, scattering their golden brilliance onto the floor.

The monarch lost his balance and instinctively grabbed the strong, blue arm beside him.

Victor frowned, half of his burned face hidden by a golden mask, and said, "Your Majesty, be careful."

"Report, report, report... report, report, report, report—!!!"

A crab guard tumbled and crawled in from outside, its claws trembling, pointing directly towards the land.

"My Lord, my Lord, something terrible has happened! That person... a human, she... she—"

The monarch lowered his eyes, his white eyelashes casting a shadow.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by a chilling voice from the side that left no room for argument: "If you can't speak straight, chop it off."

Victor's terrifying, plague-like expression scared the crab guard so much that he wet himself, and his already knotted tongue twisted into a pretzel.

"She, she, she... Heart of the Ocean... secretly..."

With each word he uttered, Victor's face grew colder, his gaze fixed intently on him.

The monarch, leaning on his cane, tapped it twice on the swaying ground.

A holy white light spread, soothing the seabed that had been rocking so violently that it felt nauseous, and it gradually calmed down.

"Don't rush, tell me slowly, what happened?"

The crab guard swallowed hard, then glanced at Victor warily.

"The Heart of the Ocean, the Heart of the Ocean... it was stolen by that human we rescued!!"