"Zhen Nan-jie, I brought the thermometer!"
"Huh? Where is she? That guy named Lei Dong is gone too. Where did they go?"
When another intern returned to the infirmary with a thermometer and various medical tools in hand,she found the room completely empty.
Even the drowsy man from earlier had vanished.
"That's odd. Maybe someone else came and took them away?"
Perhaps because she had been stationed on this ship long enough, she had seen plenty of oddities.
So, the girl wasn't particularly surprised.
She simply shook her head and left the room.
What she didn't know, however, was that her good friend Zhen Nan had, at this very moment, given away her first kiss.
And then, like dry wood meeting a raging fire…
Two shadowy figures lay panting on the floor of the women's dormitory.
"Brother Lei Dong, I—I love you!"
"Zhen Nan, you're so beautiful… I won't let you down!"
Then—bang!—the door was slammed shut.
Well then!
Young people really are full of fire.
But this was still during work hours.
Unless there was an emergency, it was unlikely anyone would interrupt their intimate encounter.
And as for what exactly was going on inside… let's just say it's not something easily described.
Though for some reason, the entire ship was swaying rather violently.
As if a massive creature was doing push-ups on top of it.
"What's going on? Are we hitting rough seas?"
"Send someone to check the deck. If it's nothing serious, we'd better head back to port!"
"These crab catchers are crazy—only one of them came back alive?"
Although the ship carried a few high-level combatants,
they weren't strong enough to sense the overwhelming presence of a super-beast like the Thunder Dragon Emperor.
Especially since he was currently in human form.
All the health scans had just cleared him moments ago.
Everything seemed normal.
While the patrol vessel wobbled its way back toward port over the next hour or so,
no one noticed that, high above the human warship, two clusters of energy had quietly appeared.
Roughly 300 meters above the deck.
With specialized equipment, one might have detected the unusual energy fluctuations—
something akin to a high-level domain.
Perhaps that red-haired top-tier expert could have sensed it.
"Zzzt… zzzt…"
The two energy clusters began to intertwine,
forming a swirling Yin-Yang symbol, much like a Taiji Eight Trigrams diagram.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Once the Yin-Yang symbol fully formed, it spun in the air for a good ten seconds,
before suddenly splitting apart—
then shot toward the ship at a bizarre angle, piercing it with unnatural speed and precision.
In the blink of an eye, the twin energies surged into the bodies of the man and woman.
Zhen Nan, overcome with bliss, had already fainted in happiness.
Even as the Yin energy entered her body, she merely mumbled sweetly in her sleep:
"Brother Lei… I love you so much… I want to bear all your children…"
Well then. Women!
Once they've given their heart to someone, it's for life.
She truly was a good girl.
As for the Yang energy—it flowed directly into Lei Dong's body.
He was instantly flooded with an ecstatic surge,
as if every cell and limb in his body had been reinvigorated, even enhanced.
What was that?
Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have received the nourishment of Celestial Yang Qi and sired your first offspring. System reward is being matched… please wait.
Wait, what?!That energy earlier was… Celestial Yang Qi?
Then the Yin energy that entered Zhen Nan—could that be…?
Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your partner has also received the blessing of Lunar Yin Power. This energy will be passed on to your child.
As if sensing Lei Dong's confusion,
the system provided an explanation regarding the Yin energy.
As the saying goes—dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes.
Though Zhen Nan was just an ordinary human woman,
not a warrior or divine being,
she was now carrying the child of a dragon.
And so, a legacy of power must be passed on!
The Yin energy within her would be inherited by their offspring, marking the child as extraordinary from birth.
"Marvelous! I like this!"
After hearing the system's detailed explanation,
Lei Dong could no longer contain his excitement.
They'd gotten a bit too enthusiastic just now, perhaps too rough.
Even though he looked human on the outside—
deep down, he was still a dragon.
That Zhen Nan had merely fainted was proof of how gentle and tender this dragon had been.
Otherwise, do you think the result would've been this pleasant?
In combat terms,
the Thunder Dragon Emperor was at Planetary Stage Six.
His physical strength could even rival that of a human expert at Planetary Stage Eight.
If he had gone all out earlier, the young woman lying on the bed wouldn't be a beautiful girl—
she'd be a pile of carbohydrates!
And this human warship?
It might've been reduced to scattered parts!
"Sweet girl… I wish I could stay with you longer, but I only have three hours left…"
As Lei Dong gently caressed her silky hair with affection,
the system reward finally arrived.
Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have received your first system reward. Your power has increased from Planetary Stage Six to the peak of Planetary Stage Nine. Transformation duration extended by one and a half hours.
Well now.
Planetary Stage Nine!
This was no joke.
Right now, aside from that not-yet-risen Luo Feng—
and the still-absent Golden Horned Beast—
this level of strength might be the highest on Earth.
And it seemed that for every minor stage advanced,
the duration of his transformation increased by half an hour.
Nice!
But thinking back—
he had already transformed, made love, and lingered until now—almost two and a half hours had passed.
The harbor was now in sight.
Without an identity, he was just a fake. Once ashore, he'd probably be exposed.
Though reluctant to part with the beauty at his side—
and even more reluctant to leave the child in her womb—
Lei Dong knew he had to make a decision.
He carefully dressed the girl,
then slowly made his way to the water's edge.
Splash!
He dove into the sea!
No—this was the Dragon's Return to the Ocean!
In the next instant, sailors on deck heard the commotion.
"What happened?"
"That crab seller jumped into the sea!"
"Cunning bastard. He probably ran off to avoid punishment!"
"Should we go after him?"
"Chase what? These guys have it rough as it is… risking their necks just to make a living. Let him go."
Well then.
Clearly, some of these people were kindhearted.
Or perhaps… just stupid.
Hearing the noise outside, and feeling how tightly her clothes clung to her,
Zhen Nan slowly opened her eyes.
The man was long gone.
Carefully listening to the sounds outside,
she quickly understood what had happened.
"Lei Dong… Brother Lei… I… I will find you."
Beep beep beep!
Just as the girl was still lost in the afterglow of their wild passion,
her communicator rang.
To be precise—it was that online friend "Luo Hua" messaging her again, concerned and caring as ever.
But at this moment, Zhen Nan's heart was entirely filled with thoughts of that man.
How could she bother replying to some internet simp?
Without hesitation, she tapped the chat app, right-clicked—and clicked delete…
"Ahhh, Nan Nan!"
In the backyard of the Luofeng residence in Mingyue District, a miserable scream echoed...
(End of Chapter)