With a sudden blast of wind, Long Zhan and his men jumped off the cliff, leaving the camp completely quiet.

The sudden emptiness of the camp was total. The wind blew through the tall grass, making the only sound under the wide sky.

Lin Wan stood completely alone near the center of the camp, her hand resting flat against her stomach.

But as the silence grew, the feeling inside her body began to change fast. The sickness and dizziness didn’t fade; instead, it turned into a deep, spinning, and very hot feeling that moved out from her belly, flooding her body with a sudden warmth.

Her hormones, pushed to a high point by the early pregnancy and the strong energy of the new world, completely broke past her usual calm control.

Her skin grew hot, and her breathing turned short as a strange, strong desire filled her. She felt hot, bothered, and completely consumed by a sudden need to be close to someone.

She turned around slowly, her eyes heavy and dark as she looked across the clearing.

Qin Mo was standing near the remaining storage boxes.

The silver-haired snake man had his back to her, his tall frame perfectly still as he watched the distant wind.

Lin Wan didn’t hesitate. She walked toward him, her bare feet moving silently through the grass. Before he could even turn around to check on her, she reached out, her fingers wrapping tightly around his wrist, pulling him backward.

Qin Mo turned smoothly, his green eyes widening in total surprise as he felt the burning heat coming from her hands. He had never seen her look like this—her face red, her lips slightly open, and her calm look completely gone, replaced by a raw, visible hunger.

"Wanwan?" Qin Mo whispered, his voice low and unsure. "Your energy is jumping around. Are you....."

"Qin Mo," Lin Wan interrupted, her voice dropping into a low, commanding tone that sent a shiver straight down his back. She stepped directly into his space, her front pressing hard against his broad chest as she looked up into his eyes. "Mate with me. Right now."

A look of deep, happy shock flashed across Qin Mo’s face, his usual cold control completely breaking into pieces. He didn’t waste a single second asking questions. With a low growl deep in his throat, his snake instincts took full control. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He lunged forward, his long arms wrapping tightly around her waist as he lifted her completely off her feet, pulling her body hard against his chest. He leaned down and kissed her with a terrifying, breathless force.

The kiss was heavy, deep, and full of a wild hunger. Lin Wan’s hands instantly flew to the back of his neck, her fingers twisting into his long silver hair as she pulled him deeper into the kiss, matching his wild hunger with her own.

Without stopping the kiss, Qin Mo spun around, his long legs moving with fast, predatory speed as he carried her straight toward the hidden door. With a single thought from Lin Wan, the system opened the entrance to the space, and they stepped through into the quiet sanctuary of the bedroom.

The familiar, cool air of the room did not help stop the fire burning between them. The feeling of being completely reckless, like young adults acting entirely on wild impulse without a single thought for the future or the dangers outside, was so strong it made their blood roar.

Qin Mo carried her hard against the solid wood of the bedroom door, his big body pinning her flat against it as his lips moved from her mouth to leave burning kisses down her neck, his hands gripping her thighs tightly.

Lin Wan let out a soft gasp, her head falling back against the door as she completely gave in to the beautiful madness of the moment.

With a sharp backward kick of his foot, Qin Mo slammed the heavy wooden door shut, the loud noise echoing through the quiet room as the lock clicked into place, completely shutting them away from the rest of the world so he could finally enjoy his rare moment alone with his female.

........

Two hours later, Lin Wan woke up under the soft sheets of the bed, feeling a deep, heavy ache spreading across her lower back. When she tried to shift her position, her legs trembled slightly from pure exhaustion.

The fire that had consumed her earlier had finally burned down, leaving her body feeling weak and entirely spent.

It was only at that exact moment, as her logical mind finally clicked back into place, that the reality of her situation hit her. She was pregnant.

A sudden spike of panic rushed through her chest. The fear of having compromised the early-stage pregnancy with such a wild, uninhibited session made her breath catch in her throat.

She had barely started panicking, her hand moving instinctively toward her lower abdomen, when Weiwei’s voice rang out inside her mind, completely interrupting her dark thoughts.

[Host, don’t worry at all,] Weiwei told her quickly, her tone entirely casual and unbothered. [Actually, because of your unique system physiology, the more you do it with Qin Mo, the healthier the babies will be. The spiritual and physical energy generated during the bond directly feeds the core development. In fact, I highly advise that you two continue.]

Lin Wan’s face turned completely red, a hot flush rushing from her neck right up to her ears at what the system just suggested. She lay still for a second, processing the sheer shamelessness of the advice, before a sudden, suspicious thought crossed her mind.

Weiwei... did you peek at us?!

[Host, I am not a lecherous system! I am innocent!] Weiwei retorted instantly, sounding highly defensive.

’You better be fucking saying the truth,’ Lin Wan snapped mentally, her eyes narrowing in the empty room.

[I didn’t peek!] Weiwei insisted, though her mechanical tone gave a slight bounce. [But one or two sounds were heard... Host should really tone it down next time. The audio frequency in the main laboratory layout was fluctuating quite a bit.]

You!!

[Hahaha, I am just pulling host’s legs,] Weiwei laughed, her voice switching back to a teasing, peer-like reassurance. [But seriously, host should keep up the good work. The more you mate with high-tier bloodlines during this stage, the more talent the kids will have when they are finally born. It speeds up the evolutionary lock.]

’I’ve lost the mood entirely. I can barely feel my waist right now,’ Lin Wan complained internally, lifting a hand to gently massage the sore, tight muscles of her lower back. ’If I can’t even stand up straight, how am I supposed to continue anything?’

[Ah! Host shouldn’t worry about that temporary discomfort,] Weiwei explained smoothly. [The cubs inside you will handle that. If host calms down and just focuses on your internal energy for a moment, you’ll notice your discomforts are slowly receding.]

Lin Wan stopped moving and took a long, quiet breath, letting her mind settle. True to Weiwei’s words, a strange, cooling sensation began to ripple through her lower spine. The heavy ache in her lower back and the weak trembling in her thighs began to cool down, the phantom pain quickly melting away as if it had never been there in the first place. Her muscles regained their tone, and the exhaustion lifted from her limbs.

[The cubs are the ones seeking nutrients right now, since host is not doing that for them by eating regular meals,] Weiwei added softly, explaining the rapid healing. [They took the essence from the match and used it to balance your body.]

Just as the ache completely disappeared, the cooling sensation vanished, replaced by a sudden, intense wave of heat that started rushing through Lin Wan’s body all over again. Her skin flushed warm, her throat tightening as a familiar, heavy desire pooled in her belly.

Right at that moment, the bedroom door clicked open.

Qin Mo walked back into the room entirely bare-chested. He looked magnificent, his long silver hair falling loosely over his shoulders, but his pale, muscular chest and shoulders were covered in long, angry red scratch marks, clear evidence of just how wild and reckless Lin Wan had been during their encounter.

He was holding a large wooden tray filled with steaming bowls of fragrant meat and broth.

"Wanwan, I brought food for you," Qin Mo said. His green eyes, still dark with a lingering, protective hunger, instantly locked onto her form under the sheets. His voice was deep, raspy, and full of gentle affection as he stepped closer to the bed.

Before Lin Wan could even think about reaching for a bowl, Weiwei’s voice buzzed loudly inside her head one more time.

[Why not continue from where you stopped?] Weiwei suggested with a delightfully wicked chuckle. [Go ahead and tell him he is the food you need! Host shouldn’t worry about a single thing outside this room right now. My eyes are firmly on the cubs and Lanying. They are perfectly okay down in the border town, having the time of their lives looking at the markets, and they have absolutely no intention of coming home anytime soon. Enjoy your time, host!]

Lin Wan’s face was completely flushed, her heart rate rising as she looked up at Qin Mo’s handsome face, his marked chest, and the lean structure of his body.

The high hormones from the pregnancy, combined with the pure essence he had just given her, made her mouth go completely dry with a fresh wave of intense, unyielding desire. She didn’t want the food on the tray at all.

Qin Mo didn’t need to be an expert to read the sudden, heavy look in her eyes. Seeing her flush skin and the way her gaze locked onto his bare chest, his emerald eyes flared with a sudden, dark heat.

He didn’t say another word. He simply dropped the food tray onto the nearby table, completely ignoring the steaming bowls, and immediately climbed back onto the mattress.

He slid over her, his large, cool body instantly pinning her back down into the soft pillows as he met her lips with a deep, searing kiss that made her entire world spin. His tongue slid past her teeth, claiming her mouth with a passionate force that showed he hadn’t had enough of her either.

Breaking the kiss for just a fraction of a second, his lips brushed against her burning cheek, a dark, incredibly pleased smile growing on his face as his chest rumbled against hers. "Ah... I love that Wanwan wants me so bad today."

Lin Wan reached up, her fingers digging tightly into his bare, scratched shoulders as she pulled him back down toward her, her eyes burning with an absolute, reckless heat.

"Shut up, and be fast with pulling off your trousers."