However, it was obvious that the parents and elders of the Xu and Li families were very cautious. They had long moved to Binhai City and carefully took care of Li Miaomiao.
“The labor process is very fast these days.”
“It’s much easier for humans to give birth naturally after evolution. It’ll only take a while,” said Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xu in the corridor outside the delivery room. They comforted each other, but their brows were furrowed.
Xu Jingming sat on a chair in the corridor and waited silently. He was ambivalent.
Worried? Logic told him that with the current technology and human physique, giving birth was very safe.
I’m going to be a father, Xu Jingming thought. Miaomiao should have a smooth labor; the doctor said so too.
Suddenly—
The door to the delivery room opened.
Li Miaomiao was pushed out while lying on the bed. Beside her was a child wrapped in swaddling clothes.
“Family members come over and take a look at the baby. She’s born 3,050 grams and 52.5 centimeters tall. You have a female baby,” the nurse said as she carted the bed out.
Xu Jingming, Xu Hong and his wife, Li Chen’an and his wife, Grandpa Xu, and the others immediately gathered around and took a gander.
Li Miaomiao hugged her baby with one hand, her eyes filled with motherly love.
“Wow, how cute.”
“She looks like Jingming when he was a child—so wrinkled.”
“What do you mean by ‘wrinkled?’ She will grow out of it in a month.”
As the surrounding elders spoke, Xu Jingming carefully stared at the little fellow in front of him.
The little fellow opened her eyes and looked around in a daze. Then, she closed her eyes sleepily, uninterested in the people around her.
Xu Jingming couldn’t help but smile. “My daughter.”
“I’m a father!” At this moment, Xu Jingming felt like his life had been enriched. He had another identity—a father!
In the future, he and Miaomiao would take good care of this baby.
“Are you done? After you’re done, the baby has to be sent to the nursery first,” the nurse said as she carried the baby to the crib beside her and began sending the baby to the nursery.
…
The next day, the family left the hospital with the baby and returned to Xu Jingming’s residence in Binhai.
In a pavilion in the courtyard.
The pram was in the pavilion, and a baby was half-lying there. Her eyes looked around as she carefully observed the huge courtyard.
“When I gave birth to Jingming, I stayed in the hospital for five days before being discharged. It’s different now—you can get discharged in a day,” Mrs. Xu said emotionally as she sat beside the pram.
“Our physiques are also different. Her parents are both evolvers, and the physiques of babies these days are much stronger than back then. I heard from the nurse that babies typically can walk in half a month.” Mrs. Li touched the baby’s face. “Her skin is so tender and supple.”
Xu Jingming accompanied his wife—Li Miaomiao—for a walk in the yard. As they strolled, they could see their daughter on the pram in the pavilion.
“Jingming, we still need to register our daughter. We have to give her a name,” Li Miaomiao said.
“You don’t find the names I come up with good. I’ve already given more than 20 names…” Xu Jingming was exasperated. “There’s nothing that can come out from me no matter how I rack my brains. As a mother, you have to come up with names as well.”
“I’m not satisfied with the ones I come up with either.” Li Miaomiao shook her head.
Their daughter’s name would follow her for the rest of her life.
Li Miaomiao decided based on various factors: Did it sound nice? Did it match her birth characters? What was the meaning behind the name?
Hence, the names Xu Jingming chose were all rejected.
“We naturally have to put in the effort for our daughter’s name,” Li Miaomiao said. “A name has a huge impact on a person!”
“Then, let’s take our time. It’s not too late to register before the age of two,” Xu Jingming replied. “There are still two years to think about it.”
“Two years?” Li Miaomiao widened her eyes. “We have to come up with one in a month. She can’t possibly not have a name when relatives come to celebrate her one-month-old anniversary, right?”
“Let’s think about it together.” Xu Jingming had never found it that difficult to come up with a name.
…
In the training room.
Xu Jingming held a spear and practiced his spearmanship. Suddenly, he stopped and looked through the glass of the training room at his wife—who was pushing a pram in the yard downstairs.
My wife and daughter. Xu Jingming glanced downstairs and couldn’t help but smile. He found it fascinating.
After so many years, he had always felt that it was enough to support himself. Even in marriage, his wife—Li Miaomiao—was very good at taking care of herself. Xu Jingming didn’t need to worry.
But at this moment, Xu Jingming felt a heavy responsibility when he saw his wife and daughter in the pram downstairs.
This era is an era of unrest and drastic changes. Earth’s protection period for new civilizations will end by the middle of next year, Xu Jingming thought. I have to protect Miaomiao and my daughter in this turbulent era.
The baby’s facial features were too similar to his.
Life is so magical. Children look similar to their parents. Is this genetic inheritance? Xu Jingming thought to himself. This is also another form of life extension.
A long time ago, he was also an infant. At that time, Xu Hong and his wife were still young!
Now that his daughter was born, he was 30 years old.
Humans are like this—they pass down their legacy generation after generation, Xu Jingming thought. Miaomiao and I cultivate evolutionary methods. Our daughter’s physique is much stronger than when I was a baby. This is also an evolutionary legacy.
An evolutionary legacy can only improve a little every generation. Only through endless years and the accumulation of generations can a civilization evolve. Therefore, patience is needed.
My personal evolution also requires me to be more patient. When I have a long-term vision and take one step at a time, I will eventually reach an extremely high evolutionary level over time. Xu Jingming’s thoughts changed.
People changed. The thoughts of a youth, the thoughts of a parent, the thoughts of a dying person… would all be different.
Xu Jingming had restrained his drive and had a long-term vision. He was more patient and had greater fighting spirit because he had many responsibilities!
Whoosh.
Xu Jingming moved his spear and began executing moves.
He executed the five spear techniques recorded in the first treatise of Beam Transformation and practiced diligently. When he reached the Spark volume…
A spark can ignite a prairie. Xu Jingming practiced his spearmanship and felt enlightened. The path of evolution will be very difficult, but a spark… will ultimately ignite a prairie fire. One needs long-term vision, great willpower, great perseverance, and an unquenchable fighting spirit! Only then can a spark burn the entire world.
Xu Jingming’s eyes burned.
Spark Dao!
Xu Jingming had figured out the fourth Spear Dao’s philosophy.
The Spark Dao—an unquenchable fighting spirit! Xu Jingming executed his spearmanship, and his spearmanship changed. It was as though it burned with the flames of life as he charged forward! No matter the time or place, don’t be discouraged. Don’t bow your head; your fighting spirit will always burn! You can always charge at the enemy with all your might.
Xu Jingming’s every move carried out this spirit.
After fusing in his mind and spirit, the strength and speed of his body naturally increased. Yes, he had clearly reached cellular control, but his body still erupted with greater strength and speed after the Spark Dao fully engulfed his mind.
In the training chamber, Xu Jingming only stopped when he was done practicing his spearmanship.
The Spark Dao is a Spear Dao and also the Dao of the mind. Xu Jingming felt as though his mind had been burned by sparks—it was ethereal and pure.
My spearmanship has also broken through. Xu Jingming could clearly sense his improvement. I’m clearly much stronger than before. The actual combat bonus was previously 1260%. I wonder how much it has reached.