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Chapter 371: Original text - 340 Hybrid_2 Modified:

Chapter 371: Original text: Chapter 340 Hybrid_2 Modified:

The sea urchin provides the egg, and other non-sea urchin animals (like shellfish and tunicates) provide the sperm. The sperm activates the egg to start division, with the egg autonomously adjusting the number of chromosomes. This division is somewhat akin to parthenogenesis.

However, in some cases, part of the genetic material from the sperm can mix into the offspring, causing varying degrees of impact on the physical traits and behavior of the young.

The saying "Dragon begets nine sons, each different" is also explained this way.

Can the phrase "Dragon begets nine sons" be explained like that too?

Zhang Wei felt a passive upgrade in his mind. Emotionally, he did not want to agree with Ada, but rationally, he had to admit the possibility.

It seems that in various artistic works, whether it is an Eastern Dragon or a Western Dragon, they are civilized by their dominant genes, always able to combine with different creatures to produce fantastic and bizarre offspring.

"To verify further, we have specially invited the Rainbow Qilin and the child in the photo to come."

Middle Sky Arctic said to the Judgment Chief, "We apply for the witness to attend."

In a civil lawsuit, the lawyer must submit a "Witness Appearance Application" to the court before applying for the witness to attend, but if there are objective reasons for not applying within the time limit for evidence production, it can also be proposed in court.

Middle Sky Arctic and others deliberately kept this under wraps to catch the defendant by surprise.

"Approved."

The judge thought for a moment, nodded, and waved his hand.

Two Giant Clan bailiffs, who were enjoying the show, stepped in with bold steps and opened the large doors.

Outside, a radiant Rainbow Qilin was squatting, with the mixed-blood child on its back.

"Sir,"

upon seeing Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign, the Rainbow Qilin’s face displayed a human-like anxious expression and said, "I heard from the lady that you were in trouble and needed me to bring the baby to find you—"

Halfway through speaking, the Qilin noticed Miao Yin the Cultivator and Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign sitting on opposite sides, and instantly froze.

"...sit down first, let’s talk later."

Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign’s face was gray and defeated, struggling to force a smile.

Middle Sky Arctic wasn’t wrong; this child was indeed born from his mixed use of three sources of genetic material,

Due to his great love, he specially found a secluded mountain to build a Cave Mansion, arranged puppet servants, and let the Qilin sit in confinement peacefully, so much so that he didn’t even inform the Qilin about this matter,

Ultimately, this let Middle Sky Arctic deceive them with a few words.

The Qilin carefully squeezed into a seat at the back, nervously asking, "Sir, did I do something wrong?"

The little baby on the Qilin’s back, surrounded by electric lights and thunder, held a milk bottle in one hand and waved his fist with the other, "Whoever dares to bully my dad, I’ll beat them up."

"You didn’t do anything wrong; it was my fault."

At this point, Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign was almost resigned, looking at the plaintiff’s lawyer group, "Speak, what terms do you want?"

"We follow legal procedures."

Howard grinned, "According to Article Nine of the ’Immortal Court’s Several Opinions on the Trial of Cases of Cohabitation under the Name of Husband and Wife without Marriage Registration’ by the Monk Court, children born out of wedlock enjoy the same rights as children born within marriage.

When an illegal cohabitation relationship is dissolved, custody is to be negotiated between both parties. If negotiation fails, a decision should be made based on the child’s interests and the specific circumstances of both parties.

During the nursing period, children should, in principle, be raised by the mother.

Considering that the Rainbow Qilin is a Level One protected animal under the law, and not subject to the Marriage Protection Law,

Therefore, this child, who uses Miao Yin the Cultivator’s genetic material, should be considered the child born out of wedlock by Miao Yin the Cultivator and Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign under their cohabitation relationship.

Also, since the child is still in the nursing period, Miao Yin the Cultivator should fully obtain custody.

When things go well, they go very well indeed, Howard could not conceal his smugness and continued, "According to Article 25 of the Marriage Law, the non-custodial biological father or mother of a child born out of wedlock should bear the child’s living and educational expenses until the child comes of age or can live independently.

For the Qilin Clan, adulthood is around four to five hundred years.

In other words, the defendant must pay the plaintiff four to five hundred years of child support."

Huff...

Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign let out a long breath. He didn’t know that, in the real world on Earth, two major reasons middle-class Americans fall into homelessness are divorce and paying child support.

But this did not stop him from understanding the other party’s intention.

As a father, he could not leave his child with a completely unfeeling, even malicious "stepmother" like Miao Yin the Cultivator. He had to find a way to negotiate custody,

Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign waved Zhang Wei’s interruption away and weakly said, "How much do you want..."

The four lawyers across from him looked at each other. Haye stepped forward and said, "The first property division plan allows Miao Yin the Cultivator to get 51% of Xiao Shui Sect’s commercial group shares, and Miao Yin the Cultivator gets custody, with annual child support of 100,000 spirit stones.

The second property division plan allows Miao Yin the Cultivator to get 90% of Xiao Shui Sect’s commercial group shares, with Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign getting custody."

The so-called shares are just a euphemism in court.

Xiao Shui Sect is vast. In addition to the obvious industries, there is also a lot of unregulated wealth.

Such as the casino and brothel dividends, tributes from subordinate sects, and unlicensed mining of black spirit stone mines...

Miao Yin, Xiao Shui’s business partner for a century, knew all about these hidden assets. She wanted 90%, which was truly 90% of all wealth.

Seeing his employer’s resigned expression, Yuan Zhixia and Zhang Wei nearly shouted, "We’re willing to fight to the death; why surrender now, Your Majesty?"

Dark Falcon snubbed out his cigarette. It was rare for him to advise, "You can have another child if you lose custody; but if the money is gone, it’s truly gone."

Xiao Shui shot him a glance, brushed back hair to reveal graying temples. "...Do you really think I can still have another child?"

Dark Falcon coughed, "Um... pretend I didn’t say that."

The stronger the monk, the harder it is to have children. Xiao Shui worked hard in his early years, exploring various ancient secret realms, leaving countless hidden wounds.

Being able to father a child in old age was largely due to the strong genetic affinity of the Qilin sacred beast.

Money can come and go, but once a descendant is lost, it’s lost forever.

"...Tsk."

Zhang Wei smacked his lips with a complicated expression. Before becoming a player in the real world, he was always a third-rate lawyer,

able to turn a detention into a fixed term,

a fixed term into life,

life into the death penalty,

He didn’t expect that after becoming a player, he was still a third-rate lawyer.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei couldn’t help but turn to Yuan Zhixia and ask, "Where is Pi Fu? Where exactly did he go?"

"Heaven knows."

Yuan Zhixia shook his head. During the last recess, Li Cheng put on makeup, chatted with reporters, came back, asked Xiao Shui for some change, and left, saying, "I’m going out to gather some clues."

Then he took an online sword ride (streamlined hollow sword, looking like a small car) and disappeared.

The system made this world dominated by six-base organisms, with all cultivation techniques, secret treasure magic artifacts based on six-base organisms,

So for outsider players, there was no such thing as "secret realm explorations, murder for treasure" scenarios beloved in classic fantasy novels.

Yuan Zhixia didn’t know where Li Cheng went either and sighed, "The only silver lining, we probably didn’t lose completely."

The final line of failure penalties wrote [Anger of Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign],

Now that they lost the lawsuit, it was Xiao Shui himself who didn’t clarify things with the lawyer team and made the decision, so he had no face to blame them.

Xiao Shui the Star Sovereign looked at the Qilin and Qilin’er sitting in the back, took a deep breath, "I choose the second property division..."

"Wait!"

A loud shout suddenly came from outside the door. Li Cheng pushed open the door, wearing a loose shirt, beach shorts, flip-flops, a flower necklace around his neck, holding a stack of documents in his left hand, and a coconut in his right hand,

looking like a vacationer in a tropical region.

Middle Sky Arctic’s heart skipped a beat, remembering the bizarre stories his brother had told about Pi Fu. Not daring to let him have a chance, he immediately turned to the Judgment Chief and said, "Judge, the other lawyer is late without reason, showing contempt for the court. He should be expelled."

"Our lawyer is not late. He went to gather evidence and is now bringing it in."

Yuan Zhixia retorted unceremoniously. Since Middle Sky Arctic and his team could introduce evidence midway to trouble the defendant, now they could certainly trouble them back.