After all, animals only mate during their heat cycles, but humans can do it anytime. Animals mate solely for reproduction, but humans are different—they enjoy the process of reproduction even more.
Before long, that male beastman emerged from the tent, and the one at the front of the line immediately crawled in. Soon, the sounds of grunting came from inside again.
Shen Yunyun was utterly speechless.
That first beastman looked tall and sturdy—how could he be so lacking?
Sure enough, appearances can be deceiving.
But with them taking turns like this, when the female beastman eventually gave birth, would they even be able to tell whose child it was?
Then again, they didn’t seem to care who the father was. As long as the cub had a mother to claim it, it wouldn’t starve.
If a cub wasn’t favored by its mother, its fate was all too clear.
Shen Yunyun shuddered and urged Zhi to head back immediately.
Without lingering, Zhi grabbed her under the armpits and effortlessly hoisted her onto his shoulder.
Back in Zhi’s cave, Shen Yunyun still couldn’t wrap her head around it.
With all this chaos among the beastmen, wouldn’t their cubs be born with congenital defects?
Modern humans knew that close relatives couldn’t marry.
With such disorder, no one even knew who fathered the children. The next generation would likely continue this way, possibly even between siblings.
Shen Yunyun dared not think further.
The beast world truly lived up to its name.
So, she solemnly brought up the concept of marriage with Zhi.
She had mentioned it to him before, but it was clear this couldn’t be resolved overnight.
With over a hundred beastmen and only about a dozen females, there was no way to match them all.
A tribe’s prosperity depended on the number of females.
More females meant more offspring, and more people meant greater strength.
Though she couldn’t solve this problem immediately, she still needed to instill the concept in Zhi, to make him aware.
Their best solution for now was to form alliances with other tribes through marriage.
The young males of their tribe would marry females from other tribes, and vice versa.
However, in the beast world, females could choose their own tribes.
Though they were beastmen, they still retained some animal traits.
Promiscuous mating was one of them.
Another trait was that males feared females and wouldn’t force them to mate.
In that regard, they were better than humans.
Shen Yunyun thought, once they ensured the tribe had enough food, wouldn’t that attract more females?
She would wait until spring came—then she’d teach them farming, animal husbandry, and house-building to improve their lives.
She talked to Zhi at length, and he listened intently, his attitude devout.
Returning to the trading center, Shen Yunyun recorded the events of the beast world on her optical brain, then noted that she needed to order custom oversized cotton coats and pants from Manager Huang, hoping to also commission a batch of oversized shoes through her.
Huang Xiaoge, upon hearing that the clothes needed to fit a height of 2.5 meters, asked uncertainly, “Are you sure you want them made for a height of two and a half meters? Do you want to double-check?”
“Yes, two and a half meters. Just scale up the proportions normally.”
“Then you’d better send me a written email,” Huang Xiaoge said, worried about getting the size wrong. With an email, he could prove he was following the client’s order.
“Fine.” Shen Yunyun didn’t argue.
After all, the size was indeed absurd—if she were in his shoes, she’d be just as uneasy.
“Then the price won’t be the same as the original quote.”
“Of course. Price isn’t an issue. Just rush the order and put it at the front of the queue. I don’t care much about the fabric, as long as it’s sturdy and warm enough.”