Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 133 - 131: Quest Triggered, the Snake Born Woman

'From the looks of it, this woman is quite pitiful. How could a person get pregnant with a Snake Embryo? It's a little mind-boggling.'

'But it's not like things like this have never happened in modern society.'

'Once, in a certain city, there was a ten-year-old girl who suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. Her family just thought she'd eaten something bad and didn't pay it much mind. Three full years went by. The little girl's abdomen would ache intermittently, and the pain became increasingly intense, sometimes causing her to collapse and roll on the ground in agony. It was only then that her family discovered the thirteen-year-old girl's stomach was slightly swollen, almost as if she were pregnant.'

'This scared them half to death. How could they dare delay any longer? They immediately took the little girl to a major hospital. When the doctors took an X-ray of her abdomen, everyone was as shocked as if they'd been struck by lightning.'

'Inside the girl's abdomen were three thirty-centimeter-long snakes, coiled up just like a fetus. It was enough to make you not believe your own eyes.'

'How could a human get pregnant with an animal? And such a young girl, at that.'

'At the time, some people speculated that perhaps the little girl had eaten a Snake Gallbladder that then hatched in her stomach, allowing the snakes to live and multiply inside her. Or perhaps a small snake had crawled into her mouth and entered her stomach while she was sleeping.'

'But what was even more bizarre was that the three small snakes inside her hadn't eaten any of her internal organs. The little girl only suffered from occasional abdominal pain.'

'The whole affair was full of bizarre contradictions. When the story got out, it caused an immediate sensation, but it was quickly "404'd" and ended inconclusively. There was never any more news about the little girl after that.'

Tu Xiao'an never expected he would actually run into such a strange incident himself—a beautiful woman in her twenties, as lovely as a flower, pregnant with a Snake Embryo.

'How did she get pregnant? Fucked by a snake?'

'Was there a more badass snake than me in the entire world?'

Tu Xiao'an couldn't help but indulge in a moment of dark humor.

'But I have to say, this woman is pretty tough. If something this bizarre happened to an ordinary person, they'd probably want to die.'

'Then again, judging by her despairing look, she probably can't hold on for much longer.'

'She wasn't carrying a child in her womb, but a snake. How terrified she must be. Unable to tell anyone, she can only sink into darkness, filled with helplessness and misery.'

'In this vast world, countless strange things happen every day, any one of which could easily shatter your worldview.'

"Ding! Mission triggered: Snake Born Woman."

"Note: The host must resolve the troubles of this despairing woman within ten days. Mission completion reward: Increase Level by one, 100,000 Faith Points. Mission failure penalty: Decrease Level by one, deduct all Faith Points."

'A mission was triggered?'

Tu Xiao'an was stunned. It was the first time he had seen the system be so... humane.

He had almost thought he had a fake system; it had been so long, and he'd barely gotten any daily missions.

And now, a mission was triggered because of this woman.

'Could it be that even the system couldn't bear to watch what was happening to her?'

'But the mission is to solve the woman's troubles, and her trouble is the Snake Embryo in her belly. What can I do? Help her get an abortion?'

'Abort the Snake Embryo in her belly?'

'If that's the case, would just getting her some abortion pills be enough?'

However, Tu Xiao'an wasn't that naive. The reward for this mission was quite generous: a one Level increase and a hundred thousand Faith Points.

'If I get those hundred thousand points, I can unlock the store right away. But if I fail the mission, the consequences will be dire.'

'The more generous the reward, the harder the mission is to complete.'

'The difficulty is probably quite high.'

The woman knelt for a long time before finally, slowly, getting to her feet. She bit her lip as if she had made some momentous decision, then turned to leave. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Just as she was about to step out of the temple hall, a strange voice echoed in her mind.

"How may this Snake King be of service to you?"

The woman's eyes went wide, and her limbs went numb. She spun around abruptly, staring at the towering statue of the Snake King in the main hall in disbelief.

"Do not doubt. It is exactly as you think."

The strange voice spoke again.

Her name was Shu Yao. She was twenty-three years old. An unfortunate incident had shattered her life, and she had originally planned to find a deserted place to end it all.

But today, she had suddenly heard rumors of the Snake King's manifestations. People spoke of the Snake King in near-mythical terms, which made her hesitate.

'Snake King? A snake?'

She found herself drawn to the Snake King Temple. But after arriving, she suddenly felt it was all a bit ridiculous.

'What wish could she make here? Ask the Snake King to abort her Snake Embryo?'

'It was the biggest joke in the world. The fact that she was pregnant with a Snake Embryo was already the biggest joke in the world; coming to the Snake King Temple was just piling on the irony.'

She now hated snakes with a passion. Just hearing the word "snake" was enough to drive her mad.

It wasn't that Shu Yao hadn't tried to find a solution. She had even taken abortion pills, trying to get rid of the Snake Embryo, but the pills had no effect whatsoever.

She had taken ten times the normal dose of abortion pills for ten consecutive days, but even then, she couldn't miscarry the Snake Embryo.

She was in despair.

She didn't dare go to a hospital for surgery, and she certainly didn't want the entire country to know that she wasn't carrying a normal child in her belly, but a nest of snakes.

If that happened, she would rather just die.

Shu Yao felt like she was about to break down—no, she had already broken down. That was why she had decided to kill herself after leaving the Snake King Temple.

She would perish together with the snakes in her belly. They were the ones who had destroyed the beautiful life she once had.

'But... but that voice in my head... The Snake King? The Snake King has manifested its power?'

All of Bai Town was abuzz with tales of the Snake King's manifestations, of its divine power. They said it was a real being, but now that she had actually encountered it, it was hard to accept.

Suddenly, Shu Yao gave a bitter smile. For her, in her current state, what was there that she couldn't accept?

Even if the sky were to fall, she would feel no fear, no sorrow, and no joy.

Shu Yao knelt on the prayer cushion again, looking straight up at the towering statue of the Snake King.

"You are pregnant with a Snake Embryo, correct?"

Just as she knelt, the strange voice echoed in her mind again. Her delicate frame began to tremble, and she let out a whimpering cry like a wounded animal. Two streams of clear tears flowed down her face, unstoppable.

She cried like a child lost at nightfall, crying for herself, crying and wondering why the heavens would treat her this way.

"Tell me how you became pregnant with the Snake Embryo. Perhaps I can help you."

In truth, Tu Xiao'an said this with little confidence. He had no idea what he could do. If this woman had merely been afflicted by a snake, or perhaps poisoned by one, things would have been simple.

But a Snake Embryo was different. He had absolutely no experience in this area; he wasn't an obstetrician, after all.

So, he needed to understand the whole story from beginning to end before he could figure out the right course of action.

"Can you... can you really help me?"

Shu Yao opened her mouth, her voice so soft it was as if only she could hear it.

But there was no denying her excitement. The legendary Snake King was a Divine Spirit; maybe he really could help her get rid of the Snake Embryo. After all, he had somehow seen that she was carrying one.