Yuliana woke up in a cold, damp cellar. She was barely covered with animal skins, and most of her body was exposed to the chilly air. Her wrist was bleeding, and the animal skin under her was stained with blood.
The cellar was empty except for a large stone bed with a thin layer of straw. On it lay a man, dirty and injured, but still handsome beneath the grime. His high nose bridge, closed eyes, and long lashes that covered a small mole under his eye gave him a melancholic beauty.
Yuliana was momentarily stunned by his looks but didn't wake him. She tried to remember what had happened to her.
She used to be an emergency doctor in a top hospital in China. After working over 20 hours straight, she got into a car accident on her way home.
Holding her dazed head, she whispered, "What's going on? Where am I? Did I hallucinate from overwork?"
She looked down at herself and the man beside her—both dressed in animal skins, no shoes, and a fresh wound on her wrist.
"Ouch, that hurts!"
[System booting… Host has awakened successfully. System binding in progress.]
[1%... 2%...]
"What the hell, wait! I didn't agree to bind any system!" Her experience as a doctor made her cautious.
[100%. System binding complete.]
[Hi there, host. I'm System Six, the childbearing system. You've arrived in the Beast Continent. If you give birth to children, you'll earn great rewards. The stronger the child, the better the reward.]
[Please find a high-talent male to mate with.]
"What?!" That was too much to take in.
In her previous life, she was obsessed with studying and worked nonstop in the ER. Her love life was almost nonexistent. She had never even considered having children, and now this system wanted her to give birth immediately?
She didn't even have the resources to survive here, let alone raise a child. She tried to call the system to cancel it, but System Six had gone silent, leaving her with nothing but emptiness.
Just then, the man on the bed groaned and slowly opened his eyes. His long lashes lifted to reveal deep green eyes.
"Yuliana, you're awake. How do you feel?"
Yuliana quickly covered the blood-stained fur beneath her. She stared carefully at his face, and memories started coming back.
This man was Yuval, her fiancé in this world. His beast form was a black lynx. To prove himself to the tribe and confess his love to Yuliana, he had gone out to hunt a powerful beast, only to have his leg torn apart instead.
The original Yuliana had tried to steal medicine for him and got locked up. Then she heard a rumor that a lover's blood could boost healing, so she secretly fed him her own blood.
Now Yuval was looking at her with those intense green eyes.
"Yuliana, I know you did it for me, but don't be so reckless again."
"There's a mating event coming up. Try to find a family to take you in. Just make sure to protect yourself."
"What about you?" she asked.
"I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."
With beast continent medical skills, Yuval's leg was basically hopeless—but Yuliana had examined it. The break could be repaired with the right tools and medicine.
She made up her mind to help him.
"Yuval, last night I dreamed the Beast God spoke to me. He said your leg can recover, but you'll need patience—three months at the shortest, two years at the longest." She tried to reassure him, speaking the way the old Yuliana would have.
Males in this world had talent levels from one to seven—one being the highest. Yuval was a level five, which was respectable in their small tribe. Females had no talent ranking.
Both of them were orphans. Yuval still had distant relatives and could at least hunt to survive. But the original Yuliana was weak, abandoned, and mocked by others. Even the man who raised her had died protecting her.
She didn't want to see every kind person around her meet a tragic end. That's why she had tried so hard to help Yuval, even at the cost of her life.
To heal Yuval's leg, she needed the system's help.
"Six, how can I get medicine to fix his leg?" she asked inwardly.
[I'm Six! Not 'old Six'! Anyway, to earn rewards, you need to have babies. But the rewards are random, so no guarantee it'll be medicine.]
[However—]
[You can earn points by completing tasks. Save up enough, and you can exchange them for anything you want.]
"…That guy was kind to the old Yuliana, not me."
"…Maybe I'll just make him a crutch. His other leg works fine." She sighed internally.
[How heartless! That pretty boy and you won't help him? I'm judging you!]
[Helping him means pain for me. I'm not a saint. Stop guilt-tripping me.]
[My system's not like those trash systems! I offer pain-free childbirth! Just unlock VIP access for 15 points per month.]
"No thanks."
[10 points.]
[5 points.]
[Please! You're a goddess! If I go any lower, I'll be punished!]
"…Fine. But you better not be lying."