Chapter 64 (2/2)

When Xie Luan touched the baby's belly, the muka baby lowered her head to rub against his hand. After this, the baby obediently nested in his embrace, she did not move around.

While she nested, Xie Luan saw this newborn baby in his arm gradually fall asleep.

The first egg had hatched and soon after the remaining seven followed.

Xie Luan and everyone in the village was very happy that all the eggs who were injured in the natural disaster were able to hatch safely.

The only bad thing was that the last cub who hatched was not as healthy as the other seven.

From the beginning, this egg's life response had always been comparatively weak. It was already quite lucky that they were able to get it out of danger by using spiritual guidance and calling out to it.

Many races in the interstellar thought that the mukas were a natural battle race. That the mukas, including the cubs, were very violent and that they had an innate fighting instinct.

But as a matter of fact, cubs who lacked combat power were sometimes also born in the muka race, and the parents of these cubs would not abandon them.

“The babies don’t need to fight.”

Xie Luan reached out to touch the nearest cub. His words were not only meant for the weaker muka cub, but rather for all the surrounding cubs.

Currently in the house, there were 12 muka cubs around Xie Luan. Both big and small babies surrounded him, trapping him in the middle.

Because they were confident in Xie Luan's care, the parents of the eight eggs did not choose to take them home after their cubs hatched one after another.

The parents wanted to let their cubs stay in the house for the time being and the head of the village and Xie Luan were also willing to take care of the newborn cubs, hence the current scene.

Hearing the youth's words, the dozen muka cubs surrounding him all made a low hissing sound respectively. Several of the cubs also waved their forearms at this time. This scene was actually somewhat adorable to Xie Luan.

The economic resources of the muka race. According to his current knowledge, in addition to the many adult mukas that would be hired as mercenaries on the battlefield, there was a more important income source— the export of natural resources.

There was a kind of ore called baseda, which was very suitable for making core parts for warships and machine armor. It was very rare and may not even be found on other planets, but was very abundant on Saina.

What's more, it was very difficult for other races to extract the ore because the mines with baseda ore had, without exception, some kind of special radiation that couldn't be broken down. Even if they wore defensive equipment, they couldn't completely protect themselves against it.

Those exposed to this special radiation would suffer from different degrees of damage which was irreversible and could not be repaired by medical treatment.

However, the mukas were completely immune to this kind of special radiation. As a result, at present, Saina was the planet with the largest export of baseda ore in the interstellar.

“Just raise the price, and sit back. Even if you make it ten times bigger, they will surely buy it.”

From expression to tone, Xie Luan was very serious when he said this to the young man in front of him.

This village was also exporting baseda ore. There was a mine about half an hour away from the village. The adult mukas in the village would extract the baseda ore according to the rotation system and then sell it to the outside world.

Although it was certainly not a long-term plan to rely on the export of natural resources alone, in the beginning of development, sitting on a rare natural resource was undoubtedly a very fast way to get money. It was very suitable for the current situation of the muka race.

Besides, the price of baseda ore, a rare resource, had not been raised for many years by the mukas, which had been taken advantage of by the other races.

Rare resources, even if the price was high, would still sell. Whether to buy or not to buy, people who needed these rare resources did not have the luxury to choose.

Having never thought about raising the price, Duke who now heard the youth surrounded by a group of cubs say this, suddenly had an epiphany.

But before going off to find and discuss it with the others, Duke looked at the clock and couldn't help worrying about some mukas who still hadn't come back to the village yet.

Seeing the anxious expression on his face, Xie Luan cast a questioning look at the other.

”Usually, by this time, the adults who go off to the mine have already returned to the village. I don't know why they still haven't come back today, so I'm a little worried. ”

Duke truthfully voiced his worries.

The security on Saina was really not very good. Between the village and the mine there was an ungoverned area. Some people in the interstellar regarded this kind of area as an unregulated zone.

Did they meet with danger? Even though he knew of the adult mukas' fighting strength, Xie Luan still immediately thought this and at the same time, Xie Luan naturally could no longer sit still.

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Translator's note:

Our precious mukas.. If anyone dares to hurt them, give ́em hell! o(｀ω´ )o