It sounds pretty powerful, equivalent to having two more lives... Huh? In this case, can this thing be used to offset the death effect of an overdraft that cannot be repaid when it expires?
Should...can't.
In order to confirm this, Xia Ye read the supplementary clause-3 in the "Returning Soul" contract again, which read:
Within [30] contract days after the first overdraft occurs, all overdrafts incurred during this period must be paid off, otherwise it will be deemed as a breach of contract by the contracting party, and this supplementary clause and the associated contract will be "recovered" (contract number: CHZVH7XY38401116) All terms and conditions will automatically expire.
The terms are clearly written. If there is a breach of contract, the penalty is "returning the soul". The terms in the contract will automatically become invalid, rather than killing Xia Ye by causing harm.
The triggering condition for compulsory life insurance is "suffering fatal injury", not the death of the insured. Therefore, it is obvious that if Xia Ye does not repay the current overdraft on time, she will die again without triggering the mandatory life insurance.
Very good, very rigorous.
She had wondered before why the punishment in the supplementary clause was expressed in such an awkward way, but now it seems that it was just to circumvent this loophole.
So, which bastard wrote this clause? ! When you see someone one day, you must thank them.
Since there is no way to escape the debt of 9885 Moir, then whaling must be done. Although she was forced to do so, she had to admit that Luka's insurance did give her a lot more protection when she went to sea this time.
But……
"Then why does this mark have to be on the stomach?"
Can't it be done elsewhere? The arms, the back, etc., but they chose such strange places...
Xia Ye's cheeks felt slightly hot when she thought of this.
But for the witch, even there shouldn't have any strange meaning, right? Could it be that Luka just happened to choose this position?
"Because the compulsory life insurance will only take effect if it is branded at that location." Luka answered.
This answer was completely beyond her expectation.
"Eh...why?" A bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart.
"Because that's where eggs are laid, and compulsory life insurance is effective through the eggs of the insured."
"Lay, lay an egg?!"
"Yeah, what's wrong? Why did your face suddenly become so red?"
"You mean...I can lay eggs? From that...stomach?" Xia Ye asked stammeringly.
"Yes, everyone can lay eggs. You don't even know this, do you?"
"Well, of course I know that."
Witches are egg-laying creatures that reproduce asexually. This is common knowledge that Xia Ye has long learned from Lilian. However, she didn't have the nerve to ask for more specific details at the time, so she doesn't know anything about it so far.
For example...how are eggs produced in the witch's body? How was it born? How big are the eggs? The most important thing is... Luka said that the compulsory life insurance is effective through eggs. Could it be that an egg has been forcibly removed from his stomach?
And if you want to know the answers to these many questions now, you can only ask Luka in front of you.
"Well, well, can you tell me in detail..." The girl's voice sounded like a mosquito.
"say what?"
"That's, that's how we lay eggs." When Xia Ye said this, her face was already red as if it was about to bleed.
Kolka just looked at her with a strange expression:
"You are obviously very powerful, but sometimes you don't even know some common sense knowledge. Forget it, since you want to ask, I will tell you again.
"Normally speaking, each witch will lay eggs 2-3 times in her life, with 1-2 eggs each time. According to scholar's research, witches generally have a higher probability of laying eggs in two situations:
“First, when its own magic power is relatively rich, the body will think it is a good time to produce good offspring, so it will activate this instinct on its own;
“Second, when oneself is seriously injured, the instinct of the species to continue itself will take effect, prompting the body to complete egg laying as soon as possible.
"It takes about a week from the time the egg appears to when it can be laid, and the laying of the egg itself only takes about half an hour to an hour to complete. The newly laid egg is about... this big," Luka said, using Xia Ye gestured with her hands and took a look. It was probably slightly larger than a goose egg.
"Because the egg is rich in the magic power delivered to it by the egg-laying person, the egg will grow at a very fast speed after it is born. In about half a month, it will grow to about half a meter tall. Shortly thereafter, The egg will hatch, and a new witch will emerge from the egg... Do you have any questions?"
"Um...can an egg be laid by one person?" Xia Ye first asked the question she was most concerned about.
"Of course one person."
"Don't you need two people to lay eggs together... or, or several people to lay eggs?"
This question completely confused Luka: "Why do you need several people to work together? This is not a commissioned task. It requires a team of several people to complete it. Do you want to form a team to lay eggs?"
"Team up to lay eggs..." Xia Ye imagined for a moment and felt even weirder. She shook her head hastily and changed the question.
"Then can we control whether we lay eggs or not?"
"Well... I've never heard of this kind of technology. There may be a way to do it in the upper city, but for most of us, it's easy to give birth and it doesn't have to be that troublesome."
Xia Ye heard some clues from Luka's answer: "Then what should I do after giving birth?"
"Debusota's code stipulates that everyone has natural ownership of the eggs they lay." Luca replied, "So, if you want to raise it yourself, you can take care of it until it hatches. After it hatches, you can No one can stop you if you want to continue raising them. But most people in Xiacheng District or even Zhongcheng District are not willing to spend so much energy and magic power. Therefore, 'Ether Exploration' has set up a company to hatch eggs. Everyone can sell the eggs. Give it to him in exchange for magic power.
"In addition, there is also the business of buying and selling eggs on the black market. Although private trading is not allowed in theory, 'Ether Exploration' only turns a blind eye to this behavior and does not really stop it."
After asking so many questions, Xia Ye finally had a concrete idea about laying eggs. It was finally confirmed that for the witch of Debsotta, laying eggs did not cause any strange associations, it was just a physiological instinct that would cause some trouble.
"So, you said before that 'compulsory life insurance is effective through the eggs of the insured', what exactly do you mean?" After going around in such a circle, she finally asked this question.
"What it uses is that when it is seriously injured, its instinct will prompt the body to lay eggs." Luka explained patiently, "The insurance on your body is actually the integration of three witch contracts, which consists of one It consists of a "distortion" contract, a "confusion" contract, and a high-level "structural enhancement" contract.
"The function of the 'twisted' contract is to twist the fact that 'when you are seriously injured, your body's instinct will urge you to lay an egg' into 'when you are fatally injured, you will immediately lay an egg'.
"The function of the 'confusion' contract is to confuse 'the egg you laid' with 'you before the egg was laid'.
"The 'Structural Strengthening' contract is to strengthen this egg. The egg we just laid is extremely strong. Adding the effect of high-level 'Structural Strengthening' will eventually make this egg indestructible.
"Therefore, the final effect of mandatory life insurance is this: when you are fatally attacked, you will immediately turn into an egg with almost absolute protective capabilities. This egg will hatch within 10 seconds and remain intact. You will emerge from the egg intact."
