Human Brain Farm-Chapter 452 - 437 Alimony

Sun Wukong was in pain.

His personality was so jumpy, how could he take care of kids? Where would he find the patience?

Back in the days when he was at Huaguo Mountain, leading a mountain full of monkeys, all those little monkeys surrounding him, bombarding him with questions, it was already quite troublesome, making him very agitated, so he was repulsive back then. Who would’ve thought it would happen again now?

Yet, Sun Wukong was troubled in his heart: "I, Old Sun, hate owing others favors the most! Emotional debts are even more chaotic, but these monkey kids are my bloodline, and I have no choice but to take care of them, so many... I can’t just dump the burden on the mother monkeys, can I?"

He detested owing favors and being all emotional.

But he could only take care of these monkey kids and play the role of the Monkey King for once.

"Dad, I want a weapon; Old Zhang’s daughter next door has her own magic wand, and I have nothing."

"Dad, I want to learn divine techniques!"

"Daddy, I want a few strands of your armpit hair."

...

A group of kids chattering.

"Wukong, with such a rash temperament, didn’t expect you could bear it?"

Tang Monk watched from the side, somewhat surprised, "I heard back in the Celestial Court days, when he was the Stable Cleaner taking care of horses for just two days, he got so annoyed that he smashed the Peach Garden."

This whole Journey to the West, the various tribulations were generally related to himself.

Often it was about eating Tang Monk’s flesh, and having himself kidnapped countless times.

Upon arriving at this Women’s Country, he instinctively felt something was off; this might be the test of lust, with countless beauties possibly tempting him.

He’s seen such things before, like during the incident at the Silk Cave.

"But totally unexpected, this Women’s Country tribulation turned out to be Wukong’s ordeal."

Tang Monk watched from the sidelines, finding some leisure.

"Elder Tang, you’ve come a long way, please have a seat." Several players nearby immediately came over, fawning over him, "Have a seat, this is fresh watermelon, already cut, Elder Tang can just enjoy the watermelon here."

Tang Monk, with his soft heart, couldn’t resist such hospitality, and sat down in the tea tent, eating watermelon.

Everyone knew the situation quite well.

They had to curry favor with Tang Monk and his group, to internally make them biased, so Sun Wukong would have no escape.

"Master, master, this watermelon is so sweet and refreshing."

Zhu Bajie took big bites, like a wild boar in a watermelon field, glancing at Sun Wukong in the distance, "Sigh, Hou’s got kids now, when can I return to Gao Village to see my wife?"

Everyone in the tea tent was happily enjoying their watermelon.

"Ah!! So annoying!"

In the distance, Sun Wukong was even more agitated, even worse than the Tightening Spell.

This group of kids not only pestered him for various things, they even clung to him to take them "cultivating" and "fighting monsters to level up."

"Transform for me!"

Sun Wukong’s scalp was about to explode.

Angrily, he directly plucked all the hair from the back of his head, creating a bunch of clones, each taking a child to go fight monsters and level up, acting as bodyguards.

"Dad, you’re so cool."

"Now I’m not afraid to fight monsters and level up, I have a bodyguard."

"Thanks, daddy."

Each of them left with a Sun Wukong.

This sight made other players envious and jealous; had they known reincarnating into the Monkey Race had this hidden quest, complete with leveling bodyguards, they would’ve become monkeys long ago.

"Master, Hou got plucked bald; the back of his head is all shiny." Zhu Bajie honestly spoke, in a muffled voice, "From today, we have to call him... Amitoufa!"

"Amitabha Buddha." Sha Wujing timely chanted.

"Bajie, don’t give people nicknames."

Tang Monk also clasped his hands together, having finished eating, stood up, "Wukong is quite busy now, we might as well go see the King of Women’s Country to get our passage document."

He led a few people away, leaving Sun Wukong isolated and surrounded by people.

Soon, they were brought by a group of female officials to the front of the royal hall, where the Queen of Women’s Country was already seated on the throne, warmly meeting the envoys from Eastern Tang.

The Queen of Women’s Country was also very friendly.

After all, she needed to pick someone; she was no longer eyeing Tang Monk but Sun Wukong instead.

"Your passage document has been signed and sealed; you are free to leave," said the Queen of Women’s Country.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Tang Monk bowed low in thanks.

The Queen of Women’s Country said, "But there are some matters that need careful explanation, matters involving your eldest disciple Sun Wukong."

"Please speak, Your Majesty," said Tang Monk, "Is it about Pan Jinhou residing here? This is Wukong’s personal emotional debt, but he has already renounced worldly desires, severing earthly ties, so such debts are hard to continue."

"Naturally, we understand that."

The Queen of Women’s Country was very knowledgeable, leading a few to an office where she put on a pair of black-framed glasses, exuding a scholarly aura, "But it’s about the child support issue; over the years, although we’ve sheltered Pan Jinhou, the children’s issues have left her heavily indebted."

Zhu Bajie immediately interjected, "I said Hou’s kids are all over Women’s Country, turning it into Huaguo Mountain, how could they survive on selling pancakes? Turns out there’s debt owed."

"This is the list of debts."

The Queen of Women’s Country produced a list, "Although Sun Wukong can easily dismiss and ignore this, even potentially denying responsibility— in a sense, the man has already divorced, abandoned his family, and entered the Buddhist gates... but we still hope he can help the lonely and impoverished family, as they’re raising 192735 children alone, it’s really not easy."

"How could we not help? This is a debt Wukong incurred, letting the girl bear it all alone."

Tang Monk, ever the kind-hearted soul, immediately agreed on behalf of Sun Wukong, expressing that even if Wukong wouldn’t help, he would ensure Wukong takes responsibility for that one night of past folly.

He took the debt list and started reading it.

Nineteen thousand kids, even he had to admit, Sun Wukong really could reproduce.

But it was not incomprehensible either.

Certain special and mysterious races, like the Zerg and Sea Race, normally birthed tens of thousands at a time.

Even some of the great clans in Chang’an City, their bloodlines numbering hundreds of thousands per generation, such terrifying reproductive abilities were commonplace in the Immortal World.

If even mortals can birth a dozen siblings, how much more so for them?

"But the child support fees are too astronomical, aren’t they?" Tang Monk rubbed his eyes, doubting he had misread a figure in the astronomical range.

"It’s not too much."

The Queen of Women’s Country said, "Elder Tang and your group have been traveling, sleeping in the wilderness, and rarely keeping up with current trends in the Three Realms, right? According to official authoritative data, the cost of raising a child has increased seven hundredfold compared to several hundred years ago, because now it’s trendy to nurture from a young age."

"Generally, from birth to age ten, you’d enroll them in martial arts classes, Taoist classes, etiquette and upbringing classes, math interest classes...."

She spoke eloquently, using some very professional terms, "We hope that even if divorced and renounced the secular world, co-parenting and providing child support would still be upheld."