Chapter 017

Chapter 017

Grown up?

Bai Xiaoyu's gaze shifted to the person and the egg. The person was still the same as yesterday, and the egg was still the same as yesterday. He couldn't see any changes; how could they have grown?

Seeing that Bai Xiaoyu didn’t believe them, both showed their evidence.

The big black egg jumped back onto the alchemy furnace, which had already been slightly expanded by it before. Now, it was stuck again.

Bai Xiaoyu raised an eyebrow. It seemed it had indeed grown a bit.

Why was such a large egg still growing? How big would it need to be to hatch?

The system’s main mission set a one-year incubation period. The incubation period of the big black egg was much longer than that of the other eggs in the breeding facility.

As for Yu Xi, he took out his physical examination report, which included data on both human and beast forms.

Both his height and weight were increasing, whether in human or beast form. Although his height had only increased by 0.2 cm, his beast form's weight had increased by a full kilogram. All indicators were rising, even his A-level physique was improving towards A+. His mental strength had also approached A level from B+, just short of the final step.

Bai Xiaoyu was surprised. The little assistant seemed to be progressing very quickly, far beyond what he had imagined.

Normally, this level of medicinal bath combined with cultivation and purification elixirs would not lead to such rapid improvement unless the person was at a very low level. For someone at a higher level, it would take several months to see such progress.

Like Bai Xiaoyu himself, he tested himself.

Originally, the host had F-level physique and mental strength, now both were F+. His mental strength should not have been this low; although it had recovered a bit, it was limited by the weakness of his body. Even so, his mental strength shouldn’t be just F+?

He asked in his mind, "System, what is my mental strength level?"

System: "S-level."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Is the detection function on my optical brain inaccurate?"

System: "The host has only recently entered this body, and the mental entity has not fully merged with the body. External testing equipment can only detect part of it."

Bai Xiaoyu understood. His mental strength could not be tested conventionally, but his physique could. With such a low physique, some initial improvement was normal, but there must be something wrong with Yu Xi's rapid advancement.

He observed Yu Xi from the first time he consumed a third of the purification elixir to after last night's medicinal bath. His originally delicate face seemed to be developing, and a sharpness inadvertently emanated from his brows. This sharpness was especially evident when confronting the big black egg.

Bai Xiaoyu lowered his eyes. Such changes over just a few days were not very noticeable. He needed to observe more carefully. Perhaps this was related to those black threads of impurities?

Don't forget, he used to be a veterinarian before the apocalypse.

He had picked up incubating eggs; future beasts were still beasts, right? Should he also try picking up his veterinary skills?

Speaking of which, he was familiar with incubating eggs and was no stranger to castration.

The big black egg and White Wolf suddenly felt a chill down their spines and moved several steps away from Bai Xiaoyu.

Bai Xiaoyu casually retracted his gaze and said to the two, "Growing up is good. From now on, I'll test you after each dose of medicine and medicinal bath. Now go play while I check the store on the Star Network and then look at the eggs."

Suddenly receiving so many private messages, he confirmed they all came from the newly opened pharmacy.

Upon entering the shop, he found it surrounded by a dense crowd. Seeing a small tiger with a bold title of "Shop Owner" appear, everyone went wild.

"Shop Owner, when will you list new products? Our eggs are hungry."

"Shop Owner, can you provide some ingredients for me to study? I've been involved in elixir identification for years and have never seen an A-level elixir with S-level effects."

"Shop Owner, list! List! List!"

Bai Xiaoyu was instantly pushed out of sight. Soon, he stumbled out of the crowd and hid in a corner, setting the shop owner's visibility to private.

Looking at the crowded ten-square-meter shop, amidst the cries of "Where's the shop owner? Why can't we see the shop owner?" the small tiger shook its fur.

What had happened?

In fact, it was all due to the game streamer from before. During his live stream, he witnessed Zhang Yi's video, and his viewers naturally saw it too.

This game streamer was a military academy student from Imperial Star, with a decent background. However, compared to those families with their own breeders and elixir masters, his family was still far behind. Recently, his family hired a breeder specifically to incubate the new eggs of their clan.

It was well known that mechanized high-level elixirs could not match those crafted by elixir masters. They were currently searching for an elixir master to collaborate with, but most elixir masters had already been recruited and wouldn't easily make deals with other forces.

Now that a suspected elixir master's shop had appeared, even if fans threatened, intimidated, and tempted him, he remained unmoved.

As a result, he was bombarded with comments calling him a dog streamer, and they even teamed up to ambush him in the game.

Lying on the ground, surrounded by fans, he refused to speak.

In this era, the demand for high-level elixirs was still significant. If one person revealed it, it would be fine. But with millions of fans, revealing it would likely leave no space for him in the shop.

Even though he tried to hide it, many skilled fans still found Bai Xiaoyu's pharmacy. Some fans who hadn't reacted quickly began calling their friends, and by the time they wanted to buy the elixirs, they found they couldn't squeeze in, regretting their actions.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the crowded live stream and posted a bright red notice: "Our shop is temporarily out of stock, and the product listing time is unknown."

After posting, Bai Xiaoyu logged off without hearing the wails from the shop. He then went to the breeding facility, with the eggs hopping along behind him.

Due to the growth of the two, Bai Xiaoyu now observed the eggs more closely.

The eighteen eggs had started growing earlier, and with the change of the culture solution, they seemed to be growing faster these past few days.

He looked at the displays in front of each egg's energy shield, showing data including the size and weight of the eggs.

Just looking at this data alone didn't reveal much, so Bai Xiaoyu directly requested the breeding system to display the growth data of the eighteen eggs for each period. The data that had lagged a week behind had doubled since the new culture solution was added three days ago.

Bai Xiaoyu was pleased. He opened the energy shield dedicated to the big black egg. "Big Black, it's time to eat."

Hearing this, the entire big black egg froze, remembering the bitter, sour, spicy, and salty taste of the culture solution. Although it was the best culture solution, the taste was truly unbearable.

Bai Xiaoyu patted the huge egg nest. "Big Black?"

Big Black Egg finally moved slowly. Since Bai Bai had taken the initiative to feed it, as a good egg, it reluctantly endured.

It had to hatch as soon as possible and then tell Bai Bai in person if the nutrient solution could be made more delicious. QAQ

After Big Black Egg jumped in, Bai Xiaoyu opened the energy shield and placed three bottles of nutrient solution in the designated slots next to the large energy shield.

Each energy shield had its own designated slot for placing nutrient solutions. For someone with such a big appetite like Big Black, it was better to feed it separately so that it wouldn't suck all the nutrient solution from the main slot, requiring a refill.

Inside the nutrient solution, Big Black Egg looked utterly dejected while Bai Xiaoyu checked on its condition.

Egg height increased by 0.3 cm, egg diameter increased by 0.1 cm, weight increased by 1.6 kg.

Nutrient absorption rate (compared to other eggs): 3000%

Big Black was growing even faster than the White Wolf in his assistant's form, and it could really eat.

Bai Xiaoyu started today's live stream, blocking the new Big Black Egg. After enduring a round of rotten egg attacks in the live stream, he retaliated a few times, infuriating The Henchmen Group, and continued to state the conditions of the eggs nonchalantly.

At this moment, he precisely saw one message amidst the barrage of angry comments.

My Grandpa is the President: "Little Tiger, it has been seven days since you used the repair agent on the egg with the yolk leakage. You can use the second dose now."

Bai Xiaoyu: "I know, but I want to wait until after the stream to use it."

My Grandpa is the President: "Use it now. I'll watch. It will also help me see if any special situations arise."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded and fetched the previous bottle of repair agent.

The viewers in the live stream were also drawn to this, and soon they began mocking him again.

"Just hatched and already showing yolk leakage. Even if you save this egg, it's pretty much useless."

"Do you think you can compete with Ding Lan? Think about your terrible grades, last place in the entire grade."

"Rumor has it that eggs with yolk leakage are very fragile. Even with the repair agent, there's a ninety percent chance it won't be saved. Do you think the second dose will make that poor egg completely disintegrate?"

Bai Qi narrowed his eyes, watching specifically for Bai Xiaoyu's cultivation stream, waiting for this moment.

Their company was researching a new product, replacing the main ingredient of the original repair agent with newly discovered herbs. Since they couldn't replace it entirely, half of the main ingredient remained. If successful, the cost of the repair agent would significantly decrease. Currently still in testing, the components couldn't be detected by instruments. Bai Xiaoyu's use of it would surely reveal the long-awaited result.

Bai Xiaoyu took the repair agent and felt once again that it contained many impurities.

Opening the cap, he unconsciously sniffed it.

The smell was no different from the previous repair agent. Testing it with nearby instruments showed it was a basic repair agent, with no issues.

Bai Qi sneered. A double F loser pretending to know anything? Could he possibly detect a problem with the agent? Even a double S-level mental strength pharmacist couldn't tell.

Currently, his body's constitution was too weak, and his senses were average.

He poured some out to test the components and then poured the rest into the energy shield of Egg No. 1.

Simultaneously, he placed his hand on the eggshell, and soon his expression changed slightly.

He immediately picked up Egg No. 1, cleared the residue on the shell, calmly instructed the system to clean the liquid inside the energy shield, and ran upstairs holding Egg No. 1.

The live stream exploded.

"What is this streamer doing, taking the egg away right after putting in the repair agent?"

"We've said before he doesn't know how to incubate eggs. Taking it out mid-repair is a major taboo!"

"Has the streamer's brain been kicked by a donkey? This stream will probably be shut down soon. Waiting for the streamer to be sued by the Interstellar Court!"

The president immediately stood up, notifying inspectors and paramedics to come over.

Bai Qi watched Bai Xiaoyu's every move, feeling extremely pleased. He reported Bai Xiaoyu's live stream, and the cultivation supervisors of District D369 set off simultaneously.

This agent had been tested multiple times, and the egg had already shown problems. Using this agent now meant a hundred percent chance of yolk leakage.

Taking the egg out mid-process was the epitome of stupidity, rendering all his previous efforts with the agent futile.

Indeed, he was still that useless fool!

Bai Xiaoyu placed Egg No. 1 into the alchemy furnace. Just now, he noticed that after absorbing the repair agent, the stable internal condition of the egg had collapsed, showing signs of yolk leakage again.