Chapter 20

Chapter 20

The audience in the live stream was left with a psychological shadow from Bai Xiaoyu's egg-boiling stunt earlier. Even after it was confirmed that he hadn't actually boiled the egg, they couldn't shake off the impression right away.

Bai Xiaoyu saw the forced announcement in the live stream disappear and left a message: "Today's live stream ends here. See you tomorrow at nine."

He then swiftly closed the live stream.

The audience flipped tables, who wanted to meet up with an egg-boiling maniac!

After Bai Xiaoyu left, the audience grumbled, wait, didn't the host just boil the egg? Shouldn't he explain?

Damn host, come back here!

Naturally, Bai Xiaoyu couldn't hear the commotion in the live stream. After closing it, he turned to Yang Wang and said, "Now that you've finished your inspection, can you give me Egg No. 1?"

It was Yang Wang who had been holding the egg for testing; she was still a bit dazed and reflexively handed the egg over when she heard him: "Oh, here you go."

Bai Xiaoyu held the egg, his mental power flowing through his fingers into it. The egg, which had been quiet while in Yang Wang's arms, now extended its tiny paw again.

It was a small, thumb-sized paw, still without fur, with extremely thin skin revealing the blood vessels inside.

Such a paw could belong to either a feline or canine species.

Bai Xiaoyu held the egg even more carefully. Yang Wang, who had regained her composure, looked at him with a complex expression.

She never thought this notorious troublemaker from Imperial Star would actually look like a dedicated incubator now.

Meanwhile, the large black egg and White Wolf sat side by side, their attention focused on Bai Xiaoyu's egg. The large black egg slowly moved closer to Bai Xiaoyu, while White Wolf occasionally twitched its ears and wagged its tail as it watched Bai Xiaoyu's movements.

The man from the Sixteenth Army, seeing this scene, felt like covering his face.

Indeed, they had mistaken the wrong person as their leader!

At that moment, the few people outside who had been beaten up stood up, bruised and battered. The leading man suddenly spoke, "We suspect you switched the egg midway. The original egg is not this one."

The large black egg and White Wolf slowly moved in front of Bai Xiaoyu, causing the man to feel a dull pain all over. He gritted his teeth, "So we must inspect all the eggs."

Yang Wang stepped forward, "Fine, let's do another inspection."

The man's face turned slightly pale, "We can handle it ourselves; no need to trouble you."

Yang Wang: "No trouble, let's go."

They soon arrived at the incubation facility. As they tested each egg, the man's gaze fell on the repair agent Bai Xiaoyu had yet to put away. He needed to find a way to take it, or if necessary, break it.

Just as Bai Xiaoyu placed Egg No. 1 back, he heard a heavy object hit the ground and turned around.

He saw the head of the regulatory department knocked down by the large black egg, with Yu Xi quickly locking his neck.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu looking over, Yu Xi handed him a bottle of repair agent, "This guy seemed suspicious, trying to steal this repair agent."

Bai Xiaoyu took the repair agent, "Minister, since you want to inspect all the eggs in the incubation facility, please focus on that and don't touch other people's things."

Yang Wang had already finished the test and looked at the results. Every egg was developing well, with the system recording various data points. For the first ten days, the system gave low scores, but in the last week, it scored over ninety, and recently, it was nearly perfect.

Such a drastic improvement would be hard to believe if she hadn't seen it herself. It seemed that after being rescued, Bai Xiaoyu had a change of heart, no longer rushing back to Imperial Star, but instead settling down to fully dedicate himself to these eggs.

Yang Wang walked over, "The tests are complete. All eighteen eggs are fine. What are you doing?"

The men looked at Yang Wang and realized their mission was a failure, so they slunk away.

Bai Xiaoyu stared at the agent, "Could there be issues with agents purchased directly from the regional Pharmacy Department?"

Yang Wang also looked at the bottle, "Do you think there's something wrong with this agent?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "There's a big problem."

Yang Wang: "If you trust me, I can take it back for testing. However, our regional Pharmacy Department is run by the Huang family. They are the largest pharmaceutical force in the galaxy besides the royal pharmacy. Their reputation is excellent, and their prices are fair. If there's really a problem with this agent, they've likely covered their tracks. Given their influence and connection to Bai Qi's maternal family, even you in Imperial Star couldn't have affected them. Now, it's even harder."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Thank you. I'll keep half for research, and you can take the other half."

After sending Yang Wang away, Bai Xiaoyu's expression remained calm. Bai Qi's maternal family?

It seemed that even though the original owner was exiled here, they still wouldn't let him go.

But if they wanted to deal with him, they should come directly. To tamper with the eggs and endanger the young lives inside... thinking of the fragile little life with adorable paws almost unable to hatch due to this...

Bai Xiaoyu took a deep breath. Bai Qi, Huang family, he would remember this.

Due to the unexpected early development of Egg No. 1, Bai Xiaoyu decided to use his mental power to carefully inspect all the eggs again.

According to normal incubation times, most newborn eggs in the galaxy would hatch within the last few days of the first month, taking at least twenty-five days.

The eggs in his incubation facility had been mishandled for ten days by the original owner, and he thought they would develop much slower. But Egg No. 1 surprised him by forming a full week ahead of schedule.

He picked up Egg No. 2, which was smaller than Egg No. 1. He gently tapped the shell and carefully sent his mental power inside.

Mental power itself is aggressive, so Bai Xiaoyu usually kept it at the periphery, fearing he might disturb or harm the newly formed consciousnesses.

Egg No. 2 seemed even more active. Soon, a tiny foot, or rather, a small foot and a beastman's hind paw, appeared.

Bai Xiaoyu paused; the egg contained a half-beastman child.

Upon closer observation, he noticed both the small foot and the beastman's hind paw were moving. The hind paw was clearly stronger and faster than the small foot.

Thinking back to the information provided by the system, the Star People were affected by dark matter from the insectoids, causing defects in the original development of the Beastmen, leading to the emergence of half-Beastmen aside from the traditional half-Beastmen with only beast ears and tails.

It was clear that No. 2 was in such a situation.

Bai Xiaoyu fell into deep thought. Today, he had no choice but to put No. 1 into the pill furnace for repair, and now it seemed that No. 2 was also a defective egg.

The idea that had occurred to him before grew stronger at this moment.

However, he needed to prepare the potions properly and could not be as passive as today.

Continuing to examine the No. 3 egg, the pup inside was very lively. This time, he saw a thin, bald tail, no thicker than a pinky finger, swinging towards the direction where Bai Xiaoyu was tapping.

Just like No. 1 egg, which showed only a paw, and No. 2 egg, which showed only a tail, it was impossible to determine whether the creature inside was a Beastman pup or a half-Beastman pup.

After investigating the first three eggs, the remaining fifteen did not show much movement.

Bai Xiaoyu's mental power moved more carefully through the liquid inside, but none of them exhibited the same situation as the first three, indicating they had not fully formed yet.

Initially, these eggs were numbered based on their size. During the incubation period, several later eggs surpassed the earlier ones, but the first three eggs always remained the largest.

Their absorption of the nutrient solution was also greater compared to the others. No. 1 absorbed the most, reaching 120%. Bai Xiaoyu estimated that if it wasn't close to dispersing, its absorption rate would have been even higher.

It was indeed a little one with a good appetite.

Bai Xiaoyu's gaze inadvertently fell on the largest energy shield, where the big black egg was voraciously consuming its meal. The absorption rate data displayed outside the transparent screen kept rising: 3000%, 4000%, 5000%, 6000%...

A fleeting smile passed over Bai Xiaoyu's eyes. No. 1, we don't need to compete with the big eater.

The big black egg quickly consumed all the nutrient solution inside the energy shield and lightly jumped, seemingly letting out a burp.

Bai Bai had been massaging the other pups, and now it was almost his turn.

He had just finished eating, so he let Bai Bai touch his smooth, round belly.

Hmm, Bai Bai is looking this way. Is it my turn now?

The big black egg became excited and ate faster.

Come here; I've been waiting for you.

But Bai Xiaoyu turned around and walked away.

The big black egg: ...

It felt dejected.

When Bai Xiaoyu came back with the herbs he had ordered, he turned to see a big black egg standing in the corner.

Was it facing the wall?

He walked over, "Big Black, what are you doing here?"

The big black egg gently swayed. It was angry, the kind that was hard to appease, hmmph.

Bai Xiaoyu reached out and touched the top of the big black egg, which was taller than him. In the next second, his hand was empty.

The big black egg lay down directly. Since Bai Bai was putting in so much effort to comfort me, I'll let you touch my belly reluctantly.

Bai Xiaoyu smiled and went along with the big black egg's wishes, gently caressing the smooth, shiny black shell. His gaze lingered on two white spots resembling paws in the middle, and he tapped them, "Big Black, can I use my mental power to check your hatching progress?"

The big black egg rolled closer to Bai Xiaoyu, pressing its entire body against him.

Bai Xiaoyu extended a thread of his mental power through his palm.

Soon, he encountered significant resistance, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Finally managing to penetrate, the tip of his mental power experienced intense pain. He felt darkness pulling him in when a huge, shapeless claw pushed him back out.

The big black egg bounced up, Bai Bai, danger!

Bai Xiaoyu regained his senses and patted the big black egg's head, "I'm fine."

But the big black egg still circled around Bai Xiaoyu anxiously.

Bai Xiaoyu continued to soothe the big black egg while thinking about the thing inside that devoured his mental power, which was identical to what emerged from Big Black and Xiao Xi during their immersion in the nourishing potion.

Only, there was much more inside than he had imagined.

Even a slight touch caused severe pain to his mental power. What about Big Black...

Bai Xiaoyu's gaze fell on the anxious big black egg circling around him, and he felt a pang of sadness.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu look over, the big black egg leaned closer, rubbing its shell against his forehead.

Bai Bai, I'll blow on it to make it stop hurting.