Chapter 042

Chapter 042

Bai Xiaoyu was examining the eggs while contemplating the matter.

But Lou Hao was pacing anxiously beside him, and even the viewers in the live stream were amused by the professors' relentless promotion.

It was ironic that these talents, which others would fight over, were being actively promoted by the professors to the streamer, yet they couldn't find any takers.

The scene became quite awkward, and some viewers couldn't help but speak up on their behalf.

"Streamer, after all, these are rare talents. Why don't you pick a few of the best?"

Various factions were frustrated; they had extended olive branches to these soon-to-be graduates, only to be rejected.

Now, all attention was on Bai Xiaoyu, waiting for him to make his selection.

What a mess.

They needed him to finish quickly so they could start competing again.

After using his mental power to examine the eggs, Bai Xiaoyu finally made his decision.

Now that Lou Hao had already taken action, the timing seemed right.

As the two old professors lavishly praised the students' talents and merits, Bai Xiaoyu spoke up, "Let them come. But once here, they must follow our arrangements."

The professors responded in unison, "Sure, how many do you want? Do you need me to send you their profiles?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "I'll take them all."

The live stream fell silent for a moment before becoming lively again.

"Wow, Streamer, you're taking them all!"

"The first time someone has taken all the top students from both ace departments of the Imperial Military Academy. Some people are going to be furious."

Indeed, various factions began grumbling.

Clearly, Bai Xiaoyu's move caught them off guard.

At the same time, Bai Qi looked at the candidates he favored with an unfriendly gaze.

Huang's Pharmacy had long been eyeing this batch of students, as they desperately needed more alchemists for expansion. Similarly, cultivators were sought after by every faction.

Now, they were all going to intern with Bai Xiaoyu.

However, it might be for the best since the conditions on the edge of the galaxy where Bai Xiaoyu was located were too poor to retain anyone.

Once the internship ended, they would surely leave. And what they learned from Bai Xiaoyu would benefit others.

So when Huang's faction planned to poach some students, Bai Qi intervened.

Besides, Bai Xiaoyu's cultivation facility was inexplicably well-guarded, making it impossible for outsiders to approach.

Using this batch of students to investigate further would be beneficial.

Many shared this view and allowed the students to intern on Planet D36.

Bai Xiaoyu added the two professors to his contact list, and they promptly sent over the compiled list.

The students under the two professors were all elites among elites, numbering about thirty each.

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the list and then handed it to Lou Hao, who was still reveling in the joy of having someone to share the workload.

Lou Hao received the message from Bai Xiaoyu on his optical brain.

He opened it and his expression changed.

Looking at Bai Xiaoyu, he asked, "What does this mean?"

Bai Xiaoyu smiled at him, "I've agreed to your request. I've done my part; the rest is up to you."

Lou Hao stared at the smiling Bai Xiaoyu for a while before realizing what was happening.

By the time he did, Bai Xiaoyu had already resumed his work. The professors also sent messages, and Lou Hao reluctantly engaged in conversation with them.

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoyu held the severely damaged egg with a missing piece of its shell and carefully examined it with his mental power before placing it into the alchemy furnace.

The viewers in the live stream, who had been discussing the topic of Bai Xiaoyu's junior brothers and sisters interning, now turned their attention back to the egg.

"Whoa, Streamer, are you going to boil the egg?"

"This egg is so badly damaged and hasn't grown at all. Wouldn't boiling it be dangerous?"

There were other questions left unasked: Was this egg now a dud?

After all, it was covered in fine cracks and had a missing piece about two fingers wide. Such an egg was unlikely to hatch, essentially a dud.

Bai Xiaoyu took out the alchemy furnace again, exciting those waiting to see his unique hatching method. This included the cultivators and alchemists present.

But seeing the clearly hopeless egg, they felt a bit disappointed.

Was he just giving it a shot since he knew it wouldn't work anyway?

Someone asked, "Is this egg already a dud?"

The viewers were shocked but not entirely surprised.

"Since it's already a dud, Streamer, you should report it as soon as possible. There's a process to follow, and the regulatory department needs to verify it."

The Huang family had taken away this batch of eggs and now finally had the chance to criticize Bai Xiaoyu.

"Don't do it yet. It's too early to report now. Clearly, the next batch of damaged eggs he received will also turn into dud eggs. If we report every time a dud egg appears, how exhausting would it be for the staff who come to verify?"

The audience in the live stream was not convinced.

"You're saying this with the title of a Cultivator. When the Cultivation Association put the eggs on the system, why didn't you take them?"

"I didn't have time."

"There are plenty of problematic eggs at the Cultivation Association now. Why don't you take them? Don't just talk; take action."

Bai Xiaoyu looked up at the cultivator. "Who said this is a dud egg? Poor eyesight is a big no-no for cultivators. I suggest you change careers."

The cultivator snorted coldly. "Once all these dud eggs hatch, I bet the one changing careers will be you."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Then you might wait forever for me to change careers."

The live stream filled with laughter.

"Awesome host, 666."

"Host, weren't you going to boil the egg? Let us deal with this guy; get cooking."

The audience, having entertained Ding Lan before, now had plenty of experience.

Bai Xiaoyu glanced down at the alchemy furnace, where the temperature was slowly adjusting. It was indeed about right.

He pressed his hand against the egg, feeling the slight protrusions from its cracked surface. Fine threads of mental energy extended, sensing the increasingly sluggish movements inside, almost like stagnant water. Fortunately, the White Bone Flower arrived just in time.

He placed the herbs used to refine the White Bone Flower into the furnace, immersing the egg's surface in the same medicinal liquid.

This would help the eggshell and the White Bone Flower resonate and merge better.

Seeing that the eggshell had fully absorbed the medicinal liquid, Bai Xiaoyu poured the white paste-like fluid into the alchemy furnace, guiding it bit by bit towards the damaged parts of the egg using his mental energy.

After pouring out the White Bone Flower paste, the original bottle was completely clean, without any residue.

The White Bone Flower paste was a single entity, neither spilling nor dripping, following Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy as it settled onto the egg.

Bai Xiaoyu was quite busy. His mental energy threads surged to over a hundred, nearing the limit of what his body could handle. A few threads guided the medicinal liquid, while the rest rapidly polished and pierced between the eggshell and the liquid, eliminating all gaps and bubbles.

Not only that, but they also stitched together the eggshell and the paste.

Under the guidance of the mental energy threads, the medicinal liquid gradually covered the egg, seeping into all the damaged cracks. At the missing part of the shell, the mental energy carefully laid out the paste to match the original curvature of the shell.

As time passed, beads of sweat formed on Bai Xiaoyu's forehead. After all, each spot required thousands of polishings and stitches by the mental energy threads.

By the time Bai Xiaoyu felt the egg was fully repaired with the White Bone Flower paste, more than half an hour had passed.

At this point, he still had a bit of mental energy left, which he deliberately saved for another step.

He opened the alchemy furnace lid, and everyone in the live stream saw a perfectly intact egg.

Everyone in the live stream was stunned.

"What's going on? Is it fixed?"

"I remember that no one has ever successfully repaired an egg before. Even if they did, it didn't make a difference because the shell needs to grow. No one has succeeded."

"Just follow the host. As someone who has been proven wrong repeatedly, I feel the host might bring us a miracle."

This time, Bai Xiaoyu poured in the remaining red flower paste, leaving no residue in the bottle.

He closed the alchemy furnace lid again and released over a hundred mental energy threads, guiding the red liquid onto the egg.

Initially, a single thread of red liquid touched the egg, then rooted itself, forming a blood-red vein-like stripe. Under the guidance of mental energy, it branched out, weaving through the eggshell surface, gradually enveloping the entire egg. Soon, countless vein-like stripes began intersecting, forming a closed circulatory circuit on the egg.

Now, the egg's surface was covered with blood-red stripes, resembling the veins on a human body, pulsating and alternating between light and dark.

The egg appeared to be surrounded by capillaries, embedded in the shell like human veins, but it looked ten times uglier.

Not only was it ugly, but it was also eerie, making the eggshell look alive.

Indeed, it was alive.

Even after being refined, the White Bone Flower remained whole, combining with the originally living eggshell in a new form, still alive.

Bai Xiaoyu was very satisfied, despite his mental energy being depleted, causing his vision to darken. He didn't care.

He succeeded. The veins on the eggshell could quickly transport nutrients into the egg, giving the future hatchling a good chance to surpass even the healthy eggs sent by the legion.

Moreover, the eggshell regained its original function, enhanced with the powerful bone-regeneration effect of the White Bone Flower. Even if it broke again, the egg could heal itself.

More importantly, the future hatchling, absorbing the effects of the White Bone Flower, would have a much stronger self-healing ability compared to other hatchlings.

Opening the alchemy furnace again, the audience waiting in the live stream rushed over to see.

Instead of the previously pristine egg, they saw a red-and-white egg covered in veins.

The audience collectively took several steps back, their faces filled with horror.

Bai Xiaoyu carefully picked up the egg, gently caressing it, showing great affection.

The viewers were stunned. The host's hands were beautiful, but touching that bloody egg was truly horrifying.

Bai Xiaoyu found their reactions amusing. "What are you afraid of? Come and feel this pulsation. And look at this color—the vibrant red of life."

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

Bai Xiaoyu stopped teasing them and turned to place Dandan back into the original incubation compartment, adding new nutrient fluid. The blood vessels on the egg's surface gradually began to flow, starting slowly before accelerating.

The new incubation equipment came with a built-in life detection system, and soon translucent data appeared on the screen.

One particular reading caught everyone's attention.

Egg Vitality: 81%

They remembered it had dropped below thirty percent earlier, hadn't it?

More astonishingly, the vitality inside the egg continued to rise—82%, 83%...

At this rate, it would likely recover to full vitality soon!

Everyone was stunned, as if they were sleepwalking.

The previous incubator took this opportunity to slip away quietly while everyone was still in shock.

No matter how much benefit the Huang family offered in the future, he wouldn't come here again.

When the egg's vitality dropped to 30%, it was a sure sign of a dud. Seeing victory within reach, only to be overturned by the other side—it could give one a heart attack after a few times!

His fans were also troublesome; better to stay away from Bai Xiaoyu, that monster, to preserve his life.

More importantly, facing Bai Xiaoyu now gave him an overwhelming sense of defeat, like a mountain pressing down on him. After this incident, he had no fighting spirit left.

Everyone was still staring at the blood egg in a daze when Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the time and said, "Time's up. See you all tomorrow."

He immediately went offline.

The interrupted viewers quickly snapped out of it and started wailing and howling.

That streamer was being unreasonable again!

The news spread rapidly and soon trended again. Following Bai Xiaoyu's success in restoring the perfect ratio of dark matter in a new egg, he had now solved the problem of a cracked eggshell.

Many experts began studying the case overnight.

Numerous interstellar media outlets had already quietly removed the label of "waste" from Bai Xiaoyu's name.

They bestowed upon him a new title: a once-in-a-thousand-years genius incubator!

In the Imperial Military Academy, the classes taught by the two old professors in the pharmaceutical and incubation departments packed their bags and rushed to Planet D36, fearing they might be too late if Bai Xiaoyu changed his mind.

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoyu looked at the three people in front of him, their mouths agape in shock, and couldn't help but chuckle.

He clapped his hands to get their attention. "How long do you plan to stand there in a daze?"

Lou Hao let out a cry and rushed towards him, only to be knocked away again by the large black egg.

He stood up, rubbing his waist, and looked at Bai Xiaoyu with intense enthusiasm.

"Boss, are you even human?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "Absolutely genuine."

Lou Hao: "Then how did you do it?"

Zhang Yi and Lu Qing crowded closer, waiting for his answer.

Just as Bai Xiaoyu was about to speak, a loud crash echoed outside.

He stepped out, with the large black egg following him, and the other three trailing behind.

Outside, they saw his newly built roller coaster smashed by a spacecraft, which had crashed through it, smoking heavily.

It was a nearly falling-apart personal spacecraft, relatively small, with severe wear and tear, almost unrecognizable in its original color.

As Bai Xiaoyu was considering whether to start a fire, the cockpit of the spacecraft opened. A young man with soot on his face crawled out, coughing and looking around.

Seeing something, he suddenly sprang up like a spring. Then, wearing only his underwear, he ran over frantically.

He shouted, "Lou Hao, where's the instrument!"

Almost instantly, the large black egg moved forward to block Bai Xiaoyu's view. As the young man charged over recklessly, the large black egg suddenly moved.

The young man flew forward and collided with Lou Hao at lightning speed, both of them screaming as they rolled into a heap. They rolled several times before stopping.

After finally stopping, Lou Hao glared fiercely at the large black egg, then pushed the person off him, rubbing his aching head. "Tao Limeng, get off me. How many times have I told you, no matter how urgent it is, take the time to put on some pants!"

Tao Limeng held onto Lou Hao's hand tightly, his eyes burning with intensity. "Where's the instrument? I've been rushing non-stop in my spacecraft, and now it's totaled. I almost lost my life. After all that trouble, don't tell me you're lying."

Lou Hao tried to pull his hand free but couldn't. His current physique was indeed weak.

He scoffed, "Instrument, instrument, instrument. Tao Limeng, you're hopeless. Put your pants on first, and then I'll tell you. Hurry up, or you'll end up getting beaten for no reason. With you running around half-naked, not just that big black egg, even I want to hit you."

Once everything was settled, Bai Xiaoyu brought the large black egg over and sized up this infamous mech repair specialist from the Imperial Military Academy, known for his obsession with various instruments.

"Tao Limeng, right? You destroyed my amusement park's roller coaster and the nearby house. That's eight million credits, please pay up."

Tao Limeng saw Bai Xiaoyu and exclaimed, "You're Bai Xiaoyu? It was you who kidnapped Lou Hao?"

Bai Xiaoyu's lips twitched. "I didn't kidnap him; I saved him. He sold himself willingly."

Tao Limeng looked skeptical, then turned to Lou Hao. "I spent all my credit points on instruments and parts. Can you lend me some to pay him back?"

Lou Hao: "The credit points I have now aren't mine. This time, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

Tao Limeng: "What do you mean?"

Lou Hao: "He's my boss now, and the credit points belong to him. Since you always borrow but never return, there are no credit points this time, even if there were, I wouldn't lend them. Just sell yourself then."

Tao Limeng: "Then I'll ask my brother for some."

Lou Hao: "The owner of the instrument is him."

Tao Limeng turned to look at Bai Xiaoyu, his eyes filled with adoration, "Can I sell myself for eight million? If eight million is too little, eighty million is fine too."

Bai Xiaoyu: "......"

Big Black Egg: "......"

Just like that Lou Hao, he wants to sell himself to Bai Bai!

From now on, when fighting, we'll fight together.

So Bai Xiaoyu took another person with him to the nutrient solution refining instrument. As soon as they arrived, Tao Limeng let out a cry and rushed over, throwing himself at the instrument and rubbing against it fiercely, holding it tightly.

Lou Hao couldn't stand it, feeling embarrassed by such a friend. He tried to pry Tao Limeng off, but despite using all his strength, he couldn't budge him.

Once Tao Limeng had his fill, he pulled out a small toolbox from somewhere, holding an odd tool, practically drooling over the instrument.

He turned to Bai Xiaoyu with an extremely sincere look, "Can I take this machine apart for research?"

Bai Xiaoyu replied with equal sincerity, "You can take it apart, but if you can't put it back together, I'll dismantle you too."

Tao Limeng shrank back slightly, but soon his attention was drawn back to the instrument, his eyes glowing green again.

Bai Xiaoyu ignored him and left with Big Black Egg.

Suddenly, his optical brain beeped, and he found that the district had approved a plot of land for him, not far from their cultivation facility, to be used as housing for the high-achieving students of the Imperial Military Academy. Additionally, the remaining area could be planned freely. There were two options: accept or decline.

Without hesitation, he chose to accept.

Next, Bai Xiaoyu handed the task to Lou Hao, asking him to hire people to build the housing.

The district chief, seeing Bai Xiaoyu's acceptance, started humming a tune. Their Ninth District was the most backward, but last month, the tax Bai Xiaoyu paid made it the highest-taxed district on the planet.

Now, with so many talents being introduced, these were the top students from the Imperial Military Academy's elite programs. They were thrilled when Bai Xiaoyu came alone; now, a whole group was coming.

He was a treasure.

Wondering what else Bai Xiaoyu might need, he decided to approve more resources for him.

Over the next two days, Bai Xiaoyu continued his live stream.

Everyone marveled at how the blood egg absorbed the nutrient solution voraciously.

The internal activity of the blood egg had reached one hundred percent, fully activated by the White Bone Flower. As Bai Xiaoyu had expected, it absorbed the nutrient solution like a fully revved engine, humming and growing stronger. The previously static blood egg began to absorb the solution quickly after repair. Now, the egg was gradually swelling, its veins appearing even redder.

Due to the blood egg, the number of viewers for the live stream reached new heights.

Even Bai Qing and Feng Shuang'er were watching.

However, when their eyes fell on the smallest egg, they noticed the data.

Bai Qing remained expressionless, while Feng Shuang'er looked disappointed.

Thinking about how close the egg came to failing, Bai Qing comforted Feng Shuang'er, "Xiaoyu has managed to restore the damaged egg; he will find a way for this one too."

Feng Shuang'er nodded, "That's true."

In the live stream chat, parents asked questions and expressed concern for the eggs. All the eggs, except for the batch of damaged ones, had parents inquiring about them.

Of course, except for Little Dot.

Bai Xiaoyu saw the blank parent column for Little Dot. When Little Dot was brought over, it was done hastily and privately, without going through the platform, which resulted in the parent column not being automatically generated by the system.

Now, the parents would need to actively verify it, and the system would record it once confirmed.

Recalling what the doctor said, Bai Xiaoyu sighed.

He would find a chance to verify it himself.

Since Little Dot had been abandoned by the other side, leaving the parent column empty would only highlight the issue.

As his older brother, who was now an adult, he should have the right. He would check later.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu becoming increasingly outstanding, they each had their own thoughts.

Bai Xiaoyu didn't care what they were thinking. After finishing the live stream, he immediately checked the process for verifying the parent column.

Indeed, he had the right, though it was still behind the parents.

Bai Xiaoyu reviewed the procedure and submitted the verification without delay.

He didn't want Little Dot's parent column to remain empty, given that it had both parents.

Now, he just needed to wait for the system's approval.

He went out to touch Little Dot, whose appetite had only slightly increased.

He gently tapped the egg with his finger, "Little Dot, eat more and grow bigger."

Pausing, he pointed at the nearby Big Black Egg, gulping down nutrients, and said, "When your appetite matches Big Black's, I'll be completely relieved."

Hearing Bai Xiaoyu praise him, Dahede hopped proudly.

Xiaobudian, on the other hand, went into a sulk for a while.

After recovering, the two eggs resumed their bickering.

Bai Xiaoyu was used to this. At that moment, he received a package from the 29th Army.

He opened it and found a white bone flower with a hand attached, and in the palm of its slender finger bones, a blood-red flower bloomed brilliantly.

Thinking about the eggs with damaged shells, Bai Xiaoyu realized he needed to use this bone flower on the more severely damaged ones, while the others would have to wait a bit longer.

To his surprise, the next day he received another package containing a set of ribs, half a foot bone, a spine bone, and three small red flowers placed respectively inside one rib, on the big toe, and at the center of the spine bone.

With these bone flowers, the eggs with severe damage could be taken care of, while the rest would have to continue waiting. But they weren't as urgent as these few.

With the most severely damaged eggs addressed, Bai Xiaoyu's expression relaxed.

It seemed that soon there would be a few more eggs filled with tiny motor engines among the blood eggs in the incubation facility.