Chapter 058

Chapter 058

Bai Kan looked at Bai Xiaoyu three times before finally asking, "Xiaoyu, aren't you interested? That was you as an egg, chubby and round, bouncing and rolling around."

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the surrounding eggs. "Look at these eggs; there are all kinds here. Do you think I'd be interested?"

Bai Kan pointed to two eggs beside him. "They're very interested."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Then tell them. Besides, if you don't, it'll be hard to wrap this up now."

Bai Kan looked at the big black egg jumping around and the aggressive little white egg, his mouth twitching.

Back then, he was only three years old. The Lu family had a spot in the Royal Nursery, which they gave to his cousin.

His cousin happened to be in the same batch as Bai Xiaoyu.

For some reason, Marshal Bai stayed at the Royal Nursery for a week that year. After finding out, he insisted on going with his mother to see his cousin.

His cousin was still an egg, occasionally moving. Unlike his mother, who was delighted every time the egg moved, he found watching an egg for long periods extremely boring.

So he shifted his attention and quietly left. His real goal was Marshal Bai.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at another egg's incubation room, he saw an egg bounce and roll out.

He was shocked.

This egg was much smaller than his cousin's but was incredibly lively. It was the first time he had seen an egg roll like that.

The eggs in the Royal Nursery were not numerous, each occupying its own incubation room. He could already read at that age, so he looked up at the door sign—Number One Hundred.

Such numbering was clear to him. Unlike his cousin, whose egg bore the name of a major family, this number indicated that the egg was his brother or sister.

He immediately followed the egg.

The egg soon noticed him and seemed to think it was lost, pointing in a certain direction with its body.

At that moment, he liked the egg and walked over, squatting down to introduce himself. "Little One Hundred, I'm your Big Brother Ninety-Two. Come on, call me brother."

After saying that, he tried to pick up the egg, but it dodged away.

Instead, it bounced into the arms of the person in front, whom he saw for the first time—Marshal Bai. The legendary cold and aloof war god held an egg, looking completely natural.

Later, when he came again, he didn't see Marshal Bai or the egg.

Not until his cousin hatched did he come back, sneaking into Little One Hundred's incubation room. This time, the egg was quietly staying inside the incubation chamber, seemingly losing its vitality.

Later, he heard that the main pharmacists and trainers responsible for Little One Hundred had suddenly suffered damage to their mental seas and entered a state of sleep for repair. They hadn't woken up since.

Little One Hundred hatched half a month later than expected, born as a double F-rank waste. Later, when he went to school, he specifically went to see Little One Hundred, following him and discovering that he was growing more and more crooked.

Completely devoid of the cuteness he had as an egg, he was manipulated by Bai Qi and others after adulthood, stupid, rebellious, and spoiled.

Seeing him made him furious, wishing he could stuff him back into the egg and start over.

Hearing Bai Kan curse him, Bai Xiaoyu patted the two agitated eggs. "It seems you really like eggs. Starting over might indeed be a good idea."

Bai Kan coughed lightly. "I meant the previous you. Your act as a spoiled brat makes me want to punch you. But back then, even though you were small, you were bigger than this little white egg. You were cuter as an egg than you are now. So the current you is fine, no need to start over."

Bai Xiaoyu smiled, not without malice. "I certainly don't need to start over. I'm talking about you."

Bai Kan was confused. "Me?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded. "Your condition is partial evolution, and now other parts need to catch up with the strength of your hind legs."

Bai Kan: "That's not simple. As you said before, this isn't just evolution but partial reversion."

Bai Xiaoyu responded with a soft "Hmm."

Bai Kan, seeing his reaction, began explaining. "You haven't read the history of the royal family, have you? Back then, two brothers founded this empire, one with a white tiger form and the other with the current royal beast form. They split into two branches, with the younger brother's branch becoming the royal family managing the galaxy, while the elder brother's branch, surnamed Bai, guarded the galaxy. That's why Marshal Bai could freely appear in the Royal Nursery. The Bai family also has the right to breed offspring without limits in the Royal Nursery. Unfortunately, the Bai family's descendants are few and far between, with decades passing without a single one. Bai family descendants tend to be white tigers, and Marshal Bai's beast form is one, with 3S-level mental power and physical strength."

This 3S level sets a lower limit but not an upper one. While rare, many people in the galaxy reach it. Even he could break through given enough time, unlike Marshal Bai, who was born with 3S.

Looking at his own hind legs, Bai Kan felt conflicted. He never imagined his inability to move for years was due to reversion and evolution, which should have been a good thing. He thought about the dark matter in his bone marrow, likely discovered during his incubation period. Was this to prevent him or because the royal family feared the return of the white tiger?

Bai Kan wasn't sure if this was someone's doing or the royal family's intention. After all, various forces infiltrated the Royal Nursery, making anything possible.

Bai Xiaoyu's eyes brightened. Partial evolution was tricky, but reversion would be easier for him.

Several bloodline-stimulating potions immediately came to mind. Eliminating those with high failure rates and unsuitable for Bai Kan's situation, only one remained—the Blood Ignition Potion. This potion required soaking the entire body in the liquid, constantly stimulating and activating the bloodline while strengthening the body.

However, the duration varied from person to person, ranging from one month to over a year.

Bai Xiaoyu didn't know how long Bai Kan would need, but having hope was good.

As for the main ingredient of the Blood Ignition Potion, he had previously found it on the black market, proving its existence. Other auxiliary ingredients were well-documented in the galactic herbology texts.

However, the potion also needed a catalyst—a blood sample from someone or something with a reverted lineage to stimulate and purify the bloodline, causing it to revert.

The catalyst needed to be stronger than the partially reverted lineage. In other words, Bai Kan needed to find someone with a stronger lineage than his hind legs.

Bai Xiaoyu told Bai Kan about this, leaving him stunned.

He never expected such a surprise so quickly. But soon, his face clouded over with worry.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu asked, "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to have a solution?"

Bai Kan replied, "Not exactly, but the Bai family has very few members now. With Marshal Bai missing, only the old marshal remains. If I ask him for blood, I won't even get to see him, and if I do, I'll surely be kicked out."

Bai Xiaoyu turned to look at him and the big black egg rubbing against him, "Maybe you can beg Big Black. If he agrees, you'll naturally get the medicinal ingredient."

Bai Kan: "Do you mean Big Black can persuade the old marshal?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "What I mean is that Big Black's bones are similar to yours but more advanced. His blood can serve as your medicinal ingredient. But once you accept Big Black's blood, it will activate and be absorbed by your body. Then, you'll have Big Black's blood flowing in you, making you his half-son."

Hearing this, Bai Kan looked at the big black egg, his expression changing repeatedly.

On one side was his long-held dream, on the other side was gaining an egg father.

Bai Xiaoyu watched Bai Kan without disturbing him, letting him make his decision.

Bai Kan thought about the distant father on Imperial Star; having him or not was almost the same. Now, this big black egg was still an egg, but it could help him stand up...

Bai Xiaoyu watched Bai Kan force a smile at the big black egg, which looked even more painful than crying, and couldn't help but feel amused.

Over the next three days, Bai Xiaoyu had people collect the herbs for the Blood Ignition Elixir. The auxiliary herbs were easy to find, and the Sixteenth Legion sent over a dozen main herbs.

Now that the herbs were collected, he wondered how the interaction between the egg and its unwilling father was progressing.

After finishing refining the herbs, Bai Xiaoyu went out and saw Bai Kan hand him several spatial nodes.

Bai Xiaoyu asked in confusion, "What are these?"

Bai Kan: "These are the conditions agreed upon with Big Black. Besides the remaining materials for the bio-mechanical limbs you needed, there are also many high-grade energy cannon materials and some materials for refining instruments."

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the various good materials inside the spatial nodes, surprised.

He didn't know how they managed to communicate successfully, but now it seemed Big Black had agreed.

These materials were exactly what he needed.

Without mentioning other things, at least he had the materials for the soldiers' bio-mechanical limbs.

Thinking of how Big Black usually clung to him, Bai Xiaoyu's gaze softened. As soon as he stepped out, he gave Big Black a bear hug and a kiss.

Watching Big Black stand there for a while after being kissed, he couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Bai Kan felt his teeth ache and finally couldn't stand it anymore and ran away.

Then Bai Xiaoyu took Bai Kan to Tao Limeng to customize a metal eggshell.

Tao Limeng was already used to Bai Xiaoyu's strange requests and quickly got to work.

After making the arrangements, Bai Xiaoyu returned to refine pills. This time, he was lucky and refined another Essence Cleansing Pill.

Bai Xiaoyu directly gave Big Black an herbal bath.

Watching Big Black rolling in the cauldron, the liquid inside and outside gradually turning murky and black, he cleaned it several times before washing Big Black thoroughly.

He patted Big Black's eggshell, "Big Black, let me see your condition inside."

Big Black did not resist. After Bai Xiaoyu entered, the enthusiastic bone claw was eagerly waiting for him.

Upon finding him, it started circling and scratching his mental threads, trying to grab them each time.

Half of the blackness on the bone claw had receded, and flesh was growing back.

It looked much better than before.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the new blood vessels in the flesh, still showing signs of dark matter consumption, continuously seeping blood. Now that the dark matter had just been dispelled, it would seep out again after a while, becoming worse. Seeing the bone claw like this, he felt a twinge of sympathy, but the bone claw proactively extended itself towards him.

Bai Bai, quickly absorb this blood; if not, it will be consumed soon.

Bai Xiaoyu used his mental power to collect a dozen drops.

Then he comforted Big Black and helped clean up after the herbal bath.

Big Black was dried off by Bai Xiaoyu and rolled around on the bed, almost annoying Little Point. Little Point was envious and jealous of Big Black getting a bath from Bai Xiaoyu, so he frantically used his small tentacles to call Bai Xiaoyu.

Only after Bai Xiaoyu wiped him down with a towel did he calm down.

Then they continued to glare at each other from opposite sides of the bed, aiming to push the other off.

The next day, Bai Xiaoyu carried Little Point, followed closely by Big Black, and went to Tao Limeng with Bai Kan.

Upon entering, they saw a silver metal eggshell spinning on a machine, taller than Bai Xiaoyu.

This metal eggshell was more like a full-body repair instrument. It required the person to be completely immersed in the repair fluid. They could breathe and move inside, even play with their light brain, and receive energy supplements when hungry or tired, all without affecting the healing process.

Bai Xiaoyu patted the metal eggshell, and a door opened quickly. He turned to Bai Kan, "Come, try it out quickly."

Bai Kan looked at the huge eggshell, almost as big as Big Black, and grimaced at Bai Xiaoyu, "Are you secretly taking revenge on me for saying you weren't cute when you hatched?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "Why would I secretly take revenge? I'm doing it openly. Come in, everyone is waiting for you."

Bai Kan looked at the two people and two eggs in front of him, all seemingly eager to see what he was about to do.

Thinking about the upcoming experience, he took a deep breath and slowly walked in.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the metal door close automatically, revealing a silver egg. It looked exceptionally complete, with no trace of the door closing.

Bai Xiaoyu began adding the prepared medicinal liquid, then the Blood Ignition Elixir, and took out a bottle. Inside the bottle were a dozen drops of blood.

Looking at the blood, the lineage was very pure, containing powerful energy. Big Black must be a pureblood. One drop of blood could stimulate Bai Kan for at least three days.

There was enough here for Bai Kan to use for a while.

He opened the bottle and dripped one drop inside.

This blood quickly flowed through the liquid inside the metal eggshell, spreading to every corner of it.

After transforming back into his beast form shortly after entering, Bai Kan's fur was soaked in the medicinal liquid. Initially, when his body came into contact with these agents, every pore felt a subtle warmth and expansion. Then, upon seeing Bai Xiaoyu drop a fresh droplet of blood inside, pain soon followed. Blood threads began to seep through his skin, while the blood threads dispersed in the solution did the opposite—they wanted to enter.

As these blood threads entered his body, the large tiger in the solution suddenly widened its eyes and started rolling on the ground in the next second.

Hot and painful, his entire body felt as if it were burning and boiling.

It was unbearable.

Due to Bai Kan's violent movements inside the metal egg, the outer shell was also affected, rolling wildly.

The two eggs, one large and one small, were both extremely curious. The big black egg circled the rolling metal egg and then returned to stand close to Bai Xiaoyu.

Tao Limeng walked over, staring at the metal egg and asked, "Boss, he is our supplier after all, right? Is he okay now?"

His eyes conveyed a hint of "please go easy and don't scare him away."

Bai Xiaoyu: "No major issues. Although it's very painful, I believe in Bai Kan's endurance. He will be fine."

Bai Kan suffered for half a day, thinking this pain would gradually lessen, but it turned out to be an endless torment.

During this period of pain, the intensity didn't decrease; instead, he adapted to it first.

After adapting, he could shift his attention from the pain and soon noticed a slight change in his body. He had a vague feeling of becoming slightly stronger.

He stared at his front paw, where the claws looked sharper and harder.

What made him even happier was that his forelimbs and hind limbs, which used to feel like separate entities, now gave him a sense of slowly merging into one.

Even though all these sensations were just tiny changes, he could still feel them.

The large tiger curled up, its eyes fixed on its hind legs, even using its paws to scratch at its legs and tail.

For over twenty years, from hope to despair, he had never been able to control these legs and tail, as if they were strangers living inside his body.

Now, amidst the despair, hope arose again, and the large tiger couldn't help but let out a low growl.

This growl startled everyone outside and also woke Bai Kan from his excitement.

Gradually regaining his composure, he tried to stand up but slipped due to lack of practice, falling heavily to the ground with a loud thud.

Bai Xiaoyu and the others saw the metal egg rolling around, then suddenly roar and stand up, causing another loud thud.

Facing Tao Limeng's skeptical gaze, just as Bai Xiaoyu was about to doubt himself too, the metal egg calmed down and began practicing moving in its egg shape repeatedly.

Though constantly slipping and thudding, it eventually managed to grasp the technique slowly.

Finally, the metal egg clumsily rolled and flipped its way to Bai Xiaoyu. It tried to nudge him like the big black egg, but was pushed aside by the latter.

The collision between the two eggs produced a loud thud and even sparks.

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

With Bai Kan's strength control, a nudge from him might lift someone away.

After this incident, the big black egg kept watch, not allowing Bai Kan to get close to Bai Xiaoyu. The metal egg finally settled down, occasionally rolling on the ground.

Being an egg can actually be quite interesting.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the three eggs of different sizes and colors. Finally, focusing on the rolling metal egg, he said with a smile, "Big Black Egg and Little White Egg, as for you, you'll be called Iron Egg."

The silver metal egg, which had almost failed to get up after rolling again: "..."