Chapter 112

Chapter 112

Bai Xiaoyu stared at the basketball-sized blob as it spat out eggs larger than its own body, leaving him momentarily speechless. He wasn't the only one; the few creatures around him were also shocked.

Everyone's gaze involuntarily shifted back and forth between the expelled eggs and the blob.

Bai Xiaoyu quickly composed himself, his eyes landing on the deep blue blob that was spitting out the eggs. This time, the egg was even larger than the previous two, with a pale blue color. Having dealt with so many alien eggs, he had rarely encountered any with such unusual colors, except for the large black egg.

After the deep blue blob finished spitting out the egg, it hopped to the center of the three eggs, stretching its tentacles to push them toward Bai Xiaoyu.

Then it hopped back, using its tentacles to try and lift the giant egg. Its tentacles were too short to encircle the massive egg, so it could only act like a suction cup, attempting to pull the egg over.

But the egg remained motionless.

The deep blue blob hopped up again, seemingly irritated.

It extended three tentacles toward Bai Xiaoyu, pointing at the three eggs, then another tentacle, this time pointing at the giant egg.

The meaning was clear: three eggs for one, is that not enough?

Bai Xiaoyu did not agree immediately but said, "Wait."

The deep blue blob watched as he approached, crouched down, and reached out to touch the eggs.

Ah, so he wanted to inspect them first. Fine, just hurry up and make the exchange.

While Bai Xiaoyu inspected the eggs, the blob used its tentacles to tightly grip the giant egg, while a thicker main tentacle gently caressed the eggshell.

Through the thin shell, the deep blue blob was visibly excited.

Even if it remembered nothing, in the moment it touched the egg, it knew why it had been desperately trying to get here—the hatchling inside was part of itself.

Now it had finally found what belonged to it.

Its small tentacles touched the eggshell, trembling slightly.

Bai Xiaoyu was examining the expelled eggs, covering the giant egg with a layer of mental energy to prevent the seemingly weak insectoid prince from suddenly attacking. This allowed him to observe every move the insectoid prince made.

The cautious behavior was nothing like the notoriously brutal insectoid prince.

As it gently caressed the eggshell, all its movements were felt through the layer of mental energy. Not only was the blob outside agitated, but the hatchling inside the egg was also responding, its tentacles reaching out to the spot where the blob's tentacles were touching the shell, clearly enjoying the closeness.

The insectoid prince, noticing something amiss, stopped caressing and seemed puzzled. Despite its weakened state, it still sensed the subtle barrier between itself and the egg.

The deep blue blob's tentacles flicked, showing both disgust and dissatisfaction. The round body turned, black spots staring at Bai Xiaoyu, its entire body bristling with anger.

Bai Xiaoyu ignored the blob's displeasure, focusing instead on the pale blue egg, which had captured most of his attention.

When the first egg emerged from the blob's mouth, he had felt a jolt of surprise.

Now, carefully probing with his mental energy, he quickly discovered that the egg was still alive, though barely. Moreover, the egg felt strange, unlike those from the breeding facility. He detected the same energy fluctuations from the damaged eggs sent after the planet was invaded by the insectoids, some of which later became blood eggs.

This particular egg contained traces of the energy from the Wild Beast Grass, now minimal, mixed with at least a dozen different types of energy. A couple of these energies were familiar, but most he had never encountered before.

The most prominent was the active energy of the insectoid prince on the eggshell, the pale blue hue likely a result of the blob's actions.

These energies did little harm to the egg; in fact, they were more beneficial than harmful. The energy transformed by the insectoid prince was rich in vitality and life force. Even a tiny amount was enough to enhance and protect the egg's life force, slowing its decline.

The amount of transformed energy on the egg's surface was surprisingly small, which greatly surprised Bai Xiaoyu, who knew the insectoid prince's true nature.

Previously, he had to use various incentives to get the large tentacle to transform some energy, and without insectoid crystals, the large tentacle would refuse to cooperate.

Now, this insectoid prince was suddenly so friendly, offering aid to other eggs?

Bai Xiaoyu examined each of the three eggs and found their conditions similar, with mostly the same internal energies, though a few varied.

All three eggs were protected by the insectoid prince's energy, leading Bai Xiaoyu to question his understanding of the insectoid prince. Could this really be the most upright and virtuous insectoid prince?

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu finally look over, the deep blue blob gently patted the giant egg, making wiping motions. Its other tentacles continued to grip the egg, pulling it closer.

With the inspection complete, it wanted to remove the messy layers on the egg's surface and take the eggs away.

Bai Xiaoyu, now viewing the bouncing blob differently due to the expelled eggs, thought for a moment and withdrew half of the mental energy protection layer.

He watched as the deep blue blob's tentacles spread wide, firmly embracing the egg, its round body gently rubbing against the shell, much like a person using their face to rub an egg.

At that moment, the hatchling inside the egg seemed to sense something, moving closer and gently pressing its face against the shell, mirroring the blob's actions.

Bai Xiaoyu was stunned by the scene.

Previously, the close bond between the large tentacle and the hatchling had amazed him. Now, seeing their synchronized movements through the shell, he momentarily saw them as a single entity.

Suppressing this absurd thought, Bai Xiaoyu called Lou Hao to bring the incubation box developed by Tao Limeng.

Lou Hao arrived quickly, his eyes widening at the scene. He stared at the blob, asking, "What's going on? Did the wolf-rabbit hybrid's eggs hatch? But it's not time yet, right? No, the shells aren't broken. Is this another insectoid prince?"

He had read the files on insectoid princes and recognized the form.

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "This is the large tentacle's true form, it came here on its own."

Lou Hao looked at the previously flattened tentacle, now partially restored, and found it hard to believe that this thumb-sized blob was the true form of the creature that usually coiled into a much larger mass. Was Bai Xiaoyu joking?

His gaze fell on the pale blue eggs, "You want me to bring the incubation box because of these eggs? It's not time for the breeding facility to receive eggs, so why are they being delivered now? Did you take a private order?"

Bai Xiaoyu gestured toward the blob caressing the eggs, "He brought them."

At this moment, a deep blue mass climbed onto the tentacle egg, wriggling joyfully and marking everywhere with its tentacles, as if leaving its scent and mark.

Lou Hao clicked his tongue, "This insect prince is quite adept at human relations. He actually brought gifts when he came. But these gifts look like they're going to be a hassle. He himself is a big trouble, and now he's bringing you three more little troubles. He’s treating you like family."

After rubbing affectionately and leaving marks, the mass tried again to take the egg away, as if checking it wasn't enough?

The mass bounced fiercely, its tentacles flaring up. But realizing it had no intimidating presence, and with three white tigers glaring at it, the little prince finally resigned itself and opened its mouth again.

Soon, another slightly larger light blue egg was spat out.

Bai Xiaoyu was taken aback, there were more?

The deep blue mass tried again with the tentacle egg, but found Bai Xiaoyu shaking his head at it.

So, the puffed-up mass continued to spit out eggs.

In just ten minutes, a row of light blue eggs appeared on the ground. The deep blue mass became increasingly agitated, and after spitting out the last egg, it saw Bai Xiaoyu still shaking his head. Realizing it couldn't take its egg away, the mass exploded again.

These were all specially prepared for its egg. It had even risked being discovered to bring all the eggs from the transparent containers in the laboratory. Now, its treasure was also an egg, perhaps it needed some companions. Even if it didn't like them, the energy inside the eggs, though varied, was much purer than that of live animals, making it a very suitable supplement for the egg at this stage.

Now, it really had no eggs left in its stomach, and it still wasn't allowed to take the egg?

If its elephant-like true form were still here, it wouldn't have to endure such humiliation. Watching each egg being checked and packed by that hateful human, it not only failed to take its egg away but also lost the gifts for the egg. These eggs, which it hadn't even dared to eat during the hardest times, were now all taken away by this heartless human, and it could do nothing about it.

Bai Xiaoyu carefully observed the mass, noticing the black spot emitting a sense of sorrow and anger, staring at him with an unusually human-like intensity. He shook his head again, seeing the other side immediately flare up, realizing it was truly out of eggs.

He carefully packed the light blue eggs, a total of twenty-three. The condition of these eggs was currently manageable, indicating that the mass had at least taken good care of them.

From the information he had seen before, insect princes had a space in their stomachs to store various foods and high-level energy bodies. Due to the special attributes of insect princes, when they were willing to share a bit of their life force with the stored food, the food could maintain its vitality. Thus, the stomach of an insect prince was considered the only place in the entire galaxy where living things could be stored.

However, even though insect princes usually preferred to eat live prey, they would normally swallow and digest live creatures, and the chances of storing live things in their internal space were extremely low. After all, they were unwilling to share their life force with anyone, let alone with food.

Now, seeing so many living eggs, it was indeed a miracle.

No matter what, this was undoubtedly an unprecedented insect prince, embodying truth, goodness, and beauty!

Thinking about the insect crystals he still had, Bai Xiaoyu decided to reward it a bit.

With this thought, he walked towards the tentacle egg. At this moment, a thick, deep blue tentacle suddenly blocked his path.

Bai Xiaoyu stopped, and the two eggs and one tiger beside him got ready to attack. Bai Xiaoyu waved his hand, stopping them.

Then the large tentacle retreated, circling around the tentacle egg and the mass tightly clinging to it, swinging wildly as if attacking anyone who came near.

With a commander, the large tentacle's combat power soared, creating a formidable presence.

Bai Xiaoyu wasn't in a hurry, watching the large tentacle wreak havoc.

After all, this thing had been hungry all night and hadn't eaten breakfast; it couldn't keep up for long.

Sure enough, after a while, the large tentacle, which had been transferring most of its energy to the egg, quickly ran out of steam under such intense activity.

Bai Xiaoyu raised an eyebrow, not expecting it to be so quick, less than five minutes.

At this moment, the large tentacle slid off the egg, revealing the mass, whose main body's black spot was spinning.

It seemed the problem wasn't with the large tentacle but with the main body.

An insect prince that couldn't last five minutes, he gained a deeper understanding of its weakness.

He walked over, and the big black egg followed, afraid that the mass might do something.

At this moment, the deep blue mass sensed the approach of a person and an egg, suddenly moved, opened its small mouth, and its whole body swelled up again.

Bai Xiaoyu stopped, wondering if there were more eggs to be spat out?

The next second, the insect prince opened its mouth wide and, with lightning speed, started swallowing the tentacle egg from the top, trying to swallow it whole.

But the tentacle egg was too large, and with its energy depleted, it got stuck halfway, unable to swallow or spit it out. It looked like the tentacle egg was wearing a blue hat.

Everyone present: "..."

Finally, Bai Xiaoyu was speechless and used his mental power to help, grabbing the blue mass and pulling the tentacle out like transparent rubber.

The mass was completely dazed, watching Bai Xiaoyu take the tentacle egg away, it panicked.

Taking its gifts and then acting so unrighteously!

The next second, Bai Xiaoyu reached out and grabbed the deep blue mass, taking it away.

The insect prince was stunned, was... was he going to take it away too?

This behavior was more piratical than their own clan.

But then, Bai Xiaoyu directly took the egg into the previous ecological container, watching the large tentacle hunt with the egg, while the prince could only watch helplessly. Now, without energy, it couldn't even control the main tentacle.

But it didn't want to fuse with the tentacle yet, because once fused, the tentacle would become as small as a thumb, rendering it useless.

The large tentacle returned with the tentacle egg after a full meal, and Bai Xiaoyu took out the insect crystals for them to absorb as usual.

The deep blue mass was completely stunned, insect crystals, it was insect crystals!

But it wanted to go over, and it had no strength at all, with several white tigers blocking the way.

At this moment, the little white tiger suddenly transformed into human form, a small child appeared, wobbling as it walked. Bai Xiaoyu quickly picked it up and fed it the breakfast he had prepared.

After the little one was full, it transformed back into a little white tiger and licked his hand.

At this moment, the deep blue mass seemed to have learned some magical skill, and the next second, it transformed into a small offspring, about the same size as the little one, with a translucent body, looking at Bai Xiaoyu with large, innocent eyes, and mimicking the little one's slurred words: "Gaga, I... I want to eat."

After speaking, he pointed at the large chunk of insect crystal with a chubby, semi-transparent hand, his eyes wide and innocent.

Bai Xiaoyu was first startled, then fell silent for a moment before reaching out to embrace the strange, semi-transparent deep blue creature. He had originally planned to let the tentacle egg eat its fill first before letting this one have a taste.

Now, letting it eat a bit more didn't seem entirely unreasonable.

Thus, the deep blue hatchling faced the hostile gazes of the three white tigers, his only black feature being his eyes. At that moment, as he looked at his precious egg and the large chunk of insect crystal, his pitch-black eyes were filled with unbridled ambition.

As a prince of the insect race, he would inevitably face numerous trials before becoming powerful. As long as he was cunning enough, able to bend and endure, there would come a day when he would be immensely strong, and he would take his beloved egg away.