Chapter 114

Chapter 114

Seeing the little one, who had yet to learn how to walk properly, admiring himself in the mirror, Bai Xiaoyu found it truly amusing.

At this moment, scratching at the door from outside were the little ones who could no longer wait.

Bai Xiaoyu picked up the brush and walked over, holding half a cup of prepared pigment in his hand.

The young prince, who was looking at himself in the mirror, saw Bai Xiaoyu approaching and his previously delighted expression changed, "Wh-what are you doing?"

Bai Xiaoyu smiled slightly, "Your mouth hasn't been treated yet. Drink this, and I'll add a few more strokes. It's very simple."

This pigment was actually made from medicinal herbs, basically non-toxic and harmless, and there would be no problem if ingested.

The young prince looked at the flesh-colored pigment and pouted, "Tea... too much."

After saying that, he finally reached out and drank it in one gulp. His chubby face scrunched up, and his originally round eyes trembled with black pupils.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu quickly moved to the side, and in the next second, a mouthful of pigment was sprayed where he had been standing.

At this moment, the young prince pointed at him, his fingers having turned back into five small tentacles, which now trembled, "Murder!"

These two words were pronounced clearly, without any stammering, unexpectedly earning Bai Xiaoyu's respect.

However, calling it murder was going too far, so Bai Xiaoyu pretended not to hear. He shook the brush and picked up another pigment, looking at the young prince who was trembling and backing away, he continued to smile kindly, "Let's take advantage of this momentum and finish the last few strokes."

The young prince, who always ate heartily without caring about the taste of food, was experiencing this terrifying flavor for the first time in his life. Despite his usual fearlessness, he now hesitated before the brush loaded with pigment.

Holding the brush, Bai Xiaoyu seemed like a demon with horns on his head. The young prince turned and ran on his short legs. Although he usually stood unsteadily and was not good at walking, his potential was now unleashed, and although he wobbled as he ran, his escape speed was unaffected.

At this moment, the scratching at the door suddenly stopped. Ignoring this, Bai Xiaoyu easily caught the young prince who was trying to break through the window, using his mental power to pry open his small mouth...

A scream then echoed through the room.

Outside, the two eggs and the tiger stood at attention, quietly moving three meters away from the door.

Only the touch egg, being wrapped by a large tentacle and sleeping, sensed a more desperate call for help than before, waking up from his dream and breaking through the door with the large tentacle.

As a giant egg nearly as tall as an adult's shoulder, and due to its special status, in the days before hatching, its combat power was formidable. The door was sent flying, and the scene inside immediately appeared before the three eggs and the tiger.

They saw Bai Xiaoyu painting the young prince's mouth with the brush dipped in pigment, and the others almost immediately recognized the familiar yet strange scent of the herbal medicine.

At this moment, the young prince, tears welling up in his eyes, looked gratefully at his brave touch egg, waving his small tentacles for help.

But instead of coming to his rescue, his touch egg moved backward.

Bai Xiaoyu turned around and smiled familiarly, "What, do you want to try it too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the large tentacle that was wrapping the touch egg quickly grabbed the fallen door, reinstalled it, and then closed it and left in one smooth motion.

The young prince was speechless, while the baby inside the touch egg, now with a face full of relief after the ordeal, did not want to experience Bai Papa's terrifying and dark culinary skills before mealtime.

As for the one inside, he would have to get used to it eventually. Hopefully, next time such an incident occurs, please don't send out such a distress signal, or you might also suffer at the hands of Bai Papa.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the closed door with satisfaction, patting the young prince's despondent face, "Don't make a fuss. From now on, the medicine will be changed every three days, and you need to get used to it."

The young prince wilted completely.

Bai Xiaoyu then focused on the young prince's head. In the moment of emotional agitation just now, when he held the young prince's head, his fingertips felt an abnormal and powerful strange mental energy fluctuation from the surface of the mental energy layer.

This was the first time he encountered such a peculiar mental energy fluctuation, as if it had been transformed by something.

At the same time, Bai Qi and the masked man on another planet stopped their work and stared in a certain direction.

Although only for a brief moment when the young prince opened his mouth, before the medicine formed a stable mental energy protective film, they had already sensed the other's presence.

Bai Qi was reviewing the data provided by the livestock planet, which was overwhelming due to the information from all directions. Now, he focused only on the hundreds of planets in the east.

The time was too short, and he hadn't used his mental energy to sense it, so the fluctuation had already disappeared. Currently, he only had a general direction and couldn't determine the exact location. Unless the fluctuation occurred again or lasted longer.

Meanwhile, the masked man, who was watching the youth gnawing on insect crystals, said, "I sensed the existence of another of my princes, who may be suffering great hardships, causing such intense mental energy fluctuations. Unfortunately, the time was too short, and I can only perceive a general direction."

Thus, both parties began investigating the many planets in the D36 region.

Bai Xiaoyu, unaware of this, gently tapped the young prince's head, his technique as skilled as when he tapped the egg bodies, "Young prince, I detected something unusual in your mind. Can I use my mental energy to take a look?"

The young prince was stunned. The terrible taste in his mouth had not yet dissipated, and upon understanding, he immediately struggled. To break free, he transformed into a white, fluffy ball, with a black dot resembling an eye on the main body, topped with double eyebrows and a pink, tender little mouth below.

Looking somewhat cute but facing a grave threat, his tentacles flared out, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws, half of them protecting his round body.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu raised his hands, "Don't be nervous. I won't probe this time. We'll wait until we're more familiar."

The young prince, once free, immediately moved away from Bai Xiaoyu, the black dot on his body still watching his every move.

Bai Xiaoyu did not provoke him further because, according to the data on the insect princes, their brains and mental bodies were vulnerable during the period between their transformation and reaching adulthood.

All insect emperors spent most of their time cultivating their princes during this period, and in times of danger, the princes would unconsciously send out distress signals to their respective insect emperors.

Bai Xiaoyu was puzzled. Could it be that the taste of the medicinal pigment alone caused this usually arrogant young prince to instinctively send out a distress signal?

This... seemed unlikely.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the fluffy ball. If he got any closer, he might be attacked.

So, he got up and opened the door, letting the touch egg come in to comfort the young prince. Half an hour later, the young prince, with the help of the robots, was dressed in his little clothes and wobbled out the door with the touch egg.

Bai Xiaoyu then started researching and collecting better herbs, planning to refine a higher-grade medicine to mask the mental signals transmitted from the young prince's brain.

Prince Xiao is still skeptical of him, so he can't forcibly probe the other's physical condition; for now, he can only use other methods to cover it up. At the same time, he is worried about the youngling inside the tentacle egg, but the youngling's mental energy is clearly more human-like. He wonders if this mental energy will manifest after hatching and be sensed by the insect emperor he belongs to.

While Bai Xiaoyu is racking his brain, looking up information, and occasionally glancing at the surveillance of the tentacle egg and Prince Xiao, the tentacle egg, along with the tentacle ball and a wobbly Prince Xiao, heads to the egg playground below.

It's free playtime for the eggs now. The tentacle egg, being the behemoth among these eggs, is usually invincible among its peers.

The tentacle egg strides confidently, exuding a strong presence, drawing attention from many eggs as soon as it arrives.

After all, the tentacle egg rarely appears here, spending most of its time hunting with the giant tentacles.

Its sudden appearance today has everyone wondering what's going on.

At this moment, the tentacle egg moves aside, revealing the wobbly youngling who had been hidden behind its massive body. Then, the eggs circle around Prince Xiao, introducing the new friend in their unique way of communication.

Nearby, the bumper car eggs nudge Prince Xiao's head. No one knows how they communicate, but Prince Xiao climbs onto an egg happily, riding on the back of the tentacle egg all the way to where the bumper car eggs are. Then, using its body, it directly challenges the other eggs in their cute, Q-version bumper cars, bumping into each one until they've greeted each other. The eggs are also curious about Prince Xiao perched atop the tentacle egg—this must be the behemoth egg's new friend?

Next, they encounter a group of eggs fighting. They are divided into two teams, and even though they are still eggs, their offensive and defensive strategies are already quite sophisticated.

Prince Xiao watches intently, clapping his hands, "Good... good."

The more he watches, the more excited he gets, pressing his head against the egg's body and shouting, "Let's go, let's go, we're going too."

The tentacle egg hesitates for a moment, and the youngling inside looks reluctant, but ultimately, it carries the other into the fray.

Then, the two of them, along with the tentacle ball whose offensive power is sealed, are surrounded and attacked.

In the midst of the bumper eggs, if not for Prince Xiao's special constitution, he would have been squished.

After the fight, both sides consider it a form of greeting.

The tentacle egg carries the dazed Prince Xiao away, then they meet eight eggs basking in the sun: one round on top and square at the bottom, one bright red melon-shaped egg, and six ordinary-looking eggs with faint ink marks and tiny blood patterns on their bodies.

They bask in the sun together, then move on to the next venue...

Then they encounter three suspicious-looking elders. One elder in blue holds a broom near the swimming pool, staring at the eggs swimming freely inside without sweeping the ground. Another, not far from the pool, trims the lawn, often cutting air or damaging the grass. A third elder in black digs holes to plant flowers, leaving the ground uneven, his eyes fixed on an egg fiercely fighting.

Bai Xiaoyu, seeing this, is speechless. These three sneaked into the breeding facility late at night a few days ago and didn't run when caught by the robots. He immediately recognized their identities and knew they were there for the eggs.

However, they are not parents and cannot visit the eggs without parental accompaniment.

These three elders, however, refuse to leave, fabricating tragic backstories in hopes that Bai Xiaoyu will take them in. They claim they can do anything and don't need any pay. If refused, they lie down and refuse to leave.

Now, watching these elders who are clearly slacking off, he can only sigh. Robots were originally responsible for these tasks, but they started disappearing one by one. In the end, these three took over, though their efficiency is low, and the robots have to reorganize everything at night.

Suddenly, one elder connects his optical brain, sounding very impatient, "Yes, didn't I notify you before? You don't need to come when the younglings hatch; I'm already here every day with the eggs, no need for you!"

After a while, another elder speaks into his optical brain with a similar lack of patience, "Aren't you busy anyway? You do your thing, and don't worry about the eggs hatching!"

The last one simply says, "No need to come, I'm busy," and hangs up.

Bai Xiaoyu has already guessed who they are talking to, but especially since Tao Limeng isn't coming, what will happen to Tao Limeng?

Should he tell Tao Limeng about these three? Thinking of the last result, Bai Xiaoyu shudders and decides against it.

Under the curious gaze of the elders, the tentacle egg greets three eggs and is about to take Prince Xiao out hunting when they encounter an egg wearing a small crown, followed by a dozen pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese.

Prince Xiao sees this and gets hungry.

Is this egg a subordinate of his precious egg, bringing food for him? As a prince with a strong sense of territory, he marked his territory while accompanying the egg, making sure to claim his domain. He is willing to share this domain with his precious egg, but not with anyone else.

So, he points at the crowned egg, gesturing and asks, "He, subordinate, bring food?"

As the supreme emperor of the galaxy, he patrols his territory daily with his army. Seeing this behemoth egg from afar was already unpleasant, and now there's an even more unpleasant person on top of it. The words spoken ignite his anger.

Does he think he can't understand a few mumbled words? What a nerve, who is the real subordinate here?

This is his territory, everything here belongs to him, including the eggs, who are his subjects.

Now someone dares to challenge him?

The little tiger inside the egg bristles, jumping up and tilting the crown.

Bai Xiaoyu watches this middle-schooler-like figure charge forward with his army, his lips twitching. Good grief, isn't he just delivering food?

Prince Xiao, unusually displeased with this egg, slides off the tentacle egg, clenches his small fists, and rushes at the middle-schooler egg, knocking off its crown with one punch.

Bai Xiaoyu watches as they fight, unable to help but laugh and cry at the same time.

Is this the legendary clash of kings, where they fight to the death upon meeting?