Chapter 124

Chapter 124

The large black beast was extremely excited by the response, and several beast claw-shaped mental tendrils swirled around Bai Xiaoyu's thin mental filaments, all trying to firmly grasp this thread.

At the same time, the mental tendrils kept transmitting various thoughts, "Bai Bai, I'm so happy that you can finally hear me. This time is much better, not as painful as before."

Bai Xiaoyu gently poked the nearest tiger claw with his mental filament, his eyes unable to resist glancing at the bone tiger inside the egg. Its body was still surrounded by dark matter and covered in wounds. How painful must it have been before?

The large black beast became even more excited when poked, constantly telepathically calling, "Bai Bai, Bai Bai, Bai Bai..."

Bai Xiaoyu felt each of the mental claw tendrils in turn, watching as the large black, unsatisfied after being poked, stretched out its claws again. Bai Xiaoyu rubbed it gently with his mental filament and then said to the large black beast, "Large black, how about letting me use my mental energy to probe your body again?"

In the past, because there was too much dark matter in the large black beast's body, any mental energy that probed inside would be attacked by this dark matter, so the large black beast would basically refuse to let Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy get close.

The large black beast hesitated for a moment, "Then Bai Bai must be careful, just look at the claws and the outer layer of the body, don't probe the inner layer. Otherwise, your mental energy will hurt and get injured."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Large black, my mental energy can hold up just fine, let me take a look."

The large black egg was usually very obedient, but in situations like this, it would become stubborn again. Now it was like a child, usually dazed but seemingly able to clearly judge how far Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy could go without being harmed.

This boundary was clearly defined. Except for the first time when Bai Xiaoyu probed inside the large black and almost got injured, whenever his mental energy reached the edge of 'crossing the boundary,' the large black would refuse further probing.

Looking at the wounded bone tiger, which was shaking its head while staring at him with empty eye sockets, Bai Xiaoyu knew the result and had to agree to the large black's request, "Alright."

He used his mental energy to probe, starting from the large black's front claws. Basically, the surface dark matter had been mostly expelled, and the outer layer had begun to slowly grow flesh and blood. Of course, there was still some dark matter consuming it, but the consumption speed had slowed, allowing the new flesh and blood to recover gradually.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the black bones and cracks, shocking to the eye, and his mental energy wanted to probe further inside. Almost immediately, a mental tiger claw tendril stretched over, pressing down on his mental filament.

This time, the contact between the mental energies was larger than the previous gentle poke, causing Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy to tremble.

Strangely, their mental energies resonated.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the bone tiger, which had now returned to its steady demeanor, the empty eye sockets staring intently at him.

Bai Xiaoyu felt a little guilty, more startled by the resonance of their mental energies and the immense familiarity. From the apocalypse until now, he had met many people but had never encountered such a mental resonance. This was different from the interns who were trained and used his mental energy as a guide to create a semi-source relationship. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he couldn't quite describe the feeling for a moment. Moreover, this was his first contact with the large black's mental energy, but the deep familiarity that reached the soul couldn't be faked.

Bai Xiaoyu gave a slight nod to the large black, who seemed to have grown up mentally in an instant, and the large black's mental tiger claw slowly let go.

Bai Xiaoyu's mental tendril touched the tiger claw, "Large black?"

The bone tiger was startled, then nodded slightly.

Bai Xiaoyu now sensed the large black's uniqueness. He had probably suffered a fatal injury and, through some unknown opportunity, returned to being an egg. This situation was somewhat similar to when Lou Hao ate the Snake Shedding Grass.

In this vast interstellar world, as an outsider, Bai Xiaoyu only had a partial understanding. The situation with the large black egg wasn't particularly strange to him.

Bai Xiaoyu: "If you don't like the name Large Black, you can tell me your name."

The bone tiger sent a thought, "My name is Large Black."

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the majestic bone tiger, who was now seriously telling him that its name was Large Black, and it felt somewhat... strange.

Before he could ask further, the bone tiger instantly changed its style as its limbs moved and its tail swung.

The large black beast looked aggrieved, "Bai Bai, my name is Large Black, how could you forget my name!"

Bai Xiaoyu quickly reassured the large black beast, "I didn't forget; I just wanted to know your real name."

The large black seemed to think hard for a moment, "Bai Dahei, full name Bai Bai's Dear Dahei!"

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu knew he wouldn't get a real name out of the large black.

And it seemed that the current large black and the adult-like large black didn't know their own names either.

Regarding the large black's situation, Bai Xiaoyu had no doubts that there were two people in the consciousness. No one was clearer than him that their mental energies were the same.

It was just that after the mental energy suffered a significant injury, various unexpected situations could arise.

The large black's case was just one type, more like a transformation into an egg, where the consciousness was also affected and reverted to the state of an egg's consciousness.

Once the large black's mental body was repaired, this situation would presumably heal.

Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy came out of the large black egg and gently touched the large black egg that came over. Thinking of the bone tiger inside, his actions became even gentler.

The little white tiger nearby had finally finished absorbing the potion and saw his brother jump into the large black egg's bathtub, now helping the large black egg rub its body to bathe. He couldn't help but let out an "Ao."

Brother, an egg could just be rinsed off with a cloth; there's no need to go through so much trouble.

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoyu got out of the bathtub, and the large black egg hopped out behind him.

As the large black egg passed by, it bumped into the little white tiger's bathtub, causing the little white tiger, who had just climbed out, to fall back in with a splash.

The little white tiger emerged again, glaring angrily and letting out an "Ao ao" at the large black.

Bai Xiaoyu was already used to this, knowing that although the little one was very obedient to the large black during training, at night, they would revert to their previous mode of not getting along.

He took the large black egg and the little white tiger out and also cleaned the little golden tiger outside.

When it was time to rest, after sending off the metal egg and settling the Little Prince and Little Bai, Bai Xiaoyu looked at his large bed, surrounded by eggs and little tigers on three sides, and his gaze fell on the large black egg.

This guy wasn't in the unhatched egg form that he had initially thought; inside was an adult beastman. Sleeping together again wouldn't bother him, as someone who had come from the apocalypse, he had slept in large communal beds with men, women, and children during the hardest times.

What he was thinking was that it was fine for the large black to be in its cub-dominant state, but if, while sleeping, the adult took over the body, would the other party be uncomfortable or mind sleeping with someone else?

So Bai Xiaoyu looked at the large black egg, which was wobbling and rolling around, taking up half the bed, and said, "Large black, you're grown up now; you need to learn to sleep alone. Your room has always been empty; why don't you sleep there?"

The two little tigers, one white and one golden, next to him both perked up their ears in unison, reaching a consensus for the first time. Upon hearing the conversation, they eagerly urged the big black egg to get off the bed. Their little tails wagged, clearly pleased about the impending departure of the big black egg.

If they weren't outmatched by the big black egg, the two of them would probably have already joined forces to carry the gigantic egg out.

The big black egg was stunned, the whole egg seemingly struck with a huge blow. A minute later, Bai Xiaoyu watched as the silently bouncing big black egg made its way to the corner of the room, dejected and facing the wall. He sighed.

Considering that the big black egg had already gone through a lot tonight and was in need of rest, he coaxed the aggrieved big black egg back onto the bed.

The previously downcast big black egg immediately sprang back to life, skillfully bouncing onto the bed, lying down, and obediently pulling the blanket over itself.

The other two tiger cubs, seeing the big black egg return, tried to push it away but to no avail, and could only resign themselves to the situation.

Bai Xiaoyu also got onto the bed, with the big black egg on one side and the two tiger cubs on the other.

He turned off the light and went to sleep. However, despite his usually excellent sleep quality and often dreamless nights until morning, he now had some extremely vague dreams.

In his dream, he found himself as a fetus, no, an egg that hadn't even developed a hard shell yet. At that moment, he was in a daze. The reason he suddenly woke up was due to the presence of harmful chemical components in his previously safe environment.

Even though he was just a soft-shelled egg, he somehow knew these substances were harmful to him.

And there was more than one inhabitant in this place. Right next to him was another similarly soft egg.

The egg next to him was oblivious to the impending disaster and showed no reaction at all.

Instinctively, he used his mental energy to disrupt the structure of some of the components, but there were traces of damage within his own egg body as well, indicating this wasn't the first time. After this, he soon fell back into a deep sleep.

At that moment, the scene changed.

His consciousness drifted, and now he felt the same emotions as when he had faced the barrel of a gun. Soon after, a powerful mental tendril emerged from nowhere and grabbed him.

Bai Xiaoyu was led by this mental energy to a giant silver-white tiger.

The white tiger seemed to know him, and they communicated. Later, he was gently wrapped in the white tiger's mental energy and taken back to the tiger's sea of consciousness...

The dream ended, and Bai Xiaoyu jolted awake, wondering what had just happened.

Rubbing his slightly sore forehead, he was momentarily confused by the strange dream.

People with excellent mental energy rarely dream, and when they do, it's often a display of their own memories.

He usually managed his memories very well and didn't experience such confusion-induced dreams.

This sudden dream was likely something he had experienced before but had somehow forgotten, only for it to resurface now without control.

After analyzing it, the first scene was clearly in the womb, suggesting he had come here very early. And the soft-shelled egg next to him...

Bai Xiaoyu instinctively looked at the little golden tiger sleeping next to him. Lying on its back, its four paws in the air, its small mouth slightly open, even leaving a small wet spot on the bedsheet below.

It had to be this little guy.

What time was the second scene?

Bai Xiaoyu suddenly looked at the big black egg. Unlike usual, after waking up, it didn't immediately try to get close to him, rubbing against him. Instead, it seemed frozen in place, not moving for a long time.

Bai Xiaoyu poked the big black egg, and to his surprise, it remained stiff and unmoving.

He reached out and touched the egg, and the big black egg involuntarily trembled. When Bai Xiaoyu moved his hand away, the egg discreetly shifted to the side.

Watching the big black egg move, Bai Xiaoyu looked at his hand in surprise. The egg's surface was slightly warm.

The big black egg seemed to notice Bai Xiaoyu's gaze and immediately stopped moving.

But three seconds later, the big black egg changed its attitude, happily rolling over to Bai Xiaoyu, rubbing against him with its egg body.

Bai Xiaoyu touched the big black egg, and its temperature gradually returned to normal.

But the big black egg suddenly became shy and acted coy. He was puzzled himself, having slept with Bai Bai for so long, why was he suddenly feeling shy today?

This strange situation continued until breakfast. As Bai Xiaoyu prepared a grand meal, the two little tiger cubs next to him had their tails straight up, trying to escape but being pulled back each time, forced to eat. However, the big black egg, unlike usual, didn't try to escape with the tiger cubs and instead absorbed everything without any reaction, standing still as if unaffected.

The two tiger cubs were unusually polite to the big black egg at this time, not teasing or provoking it as usual. Their fur seemed to bristle slightly, sensing how the big black egg's presence had grown significantly stronger overnight.