Chapter 126

Chapter 126

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu open his eyes, the entire black egg froze.

Bai Xiaoyu thought of the large white tiger and then looked at the big black egg in front of him. Is it him?

Feeling Bai Xiaoyu's gaze, the big black egg became even quieter.

Bai Xiaoyu then glanced at the two nearby who were sleeping soundly. He looked back at the big black egg and softly asked, "Big Black, aren't you going to sleep?"

The big black egg immediately obediently lay down.

Bai Xiaoyu also closed his eyes again. Including this dream, he had already had three dreams of memories that he didn't recall over the past few days. Each dream was different, and all were seen from a first-person perspective. If everything went as expected, these were memories he had once forgotten.

All these memories were from the time when he was still an egg. But when did he become an egg?

Bai Xiaoyu thought about it and called the system in his mind, "System, do you know what's going on with the scenes in my dreams?"

System: "Please determine it yourself, host."

Bai Xiaoyu wasn't surprised after hearing that. The system had always been unreliable. Since he couldn't analyze it, he continued sleeping. Maybe after sleeping a few more times and experiencing more dream scenes, he would figure out what was going on.

The second half of the night passed without any dreams. When Bai Xiaoyu woke up in the morning, he received a notification that the District Chief would be coming over in half an hour.

Sooner than expected, the District Chief arrived and looked at Bai Xiaoyu with great anticipation. He said to him, "Breeder Bai, I mentioned before that after the last batch of eggs is cultivated, the breeding facility will undergo an expansion. Have you thought about it?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Yes."

The District Chief was delighted upon hearing this, "Alright, I'll arrange for people to come and assist."

Bai Xiaoyu had already prepared for the expansion of the breeding facility. After all, each egg needed to be cultivated and hatched within a month after birth, with the incubation period lasting about three months. Therefore, a breeding facility in each region needed to be divided into three time periods to ensure the eggs in the area were cultivated at different stages.

With more eggs expected in the future, expanding this breeding facility was imperative before other facilities in the region were established.

Bai Xiaoyu was a bit surprised to see the additional plot of land approved by the District Chief and the construction team already arranged.

The District Chief smiled beside him, "Everything was prepared in advance, just waiting for your batch of eggs to hatch and then we can proceed with the expansion. By the way, once the expansion is completed, we can apply for two more breeders from the official breeding department. It won't take long; the construction team can finish in three days, or even one day if things go smoothly. I'll have finance send you the bill, and you can transfer the fee to the region."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Alright, I'll check if there are any suitable candidates at the official breeding department first."

If there were none, he could consider letting his two assistants take on the role. After all, they had learned a lot over the past few months, and with the potions he provided, it would be a good time to let them try. If they encountered any eggs they couldn't handle, he would step in to help. However, they still hadn't passed the test for removing dark matter from the eggs, which he would have to handle personally.

The official application process was required for the assistants' promotion, unlike when they came here as assistants where the facility's approval was sufficient.

In fact, assistants also needed to be reviewed by the region. Generally, the region had veto power. However, because Bai Xiaoyu's breeding facility had over 90% of its initial expansion funded by him, the main decision-making power and most of the revenue belonged to him. The region didn't have that right.

But the future expansion of the breeding facility also needed to maintain a good ratio. If the investment fell below 50%, the decision-making power would return to the region. That's why the District Chief gave Bai Xiaoyu the bill.

Bai Xiaoyu went to find his two assistants, who were in the alchemy room. Both were focused on a furnace, their expressions very serious.

From a distance, Bai Xiaoyu could see that Zhang Yi and Lu Qing were practicing guiding the dark matter out of the eggs using their mental energy.

The interns next to them had already finished a round and were carrying the eggs out for inspection.

Several interns lined up, nervously watching the detection instrument.

Soon, the first intern's result came out. Based on the damage to the egg and the degree of dark matter removal, the intern had barely reached a C-.

A hopeful student sighed, "Only a C-? We're far from Ren Zitao and Zhou Miaomiao."

Someone patted him on the shoulder, "If you're not good enough, move aside. I'll definitely do better this time."

The first student sneered, "Let's see how good you are... Oh, another C-? And you're bragging?"

After intense training, their mental energy tendrils had successfully split. The best batch had managed to split five or six mental energy tendrils.

These two interns had four tendrils and had only reached this level after many training sessions.

The next few interns were tested one by one, with similar results.

A C- was not up to Bai Xiaoyu's expectations. After all, they were now dealing with artificial eggs, and real eggs would be much harder than artificial ones. The grade achieved with artificial eggs would likely be one or two grades lower when dealing with real eggs.

But it was already quite good. Once they split more mental tendrils, their progress would accelerate.

Overall, Bai Xiaoyu was satisfied. These top students, though a bit arrogant at first, were diligent, smart, and highly motivated, so their progress was acceptable.

He then shifted his attention to his two assistants, who were also coming out to test their eggs. They looked a bit uneasy, far less confident than the interns.

Their mental energy tendrils had split into three, and the test result was a D-, a whole grade lower than the interns.

The expected result represented the situation of other breeders with slightly lower qualifications.

They were still happy with the result, as they had made progress compared to last time.

After training with the interns, they had learned not to compare themselves with others. As long as they made progress each time, even if they couldn't catch up with those more talented, they could still carve out their own path.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at their test results and thought it was still too early for them to take on the roles of the other two breeders in the facility. But since both had been good breeders before becoming assistants, they were steady and experienced, so there shouldn't be any major issues.

He planned to apply for other breeders from above, but even if they were more qualified, they might not be as good at removing the dark matter from the eggs as his two trained assistants.

So Bai Xiaoyu decided to discuss it with them first. The two assistants were hesitant after hearing his proposal.

After this period of training, they knew they couldn't incubate eggs the way they used to. At their current level, they weren't qualified to be excellent breeders yet. So they decided to continue as assistants and think about taking on more responsibilities when they could handle things independently.

Bai Xiaoyu respected their decision and would have to make other arrangements.

Their conversation was overheard by the nearby interns, and soon they were messaging in the group.

"Damn, the instructor is recruiting two more assistant breeders!"

The group chat exploded with excitement.

Many of the trainees still in training hurried over, including Ren Zitao and Zhou Miaomiao, whose mental energy was almost approaching 3S.

Ren Zitao: "Instructor, I heard that the breeding facility is expanding and needs to find more breeders, is that true?"

Zhou Miaomiao: "Instructor, what do you think of the two of us?"

Seeing that these two had spoken first, other interns quickly volunteered themselves.

"Instructor, can I give it a try?"

"And me..."

The interns, who initially couldn't wait to leave once they finished, were now nearly fighting over the two breeder positions, creating a lively and chaotic scene.

They had been interning for almost half a year, with just another half semester left until graduation. By now, it was about time to start contacting various prestigious breeding facilities, and they would usually be sought after without needing to reach out themselves. Even after graduation, for the next three years they would belong to Bai Xiaoyu, and those powers were willing to wait.

Now, the two top interns from Bai Xiaoyu's breeding and potion specialties had their eyes on the two assistant breeder positions at Bai Xiaoyu's facility, viewing each other as rivals, seeing every other intern as a competitor.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu's gaze swept over a few of the interns. They appeared enthusiastic, and it didn’t seem fake.

So he spoke up: "It's not impossible. Two positions, and it'll be based on your assessment scores."

He then patted the robot next to him, "Start the eggs."

Watching the interns place the eggs into the crucible, the chatter died down, and the room gradually became quiet.

Gone were the days of the massive explosions heard just a few months ago. Aside from the interns who had just practiced and were adjusting their states, waiting to recover before participating again, the rest of the interns were all driving out the dark matter in an orderly fashion. For two to three hours, there wasn’t a single explosion.

Interns gradually finished, and once those adjusting their states were done, they began the level assessments.

As expected, half of them were C-grade, with most of the rest being C and C+. Five achieved B-grade, and the highest, Zhou Miaomiao and Ren Zitao, actually reached B+.

They were just shy of passing.

This grade meant they could start working with real eggs. The first month's eggs would go to him, and the next month, one of the two would take over. A month would be enough for both to reach A.

By then, the interns from the breeding and potion specialties, who were the focus of the entire interstellar community, would be ready to present their first report to the entire galaxy.

Bai Xiaoyu had planned for this, but to be safe, he had set the timeline for after their graduation. Now, it had unexpectedly been moved up.

Seeing the two interns confidently submitting their applications, Bai Xiaoyu patted their shoulders, "I'll submit these for you."

The other interns tried to persuade Bai Xiaoyu, "Instructor, one exam can't prove anything. Can we have regular assessments? Those who fail have to step down, how about that?"

Before Bai Xiaoyu could answer, Ren Zitao and Zhou Miaomiao countered them.

"Bring it on, we won't lose even if we do it again."

"Haha, that's quite a boast."

Bai Xiaoyu found it amusing and submitted the applications to the higher-ups.

The regional office approved it almost immediately, sending it directly to the Royal Nursery's official channels.

At that moment, two people from the Royal Nursery received the information and discovered that Bai Xiaoyu had submitted applications for assistant breeder positions, with the list including students from the top specialties of the Imperial Military Academy.

This was their chance.

As everyone waited, they soon saw Bai Xiaoyu accept a call.

Two elderly men with white hair appeared before everyone. They were startled—these were the elder-level master breeder and master potion maker from the Royal Nursery. As students of these two specialties, their initial dream had been to enter the Royal Nursery. Perhaps one day, they would have the honor of breeding a royal child, or even hatching a galactic emperor.

They were no strangers to the revered elders of the Royal Nursery.

Weren't these two in a coma? Why were they contacting their instructor now?

The elders spoke: "Breeder Bai, what do you think of us?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "What do you mean?"

The interns tensed up. This sounded familiar.

Elder Chen: "As your assistant breeder. How about it?"

Elder Han: "Yes, we believe we can do it well."

The interns were stunned.

These two could be recruited anywhere; why were they competing here?

Bai Xiaoyu glanced outside at the large black egg bouncing over and replied, "Sorry, I think younger generations are more suitable as assistant breeders. No generation gap."

The two elders were a little angry. Were they being rejected for being old? When had they ever been treated like this?

"So you prefer these twenty-something, not-fully-grown students as your assistant breeders?"

Bai Xiaoyu had been wary of Elder Han for some time and didn't want them to join. There were many secrets here. If they came, these two crafty elders would uncover many things.

He personally didn’t mind, but with Little White Tiger metal egg and the others, especially Big Black and Little Prince Xiao Bai, they couldn’t be exposed.

So he replied, "Yes, I do. Who doesn't like the young? They're full of energy, and it's easier to work with them. The assistant breeders I can accept should not have an age difference of more than fifty years. I hope you can understand."

The large black egg that had just rolled in seemed to trip and fell to the ground with a thud.

Dahei Dan was confused. Was he three years old?

No, he wasn't, right?

Moreover, Bai Bai was just a deputy cultivator who worked together with him.

So why was he suddenly feeling inexplicably nervous for no reason?