Chapter 128

Chapter 128

The Sixteenth Legion acted swiftly. Less than half a day after the call ended, the aircraft landed outside the Pharmacy Building.

Bai Xiaoyu took the large black egg with him, and soon the aircraft opened from the inside. The soldiers carefully carried down the breeding boxes.

The leading soldier saluted Bai Xiaoyu and the large black egg, and said, "Breeder Bai, here are the thirty-five rescued newborn eggs from planet F79. Where should we move these eggs to?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. Please follow the robot, it will guide you to the destination."

He then went to prepare the necessary potions for the Sixteenth Legion, which he would need to take with him later.

Among the many breeding boxes brought by the soldiers, only twelve contained eggs. To keep things discreet, he did not involve anyone else. The entire process was handled by the soldiers themselves.

The soldiers made two trips to move all the breeding boxes and then quickly left with the potions for the Sixteenth Legion.

Bai Xiaoyu, looking at these boxes, immediately checked the twelve rescued eggs.

These eggs were retrieved from the clutches of the Zerg. Planet F79 was currently engaged in battle with the Zerg. Those who could be evacuated from the planet had been evacuated, while those who couldn't were forever lost. Additionally, some were trapped within the planet. The soldiers of the Sixteenth Legion risked being discovered and attacked by the Zerg to carry out the rescue mission.

As the rescue operation on this planet was nearing its end, the rescue team suddenly detected life signals in one area. Upon investigation, they quickly discovered an underground research facility, similar to a previous find.

The Zerg were surrounding these eggs in the facility, with some even swallowing them. After a fierce battle, the eggs were rescued, but only twelve remained.

Bai Xiaoyu noticed cracks, claw marks, and even strange tooth marks on some of the eggs, and the vitality within the eggs was rapidly decreasing. Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu immediately placed the eggs into the maternal simulation device used before the last batch of dormant eggs were revived. This device was the most suitable place for these eggs before the cultivation process began.

After examining all the eggs, he found that their condition was similar to the blood eggs from before, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Any other issues with the eggs could be addressed during the cultivation process.

At that moment, Bai Xiaoyu's communicator flickered, and it was President Luo trying to contact him.

Bai Xiaoyu was not surprised. When the Sixteenth Legion informed him, they also notified President Luo, who had contacted him not long ago and was now on a nearby planet. His call now likely meant he had arrived.

Indeed, as soon as the call connected, the other party said, "Little Tiger, I've arrived. Where are those eggs?"

Three minutes later, President Luo examined the eggs and sighed after checking each one. He suddenly turned to Bai Xiaoyu, "Little Tiger, since these eggs have come to you, it's fate. Moving them again and the long journey would cause too much harm. What do you think?"

Bai Xiaoyu understood President Luo's meaning. He had intended to take in these eggs and would not refuse. He nodded, "Indeed, it's fate. So, these thirty-five eggs will be directly transferred to the breeding facility. What procedures are needed?"

President Luo happily patted Bai Xiaoyu on the shoulder, "Don't worry about the procedures. Once I register these eggs, I'll allocate them to your breeding facility. Eggs with issues like these, which no one else is willing to handle, will be put on the official cultivation system website, requesting assistance from breeding facilities across the galaxy."

Given the current condition of these eggs, they would likely be rejected if sent back to the branch. Now that Bai Xiaoyu had taken them all, how could he not be pleased?

However, his eyes fell on the light blue eggs. As someone who had experienced many challenges, he looked back at Bai Xiaoyu.

Noticing President Luo's gaze, Bai Xiaoyu met his eyes calmly.

President Luo did not reveal his thoughts. There was no reason to doubt either the Sixteenth Legion or Bai Xiaoyu. After a moment, he said, "In the future, feel free to contact me directly if you need help. I'm a professional in this area, Little Tiger. Do you understand what I mean?"

Bai Xiaoyu was slightly startled, then nodded, "I understand. I hope there won't be any more situations that trouble you in the future."

President Luo's eyes dimmed slightly, "I hope so too."

They did not discuss the matter further and proceeded to help with the egg examinations and registrations. President Luo had come alone without any assistants, and the two of them worked for quite a while.

During this time, President Luo also processed some abnormal data for the eggs.

After completing the task, President Luo looked at the thirty-some eggs with gentle eyes, "Since you've taken in these problematic eggs, there won't be any more for you to handle. I won't refer any more to you."

Bai Xiaoyu thought about the approximately sixty eggs reported from the region, plus the current thirty-five, which was almost the limit. Based on his upcoming capacity, he could handle about ten more eggs.

There were still changes in the region, so the exact number of eggs to be delivered remained to be seen.

Indeed, there wasn't much space left. Bai Xiaoyu said, "Only urgent eggs should be sent."

The remaining space would be allocated to the newborn eggs of soldiers from the two legions.

President Luo said, "Of course, but there's no immediate rush like before. Your new deputy breeder will be taking up their position in the next two months, right?"

President Luo indicated that the deputy breeder could handle any issues that Bai Xiaoyu, as the head breeder, would assist with.

Thus, with the expanded breeding facility, more problematic eggs would have a chance.

Bai Xiaoyu did not argue. The two interns were not yet at the stage where he could fully entrust them with everything.

After seeing off President Luo, Bai Xiaoyu checked the eggs again and opened the other breeding boxes brought by the Sixteenth Legion that did not contain eggs. They were filled with medicinal herbs, including some decades-old herbs.

Bai Xiaoyu organized these herbs and could now begin preparing the high-aged herbs needed for the next three-hundred-year Marrow Cleansing Pill.

However, to refine this Marrow Cleansing Pill, his physique needed further enhancement.

So, after finishing his tasks, Bai Xiaoyu started his medicinal bath that night.

Currently, only the little white tiger needed the medicinal bath. The regular marrow-cleansing potion had little effect on the large black egg.

The large black egg followed Bai Xiaoyu into the bathroom, and a certain little crown-wearing figure squeezed in just before the bathroom door closed.

The little golden tiger was upset that each time Bai Xiaoyu took him into the bathroom, he was only cleaned for less than ten minutes before being handed over to a robot to dry his fur and left unattended.

But every time, the large black egg and the detestable white tiger would stay inside for a long time, sometimes an hour or two.

Annoyed, he was determined to join them this time.

He found two baths, and the white tiger was swimming freely in a transparent bath, looking quite happy.

The little golden tiger glared in frustration at Bai Xiaoyu, the large black egg, and the white tiger by the bath. They really weren't including him in the fun!

Can't he play by himself if we don't bring him along?

With that, Little Golden Tiger suddenly lowered his fluffy body and jumped up, aiming for the bathtub where Little White Tiger was happily swimming.

The bathtub for Little White Tiger wasn’t very high, and Little Golden Tiger had no problem jumping onto it. However, just as he was about to land in the center of the bathtub, a slender hand pinched the back of his neck.

He turned his head to see Bai Xiaoyu. The little tiger then shouted at Bai Xiaoyu, "You won't play with me, and now you're stopping me?"

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the restless little fellow he was holding by the neck, his mental energy receiving the thoughts transmitted by the other. Listening to the aggrieved calls, he paused before asking, "Are you sure you want to play with the little one?"

Little Golden Tiger nodded vigorously while calling, "Yes, I'm sure. I have to play today, and you can't leave me out in the future!"

Seeing Little Golden Tiger becoming more and more aggrieved, Bai Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh. "Alright, even though it's a bit early, since you have such a request, I'll bring you along to 'play' in the future. But I'm making it clear now, there's no turning back once the medicinal bath starts. It won't stop until a phase is completed. Are you sure?"

Little Golden Tiger thought, playing is fun, and continuous play is even more fun. No stopping is no problem.

Bai Xiaoyu said, "Alright, I'll prepare a different medicinal solution for you."

Little Golden Tiger's tail was pointing at the Little White Tiger below. "I'm with him, let go now."

Bai Xiaoyu, seeing Little Golden Tiger's resolute attitude, considered that although the medicinal solution was prepared according to Little White Tiger's condition, it was relatively mild due to Little White Tiger's congenital deficiencies and injuries. Little Golden Tiger's condition was better, and the medicinal solution in the bathtub wouldn't harm him.

He suddenly let go, and Little Golden Tiger unexpectedly fell into the medicinal liquid.

Three seconds later, a Little Golden Tiger shot out of the bathtub with a painful cry.

What the hell, his whole body hurt! No, he wasn't playing anymore; he wanted to run!

However, he was caught mid-air by the familiar hand again. Bai Xiaoyu looked at the wet, soggy Little Golden Tiger with his fur sticking together and gave a faint smile. "The body tempering with the medicinal solution has just begun. You can't run; you have to stay for at least half an hour."

He let go again, and Little Golden Tiger was howling in the bathtub, trying to escape again, only to be dragged back into the medicinal liquid by Little White Tiger, who had locked onto his throat.

Bai Xiaoyu, seeing the two fighting in the transparent bathtub, slightly curved his lips.

He turned around and walked to another bathtub, the one he usually used for medicinal baths, which wasn't transparent.

He took out the marrow-washing and vitality-nurturing medicinal solutions and began preparing the bath. This time, he didn't need to add the solutions drop by drop like before but poured in one-fifth directly.

Big Black Egg followed behind as usual. However, when Bai Xiaoyu started undressing after preparing the medicinal bath, the Big Black Egg suddenly froze in place.

Bai Xiaoyu, who had taken off his upper clothing, used to have a slim build with hidden muscles, at least a thin layer of muscle on his abdomen, with six-pack abs that never missed.

Not long ago, his belly had been a 'ninety-nine to one' state, but after some effort, the abs had finally reappeared.

Satisfied with the touch of the thin layer of muscle, Bai Xiaoyu was about to enter the bathtub when the Big Black Egg suddenly turned around and bounced a few steps away.

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

Usually, Big Black always wanted to join him, but because of its size, it had broken several bathtubs.

Now, the Big Black Egg was in another state, seemingly forgetting that it could just turn inside the egg.

Soon, Bai Xiaoyu couldn't spare any more attention for Big Black Egg, as the pain from the medicinal bath began to overwhelm him.

A C-grade physique could barely withstand the effects of this medicinal bath, but his fragile physique and heightened senses made the pain more intense.

His face turned slightly pale, and beads of sweat began to form on his forehead. He clenched his teeth to endure the pain, and for a while, the only sound in the bathroom was Little Golden Tiger's howls.

As time passed and Bai Xiaoyu felt weak, reaching out to grab the edge of the bathtub, his hand touched a warm eggshell. Turning his head, he saw that Big Black, who had run away earlier, had returned and was tightly pressed against the bathtub.

Several mental tiger claw tentacles appeared on the eggshell, clumsily trying to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy also extended out, poking the claw. "I'm fine."

Big Black was always like this, wanting to join him before the medicinal bath but getting anxious and bouncing around once it started. Now, its mental tentacles even extended out of the eggshell.

So usually, he avoided Big Black during his medicinal baths. This time, he intended to send Big Black out, but Little Golden Tiger followed in.

Now it seemed he would have to avoid Big Black like before.

He patted Big Black's eggshell and, once the medicinal effects were mostly absorbed, began to assess his current state.

The changes in his body this time were very noticeable, more significant than any previous progress.

It seemed that after reaching C-, it was like flipping a strange switch. During the medicinal bath, his spine and tail felt a subtle heat, and the top of his head had a similar sensation. After a careful examination, he found nothing.

Not dwelling on it, Bai Xiaoyu focused on his body's progress. Before the medicinal bath, he had just broken through from D+ to C-, clearly at the bottom of the C- grade. Now, he had moved up a notch.

With continued training, he might break through to C after a few more sessions.

Bai Xiaoyu calculated that if the medicinal baths continued to be this intense, he could reach B-grade in less than half a month.

At B-grade, he could attempt to refine the 300-year marrow-washing grass.

He got up and put on his upper clothing. The Big Black Egg awkwardly turned away again.

Bai Xiaoyu, amused, touched Big Black's eggshell. Feeling a hot sensation in his hand, he laughed but didn't ask further. Instead, he turned to where the two tiger cubs were.

Little White Tiger soon jumped out of the bathtub, his movements slightly off but still relaxed and came to rub against his leg.

Bai Xiaoyu patted Little White Tiger and turned to look at the bathtub, where Little Golden Tiger was now floating on the surface, tongue lolling out, eyes spinning in circles, belly up.

Bai Xiaoyu grabbed the creature, and the little golden tiger trembled in response. It took a while for the little tiger to snap out of it, and then it weakly pointed its small paw at Bai Xiaoyu and let out a feeble cry.

"No more, no more of this ever again, okay, brother?"

A smile could hardly be contained in Bai Xiaoyu's eyes at this moment. He reached out and poked the little golden tiger's head gently, but his words mercilessly rejected the request. "No, you must have a medicinal bath every day."

The little golden tiger flipped over suddenly, escaping from his grasp, and darted out through the door, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Bai Xiaoyu didn't bother to chase it; it couldn't escape anyway.

When they went outside, there was still a bored metal egg waiting. The entire egg was about to sprout little mushrooms from waiting so long.

Bai Kan: "Little Hundred, you prepare their medicinal baths every day. When will you do the same for me?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "Aren't you in a medicinal bath every moment? If you want it in a different way, you'll have to wait until you hatch. Don't worry, it'll be soon."

Bai Xiaoyu thought it would take at least another three to five days for Bai Kan to hatch, but Bai Kan surprised him by showing signs of life the very next day.

The next day, while Bai Xiaoyu was preparing to improve his own physique, he added some medicine to the metal egg. After absorbing the medicine, the large tiger inside, with its gold and silver stripes, suddenly regained full health and let out a massive tiger roar.

The roar even penetrated through the layers of medicinal liquid inside the egg and the specially made shell, echoing through half of the breeding facility.

Almost instantly, the huge metallic shell was covered with dense cracks.

The Little Prince and Little Bai, who were playing nearby, had their large Cartier-like black eyes widen in shock, quickly turning into two black dots. The Little Prince's fingers had already turned back into five small blue tentacles, and the tentacles on Little Bai's back also popped out.

The two little ones bared their teeth at the metal egg and let out a particularly low growl.

Despite the intense reaction from the two natural enemies, the little white tiger and the little golden tiger didn't react much, only staring curiously. Was this about to hatch?

Bai Xiaoyu was now busy sealing off the room to prevent others from entering. However, Lou Hao had already come over earlier and witnessed the scene. Lou Hao had known about this for a while and was now helping Bai Xiaoyu with the same task.

As the robots kept curious interns outside, the cracked metal egg exploded with a bang the next second.

Shrapnel and medicinal liquid flew everywhere as a man-high gold and silver striped tiger emerged, roaring loudly. The tiger, finally free and able to stand on its legs, began running wildly around the room, shaking off its fur.

It wreaked havoc on nearly everyone and everything in the room, leaving no person, beast, or egg untouched—except for Bai Xiaoyu.

When the metal egg hatched, Bai Xiaoyu only saw a flash of darkness before him. Upon closer inspection, a large black egg had shielded him from all the eggshell and liquid. Even when Bai Kan excitedly ran around shaking off his fur later, not a single drop touched him.

Once the frenzied gold and silver tiger stopped, it suddenly sensed the atmosphere around it had changed.

Without realizing it, two Zerg Prince cubs, two tiger cubs, a transformed Tengshe, and a large black egg that bounced over and gave him a crushing blow had surrounded it.

They rushed forward and began pounding on the tiger, causing a chaotic scene that quickly spiraled out of control.

In no time, the gold and silver tiger, now lying on the ground, was questioning its tiger life.

Bai Xiaoyu stepped forward, and the large tiger let out a mournful howl.

It was Little Hundred who truly cared for him.

Bai Xiaoyu patted the tiger's head and sincerely congratulated him. "Congratulations on regaining your legs."

The fluffy golden and silver tiger head rubbed against Bai Xiaoyu's hand and let out an excited howl. Then Little Hundred pointed to the living room, which looked like an explosion had just occurred, and revealed a particularly kind smile. "But remember to clean up later."

The tiger froze, looking around. How was he supposed to clean this up? Would rebuilding be okay?