Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the small planet in his hand, which was meant for Little Budian. He found it was a mining planet.

After coaxing the little golden tiger to cheer up, Lou Hao took the opportunity to pet the little golden tiger a few times and was happily looking at his hand. He turned his head and saw that Bai Xiaoyu still had another small planet in his hand. He walked over, "Boss, what kind of planet is this one?"

Bai Xiaoyu handed him the planet, "Mining planet."

Given the previous high-grade mining planets, Lou Hao instinctively assumed this one was of the same tier. But after entering it with his spiritual energy, he made a sound of surprise.

Bai Xiaoyu: "How is it?"

Lou Hao: "This is a top-tier medium-grade mining planet, far inferior to the ones from Little Budian's collection. For the heirs of the major powers in the imperial capital, even someone like Bai Qi would only pay slight attention to it if it were given to him. If it weren't given to him and he had to fight for it, he would look down on it. Generally, it's enough for the mediocre heirs from powerful families who have no maternal family to rely on to live out their lives. Of course, this only applies to those few major families, like your royal family. For lesser noble families, this mining planet would be hotly contested."

Bai Xiaoyu took back the small planet, "I didn't expect Uncle Yin to be so considerate."

Lou Hao: "Did your elders give you these?"

Bai Xiaoyu shook his head, "No, it's for Little Budian."

Lou Hao was puzzled, "Considering Little Budian's potential, shouldn't he receive something better?"

Bai Xiaoyu looked at him, "You forgot, besides us, few know about Little Budian's potential."

Lou Hao patted his head, "I've been so busy lately, I forgot about that. If that’s the case, this is indeed an appropriate gift from elders to a younger member."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, indeed.

He had previously thought these planets were toys, so he accepted the small herb base planet given by Bai Yin. Though he needed it, he couldn’t keep it. Perhaps he could buy herbs from this planet.

As for Little Budian's mining planet, he had asked for it because he felt he should return it, along with those dull-colored planets. The elders didn’t seem to care much about these planets, but they were still planets after all.

He picked up a dull-colored planet and explored it with his spiritual energy, finding the entire planet was dull and lifeless. It looked just like those desolate stars beyond the domain.

At this moment, Lou Hao's attention was also drawn to Bai Xiaoyu's actions. He casually picked up a dull-colored planet and examined it for a while. After a long examination, Lou Hao asked, "What kind of planet is this? Why does it look like a desolate planet?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "I don't know either."

The two of them thoroughly studied all ten planets, and after a long examination, due to their limited knowledge, they all appeared to be desolate planets.

They set these planets aside. Lou Hao, looking at them, finally voiced his inner question, "These aren’t really desolate planets, are they? The royal family’s elders wouldn’t give such planets as gifts, and not just one, but ten of them."

Bai Xiaoyu: "They offered more than a dozen planets; I chose them myself."

Lou Hao: "... Boss, try washing your hands before the next draw; it might help avoid bad luck."

Bai Xiaoyu thought it might be worth a try, but regardless, he didn't plan to keep any of these planets and intended to return them all.

He tried to contact Bai Yin but found no one answering on the other end and received no reply to his messages.

He decided to set this matter aside for now and contact him later.

Just then, because the major powers recently discovered that several prime planets owned by the royal elders had changed hands, it stunned the various powers. These planets had been fixed assets of the royal family for years, only transferred between the elders and the emperor. Many royal family members had been eyeing these prime resources, inviting the royal elders to every event, big or small, hoping to inherit these legacy resources.

The sudden change in ownership of these planets stunned the various powers.

There were reports that the little golden tiger, who was born not long ago, would be brought back to the imperial capital for naming. Coming from Planet D36, it would take at least a few days.

Today, planet ownership is being transferred, but it’s unlikely to be the little golden tiger.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, as the sole little golden tiger currently, even though still young and with almost no maternal clan support behind him, he had already become a prominent candidate simply because of his beast form. The attitude of the royal elders towards the little golden tiger allowed everyone to infer Bai Qiong’s intentions through them.

Now, with the simultaneous transfer of over a dozen planets, there’s a high possibility that they are being transferred to Bai Qiong’s side.

However, not long after they relaxed, new intelligence indicated that the little golden tiger had already been named by the royal elder council and didn’t need to be brought back, as the naming was done online.

This sparked widespread outrage.

After all, bringing someone back and having them named by the elder council meant royal recognition. A little golden tiger personally brought back by the royal family would, even if not ascending to that position in the future, at least secure a place in the elder council.

An online naming, like the recent case of the 192nd ranked Bai Ji, who was as useless as Bai Xiaoyu, was hastily named online.

Now the little golden tiger received the same treatment. Was the royal family not showing such favor to the little golden tiger?

As some people were speculating and others gloating, the royal elder council directly called a press conference and publicly announced the little golden tiger’s name along with a video of the little golden tiger playing with other big golden tigers throughout the star system.

It immediately shot up to the top of the trending searches, and the entire star system now knew about the royal family’s new member, Bai Xiaozhou, whose beast form was a golden tiger.

At this moment, facing various cameras, an elder, seeing that the timing was right, spoke: “There’s one more thing. The little golden tiger Bai Xiaozhou was born twenty-three years ago and is a brother from the same mother as Bai Xiaoyu. Therefore, he ranks 101. All those who were previously 101 and after need to move down one position. Starting from Bai Qi, everyone’s ranking is increased by one, so don’t get it wrong in the future.”

From then on, the elder would occasionally praise the little golden tiger, and the official royal family, along with various major platforms, all displayed photos of the little golden tiger, causing shock throughout the star system.

“It’s been so long, and this might be the first time we’ve seen the royal family show such favor.”

“In the past, the royal elders didn’t favor any royal family member, but this time, is there some intention behind it? After all, compared to others, the golden tiger is more legitimate.”

“The golden tiger, indeed. What surprises me is that he’s a twin of the streamer. Who would have thought that the brother who was in the womb together would be incubated by his brother twenty-three years later?”

“I watched from the beginning to the end and was fortunate enough to witness Bai Xiaoyu nurturing the little golden tiger with my own eyes! That little guy who used to patrol and create mischief with a group of animals now really has some presence.”

When Bai Qi saw the trending search and the live broadcast, his face turned pale. Not only did he have to be moved back one position because of Bai Xiaoyu, but now his ranking would have to move again? The elder specifically mentioned his name. Additionally, this newly born little golden tiger was almost instantly known across the entire star system, along with all the supportive comments about him.

Furious, he slammed his fist into the table, and the insect patterns appeared on his face again.

At that moment, his optical brain flickered, and when he opened it, it was intelligence from his subordinates.

After reading it, his face darkened. The high-quality resource planets they had been eyeing were all transferred to the little golden tiger’s name!

As soon as the planet transfer announcement came out, the little golden tiger, who was born more than twenty years later, almost caught up in value to the vast majority of their siblings.

These resources were clearly meant to support the little golden tiger, and because of his weak or almost non-existent maternal clan support, it was a message to everyone that the royal elder council would stand behind the little golden tiger and be his strong backing.

No matter who it was, if they dared to touch the little golden tiger, if they weren’t caught, it would be fine, but once discovered, they would face the full wrath of the elder council.

The little golden tiger was truly a treasure.

It was said that even Bai Xiaoyu received several small planets from the elders. Unfortunately, his luck wasn’t good, as he drew all ten planets from that small star area.

This was the only consolation and joy for Bai Qi, but more than that, he was furious about Bai Xiaoyu nurturing the little golden tiger.

With one Bai Xiaoyu already causing him trouble, now there was an additional little golden tiger.

Many people, like Bai Qi, blamed Bai Xiaoyu for the little golden tiger’s emergence.

Not long ago, his Insect Crystal was stolen, and now this had happened. Unable to contain his anger, he directly dialed Bai Xiaoyu's optical phone.

Bai Xiaoyu was watching the royal family's announcement at the moment, with the little golden tiger naturally by his side.

Seeing Bai Qi's call request, he thought for a moment and accepted it, looking at the furious Bai Qi on the screen. "What's the matter?" he asked.

Bai Qi's gaze shifted from him to the little golden tiger. "You guys are really doing well," he said sarcastically. "Secretly naming yourselves online and taking so many resource planets from the elders. What did you do to the elders to get them to give you those high-grade mineral planets?"

"Even if we did something, why would I tell you?" Bai Xiaoyu replied.

"Bai Xiaoyu, you..." Bai Qi began, his anger rising.

Just as he was about to speak, Bai Qi suddenly covered his eyes.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at Bai Qi. At that moment, the Little Prince rushed out from the room, coming to Bai Xiaoyu's side and looking at Bai Qi, who was covering his eyes. The Little Prince's eyes instantly turned into black dots.

Although Bai Xiaoyu had blocked the Little Prince, so the other side couldn't see him, he was very busy and didn't have time to deal with Bai Qi. He went over to check on the Little Prince. Just as he was about to hang up, Bai Qi hung up first.

After hanging up, Bai Qi saw his insect veins and golden pupils emerging, his face unable to contain his rage.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Lately, he had noticed that he had become increasingly irritable. In the past, no matter how angry he was, he would remain calm and never impulsively contact Bai Xiaoyu, especially in such an unstable state.

He must have been influenced by something.

What Bai Qi didn't realize was that the fusion mental entity born inside the Little Prince's brain chip, pursuing Bai Xiaoyu's mental threads within the chip, had become increasingly agitated due to not being able to consume them for a long time. This then influenced his emotions, causing him to lose control and almost expose himself in front of Bai Xiaoyu.

While Bai Qi was still in shock, Bai Xiaoyu, noticing the Little Prince staring and growling at the previous projection location of Bai Qi, said, "Little Prince, don't be agitated, he's not here, he can't come."

He knew that the Little Prince had been imprisoned by Bai Qi, so it was normal for him to be emotionally agitated upon encountering Bai Qi.

The Little Prince growled at that spot for a while, and then Little Bai rubbed his eyes and walked out. He didn't understand why Eggy, who was sleeping soundly, had suddenly rushed out.

He followed along. He approached Bai Xiaoyu, pulled his hand, and then looked at the Little Prince. "Eggy, why did you rush out?" he asked.

The Little Prince, seeing the little tail eagerly watching him, instantly calmed down.

They all waited for the Little Prince to calm down. After a while, the Little Prince suddenly turned to Bai Xiaoyu and asked, "What's your relationship with Bai Qi?"

"Half-brothers, sharing the same father," Bai Xiaoyu replied.

Seeing the Little Prince's confused expression, as if he didn't quite understand, Bai Xiaoyu explained, "It's similar to my relationship with Bai Kan."

The Little Prince was stunned. Bai Xiaoyu and that golden-silver tiger? Recalling their interactions, his small face scrunched up. He had thought Bai Xiaoyu and Bai Qi were also very familiar.

"Don't be close to Bai Qi," the Little Prince said.

Bai Xiaoyu almost immediately understood the Little Prince's train of thought and couldn't help but laugh. "I'm not close to him. Even though he and Bai Kan are my brothers, we are more or less in an opposing relationship."

Although the Little Prince didn't understand the complicated human relationships, upon hearing the word 'opposing,' his small face relaxed, and then he said to Bai Xiaoyu, "Bai Qi has both Insect Emperor and human auras, making him half-insect and half-human."

Hearing the Little Prince's words, Bai Xiaoyu was extremely surprised. In his memory, Bai Qi had been purely a beastman, having attended the same school since childhood, so there shouldn't be any mistake.

But now Bai Qi had suddenly transformed into a half-species.

"Any other abnormalities?" Bai Xiaoyu asked. "Was he already like this when you discovered it?"

"No," the Little Prince replied. "He wasn't like this before he implanted the chip into my brain. He couldn't control me, and then he became like this. I took the opportunity to escape while he was injured and unconscious. His Insect Emperor aura is the same as the chip. He was the one who separated me and Little Bai. I will definitely devour him in the future, so don't be close to him."

After the Little Prince stared at Bai Xiaoyu, Bai Xiaoyu, while organizing the information given by the Little Prince, nodded repeatedly, "I guarantee I won't side with him."

Little Prince: "When we fight, you can't help him."

Bai Xiaoyu: "I won't. If I help anyone, it'll be you."

The Little Prince, satisfied with the answer, slightly raised his mouth but then turned away and humphed, "You must remember what you said."

Then, feeling at ease, he was dragged back to the room by a yawning Little Bai. If it weren't for hearing that dog Bai Qi's voice, he would still be sleeping soundly with his little tail.

After sending the Little Prince away, and combining the information he had gathered before and now, Bai Xiaoyu had a rough guess about Bai Qi’s current situation.

From the initial mission where Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie encountered those people, it was likely that Bai Qi had sent them to capture the Zerg Prince. Although something happened in the middle causing the egg yolk, to be separated from Little Tail, eventually the egg yolk was taken by Bai Qi, while Little Tail ended up in Qi Yanhuan's egg.

Based on the analysis of the planet where the incident occurred, it was within the Zerg star domain. Ordinary people wouldn't go to such a planet. As mercenaries on a mission, Qi Yanhuan and the others encountered them, but Bai Qi's people were fully armed and even killed to cover their tracks, indicating they came prepared.

Thinking about how Bai Qi captured the Zerg Prince's cub and had twice competed with him for the Insect Crystal, the underlying motive was self-evident.

And that chip in the Little Prince's brain, it was half a golden brain.

Insect Emperor’s aura?

Since this chip could be implanted into warriors and the Little Prince's brain, it could naturally be implanted into Bai Qi’s brain as well.

As his speculation deepened, Bai Xiaoyu's brows furrowed. He really couldn't understand what Bai Qi was thinking.

But considering that Bai Qi was now half not human, even an Insect Emperor.

Bai Xiaoyu’s eyes turned cold, and a fire began to burn in his heart thinking about those berserkers and the eggs they rescued from their lab.

Indeed, he was no longer human.

In the time that followed, Bai Xiaoyu compiled all this information, including the chip's ability to hide, and sent it to two legions.

This was the biggest piece of evidence they had on Bai Qi so far.

Upon receiving the message, the shock and anger of the two legions were self-evident. However, apart from the eyewitness Little Prince, they had no other evidence, and the Little Prince couldn't be exposed. Moreover, the chip's ability to hide was a big issue; it had nearly slipped past them before. For now, they had to proceed cautiously.

Bai Xiaoyu got busy. After finishing lunch, he drank a mixture of nurturing essence and marrow-washing elixir. Now that his physique had reached level C, to continue improving, besides daily medicinal baths, he also needed oral potions.

But compared to before, there was no need to dilute the potion anymore.

At this moment, the Big Black Egg hopped in, followed by Little White Tiger, Little Golden Tiger, and Bai Kan.

Leaning against Big Black, Bai Xiaoyu talked about Bai Qi’s situation with Bai Kan.

Amidst Bai Kan’s blazing anger, Bai Xiaoyu felt a bit drowsy. Recently, every day after taking the potion, he felt the same, and his head and tailbone felt slightly warm.

Unconsciously, Bai Xiaoyu drifted into a light sleep.

Soon, in his dream, a fluffy tail was swaying back and forth. Bai Xiaoyu reached out but grabbed nothing. Then, from Egg Yolk's perspective, Egg Yolk bounced over joyfully.

Ever since being wrapped by the big white tiger’s tail countless times, Egg Yolk seemed to have taken a liking to playing with tails, spending a lot of time playing with them every day.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the big white tiger’s tail playing with Egg Yolk, from initially you dodging me to me dodging you, to now the fluffy big tail swinging in circles, with Egg Yolk bouncing on it like jumping rope.

Eventually, when Egg Yolk got tired, the tail gently brushed over its body, giving a soft, ticklish sensation on its face.

Bai Xiaoyu was surprised. He was still an egg; how could his face feel itchy?

But his face felt fuzzy, indeed. He opened his eyes and saw Little Golden Tiger crouching on his shoulder, moving her little butt, her furry tail sweeping back and forth across his face.

Bai Xiaoyu grabbed that tail and poked Little Golden Tiger on the head, "What are you doing?"

Little Golden Tiger turned her head and whined, "You shouted in your sleep, 'Tail, don't run away, let me touch you.' So I'm letting you touch my tail."

Bai Xiaoyu recalled the dream. Indeed, that was what he said. He stroked Little Golden Tiger's tail and said, "Now that I've touched it, you can take your tail back."

At that moment, he happened to glance down and saw a tail in his hand that looked very similar to the one in his dream. It turned out to be Big Black's mental tendril transformed into a tail.

Bai Xiaoyu used his mental energy to sense it, and just then, Little White Tiger also turned her little butt and stretched out her tail.

Bai Kan, standing nearby, spoke up, "Little Hundred, if you want more tails, I can do that too."

With that, a furry big tail appeared behind Bai Kan and stretched over.

Seeing so many tails, Bai Xiaoyu felt both amused and exasperated.

At that moment, his optical brain flickered, and when he checked, it was Bai Yin. He connected the call, "Uncle Yin."

Bai Yin glanced to the side, "You were looking for me just now? By the way, where are Little Golden Tiger and the other cub?"

Bai Xiaoyu, while removing the cloaking from Little Golden Tiger and Little White Tiger, replied, "They're here. I was looking for you earlier because of those resource planets. I thought it was just a toy, and I even asked for a share for the little one. But now, the gift is too expensive, and we can't accept it. And there are the resource planets of the other elders..."

Bai Yin had been observing Little Golden Tiger and the other cub. After watching the cub for a while, he noted that this cub was smaller than the others of the same batch, but with that planet and the support of two future brothers, even if the cub’s potential was lacking, it would still fare well.

Hearing Bai Xiaoyu's words, he interrupted, "About that, it's a gift from the elders. You have to accept it. Besides, don't you need medicinal herbs right now? You've already given the royal family and the entire star system the prescription for the eggs and cubs. As for this planet of mine, it's the same. If you really want to repay me, just send me more medicinal potions."

At this point, Bai Yin's expression suddenly turned a bit green, and he continued, "But you need to tell that master alchemist to pay a little more attention to the taste of these potions. They're good potions, but the smell can send someone to heaven."

Bai Xiaoyu: "......He's already been very careful."

Bai Yin: "Still, you should mention it. As for the planets, once they're given to you, they're yours. I can't leave, so consider it my contribution to the star system's eggs and cubs. As for the other elders, you don't need to return anything. Those ten resource planets were once an energy mining planet ten thousand years ago and always belonged to the royal family. By the time of my father, your grandfather, it was completely mined out and became a bunch of waste planets."

Bai Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. Waste planets were something he and the little one could accept.

Bai Yin: "They're in a small star region, and there are only ten planets in that region. There's no life on them. Even if you return them, the elders wouldn't want them. After all, when your grandfather had a falling out with the Elder Council back then, these ten planets were given as year-end bonuses. They've been angry ever since. But since these planets have always belonged to the royal family, even if they are empty and waste planets, they must be kept. They can only be given to members of the royal family. Since they are waste planets, the elders can't give them away and have had to keep them."

Bai Yin glanced at Bai Xiaoyu, "Who knew you'd be so thorough as to take all of them without leaving one behind? After you left yesterday, they held a small celebration to mark getting rid of that hot potato."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Even so, I still need to speak to them personally. So please give me their contact information. I'll ask them and return the favor."

Bai Yin thought it would be good for Bai Xiaoyu to connect more with the elders. In the future, if he wanted freedom, he would need more support. And with Little Golden Tiger involved, even if they didn't pay much attention to Bai Xiaoyu, they would care about Little Golden Tiger's growth.

Bai Yin: "I'll send it to you. Seeing how you handled those small planets like toys, it seems Father never gave you these kinds of things. But that's normal. He can provide for you in terms of living, clothing, and spending, but he can't give you any of his fixed royal assets."

Recalling the original owner’s memories, Bai Xiaoyu realized that the father figure indeed provided everything he needed in life but nothing under his name. Among the original owner’s Henchmen Group, many items were registered under their names, but the original owner had nothing. That’s why when he was sent here, he had nothing to offer.

Bai Yin looked at Bai Xiaoyu's shoulder, where Little Golden Tiger was perched, and continued, "In the future, don't hesitate to accept anything the elders give Little Golden Tiger. They have plenty of good things passed down through the royal family, and when they pass away, these things will return to the royal family. Besides the inheritance from the royal family, there are also assets accumulated by the elders over the generations. There are many good things. Our Golden Tigers have always been shining brightly for tens of thousands of years. Unlike the White Tigers, who have grown whiter over the millennia. Even when they branched out, adding a wood radical to the Bai surname couldn’t help them thrive."

As soon as these words were spoken, the little one, Bai Kan, and Big Black Egg all looked at the projected image of Bai Yin.

Bai Xiaoyu felt a bit offended and was about to retort when his optical brain displayed a bill from Lou Hao. The remaining three-digit balance turned red.

The optical brain's little assistant also reminded him, "Friendly reminder, your balance is below 1,000 credit points."

Seeing the balance, Bai Xiaoyu started to feel a headache and lost the will to argue. At that moment, his spine tail grew increasingly hot, reaching its peak before suddenly returning to normal.

Everyone, including Bai Xiaoyu, was staring at his balance when Bai Xiaoyu suddenly spoke up, "Little Zhou, Bai Kan, whose tail is messing around? Stop messing around."

Bai Kan said, "It's not mine."

The little golden tiger also growled, "Not mine either."

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the little one who had already transformed back into human form, and reached into his clothes, "It's still moving. Besides you two, who else here has a tail..."

He pulled out a silver, fluffy tiger tail from his lower back, "Let’s see whose troublesome tail this is."

A silence fell, and Bai Xiaoyu was stunned. He glanced at the big black egg behind him, then at his lower back.

Without thinking, he squeezed, and the tail throbbed painfully and went numb, making him hiss.

The tail had poked out from inside his clothes, and as he followed it inward, it ran along his waist and disappeared inside his pants.

Bai Xiaoyu’s face was a picture of disbelief. He had grown a tail?!