Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Bai Xiaoyu was in a pretty good mood when he received this news.

Chen Ying and the others performed exceptionally well. At their age, they were the most proactive, enthusiastic, and vibrant. Their infectious energy was incredibly high. And this was precisely the type of group Hao Qiao found hardest to resist.

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the surveillance feed and saw that not only was he curious, but the entire group from Dawn was surrounding their table, eavesdropping intently. Mo Yan and Molin were not just eavesdropping; they were staring at them with obvious interest.

As Hao Qiao remained quiet during the meal, the students began to discuss various problems they couldn’t solve. At first, he managed to hold back, but as one question followed another and the students started to veer off track, he finally couldn’t resist chiming in. And once he started, he couldn’t stop himself.

Seeing Hao Qiao being peppered with questions by the students, Bai Xiaoyu couldn’t help but smile.

This was a promising start.

This time, Hao Qiao spent three consecutive hours with the members of the medical team. The students progressed from asking questions to taking out notebooks and taking notes.

They were amazed to find that this senior was extremely skilled. Many issues they had discussed repeatedly remained unresolved, but Hao Qiao could pinpoint the key problem, offering insights that were truly illuminating.

What was supposed to be a simple meal had turned into an experience-sharing session.

Seeing this different side of Hao Qiao, Mo Yan exchanged a glance with Molin, feeling a profound sense of relief.

It seemed their decision this time was not wrong. He wondered if the light had returned to Hao Qiao’s eyes, hidden behind his glasses, mirroring the spark in these young students’ eyes.

In the end, Hao Qiao was practically dragged back by the students. He stood in front of the single-person apartment assigned to him, lingering for a moment before turning away.

After hearing this, Bai Xiaoyu wasn’t in a hurry. This was already a good start; the rest could follow gradually.

He then turned his attention to the various facilities, instruments, and uniforms of the medical team, all of which needed a captain’s oversight.

He could certainly allocate funds to the medical team, enabling them to build up gradually. If these rookies lacked experience, they might seek advice from that highly skilled senior.

Bai Xiaoyu had a plan in mind, but when he checked his balance, he fell silent for a moment.

He had forgotten about that.

However, the wait wouldn’t be long. In two days, the Pharmacy Departments from various lit planets would remit funds to the headquarters. At that time, they could allocate funds to purchase various equipment for the medical team.

For these two days, he would let the medical team bond with the senior, fostering a good rapport.

The next day, Hao Qiao came looking for him.

Bai Xiaoyu didn’t expect him so early. He brought Hao Qiao to the underground medical room again.

As soon as they arrived, he noticed that the pangolin and other ferocious beasts were still arguing. This was much better than before when their roars only conveyed monotonous meanings.

Hao Qiao’s return, even earlier than some family members, made the pangolin extremely proud, and he roared back at the other ferocious beasts one by one, reclaiming his ground.

After sending them over, Bai Xiaoyu examined the pangolin’s condition and found that its beastly nature had subsided quite a bit, much better than before. He felt relieved to leave Hao Qiao there. He even got Hao Qiao a pass like other family members, allowing him to enter anytime.

As he watched the interactions between Hao Qiao and the pangolin, more relatives of the ferocious beasts arrived, and the initially harsh roars were gradually replaced by laughter and joy.

Bai Xiaoyu was delighted to see this. Just as he was about to leave, he received a notification and bid farewell to everyone present.

After leaving, he received a royal team of five, who were part of the royal guard. They had come to deliver an optical brain.

Bai Xiaoyu received the optical brain. There were two child-sized optical brains.

The two optical brains were similar to the one in his hand, just smaller and more delicate, with colors matching the fur of the little golden tiger.

These two light brains had been bound, one was Little White's, and the other was Little Gold's.

Bai Xiaoyu returned, and the tiger cubs were still having breakfast and hadn't set off yet.

Noticing the light brains in his hand, the cubs gathered around him.

Little Gold jumped over, climbed from Bai Xiaoyu's leg to his shoulder, and yelled, "Bro, whose light brain is this?"

Bai Xiaoyu's tail sprang out as soon as he saw the cubs, and now it began to wag excitedly.

So, when Little Gold yelled, Bai Xiaoyu could understand the cub's beast language without needing to activate the mental link he had with Little Gold. "One is yours, and the other is Little White's."

Little Gold's excitement surged immediately. He pawed at the light brain in Bai Xiaoyu's hand, growing impatient, and waved his paw in front of Bai Xiaoyu, saying, "Which one is mine? Put it on! Put it on!"

Just then, Little White leaped onto the other shoulder, his fluffy tiger face rubbing against Bai Xiaoyu's cheek, also staring at the light brain. "Brother, do I get one too?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Of course."

He picked up one of the light brains. The back had the royal family's sequence. His light brain was numbered 100, and the two light brains in his hand were numbered 101 and 193.

Bai Xiaoyu took the 101 light brain, activated it with a bit of Little Gold's genetic material, and put it on Little Gold's front paw. The light brain instantly transformed from a flat, micro-watch form to a marble-sized small ball.

The light brain could take various forms, and this small ball form was the favorite of the cubs. Almost every time a cub first got a light brain, it took this form and later changed according to the cub's preference.

With the light brain on, Little Gold looked surprised and began to paw at it.

Seeing Little Gold playing with it happily, Little White also became a little eager, looking at Bai Xiaoyu's palm.

Bai Xiaoyu put a light brain on Little White too, so a small ball-shaped light brain also appeared on Little White's front paw, but it was only put on and not bound or activated with genetic authentication yet.

Bai Xiaoyu patted Little White's head, saying, "Little White, you play with it first, and I'll get it authenticated for you later."

Seeing the two tiger cubs playing with their light brains, Bai Xiaoyu's leg was now hugged by little hands.

Bai Xiaoyu looked down and saw Little Bai hugging his leg, looking up at him with hopeful eyes.

Little Prince stood nearby, arms crossed, his eyes scanning the light brains on the two tiger cubs' paws, then seeing Bai Xiaoyu's empty palm, he pursed his lips and snorted.

Seeing the two cubs, Bai Xiaoyu felt a bit awkward. Usually, he was very careful to ensure that whatever the tiger cubs had, Little Bai and Little Prince would have as well. But now, since the light brains were prepared by the royal family's Elder Council, there naturally weren't any for them.

Moreover, because of the special circumstances of Little Bai and Little Prince, their light brains were meant to record the cubs' growth status. They had grown rapidly from newborns to the size of three-year-olds in just a few months.

Although light brains were extremely private, this privacy was conditional. If external forces forcefully invaded, or for various reasons, the royal family could request the main brain to investigate someone's light brain.

Thus, providing light brains to Little Bai and Little Prince required careful consideration.

In fact, he had mentioned the matter of the cubs' light brains to Tao Limeng before, including the two tiger cubs. Little Gold didn't have much of an issue, but Little White needed to hide his identity and required a suitable light brain. Even now that Little White had a light brain, it hadn't been authenticated yet. Not to mention Little Bai and Little Prince.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu's silence, Little Prince snorted again and even took a few steps toward Bai Xiaoyu, the sound louder this time.

Bai Xiaoyu couldn't help but smile. He looked at the two cubs, picked up Little Bai, who was gazing at him longingly, and then lifted Little Prince.

Little Prince wriggled a bit but was still lifted by Bai Xiaoyu.

Bai Xiaoyu spoke to the two cubs looking at the tiger cubs' light brains in a negotiating tone, "Can you wait a bit longer, little ones? Your light brains are being expedited, and I believe you'll be able to use them soon."

Little Bai was okay, though a little disappointed, and looked at the tiger cubs playing with their light brains, envy in his eyes as he started gnawing on his fingers.

Little Prince, however, snorted directly and pointed at the two tiger cubs, saying, "Why don't they have to wait?"

Bai Xiaoyu struggled to calm the children, "Only Xiao Zou's can be used for now, Xiao Badian's can't..."

The Little Prince continued, "We want it even if we can't use it."

Bai Xiaoyu didn't know yet that the competition among Bug Princes was fierce. Even if the Bug Emperor favored one Prince in particular, he couldn't appear to favor any. If one had something the other didn't, the two Princes would quickly come to blows.

The Little Prince, looking at the two tiger cubs now, felt an uncontrollable desire to act. Since he and Little Tail didn't have one, they should just grab it.

Seeing the seriousness in the Little Prince's eyes and his puffed-up little face, Bai Xiaoyu couldn't help but pinch his cheek and soothed, "Alright, alright, I'll get someone to bring two data pads over for you."

He turned and dialed Tao Limeng's data pad, "Xiao Meng, how's your work on the cubs' data pads?"

Tao Limeng, who was assembling something, didn't look up as he answered, "I'm still assembling, give me thirty minutes."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Alright, I'll come pick them up."

Tao Limeng, "No need, I'll bring them over and check the results."

Bai Xiaoyu, "Sounds good."

After learning about the situation from Tao Limeng, Bai Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. Ending the call, he looked down at the eager children in his arms who were eyeing the tiger cubs' data pads and said, "Not to worry, yours are arriving soon."

Finishing his words, Bai Xiaoyu, struggling slightly, placed the two children down on one side, half-embracing them with one arm while reaching out with the other hand to grab the Little Prince's small hand, which had turned into tiny tentacles, and said firmly, "No fighting, please."

The Little Prince puffed out his cheeks, glaring at Bai Xiaoyu, but eventually changed his tentacles back into fingers and turned his head away, saying, "Then hurry up, or else if you don't give us theirs, I'll just take theirs."

At this, the little golden tiger and the little white tiger looked up, baring their sharp claws and snarling at the Little Prince.

The Little Prince wasn't afraid and snarled back.

He wanted to fight and take what he wanted.

Little Bai, still sucking his thumb, also slowed down his actions as his eyes followed the two tiger cubs.

Seeing the tension rise, Bai Xiaoyu felt a headache coming on.

He hurriedly soothed the little ones, and time passed in the chaos. It wasn't until Tao Limeng arrived with the data pads that the tension between the two sides gradually eased.

The four data pads Tao Limeng brought over were for each of the cubs. The craftsmanship was excellent, with different colors. For example, the little golden tiger's data pad was gold, and the little white tiger's was silver. The Little Prince's and Little Bai's were the same blue.

The little golden tiger could use both data pads and switch between them.

The little white tiger's data pad, after being modified by Tao Limeng, would soon be usable.

The Little Prince and Little Bai played with the blue data pads in Bai Xiaoyu's hand, becoming more and more satisfied as they did.

Looking at these exquisite data pads for the young ones, Bai Xiaoyu, after Tao Limeng's explanation, understood that these data pads had two systems. One system was for the main brain's inspection but required fabricating the cubs' growth data. The other system recorded the most authentic situation.

In other words, one data pad could have two identities.

The little golden tiger didn't need this feature at all. The little white tiger could use it or not.

Little Bai, being a properly born cub with parents, had a growth speed that didn't match, so the dual identity system was necessary.

The Little Prince didn't need it either, but who would refuse double insurance?

Moreover, the Little Prince now had an identity, a fabricated identity of a three-year-old child from a war-torn planet.

The child’s name is Jiang Fan.

In addition to his nickname, Xiao Bao, Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie had already given him a formal name before this. Because of Xiao Bao’s unique status, the two did not set high expectations for him, so they chose the character 'An' for his name.

Qin An.

Xiao Bao knew his name. Bai Xiaoyu turned his head to look at the Little Prince, "Now that you have an optical brain, there's an identity inside you'll be using, called Jiang Fan..."

The Little Prince suddenly stared at Bai Xiaoyu, his expression showing seven parts reluctance, two parts hesitation, and one part hope, "Are you going to give me a name? Is this name yours?"

Bai Xiaoyu said, "This identity’s name was indeed chosen by me, but it’s not your personal name. You’ll need to use this identity for activities in the star system."

The Little Prince nodded, then suddenly turned his head, "Alright."

Bai Xiaoyu continued, "This is a fake identity, but you also have a real one, which requires your own name. I've been calling you Little Prince because you've never told me your name. Now I’ll help you register it. Tell me, what’s your name?"

The Little Prince turned back to stare at him, his cheeks puffing up, and he remained silent for a long time.

At that moment, Xiao Bao, who was still sucking his hand, grabbed Bai Xiaoyu's thumb. His large, expressive eyes looked at Bai Xiaoyu with unprecedented seriousness.

Bai Xiaoyu was puzzled. Why was Xiao Bao suddenly looking at him like that?

After a moment of eye contact, Bai Xiaoyu felt pressured by Xiao Bao’s gaze and didn’t understand what he meant. He turned to look at the Little Prince, who this time deliberately turned away and clearly had no intention of explaining.

Since that was the case, Bai Xiaoyu decided to ask clearly.

Looking at Xiao Bao, Bai Xiaoyu asked, "Xiao Bai, what’s wrong?"

Xiao Bai blinked and said expectantly, "Emperor, give us a name, please."

Bai Xiaoyu wasn’t surprised by the term 'Emperor,' as Xiao Bao occasionally called him that. But a name...

Bai Xiaoyu said, "Xiao Bai, you already have a name: Qin An."

Xiao Bai was a bit persistent, "I know, but can you give us another one?"

While Bai Xiaoyu was being pressed by Xiao Bao to give a name, on the other side, a masked man looked at his own Prince, Tan Lang, and couldn’t resist patting his head.

There was still no news about the other Prince, but it didn’t matter. He had already prepared a name, and once the Prince returned, he would have a name. Even if he hadn’t been raised from the beginning, bringing him back and nurturing him for a while would suffice. As long as the Prince accepted the name given by him, the Emperor, domestication would come naturally in due time.

The only concern was that if the Prince returned with a wild temperament, it might take a long time for him to accept the name.

So it was best to find him soon.

At this moment, Bai Xiaoyu didn’t understand the significance of naming for the Zerg Prince. He was still confused. He didn’t understand why Xiao Bao, who already had a name, still wanted him to give another one. Wasn’t one name enough?

But Xiao Bao continued to look at him expectantly, and suddenly, the Little Prince grabbed Xiao Bao’s hand, "Little Tail, I said he isn’t the one to give us a name."

Xiao Bao was very persistent and showed no intention of letting go of Bai Xiaoyu's hand, "We need a name. He is the one to give it."

After saying that, Xiao Bao even pulled the Little Prince's hand and moved it towards Bai Xiaoyu, "Dan Huang doesn’t have a name either; he needs one too."

Bai Xiaoyu felt a headache coming on. Giving names was traditionally the responsibility of elders, and technically, a name had already been given.

The Little Prince couldn’t break free and ended up looking up at the sky with an exasperated expression.

Bai Xiaoyu thought for a moment and, for some reason, remembered the young man named Tan Lang.

Once Breaker appears, Seven Killers will inevitably follow.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the two cubs and said, "Since this is the case, I’ll give you both nicknames. Little Prince, Breaker. Little Treasure, Seven Killers."

This way, even if they encountered Breaker in the future, they wouldn’t be at a disadvantage just from the names.

Bai Xiaoyu didn’t know why, at that moment, he cared about the youth named Tanlang and the masked man behind Tanlang.

After giving the nicknames, he looked down at the two cubs and asked, "Little Breaker, Little Seven Killers, do you like these nicknames?"

Little Treasure clapped his hands in delight, obviously very pleased, ignoring the glares of the two tiger cubs as he hugged Bai Xiaoyu's neck and kissed his cheek, saying, "I like it, I like it very much."

Bai Xiaoyu's eyes softened. "I’m glad you like it, but you should still use Qin An in everyday life. We’ll keep the nicknames between us."

Then he turned to look at Little Prince, who turned his head away and huffed.

Bai Xiaoyu could give the nicknames, but he wouldn’t acknowledge them.

That little one was really insistent, insisting that Bai Xiaoyu was the emperor and needed to name them.

The name Breaker, perhaps, sounded... perhaps a little nice.

But he wouldn’t acknowledge it!

Though he thought so firmly in his heart, when Bai Xiaoyu called "Little Breaker," he instinctively glanced over. Realizing this, he quickly turned away and covered his ears.

At that moment, the masked man on a distant planet frowned involuntarily. He had also named his other prince Breaker, unaware that the person he called cannon fodder earlier had already given the nickname to the Little Prince.