Chapter 174

Chapter 174

Soon, the silver-white giant tiger quickly regained its composure, standing steady despite its twitching paws.

Clearly, someone else had taken control.

The old military doctor snapped back to reality. He never expected to witness the marshal in such a state during his lifetime, even if it was controlled by a cub.

He stifled a laugh, then remembered the mental resonance between the little white egg and the marshal, which left him astonished. "Marshal, can this cub's consciousness really control your body? And while it's severely injured? Does this cub possess extremely high psychic energy?"

Considering the marshal's physique exceeded 3S, any consciousness capable of controlling his body naturally had to have immense psychic energy. Could an unborn cub really have such strength?

It would need to be at least 3S or higher.

However, since the cub's psychic energy resonated with the marshal's, the requirement could be slightly lower, but it would still need to be at least 2S.

Yet, this cub clearly had more than that.

Moreover, to resonate with the marshal's psychic energy, the grade of the energy had to be royal-level.

As the old military doctor considered this, he drew in a sharp breath.

Royal-level psychic energy was extremely rare throughout the entire star system. Currently, only the marshal possessed it. Perhaps the Insect Emperor as well. Now, there was another, and it was an unhatched cub.

He could already imagine the uproar this cub would cause in the star system once it hatched, just like when the marshal was born, reaching the peak of 3S and soon crossing the threshold that few could.

It was a pity the cub was now in such a state, its entire awareness extremely weak, as if it might dissipate at any moment.

It was clear that someone had their eyes on it.

They were aware of the research done by various forces to break through innate limitations by devouring higher psychic energy.

Now, this cub's consciousness was essentially a ready-made psychic enhancer. Even if sent back, it would likely be targeted again. After all, there were many old folks stuck at 3S.

Unless the cub was backed by a powerful force that could protect him.

Thus, the old military doctor asked, "Marshal, whose cub is this?"

The silver-white giant tiger replied, "The royal family's."

Although the old military doctor was surprised by the cub's identity, it was somewhat expected, especially since the marshal had been staying at the Royal Nursery on Imperial Star recently.

In that case, if it was the emperor's child, it would likely have strong backing, increasing the chances of protection.

Moreover, the cub's awareness was severely injured and needed to be repaired before it could complete the connection with the other mind inside the egg. This repair was a monumental task. In addition to the marshal, as the host, consuming the repair substance daily, after taking the medication, the cub also needed to briefly take control of the body to absorb the effects. More importantly, the marshal had to use his psychic energy to carefully reorganize and mend the awareness.

After all, the resonance of psychic energy made the repair more effective, and only royal-level psychic energy could achieve this.

The old military doctor explained this, including the fact that the cub possessed royal-level psychic energy.

Bai Xiaoyu wasn't surprised, as he had already witnessed the cub's psychic energy manifest before him and felt its resonance during their mental contact.

After a moment, he said, "This matter should not be spread."

The old military doctor nodded. "I understand."

Bai Xiaoyu soon woke up, as the little one in his dream had fallen into a deep sleep after controlling Big Black's body. After all, it wasn't his real body, and the mental energy expenditure had been significant. However, that wasn't the main reason for his sleep. These past days drifting through the star domain, even with the system's help, the constant traveling and vigilance had drained his psychic energy immensely.

By the time dawn broke, Bai Xiaoyu was up and ready to continue his tasks. Big Black took the cubs for training, including not just the two tiger cubs but also the Little Prince and Little Bai. No, they still didn't fully trust that Big Black hadn't been bullying Bai Xiaoyu, so they were planning a surprise attack.

Time passed day by day, and another week went by.

During this week, Bai Xiaoyu watched as the twenty-three egg vortices gradually grew. Many of them had started to devour the nearby dots or small vortices.

Since the masked man wasn't around, and Bai Xiaoyu kept Little Prince and the others away from the eggs, their devouring progress was extremely slow and almost imperceptible. Thus, the impact on the yolk was temporarily not significant and remained within the allowable range of the repair substance.

Over this period, Bai Xiaoyu kept having dreams every few days when he drifted off to sleep.

After dreaming again, the White Tiger had just woken up.

Now, the White Tiger had become accustomed to being within the White Tiger's mental sea. His sleep duration varied, and this was only his third time waking up.

The last time he knew he couldn't reveal his identity, he became the White Tiger when using its body.

Now that he was awake, the White Tiger was especially hungry. Back when he was an egg, he could only consume repair substances, so he didn’t really feel hunger. But now, he wanted real food.

Bai Xiaoyu sensed the White Tiger's craving and was a little surprised. This was a normal reaction for someone who had survived the apocalypse—craving food.

Now that he knew he could eat human food, he sent a message through Marshal Bai's White Tiger mental entity: "Hey, Big White, I'm starving. Can we get something to eat?"

Bai Xiaoyu watched as Marshal Bai paused in his handling of military affairs. "Hungry?"

The White Tiger nodded and began reciting a menu: "Yes, I feel like I've been hungry for a long time. I want braised pork ribs, steamed fish, hotpot..."

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

This was likely a lingering effect from the apocalypse. His mental energy had been fluctuating, bringing back old cravings from that time. He didn’t remember having these thoughts before, but they felt familiar.

Marshal Bai replied, "We're in a combat vehicle, and none of that is available here."

White Tiger: "Then I'll just eat whatever you're having."

Bai Xiaoyu found it amusing; this was indeed like him. When nothing was available, he was easy to feed.

The White Tiger devoured a nutritious meal, wolfing it down as fast as he could. He still hadn’t mastered controlling the tiger's body, so it was a bit messy.

Bai Xiaoyu winced as he watched the tiger's mouth and whiskers get soaked, wishing he could wake up right now.

Fortunately, this was inside the office, and no one saw this scene.

After eating his fill, the White Tiger voluntarily gave up control of the body upon seeing the mountain of military affairs.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as Marshal Bai calmly cleaned the mess from his chin and chest, while his own face started to heat up from embarrassment.

Shortly after, there was a knock on the door, and someone entered. Bai Xiaoyu saw that it was Su Ran.

Su Ran: "Marshal, the logistics department says this month's military funds haven't been allocated, and the repair substances will be delayed by a few days."

Bai Xiaoyu, through the White Tiger, was stunned. He had heard about the delays in the distribution of various supplies to the Sixteenth Legion but didn’t expect it to start so early.

Su Ran continued, "Over the years, the allocated military funds have always been insufficient. When we argued with them, they used the peacetime military funding as an excuse."

His indignant expression reminded Bai Xiaoyu of a time when the funds for the Sixteenth Legion were delayed, and Su Ran had apologized and negotiated with him, hoping to postpone it by a few days.

The credits needed for the repair substances weren’t much, just a drop in the bucket of the military funds.

Looking back, Bai Xiaoyu realized the military funds had likely been delayed back then. He soon woke up, still unsure how they managed to resolve the issue.

Another two days passed, and Bai Xiaoyu entered the dream once again.

In the dream, he found himself in a training ground.

Berchen usually trained here, but now he let Bai Xiaoyu use this body to move around to his heart's content.

Watching the once aloof white tiger turn into a wobbly creature that resembled a cub who had just learned to walk, occasionally falling to the ground and rolling over, exposing its belly with its four paws in the air, was almost painful to watch.

On the way back from the training room, a huge silver wolf approached from the front.

Bai Xiaoyu's eyes lit up at the sight of the familiar silver wolf—wasn't this Xiao Xi?

During his time in the star system, especially after his beast ears and tail grew out, he could not only understand the conversations between beastmen but also recognize them from their beast forms.

This was something he couldn't do before. For example, he couldn't tell apart two identical-looking leopards in their beast forms if he wasn't familiar with them.

But now, he could recognize Xiao Xi at a glance.

It was strange, though. Wasn't Xiao Xi from the Twenty-ninth Legion? Why was he here?

To avoid revealing himself, Bai Xiaoyu froze in place.

The silver wolf approached him, looked up, and let out an "Ao-woo" before saying, "Marshal Bai, it has been immensely beneficial to fight alongside you this time. I will be promoted from Colonel to Major General next month and hope to join the Sixteenth Legion and fight alongside you."

The giant wolf became more and more excited as he spoke. Even in his beast form, Bai Xiaoyu could superimpose the image of Xiao Xi, who used to blush with excitement, onto the white wolf in front of him.

Judging by Xiao Xi's appearance, he still seemed to worship Marshal Bai at this time, just like before his recovery. And now he even wanted to join the Sixteenth Legion. How did it happen that later on, the Twenty-ninth Legion and the Sixteenth Legion became rivals?

At this moment, Bai Xiaoyu felt the egg's excitement. He also liked this giant wolf, whose fur color was very similar to that of the white tiger.

Hearing the wolf's words, of course, he agreed to let such a handsome wolf join the Sixteenth Legion.

He tried to make the white tiger nod in agreement, but instead, it gave a cold, dismissive shake of its head.

The giant wolf's smile stiffened, but he wasn't going to give up. "Marshal Bai, I am about to break through to the 3S rank, the highest level of combat proficiency, and will not hold you back."

The egg felt a surge of panic and wanted to give the giant wolf a thumbs-up to show his approval.

But due to another control mishap, the massive paw of the silver-white tiger lifted, and its middle claw extended toward the wolf in front of it.

The giant wolf fell silent for a moment, seemingly both angry and disappointed, his ears drooping slightly. "Please give me a chance to prove myself."

Egg: "Sure, go ahead. Don’t be sad. Here, let me pat your head."

And then the fluffy head of the giant wolf was swatted away by the silver-white tiger's paw...

Soon, the giant wolf transformed into a tall military officer. Twenty-three years ago, Xiao Xi hadn’t yet developed the commanding presence of a legion leader. At this moment, a pink plum blossom claw print was on his forehead, and he looked somewhat devastated as he gazed at the white tiger, as if his dream had been swatted away.

He touched the claw mark on his forehead, turned back into a silver wolf, and ran off.

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

The egg felt a pang of guilt. "Big White, the wolf ran away. I didn’t mean to do that."

Berchen, now in control of the body, watched the silver wolf walk away. "I know. No need to blame yourself. He won’t be easily defeated. I was going to reject him anyway."

Liu Lingxi is a promising talent whose future is not limited to this. The little guy's challenge actually brought out his confidence and presence.

Little White Egg: "But he misunderstood you. Should I find a chance to explain it to him?"

Bai Chen: "No need. Your situation can't be revealed to anyone. This way, whatever you say will be taken as my words."

After waking up from the dream, in the morning, Bai Xiaoyu saw the two legions competing to grow, as if their eggs were in a race to outshine each other. He couldn't help but smirk as he recalled those eggs and the warriors from the two legions facing off against each other.

That wasn't the end of it. At noon, his optical brain flickered.

When the connection opened, it was Xiao Xi. He recalled everything from the dream, and his gaze instinctively went to Xiao Xi's forehead. Right now, there was no claw mark, and his expression was sharp and intense.

As he greeted Xiao Xi, he noticed his smile fade, and his eyes narrowed in anger as he stared at the spot next to him.

Bai Xiaoyu turned his head to see Big Black bringing lunch over, his face already disguised, but Xiao Xi immediately saw through it.

Xiao Xi was glaring at Big Black with the same old hostility. Bai Xiaoyu felt both guilty and helplessly amused.

This was all his doing.

Xiao Xi had the wrong person in his sights.