Chapter 183

Chapter 183

The stream was bustling as usual, and Zhou Miaomiao, who had been interning with him for some time, was about to co-host the stream. Various factions, schools, and even students from the Imperial Military Academy were waiting eagerly to see the intern's results.

Just as the stream was about to start, another egg finished its consumption of the small vortices.

Bai Xiaoyu received a reminder from his mental energy threads at seven in the morning and rushed over to handle it.

The egg had been devouring vortices throughout the night, leaving only fifteen small vortices inside.

When Bai Xiaoyu probed inside with his mental energy, he found the small vortices locked in fierce combat.

These small vortices had all found their opponents simultaneously, engaging in one-on-one duels. This created seven primary arenas across the entire yolk. Bai Xiaoyu observed the fiercely devouring small vortices one by one, noting that this round of battles caused significant damage to the yolk. He had to inject three potent doses of life essence solution and repair agents to barely stabilize it.

Only then did he turn his attention to the remaining 'lucky' small vortex, which had been left behind while others paired off.

In fact, this small vortex was rather lazy, moving only when absolutely necessary, resulting in far fewer devourings than the others. Thus, it was the weakest among the fifteen small vortices.

However, it had incredible luck. Even when it was right in front of them, the other vortices would inexplicably ignore it and target its neighbor instead.

Despite being the weakest, it had somehow survived all the way to the final round. It seemed like it was about to face an opponent and be devoured, but...

Bai Xiaoyu watched as the small vortex appeared drowsy, completely flattened out, and leisurely as if it wasn't facing a life-and-death battle.

The other battles gradually concluded, with six of the seven small vortices emerging victorious, their forms preserved perfectly. The only exception was one that, after a fierce battle, was left in tatters and on the verge of collapse.

With this vortex added, there were now eight, and they couldn't be emptied out anymore. Soon, the small vortices began selecting opponents again, and after a round of battles, the strongest six fought, leaving the battered small vortex once again paired with the lazy one.

It didn't end there; the next round followed the same pattern.

Finally, this small vortex faced its last, equally battered opponent. The opposing vortex was in such poor condition that the small vortex easily devoured it without much effort.

Bai Xiaoyu watched in silence as the small vortex claimed the entire yolk for itself.

This little guy had truly won by doing nothing.

After two hours of vortex battles, it was almost stream time. Bai Xiaoyu started the broadcast, and the viewers in the stream instantly became excited.

"Dog streamer, you're live finally! Are we cooking eggs today?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "We did that yesterday. In a few more days."

"Dog streamer, the batch of solutions sold at the pharmacy next to you yesterday wasn't mentioned in the stream. By the time I found out, it was too late. Are you putting it on the shelf today?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "I forgot."

Ever since expanding production required capital recovery, they decided to temporarily sell several types of solutions at normal prices in their star network pharmacy.

Yesterday's batch sold out instantly.

Many were already waiting, and even with a one-bottle purchase limit, the solutions were snapped up immediately.

Bai Xiaoyu had nearly 30 billion credits returned to him yesterday, but it was swiftly taken away by Lou Hao.

Hearing this, the viewers in the stream started freaking out. How could the dog streamer forget something so important?

Seeing their reactions, Bai Xiaoyu said, "Alright, I'll do a giveaway of 100 bottles of the strengthening nurturing essence in the stream as an apology and to celebrate my first student officially taking on the role of a caretaker, how about that?"

The stream viewers instantly became excited; this was fantastic news.

The various powers lurking here perked up. They had originally come to watch the newly graduated intern, but now there was a raffle as well. Although the probability of winning among the hundreds of billions of viewers in the live stream room was extremely low, it was still possible, wasn't it?

At this moment, Bai Qi’s expression darkened. The nurturing essence had caused several forces in Imperial Star, who previously ordered body-tempering enhancers from the Huang Family, to reduce their orders with him and shift their cooperation to Bai Xiaoyu.

Bai Qi was furious, but there was no need to rush. Bai Xiaoyu couldn’t provide large quantities of potions, and these forces mainly relied on the Huang Family for their supplies.

Moreover, he already had a plan to capture Bai Xiaoyu to breed these eggs mixed with Bug genes. What happened now wasn’t important. Once he captured Bai Xiaoyu and lured out the master alchemist behind him, everything would be his.

However, how to capture him was indeed a difficult problem. He would need to think carefully about it.

Two senior professors asked anxiously, "Breeder Bai, is Student Zhou not prepared yet?"

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the interns in the incubation room. Some had come to him, and the rest were with Zhou Miaomiao next door. Not long after he arrived, Zhou Miaomiao had also shown up.

Just as Bai Xiaoyu was about to explain, he noticed Zhou Miaomiao had come online, and her live stream room lit up. He then said, "She's here."

For the first time going live, the primary caretaker needed to co-broadcast with the deputy caretaker. The wall between them slowly retracted, revealing Zhou Miaomiao’s incubation room to everyone.

After a quick greeting, seeing Zhou Miaomiao’s nervousness, Bai Xiaoyu reassured her, "Don’t be nervous, Zhou. Just focus on the task at hand. You’ve trained long enough; now it’s time to put that knowledge into practice."

Zhou Miaomiao nodded. As an outstanding student from the Imperial Military Academy, she quickly got into the groove.

Everyone watched as her every move wasn’t like a traditional caretaker. Her technique in handling the eggs was identical to Bai Xiaoyu's.

The two professors were the most excited. From her technique, they could see that this student had truly learned something.

The various powers were also watching closely, their attention on the eggs Zhou Miaomiao was incubating. Whether these interns had truly mastered the skills would be evident in three months. They were already thinking about what conditions they could offer to recruit these students.

Not only them but also the royal family, a masked man, and even the headquarters of the Bug race in a magnificent palace were watching the live stream.

In the grand hall of the palace, numerous men and women with formidable auras watched Bai Xiaoyu and Zhou Miaomiao intently.

After a while, a male voice sounded, "Is this the person who purged the dark substances we Bug race had planted in those human cubs over the past millennium from their bodies? He looks very much to my liking."

The male voice came from below the royal seat, one of the twenty-four people present.

The person next to him said, "Your perverse tendencies should be kept in check. The emperor is still here. But this person does indeed have some skills. It’s said that he’s from the human royal family. He can handle treatments on his own, but now that he’s taken in so many students, it’s clear he intends to promote this."

A tall man with red hair scoffed, "Pfft, those from the human royal family are selfish and only care about appearances. I don’t believe they can produce someone like this. If you’re worried he might be a threat, just send someone to eliminate him. By the way, where’s Prince Jin? Why hasn’t he returned yet?"

A man with a calm demeanor, whose smile carried a soothing aura that stood in stark contrast to the many fierce individuals around him, spoke up. "Last time, someone snatched a fully formed Insect Crystal right before his eyes. He’s still venting his anger in the outer domains. I wonder who has the ability to almost drive our prince crazy."

Back with Bai Xiaoyu, unaware of some strange viewers, he and Zhou Miaomiao successfully completed the live stream.

After the broadcast, Bai Xiaoyu turned to Zhou Miaomiao and said, "You did very well today."

Zhou Miaomiao replied, "Thank you for the praise, Mentor. I will give my all to incubate these eggs from now on."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, and soon, his batch of eggs sent fluctuations through his mental energy threads.

He then focused on the middle egg, where the final devouring was about to begin.

As soon as his mental energy probed inside, he discovered there were still quite a few small vortices left, at least thirty or so.

He later found even more. In the middle of one small vortex, there were still quite a few remaining half or partial small vortices, all incomplete and surrounded by a small vortex.

Bai Xiaoyu, using his mental energy to sense them, confirmed that, like before, there were no spiritual fluctuations from these vortex fragments.

These vortex fragments were the remnants deliberately left behind by the small vortex after it devoured another one the previous night.

He had noticed it before—this strange small vortex had a persistent habit of collecting or storing fragments.

Whenever it devoured a small vortex, it would leave a portion behind, seemingly saving it for future devouring or storage.

However, each small vortex would completely dissolve within two days after its core was devoured.

So, this small vortex would always consume the vortex fragments that were about to dissolve and then hunt for new ones.

Now, it was repeating the process.

This small vortex was formidable, and in the next two hours, it reduced all the remaining vortices into fragments of various sizes, keeping them circled in the middle.

Originally, after this vortex war ended, this small vortex would have completely occupied the yolk and begun its development. But because it hadn’t fully devoured the other vortex fragments, the entire egg remained in its previous state.

However, Bai Xiaoyu wasn’t in a hurry. In at most two days, these vortex fragments would be completely devoured.

The small vortex in this egg seemed abnormal. It was uncertain whether the other eggs would behave more normally.

He didn’t have to wait long for the next egg to start devouring in the evening.

The small vortex inside this egg had slowly devoured until only sixteen remained.

However, what he saw inside revealed something he hadn’t seen before. One particularly strong vortex in the center seemed to be eyeing the surrounding vortices, ready to make a move, while all the other vortices retreated in fear, as if they were afraid of this vortex.

Bai Xiaoyu wasn’t surprised. He had noticed this vortex’s abnormality before, and it was a headache-inducing presence.

As the other vortices tried to avoid it, this vortex finally couldn’t hold back. It meticulously chose its target, eventually lunging at the most adorable vortex.

As soon as it moved, the other vortices became restless, and the chosen vortex tried to escape in the opposite direction.

The remaining vortices all shared a characteristic—they were extremely well-formed and were among the prettiest batch.

If he hadn’t witnessed it himself, Bai Xiaoyu wouldn’t have believed it. These beautifully shaped vortices were not only protected but also personally nurtured by the dominant vortex.

The first time he saw this unique vortex among many others that were devouring each other, it was protecting a beautiful vortex from others that wanted to consume it, driving them away or directly devouring them. It then moved the fragments of other vortices to feed this beautiful vortex.

Once it had raised the vortex to full strength and ensured no stronger threats were nearby, it moved on to find the next beautiful vortex.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as this vortex continued to search for other good-looking vortices, raising them one by one.

It was quite picky, selecting only fifteen out of countless vortices, and now all of them had grown up.

Bai Xiaoyu couldn’t understand why this vortex did this. Was it an extremely helpful vortex?

But seeing how brutally it devoured other vortices and even fed the pretty ones with sliced-up fragments of others, it didn’t seem to match the idea of being helpful at all.

Still, watching it search for and protect the good-looking vortices had been quite interesting.

What followed was even more unsettling. The vortex rushed toward one of the previously raised vortices, which had the cutest shape, resembling a star. It enveloped the vortex, gently caressing it with its swirling patterns, as if admiring its beauty. But in the next second, it began to dismember it, tearing it apart and consuming it.

After devouring it without a second thought, it immediately turned its attention to the next vortex.

Bai Xiaoyu watched in disbelief as the vortex devoured each of the vortices it had once fiercely protected, one after another. Finally, it seemed to move toward his mental energy threads, then nonchalantly occupied the yolk and began its development.

As he surveyed the three eggs that had completed their devouring, Bai Xiaoyu felt a headache beginning to form. He had hoped at least one of these little guys would be somewhat normal, but they were all increasingly brutal, which left him feeling increasingly overwhelmed.