Chapter 200

Chapter 200

These cubs are causing quite a ruckus; it looks like the Dragon Den will be bustling with activity from now on.

At this moment, the system spoke, "Congratulations, host, for successfully hatching one hundred and nine eggs and repairing and hatching thirty-seven beastman cubs. Each egg rewards 10,000 points, and since each egg's health and aptitude are rated excellent, you'll receive an additional 10,000 points per egg, totaling 1,460,000 points."

System: "Congratulations, host, for triggering and completing the hidden task of hatching the Twelfth Legion leader's eggs, successfully hatching thirteen dragon cubs, rewarding 1,300,000 points."

System: "Congratulations, host, for triggering and completing the hidden task of hatching the Bug race leader's eggs, successfully hatching thirteen bug cubs, rewarding 1,300,000 points."

System: "Congratulations, host, for triggering and completing the hidden task of the Twelfth Legion's deputy leader, rewarding 360,000 points."

System: "Congratulations, host, for your diligent efforts over the past year in hatching eggs, painstakingly nurturing each challenging egg, and successfully hatching 332 eggs. You are rewarded 2,000,000 points, one Xisui elixir refining instrument, and sixteen additional system storage slots."

System: "The total is 6,660,000 points, please check your rewards."

System: "Congratulations, host, for providing cultivation fluid to the breeding facilities of three thousand planets over the past three months, with daily egg hatching rewards being settled at midnight, please check your rewards."

System: "The Point Exchange Mall has been upgraded, refreshing three types of elixir refining instruments."

Bai Xiaoyu realized his system storage had doubled in size. Previously, he would occasionally gain an extra slot or two, but only very rarely, and he had given a small slot to Tao Limeng for research. So, he hadn't had many storage slots, only sixteen. Now they had doubled.

There was also the Xisui elixir refining instrument in the new slot. He had been checking the price of the refining instrument in the exchange mall every day, knowing it required fifty million points and six billion credits. Yet, the system had just given it to him for free.

Bai Xiaoyu was stunned by the system's unusual generosity; the rewards seemed overly generous this time.

When Bai Xiaoyu asked for more details, the system simply left him with a message to keep working hard before going silent.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the nearly thirty million points he had accumulated over this period, most of which came from the daily hatching of eggs at other breeding facilities. After calculating the increasing daily expenditure of points to extract Insect Crystals for Little Prince and Little Bai to help them grow, he realized that it would have taken another one or two months to reach the point exchange standard, and credits would also need to be slowly saved. But now, everything was within reach.

As he gazed at the Xisui elixir refining instrument now stored in his system grid, the worry lines on his forehead finally smoothed out.

With the Xisui elixir refining instrument available, he just needed to wait for the interns to finish their training and for the subsequent cultivation of Xisui grass to catch up.

Given a few more years, when the Xisui elixir became widely promoted and caretakers across the star system learned to remove dark substances, the future of eggs in the star system would gradually be freed from the influence of dark substances.

For now, everything seemed to be going according to plan.

He planned to hand over the Xisui elixir refining instrument to Tao Limeng. This refining instrument had higher grade and functions, and he hoped Tao could develop it as soon as possible.

As Bai Xiaoyu turned around, he found that besides Big Black, the two tiger cubs, and Little Prince Little Bai had also come over.

The little white tiger and little golden tiger jumped onto his shoulders, gently rubbing their tiger faces against his neck.

He couldn't help but stroke the tiger cubs when he heard the little golden tiger say, "Finally, all those guys have been sent away. Now Big Brother will have time to play with me."

The little white tiger didn't say anything but rubbed against Bai Xiaoyu more enthusiastically.

Little Prince looked at him with a strange expression, and Little Bai also looked confused.

Bai Xiaoyu reached out and pinched Little Prince and Little Bai's faces, "What's wrong?"

Little Prince slapped his hand away, "You're sending them out for training? But at least wait until their second evolution, right?"

Little Bai eagerly pushed his chubby face forward, letting Bai Xiaoyu pinch it as he nodded in agreement with Little Prince.

Little Prince: "..."

No matter what Bai Xiaoyu did, Little Bai always believed in him.

Bai Xiaoyu knew what the two cubs were referring to. "Those cubs, just like Little Prince Xiao Bao, have their own parents and belong to their own families. Right now, there's no place more suitable for them than the Dragon Den."

The Little Prince suddenly glanced at Bai Xiaoyu's not-so-muscular body, his eyes filled with understanding, and lightly hummed, "I understand."

But with them gone, this guy would have more time to accompany Little Tail, wouldn't he? As a member of the Bug Race with one of the twelve supreme leaders, his vitality was extremely strong. If he ever failed and passed away, they could just wait for the next awakening to take over.

Why should he worry about this guy?

Bai Xiaoyu knew he was being looked down upon by the little guy again and couldn't help but pinch the little prince's face a couple of times.

Having some rare free time, Bai Xiaoyu decided to follow them and observe their training.

The blood cubs were also training together. Upon seeing Bai Xiaoyu, they became excited, and soon, Bai Xiaoyu was covered in cubs.

It wasn't until the two tiger cubs and the two little princes pulled them off one by one that they finally started training after half an hour of playing around.

Standing next to Big Black Egg, Bai Xiaoyu watched as the once wobbly little white tiger, who used to control the little guy, now moved with agility and speed, fast enough to exchange a few moves with Big Black Egg.

The blood cubs were also working together seamlessly, their strength soaring, and when they teamed up with the little white tiger to fight the little prince who was in human form, they didn't fall behind for a time.

Without realizing, the little cubs had made quite a bit of progress, though...

Bai Xiaoyu turned his head to look at the little golden tiger on his shoulder, who was watching with disinterest and yawning from time to time, looking like a moving golden furry caterpillar.

He grabbed the back of the little golden tiger's neck, and immediately, the little golden tiger tucked in its four paws, looking at him pitifully, confused. "Brother, what's wrong?"

Bai Xiaoyu squinted his eyes and suddenly brought the cub in front of Big Black Egg. "Big Black, take him with you during training."

Big Black Egg was a bit reluctant but reached out to take him. "Alright, but Bai Bai needs to spend more time with me recently."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, and the little white tiger, the little prince, and Little Bai, all three cubs, stopped what they were doing, indicating that they could take good care of the little golden tiger as well.

Bai Xiaoyu chuckled and promised to throw a big feast to thank the cubs, which dispersed them.

Watching the cubs train and seeing their quiet progress when he was too busy to pay attention, he felt a sense of relief.

He spent the entire day with them and only handed the bone marrow potion refining instrument to Tao Limeng in the evening.

Seeing Tao Limeng excitedly climbing onto the refining instrument with tools in hand, knocking here and there, along with Mosen, who was mimicking his actions exactly, Bai Xiaoyu didn't disturb them and left.

As soon as he stepped out, he was stopped by an excited Zhou Miaomiao. She had been checking on the eggs of the deputy caretaker every day, and he could guess the reason for her excitement.

Before he could ask, Zhou Miaomiao blurted out, "Mentor, the eggs have started moving."

They had been worried that the eggs they were nurturing would only start moving in the later stages, like the eggs from other breeding centers. But now, just two months in, many of the eggs had started moving lively. This proved that the eggs were healthy and most of the dark substances had been expelled.

Bai Xiaoyu followed her and saw the wobbling eggs, he smiled slightly. "Very good, it seems the cubs inside the eggs are healthy. Keep up the good work."

Zhou Miaomiao nodded excitedly, too excited to sleep that night.

The next day, during the stream, the viewers saw that these eggs were noticeably more lively compared to the early stages of other breeding centers, similar to the eggs Bai Xiaoyu had nurtured previously. At this point, they could roughly tell the condition of the eggs. Such lively and healthy eggs—did it mean that these novice interns had learned from Bai Xiaoyu how to overcome the dark substances?

Originally, since Bai Xiaoyu wasn't streaming, the viewers who came to watch the streams of his two deputy caretakers occasionally caught sight of Bai Xiaoyu. They would shout out to him, but he always vanished without a trace. Now, they could finally catch a glimpse of him elsewhere.

Bai Xiaoyu greeted them and continued to focus on the eggs.

Throughout the entire incubation process, he hadn't done the work himself, only conducting daily inspections and offering guidance when the interns encountered difficulties. The entire process was independently carried out by them. Now, the cubs inside the eggs, though they hadn't achieved 100% expulsion, had reached 90%.

As he had guessed, this level was no longer affecting the cubs' forms inside the eggs. Upon inspection, he confirmed that the cubs inside the eggs followed the expected proportions for the three forms of birth.

He hadn’t tracked the statistics, but the dark substances in the eggs he personally cultivated were fully removed, leaving the eggs' potential and form intact. The body-refining potion further enhanced the cubs' physique and mental energy during the incubation period, also boosting their potential.

Currently, the deputy caretakers have removed ninety percent of the dark substances. The residual dark substances affect the cubs' physique, mental energy, and potential, but the body-refining potion also improves these three aspects, somewhat canceling each other out.

It's now confirmed that removing ninety percent of the dark substances doesn't affect the cubs' form, and eighty percent probably won't either. According to his guess, the risk starts between sixty to seventy percent removal. He believes the minimum threshold to maintain the cubs' original form lies somewhere between sixty to seventy percent removal.

Of course, this is just his speculation, and they'll need to wait for the specific data from other novice interns to be sure.

Ultimately, the higher the threshold of residual dark substances in the eggs, the more beneficial it is for eggs across the entire star system.

Because the interns here are among the top-tier in terms of potential and talent in the star system, and they possess the best knowledge and skills, for them to lower their standards by twenty to thirty percent should be achievable for ordinary caretakers.

As long as the original beast form is maintained, even if there are more dark substances in the body, they can still be gradually removed with body-refining potion after hatching.

The viewers in the stream watched as Bai Xiaoyu examined the eggs and couldn't help but ask, "Hey, dog streamer, what's the situation with these eggs? Will they turn out with perfect proportions?"

Zhou Miaomiao and many interns also looked over with expectation. Bai Xiaoyu smiled, "You guess."

Although there were jeers and people calling him a "dog streamer," many could tell from his obviously good mood and guessed the outcome, causing the stream to erupt in joy.

The two senior professors from the Imperial Military Academy laughed so hard their eyes nearly disappeared, gathering students from the potion and caretaker programs to watch.

At the same time, in the Bug Palace, the crowd saw the excited atmosphere in the stream and looked unimpressed.

"These humans think they’re finally cracking the millennia-old dark substance problem and are pretty pleased with themselves."

"Let them be happy for now. It won't be long before that happiness fades."

Meanwhile, after two days of rapid space jumps, the dragon clans had no trouble handling the fastest spatial jumps—even the newly born little Blood Fury Tyrant Dragon cubs caused mischief the whole time without getting sick or falling over. They remained energetic and lively by the time the aircraft reached its destination.

As the aircraft door opened, tall figures stepped out, each holding a dragon cub.

Suddenly, the entire planet echoed with a massive dragon roar.

Twenty-some struggling dragon cubs finally snapped out of it and, from hundreds of meters in the air, saw the densely packed large and small dinosaurs roaring upwards.

The dragon clan members brought the dragon cubs to the edge of the aircraft, "Greet your clan."

The little Blood Fury Tyrant Dragon cubs, hyped up by the deafening roars, couldn’t help but let out their own high-pitched dragon calls in response.

Though their voices were small, the dinosaurs across the planet heard them clearly, paused for a moment, and then roared even louder in excitement.

Some dinosaurs couldn’t resist and started chomping on each other’s heads, sparking sudden brawls.

As the little Blood Fury Tyrant Dragon cubs finished their greetings, the dragon general officers above nodded slightly and suddenly let go of the cubs' tails, dropping them from hundreds of meters in the air.

The dragon cubs were still hugging their large tails, free-falling, when Lü Fei excitedly shouted from the aircraft, "Wait for me!"

He jumped out and, the moment he left the aircraft, transformed into a ten-meter tall sub-adult dragon, plummeting straight down.

The dragon cubs who hadn't landed yet noticed the shadow above them, looked up, and saw the outstretched dragon tails.

For the first time, the dragon cubs landed on their bottoms, creating small craters, and quickly scrambled away. The next second, a large crater was smashed into the ground where they had been.

The dragon cubs stood firm and, amidst the smoke, saw Lü Fei shaking off the dust in his beast form, accompanied by over a dozen twenty to thirty-meter tall dragons of various colors and shapes. "Everyone, look! They are the mates we've been waiting for."

The dragons looked at the cubs, only as big as their toe, covered in dust and looking weak and pitiful, and excitedly snorted through their noses.

They looked like the weakest dragons in the den—perfect targets for anyone looking for an easy win during their cub stage.

Thus began the eventful life of the dragon cubs in the dragon den.