A Guide to Incubating Eggs in the Stars

by Usui Takumii

not mine, asia novel. Beware edited mtl and bl. Ongoing.

13. 109 to 118

Chapter 109

The three elders thought that if it weren't for the several days' journey required to get there, they would have rushed to Planet D36 right away.

However, since they hadn't made it in time, they could still sneak into the nursery later and find an opportunity to hold Eggie.

The three men exchanged glances and immediately rushed out.

As a result, because they all blocked the doorway, none of them wanted to let the others go first, so they ended up fighting again.

This time, they directly knocked the door off its hinges, leaving a large hole in the entrance. They didn't care and quickly took out their flying vehicles, disappearing in an instant.

The manager of the hotel tallied the damages for the nth time and sent the bill to the emails of the three clans.

As the three elders were rushing on their way while watching the live stream, getting increasingly agitated at the sight of the younger generation in the nursery, the three eggs were picked up by their parents.

The parents of the zombie egg and the mermaid egg were their direct blood relatives, so the enlightenment process should be straightforward. After greeting Bai Xiaoyu, they excitedly carried the eggs out, with two men in military uniforms naturally following along.

Xiao Yue, however, hesitated a bit. He also picked up his egg, and Ye Feng curiously touched it.

This egg had been in hibernation for over twenty years, hatching later than his mischievous kids. Moreover, with the entire mermaid clan present, he wasn't sure if the egg contained awakened mermaid blood.

Xiao Yue looked at the egg in his arms. Sensing Bai Xiaoyu's presence, the egg started wriggling restlessly, trying to roll towards him.

Xiao Yue was not surprised by the egg's reaction. He held it more securely and said, "Master Bai, since I am only Eggie's brother and we are from different races, the enlightenment might fail. If that happens, I'll have to trouble you and the mysterious alchemist."

The previous batch of parentless blood eggs was enlightened by that alchemist. Recently, Xiao Yue had interacted with those eggs quite a bit, and the hatchlings showed no issues typical of non-direct relatives performing the enlightenment. In fact, they seemed even stronger and smarter than other hatchlings of the same age.

He was just worried about the alchemist's advanced age and declining strength, so Xiao Yue cautiously asked, "Is... Master's health okay lately?"

Bai Xiaoyu, who was about to nod and speak, paused: "...Don't worry, he is fine. Just bring the hatchling over, and if the enlightenment fails, bring it back."

Xiao Yue left with the egg, encountering seven sneaky hatchlings. It was Ha Da and the others, who ran out together. The seven similar-looking huskies and wolf pups darted around the feet of the three adults. If not for their quick reflexes, they might have stepped on these mischievous little ones.

With an egg in his arms, Xiao Yue couldn't discipline them, making the hatchlings even more unruly. The other father, who was already doing well by not joining in the play, lacked the authority Xiao Yue had over the hatchlings.

Xiao Yue scolded the hatchlings and turned to the people behind him, saying, "Sorry, I didn't expect them to follow us secretly."

At this moment, Ye Feng had already caught four wolf pups. The hatchlings, having eaten half their eggshells and provided with nutrient fluid by Bai Xiaoyu, had grown significantly. One person couldn't carry so many hatchlings. The three husky pups kept dodging, leaving him helpless.

The woman following them looked at the hatchlings, her usually cold face softening slightly. "It's fine; hatchlings being playful is natural. Do you need help?"

Ye Feng nodded gratefully. "Thank you."

Ha Da and the others tilted their fluffy heads, their eyes rolling, thinking it wouldn't be easy to catch them... huh?

The viewers in the live stream watched as the three husky pups were swiftly subdued. The pups were completely immobilized in her arms, her slender hands exerting surprising strength, even surpassing their father Xiao Yue.

The viewers laughed at the subdued husky pups.

Bai Xiaoyu found the scene amusing. Mermaids were indeed stronger than zombies and mermaids, ranking among the most powerful races in the galaxy.

For the little huskies to escape from a mermaid's grasp would be quite difficult.

They soon arrived at a pool filled with various medicinal herbs, exuding a marine atmosphere yet retaining a childlike charm, resembling a Q-version of a colorful swimming pool for mermaids and mermaids.

This pool was specially designed for mermaid and mermaid eggs, with the herbs planted by Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie.

The eggs, naturally drawn to the ocean, spent their active time here daily, and the enlightenment would likely take place in the pool.

When Xiao Yue and the others arrived, one egg was already floating and diving in the pool, moving as gracefully as a fish. One of the parents, despite being a giant mountain bird in her beast form, moved with equal grace, her wet feathers causing no discomfort typical of avian beasts.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu knew the parent must have activated some mermaid bloodline, explaining why the egg exhibited signs of reverting to a mermaid. Even without activation, those with mermaid or mermaid blood would show such behavior.

For example, now, Xiao Yue, transformed into a large wolf, and the seven hatchlings were clumsily paddling and diving after the egg in the pool.

Feeling the long-lost marine scent, the two remaining adults joined in, playing with the hatchlings and the egg.

In an instant, two more swimmers joined, moving even more gracefully than the egg, their every movement exuding a unique beauty, like sea sprites.

The viewers in the live stream were mesmerized. Tao Limeng, who had managed to find time to watch the enlightenment, was equally captivated.

While others saw sea sprites, Tao Limeng saw human-shaped pearls and silk gauze.

Having studied these materials extensively, he had watched countless videos of mermaids and mermaids swimming, recognizing them instantly.

He rushed out, dragging Lou Hao, who was chatting with interns in the nursery.

Facing a bewildered Lou Hao, Tao Limeng straightened his clothes and hair, urging Lou Hao to do the same, then solemnly said, "It's time for you to stand by your brother."

Lou Hao pushed him away, "What are you doing? I just want to stab you."

Tao Limeng pulled Lou Hao, insisting, "Mermaids and mermaids are rare. You have to help me."

A man nearby, playing with the zombie egg, glanced over, wondering if they had been exposed.

With keen senses, they noticed his gaze simultaneously, and Tao Limeng froze.

Seeing his drooling expression, Lou Hao said, "Wipe your mouth before you embarrass yourself."

The man turned and followed the egg, and Tao Limeng tried to follow but was held back by Lou Hao.

Tao Limeng panicked, "Let me go, my zombie crystal is slipping away!"

Lou Hao: "..."

After some explanation, Lou Hao finally understood what was happening. He was equally surprised, but at this point, he couldn't run away even if he wanted to. Pulled onto the bandwagon by Tao Limeng, he decided to take various actions after his enlightenment to secure three rare materials.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as Lou Hao was dragged away. At this moment, he wasn't overly concerned. After all, he had just finished checking on the eggs, and the parents from the region were arriving one after another, taking their eggs out for enlightenment.

Then two more parents arrived, watching the melon egg dance around. They picked up the melon egg, carefully removing its root from the growing soil, and placed a small, pointed half-shell designed by Tao Limeng over it to protect the root before carrying it away.

Next came the egg that was round on top and square on the bottom. The two parents were equally excited. This egg always liked to stand on its head and was taken to the sunniest spot in the garden, where it stood upside down to bask in the sunlight.

The live stream audience was familiar with this egg because since it could move, they saw it every day standing on its head and rolling around with the round end. It would come out every day to bask in the sun.

When the egg was in the growing compartment, the square end was always at the bottom, but once it went outside, it would stand on its head. Moreover, the egg seemed to have a special fondness for the sun. After eating in the morning, if not for meal times, Bai Xiaoyu and his two assistants would have to find it because it could bask in the sun all day.

The live stream audience was very puzzled, but Bai Xiaoyu knew that the square end was a plant, and most plants love sunlight—it's an unchangeable nature of the creature inside the egg.

The parents nearby accompanied their young ones basking in the sun, following their habits until sunset, when the enlightenment could begin.

Bai Xiaoyu then sent off the warriors from the two opposing armies and the eggs, and finally, his gaze fell on the only two remaining eggs.

One of the eggs was the tentacle egg, and the other was the restless middle school egg, which had been watching other parents take their eggs away.

At this moment, Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie arrived to handle the tentacle egg.

The tentacle egg rolled out of the growing compartment, followed by a spherical companion from the same compartment.

The live stream audience was also interested in this giant egg, but since it was a private egg that Bai Xiaoyu had taken on, it appeared infrequently in the live stream. Moreover, this egg always brought along a moving toy ball, which changed size according to the egg's growth. So now, the egg, which was chest-high for an adult, had a toy ball of similar size.

Seeing the giant egg and its toy ball come out, everyone naturally guessed that the egg's parent had arrived. Unfortunately, the parent probably didn't have live streaming permissions, so the audience couldn't see them.

Without permission, they wouldn't be able to watch the enlightenment process either.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as the tentacle egg and the tentacle ball rolled out quickly, with the egg leading and the two parents chasing behind.

He could guess where the tentacle egg wanted to go—the forest behind, where a group of exceptionally plump animals were kept specifically for the tentacle and the egg.

Recently, the tentacles had started taking the tentacle egg out hunting.

Bai Xiaoyu wasn't worried because both Dahei and Bai Kan were there, ensuring that the tentacles wouldn't cause any trouble. Xiao Dian was also there, recently starting to practice catching prey to hone his claws and hunting skills.

Finally, only one egg remained, which was constantly calling out to Bai Xiaoyu.

"Where did all these eggs go?"

"Why isn't anyone coming to get me?"

"Answer me! You've been ignoring me for so long. I'm getting angry. I'll punish you, punish you..."

Bai Xiaoyu rubbed his forehead, "Didn't I tell you to wait? Can I take you now, oh great interstellar super invincible emperor?"

The young one inside the egg didn't respond immediately, humming after a few seconds, "It's not impossible. I'll forgive you this time, but next time, you need to be quicker. By the way, why are you here to get me? Shouldn't it be... who was it?"

Bai Xiaoyu picked up the egg and gently tapped it, "I'm your brother; it's normal for me to take you. Don't you like it?"

The little tiger inside the egg, already growing a layer of light golden fur, wrapped its paws around its tail, its ears twitching slightly, and the two tiny tentacles on its head wiggling happily, "Who... who said I like it? As for you picking me up, His Majesty approves."

Bai Xiaoyu chuckled, "Then let's go, Your Majesty."

The live stream audience saw Bai Xiaoyu holding the egg and became curious, "Streamer, what are you doing? Aren't you waiting for the egg's parent?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "The parent can't make it due to something else. I'll take him to the potion master for enlightenment. You can freely watch the other eggs' enlightenment, but my view will be blocked."

Amidst a chorus of "dog streamer," Bai Xiaoyu activated his personal visual block, and instantly his view disappeared. Not only that, he and the egg vanished from the audience's sight.

Bai Xiaoyu held the egg, and the young one inside began directing the route. After wandering aimlessly, they arrived at the forest behind the breeding facility. A strong scent of blood wafted through the air, and upon approaching, they found a pile of prey with the tentacle egg buried in it, covered in red.

A thick, dark blue tentacle about the size of an adult's thigh guarded beside the egg, while Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie watched with furrowed brows. Since the tentacles started taking the egg out hunting, it could directly absorb parts of the animals without needing complete conversion through the tentacles.

Dahei and the metal egg, sensing Bai Xiaoyu's arrival, rushed over quickly. Even Xiao Dian, who was hunting, dragged a struggling, much larger fat chicken over and placed it at Bai Xiaoyu's feet, rubbing against his leg and making soft whimpers.

At this moment, the little tiger inside the egg bristled, its tail straightened, and it began to snarl, "Why are these three always here? Let's leave!"

Bai Xiaoyu tapped the struggling egg, "Since we're here, there's no rush to leave."

At this moment, the two tigers also showed hostility towards the egg in Bai Xiaoyu's arms, especially when they saw it wanting to leave. The little tiger similarly began to snarl.

The little tiger inside the egg didn't back down, and thus both sides began roaring through the eggshell.

Suddenly, a large black dot resembling an eyeball appeared at the tip of the tentacle. Almost instantly, it coiled around the egg and darted into the forest.

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Just as the tentacle was fleeing, it was almost immediately intercepted by the Big Black Egg.

Seeing the Big Black Egg blocking its path, the black dot at the tip of the tentacle, resembling an eyeball, trembled. A White Tiger?

At this moment, the tentacle instantly burst into layers of fine, wriggling fur, placing the tentacle egg behind it. The entire tentacle arched as if, were it not for the instinct to protect the egg, it would have attacked long ago.

At this time, the metal egg also surrounded from another direction, and Little One moved forward, blocking the third direction.

Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie followed Little One almost simultaneously. Among the three, Little One had the weakest combat strength and was likely to become a weak point, so they chose to come over here.

Only Bai Xiaoyu was the slowest. He was carrying an egg and panting heavily to catch up with everyone. By the time he arrived, he saw the already formed encirclement.

Bai Xiaoyu took a moment to catch his breath before turning to look at the tentacle, naturally noticing the black dot at its tip. The black dot, which had disappeared for a month and a half, had reappeared. Upon reappearing, it wanted to take away the tentacle egg that was due to hatch in about ten days. If not for Big Black's timely reaction, the tentacle might have already carried the egg far away, out of their monitored safe area. Chasing after it then would not only be troublesome but also expose them to the outside world.

The tentacle was now extremely agitated, being surrounded by three White Tigers, making it impossible to break through and leave with the egg.

Meanwhile, on another planet, a deep blue mass the size of a small elephant suddenly exploded, all its tentacles lashing out fiercely at everything around it.

He had always wanted to know what had happened to one of his main tentacles, which had been continuously converted and absorbed nutrients. At first, even energy was being drained, causing it to face degeneration and weakening, a situation where mental connection was impossible. Recently, however, the tentacle's nutrition had suddenly caught up, and it had even evolved.

The only thing that could cause such an effect was insect crystals.

In fact, when the main tentacle sensed the insect crystals, he had also felt it.

But at that time, the mental force carrying the aura of the Emperor was still nearby. Even if he knew what was happening there, his instinct forced him to forcibly suppress the connection to that tentacle.

Now, that mental force had grown weaker over the past few days, as if severely injured, and no longer issued commands to him every day, controlling him to do this and that.

Until today, that mental force suddenly vanished, and he knew the opportunity had come.

He felt inexplicably excited and almost immediately connected his mental force to that main tentacle. When he discovered that his main tentacle was guarding an egg, he felt an intense regret at that moment. A voice inside him sighed, "Little Tail has grown so much, I've missed too much of Little Tail's growth."

Then, sensing the fluctuations within the egg, he couldn't help but want to bring this egg back to his side.

This egg is mine, mine!

But he didn't expect that there would be three White Tigers guarding it. His main tentacle was no match for these White Tigers.

The tentacle became increasingly agitated. Normally, if a tentacle could fight, it would; if it couldn't, losing a tentacle wasn't a problem, as he could grow another one in the same spot.

Now, with an egg in tow, the deep blue mass became even more agitated. A single main tentacle facing three White Tigers, he could do nothing!

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the black dot tentacle, which, despite past conflicts, had later coexisted harmoniously with them. What was going on? After some time apart, why did it now treat them like strangers?

Especially when faced with three of them, its reaction was even more intense than the first time they met.

Bai Xiaoyu placed the egg on the ground. The egg was a bit unhappy but also very curious, rolling forward and even transmitting a thought to Bai Xiaoyu: "Your Majesty wants to watch the commotion, hurry up and follow."

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "Don't get too close, the black dot tentacle has consciousness and is very fierce."

A little tiger paw reached out, baring its teeth, "I'm fiercer."

Seeing that the egg was obedient and did not enter the encirclement, Bai Xiaoyu stepped forward, looking at the black dot at the tip of the tentacle, which was hostile to everyone around it. He suddenly spoke, "Egg is undergoing enlightenment today. Missing this enlightenment will greatly affect its future. And in a short while, Egg will hatch. Where do you plan to take Egg? Can you incubate it?"

The black dot at the tip of the tentacle suddenly turned to stare at Bai Xiaoyu, then looked at the egg, confused.

Because he indeed couldn't, his kind didn't have an eggshell on the outside.

What is enlightenment for the egg?

The only thing he understood was hatching; the egg was about to hatch, about to hatch!

The black dot at the tip of the tentacle suddenly trembled, and the deep blue mass of tentacles on the other end began to swing excitedly.

Soon, the black dot at the tip of the tentacle stopped trembling. His egg was about to hatch, how could he not be there?

Since he couldn't take the egg away, he would go to it, and he must arrive before the egg hatched.

At this moment, the deep blue mass sensed the aura of the Emperor again, faint and weak, but purer than before.

The deep blue mass abruptly cut off the mental connection, and the black dot at the tip of the tentacle on the other side disappeared simultaneously.

The tentacle, restored to its original state, quickly returned with the egg to the pile of animals it had dragged back, and the tentacle egg continued to feed.

Seeing the tentacle now calmly guarding the egg, Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie both breathed a sigh of relief.

After the tentacle egg and the tentacle had eaten their fill and been fed insect crystals, the tentacle stayed by the side without disturbing the interaction between the egg and its two parents.

Qi Yanhuan and Qin Lie transformed into their beast forms, instantly becoming a large wolf and a similarly tall rabbit, playing with the tentacle egg.

The egg clearly enjoyed its parents' current forms, bouncing back and forth between the wolf and the rabbit, a happy family scene.

Then, the large wolf brought a plump prey, and the big rabbit found the tenderest grass cluster. Under the watchful eyes of the tentacle, the egg absorbed a little more.

Soon, the silver-gray wolf tried to nuzzle the egg, and the satisfied egg did not refuse...

But the tentacle finally couldn't resist and rushed forward, quickly flattened by the Big Black Egg.

With no further interference, the enlightenment of the tentacle egg went smoothly.

After the tentacle egg completed its enlightenment, Bai Xiaoyu looked at the curious egg surrounding the wolf-rabbit family and walked over. "What do you want to play?"

The little tiger inside the egg rubbed its paws and asked, "Can I play whatever I want?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "Today, you can."

The little tiger immediately perked up, pointing to three different spots with its little paws, "Then make those three guys move far away, I don't want to see them at all."

Bai Xiaoyu took a deep breath and agreed. Then he coaxed the three away one by one, which made Dandan extremely smug. He didn't realize that he was gaining increasing animosity from the three.

After discovering that all the annoying guys had left, the little tiger inside the egg wagged its tail happily. "I forgot what it feels like to ascend the throne. Next, I will ascend the throne; you arrange for my subjects to come and pay homage."

A slight twitch appeared on Bai Xiaoyu's forehead, but he consented.

Soon, a crowned Dandan stood on a flat, large rock, with about ten five- or six-year-old kids standing below, each holding a small stick, bowing in unison: "Long live the Emperor, may you reign for ten thousand years!"

In the front row were two toothless younglings, their speech slurred as they spoke. Behind them, Dandan was unsatisfied with only human and half-beast younglings, so Bai Xiaoyu used his mental power to bring pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, and ducks, which also began to bleat and cluck along.

The scene was lively for a moment.

Seeing this 'prosperous era,' Dandan was finally satisfied.

The subsequent enlightenment went smoothly as well. Unlike when Bai Qing and Feng Shuang'er both failed their enlightenments, now the spirit inside the egg was complete, and it was within its original body, guided and adjusted by Bai Xiaoyu's mental power for a long time, naturally succeeding at once.

Originally, the little tiger inside the egg had only two small mental tendrils, but after enlightenment, five more grew, almost matching Little Bit.

After completing the enlightenment, Bai Xiaoyu took Dandan back. The breeding facility already had many eggs that had completed their enlightenment and been returned by their parents.

Bai Xiaoyu checked each egg one by one and placed them in the culture solution.

By evening, Melon Egg, who had successfully enlightened while basking in the sun, was returned. Now only one merman egg remained.

Not long after, Xiao Yue also returned with the merman egg. Usually calm, he couldn't help but show his joy, "Breeder Bai, I helped the egg enlighten successfully."

Bai Xiaoyu was also happy for him and congratulated him. Previously, seeing him and the seven others enjoying swimming in the pool like fish, he had guessed that his success rate would be higher, so it wasn't surprising.

With all the enlightenments completed, the parents left reluctantly one by one.

Three people of rare races walked last. Just outside the door, they saw two women in puffy dresses. One covered her face and walked stiffly, arms and legs moving awkwardly, while the other strutted confidently in high heels, with long red curly hair tied into two pigtails that swung back and forth as she walked. Her face was adorned with at least two centimeters of black eyeliner, rosy cheeks, and fiery red lips.

Seeing the three, she gently stroked her hair and blew them a kiss, "Brothers and sisters, want to fall in love?"

The three: "..."

Bai Xiaoyu and the others, who also witnessed this scene: "..."

It was dark, and the wind was strong. Who was this demon?

Among the three, the men from the zombie and merman races were pushed back a few steps by this scene, but the woman from the mermaid race actually raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, and lifted the 'beauty's' chin, saying, "Interesting."

Everyone looked at this previously cold beauty in shock, not expecting her taste to be so... unique?

Tao Limeng, seeing someone take the bait, especially the one he had the least hope for, even abandoned his male form to dress as a woman to mainly target the other two, but ended up hooking Xiaoxia.

Tao Limeng, speaking in a delicate voice, led the other away, "Let's chat under the moonlight."

He actually wanted to say, let the other bring more Xiaoxia, so they would have more topics to talk about. But revealing his true intentions too early wasn't a good idea.

Lou Hao was dumbfounded. Were mermaids' tastes really so low these days?

He turned to look at the remaining two, trying to throw a seductive glance, but the two quickly fled, disappearing in an instant.

Bai Xiaoyu, guessing the situation, patted Lou Hao on the shoulder, "Good job, go back and change now. There are many eggs and younglings here; don't scare them at night."

The interns laughed until their bellies hurt, and Lou Hao ran back in panic.

The next day, a new cargo spaceship arrived. This time, the tentacles didn't wait for the livestock to come out; they rushed in.

Soon, the livestock disappeared, leaving only impurities behind.

These ecological containers were quickly taken away by the remaining spacecraft, returning to their livestock planet, where robots cleaned the containers and collected the feces inside.

At this moment, a deep blue mass sensed the royal mental energy gradually recovering, suddenly feeling a sense of crisis. The huge black spot on the round body stared in a certain direction, determined to rush over before the egg hatched.

Meanwhile, Old Qi looked at the sleeping Bai Qi. Although there were some unexpected incidents during the surgery, everything ended well. Now, he just needed to wait for Bai Qi to wake up and see how things were.

What worried him most now was not Bai Qi but the restless insect prince. After all, this was the time when his control over him was weakest, hoping nothing would go wrong.

Just then, a huge explosion came from the east side of the laboratory.

Old Qi immediately contacted the head of the guards, "What happened?"

The other's voice was filled with fear, "That deep blue experimental subject went crazy today for no reason. All the drugs and anesthesia didn't work; it destroyed two laboratories in a row and broke out. We can't stop it!"

Indeed, his greatest concern had come true. Old Qi glanced at the still unconscious Bai Qi and gave the order, "At any cost, we must recapture this experimental subject. Deploy the ER series warriors and use the latest anesthetic rounds."

The entire base sprang into action, batches of ordinary-looking warriors rushing to the explosion site.

The warriors carried black-purple energy cannons and soon surrounded the frenzied mass, firing countless rounds from all directions at the deep blue tentacles.

After three hours of continuous attacks, the deep blue mass finally bled profusely, losing many tentacles, and could no longer support itself, collapsing with a loud thud.

Old Qi, looking at the recaptured insect prince, relaxed. He directed the guards to secure the prince and then went to the confinement area, examining the prince's current state and the pile of broken tentacles collected.

The research materials from the previous attempt were now sufficient.

Old Qi stared at the barely alive prince for a long time. The prince had resisted before, usually waking up quickly. Was the newly developed anesthetic too potent?

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but the prince seemed weaker just now.

As Old Qi was pondering and preparing to study the injured prince, a cargo spacecraft unloaded its live cargo under the cover of night, as per the usual client request, without lingering. A few people boarded the spacecraft and quickly left the planet.

None of them knew that, as they unloaded the short-term ecological containers and recovered the empty ones, a basketball-sized deep blue mass had slipped inside.

After a day of flight, the spacecraft returned to their home planet, a popular livestock planet in the galaxy.

At this moment, the planet received another order, from D36. Although this planet was far away, it had been placing orders almost every few days for the past month, with the number of live livestock required increasing each time, making it a very stable customer.

A deep blue mass lay exhausted; shedding its entire shell was an extremely energy-intensive and life-draining process, one the Prince would rarely use unless absolutely necessary. Having used it this time, he would be unable to do so again for a century if faced with mortal danger.

Now, severely weakened, the Prince shrank into a small ball and quickly fell into a deep sleep. As he slept, his body automatically secreted a layer of mucus that masked his life signs. When the robots came to clean, they mistook this soft, sticky lump for animal droppings and swept it away.

Only when it was collected and mixed with other feces and fed into the appropriate machinery did it become clear that it could not be separated. It ended up in the substandard biofertilizer, which was then poured onto the outermost pasture, the easiest to cultivate.

The deep blue mass remained motionless, basking in the sun for two days. On the third day, as more substandard impurities and residues were scattered over him by the robots, a familiar scent within the pungent odor roused the sleeping mass.

The deep blue mass stirred slightly, and a black dot, like an eye, appeared on its previously translucent, round body. The black dot moved across the body and finally stopped in the direction of some nearby debris. The familiar scent inside the debris quickly woke the mass, though normally a Prince of the insect race would need to sleep for at least half a month, or even longer, after using this ability.

Now, the mass shook itself awake, and the mucus covering its body peeled off like a gossamer veil.

Soon, countless translucent tentacles appeared around it, each picking up the impurities and debris.

The blue mass suddenly twitched, as if sensing something, and slowly moved forward.

Ahead, a spacecraft was being loaded and was about to depart. It was from this spacecraft that the mass sensed the familiar scent.

But by the time the tentacles reached out, the spacecraft had already taken off.

The deep blue mass leaped up, but in its weakened state, it could only jump a meter high.

Watching the rising spacecraft, the mass leaped repeatedly, unwilling to give up.

Just as the spacecraft was about to initiate its jump, a giant eagle swooped down from the sky, its eyes fixed on the mass. It dived sharply, its sharp talons grabbing the poor Prince and tossing him around in various shapes.

Enraged, the deep blue mass attacked the eagle with its blue tentacles as the eagle flew over the spacecraft. The eagle, feeling pain in its talons, quickly released its grip.

The mass crashed onto the large spacecraft just as it initiated a spatial jump. Nearly flattened by the spatial storm, it clung tightly to the spacecraft with all its tentacles.

When the jump ended and the compressed mass recovered, it moved toward the cargo hold at the back of the spacecraft, gradually widening a gap and slipping inside.

Inside the cargo hold, a man was patrolling. The deep blue mass took advantage of his distraction and quickly darted onto an ecological container.

The man paused, having been engrossed in conversation with his companion and not paying much attention. He thought he had seen something fly past just now, but seeing the robots continue their work and no alarms sounding, he dismissed it as a hallucination from lack of sleep.

After the spacecraft completed its spatial jump and resumed its flight, the severely weakened mass, unable to find what it was looking for, began to attack the live livestock inside the container.

Meanwhile, a dozen spacecraft landed on the livestock planet, and a group of fully armed, aggressive people soon turned the planet upside down.

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This group even brought detection equipment, leaving no corner of the planet unexplored, meticulously scanning every inch.

But they found nothing and gathered all the staff for thorough questioning.

They didn't dare to ask too specifically, but in the end, their inquiries yielded nothing.

In fact, this group also wanted to find the planet's owner, hoping to access the recent records of cargo spacecraft, including which planets the spacecraft had visited and the specific addresses of clients—information that should not be disclosed.

Previously, because they arrived so suddenly, the planet's owner was caught off guard, but now with such an outrageous request, he was instantly enraged.

However, since they dared to act this way, there must be a powerful force backing them. But their planet wasn't to be trifled with either; who doesn't have connections behind them?

The planet's owner then directly sought help, eventually reporting to the master behind the scenes.

Not long after, one of the Huang family's herb base planets was also suddenly disrupted.

This highly popular livestock planet, like many other specialty planets with unique features, had already been largely divided among various forces. These forces generally knew who was behind each planet.

To suddenly move against someone else's planet would naturally not be taken lightly by those in charge. Especially among the royal offspring, such actions were tantamount to a direct declaration of war.

Thus, while Bai Qi was still asleep, this time they provoked another member of the royal family.

At this moment, Old Qi was staring at a mass the size of a small elephant. Since two nights ago, when the insect prince suddenly lost his life force.

When he saw it, he could hardly accept it. After all, the prince's vitality was extremely strong; if such a level of combat and medication could bring him down, the insect princes wouldn't have so many terrifying legends in the interstellar battlefield.

But after repeated tests, he finally confirmed that this mass had no signs of life. Not only that, but the limb parts of a prince collected by the royal family, which had been studied for over a thousand years, still retained activity and formidable offensive power. Now, after being hit by anesthetic darts and various suppressants, this once formidable mass was beginning to melt!

Old Qi held a tentacle, which was continuously softening and dripping a thick, semi-transparent, semi-solid liquid. This liquid was highly corrosive, capable of eroding the ground into pits. Even with specially designed gloves, Old Qi began to see smoke after just a short contact.

Old Qi quickly took off his gloves and watched as the originally small-elephant-sized mass gradually collapsed, becoming a puddle of a translucent, unidentified substance.

He had been tricked!

He naturally didn't know that from the moment the insect prince fell into a deep sleep, the outer shell, having lost its mental control, had been stripped of most of its essence and thus turned into a lifeless mass. At this point, even studying this mass would yield nothing. It couldn't be stopped from melting and would slowly evaporate in an unsealed space.

As Old Qi faced this mass, helpless and furious, a deep blue, translucent mass was chasing a cow inside an ecological container.

An ecological container in the interstellar age is essentially a mini-farm, much larger than ordinary containers before the apocalypse. Inside, various animals have their own living spaces, food, air, water, artificial sunlight, and soil, ensuring that the animals remain lively and fresh for up to a month without affecting their taste.

When Bai Xiaoyu first saw it, he was amazed and even went in for a tour.

Now, the deep blue mass was chasing the strongest, fattest, and most nutritious cow.

In the past, even if the cow was a hundred meters away, he could easily pull it over and drain it dry with a single tentacle. Now, reduced to the size of a basketball, his tentacles were only as thick as thumbs and barely half a meter long. He could only jump about a meter high and, before entering here, had used up most of his remaining energy. Now, facing the charging cow, he could only watch its rear end and crawl after it.

But he just couldn't catch up! Couldn't catch up! Couldn't catch up!

Unable to catch the cow, he shifted his target to a nearby sheep. The result...

He tried pigs... geese... chickens... ducks...

Finally, the deep blue mass lay on the ground, watching the livestock run away, finding it incredibly difficult to get a meal.

Seeing his originally round, basketball-sized body slowly deflating, he noticed that a chicken had been stepped on and squashed, either by a frightened cow or sheep.

The deep blue mass happily rolled over and looked at the flattened chicken, which had almost no life force left. In the past, he would have ignored such a meal, but now he used all his tentacles to happily pluck the feathers...

With the feathers in the way, absorption was difficult. The interstellar animals were large, and even after plucking the feathers, the chicken was still two to three times larger than the mass.

The deep blue mass climbed onto the chicken, and soon only some impurities and residue were left on the ground.

This small meal provided a bit of energy, and the deep blue mass set its sights on other prey. Now, he deeply realized his current strength and decided to ambush his targets.

Even ambushing was difficult, but he had to eat and recover as much as possible; otherwise, he couldn't go find his egg.

Two days passed as he hunted with his tentacles. Now, the deep blue mass was viciously feeding on a sheep.

After this meal, he planned to leave and search for his egg. But just as he finished, he sensed a faint connection with the main tentacle.

Since transforming, the deep blue mass had been unable to establish a mental link with the main tentacle. Mental links required energy from both sides, and he hadn't reached the minimum threshold. That's why he had been chasing these prey so hard.

But this faint connection was fleeting and broke again.

The deep blue mass's tentacles exploded outward, and he quickly finished the sheep before darting toward the cow he had initially chased.

Just as he was about to grab the cow's leg, the startled cow kicked him away, and the deep blue mass tumbled into the grass.

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoyu was feeling a headache as the tentacle egg became increasingly restless after enlightenment.

Shortly after enlightenment, the tentacle egg and the tentacle began to act up, even trying to break out.

It was late at night, and Bai Xiaoyu naturally wouldn't let them run outside. In the end, he fed them insect crystals, which they ate, but they continued to demand to go out.

The large tentacle couldn't communicate, so Bai Xiaoyu used his mental energy to probe inside the tentacle egg. Inside, the youngling had grown, with a chubby little face and short, fat limbs. All the tentacles surrounded the youngling, filling the massive egg, which was nearly as tall as his shoulders and wide enough for two people to barely encircle. Upon sensing Bai Xiaoyu, they all gathered around.

This time, they didn't play and cuddle as usual but instead anxiously darted around his mental threads.

Bai Xiaoyu was puzzled. What was going on?

He probed the youngling's forehead, where a chubby, short mental tentacle was frantically waving. He gently touched the small tentacle and immediately received the youngling's thoughts: "Pain, pain, pain..."

Bai Xiaoyu frowned and asked, "Little one, where does it hurt?"

Worried that the youngling might not understand, he used other mental threads to touch different parts of the youngling's body, asking. The youngling then pointed to every part of its body and its tentacles with all its tentacles. His mental energy continued to receive the youngling's thoughts: "Everything hurts."

Bai Xiaoyu was alarmed, thinking something was wrong with the youngling, but after checking the entire body, he found no issues.

When the young one couldn't explain what was wrong, he just looked at it as if it was in real pain, even convulsing from the agony. He had tried many pain relief measures, but none of them worked. He was also a bit confused; if the young one's body had no issues, why was it in such pain? Could there be something in its body that he hadn't detected?

Fortunately, not long after, the young one returned to its normal state. This time, it didn't cry out in pain, and its tentacles weren't flailing around. Instead, the young one's telepathic message changed to "Save me..."

Bai Xiaoyu asked, "Save what?"

In the next second, the young one's tentacles all pointed toward the direction of the large tentacle. Bai Xiaoyu looked at the large tentacle, which seemed to have no problems. Could the young one be referring to the main body of this tentacle?

But he didn't even know where the main body of the tentacle was, so even if he wanted to help, he was powerless.

Since that night, Tentacle Egg and Tentacle Day had been causing trouble, but things had calmed down a bit over the past two days.

He stopped Egg from going out, "It's too late now. The live prey in the forest has been hunted almost to exhaustion by you two over the past few days. New prey will be delivered tomorrow, and I'll take you out then."

The next morning, after checking on the young ones, Bai Xiaoyu was about to leave with Big Black Egg and the others when he saw Lou Hao and Tao Limeng.

Lou Hao was laughing and trying to console someone, but Tao Limeng behind him looked increasingly dejected, like someone who had just experienced a breakup.

Seeing his state, Bai Xiaoyu asked Lou Hao, "What's wrong? Has he not recovered yet?"

Lou Hao nodded, his voice tinged with amusement and a hint of schadenfreude, "Yes, he still can't let go."

At that moment, Tao Limeng suddenly looked over with a resentful expression, "Ah, the silk gauze I was about to get!"

Even Bai Xiaoyu couldn't help but want to laugh at this.

The big tiger from the metal egg was rolling on the ground in laughter.

The story was simple: that night, Tao Limeng had taken advantage of the darkness to take the mermaid clan member into the woods to feed the mosquitoes.

They didn't know the details, but the next day, Tao Limeng was in this state, complaining that he had been used and discarded, and that his twenty-three years of virginity had not earned him even a piece of silk gauze.

The information was overwhelming, and no one had expected such an outcome.

Tao Limeng would only act normally when he entered the lab; otherwise, he was always like this, constantly talking about the silk gauze.

Ignoring the two people laughing unscrupulously, Tao Limeng continued to grumble, "It's really unfair. I've exhausted all my efforts, and I still didn't get a fingernail-sized piece of silk gauze…"

Bai Xiaoyu smiled, watching Lou Hao lead Tao Limeng away while laughing like a pig. At that moment, his optical brain received a notification that the live prey he had ordered was about to arrive.

Now, with Tentacle Egg and the large tentacle hungry for breakfast, the timing was perfect for their delivery.

He opened the order and saw that the transport ship carrying the live prey had already entered the planet's outer space. If everything went well, it would land in fifteen minutes.

Usually, Bai Xiaoyu wouldn't rush to let the large tentacle and Tentacle Egg go hunting, but...

He turned to look at the suddenly agitated tentacle and Egg, and led them to the designated location.

Upon arriving at the designated spot, Bai Xiaoyu and Tentacle Egg reached the location, while Big Black Egg and the others hid nearby.

As time passed, Bai Xiaoyu noticed that Tentacle Egg's reactions were getting stronger, and the hidden large tentacle kept trying to rush out, only to be flattened into a green, elongated blanket by Big Black Egg and the others.

Soon, a spacecraft appeared overhead, and Tentacle Egg suddenly stopped moving.

The spacecraft landed quickly, and as soon as it did, Tentacle Egg started rolling toward the cargo hold at the back of the spacecraft.

The staff members who emerged from the spacecraft were startled to see the giant egg, worried that it might cause damage. They looked at Bai Xiaoyu, "Breeder Bai, should we stop this egg? What if it gets damaged?"

Bai Xiaoyu gave them a reassuring look, "It's fine. Its shell is very hard."

The staff member replied, "That's good to know. We'll start unloading the cargo immediately."

Bai Xiaoyu watched as the egg collided with the cargo hold and then the eco-container, becoming more agitated. When the staff members were about to open the eco-container for inspection, he called out to stop them, "No need to inspect the cargo. Leave the container as it is, and you can return when the next batch arrives."

The staff members nodded in agreement. Most clients didn't have the space to store the eco-containers, so they often left them behind. This regular client had even requested the removal of the surveillance inside the containers after the last delivery. Privacy was highly valued among interstellar beings, and this wasn't the first time they had received such a request.

They would comply with these requests, but they wouldn't be responsible for any issues that arose.

After reiterating this, they operated the spacecraft and left.

Shortly after they departed, Big Black Egg, the metal egg, and the smallest white tiger simultaneously blocked Bai Xiaoyu's path. Tentacle Egg was still ramming the container, and a deep blue, flattened blanket-like object moved toward them.

At that moment, a faint sound came from inside the container. Compared to the louder noises, this sound was more like a wave.

Hearing this, the white tiger immediately extended its claws, bared its teeth, and growled at the container.

Bai Xiaoyu, who had full access to the container, seeing how hard Tentacle Egg was struggling, used his mental power to pull it back.

Then, he probed inside with his mental power but found nothing unusual. Finally, with a strange expression, he opened the container door, and a lump fell out with a thud.

At that moment, the creature, which had been squeezed into a bizarre shape, finally saw the light of day.

However, it quickly regained its form, and soon a basketball-sized, round mass appeared before everyone.

Everyone present, including the eggs and the beasts, was speechless.

The deep blue mass, upon regaining mobility, bounced up a meter high and rolled toward the position of Tentacle Egg.

It seemed to forget everything around it, the trembling black dot on its round body focused solely on the egg.

Egg, I'm here~~~

Just as it was about to touch Tentacle Egg, it was poked by Bai Xiaoyu's mental power with the same force he used to stop the large tentacle. The mass immediately flipped backward, rolling several times.

Bai Xiaoyu: "…."

Was this really the main body of the large tentacle, the insectoid prince who, despite being in a juvenile form, was supposed to be much stronger than Tentacle Egg? How could it be knocked over so easily? He still couldn't believe that this creature, rumored to be extremely fierce, was so weak. Even now, he was holding Tentacle Egg back firmly.

The deep blue mass continued to move forward, regardless of being poked and flipped several times, and finally realized that there were three white tigers around!

His entire body erupted with tentacles, as if he was trying to expand his form and intimidate the surrounding enemies with a show of force.

But even when he expanded to his maximum, he still didn't match the size of the tentacle egg.

Once again knocked over, the deep blue mass seemed to sense something. The black dot, resembling an eye, struggled to shift its gaze from the tentacle egg and looked at Bai Xiaoyu.

They locked eyes, engaging in a silent confrontation. The deep blue mass even tried to use its exaggerated tentacles to suppress Bai Xiaoyu's aura.

At this moment, the large black egg, the metal egg, and the little one all took a step forward.

The deep blue mass's tentacles trembled, and soon the black dot turned back to Bai Xiaoyu. A small mouth opened on the main body of the deep blue mass, and it began to swell.

Bai Xiaoyu narrowed his eyes. Was it going to attack?

He watched as the small mouth of the deep blue mass grew wider, and after a moment of apparent pain, a light blue egg, almost as large as the deep blue mass itself, was spat out.

After expelling the egg, the deep blue mass used its tentacles to push the egg toward Bai Xiaoyu, then more tentacles reached out to try to pull the tentacle egg over.

Seeing that the tentacle egg remained unmoved, the deep blue mass seemed to sigh, then began to swell again, preparing to expel another egg.

In the next moment, an even larger egg of the same color was spat out. It cautiously observed Bai Xiaoyu's expression, and after failing to pull the tentacle egg back, the round mass swelled once more...

Without strength, negotiations are so unfair, wailing.

How many more eggs will it take to exchange for my precious egg? Speak up already.

Chapter 112

Bai Xiaoyu stared at the basketball-sized blob as it spat out eggs larger than its own body, leaving him momentarily speechless. He wasn't the only one; the few creatures around him were also shocked.

Everyone's gaze involuntarily shifted back and forth between the expelled eggs and the blob.

Bai Xiaoyu quickly composed himself, his eyes landing on the deep blue blob that was spitting out the eggs. This time, the egg was even larger than the previous two, with a pale blue color. Having dealt with so many alien eggs, he had rarely encountered any with such unusual colors, except for the large black egg.

After the deep blue blob finished spitting out the egg, it hopped to the center of the three eggs, stretching its tentacles to push them toward Bai Xiaoyu.

Then it hopped back, using its tentacles to try and lift the giant egg. Its tentacles were too short to encircle the massive egg, so it could only act like a suction cup, attempting to pull the egg over.

But the egg remained motionless.

The deep blue blob hopped up again, seemingly irritated.

It extended three tentacles toward Bai Xiaoyu, pointing at the three eggs, then another tentacle, this time pointing at the giant egg.

The meaning was clear: three eggs for one, is that not enough?

Bai Xiaoyu did not agree immediately but said, "Wait."

The deep blue blob watched as he approached, crouched down, and reached out to touch the eggs.

Ah, so he wanted to inspect them first. Fine, just hurry up and make the exchange.

While Bai Xiaoyu inspected the eggs, the blob used its tentacles to tightly grip the giant egg, while a thicker main tentacle gently caressed the eggshell.

Through the thin shell, the deep blue blob was visibly excited.

Even if it remembered nothing, in the moment it touched the egg, it knew why it had been desperately trying to get here—the hatchling inside was part of itself.

Now it had finally found what belonged to it.

Its small tentacles touched the eggshell, trembling slightly.

Bai Xiaoyu was examining the expelled eggs, covering the giant egg with a layer of mental energy to prevent the seemingly weak insectoid prince from suddenly attacking. This allowed him to observe every move the insectoid prince made.

The cautious behavior was nothing like the notoriously brutal insectoid prince.

As it gently caressed the eggshell, all its movements were felt through the layer of mental energy. Not only was the blob outside agitated, but the hatchling inside the egg was also responding, its tentacles reaching out to the spot where the blob's tentacles were touching the shell, clearly enjoying the closeness.

The insectoid prince, noticing something amiss, stopped caressing and seemed puzzled. Despite its weakened state, it still sensed the subtle barrier between itself and the egg.

The deep blue blob's tentacles flicked, showing both disgust and dissatisfaction. The round body turned, black spots staring at Bai Xiaoyu, its entire body bristling with anger.

Bai Xiaoyu ignored the blob's displeasure, focusing instead on the pale blue egg, which had captured most of his attention.

When the first egg emerged from the blob's mouth, he had felt a jolt of surprise.

Now, carefully probing with his mental energy, he quickly discovered that the egg was still alive, though barely. Moreover, the egg felt strange, unlike those from the breeding facility. He detected the same energy fluctuations from the damaged eggs sent after the planet was invaded by the insectoids, some of which later became blood eggs.

This particular egg contained traces of the energy from the Wild Beast Grass, now minimal, mixed with at least a dozen different types of energy. A couple of these energies were familiar, but most he had never encountered before.

The most prominent was the active energy of the insectoid prince on the eggshell, the pale blue hue likely a result of the blob's actions.

These energies did little harm to the egg; in fact, they were more beneficial than harmful. The energy transformed by the insectoid prince was rich in vitality and life force. Even a tiny amount was enough to enhance and protect the egg's life force, slowing its decline.

The amount of transformed energy on the egg's surface was surprisingly small, which greatly surprised Bai Xiaoyu, who knew the insectoid prince's true nature.

Previously, he had to use various incentives to get the large tentacle to transform some energy, and without insectoid crystals, the large tentacle would refuse to cooperate.

Now, this insectoid prince was suddenly so friendly, offering aid to other eggs?

Bai Xiaoyu examined each of the three eggs and found their conditions similar, with mostly the same internal energies, though a few varied.

All three eggs were protected by the insectoid prince's energy, leading Bai Xiaoyu to question his understanding of the insectoid prince. Could this really be the most upright and virtuous insectoid prince?

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu finally look over, the deep blue blob gently patted the giant egg, making wiping motions. Its other tentacles continued to grip the egg, pulling it closer.

With the inspection complete, it wanted to remove the messy layers on the egg's surface and take the eggs away.

Bai Xiaoyu, now viewing the bouncing blob differently due to the expelled eggs, thought for a moment and withdrew half of the mental energy protection layer.

He watched as the deep blue blob's tentacles spread wide, firmly embracing the egg, its round body gently rubbing against the shell, much like a person using their face to rub an egg.

At that moment, the hatchling inside the egg seemed to sense something, moving closer and gently pressing its face against the shell, mirroring the blob's actions.

Bai Xiaoyu was stunned by the scene.

Previously, the close bond between the large tentacle and the hatchling had amazed him. Now, seeing their synchronized movements through the shell, he momentarily saw them as a single entity.

Suppressing this absurd thought, Bai Xiaoyu called Lou Hao to bring the incubation box developed by Tao Limeng.

Lou Hao arrived quickly, his eyes widening at the scene. He stared at the blob, asking, "What's going on? Did the wolf-rabbit hybrid's eggs hatch? But it's not time yet, right? No, the shells aren't broken. Is this another insectoid prince?"

He had read the files on insectoid princes and recognized the form.

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "This is the large tentacle's true form, it came here on its own."

Lou Hao looked at the previously flattened tentacle, now partially restored, and found it hard to believe that this thumb-sized blob was the true form of the creature that usually coiled into a much larger mass. Was Bai Xiaoyu joking?

His gaze fell on the pale blue eggs, "You want me to bring the incubation box because of these eggs? It's not time for the breeding facility to receive eggs, so why are they being delivered now? Did you take a private order?"

Bai Xiaoyu gestured toward the blob caressing the eggs, "He brought them."

At this moment, a deep blue mass climbed onto the tentacle egg, wriggling joyfully and marking everywhere with its tentacles, as if leaving its scent and mark.

Lou Hao clicked his tongue, "This insect prince is quite adept at human relations. He actually brought gifts when he came. But these gifts look like they're going to be a hassle. He himself is a big trouble, and now he's bringing you three more little troubles. He's treating you like family."

After rubbing affectionately and leaving marks, the mass tried again to take the egg away, as if checking it wasn't enough?

The mass bounced fiercely, its tentacles flaring up. But realizing it had no intimidating presence, and with three white tigers glaring at it, the little prince finally resigned itself and opened its mouth again.

Soon, another slightly larger light blue egg was spat out.

Bai Xiaoyu was taken aback, there were more?

The deep blue mass tried again with the tentacle egg, but found Bai Xiaoyu shaking his head at it.

So, the puffed-up mass continued to spit out eggs.

In just ten minutes, a row of light blue eggs appeared on the ground. The deep blue mass became increasingly agitated, and after spitting out the last egg, it saw Bai Xiaoyu still shaking his head. Realizing it couldn't take its egg away, the mass exploded again.

These were all specially prepared for its egg. It had even risked being discovered to bring all the eggs from the transparent containers in the laboratory. Now, its treasure was also an egg, perhaps it needed some companions. Even if it didn't like them, the energy inside the eggs, though varied, was much purer than that of live animals, making it a very suitable supplement for the egg at this stage.

Now, it really had no eggs left in its stomach, and it still wasn't allowed to take the egg?

If its elephant-like true form were still here, it wouldn't have to endure such humiliation. Watching each egg being checked and packed by that hateful human, it not only failed to take its egg away but also lost the gifts for the egg. These eggs, which it hadn't even dared to eat during the hardest times, were now all taken away by this heartless human, and it could do nothing about it.

Bai Xiaoyu carefully observed the mass, noticing the black spot emitting a sense of sorrow and anger, staring at him with an unusually human-like intensity. He shook his head again, seeing the other side immediately flare up, realizing it was truly out of eggs.

He carefully packed the light blue eggs, a total of twenty-three. The condition of these eggs was currently manageable, indicating that the mass had at least taken good care of them.

From the information he had seen before, insect princes had a space in their stomachs to store various foods and high-level energy bodies. Due to the special attributes of insect princes, when they were willing to share a bit of their life force with the stored food, the food could maintain its vitality. Thus, the stomach of an insect prince was considered the only place in the entire galaxy where living things could be stored.

However, even though insect princes usually preferred to eat live prey, they would normally swallow and digest live creatures, and the chances of storing live things in their internal space were extremely low. After all, they were unwilling to share their life force with anyone, let alone with food.

Now, seeing so many living eggs, it was indeed a miracle.

No matter what, this was undoubtedly an unprecedented insect prince, embodying truth, goodness, and beauty!

Thinking about the insect crystals he still had, Bai Xiaoyu decided to reward it a bit.

With this thought, he walked towards the tentacle egg. At this moment, a thick, deep blue tentacle suddenly blocked his path.

Bai Xiaoyu stopped, and the two eggs and one tiger beside him got ready to attack. Bai Xiaoyu waved his hand, stopping them.

Then the large tentacle retreated, circling around the tentacle egg and the mass tightly clinging to it, swinging wildly as if attacking anyone who came near.

With a commander, the large tentacle's combat power soared, creating a formidable presence.

Bai Xiaoyu wasn't in a hurry, watching the large tentacle wreak havoc.

After all, this thing had been hungry all night and hadn't eaten breakfast; it couldn't keep up for long.

Sure enough, after a while, the large tentacle, which had been transferring most of its energy to the egg, quickly ran out of steam under such intense activity.

Bai Xiaoyu raised an eyebrow, not expecting it to be so quick, less than five minutes.

At this moment, the large tentacle slid off the egg, revealing the mass, whose main body's black spot was spinning.

It seemed the problem wasn't with the large tentacle but with the main body.

An insect prince that couldn't last five minutes, he gained a deeper understanding of its weakness.

He walked over, and the big black egg followed, afraid that the mass might do something.

At this moment, the deep blue mass sensed the approach of a person and an egg, suddenly moved, opened its small mouth, and its whole body swelled up again.

Bai Xiaoyu stopped, wondering if there were more eggs to be spat out?

The next second, the insect prince opened its mouth wide and, with lightning speed, started swallowing the tentacle egg from the top, trying to swallow it whole.

But the tentacle egg was too large, and with its energy depleted, it got stuck halfway, unable to swallow or spit it out. It looked like the tentacle egg was wearing a blue hat.

Everyone present: "..."

Finally, Bai Xiaoyu was speechless and used his mental power to help, grabbing the blue mass and pulling the tentacle out like transparent rubber.

The mass was completely dazed, watching Bai Xiaoyu take the tentacle egg away, it panicked.

Taking its gifts and then acting so unrighteously!

The next second, Bai Xiaoyu reached out and grabbed the deep blue mass, taking it away.

The insect prince was stunned, was... was he going to take it away too?

This behavior was more piratical than their own clan.

But then, Bai Xiaoyu directly took the egg into the previous ecological container, watching the large tentacle hunt with the egg, while the prince could only watch helplessly. Now, without energy, it couldn't even control the main tentacle.

But it didn't want to fuse with the tentacle yet, because once fused, the tentacle would become as small as a thumb, rendering it useless.

The large tentacle returned with the tentacle egg after a full meal, and Bai Xiaoyu took out the insect crystals for them to absorb as usual.

The deep blue mass was completely stunned, insect crystals, it was insect crystals!

But it wanted to go over, and it had no strength at all, with several white tigers blocking the way.

At this moment, the little white tiger suddenly transformed into human form, a small child appeared, wobbling as it walked. Bai Xiaoyu quickly picked it up and fed it the breakfast he had prepared.

After the little one was full, it transformed back into a little white tiger and licked his hand.

At this moment, the deep blue mass seemed to have learned some magical skill, and the next second, it transformed into a small offspring, about the same size as the little one, with a translucent body, looking at Bai Xiaoyu with large, innocent eyes, and mimicking the little one's slurred words: "Gaga, I... I want to eat."

After speaking, he pointed at the large chunk of insect crystal with a chubby, semi-transparent hand, his eyes wide and innocent.

Bai Xiaoyu was first startled, then fell silent for a moment before reaching out to embrace the strange, semi-transparent deep blue creature. He had originally planned to let the tentacle egg eat its fill first before letting this one have a taste.

Now, letting it eat a bit more didn't seem entirely unreasonable.

Thus, the deep blue hatchling faced the hostile gazes of the three white tigers, his only black feature being his eyes. At that moment, as he looked at his precious egg and the large chunk of insect crystal, his pitch-black eyes were filled with unbridled ambition.

As a prince of the insect race, he would inevitably face numerous trials before becoming powerful. As long as he was cunning enough, able to bend and endure, there would come a day when he would be immensely strong, and he would take his beloved egg away.

Chapter 113

Bai Xiaoyu held the deep blue translucent doll. The little guy was about the same size as Little One, but seemed to be smaller than other younglings of the same age.

The feel in his arms was quite pleasant. Unlike human skin, the doll's translucent skin was extremely clear and smooth, with a slight elasticity, much like how Little One felt when he was covered in bath gel.

He couldn't help but pinch the doll's leg, and the sensation was even more peculiar.

Bai Xiaoyu was also puzzled. According to the information he had seen before, the insectoid princes could transform into human form, indistinguishable from ordinary humans, and even the most advanced technology could not detect them, showing just how successful their disguise was.

Moreover, half of the insectoid princes transformed based on their own strength. They were naturally powerful, and when they could transform, they were usually teenagers or even adults, rarely taking on a form that was unable to take care of itself.

If that was the case, what was going on with this prince now? He must be incredibly weak.

This half-finished appearance, with its strange alien color, clearly indicated something was wrong. However, at this moment, it looked more like a child's toy than the terrifying insectoid prince that everyone feared.

To be honest, this type of toy wasn't just liked by children; adults found it quite appealing too.

At this moment, the doll in Bai Xiaoyu's arms, after being picked up, had its hands, small belly, and face pinched.

He puffed out his cheeks, looking like a little frog holding its breath.

Don't act rashly, endure.

Even if he wanted to retaliate, he had no energy at all, and there was nothing he could do. Seeing that he was about to get close to the egg and the insect crystal, he couldn't afford to fail at the last moment.

Bai Xiaoyu put the doll down, but instead of immediately rushing towards the nearby insect crystal, the little guy watched quietly with his round black eyes as the egg, assisted by the large tentacle, continuously absorbed the insect crystal.

Bai Xiaoyu could see the longing in the little doll's eyes, especially when the large tentacle converted the insect crystal's energy. The deep blue translucent doll couldn't resist moving closer, but then stopped abruptly. His two translucent little hands transformed into tentacles, and shortly after, reverted back. The little translucent guy, now extremely hungry, sucked his fingers while looking up at the giant egg, which was much taller than him, absorbing the insect crystal.

At this moment, the tentacle egg stopped its actions. The egg, which was usually very possessive of the insect crystal, rolled over and pushed the crystal towards the doll. The crystal, now smaller, hit the deep blue translucent doll directly.

The doll stared blankly at the crystal, as if he had been waiting for a long time, and now his wait was finally over.

Everyone thought the little guy would eat the crystal right away, but unexpectedly, he didn't start eating. Instead, he gradually pouted and then burst into tears. The cry was filled with surprise, grievance, and the joy of finally getting what he wanted. It left Bai Xiaoyu and the others completely baffled, unable to understand why the little guy would react this way.

However, seeing him sobbing, the previous hostility from the three others towards him diminished slightly, just a little bit.

The crying of the youngling startled the tentacle egg, which even circled around the crying doll anxiously, gently touching him with its body.

The deep blue translucent doll reached out to hug the egg, trying to climb onto it, but he had no strength.

So, in the comfort of his beloved egg, the little doll could only sniffle and inch closer to the insect crystal, opening his small mouth and taking a big bite.

Despite his tiny mouth without any teeth, he managed to bite a small hole in the extremely hard insect crystal. Normally, this amount would be enough for the tentacle egg and the large tentacle to share a meal.

Now, the doll was gnawing fiercely, taking about ten bites.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as the doll ate an amount that would normally last the tentacle egg and the large tentacle for three to four days, and began to doubt whether he could afford to raise two insectoid princes.

Indeed, from the moment he untangled this mess, he had made the decision. This weak little prince, who seemed to have a close relationship with the tentacle egg, he didn't want to let go. Currently, he didn't seem very vicious, so raising them together might not be a bad idea.

If he didn't raise him, then for this outsider prince, unless he was eliminated, it was absolutely impossible to let him leave.

Apart from the long-term issue of upbringing, the immediate problem was his appetite, which was quite large and worrying. He also needed to address the skin issue of this little prince. After pinching him a few times, he had a rough idea of what to do.

He turned his gaze to the doll who had finally burped after a full meal. At this moment, it seemed to him that the originally translucent doll had become somewhat more solid. After the hearty meal, the doll finally had some strength and slowly climbed onto the egg. Like a little gecko climbing a wall, he crawled up and lay on the upper part of the egg, stretching out his chubby little hands, each holding a transparent energy ball the size of a ping-pong ball.

These two energy balls looked more transparent and pure than those produced by the large tentacle, and one was enough to make the tentacle egg full.

Seeing that the egg was no longer absorbing the other energy ball, the transparent doll opened his mouth and swallowed the remaining one.

He stored the energy ball, saving it for the egg to eat later. Almost immediately after swallowing the energy ball, the little prince's gaze turned to the insect crystal below. Just as he was about to control the large tentacle to encircle the crystal, Bai Xiaoyu, sensing his intention, preemptively picked up the crystal.

The doll puffed out his cheeks and looked at Bai Xiaoyu, then blinked his round, tear-streaked eyes, "Gaga, eee."

Bai Xiaoyu pinched his little face, misinterpreting his meaning, "Alright, I'll catch you three geese right away."

The little prince, seeing the three geese quickly brought before him, felt a bit depressed. How could this stupid human misunderstand so badly?

Did he want geese? Well, not long ago, he might have needed them, but now, after replenishing his energy with the insect crystal, catching a few geese was easy.

He tried to give Bai Xiaoyu a toothless smile, pointing to where the insect crystal had been, and said, "Not eee... it's that..."

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "Not hungry? Then we'll eat it tomorrow."

The little prince was so angry that his cheeks puffed up. This stupid human! He needed to learn human language as soon as possible, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to communicate with such a fool.

He no longer wanted to talk to Bai Xiaoyu and turned to lie contentedly on his beloved egg.

Bai Xiaoyu found it amusing and picked up the transparent doll, who struggled fiercely, even sprouting small fur all over his body.

Bai Xiaoyu, of course, knew what the little guy was up to, "If you don't behave, you won't get any insect crystal tomorrow, and you won't be allowed to get close to the egg."

The little prince instantly retracted all the fur, gently shaking Bai Xiaoyu's hand, "Gaga, I'm good."

Bai Xiaoyu took out a set of clothes originally prepared for Little One and started teaching him how to wear them. Although the little prince was reluctant, he eventually put them on.

With the translucent limbs visible outside the clothes, the dressed little prince looked both cute and a bit eerie.

Bai Xiaoyu took out a container similar to the one used for the large tentacle and opened it, "Now you go inside here, and I'll take you back."

The little prince, seeing the round container, remembered the similar containers that had confined him and caused him much suffering, which he had destroyed. His round eyes showed disgust and resistance. Was this human planning to imprison him too?

Bai Xiaoyu, noticing this, observed the little doll's reaction without showing any emotion. From the obviously modified eggs, he deduced that this little prince had likely undergone similar experiences.

He didn't force the issue but opened another container and beckoned to the large tentacle.

The large tentacle immediately came over, and soon, a toy ball and the tentacle egg were playing together.

Prince Xiao saw this and had his own little plan. He had previously been worried that Dandan needed playmates of the same form, so he had collected many eggs for that purpose. Now, he could simply disguise himself as an egg, eliminating the need for other eggs as playmates!

So Prince Xiao retracted his fangs and silently crawled in, even covering himself with the lid.

Bai Xiaoyu watched as Prince Xiao quickly mastered the toy ball and soon played joyfully with the tentacle eggs, a slight smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

Now, looking at this eco-container, he called out to the system, "System, scan the marks left by Prince Xiao on this container."

Noticing many places where gaps had been squeezed open, he sent the inspection results to Tao Limeng, asking his team members to help repair them.

Meanwhile, Bai Qi, who had been asleep for some time, finally woke up. He opened his eyes, and Old Qi, who had been watching beside him, was overjoyed to see one golden and one black eye. The half of his face with the golden eye was covered in layers of something that resembled both a shell and scales.

Old Qi hurriedly examined Bai Qi's body, his expression extremely excited and a bit manic, "It worked! My research direction was indeed correct; humans and powerful insectoids can be compatible."

Bai Qi sat up, touching his face and feeling the slight pricks from the new growths under his fingertips. Instead of being alarmed, he used the Star Network to view a holographic projection of his entire body. Not only his face but also half of his body was subtly covered with these strange scale-like shells.

Old Qi helped him check various bodily data, and both were thrilled as they compared the before and after results.

Previously, Bai Qi's mental power was 2S, and his physical strength was S. Now, both had broken through the 2S level, reaching 3S.

It should be noted that 3S is a special grade with no upper limit, which many people cannot achieve in their entire lives. Now, he had easily surpassed it.

Bai Qi clenched his fists, feeling a surge of power throughout his body. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, realizing that power was indeed the most intoxicating thing.

Old Qi then checked his beast form, a large snake with alternating yellow and white segments. The scales on its body had completely changed, making it look somewhat eerie.

Discovering that his beast form had improved even more, Bai Qi, now back in human form, suddenly spoke, "We should have transferred that brain entirely into mine. With my current state, I don't need half a brain as a medium to make the naturally submissive insectoid prince submit. We can extract the chip from the prince's brain."

Old Qi was taken aback, "There's something I forgot to tell you..."

Thirty seconds later, Bai Qi's roar echoed throughout the laboratory. His left eye suddenly turned into a strange vertical slit, and he grabbed Old Qi by the neck, lifting him off the ground, "You let him escape while I was asleep? After all the years we spent to capture the prince! What good are you? I'm hungry, and your 3S mental power would make the perfect supplement..."

Old Qi, who usually stood tall before Bai Qi due to his 3S mental power and status, felt a threat to his life for the first time. Looking into the golden vertical slit filled with savagery, he wondered if Bai Qi was already influenced by the insectoid emperor's nature?

Seeing Bai Qi open his mouth, Old Qi instantly attacked him with his mental power.

Bai Qi, in pain, quickly released his grip.

Old Qi clutched his sore neck, where a clear bruise was visible. If not for his 2S physical strength, his neck would have been snapped.

Looking at Bai Qi, whose eyes were cold and approaching, Old Qi shouted, "Bai Qi, do you know what you're doing? Don't let the insectoid emperor's instincts consume your consciousness!"

Bai Qi paused, then suddenly clutched his head with both hands. After a long moment, he released his hands, the golden color in his eyes and the scales on his face fading away.

Old Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, "The insectoid prince escaped by shedding his skin, something no one anticipated. The most important thing now is to find him. We have a lead, and you must cooperate with the other side to track down the spacecraft that flew from the livestock planet during that period..."

Bai Qi, now clear-headed, felt a lingering fear but also enjoyed the sense of invincibility he had just experienced. He had long been dissatisfied with this old man bossing him around, and the feeling of choking him was quite satisfying. Moreover, this old man smelled a bit sweet now. A 3S-grade living being was indeed a great supplement, but he still needed him for now.

Bai Qi quickly contacted the person behind the planet, and after a series of negotiations, they finally obtained the trajectories of all cargo spacecraft that traveled during those two days.

This planet sold live livestock across the galaxy, with thousands of spacecraft entering and exiting, including those from nearby and distant planets.

Surprisingly, Bai Xiaoyu's planet was on the list.

Bai Xiaoyu now had many people under his care, and his orders for live livestock were frequent, which seemed unremarkable, but each household still needed to be investigated.

They had been forced to trace the trajectories because he could no longer sense the presence of the insectoid prince.

He could sense it before, but now it was as if it was shielded by a more powerful mental force.

Very few people possessed such a strong mental force. Could it be that the insectoid emperor had found the prince?

Thinking of this possibility, Bai Qi became agitated. Moreover, the batch of very successful hybrid eggs they had researched for a long time and expended much effort on had disappeared when the laboratory was destroyed, likely consumed by the insectoid prince as food, given their high energy content.

He had merely slept, yet upon waking, not only had the insectoid prince vanished, but the most successful batch of eggs was gone as well. All his previous efforts were in vain, and if he couldn't find the insectoid prince, he would explode with frustration.

Meanwhile, Prince Xiao was being painted by Bai Xiaoyu with a brush, stroke by stroke, on his exposed limbs.

His hair was dyed, his skin painted, along with his eyebrows, eyelashes, and lips, giving him a healthy, childlike appearance.

These pigments were refined using Bai Xiaoyu's mental power as a catalyst and would not dissolve unless removed with a special solution.

Given that any galactic being has mental power, these pigments formed a strong mental power film, ensuring that no one would discover Prince Xiao's secret unless someone with stronger mental power forcibly probed it.

Prince Xiao was extremely unhappy; no prince would like being coated with something that blocked their senses. However, when Bai Xiaoyu indicated that refusal meant staying in the rolling ball without insect crystals, he had no choice.

How could he get stronger without insect crystals, and how could he take his little treasure away without getting stronger?

Bai Xiaoyu put the final touch on the painting, looking at the plump, normal-colored face of the little prince, whose fair skin made his features stand out beautifully, appearing incredibly adorable.

Bai Xiaoyu poked Prince Xiao's puffed cheeks, holding up a mirror for him to see, and said, "Take a look."

Prince Xiao glanced at the mirror, his face turning even more sour, "The color... ugly, ugly, ugly!"

Bai Xiaoyu propped his chin with his hand, "Really? But the skin of the larvae inside the tentacle eggs is this color, quite similar to yours."

At this, a chubby little hand immediately snatched the mirror, staring intently at the reflection, eventually breaking into a wide, innocent smile.

Noticing Bai Xiaoyu's gaze, he huffed lightly and turned away, continuing to look.

Prince Xiao couldn't help but pat his face, finding it more and more appealing the more he looked.

Chapter 114

Seeing the little one, who had yet to learn how to walk properly, admiring himself in the mirror, Bai Xiaoyu found it truly amusing.

At this moment, scratching at the door from outside were the little ones who could no longer wait.

Bai Xiaoyu picked up the brush and walked over, holding half a cup of prepared pigment in his hand.

The young prince, who was looking at himself in the mirror, saw Bai Xiaoyu approaching and his previously delighted expression changed, "Wh-what are you doing?"

Bai Xiaoyu smiled slightly, "Your mouth hasn't been treated yet. Drink this, and I'll add a few more strokes. It's very simple."

This pigment was actually made from medicinal herbs, basically non-toxic and harmless, and there would be no problem if ingested.

The young prince looked at the flesh-colored pigment and pouted, "Tea... too much."

After saying that, he finally reached out and drank it in one gulp. His chubby face scrunched up, and his originally round eyes trembled with black pupils.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu quickly moved to the side, and in the next second, a mouthful of pigment was sprayed where he had been standing.

At this moment, the young prince pointed at him, his fingers having turned back into five small tentacles, which now trembled, "Murder!"

These two words were pronounced clearly, without any stammering, unexpectedly earning Bai Xiaoyu's respect.

However, calling it murder was going too far, so Bai Xiaoyu pretended not to hear. He shook the brush and picked up another pigment, looking at the young prince who was trembling and backing away, he continued to smile kindly, "Let's take advantage of this momentum and finish the last few strokes."

The young prince, who always ate heartily without caring about the taste of food, was experiencing this terrifying flavor for the first time in his life. Despite his usual fearlessness, he now hesitated before the brush loaded with pigment.

Holding the brush, Bai Xiaoyu seemed like a demon with horns on his head. The young prince turned and ran on his short legs. Although he usually stood unsteadily and was not good at walking, his potential was now unleashed, and although he wobbled as he ran, his escape speed was unaffected.

At this moment, the scratching at the door suddenly stopped. Ignoring this, Bai Xiaoyu easily caught the young prince who was trying to break through the window, using his mental power to pry open his small mouth...

A scream then echoed through the room.

Outside, the two eggs and the tiger stood at attention, quietly moving three meters away from the door.

Only the touch egg, being wrapped by a large tentacle and sleeping, sensed a more desperate call for help than before, waking up from his dream and breaking through the door with the large tentacle.

As a giant egg nearly as tall as an adult's shoulder, and due to its special status, in the days before hatching, its combat power was formidable. The door was sent flying, and the scene inside immediately appeared before the three eggs and the tiger.

They saw Bai Xiaoyu painting the young prince's mouth with the brush dipped in pigment, and the others almost immediately recognized the familiar yet strange scent of the herbal medicine.

At this moment, the young prince, tears welling up in his eyes, looked gratefully at his brave touch egg, waving his small tentacles for help.

But instead of coming to his rescue, his touch egg moved backward.

Bai Xiaoyu turned around and smiled familiarly, "What, do you want to try it too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the large tentacle that was wrapping the touch egg quickly grabbed the fallen door, reinstalled it, and then closed it and left in one smooth motion.

The young prince was speechless, while the baby inside the touch egg, now with a face full of relief after the ordeal, did not want to experience Bai Papa's terrifying and dark culinary skills before mealtime.

As for the one inside, he would have to get used to it eventually. Hopefully, next time such an incident occurs, please don't send out such a distress signal, or you might also suffer at the hands of Bai Papa.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the closed door with satisfaction, patting the young prince's despondent face, "Don't make a fuss. From now on, the medicine will be changed every three days, and you need to get used to it."

The young prince wilted completely.

Bai Xiaoyu then focused on the young prince's head. In the moment of emotional agitation just now, when he held the young prince's head, his fingertips felt an abnormal and powerful strange mental energy fluctuation from the surface of the mental energy layer.

This was the first time he encountered such a peculiar mental energy fluctuation, as if it had been transformed by something.

At the same time, Bai Qi and the masked man on another planet stopped their work and stared in a certain direction.

Although only for a brief moment when the young prince opened his mouth, before the medicine formed a stable mental energy protective film, they had already sensed the other's presence.

Bai Qi was reviewing the data provided by the livestock planet, which was overwhelming due to the information from all directions. Now, he focused only on the hundreds of planets in the east.

The time was too short, and he hadn't used his mental energy to sense it, so the fluctuation had already disappeared. Currently, he only had a general direction and couldn't determine the exact location. Unless the fluctuation occurred again or lasted longer.

Meanwhile, the masked man, who was watching the youth gnawing on insect crystals, said, "I sensed the existence of another of my princes, who may be suffering great hardships, causing such intense mental energy fluctuations. Unfortunately, the time was too short, and I can only perceive a general direction."

Thus, both parties began investigating the many planets in the D36 region.

Bai Xiaoyu, unaware of this, gently tapped the young prince's head, his technique as skilled as when he tapped the egg bodies, "Young prince, I detected something unusual in your mind. Can I use my mental energy to take a look?"

The young prince was stunned. The terrible taste in his mouth had not yet dissipated, and upon understanding, he immediately struggled. To break free, he transformed into a white, fluffy ball, with a black dot resembling an eye on the main body, topped with double eyebrows and a pink, tender little mouth below.

Looking somewhat cute but facing a grave threat, his tentacles flared out, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws, half of them protecting his round body.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu raised his hands, "Don't be nervous. I won't probe this time. We'll wait until we're more familiar."

The young prince, once free, immediately moved away from Bai Xiaoyu, the black dot on his body still watching his every move.

Bai Xiaoyu did not provoke him further because, according to the data on the insect princes, their brains and mental bodies were vulnerable during the period between their transformation and reaching adulthood.

All insect emperors spent most of their time cultivating their princes during this period, and in times of danger, the princes would unconsciously send out distress signals to their respective insect emperors.

Bai Xiaoyu was puzzled. Could it be that the taste of the medicinal pigment alone caused this usually arrogant young prince to instinctively send out a distress signal?

This... seemed unlikely.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the fluffy ball. If he got any closer, he might be attacked.

So, he got up and opened the door, letting the touch egg come in to comfort the young prince. Half an hour later, the young prince, with the help of the robots, was dressed in his little clothes and wobbled out the door with the touch egg.

Bai Xiaoyu then started researching and collecting better herbs, planning to refine a higher-grade medicine to mask the mental signals transmitted from the young prince's brain.

Prince Xiao is still skeptical of him, so he can't forcibly probe the other's physical condition; for now, he can only use other methods to cover it up. At the same time, he is worried about the youngling inside the tentacle egg, but the youngling's mental energy is clearly more human-like. He wonders if this mental energy will manifest after hatching and be sensed by the insect emperor he belongs to.

While Bai Xiaoyu is racking his brain, looking up information, and occasionally glancing at the surveillance of the tentacle egg and Prince Xiao, the tentacle egg, along with the tentacle ball and a wobbly Prince Xiao, heads to the egg playground below.

It's free playtime for the eggs now. The tentacle egg, being the behemoth among these eggs, is usually invincible among its peers.

The tentacle egg strides confidently, exuding a strong presence, drawing attention from many eggs as soon as it arrives.

After all, the tentacle egg rarely appears here, spending most of its time hunting with the giant tentacles.

Its sudden appearance today has everyone wondering what's going on.

At this moment, the tentacle egg moves aside, revealing the wobbly youngling who had been hidden behind its massive body. Then, the eggs circle around Prince Xiao, introducing the new friend in their unique way of communication.

Nearby, the bumper car eggs nudge Prince Xiao's head. No one knows how they communicate, but Prince Xiao climbs onto an egg happily, riding on the back of the tentacle egg all the way to where the bumper car eggs are. Then, using its body, it directly challenges the other eggs in their cute, Q-version bumper cars, bumping into each one until they've greeted each other. The eggs are also curious about Prince Xiao perched atop the tentacle egg—this must be the behemoth egg's new friend?

Next, they encounter a group of eggs fighting. They are divided into two teams, and even though they are still eggs, their offensive and defensive strategies are already quite sophisticated.

Prince Xiao watches intently, clapping his hands, "Good... good."

The more he watches, the more excited he gets, pressing his head against the egg's body and shouting, "Let's go, let's go, we're going too."

The tentacle egg hesitates for a moment, and the youngling inside looks reluctant, but ultimately, it carries the other into the fray.

Then, the two of them, along with the tentacle ball whose offensive power is sealed, are surrounded and attacked.

In the midst of the bumper eggs, if not for Prince Xiao's special constitution, he would have been squished.

After the fight, both sides consider it a form of greeting.

The tentacle egg carries the dazed Prince Xiao away, then they meet eight eggs basking in the sun: one round on top and square at the bottom, one bright red melon-shaped egg, and six ordinary-looking eggs with faint ink marks and tiny blood patterns on their bodies.

They bask in the sun together, then move on to the next venue...

Then they encounter three suspicious-looking elders. One elder in blue holds a broom near the swimming pool, staring at the eggs swimming freely inside without sweeping the ground. Another, not far from the pool, trims the lawn, often cutting air or damaging the grass. A third elder in black digs holes to plant flowers, leaving the ground uneven, his eyes fixed on an egg fiercely fighting.

Bai Xiaoyu, seeing this, is speechless. These three sneaked into the breeding facility late at night a few days ago and didn't run when caught by the robots. He immediately recognized their identities and knew they were there for the eggs.

However, they are not parents and cannot visit the eggs without parental accompaniment.

These three elders, however, refuse to leave, fabricating tragic backstories in hopes that Bai Xiaoyu will take them in. They claim they can do anything and don't need any pay. If refused, they lie down and refuse to leave.

Now, watching these elders who are clearly slacking off, he can only sigh. Robots were originally responsible for these tasks, but they started disappearing one by one. In the end, these three took over, though their efficiency is low, and the robots have to reorganize everything at night.

Suddenly, one elder connects his optical brain, sounding very impatient, "Yes, didn't I notify you before? You don't need to come when the younglings hatch; I'm already here every day with the eggs, no need for you!"

After a while, another elder speaks into his optical brain with a similar lack of patience, "Aren't you busy anyway? You do your thing, and don't worry about the eggs hatching!"

The last one simply says, "No need to come, I'm busy," and hangs up.

Bai Xiaoyu has already guessed who they are talking to, but especially since Tao Limeng isn't coming, what will happen to Tao Limeng?

Should he tell Tao Limeng about these three? Thinking of the last result, Bai Xiaoyu shudders and decides against it.

Under the curious gaze of the elders, the tentacle egg greets three eggs and is about to take Prince Xiao out hunting when they encounter an egg wearing a small crown, followed by a dozen pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese.

Prince Xiao sees this and gets hungry.

Is this egg a subordinate of his precious egg, bringing food for him? As a prince with a strong sense of territory, he marked his territory while accompanying the egg, making sure to claim his domain. He is willing to share this domain with his precious egg, but not with anyone else.

So, he points at the crowned egg, gesturing and asks, "He, subordinate, bring food?"

As the supreme emperor of the galaxy, he patrols his territory daily with his army. Seeing this behemoth egg from afar was already unpleasant, and now there's an even more unpleasant person on top of it. The words spoken ignite his anger.

Does he think he can't understand a few mumbled words? What a nerve, who is the real subordinate here?

This is his territory, everything here belongs to him, including the eggs, who are his subjects.

Now someone dares to challenge him?

The little tiger inside the egg bristles, jumping up and tilting the crown.

Bai Xiaoyu watches this middle-schooler-like figure charge forward with his army, his lips twitching. Good grief, isn't he just delivering food?

Prince Xiao, unusually displeased with this egg, slides off the tentacle egg, clenches his small fists, and rushes at the middle-schooler egg, knocking off its crown with one punch.

Bai Xiaoyu watches as they fight, unable to help but laugh and cry at the same time.

Is this the legendary clash of kings, where they fight to the death upon meeting?

Chapter 115

Don't be fooled by the little prince's unsteady walk; his small fists were anything but weak, striking swiftly and accurately.

First, he punched the small crown away, causing him to lose balance. Enraged, the egg then rammed into him head-on.

The fight between one egg and one hatchling was intense, but the little prince, born for battle with exceptional combat talent, wasn't inexperienced like the tentacle egg. Dealing with a smaller, middle-schooler egg was no problem at all.

Watching the middle-schooler egg being pummeled and rolling backward several times, it refused to give up, quickly bouncing back and charging again.

Daring to knock off his crown, this unknown intruder would have to face him today!

Bai Xiaoyu sensed the anger from the mental energy left in the egg, the little one inside was fuming, indicating that this time it wouldn't end easily.

If it were other eggs fighting, Bai Xiaoyu wouldn't worry. But fighting with the little prince was different. His destructive power was too much for the current eggs to handle. Therefore, he controlled the animals that had been following the eggs, using their hooves and wings, infused with mental energy, to mitigate most of the force from the little prince's punches.

This is why the two little ones were now evenly matched, neither gaining the upper hand.

The commotion also drew the attention of other eggs, some of which gathered around to watch, hopping excitedly as if cheering for both sides.

Bai Xiaoyu found this normal, after all, almost every batch of eggs, whether due to the combative nature of the beastmen in their genes or some other strange reason, became very lively once they could move. Most eggs spent their time either fighting or on their way to a fight, while the rest enjoyed watching and cheering, just like now.

Seeing the two little ones about to get serious, Bai Xiaoyu put down his herbs and came out of the alchemy room.

Upon arriving, he found that the previous batch of hatchlings had also been attracted over.

They usually visited the nursery and occasionally came here to see the new batch of younger siblings. Unlike with their own batch, where they would fight if they didn't get along, they felt more like older siblings towards the new batch.

Today, upon seeing an already hatched individual bullying an unhatched egg?

These hatchlings, though still a bit unsteady on their feet, with some of their blood patterns gradually fading, glared at the intruding hatchling who dared to bully an egg.

In their minds, it was acceptable for peers to fight or even challenge someone older, but bullying an egg was not allowed. Of course, exceptions were made for the black egg and the metal egg; anyone confident enough to challenge them was welcome, preferably with a scheduled time for observation.

At this moment, a pure human hatchling with faint blood patterns stepped forward, blocking the little prince's attack with his small fists. The little prince, with his pitch-black round eyes, stared at the opponent without backing down, exchanging several rounds.

Bai Xiaoyu watched from afar, noting how the hatchling's movements were becoming more refined, clearly having learned much from the warriors. Against the sealed little prince, he held his ground without falling behind.

He then turned to look at the middle-schooler egg, still struggling to break free from another hatchling's hold, whose mental energy conveyed: "Let me go, this strange guy dared to knock off my crown. From now on, I will never forgive him and must teach him a lesson!"

Bai Xiaoyu shook his head, realizing the grudge had deepened.

Noticing Bai Xiaoyu, the hatchlings and eggs gathered around, rubbing against him.

He petted each one, and even the two eggs in the swimming pool and the zombie egg fighting nearby came over.

The three elders, seeing the eggs vying for closer positions and even starting to fight over proximity to Bai Xiaoyu, felt a pang of jealousy, remembering how indifferent the eggs had been when they approached.

The little prince, intrigued by these highly talented and extremely pure-energy hatchlings, still wanted to fight the weak, crowned egg.

Previously, the mental energy barrier Bai Xiaoyu had set up blocked most of his senses, but now, as he approached the eggs and hatchlings, he could faintly sense the energy within them.

The scent made him hungrier.

With most of the hatchlings gathered here, Bai Xiaoyu focused on the little prince. He stepped forward and grabbed the little prince by the back of his collar, lifting him up.

Seeing the little prince restrained by Bai Xiaoyu, the hatchling holding the middle-schooler egg let go. The egg immediately charged over, "Yes, grab him, let me give him a good hit!"

Bai Xiaoyu held the egg with his other hand, picking up the fallen crown and placing it back on the egg's head.

The middle-schooler egg paused, straightening up, unwilling to let his crown fall in front of so many subjects.

Held by the scruff of his neck, the little prince extended his small fists again...

Seeing the egg charging at the little prince, ready to fight to the death, and the little prince, equally determined, waving his fists in defiance, Bai Xiaoyu almost couldn't stop them.

Good, they seemed full of energy, but after such activity, they must be hungry.

Bai Xiaoyu thought of the concentrated nutrient solution he had prepared earlier and smiled warmly at the two little ones.

Both shuddered, and soon the egg and the little prince were placed in separate cultivation chambers. After adding the concentrated solution, the egg struggled wildly before finally sinking, its body trembling uncontrollably. The little prince pounded the walls of the chamber frantically, unable to hold his breath for long after being submerged, eventually shaking uncontrollably and reverting to his original form, a quivering white mass.

Alone in the cultivation room, with assistants outside and unlikely to enter soon, Bai Xiaoyu let the prince enjoy himself. Only the tentacle egg returned, seeing the little prince's plight, and quickly hopped away.

Amused, Bai Xiaoyu sent the tentacle egg away, turning to watch the two 'enjoying' their meal, nodding in satisfaction before checking on the other eggs and the blood-patterned hatchlings.

Most hatchlings had chosen their new guardians and were building bonds, with adoption applications submitted to the Galactic Hatchling Protection Association. Once verified, the adoption would be confirmed.

After Bai Xiaoyu left, the egg and the white mass, having absorbed most of the solution, slowly regained consciousness, one ramming the partition wall, the other spitting bubbles provocatively. If not for their weakened state, they would likely have resumed fighting.

Over the next few days, the two didn't quiet down, becoming increasingly confrontational. Each time, Bai Xiaoyu took them for a feast. Eventually, they grew smarter, even arranging secret fights behind Bai Xiaoyu's back.

With Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy present in both, he naturally noticed. To prevent accidents, he added a special protective layer to the middle-schooler egg, similar to the one for Little One, to avoid any unintended damage during fights.

Time passed with their fights and feasts, and Bai Xiaoyu, during their confrontations and especially during meals, noticed a golden, unidentified object occasionally appearing in the little prince's mind. It always flashed by, making it impossible to investigate.

However, Bai Xiaoyu felt that the golden object appeared in different places, suggesting it was alive.

What could survive in the brain of a bug prince?

Bai Xiaoyu couldn't figure it out but suspected it wasn't good, so he increased the potency of the medication given to the little prince.

Meanwhile, Bai Qi kept having dreams, feeling trapped in a vast web.

Waking up pale, he knew this was due to the other half of the bug emperor's brain being used as a biochip. Now that he had successfully implanted half of the brain, he naturally sensed the other half, but it was blocked by another layer of mental energy.

His desire to recapture the bug prince grew stronger, and the chip in his brain was crucial. Retrieving it would significantly enhance his power.

Reviewing the intelligence from his subordinates, he discovered another force searching for something, their search areas overlapping.

Not only did the insectoids secretly send people to his public territories, but some even probed the locations of the hidden laboratories. It was clear that they had learned something and now suspected that he was orchestrating the situation, deliberately leading them on a wild goose chase while hiding an insectoid prince.

Bai Qi, however, believed that it was the other party who had hidden the insectoid prince and was falsely accusing him. Otherwise, whose mental power could shield the insectoid emperor's detection?

The cooperation between the two sides thus developed cracks, and the trust built up previously began to fade away.

Recently, Bai Xiaoyu has been busy reinforcing the mental protection layer for the young prince, as the hatching time for this batch of eggs has arrived. The parents have all been notified, and today is the first day of the hatching period, with many already arriving at the scene.

During his live stream in the morning, while the audience was eagerly awaiting the hatching of the eggs, they watched a small egg wearing a tiny crown face off against a toy ball.

This toy ball was not as large as the one next to the giant egg; it was slightly larger than a basketball, just enough to be bigger than the egg with the crown.

Despite being a toy ball, it always fought fiercely with the crowned egg. If it weren't for the host and the metal material, everyone would think it was an exceptionally fierce egg.

Oddly, this toy behaved similarly to the giant toy ball, mostly sticking close to the giant egg. It seemed to belong to the giant egg, though no one understood why its AI was so fond of fighting with another egg.

Everyone found it incredibly surprising that the very active egg with the crown, which had been in hibernation for twenty-three years and took two months to fully awaken, was now the most lively among the batch.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the two little fighters, noting that they fought several times a day. Most of the time, it was the mischievous younger brother provoking others, only to get a thorough beating.

He usually equipped the troublemaker with a protective layer, but during the hatching period, he couldn't do so. Thus, he frowned as he watched the troublesome egg provoke again. Fortunately, the young prince sensed that his precious egg was about to hatch and focused entirely on it, ignoring the provocations.

Thinking the other side wouldn't fight back, the troublemaker grew more confident.

He thought, although this guy was his underling, he could hold out for so long, barely meeting the requirements to join his ranks.

He adjusted his little crown and approached the toy ball tightly pressed against the giant egg, filled with anticipation for the hatching of the young prince.

Interrupting this tender moment, the young prince became angry.

Naturally, another battle erupted.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu's eyes twitched, and he quickly used his mental power to cushion the impact between them. Even so, they still bounced apart after colliding.

Bai Xiaoyu sighed in relief, thinking nothing serious had happened.

However, the audience in the live stream, unable to see Bai Xiaoyu's mental power, were startled. Recently, the scenes of the crowned egg followed by a group of animals on patrol had attracted many fans.

After bouncing a few times, the egg seemed unharmed.

Just as the fans relaxed, they heard a familiar cracking sound and watched as a crack appeared at the point of collision.

"Ah! The egg is cracked, it's going to break open! Host, save it!"

Bai Xiaoyu, looking at the clamoring audience, examined the dazed egg. "It's fine, the crack just happened to appear there."

Inside the egg, the little one was excited. "I can see the light outside! After being trapped for so long, I can finally come out. Quickly put the crown on me, and where are my loyal followers? Let them witness this great moment."

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

Probably you want to make a grand entrance right after birth?

Bai Xiaoyu thought for a moment and pointed to the hatching room that reappeared. "We'll talk about it once you're out. For now, I'll carry you inside to hatch."

The egg lay flat on the ground, and Bai Xiaoyu's lips twitched. "Alright, I hope you don't blame me later."

Amidst the confusion and laughter in the live stream, over a dozen pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese, cleaned by robots, were brought in and lined up neatly in two rows.

Bai Xiaoyu carried the excited egg through the middle, and the young one inside, seeing the grand scene, was satisfied.

Satisfied, the egg inside the transparent incubation compartment worked hard to break free, while the expressions of various factions in the capital were peculiar. Could this royal offspring, who had been in hibernation for too long, have lost his mind? In that case, he might not be much of a threat.

Watching the live stream, Bai Qing couldn't help but cover his face.

The little one inside the egg was somewhat delicate, scratching and stopping repeatedly, taking two hours to finally emerge.

Some factions recalled the scene of the last small egg hatching and suspected that this egg, which had been in hibernation for many years, wouldn't be much different.

However, just as they were thinking this casually, a golden paw suddenly burst out of the eggshell.

Everyone was shocked; the paw had a distinct color, resembling someone very much!

Suddenly, everyone couldn't sit still!

Hopefully, it's just a half-beast.

But soon, the entire eggshell was scratched open, and a wet, golden tiger cub wobbled out of the shell.

It was really a little tiger!

At this moment, Bai Qing, equally surprised, felt an energy cannon press against the back of his head. He slowly turned around, and the gun's muzzle shifted to his forehead.

Feng Shuang'er held a light computer, projecting the scene of the little tiger's birth, and stared at Bai Qing. "Now, you have a chance to explain."

Bai Qing knew things would go south when the egg hatched into a little tiger. After all, hatching a tiger, regardless of its color, would cause a stir in the galaxy. This news couldn't be kept secret unless the person was completely isolated from the world, both online and offline.

But that was impossible.

Now that the truth was out, he didn't need to worry anymore, and he felt a bit of relief.

A huge conflict erupted between the parents, while the newly hatched tiger cub, still blind, moved its head left and right, searching for something, but found nothing.

Then, the little tiger's body transformed, and the next second, a chubby infant appeared before everyone's eyes.

In front of the stunned audience, the infant picked up the fallen little crown and clumsily tried to put it on his head.

The crown was too big, slipping over his head and landing around his neck.

The infant tried several times with the same result, then half-opened his eyes and looked at Bai Xiaoyu with what he thought was a stern, but actually wet and soft gaze.

Bai Xiaoyu almost instantly understood his meaning. He stifled a laugh and lightly coughed, then took out a smaller crown and placed it on his head.

The little guy was immediately satisfied, transforming back into a golden cub and letting out a delighted roar. His voice was incredibly tender, soft, and adorable.

But at that moment, the golden cub wearing the small crown was extremely proud. Listen, this is the majestic roar of the Galactic Supreme Invincible Emperor, let the whole world tremble for me!

The animals lined up outside immediately joined in, and for a moment, there was indeed a strange and formidable presence.

The other eggs that hadn't hatched yet also gathered around, staring at the cute little tiger.

Chapter 116

The little tiger wearing a golden crown strutted proudly as he was surrounded by his playmates.

It seemed that his majestic and invincible demeanor had conquered his subjects. After all, who in this star system could be more wise, brave, and awe-inspiring than him?

Thus, the awe-inspiring little tiger wobbled and even took steps with an air of detachment from kin, only to trip over his left front paw with his right, tumbling forward several times.

Dusty and disheveled, the little tiger stood up immediately and used his paws to steady his small crown, breathing a sigh of relief when it didn't fall off. After all, this crown was specially designed by Tao Limeng and usually stayed firmly on his head unless hit by an external force like a young prince's fist; otherwise, it would merely tilt slightly.

The little tiger continued walking as if nothing had happened. As he walked, he waved his short, chubby paws at the surrounding eggs, parents, and interns, alternating between his left and right paws while roaring, somehow managing to walk with the regal bearing of an imperial inspection.

The audience in the live stream laughed uncontrollably, and Bai Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh at the sight.

At this moment, the many royal offspring of Imperial Star, including Bai Xiaoyu's brothers and sisters, who initially had solemn expressions upon seeing a brother born with a form resembling their father's beast type, were now torn between laughter and tears. This newborn brat, already wearing a crown and seemingly ready to challenge all his siblings before weaning, was quite a spectacle.

Moreover, his behavior gave them a strangely familiar feeling. As for why...

All the royal offspring watching the live stream looked at Bai Xiaoyu, who had now returned to normal and no longer acted like a middle schooler. Back in Imperial Star, wasn't this guy exactly like the ignorant and arrogant little tiger before them?

After nearly two generations, another one had surpassed the original?

Especially Bai Qi, who felt goosebumps at the sight of the golden tiger. The feeling of dealing with the foolish Bai Xiaoyu suddenly came back to him.

The little golden tiger, oblivious to the shock he caused among his siblings, felt that returning to this world was simply wonderful. As for why it was a return, he didn't bother to think about it, as he had more important things to do.

At this moment, the little golden tiger thought he needed a dragon throne. Just as he looked at Bai Xiaoyu, Bai Xiaoyu was also looking at him.

Seeing the little tiger emerge from the hatching room, Bai Xiaoyu grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, "Alright, since you've shown off your imperial grandeur, it's time for the robot to clean your wet, sticky, and matted fur."

After struggling in vain, the little tiger, once cleaned and dried, became fluffy and soft, walking like a golden ball of fluff.

Looking at his magnificent appearance, the little tiger nodded and, after being set down, shook his fluffy coat.

Seeing the golden ball wriggling, and being the first egg to hatch, the other eggs quickly surrounded him, soon revealing the little tiger's figure.

At this moment, the tense atmosphere between Bai Qing and Feng Shuang'er intensified as they couldn't see their offspring.

Just as Feng Shuang'er was about to pull the trigger, Bai Qing quickly said, "When you were drugged, this child's survival was uncertain. I feared you would be heartbroken, so during your treatment, I had the newly formed embryo transferred out. Later, it indeed failed. As you can see, this child has been in suspended animation for over twenty years. Without Xiaoyu, there would have been no way for him to be born. I didn't hide it from you intentionally; I just didn't want you to be sad."

Feng Shuang'er scoffed, her tone icy, "Do you really think I'll believe you?"

Without waiting for a response, she fired.

Bai Qing didn't dodge this time, instantly bleeding profusely, though the robust constitution of a beast person meant he wouldn't die easily.

He looked at Feng Shuang'er, "Shuang'er, haven't you always wanted a little tiger? Now you can take him home and raise him. Seeing how this little one can change forms right after birth, his potential is at least 2S. This will allow your body to recover slowly, without having to wait so many years to..."

Before he could finish, another shot hit him.

In the end, Bai Qing fled in a sorry state, realizing that the strategy of self-sacrifice was no longer effective. Shuang'er's heart had grown harder, and this time she aimed directly at his heart and head, showing no mercy.

If he didn't run, he would be riddled with holes, leaking air with every breath.

Just as he boarded his spacecraft, he received an urgent notification from the guard team below, "Your Majesty, run! Lady has brought out her sealed S grade mech 'Carnage.'"

Bai Qing: "..."

Of course, he had to run, transforming back into his four-legged beast form, which was both tough and fast.

Meanwhile, compared to the tense atmosphere here, Bai Xiaoyu's side was lively and joyful.

As the eggs surrounded the little golden tiger, more eggs began to show signs of hatching.

Most of the parents were already in place, with two more battalions of parents still on their way, which Bai Xiaoyu and the audience found quite normal.

Hearing the sounds of more eggs cracking, three elders watched intently, their eyes fixed on the most beautiful egg from their clan.

Was it their clan's egg about to hatch?

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu and his assistants carry an egg into the hatching room and discovering it wasn't from their clan, their tense expressions eased slightly.

They still didn't know the condition of their clan's egg, but even if it only had half the clan's bloodline, they would be satisfied.

In just half a day, as eggs were carried in one by one, the three elders' emotions fluctuated between tension and relief, now starting to sweat.

Bai Xiaoyu noticed their unusual state out of the corner of his eye and his lips twitched. He never thought these three old rascals would have such a day.

However, he quickly refocused on the eggs that were hatching. These eggs were sent from various regions, and currently, ten were in the process of hatching.

Their hatching time was faster than that of the delicate little tiger, taking no more than two hours from the first signs of hatching to fully emerging.

In just half a day, three pure beast person offspring, three half-beast person offspring, and four pure human offspring had hatched.

Including the little golden tiger, the perfect ratio of offspring hatched by Bai Xiaoyu at the start of the live stream, despite the audience's familiarity, still stirred excitement each time.

The three beast person offspring were a baby seal, a baby raccoon, and a baby antelope. These ten offspring were soon placed in the arms of their parents by Bai Xiaoyu, allowing the parents to care for them. The half-beast person and pure human offspring were excitedly dressed in the carefully prepared clothes by their parents.

While other newborns had parents present, the audience couldn't help but focus on the seemingly carefree little tiger, who was now leading his followers and the other eggs in a chaotic battle.

Since this was the offspring of a certain someone, it was rare for royal offspring to appear in other nurseries. It seemed this twenty-year-old dormant egg was entirely entrusted to the streamer?

No wonder the streamer could help with its enlightenment; it turned out to be this guy's older brother. They had initially been shocked, thinking the streamer had become a father at such a young age.

When these ten offspring, after being held by their parents, returned to the unhatched eggs and strutted around, the nursery became even livelier. Especially when the other eggs crowded around Bai Xiaoyu and were pushed away by the more agile newborns, the first wave of battles between the eggs and the offspring erupted today.

Bai Xiaoyu, watching the fierce battles between the eggs and the offspring, and his assistants prepared for the next batch of eggs to hatch.

This time, the first to show signs of hatching was not one of the more agile eggs but the bright red melon-shaped egg.

This melon egg usually rooted itself in the nutrient soil of its growth compartment, capable of movement and rolling, but only under the condition that Bai Xiaoyu wrapped its root with a special eggshell device. However, due to its extremely thick outer layer of melon skin, it lacked the flexibility of other eggs. Thus, during this great melee, the melon egg was pushed around by the other eggs and younglings.

Because of its striking color, everyone witnessed the melon egg struggling to squeeze its way to Bai Xiaoyu, only to be forced further away from him. Before the melon egg could react, it had been unknowingly pushed to the very edge.

In a panic, the melon egg's inner universe erupted, ready to hatch.

The sound of the melon egg cracking was somewhat heavy, similar to the sound of a ripe melon being tapped. No one noticed except for Bai Xiaoyu.

He walked out from among the eggs and younglings, quickly approaching the melon egg and picking up the bright red egg with force, heading towards the hatching room.

The parents of the melon egg and the live stream viewers were all excited.

It goes without saying why the former was excited; the latter was because the melon egg's appearance had always led everyone to mistakenly believe it was one of the rare plant people in the galaxy.

Now, as the plant person egg was about to hatch, how could they not be excited?

In fact, at this moment, many plant people were also watching the live stream, seeing the melon egg as one of their own, a variant plant species they had never seen before.

After Bai Xiaoyu placed the melon egg into the transparent compartment, everyone watched intently as the egg was about to hatch, but an hour passed.

By then, some eggs that had arrived later than the melon egg had already hatched, leading the crowd to speculate whether the plant person egg required more time to hatch or if it hatched silently.

Otherwise, why was there no sign of movement? Not even a tapping sound.

Suddenly, the same heavy sound was heard again, and everyone perked up, thinking it was happening!

But upon closer inspection, it turned out Bai Xiaoyu was the one tapping with his fingers. Before anyone could question, Bai Xiaoyu, with a look of certainty, pulled out a long watermelon knife from somewhere and began to consider where to make the first cut on the melon egg.

"Wait... wait... wait, dog streamer, what are you doing?!"

"Dog streamer, let's talk this through, put the knife down first!"

"That's an egg, not a melon you can eat!"

Seeing the crowd's terrified faces, Bai Xiaoyu said, "Don't worry, I'm just helping the egg along. The melon skin is extremely thick, like steel, making it difficult for the baby inside to break through."

Bai Xiaoyu then used the tip of the watermelon knife to pry open the top of the melon egg, creating a small opening. He then carefully cut along the edges, quickly marking several lines around the bright red egg.

Once he felt it was enough, Bai Xiaoyu stopped and gently tapped the egg again, as if telling the baby inside it was ready. Then he waited quietly.

Soon, the melon egg began to shake lightly. In the tense silence of the crowd, the top of the egg split open, dividing into six even sections that opened up, revealing a black rhinoceros calf with a single horn, still in the position of using its horn to push upward.

Everyone was stunned. What happened to the little plant person? The image of the small melon in their minds was instantly shattered by the sharp horn of the rhinoceros calf.

Bai Xiaoyu picked up the rhinoceros calf and handed it to the parents, along with the original small eggshell.

This egg, which had been dormant for years without any yolk, finally hatched successfully, much to the delight of the parents.

Following this, other eggs in the area began to hatch one after another. As the three elders grew increasingly anxious, these three eggs seemed to have agreed to show signs of hatching simultaneously.

Watching Bai Xiaoyu carry each of the three eggs into the hatching room, the three men stared intently at the eggs, pacing back and forth, influencing the real parents to do the same.

The live stream viewers found it amusing, wondering if these three old men were the grandfathers of the eggs.

In fact, the last time these three men made headlines during a fight, their faces were not shown, so many did not recognize them. However, the various factions recognized them and were surprised to see them here. Could it be that this batch of eggs contained eggs with the bloodline of their races?

Though the parents did not have the physical characteristics of the three races when they were young, they planned to confirm any eggs that might carry the bloodline of their races.

Originally, the three races had the habit of sending representatives to guard the hatching of eggs. Now, with the leaders of the three races present, it seemed they were truly desperate for their offspring.

At this moment, the first egg showed signs of movement.

Suddenly, five chubby fingers pierced through the eggshell forcefully. The short, plump fingers, originally with healthy pink nails, now had distinctly different black nails, sharp and long, at least three centimeters, longer than the fingers themselves. Soon, the fingers of the other hand also emerged.

Everyone stared at the black nails of the baby, stunned. It was a zombie baby! According to legend, the last time a zombie baby was born was a hundred years ago!

The black-robed elder screamed, exclaiming that these were the most beautiful black nails in the entire galaxy!

Even before the egg fully hatched, he knew from the pure nail color that it was the zombie race's long-awaited baby after a hundred years.

Meanwhile, on the distant planet of the zombies' origin, the zombies spread the news by running and jumping. Soon, the half-planet inhabited by the zombies witnessed a once-in-a-century spectacle. All the zombies extended their several-centimeter-long black nails and fangs, beginning a chaotic dance.

This frightened the other non-zombie races living there, who locked their doors, fearing that the zombies might grab them in their excitement and bite them.

As the zombie baby struggled to hatch, the blue-robed elder suddenly let out a scream.

The second egg also showed signs of movement. The baby inside seemed to be hitting the eggshell with something, causing the entire egg to roll uncontrollably. After several hits, a hole appeared in the egg, revealing a small section of a blue tail fin.

The tail was incredibly beautiful, though very small, only two or three fingers wide. No one expected such a tiny tail to have such explosive power.

The blue-robed elder was extremely excited, almost unable to resist singing on the spot. This was the baby their race had been waiting for eighty years.

At that moment, on the planet entirely covered by oceans, all the mermaids surfaced, gathering together with tails of all colors, singing loudly. Some mermaids cried tears of joy, and colorful pearls rolled into the sea, but no one cared, all celebrating the birth of their race's baby.

Then the third egg also showed signs of movement. The red-robed elder, the most anxious of all, suddenly developed translucent red gills on his face.

Although the egg was the last to show movement, the purple silk that emerged from inside easily sliced through the eggshell, dividing the upper part into two layers.

A baby with purple hair and translucent purple gills on its face, with a delicate and beautiful appearance, emerged, surrounded by a transparent, shimmering purple silk. Below, a slender, matching tail, more elegant than a mermaid's, appeared.

This was the baby the merfolk had been waiting for over three hundred years, and the merfolk began their celebration. They danced in the deep sea, their silk-like tails swaying gently, weaving silk in the depths.

Shortly after the merfolk baby hatched, the zombie baby emerged. The baby's face was chubby, with long black nails on its hands and four tiny, sharp fangs visible in its gums.

Then the mermaid baby also emerged from the egg, not just hatched but actually crawled out. First, soft blue hair appeared, followed by a beautiful face comparable to the merfolk baby's, and then the long fish tail.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu reached out to catch the baby. The little mermaid, sensing a familiar presence, grabbed Bai Xiaoyu's finger, opened its blue eyes for the first time, looked at Bai Xiaoyu, and made a sound, then rubbed its face against Bai Xiaoyu's fingertips.

Everyone watched the little mermaid, with its long tail, swinging its tail and rubbing against Bai Xiaoyu's hand, alongside the zombie and merfolk babies, and were utterly amazed.

No one had expected that three pure-blooded offspring from different races would hatch all at once!

Just as everyone was stunned, a little golden tiger wearing a tiny crown wobbled over.

He looked at the face of the mermaid baby, then at the face of the baby merman still wearing part of its shell, and suddenly let out a few cries.

"These two look pretty good. Who should I choose to be my queen?"

All the beastmen present were taken aback. They could understand the little one's animal language and burst into laughter. However, the faces of the mermaid and merman clan leaders darkened upon hearing this.

Bai Xiaoyu, who still had his mental energy connected to the little one's forehead, now understood what the little guy was trying to convey. He found it somewhat amusing.

At this moment, the little golden tiger was struggling with a difficult decision. A mighty emperor needed a beautiful and powerful queen.

The little golden tiger continued to look at the two potential queens. Both met his criteria, but he couldn't decide which one to choose.

The old man in blue and the old man in red were initially furious that this ungrateful little creature dared to covet the babies they had waited for so long. Was it tired of living? Hearing his cries only made them angrier. Their babies were so adorable, and yet he couldn't make up his mind?

In the next second, they heard the little golden tiger cry again.

As a child, he had to choose one. But when he grew up, wouldn't he be able to have both?

The two elders laughed in anger, amazed that such a young one already had such lofty ambitions.

So, the two elders simultaneously attacked this audacious brat. In no time, one hand grabbed the back of the little golden tiger's neck, and the other lifted his small tail.

Before the little golden tiger could react, he was brought close to Bai Xiaoyu's palm near the little mermaid. The dazed little mermaid was startled by the sudden approach of the fluffy tiger face and lashed out with her tail. Then, he was brought to the little merman, where the equally frightened little merman wrapped him up in purple gauze and whipped him around with a larger tail.

The two elders leaned in close to the dizzy little golden tiger, their voices menacing as they threatened him: "Brat, see that? Our two clans detest feline beastmen the most, so you have no hope, got it?"

The little golden tiger cried out in confusion, even managing to straighten his little crown with a small paw despite his state.

An emperor must have a beautiful queen who matches him; this is a standard that no one can prevent!

This kid spoke with great resolve, but unfortunately, unable to move, he could only turn his head and look at Bai Xiaoyu with wet, teary eyes, letting out a cry.

Brother, help me take the queen.

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

Don't suddenly act so cute and call me so nicely when you see the clan leaders' ire about to shift towards me.

Chapter 117

Bai Xiaoyu glanced at the little mermaid lying in his palm. Originally, she had been gently rubbing against his fingers with her tiny hands, but now, after what had happened, she used her tail to wrap herself up and made sounds at the fluffy little golden tiger. Her two small hands were waving in refusal, making her intentions quite clear.

The little merman beside her, who had just lashed out at the little golden tiger with his tail, still had a puffed-up face. The fins on both sides of his cheeks trembled lightly, and his tail flicked back and forth as if he was ready to attack at any moment.

As the two clan leaders had said, their two tribes indeed did not particularly like feline beastmen.

On the other hand, the nearby little zombie infant watched the little golden tiger running around, unconsciously moving its long black nails.

Seeing that Bai Xiaoyu did not respond, the little golden tiger grew anxious and urged him with several more calls.

This time, Bai Xiaoyu shook his head and turned away, causing the two elders to glare angrily at the little golden tiger once again.

The little golden tiger looked stunned, never expecting that his first plea for help would be rejected.

After all, he was a great emperor, yet he received no respect at all.

His ears drooped, and he wondered what to do now.

Bai Xiaoyu carefully handed the little mermaid to her parents, who had been waiting in shock nearby. They held the little mermaid gently in their hands, afraid to startle her, even breathing softly. However, the father was so excited that his hands holding the little mermaid trembled involuntarily.

The mother, fearing that her partner might scare their tiny offspring, took the little mermaid back from him. The couple looked at the mermaid, wishing to give their child the best things in the world.

Next, Bai Xiaoyu picked up the merman infant and removed the eggshell from its head. The little merman was larger than the little mermaid, and its body had been in an attack stance, partly wrapped around itself and partly ready to strike. Now, as Bai Xiaoyu held it, all the silk-like material transformed into a beautiful, floating ribbon around the infant, looking very lively and attractive.

It had to be admitted, the middle-schooler's taste was good.

However, he remembered that the original host also had a crush on someone of the same age in Imperial Star, Old Qi's grandson, Qi Yun, the flower of Imperial Star.

Now, comparing them, it seemed that this reborn version had even remade his aesthetic sense.

Seeing that Bai Xiaoyu was about to hand the merman infant to Xiao Yue, the little golden tiger suddenly rushed over.

He couldn't choose one, could he? At least leave him one. Any of them would do.

But he was too late, and the little golden tiger looked at Bai Xiaoyu with a resentful expression.

Bai Xiaoyu said, "Don't look at me like that. If you want a queen, you have to grow up first. Don't rely on others; you must pursue her yourself."

With that, he turned and picked up the little zombie infant. The little golden tiger, understanding only part of what was said, rubbed against his leg in frustration, almost tripping him.

Bai Xiaoyu grabbed the troublesome little creature by the back of the neck, and the little zombie infant in his arms suddenly reached out a claw, scratching the soft, fluffy belly of the little golden tiger.

The little golden tiger's belly contracted, and its eyes finally turned to look at the little zombie's face, then at its small fangs and three-centimeter-long black nails.

Seeing the little zombie reach out again, the little golden tiger struggled wildly.

Bai Xiaoyu had no choice but to put the little creature down, and it immediately ran back to its troops.

The little zombie infant's large black eyes followed the movement of the little golden tiger, which surprised the black-robed elder who had been laughing at the situation. He had been amused by the tension of the two elders when their offspring were targeted, but now it was his turn to worry, even more than the other two. It seemed that their own little one had taken a liking to someone else.

Bai Xiaoyu handed the little zombie infant to the elder, who began to block the little zombie's view, using various methods to distract it.

Since the appearance of the little golden tiger, the interstellar community had become very lively, and the birth of pure-blooded infants from the three tribes had pushed the excitement to new heights. The top ten trending topics were all occupied by these events.

More and more people were joining the live stream, watching the interactions between the middle-schooler 'emperor' and his queens, finding it amusing.

Unlike the audience who found it entertaining, Han Lao and Chen Lao looked at the lively and active little golden tiger with disbelief.

Over twenty years ago, the consciousness within this egg had been extracted and transferred to another egg. The remaining fragmented consciousness should have been impossible to hatch into a fully conscious infant.

According to their predictions, this egg would be extremely difficult to hatch, at most producing a mentally weak human infant. It was already surprising that Bai Xiaoyu could hatch this egg, and now it had hatched into a normal little tiger! They knew that the infant inside this egg, like Bai Xiaoyu, was a human infant, so how could it possibly be a beastman?

They even suspected that Bai Xiaoyu had switched eggs halfway through, but there was no reaction from the emperor, or rather, the reaction was significant. After all, they had received news that Feng Shuang'er had bombed the palace with a mech.

This was enough to prove that the infant had been recognized, given that they knew Feng Shuang'er's condition well. Apart from the child from over twenty years ago and the recent second child, there was no possibility of any other children during that period, even through artificial means.

Now, seeing the little golden tiger, the two men were itching to study the tiger's consciousness and beast form to understand what had happened.

Meanwhile, other eggs began to hatch, and Bai Xiaoyu carried out the newly hatched infants. Out of sixty-three eggs in the region, thirty had hatched, with the ratio of beastmen, half-beastmen, and humans being 9:9:12, a perfect balance.

As more and more infants hatched and caused chaos, the nursery became increasingly lively.

Even the usually peaceful sunbathing group, except for the passive melon egg, saw the other seven eggs inevitably join the fray.

The audience quickly noticed that six eggs surrounded one egg, protecting it from harm even as they fought with other eggs. Outside this protective circle, a large rhinoceros infant stood guard, deflecting all attacks aimed at the central egg.

Many viewers exclaimed in surprise, but these were mostly newcomers or those who hadn't been following the eggs closely. Those who had been paying attention knew that the sunbathing group had a core egg, around which melon egg and the six dormant eggs revolved while basking in the sun.

This core egg was the peculiar one, round on top and square at the bottom, and it loved to sunbathe upside down.

In the past, when other aggressive eggs tried to provoke this group, they often teamed up to fight. Whenever a fight broke out, the round-top, square-bottom egg was always protected. However, at that time, melon egg had not hatched, and its heavy shell provided only a single layer of protection, making it a vulnerable point for other eggs.

Now, with the melon egg's tough and large offspring, it became the second layer of defense. Other eggs trying to reach the central egg faced the formidable horns and high defense of the rhinoceros infant, making it nearly impossible to break through.

Moreover, the six eggs, despite their more peaceful nature influenced by the symbiotic grass seeds inside them, were originally blood eggs, known for their strong combat abilities, even without the influence of the wild beast grass.

Having not gone outside to sunbathe for half a day, the eggs' tempers flared as they fought.

How long would it take before they could go out and bask in the sun comfortably?

Until the sound of a crack came from the central round-top, square-bottom egg, and the six surrounding eggs stopped fighting, including the rhinoceros infant, which looked on anxiously.

Bai Xiaoyu, familiar with the routine, petted the various eggs and infants as he made his way through the layers of protection to the central egg. The rhinoceros infant and the six seed eggs did not block his path but instead rubbed against him affectionately.

Bai Xiaoyu petted them and then quickly picked up the round-top, square-bottom egg and walked out.

The six eggs and the little rhinoceros also wanted to go out, after all, it was always delightful to follow either White papa or Little Fangyuan. However, the other eggs and young ones wouldn't allow it; any egg or young one trying to get close to Xiaoyu would be pulled into a fight.

Unless there were signs of hatching, they wouldn't be allowed to leave with Bai Xiaoyu and the others.

Without the need to protect the egg with the round top and square bottom, the six seed eggs burst forth. Of course, once the fighting started in earnest, it wasn't long before all six eggs showed signs of hatching almost simultaneously.

Bai Xiaoyu and his two assistants carried them inside, arranging the six eggs around the egg with the round top and square bottom as usual.

Perhaps because these eggs had some connection to plants, their hatching process was relatively longer. It took over an hour before the first seed egg began to show signs of being attacked from the inside, causing it to shake.

As everyone watched intently, a tightly clenched little fist broke through the shell, indicating it was likely a half-beast or pure human baby.

Soon, another little fist emerged, and the baby slightly loosened its grip before clenching again. One of the fists seemed to have a familiar red mark about the size of a fingernail, while the other had a faintly protruding, crystal-clear green light.

Everyone thought they might be seeing things. The red was probably bloodlines, which was not hard to guess. But what was the raised green object?

Many people recalled Bai Xiaoyu's initial surgery on the eggs, where he placed a small emerald seed inside. Could it be that the seed had grown in the palm?

At this moment, another egg nearby also showed movement, this time revealing a tiny black bear paw with a pink palm, showing no green or bloodlines.

People began to wonder if they had guessed wrong.

The third, fourth, and even the last baby, when they broke through their shells, none of their limbs showed similar green marks.

The babies quickly pushed open their shells in various ways, revealing themselves to everyone. Six babies: one beast person, three pure humans, and two half-beasts.

The first baby was a pure human. His tightly clenched little fist had now opened, revealing a small, slightly raised, emerald seed in the palm. The other hand had a similarly sized bloodline mark.

The second baby was a black-and-white panda cub, with a beautiful seed between its eyebrows and a prominent bloodline mark on its nape.

The third baby was a half-beast, with a small seed on its chest and a bloodline mark on its forearm.

Seeing this, everyone realized the seeds could appear in different places, but wherever they were, they looked extremely beautiful. They didn't yet know that these seeds wouldn't remain in this form forever.

The fourth baby was a pure human, with a seed growing on the earlobe, looking even more beautiful than an earring, and a bloodline mark on the arm.

The fifth baby was a half-beast, with a seed on the butterfly bone of the back and a bloodline mark on the arm.

The sixth baby was a pure human, but the seed on its body was... nowhere to be found. At least, not in any visible place. Not only the seed, but even the bloodline mark was missing.

The audience in the live stream suddenly thought of something and began to look at each other, wondering if the seed and bloodline were in some unusual location?

Just as Bai Xiaoyu was about to carry the babies away, the egg with the round top and square bottom began to hatch. The egg shook, but unlike the steady shaking of the other eggs as they used their limbs, this one shook violently in one direction, much like how the little mermaid and little jiaoren used their tails to break the shell.

In just a few moments, the shell was broken, and through the cracks, people saw a flash of the same emerald green.

People began to speculate: perhaps it was a beast person or half-beast with a large tail, or maybe another little jiaoren?

Even the elder in red shifted his gaze from the little jiaoren to this egg, confirming there was no sign of a similar presence before returning his attention.

The shell of the egg broke further, and the newly hatched babies began to move closer to this egg.

No one except Bai Xiaoyu noticed that the seeds on the babies' bodies were becoming more translucent and full of vitality, with the originally rounded tops becoming slightly sharper.

Then, the top of the egg with the round top and square bottom was broken open, and a closed-eyed baby gradually appeared before everyone's eyes.

A pure human baby?

They waited for the baby to fully emerge, but it remained closed-eyed and motionless, as if asleep.

Bai Xiaoyu knew this baby was special and particularly fond of sleeping. If not called, it could sleep until the sun came up the next day.

He approached the cracked shell and gently tapped it. Sensing Bai Xiaoyu, the baby slowly opened its eyes, looking at him dazedly and giving him an innocent smile.

Bai Xiaoyu patted the baby's head, "Baby, welcome to the world. Do you want to come out of the shell first before sleeping?"

The baby reached out and grabbed Bai Xiaoyu's finger, making a sound that seemed like an agreement.

Then Bai Xiaoyu stepped back a bit, and soon the baby swung its waist, using a green vine to break the shell and bounce out.

Yes, it bounced out. A vine as thick as the baby's waist formed an S-shape, with five roots of different colors at the bottom, each as thick as an arm.

These five colors corresponded to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth: gold, green, blue, red, and yellow.

The baby used the five roots like legs, bouncing out of the shell. As the colorful roots moved, the seeds on the six babies' bodies all sprouted, and soon small green shoots grew, stopping when they reached finger length. Each shoot had a small bud and a slender leaf.

The audience in the live stream was stunned. Was this a half-plant person?

But a half-plant person using roots to walk was something they had never seen before!

At this moment, all the plant people across the galaxy watched the half-plant baby intently, their gazes gradually focusing on the colorful roots. Suddenly, they couldn't resist transforming into their original forms, and various plants, including towering trees and various flowers and grasses, appeared on the spot.

Almost every plant person watching the live stream was affected to some degree, and soon plant people were appearing in their original forms all over the galaxy. Some of the larger plant people, unable to leave their homes in time, ended up breaking their dwellings.

To the plant people, the newborn half-plant baby was their myth and faith.

The five colors became the light they most yearned for at that moment.

Now, their hearts were filled with one thought: Baby, come back and grow with us in the sunlight.

They were going to fetch the baby right away!

Meanwhile, the audience, who had just recovered from their shock, were stunned again when they saw a tender little shoot trembling and growing from the sixth baby's behind.

Chapter 118

When Bai Xiaoyu saw the audience's expressions, he knew they had misunderstood. However, when he first discovered the location of the youngling's seed, he was also taken aback.

Fortunately, the youngling had good luck and did not grow in an unspeakable place like the big brother who came knocking before the apocalypse.

The seed was precisely located at the base of the youngling's spine, and the flowing blood patterns were also on that seed. Therefore, while other younglings' seeds were emerald green, this youngling's spine area had a red seed with blood patterns.

At first glance, the sprout that had grown out appeared tender green, but upon closer inspection, one could see a faint red hue around the sprout.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the small sprout wiggling slightly behind the little one's bottom as it moved. His gaze fell on the single leaf on the sprout. The Forget-me-not Symbiotic Grass had already merged with the youngling, and as the youngling grew, a new leaf would be added each year, much like tree rings.

Currently, the sprout was as fragile as the youngling, but its fragility was directly related to the youngling's strength. It would gradually become stronger as the youngling grew. Moreover, the sprout had become part of the youngling's body and could be controlled just like any other limb.

Without noticing the crowd, everyone finally saw the half-exposed seed when the youngling crawled out of the shell. Since the seed had directly grown into a sprout, the circular blood pattern at its base was still visible.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; the youngling's sprout had grown in a precarious spot. Now, it was perfectly aligned with the spine, similar to the position of a half-beast's tail.

The six younglings also noticed the small grass growing on their bodies. They were not unfamiliar with this companion and excitedly touched it with their hands or paws.

Soon, everyone realized that these sprouts moved slightly with the younglings' movements, responding to their control.

The sprouts could move!

The sprouts on the younglings' palms, between their eyebrows, chests, earlobes, butterfly bones, and spines all moved, swaying their tiny leaves, resembling the younglings stretching after hatching.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the sprouts, which were only finger-length. They would continue to grow, and their strength would match the younglings' physical strength, eventually becoming a more flexible and powerful additional limb for the younglings.

However, the sprouts must not suffer any damage. Of course, the younglings' current constitutions were not weak, and daily activities posed no problem as long as there was no violent tearing.

In the future, once the sprouts completed their evolution, even if they were broken, the younglings would experience severe pain and a significant loss of vitality. However, as long as the half-seed was not removed, their lives would not be threatened.

The six younglings quickly gathered around the semi-plant youngling, their sprouts trembling towards the colorful roots under the vines.

Soon, Bai Xiaoyu handed the seven younglings over to their parents. Knowing that the younglings were familiar with each other, the parents did not separate them and let the seven younglings continue playing together.

The live stream viewers also saw the younglings curiously touching each other's sprouts, interacting harmoniously as they did when they were eggs. However, the sunbathing group still had one member missing, as the other younglings and eggs were tangled up in a fight and could not rejoin the group.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu's eyes softened, and he turned his attention back to the other eggs that were about to hatch.

At this moment, the parents from the Sixteenth Legion and the Twenty-ninth Legion arrived, and the eggs from both sides began to hatch amidst the tension between the parents. This time, each legion had eleven eggs, three times the number from the previous batch.

With the parents and the eggs, the two legions clashed, creating a fierce atmosphere as if a formal battle had begun.

Amidst the laughter in the live stream and the hidden competition between the two legions, the eggs began to hatch one after another.

Almost immediately after hatching, Bai Xiaoyu handed the younglings to their parents, who had just finished cleaning them, and they rushed to the battlefield. Each youngling was eager to join the fray, fearing that their teammates would be at a disadvantage if they were late.

After hatching, the younglings were even more restless. One side was predominantly feline beastmen, and the other was mostly canine beastmen. They opened a small battlefield next to the main chaos, fighting so fiercely that fetal fur flew everywhere.

Bai Xiaoyu held a relatively smaller egg, seeing the vigorous appearance of these younglings, and couldn't help but smile.

He placed the egg in the hatching room; this egg was one of the previously dormant ones.

This egg, like Xiao Dian, was born with a weaker constitution, though not as severe as Xiao Dian's. It was considered one of the easier cases among the many dormant eggs.

The viewers who followed the sunbathing group now shifted their attention to this egg.

Apart from being smaller, the egg looked quite ordinary. However, it had gained a considerable following because, since it started moving, it had persistently tried to get close to the sunbathing group's eggs.

None of the eight eggs in the sunbathing group welcomed this egg, yet it continued to attempt to get closer, three times a day, without fail. Many viewers were moved by the egg's persistence.

After receiving three other hatched younglings, the youngling inside this egg successfully hatched.

Everyone watched as a chubby, caterpillar-like youngling wriggled out, and they collectively fell silent.

Bai Xiaoyu picked up the soft baby, who looked at him with black-bead eyes and kept rubbing against him.

He stroked the youngling, noting that despite its appearance, it was not an insect but a member of the rare Butterfly Race from the stars. Before adulthood, they existed in this form, and upon reaching maturity, they would transform into butterflies.

The Butterfly Race was known for its beauty, both in human form and as butterflies, and many people in the galaxy admired them. However, they had a particular fondness for plant-based races, unlike most other races in the galaxy.

Bai Xiaoyu handed the caterpillar-like youngling to its parents. As soon as the youngling was cleaned, it struggled to get out of its parent's arms, trying to move towards the sunbathing group.

The parents understood their youngling's intentions and carried it over, placing it down. The youngling immediately moved towards the group.

Meanwhile, the rhinoceros youngling had just escaped the battle zone, and the eight younglings were playing together. Suddenly, they all looked over, and their faces changed when they saw the approaching youngling.

The six younglings' sprouts curled up as if trying to retract, the semi-plant youngling's colorful roots trembled as if ready to flee, and the largest rhinoceros youngling instinctively took a step back.

What a huge worm!

Don't come over here!

But the Butterfly Race baby had thick skin and even moved a bit closer, looking pitifully at the other younglings with its black-bead eyes.

This expression was familiar to people in the galaxy, mirroring the relentless pursuit of plant-based races by the Butterfly Race.

Other members of the Butterfly Race commented that this youngling had mastered the essence of pursuing plant-based companions from birth. With so many childhood friends, his future looked promising.

Plant-based races, however, began to grumble.

Bai Xiaoyu found the situation somewhat amusing. It was strange that the plant-based races in the galaxy feared or resisted native Butterfly Races but were not afraid of the insect races from outside.

Watching the sunbathing group's younglings wave their little fists and bare their teeth at the Butterfly Race youngling, it seemed unlikely that the Butterfly Race youngling would be accepted.

As time passed, the last dormant egg also showed signs of movement.

This egg had the shortest dormancy period. Due to being a double-yolked egg with yolks embedded in each other, it was always relatively large and started in the best condition among the dormant eggs. However, it was also the only egg where Bai Xiaoyu did not resolve the issue while it was still inside.

After the egg was moved, it didn't take long for the eggshell to start shaking, and knocking sounds came from within. Soon, a tender yellow beak pecked through the shell, and almost simultaneously, an identical beak appeared next to it.

The audience in the live stream were not unfamiliar with this; were there two chicks inside?

However, when the eggshell was completely broken open, they were stunned.

What met their eyes were two conjoined eaglets. The two little ones had their own heads and most of their bodies, but their wings were connected at one end. Each eaglet had only one wing and one claw below.

Bai Xiaoyu stroked the heads of the two eaglets, who were covered in the same tender yellow down. At this moment, the little ones, poking their heads out to observe the world, had not yet noticed their uniqueness, and their small wings, which had already worked together in the egg, flapped in perfect coordination.

Bai Xiaoyu lifted the two eaglets out, his gaze falling on the point where their bodies were connected. The two yolks had been embedded in each other, leading to their bodies being conjoined after hatching. Fortunately, the eaglets had complete organs, and only part of their bodies overlapped, making it easier to separate them later.

As for why he hadn't resolved the issue while they were still in the egg, Bai Xiaoyu had certainly considered it. He had even thought about using the Selfless Symbiotic Grass, implanting it at the moment the yolks began to separate and were about to collapse.

However, the yolks were intertwined, and the unique nature of the Selfless Symbiotic Grass's seeds made it impossible to use.

With no immediate solution and the egg unable to return to dormancy, he could only continue to nurture it. But he had other ideas, such as the Alchemy Reversion Pill formula he had been helping the warriors at the herbal base research for months.

The state of the eaglets after separation would be similar to that of the warriors, making them suitable candidates. Even if he couldn't restore the formula, the eaglets could still be separated and fitted with bio-mechanical limbs.

Bai Xiaoyu watched the eaglets, who were held excitedly by their parents. Soon, the conjoined eaglets were placed on the ground, and they began to walk in coordination, taking turns with each step. After a month of controlling the egg's movements, they had become extremely well-coordinated, moving almost like normal eaglets.

Even as they walked, they suddenly found themselves in a big brawl, their two heads fiercely pecking at the foreheads of other eggs and chicks.

The parents of the eaglets were very excited. They felt only joy and affection for their arrival, with no hint of disappointment. For now, the happiness of the eaglets was most important, though they couldn't help but worry about how others might view their children in the future.

Bai Xiaoyu, unsure if he could restore the formula despite having achieved over ninety percent completion, simply offered some comforting words without mentioning more.

However, seeing that the other chicks and eggs treated the conjoined eaglets no differently, and that the eaglets' combat strength was formidable, even winning against three opponents, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The eaglets would proudly raise their heads and flap their small wings triumphantly after a victory.

As time passed and most of the eggs had hatched, everyone's attention naturally turned to the largest egg of the batch.

At this moment, the giant egg was playing with a ball, one about its size and another slightly larger than a basketball.

The smaller ball was inseparable from the egg, whose precious contents were about to hatch, revealing what lay inside.

Would it have the strongest and most powerful tentacles, deep blue in color, with a large, black eye on its round body?

After all, the aesthetics and power of the insect prince were closely linked. The larger and thicker the tentacles, the bluer the color, the stronger and more beautiful they were.

The little golden tiger, unable to approach the chosen queens, couldn't help but come over to see the giant egg, which had not yet hatched.

He knew this egg was the first to arrive at the nursery, and although they hadn't directly confronted the young prince before, their relationship wasn't particularly harmonious.

The tentacle egg spent most of its time in the alchemy room, so they had little interaction. However, the giant size of the tentacle egg still made the smallest tiger in the batch extremely envious.

If he had such a large body, he would have already dominated the universe. How could he have been restrained by those two and failed to secure a queen?

Moreover, the little golden tiger, looking at the giant egg, noted its impressive size and the hunting scenes he had seen, indicating its strength.

Now, his vast army needed a great general, and he reluctantly decided to recruit this one.

Qin Lie and Qi Yanhuan were also tense, as their chick was about to hatch. They were extremely eager, and Bai Xiaoyu had assured them that the chick would emerge in a normal form, without any exposure, so they needn't worry.

The fully hatched chicks also focused their attention on the giant egg, finding it strange that it had not yet hatched. They had assumed the giant egg would be the first to hatch, and the smallest, somewhat rebellious egg would be the last. But it turned out to be the opposite.

The little golden tiger was quite pleased, as he was the leader and should rightfully be the first to hatch.

Noticing everyone watching, the giant egg stopped playing, a bit confused.

When Bai Xiaoyu approached and patted the egg, probing with his mental energy, "Chick, when do you plan to come out?"

The tentacle egg was different from the others. The fully developed chick inside, due to the insect prince's characteristics, could even hatch directly from Qin Yanhuan's belly.

Now that the chick inside was fully mature, it could emerge at any time.

Inside, the chick poked its fingers and its wing-like tentacles circled around Bai Xiaoyu's mental energy, "Can I come out now?"

Bai Xiaoyu prodded the chick's deep blue tentacles with his mental energy, "Of course, everyone is eagerly awaiting your birth. Remember, when you hatch, these tentacles must be retracted and hidden, remember?"

The chick was intelligent and obedient. Since the chick could communicate, Bai Xiaoyu had repeatedly emphasized the importance of not exposing the tentacles in front of others.

He didn't think it was too early to discuss these matters with the chick. Given the chick's special identity, he wanted it to lead a normal life, not feeling like an experiment. Some things had to be made clear to the chick in advance, and from the moment of hatching, the chick needed to get used to hiding its tentacles.

The chick nodded obediently, and its tentacles slowly retracted, disappearing into its back.

At this moment, the chick inside looked no different from a regular human infant.

Soon, with a familiar sound from the giant egg, all eyes were on it.

As Bai Xiaoyu and his assistants moved the egg to the hatching room and covered it with a transparent layer, a small crack appeared in the eggshell.

In the next second, a palm-sized white lop-eared rabbit timidly poked its head out of the egg.

Bai Xiaoyu was not surprised; this mischievous little one had changed its form at the last minute.

The audience, seeing the rabbit with bright red eyes and the massive egg, wondered if it was a multi-yolked egg containing a litter of lop-eared rabbits.

This egg had strong combat abilities; during fights, a group of eggs often couldn't defeat this one.

Had lop-eared rabbits become so powerful?

Smaller than the wolf and husky pups, and with an eggshell larger than the multi-yolked eggs, there must be at least seven or more little rabbits or other small creatures inside?

But after waiting for a long time, even after Bai Xiaoyu picked up the rabbit, no other lop-eared rabbits or small creatures emerged.

Suddenly, a scarred man rushed over and transformed into a giant rabbit with a scarred face, holding a small rabbit and rubbing against the woman beside him, tears rolling down his equally red rabbit eyes.

Big Rabbit: "Little Huan, our baby is finally born, I'm so excited... sniff sniff..."

Qi Yanhuan patted the big rabbit and looked at the small rabbit with gentle eyes: "Don't cry, I'm excited too."

At this moment, the little lop-eared rabbit also started to sob along with its father.

The little golden tiger waiting nearby to recruit the Great General and the Little Prince who saw the completely unexpected affectionate scene were both stunned.

This sniveling creature looked so weak; he had clearly made a mistake in choosing his Great General.

All of the Little Prince's tentacles curled up. How could it even change species?

Such a weak and tiny thing, he had eaten quite a few before, but he would never eat them again.

At that moment, the crying little rabbit startled the Little Prince, who quickly controlled the toy ball to roll over.

The little golden tiger, however, was faster than the Little Prince. He extended his paw to nudge the little rabbit and barked at it: "You're so weak, I was thinking of making you my Great General earlier. But I'll give you another chance. Hit me once, let me see your strength, and I'll consider giving you another position based on your strength."

The little rabbit looked at the little golden tiger with a puzzled expression, extending its little paw hesitantly.

The little golden tiger grew impatient and barked at the little rabbit again, very confidently: "Remember to use your full strength, don't hesitate, just hit me."

In the next second, everyone saw the little golden tiger turn into a dazzling parabola, spinning 360 degrees in the air, his fur bristling.

Bai Xiaoyu reached out to catch the falling little crown, looked up at the little golden tiger stuck to the ceiling, and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

You ask someone to hit you, they hesitate, and you urge them to use their full strength. What else can they do?

Fortunately, it was in rabbit form. If it had been in wolf form, the little guy would probably be embedded in the ceiling by now.