Douluo Star, the far north.
The snow in the canyon had been partially cleared. After twenty-four hours of various explorations, Lan Xiao and his reconnaissance team had confirmed that the place with the flashing gold and silver lights and the strong life energy fluctuations should be safe.
Lan Xiao accurately judged that this should be a relic. If there was no danger, a relic with the life energy of a 100,000-year-old soul beast would definitely be a big discovery for them.
The next step is to excavate the ruins.
The two working mechas had been busy for a long time and finally cleared the snow on the surface. But there was still ice under the snow. These ices had been frozen for who knows how many years and were even harder than steel in many cases. In order to avoid damaging the things inside, they had to be especially careful.
The ice layer is very thick, but after clearing the snow on the surface, the transparent ice reflects the existence of the gold and silver halos inside more clearly.
The light is dim, not very strong, but very clear.
The life detector has been exploring the situation inside. The life energy remains unchanged and there is no fluctuation due to what they are doing outside.
This is a good sign, as the possibility of it proving harmful is lower.
The soul guide energy slowly cuts the energy, constantly determining the specific location of the object inside.
After two full hours of cutting through about four meters of ice, they were able to roughly determine the size of the object.
"It's about half a meter in diameter and about thirty centimeters wide. It's an oval-shaped object. It's definitely not a soul beast. It looks a bit like an egg." Nan Cheng reported to Lan Xiao.
Lan Xiao's eyes sparkled. "If this is really an egg, then we may have accomplished a great deed. Although from the current situation, I cannot tell what kind of soul beast this egg is from. But the egg itself can emit a life breath of 100,000 years. It is conceivable that this should be an egg left by a soul beast at the beast king level. It is rare that it still has such vigorous life energy even when frozen. It is very possible to hatch. This is really a treasure!"
There are 100,000-year soul beasts on those two soul beast planets, but they have long been extinct in Douluo Continent. Moreover, the Federation has an agreement with the two soul beast planets that once a soul beast of this level is found, it must be sent to the soul beast planets. In return, the soul beast planets will also provide some additional resources needed by the Federation in addition to the taxes they pay to the Federation, so as to achieve mutual benefit.
As discoverers, their research team will not only be promoted in military rank, but will also receive considerable material rewards as encouragement.
"Come, this is the wedding gift God has given us!" Lan Xiao took the opportunity to put his arm around Nan Cheng's shoulders and said with a smile.
"Don't be careless, let's get it back first." Nan Cheng whispered.
Lan Xiao smiled and said, "I like you like this..."
"If you call me stupid again, I'll be angry with you." Nan Cheng interrupted him and made a threatening gesture.
"Boss, get up."
Lan Xiao hurried to the screen. On the screen, a mecha was dragging a square block of ice that they had cut out and raised it in front of the camera.
Sure enough, in the transparent ice, there was an egg. The surface of the oval egg was covered with densely intertwined golden and silver patterns.
The two patterns flicker alternately, which is very strange.
"Hurry, bring it back." Lan Xiao ordered immediately.
Soon, the frozen egg appeared in front of them.
There are also a series of inspection devices on the reconnaissance plane. After investigation, the only thing that can be proved is that this strange egg contains very rich life energy.
However, when comparing with the soul beast atlas of the Federal Research Institute, no soul beast eggs were found to be similar to this one.
"Should we keep it in the refrigerator?" Nan Cheng and Lan Xiao stood in front of the strange soul beast egg. She asked this because the ice on the surface of the egg had almost melted away during their previous testing. This also allowed them to see the egg's true form more clearly.
First of all, the eggs with gold and silver lines are very smooth, and the lines on the surface are long and slender, whether they are gold lines or silver lines. They are winding and entangled with each other.
Lan Xiao frowned slightly and said, "In theory, it contains such strong life energy that any environment should not have much impact. But for the sake of safety, in case it is an ice and snow soul beast that will be affected by temperature, it is better to store it at low temperature first. We will talk about it when we return to the institute. Before handing it in, we will also conduct a series of detailed tests and assays. This is a rare opportunity. Such an experimental subject may be difficult to replicate in the future." When he talked about the experiment, his eyes lit up. He had a strong interest in ancient soul beasts and had a wealth of knowledge. When he was still in the academy, he was called the living encyclopedia of ancient soul beasts.
"Cha Cha." The slight sound made them all stunned.
"Is it that sound?" Nan Cheng asked in a lost voice.
"Hurry, everyone, come here. Raise the soul shield of the test bench." Lan Xiao hurriedly ordered. This thing contains such a huge amount of life energy. If there is a life form coming out, who knows whether it will have innate attack power. Although such a situation is rare, it is not unheard of.
On the surface of the test bench, a white protective cover rose, but the "cha cha" sound inside appeared again.
“Cha Cha, Cha Cha, Cha Cha…” The sounds began to become denser, and other staff members of the test team also gathered around, looking curiously.
There are eight people in their expedition team. In addition to Lan Xiao and Nan Cheng, there are two team members who are responsible for going out to collect data, two pilots, and two researchers. This is a standard configuration for an expedition team.
At this time, except for a pilot who was flying the plane, everyone else gathered around and looked at the egg in front of them with curiosity.
"Chacha, chacha, snap!" Suddenly, a tiny crack appeared in a corner of the eggshell.
"Is it coming out?" Nan Cheng subconsciously dodged behind Lan Xiao. The others also subconsciously took a step back.
"Don't be afraid. Even if it is a powerful creature with innate aggressiveness, it won't have strong combat power when it is born." Lan Xiao took the initiative to step forward, and a circle of soul rings rose from his feet. Two yellow, two purple, and one black, a total of five soul rings. Representing his Soul King level of cultivation. At his age, this is already a very outstanding level, and it is also one of the important reasons for his rapid promotion of military rank.
"Crack, crack..." The crisp sounds began to sound one after another, and began to become more and more frequent.
"Puff—" Finally, a corner of the eggshell cracked and a white object came out from it.
Everyone watched nervously, their eyes all focused on the white object.
That is…
The next moment, everyone was stunned.
Nan Cheng poked his head out from behind Lan Xiao, staring blankly at the white thing, muttering, "That, that... why does it look like a hand?"
Yes, it was white, tender, pink, and small. Although it was clenched into a fist, it looked like a hand, a small hand of a human baby.
The next moment, the little hand dropped slightly, grabbed the eggshell, and seemed to break it down very lightly. With a click, a piece of the eggshell was broken off, and then it drilled back into the eggshell.
"Chacha, chacha, chacha."
"Kachcha, kachcha, kachcha!"
The sound continued for just a moment, and then the little hand stretched out again, and broke off another piece of eggshell.
"Is he..." Lan Xiao quickly stepped forward and went inside through the protective shield.
At this time, not much of the eggshell was exposed, and only a white and tender existence could be vaguely seen inside, followed by a continuous "crackling, crackling" sound.
"The life energy is decreasing, decreasing sharply. It is only at the level of a ten thousand year soul beast." Nan Cheng suddenly said.
"Huh?" Lan Xiao asked her in surprise. Nan Cheng's eyes were always on the screen, "It continues to drop, and the speed is dropping faster."
"Crack!" The little hand stretched out and broke off another piece.
"Kachcha, kachcha, kachcha!"
"Only the life energy of the thousand-year-old soul beast is fluctuating." Nan Cheng's voice already contained a hint of urgency.
Lan Xiao took a deep breath, made a prompt decision, and said, "Open the shield."
Only by opening the soul guide energy shield can we observe more closely.
The shield opened, revealing the egg inside. No energy appeared, but as the pink little hands continued to pry open, his true appearance was finally revealed.
How to describe it
When Lan Xiao saw him for the first time, he was instantly attracted by his appearance. He was absolutely sure that he had never seen such a beautiful baby in his life, yes, a human baby, a human baby born from an egg.
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