Chapter 400: Egg of the Abyss

How does one wake up a sleeping dragon?

Originally, Ye Bai intended to ask Baidu, but the signal here was not very good, so he could not ask Baidu.

As it turned out, he stumbled upon the "Didi" wake-up function by mistake; the correct method was to light a bonfire and use food to wake it from its slumber.

This was an effective method; Chen Long was clearly woken up by hunger, as a rumbling sound came from its stomach.

Ye Bai successfully woke Chen Long from its slumber.

However, this fellow's appetite was truly massive.

The food that would last Ye Bai several days was eaten by Chen Long in one bite.

He couldn't roast it fast enough; he simply couldn't roast it fast enough.

Just as Ye Bai finished roasting the food, the next second, it was swallowed into Chen Long's belly.

Not until the ingredients in the Storage Ring in Ye Bai's hand were completely emptied did Chen Long rub its stomach and wipe its greasy mouth with its Zhua.

It said with a look of disdain, "That was only one-tenth full. Kid, you're here to participate in the trial, right?"

"Why didn't you bring more ingredients?"

"Old Dragon here isn't full at all."

"If you do this again next time, believe it or not, I won't let you pass the palace."

"I don't know how many people have gotten stuck here at Old Dragon's place, desperately begging me to let them pass; don't be ungrateful."

Chen Long looked at Ye Bai with its large eyes.

The corners of Ye Bai's mouth twitched, but he still explained to Chen Long, "My Pet Beast Space still has plenty of ingredients, but I cannot open it; it has been sealed."

"I have no choice either; I am also very desperate."

Chen Long also had no way to deal with the seal placed by Qilin Marshal.

It coughed lightly a few times to cover up its current embarrassment.

"Since you have arrived at Chen Long Gong, I will not go easy on you."

"I will definitely show a one-hundred-percent attitude to make you feel that I am absolutely not just going through the motions."

Chen Long's body became incomparably massive once again, and it used its own body to block the dilapidated Chen Long Gong.

"Ahem, this Chen Long Gong has already been collapsed by me many times."

"If it collapses one more time, I won't even have a place to sleep."

"My part here is mainly to teach you how to use Qi to attack enemies."

"There are many types of Qi between heaven and earth; I presume Yao Yue Tu has already told you, so I won't list them one by one."

"What I can teach you is how to utilize the Qi within a Soul Weapon."

Chen Long's body shrank significantly again, looking about the same height as Ye Bai.

"You are Kuimulang; I smelled the wolf stench on your Soul Weapon long ago."

"The North Star Sky Wolf Blade masters Sun-Moon Qi, which counts as a type of high-level Qi."

"Sun Qi governs Yang and can produce effects of suppressing evil and scorching."

"Moon Qi governs Yin and can produce effects of Guard and healing."

"What you need to learn is how to guide the Sun Qi and Moon Qi out from the Soul Weapon and attach them to the North Star Sky Wolf Blade."

Ye Bai indicated that he understood; this was equivalent to an overall enchantment effect.

"As long as you manage to draw out the Sun-Moon Qi, you will have passed my trial."

"For practical application, you still need to find Si She; it is the expert in illusions."

Chen Long said indifferently.

It just wanted to finish the battle quickly now so it could get a good night's sleep.

At this moment, Chen Long's upper and lower eyelids began to fight each other.

So sleepy, so want to sleep.

Can this human be a little faster?

Good grief, usually people are soft-hearted after eating someone's food, but Chen Long was the opposite; it just wanted to get things done quickly so it could hurry up and sleep.

Ye Bai had already achieved a meeting of minds with the Sun-Swallowing Sky Wolf and the Moon-Howling Sky Wolf of the North Star Sky Wolf Blade, so it was very easy for him to release the Qi from the Soul Weapon.

One side was like a scorching sun, emitting a thick aura.

The other side was as cold as moonlight, and a chilly aura surged into Ye Bai's body.

The fatigue of the past few days was swept away.

Ye Bai had successfully met Chen Long's requirements.

However, Chen Long's eyes were already wide open.

"My goodness, do you have to be this monstrous?"

"How long has it even been?"

But at this moment, Chen Long could no longer resist the sleepiness.

So Chen Long gradually closed its eyes, and immediately, a deafening snoring sound followed.

Next, Ye Bai broke through the Twelve Palaces with unstoppable momentum and successfully returned to Qilin Marshal.

"You're back?"

"Your speed can be considered record-breaking."

"There is an urgent mission here, but this mission is related to scientific research."

"I've thought it over and over, and you are still the most suitable."

"Xin Yue Hu and Fang Ri Tu have gone to execute a mission."

"Among the currently available Twenty-Eight Mansions, only your research level is the strongest."

Qilin Marshal sent the mission requirements to Ye Bai.

The content of the mission is to research the Abyss Egg and find the demons' weaknesses.

During this period, Abyss Eggs have suddenly appeared in various cities like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Although the quantity is not large, they have caused trouble for the safety of the residents.

Once these Abyss Eggs are stimulated by fresh blood, they will begin to hatch.

The Abyss Worms that hatch have an extremely strong desire to feed.

They will devour a large amount of food and then evolve to the next stage.

"Ye Bai, I don't know if it's because the Abyss Egg has been modified, but general light-attribute skills don't have much effect on the Abyss Egg."

"I don't know if you can figure out why this is, and what weaknesses the Abyss creatures produced after the Abyss Egg hatches will have."

"This is what I want you to research."

"During this time, I will not arrange any other missions for you for the time being."

"You just need to figure out the Abyss Egg; right now, the Pet Beast Guilds everywhere are under great pressure."

Qilin Marshal said with a worried look on his face.

The threat from the Sea God Abyss has not yet been lifted, and now the Abyss side has started to stir up trouble again.

Do they all want to invade the Lanxing Weimian?

Qilin Marshal understands that this is the calm before the Rainstorm, and he feels immense pressure.

Both the Tianjie and the Abyss planes want to annex the rapidly growing Lanxing Weimian and make it a part of them.

"I understand, Qilin Marshal, leave this matter to me."

"It just so happens that I am also very interested in Abyss creatures."

In fact, this is not the first time Ye Bai has researched Abyss creatures.

Back in the Five Elements Butterfly Secret Realm, Ye Bai was attacked by other Abyss creatures, and it was fortunate that his grand-master Zhang Dashan rushed over to save his life.

"I will allocate personnel to you."

"Do you have any personnel requirements?"

"I can satisfy all of them."

Qilin Marshal asked.

Come to think of it, Ye Bai actually did.

Ye Bai's first reaction was to think of Lan Fa.

There is no helping it; Lan Fa's abilities are simply too heaven-defying; he is practically the best support.

"No problem, just state your requirements for the personnel."

"By the way, research how to destroy the Abyss Eggs in large quantities."

"We don't have that many light-attribute Exotic Beasts."

Qilin Marshal said with a serious expression.

"I can send out my Sun Flower Cleaning Company; they will definitely be very fast at cleaning up the Abyss Eggs."

Ye Bai hurriedly recommended his Sun Flower Cleaning Company; although this company had already been sold to Sophia, Ye Bai could still have a say.

"We had already thought of this point, so we have temporarily requisitioned the Sun Flower Cleaning Company."

"It's just that the number of the Sun Flower Cleaning Company is limited, and now Abyss Eggs are appearing all over the country, so let's just stabilize things for now."

"The situation has not yet reached the stage of being out of control, but we must take precautions."

After listening to Qilin Marshal's words, Ye Bai nodded.

"We have already prepared a super-large Laboratory for you, and at the same time, we have equipped it with five Diyu Xiao Mijin for you."

"You can completely test them inside the Xiao Mijin."

"Don't worry about running out of Abyss Eggs."

"As long as you are willing to do experiments, no matter how many there are, we will catch that many."

Qilin Marshal stated his purpose.

"Then I will teleport you to the Laboratory first."

"The makeshift team has already been set up for you; I don't care about the process, I only care about the results."

Qilin Marshal continued.

Soon, Ye Bai arrived at the prepared Laboratory.

This Laboratory is exceptionally huge, equivalent to a medium-sized Research Institute.

As soon as Ye Bai arrived at the Laboratory, he gathered everyone together.

"Everyone, you are all elites drawn from various industries."

"Our research is quite urgent."

"Everyone must be assigned some tasks and complete them as soon as possible."

"Those who do well will have rewards; of course, those who do not do well will be transferred out of the Laboratory."

"Did everyone hear that!"

Ye Bai shouted loudly.

"Heard it."

Everyone present was high-spirited and appeared quite excited.

"Now, let's release the Abyss Eggs first."

"We will divide into two groups; one group will research potions to destroy the Abyss Eggs."

"The other group will research how to accelerate the birth of the Abyss Eggs."

"Lan Fa, you will serve as my assistant for the time being."

Ye Bai no longer needed to do the research personally; he only needed to keep a firm grasp on the general direction.

"Lan Fa, long time no see. Have you reached the mid-stage of the Sixth Rank?"

Ye Bai looked at Lan Fa with some curiosity.

"Yes, the strength of my Mirror Person has improved again; it has evolved into a Weird Jing Nu."

"It can now split into many Clones."

Lan Fa smiled and summoned the Mirror Person, directly replicating several copies of Lan Fa.

【Name: Weird Jing Nu】

【Gender: None】

【Attribute: Holy/Metal】

【Skills: Replication (Mastery): Replicates items without signs of life; each time requires the consumption of a certain amount of crystal cores.

Mirror Illusion (Mastery): Creates a mirror illusion; this illusion has no attack power and will immediately disappear once hit by someone.

Jingguang Fanjie (Proficiency): For special attacks used by an opponent, it can reflect them back to the opponent through the mirror surface; this skill cannot defend against physical skills.

Iron Wall (Proficiency): Strengthens its own metal hardness, making it impossible for opponents to harm it.

Replicated Person (Mastery): Replicates an illusion with a physical form; this illusion possesses its own thoughts and will. If the Replicated Person does not participate in combat, it will automatically disappear after eight hours.

Calamity Curse (Mastery): Casts a curse; Exotic Beasts hit by the curse will suffer from various negative effects.】

【Evolution Route 1: Weird Jing Queen: Abyss Origin *10; once the legend belonging to the Weird Jing Nu spreads among the masses, the Weird Jing Queen will appear, and she will bring calamity.】

"Don't worry, Ye Bai, with me watching, no one here will slack off."

Watching everyone conduct experiments in an orderly manner, Ye Bai became interested as well, so he asked someone for an Abyss Egg and placed it inside a specially made bulletproof display case.

The Abyss Egg looked very ugly; it was pitch black all over and covered in barbs.

There were also distorted human face shapes on its body.

It looked terrifyingly creepy.

【Abyss Egg: A source of troops unique to the Abyss; it possesses the bloodlines of many demons within its body and will evolve into high-level troop types as time passes.】

"Is the Abyss trying to turn the entire Blue Star into fertile soil for demons?"

"Does it feed on the Soul?"

"Only through more slaughter do these guys evolve faster."

Ye Bai began his first experiment.

He carefully operated the robotic arm to cut a piece of flesh from the Abyss Egg.

The intense pain caused the human face shapes on the Abyss Egg's body to suddenly open their eyes.

It wanted to open its mouth to speak, but its throat still couldn't produce sound.

"Don't struggle; cooperate obediently with my experiment, and perhaps you'll suffer a little less."

It was not yet dawn, and Ye Bai had not received any useful intelligence.

So he asked for another Abyss Egg to conduct a multi-group component balance test.

The flesh cut from the Abyss Egg was placed by Ye Bai under a super microscope for examination.

He injected ordinary cells into it as nutritional components, and one could clearly see the demon cells greedily devouring the ordinary cells and beginning to expand.

"As expected of Abyss cells, they really are powerful."

"This is why, as long as humans participate in a Blood Sacrifice ritual once, they can obtain demon power and transform into half-human, half-demon existences."

"It seems that humans at this stage have already been infected by demon cells and are no longer normal people."

Ye Bai suddenly figured some things out.

"If I inject nutrient solution into the Abyss Egg, will it be able to promote the development of the Abyss Egg?"

Ye Bai was very curious about this.

Subsequently, Ye Bai personally prepared a bottle of nutrient solution and gave it to the Abyss Egg in two batches, intending to promote the hatching of the Abyss Egg.

However, the outer skin of the Abyss Egg was indeed difficult to deal with; the syringe needle bent on the spot when it poked the Abyss Egg's skin.

It was impervious to water and fire, and feared neither lightning nor poison, but this did not stump Ye Bai.

In the end, he found the largest syringe before he could barely pierce the shell of the Abyss Egg and inject the nutrient solution into it.

Ye Bai saw the Abyss Egg trembling gently, Expansion like fermented dough.

Right, it seemed he had overlooked something.

Demon Bear.

This guy grew up in the Abyss and was summoned to the human world; it should know the weaknesses of other demons.

The Demon Bear, which was on vacation, was forcibly dragged over and was initially a bit unhappy.

When it saw the Abyss Egg, its mouth hung wide open.

"My old swan, how could there be such a large Abyss Egg?"

The Demon Bear flapped its bat wings and flew into the air.

It stared curiously at the Abyss Egg.

This Abyss Egg was about two meters tall.

"Ye Bai, this is not a normal size for an Abyss Egg."

"I guess they must have been injected with some kind of potion inside."

"Or they have undergone genetic modification to create powerful demon troop types."

"This kind of product that violates the laws of the Abyss can only be treated as a disposable item."

"If I'm not mistaken, this must be some Lord in the Abyss stirring up trouble."

The Demon Little Bear crossed its arms over its chest and said to Ye Bai with a face full of seriousness.

(End of this chapter)