Chapter 277 Primitive Beast World Cubs 51

"Alas, what a pity, these eggs will not be able to hatch successfully, and even if they grow up, they will be weak and frail."

Another snake-man gently placed an egg on the ground. This was a corner under the stone wall, where many eggshells were piled up, most of them still intact, and some that were only half-broken and couldn't hatch.

After looking at the map, Shen Ci confirmed that the baby cub they were looking for was inside this pile of eggshells.

Snakes do not help their young hatch. Before a baby snake is born, a protrusion called an egg tooth will form on its head. The baby snake will use this egg tooth to break the eggshell.

If it can't be cut open, it means it's not fully developed, not strong enough, and not capable of giving birth.

The hatching process for a baby snake can take up to an hour, and the egg teeth on the snake's head will disappear shortly after hatching.

If a snake egg fails to hatch, the embryo will die inside the egg and will not be able to hatch into a baby snake.

Furthermore, the inside of the egg can spoil if left for too long, and the exposed parts can contaminate other snake eggs. Rotten snake eggs can also release harmful substances.

If placed together with healthy snake eggs, it will affect the normal hatching of the healthy snake eggs.

Therefore, when the snake clan finds snake eggs that have failed to hatch, they will promptly remove and discard them to avoid contaminating other healthy snake eggs.

Whether it's an egg that hasn't hatched yet, an egg with a rotten shell, or an egg that failed to hatch halfway through, any problem that arises will affect the other snake eggs.

Then they must all be thrown away to avoid losing more than they gain.

After the two snake-clan beastmen left, Shen Ci led Cangye over.

"Mother, this is the territory of the snake clan."

Cangye warned that there were many eyes watching from all directions, waiting for these snake eggs.

The snake eggs were left on the edge of the snake tribe's territory, as Shen Ci had seen on the map. These eggs were useless to the snake tribe, but many animals ate them as a side dish.

They're all waiting around!

Otherwise, if Shen Ci and Cang Ye had rashly entered this place, they would have been spotted by the snake clan long ago.

The snake clan discards and throws away snake eggs that are considered bad. For some other animals, these eggs are their only source of food, so they don't care whether the snake eggs are bad or not.

Inside were egg liquid, and even fully developed snake pups that were unable to hatch.

For them, this is a highly nutritious food!

It's getting dark, there's no time left.

Shen Ci rushed over. There were many snake eggs piled up in this corner. It seemed to be a place where the snake clan had long been dumping snake eggs. There were both new and old ones.

Following the map's instructions, she dug into each snake egg, her hands becoming filthy without her realizing it. Finally, she found the one the system had mentioned.

The snake egg looked ordinary, with no cracks or signs of hatching, except that the shell was a little dirty.

"That's it!" Shen Ci grabbed the egg and left with Cangye, because at that moment, not only them, but also other animals from all directions had pounced on them.

As they walked, they wiped the dirt off the snake eggs.

The system has not yet given any warnings, so the snake egg is still in danger, surrounded by perilous situations.

"Let's hurry, let's go home first,"

Shen Ci sped up, transforming into a wolf rider and galloping home. Cang Ye sensed her seriousness and didn't say much along the way, only continuing to accelerate.

Finally, just before dark, with the last rays of the setting sun on the horizon, she rushed home and returned to her territory.

"Ding-dong!"

Mission accomplished!

The cub is out of danger!

Salvage value +10%.

Purification solution ×1.

Territories can be upgraded.

Current rescue value: 10%.

Once back in his own territory, everything was safe enough, and Shen Ci immediately claimed his reward.

"Purification Potion: Purifies the contaminated cubs."

Shen Ci put the snake eggs into a basin and dripped some medicine on them. There wasn't much medicine, just enough to cover and spread the medicine all over the snake eggs. The dirt on the snake egg shells that he couldn't clean no matter how much he wiped along the way gradually disappeared.

The power of technology makes me suspect that dish soap might have been added to it.

However, the dirt on the snake egg was probably contaminated by other bad guys. Now that it has been cleaned up, the snake egg is out of danger.

However, contaminated eggs are generally unable to hatch, die naturally, or be eaten by wild animals. Shen Ci had a question in his mind.

"System, we've only saved villainous cubs, so this snake egg shouldn't be able to hatch."

If they don't hatch, they'll suffocate inside the egg. Even if they manage to hatch, they'll be eaten by the wild animals waiting around.

How could this snake egg be the villain?

The system quickly synchronized a bunch of information into her mind while explaining it.

"As the child of the Snake King, she carries the blood of the Snake King in her veins, and was therefore deliberately corrupted by other snake clans, leading to her being abandoned."

However, due to its strong bloodline and tenacious will to survive, it eventually broke out of its shell and crawled out. However, after staying in the decaying eggshell for a long time, its whole body became contaminated.

This resulted in the child having many birthmarks on their body after hatching, incomplete transformation, and some deformities.

Because his bloodline was recognized, he was ultimately executed by the snake clan for not being fully developed, and was regarded as an ominous snake that had polluted the king's blood.

In its final, desperate attack, it caused countless deaths and injuries, and a quarter of the continent was destroyed.

...That's ruthless too.

The information in my mind shows the snake's original life: its face was covered with colorful patterns, like camouflage, and one leg was lame.

Her strong will to survive allowed her to live and awaken her bloodline; of course, this growth process was also very arduous.

He was then executed by his tribe as an omen of bad luck, and finally used the mysterious power within his body to unleash a great flood that submerged most of the continent.

This little snake seems to be following the script of a king's return. Despite being of royal blood, it was tricked by other snakes, but after growing up, it returned to fight back.

Shen Ci looked at the clean, smooth snake eggs, which lay perfectly intact in the basin.

This time, she will not be born with defects, and she will grow up to be who she is.

"Mother, would you like some?"

Cangye waited for half a day until Shen Ci finished her work before asking her questions. He felt that he had grown up and should take better care of his mother.

No, you can't eat it.

There is a small snake in here.

From now on, she'll be your little sister. She'll grow up in our family. Of course, no matter what, you'll always be your mother's child.

Shen Ci said that with a second child in the family, she has to pay attention to the first child's emotions. Disharmony between children is often due to the lack of virtue of the grandparents, and she cannot be a biased mother.

"younger sister?"

Cang Ye was puzzled. He was a wolf, yet he had a snake from the snake clan as his sister?

And how does the mother know that it must be a female among them?

"Yes, little sister, we will take good care of her and welcome her to our family."

However, these orcs are very territorial, and Shen Ci estimates that they will all establish their own territories.