Chapter 48 Chapter 48 (2.5W nutrient solution plus more)

As everyone knows, Dragon Clan Chieftain Garland and Brigadier General Hector are mortal enemies who fight each other as soon as they meet.

The deep hatred between the two people can be traced back to a hundred years ago. But no one remembers that more than a hundred years ago, they were actually a couple.

Dragons are considered adults at the age of sixty, but Hector and Garland knew each other even earlier.

From adolescence to adulthood, from best friends to lovers, they spent decades together. When Garland was 68 years old, they officially registered their marriage and bred a dragon egg belonging to both of them.

Same-sex dragons cannot produce dragon eggs. Some dragon couples who want to have their own children will choose to adopt, or even go to extremes and steal other people's eggs.

This special dragon egg was created by using the latest breeding technology after Galan extracted the genes of two mermaid professors he knew.

They were both young at the time, and were full of expectations for this dragon egg that had their common genes.

In order to better hatch dragon eggs, they put down all their work, returned to Luxor, and dug a hatching nest inside the volcano named after him. Every table and chair in the nest were personally prepared by him and Galan, and they contained all their expectations for home.

They will argue over who the hatched dragon will look more like, and they will fight over the right to name the dragon.

The name "Herri" was the name he won in a bet. Garland was always upset about it, so much so that he later fought with him over whose surname the dragon cub should take...

But the much-anticipated dragon egg never hatched.

One year, two years, five years...even ten years passed, and he was still just an egg.

The longest incubation period for dragon eggs is only three years.

The dragon eggs belonging to them have been incubating for ten years but still have not hatched. The supplies in the hatching nest have also been replaced one after another to welcome the new dragon cubs.

He suspected that there was something wrong with the dragon eggs hatching, and suggested going to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. However, Garland said that the incubation period of artificially bred dragon eggs was different from that of naturally bred dragon eggs, and insisted that going to the hospital for a genetic test would destroy their expectations for the dragon cubs.

So they waited patiently for another ten years.

During this time, the dragon cub still showed no signs of breaking out of its shell, and Garland moved the laboratory into the hatching nest.

It was during this period that Garland suggested storing some dragon crystals for the dragon cub.

Hector still remembers his expression at that time, but he was too careless at that time and did not notice the other party's abnormality.

He said, "The cub has been in the egg for too long, so its body may be weak. I found in ancient books that dragon crystal can enhance the power of dragons. Using it on cubs can promote their development. Little Heli came out of the egg so late, so his physical fitness is definitely not as good as other cubs. We have to prepare dragon crystal for him in advance."

So they went to dig for dragon crystals again.

Luxor was full of volcanoes and mineral veins. According to Garland's selection of sites, they dug one mineral vein after another and only managed to collect a small bag of dragon crystals.

But no matter how many dragon crystals you collect, it will be useless if the dragon eggs cannot hatch.

He couldn't help but suggest taking the dragon egg to the hospital for examination again.

Garland lost his temper that time.

Although the two of them often fought, Garland was rarely really angry. Although he appeared cold on the surface, he was actually very soft-hearted.

But his reaction that time was so intense that it only made Hector more confused.

He was certain that something was wrong with the dragon egg.

So he deliberately tricked Garland into leaving the hatching nest and secretly took the dragon egg back to the hospital in Sikkim for examination.

Unhatched dragon eggs usually come with genetic testing.

It was then that he understood why Garland insisted on not coming to the hospital for a check-up. He was a professor at Sikkim University, majoring in biology, and there was no need for him to go to the hospital for genetic testing. He probably should have already seen the problem with the dragon egg - it was a dragon egg with a genetic defect.

There may be something wrong with the breeding technology. The cubs in the dragon eggs develop very slowly and show weak signs of life. Even if they are managed to hatch, they will have huge defects.

For example, if dragon horns and bat wings are not fully developed, they may not be able to fight or fly in the future.

Only then did he realize that when Garland asked him about his expectations for the cubs so many times before, he had not mentioned it casually, but had been carefully testing his attitude.

And what did he say then?

He said: "Little Herri, who has our genes, will certainly be the strongest. I will personally teach him the skills of flying and fighting..."

Dragons value force and are a race born for fighting. Even if the fertility rate is low, many dragons will not accept cubs with major genetic defects. This is why genetic testing is a must when checking every dragon egg.

Once a dragon egg with a genetic defect is discovered, the hospital will advise the parents to stop incubating it.

When he went to the hospital that time, the doctor gave the same advice and told him that the probability of the egg hatching was extremely low.

He was afraid that Garland would be sad after knowing this, and he even asked carefully if there was any way to find another egg. If this egg really could not hatch, at least there would be another egg to comfort Garland.

The result is of course no.

Dragon eggs are so precious, it is even more impossible for him to steal other people's eggs.

In the end, he rejected the doctor's suggestion and took the egg back to the hatching nest. At that time, he was still thinking about how to tell Garland the news, but before he found a chance to speak, the dragon egg was lost.

Galan searched like crazy for a long time, but in the end he didn't find the dragon egg, but he found the genetic test report.

Following the report, it was revealed that he deliberately tricked Garland to leave and secretly took the dragon egg to the hospital...

Garland suspected that he had deliberately deceived her and left, abandoning the dragon egg after learning that it had a genetic defect.

He even found the words he had asked the doctor in the hospital surveillance.

Everything was too coincidental and he was speechless.

It was then that he learned that Garland had known in the first decade that the dragon eggs had major genetic defects, and that the mermaid breeding technology was illegal. The professor that Garland knew was just using their genes for an experiment.

And the much-anticipated dragon egg turned out to be a failure.

Garland had known this all along, and was racked by guilt.

He believed that it was his own lack of caution that led to this tragedy.

He did not allow any inspection of the dragon eggs because he was afraid that he would find defects in the eggs and stop the hatching. He moved the laboratory to the hatching nest in order to study how to make up for the dragon cubs' congenital defects... Hector didn't know how much pressure he was secretly under for all this. He only knew that the loss of the dragon eggs was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

He had never seen Garland so hysterical.

As the future leader of the dragon clan, he has always been cold and reserved, but during that time, he became extremely emotional.

He searched day and night for the whereabouts of the dragon egg to punish himself for his mistake.

He initially tried to explain to Garland that the loss of the dragon egg was just an accident, but later he discovered that what made Garland hysterical was the guilt and self-blame that had always lingered in his heart.

Garland took all the blame on himself and punished himself.

But it was clearly a decision they made together to artificially breed a dragon egg.

So later, he told Garland that the dragon egg was indeed abandoned by him and would never be found again. If Garland wanted, they could breed another egg instead of focusing on an egg with serious defects...

Later, he divorced Galan and was expelled from the dragon clan, forbidden to set foot in the hatching nest of Luxor Star again.

In recent years, Garland stayed in the laboratory and seldom went out. When he went to the Ota front, the two met only a few times. When they occasionally met and fought, it was he who deliberately provoked them, just to find an excuse to look at him a few more times.

He never thought that the dragon egg that was accidentally lost could actually hatch.

Hector's eyes were slightly red. He looked at Herri and said in a hoarse voice: "If Garlan saw you, he would be very happy. He has been looking forward to your birth."

The little dragon looked at him blankly.

Ruan Shiqing heard something and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Hector, what are you doing..."

"More than a hundred years ago, I lost a dragon egg. According to what you said, the time, name, and surname all match Heri's." Hector originally wanted to show him the video footage he had saved before, but when he opened his smart computer, he remembered that his original smart computer had been lost, and the data saved in the early years were naturally gone. So he could only say dryly: "If I remember correctly, the egg was iron gray, covered with strange patterns, and there was a small dent on the bottom. I accidentally dropped it..."

Ruan Shiqing was slightly surprised, glanced at the little dragon cub, and asked 09 to find the little dragon cub's eggshell.

He carefully preserved these items of commemorative value.

After a while, 09 came back with the broken eggshell. The eggshell fragments were placed in a small box. Ruan Shiqing carefully examined it for a while and found a small dent.

Rong Heng, who had been watching silently at the side, was also surprised.

He looked Hector up and down with a strange look in his eyes. He didn't expect that Hector had a history with the dragon clan leader.

They hid it really well. For all these years, no one realized that these two were actually old lovers.