Chapter 74 Bird Eggs (Part 2)
Cui Xiaoduo: “?”
He looked at the egg in Mingyu's hand and didn't react for a moment.
The white bird egg was very small, even smaller than an ordinary chicken egg.
For a moment, Cui Xiaoduo really thought Mingyu was using eggs to trick him!
"It's a firebird egg," Mingyu explained with a serious face. "That's what I got from the fire."
"As soon as I picked it up... the fire went out."
As the young man spoke, he bent his fingers and gently flicked the eggshell.
“…”
The "egg" in his hand seemed to feel the force and shook violently. A little fiery red appeared on the white skin, and a circle of white smoke puffed out.
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
This was not the first time Mingyu had seen the egg behave like this in the past two days.
His face remained calm, he touched the eggshell to comfort himself, and looked at Cui Xiaoduo.
"It's the eggs of the Firebird," he repeated.
Cui Xiaoduo: "Can you let me take a look?"
Mingyu handed him the egg.
The egg that had just been steamed was still very cold and smooth to the touch, like a piece of ice-cold stone.
Cui Xiaoduo had never seen such a thing before. He held up the egg and looked at it left, right, up and down. He was surprised to see several faint patterns on the bottom of the egg.
The blue and gold interlaced pattern spread upward from the bottom of the egg, branching irregularly upward like the cracks exposed when the eggshell is cracked.
Cui Xiaoduo touched it with his hand and found that it was very smooth and had no signs of roughness or cracks.
"This might be... it absorbed the traces left by my and Brother Mu's spiritual power."
Mingyu took the bird egg from Cui Xiaoduo again and said uncertainly.
He'd been busy fighting with Feren when he'd just found the egg, and then Mu Baixing had been seriously injured. Before Mu Baixing woke up, Mingyu had actually forgotten the egg existed, leaving it alone in his pocket for several days.
It wasn't until Mu Baixing was completely out of danger that Mingyu decided to take a shower and have a good rest. When he was taking off his clothes, he realized that he still had this thing in his pocket...
Fortunately, the shell of this egg is hard enough, so Mingyu didn’t accidentally crush it these days!
When Mingyu took the egg out of his pocket, it swayed and released several rounds of hot air. Mingyu looked at it over and over again, and then he found the marks on its bottom.
"But I tried to wrap it with my mental power these past two days... and it didn't seem to work." The designer was a little confused.
Cui Xiaoduo touched his chin with a serious expression.
"The firebird isn't a common star beast." He tried to mobilize his knowledge and said to Mingyu while recalling, "Although some people have seen young firebirds, no one has ever seen a firebird egg... let alone artificially hatched one!"
"But I know the hatching process for some other pet bird-type star beasts!"
"For example, little penguins. Pet penguins are usually rank between F and D, mainly for their cuteness!" Cui Xiaoduo rubbed his hands. "Well, for example, for an F-rank penguin, you need to use energy crystals above F-rank, dissolve them in a special solution, and then freeze them together with the penguin eggs."
Mingyu: “…”
"...freeze together?" he asked doubtfully. "Because penguins like cold temperatures?"
Cui Xiaoduo nodded.
Mingyu: “…”
He looked at the bird egg in his hand again and said cautiously, "What about the E-level little penguin? Does it require energy crystals of E-level or above?"
Cui Xiaoduo nodded again.
Mingyu: “…”
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
The two of them looked at the white bird egg in Mingyu's palm.
Based on this inference, the eggs of an S-level firebird need to be incubated with energy crystals of S-level or above that have combustion properties. The fire must be lit and the eggs placed in the flames to incubate.
Mingyu: “…”
"I can't afford this..." Mingyu muttered, "S-level energy crystals are so expensive! My brother Mu's gun muzzle hasn't even used the S-level combustion energy crystals!"
Mu Boxing's mental power has the ignition quality.
However, due to the damage to his mental domain, he could only use this attribute when forcibly increasing his mental power level. Ming Yu was considering installing a special energy crystal in the muzzle to compensate for the lack of this trait in Mu Boxing's normal mental power state.
If you want to repair it, you must use good materials.
Mingyu spent a lot of time looking around the market these past two days and found that S-grade energy crystals were incredibly expensive and he couldn't afford them.
If you want S-level energy crystals and want to save money, you have to go hunting in the resource area.
However, the next half month will be the Star Navigation Competition, and the competition will not provide such extremely rare energy crystals that may undermine the fairness of the competition. If they have time to look for hunting, it will be after the Star Domain Competition is over.
Before Mu Baixing could fight with his A-level mental strength simulating his peak state, he would have to wait until the Star Domain Tournament was over.
Mingyu felt somewhat regretful about this and subconsciously turned his head to look at Mu Baixing.
The man leaned against the head of the bed, received Mingyu's gaze, and glanced at the egg in the young man's hand.
In fact, few people know that Firebird Energy Crystals can be obtained not only through hunting.
If they wish, they can solidify their flames into crystals and give them to humans.
Although the energy crystal condensed from the flames is not as large as the crystal core obtained after hunting the firebird, its level is not low.
The young man was obviously unaware of this matter. His gaze towards the bird eggs was pure and curious, mixed with deep regret.
It's like watching some money-eating prodigal son.
Mu Baixing was a little amused, but he didn't point it out. He just said calmly: "Want to raise it?"
He didn't want to ruin the surprise Mingyu might get, and the innocent connection between the young man and the bird egg at this moment.
The man then simply opened the screen and clicked on the bank transfer button: "You can use the money for the relocation of the base first. I can still earn more."
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu pulled open the light screen in front of him.
"...You're making a fortune." The young man said angrily, "Just get some rest!"
"It's just a bird egg..." Mingyu muttered softly, "Let's try something else first!"
"Senior!" He turned to Cui Xiaoduo and asked, as if to save his life, "Is there any wilderness survival equipment on the starship? First, let's get some ordinary burning flint and steel. Let's try baking one."
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
Cui Xiaoduo hesitated to speak.
"Yes, there is..." He didn't hold out any hope, but didn't want to dampen Mingyu's enthusiasm, so he could only say, "It's in the warehouse at the back. Brother Yu, I'll take you there!"
He took Mingyu to the storage room at the rear of the starship, took out a semi-enclosed combustion furnace, placed it on the ground, and bent down to turn on the switch on one side.
Red flames then ignited.
Mingyu lifted the lid of the burner and felt the heat of the flames.
He looked at the egg in his hand, carefully placed it into the burning furnace, and then quickly retracted his palm.
"Huh... still a little... hot..." The young man shook his hands, and his unfinished words were cut off.
The white bird egg seemed very dissatisfied with the flames around it. It jumped violently in the burning furnace and spewed out a circle of white smoke again.
The white smoke was just like smoke coming out of a fire extinguisher, falling on the flames and suppressing the dancing red flames.
Mingyu: “…”
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
"...So powerful?!" Cui Xiaoduo said in disbelief, "It seems that your egg must have an S-level energy crystal..."
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu reached out to turn off the switch, picked up the incinerator, poured out the bird eggs, and put them back in his arms.
"I really can't afford that," the young man said expressionlessly, "If that doesn't work, just make some egg drop soup for dinner."
However, this was just a joke.
There is obviously a life in this egg. Even if Ming Yu really cracks the egg, he won't be able to make egg flowers.
"If the little firebird is really hatched, what are you going to do with it?" Cui Xiaoduo was quite curious.
Mingyu shook his head.
"I don't know. I don't know if the bird's feathers are pretty or useful. If they really hatch, I'll raise them as pets and then pluck a few of them and sell them for some money. I'll collect the interest and then find a suitable planet to release them..."
Mingyu took the spitting bird egg out of the extinguished furnace.
I've been holding this egg and touching it for a few days, and I've developed feelings for it.
Those who fish have to release the fry, this little firebird...
There's no way I could just kill him and take the energy crystal.
Mingyu was actually very curious about what the little firebird would look like when it hatched, given how lively the egg was.
But no money means no money, so he put the bird eggs back in his pocket and decided not to rush.
*
The journey from the Maze Star back to the Capital Star takes five or six days. Mingyu spent most of the remaining time practicing mental bombs and drawing design drawings.
The person who previously asked Mingyu to design the starship engine has become Mingyu’s old customer, and has sent a new order in the past few days.
"Master LUCE!" Mingyu hadn't logged into the designer trading area for a few days. When he logged in, he saw that old customers were already flooding the chat box with messages. "That energy-absorbing and reflective muzzle device you used against Ya Ya Chong Chong in your last game! Can you make one for my starship too?—"
"No need to be so forceful! I don't have authorization from the exploration team to use high-energy weapons! I'm not trying to cause trouble! I just made plans with my friends to go to a vacation planet for my birthday and play a small starship battle simulation! I want to show them off!"
"I told my sister you designed my starship, but she didn't believe me! This time I have to surprise her with your design!"
Mingyu raised his eyebrows.
Because his energy absorption and reflection device requires rare materials that can withstand extremely high energy values, and such rare materials are generally not available to exploration teams, Mingyu has not yet tried to sell this blueprint.
He actually thought that this device should be sold directly to the military or the Space Navigation Department, and after being improved, it should be used in special fleets that would go deep into the Black Tide as a means to ensure the safety of space navigators.
However, whether it is Star Navigation or the military, purchasing blueprints requires verification of real identity, so Mingyu has not taken any action for the time being.
But if it is used to participate in a small starship simulation battle, things are much simpler.
Small-scale starship battle simulations are a common feature on many resort planets. A designated airspace is set aside, and participating starships are required to be equipped with low-energy cannons that cannot damage the ship's hull. Many resort planets already have starships that meet these requirements, and they conduct thorough safety checks on players bringing their own starships. Then, both teams engage in a thrilling back-and-forth battle in this airspace.
"I can design it for you," Mingyu replied. "I'll add a very low maximum energy limit to the device. If it exceeds this limit, the device will self-destruct. Don't play around with it."
"No problem, no problem!" The old customer immediately transferred the money and said excitedly, "I'll definitely listen to you!"
Mingyu then had an extra 100,000 yuan deposited into his account, and he quickly redrawn the design and sent it to the client.
He then took on a few other orders and made a small profit on the way back to the capital planet.
Five days later, the starship entered the private starport of the capital star.
When we arrived at the capital planet, it was already early morning.
Mingyu didn't want to trouble Mulian and Cui Xiaoduo too much, so he took a flying vehicle to take Mu Baixing back to the comprehensive university.
This was clearly a planet and city that Mingyu was extremely familiar with, but with Mu Baixing sitting next to him, the young man always felt a little excited.
"That's the City Park over there, and next to it is the Zoo and Botanical Museum. In front is the Starship Museum. We'll go to the Medium Speed Channel in a little while, and then we'll be at the University in a little while."
The young man leaned over the window and introduced Mu Baixing, "There aren't many fun places on the capital planet, but there are a few resort and entertainment planets nearby. I'll take you there after we successfully advance to the first star field competition!"
Mu Baixing: “…”
Mu Baixing laughed, and didn't comment on Mingyu's child-like rewarding sentence. He just said, "Okay."
The city outside the window was bustling. Mu Baixing looked at the young man's profile with a slightly gentle expression.
The aircraft turned around the gentle bay, lowered its altitude, and entered the medium-speed channel. Soon after, the university town ahead appeared in front of it.
In the early hours of the morning, the dormitory area of the comprehensive university was quiet.
Mingyu and Mu Baixing got off the aircraft outside the dormitory area and walked inside.
The young man looked a little excited. He walked in front and led the way. After opening the dormitory door with familiarity, he pushed Mu Baixing to go wash up.
"It's really too late! The competition is tomorrow at noon. Brother Mu, go wash up quickly and I'll find you some clean clothes." The young man said as he opened the door of his closet.
"Why didn't I prepare anything?" He muttered to himself, feeling somewhat annoyed. "The unopened clothes I had previously given to Senior Mulian and Senior Xiaoduo... but those two pieces are even more inappropriate for Brother Mu..."
"I remember I had a set of pajamas that I rarely wore... The seller didn't have the correct size, so they didn't let me return it and just sent me a replacement..."
He searched in the closet for a long time and finally found a set of pajamas from the back that were much larger for him because the merchant had made a mistake in the size.
Mingyu's eyes lit up.
He cleared his throat, dug out a set of pajamas from the deepest part of the closet, and knocked on the bathroom door.
The sound of water in the bathroom paused.
The door was filled with steam, and Mu Baixing only pushed it halfway open and stretched out his arm.
Drops of water slid down his muscle lines, across his cool white skin, and dripped onto the floor.
The man only had his lower body wrapped in a bath towel and looked at Mingyu calmly.
This is an extremely aggressive body.
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu suddenly saw an overly straightforward scene and subconsciously took a step back, but his arm was still stretched forward.
"Brother Mu." He swallowed and said seriously, "Try it, is it suitable?"
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