Douluo Planet, Extreme North.
A portion of the snow within the canyon had already been cleared. After a full twenty-four hours of various explorations. Lan Xiao and his small scouting team had already confirmed that the flickering gold and silver light and the intense life energy fluctuations shouldn't be dangerous.
Lan Xiao accurately judged that this should be a ruin. In a situation where there wasn't any danger, a ruin with a hundred thousand year soul beast's life energy could definitely be considered a huge discovery for them.
Next up was the excavation of the ruin.
The two working mechas had been busy for half a day, and finally cleared away the snow on the surface. However, there was still solid ice beneath the snow. This solid ice that had been frozen for who knew how many years was even harder than steel. In order to avoid damaging the things inside, they had to be especially careful.
The layer of ice was very thick, but after clearing away the snow on the surface, the transparent solid ice reflected the existence of the gold and silver halos even more clearly.
The light was faintly discernible. It wasn't very intense, but it was extremely clear.
The life energy detector was constantly probing the situation inside. The life energy didn't change from beginning to end, and there weren't any fluctuations because of what they were doing outside.
This was a good sign. It meant that the possibility of it being dangerous was even lower.
The soul guidance energy slowly cut through the energy, and continuously determined the specific location of the object inside.
After a full two hours of cutting through about four meters of ice, they could roughly determine the size of the object.
"It's about half a meter in diameter, and about thirty centimeters wide. It's an oval 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 really is an egg, then we've most likely made a great contribution. Although I'm still unable to determine what soul beast's egg is from the current situation, it's still a hundred thousand year soul beast's life energy. However, the fact that the egg itself emitted the aura of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast meant that it had to have been left behind by a soulbeast king. What's rare is that it still has such vigorous life energy even though it's sealed in ice. It's very possible that it's hatching. We've really picked up a treasure! "
There were hundred-thousand-year soul beasts on those two soul beast planets, but they had long since gone extinct on the Douluo Continent. Furthermore, the Federation had an agreement with the two Soul Beast Planets. Once a Soul Beast of this level was discovered, it had to be sent to the Soul Beast Planets. In return, the Soul Beast Planets would pay the Federation taxes in addition to the additional resources required by the Federation. In order to achieve mutual benefit.
As the discoverers, their research team would not only receive a promotion in terms of military rank, but they would also receive substantial material rewards to encourage them.
"It seems that this is a wedding gift from God!" Lan Xiao took the opportunity to hug Nan Cheng's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Don't be careless. Let's get it back first," Nan Cheng said in a low voice.
Lan Xiao smiled and said, "I like you the way you are …"
"If you say that I'm stupid again, I'll get angry with you," Nan Cheng interrupted him and made a threatening gesture.
"Boss, it's out."
Lan Xiao hurriedly looked at the screen. On the screen, a mecha was dragging a square block of ice that they had cut out and raising it in front of the camera.
Sure enough, there was an egg in that transparent block of ice. The oval-shaped egg's surface was covered with fine intertwined gold and silver patterns.
The two patterns intertwined with each other and flickered with brilliance. It was extremely strange.
"Quick, bring it back," Lan Xiao immediately ordered.
Soon, the frozen egg was presented in front of them.
The reconnaissance aircraft also had a series of inspection devices. After inspecting it, the only thing they could confirm was that this strange egg contained an extremely dense life energy.
When they compared it to the Soul Beast Atlas in the Federation's Research Institute, they didn't find any soul beast eggs that resembled this.
"Should we refrigerate it?" Nan Cheng and Lan Xiao stood in front of this strange soul beast egg together. The reason why she asked this was because the layer of ice on the egg's surface had almost completely melted during their previous tests. This also allowed them to clearly see the egg's body.
First of all, it was smooth. The gold and silver pattern on the egg was extremely smooth, and the patterns on the surface were all slender, regardless of whether they were gold or silver. They seemed to be winding and intertwined with each other.
Lan Xiao furrowed her brows and said, "In theory, it contains such a strong life energy, so it shouldn't be affected by any environment. However, to be safe and prevent it from being affected by temperature because it's an ice-type soul beast, let's store it at a low temperature first. We'll talk about it when we return to the Research Institute. Before we hand it over, we still have to do a series of detailed tests and tests. This is a rare opportunity. I'm afraid it'll be difficult to replicate such an experimental body in the future. " His eyes lit up at the mention of experiments. He was very interested in ancient spirit beasts and had a lot of knowledge about them. When he was still in the academy, he was known as the living encyclopedia of ancient soul beasts.
"Cha cha." A soft sound caused them to be stunned.
"It's the sound?" Nan Cheng asked involuntarily.
"Quick, everyone come over. Raise the test bench's protective soul barrier. "Lan Xiao hurriedly gave the order. This thing contained such a large amount of life energy. If any life form were to come out, who knew if it would have innate offensive power. Although this kind of situation was very rare, it wasn't unheard of.
On the surface of the test bench, a white barrier rose, but the "cha cha" sound appeared once again.
"Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha …" The sound became more and more concentrated. The other members of the research team also gathered around and looked at it curiously.
There were a total of eight people in this research team. Other than Lan Xiao and Nan Cheng, there were also two team members who were in charge of collecting, two pilots, and two researchers. This was the standard configuration of a scientific research team.
At this moment, other than the pilot who was piloting the plane, everyone else gathered around and looked at the egg in front of them curiously.
"Cha cha, cha cha, kacha!" Suddenly, a small crack appeared on a corner of the eggshell.
"Is it coming out?" Nan Cheng subconsciously hid behind Lan Xiao. The others also subconsciously took a step back.
"Don't be afraid. Even if it's an innately powerful life form, it won't have much fighting power when it's just born. " Lan Xiao took the initiative to take a few steps forward. Soul rings rose from beneath his feet. Two yellow, two purple, and one black soul ring, a total of five soul rings. This represented his cultivation as a Soul King. At his age, this was already a very outstanding level. It was also one of the important reasons why his military rank rose so quickly.
"Ka cha, ka cha …" The crisp sound began to ring out one after another, and it became more and more concentrated.
"Pu — —" Finally, a corner of the eggshell cracked open, and a white object drilled out from inside.
Everyone watched nervously, and their gazes were all focused on the white object.
That was …
In the next moment, everyone was stunned.
Nan Cheng poked his head out from behind Lan Xiao and stared blankly at the white object. He muttered, "That, that … why does it look like a hand?"
Yes, white, tender, pink, and small. Although it was clenched into a fist, it still looked like a hand no matter how one looked at it. It was the small hand of a human baby.
In the next moment, the small hand slightly lowered and grabbed the eggshell. It seemed to be very dexterous as it broke off. With a ka cha, a piece of the eggshell was broken off, and then it drilled back into the eggshell.
"Ka cha, ka cha, ka cha."
"Ka cha, ka cha, ka cha!"
The sound continued to ring out. In just a moment, the small hand reached out again and broke off another piece of the eggshell.
"Could it be that he's …" Lan Xiao quickly stepped forward and looked inside through the barrier.
At this moment, not much of the eggshell was exposed. She could only vaguely see a white and tender existence inside. Then, "ka cha, ka cha" sounds continued to ring out.
"His life force is decreasing, it's decreasing greatly. He's only at the level of a ten thousand year soul beast. "Nan Cheng suddenly said.
"En?" Lan Xiao looked at him in surprise. Nan Cheng's gaze was still on the screen. "It's still decreasing, and it's decreasing even faster."
"Ka cha!" The small hand reached out and broke off another piece of the eggshell.
"Ka cha, ka cha, ka cha!"
"There's only the life force undulations of a thousand year soul beast." Nan Cheng's voice carried a hint of urgency.
Lan Xiao took a deep breath and made a prompt decision. "Open the barrier."
Only by opening his protective soul barrier could he take a closer look at it.
The barrier opened, revealing the egg inside. There wasn't any energy coming out, and as the small hand continued to break off the eggshell, it finally revealed its true appearance.
How to describe it?
When Lan Xiao saw it for the first time, he was instantly attracted by its appearance. He was completely certain that he had never seen such a good-looking baby in his life. Yes, a human baby, a human baby that was born from an egg.
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