Published: February 12, 2025
These two mature eggs are still covered in a gelatinous membrane, but they are more transparent than the eggs the corpse had in its abdomen, which were the size of table tennis balls. Inside, the shriveled life forms can be seen, and from the aura they emit, it can be determined that they are alive and healthy.
Calculating the time since Ten Thousand Beast Manor killed the ninth-level lifeform, these eggs have surprisingly survived here for several months!
"Did Master Li tell me about these and show me these surviving eggs for something you need me to do?"
Ye Zhongming felt a surge of excitement. If Li Daqian was using these to stir up his desire to acquire, then undoubtedly, he had succeeded.
Initially, after discovering this was a pregnant ninth-level lifeform, Ye Zhongming wanted to buy the mid-section of the corpse, specifically the lower abdomen, hoping to obtain the biological eggs inside.
Now that it had been brought to light, he no longer needed to disguise his intentions.
"Yes,"
Li Daqian also spoke frankly, "I will absolutely not sell these two mature eggs. They will be placed in my beast pool for nurturing until they hatch. I want to see what level they will be when born."
Hearing this, Ye Zhongming calmed down a bit and leaned in to observe the two mature eggs closely. There was indeed no way to discern their evolutionary level from the outside.
At least not at this moment.
Simultaneously, he felt a powerful rule's force emanating from them, indicating that they had likely already signed a battle beast contract with Li Daqian or other members of Ten Thousand Beast Manor.
Clearly, even if Ye Zhongming obtained them, it would be impossible to keep them for himself. This type of contract, established from the egg stage, is the most stable and nearly impossible to break.
"However, the eggs inside can be given to you, Brother Ye."
Li Daqian looked at these eggs with a deep reluctance in his eyes.
Ye Zhongming glanced at the production tube, noting that there were six biological eggs inside, all of which should be viable.
Ye Zhongming was puzzled; these eggs also had value, so why would Li Daqian want to sell them? Wouldn't it be better for him to nurture them himself?
After thinking it over, Ye Zhongming began to understand the situation.
Although he was not well-versed in life sciences, he speculated that the ninth-level lifeform, Mantis Seize, likely formed these life eggs after fertilization inside its body, nurturing them until the right moment to expel them underground, utilizing the energy from below or perhaps more suitable temperatures, to facilitate their final hatching.
In other words, they were matured life eggs that had already separated from the mother body, just waiting to hatch.
However, the differences in these eggs might indicate that they were underdeveloped, possibly not having been matured long enough, or lacking specific energy to be expelled, among other mysterious reasons that Ye Zhongming or even humanity as a whole might not understand. Regardless, these eggs were not yet fully mature!
What kind of place is Ten Thousand Beast Manor? What did it rely on to thrive? It was that mysterious large beast pool.
Ye Zhongming also had equipment akin to a beast pool, and he understood that such equipment could nurture battle beasts, stimulate their reproduction and evolution, and maintain the viability of eggs or juvenile bodies, but it was powerless against immature life forms not cultivated by them.
It was apparent that Li Daqian's equipment was similarly incapable of nurturing these immature eggs.
The differing treatment of the two types of eggs indicated that the mature eggs had already been placed in the beast pool for nurturing, while these immature ones could only remain inside the corpse, relying on the magical stone sarcophagus to sustain their vitality.
One could say that these eggs were far less valuable to Li Daqian than the two mature eggs.
Having figured this out, it was understandable why he wanted to sell these six eggs.