Chapter 1196: Chapter 344: Hatching! A New Companion! (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Hierarch Shangli Mocheng)
This is a platform about five to six meters tall, covered with countless mysterious carvings, appearing profoundly intriguing.
The groove is part of this platform and simultaneously its core.
He did not rush to place the egg he was holding onto the groove, but instead approached and scrutinized it.
Just as Shen Yunshan said, not far from the groove, there are some objects resembling egg shell fragments.
The egg shell fragments have aged too long, and their colors and patterns have faded, making them unclear, but judging by their curvature and other details, it’s possible to infer the original size of this broken egg was similar to the one he was holding.
Lin Su lifted the egg in his arms, gesturing towards the groove, then nodded slightly.
Good, the size of this groove just fits the egg perfectly.
So...
"Crack!"
With a light sound, Lin Su decisively embedded the egg neatly into the groove.
The next moment...
Nothing happened.
After patiently waiting for a few minutes with no reaction, Lin Su turned his head and gave Qiuqiu a puzzled look, "Are you sure the prophecy location is here?"
"Mee? (≖ω≖)" (That doesn’t make sense?)
Qiuqiu was even more confused than Lin Su.
It clearly saw two scenes in the Time Prophecy: the first is placing the egg on this groove, and the second is the egg shell cracking, completing the incubation.
Which step went wrong?
"Let’s wait a bit longer." Lin Su took a deep breath, staring intently at the egg already placed in the incubation groove.
After about another ten minutes, seeing the still motionless egg, Lin Su fell into contemplation.
It really makes no sense?
According to what Tree Venerable said, this egg’s life aura has long reached the stage of imminent hatching; all that’s missing is a catalyst.
This catalyst should be the incubation groove.
Now the groove is found, and the egg is placed upon it.
In theory, hatching should happen soon.
Seeing the delayed hatching of the egg, Youyou was equally anxious.
It began circling the incubation device back and forth, then suddenly stopped at a certain spot,
"Kree!" (There’s writing here!)
These words lit up the once confused Lin Su’s eyes.
He quickly walked over to Youyou, soon discovering a line of script carved on the side of the device.
Qiuqiu and Youyou also quickly gathered around.
It was an otherworldly language.
Fortunately, Lin Su had been trying to decipher the scriptures brought from the Immortal Phoenix Hall, and he could guess the meaning of two characters.
"This character means ’incubation’." Lin Su leaned in and touched one of the characters, then shifted his gaze downward to another not far away, "This one probably means ’contact’."
Contact...
Lin Su stared at the egg already in the groove, deep in thought.
Could this contact mean having the egg and groove touch?
If that’s the case, it should be satisfied already.
He stepped back to the egg.
After a moment of contemplation, Lin Su gently placed both hands over the part of the eggshell exposed outside the groove.
Is this the kind of contact?
One second...
Two seconds...
After about five seconds, Lin Su’s facial expression slightly changed.
He seemed to sense something stirring inside the eggshell.
It was unbelievable; he actually guessed it right!
This brought a joyful surprise to Lin Su’s face.
He tried to open his palms wider, covering more of the eggshell.
Qiuqiu, Youyou, and Youyou sensed the change and quickly came forward.
Youyou was the first to mimic Lin Su, placing its small hands against the eggshell tightly.
Following a moment’s thought, Qiuqiu wrapped its long, plush tail around the entire egg.
Then it was Youyou’s turn.
It delicately spread a corner of its black robe over the eggshell.
Soon, the excitement in the eyes of the one human and three companions grew.
They could all sense the burgeoning life aura within the egg.
The egg is about to hatch!
Suddenly, the carvings on the platform lit up.
As if the presence inside the egg triggered the entire incubation device!
At the moment the final carving illuminated, a faint crisp sound arose.
In the silence and tension, this crisp sound was like a heavenly melody!
"Crack!"
As the crisp sound echoed, Lin Su felt something with one hand and quickly pulled it away from the eggshell as if he had touched electricity.
With eyes full of joyous surprise, he stared intensely at the point where his hand had been.
There, on the eggshell, a crack appeared, so obvious!
The egg is about to hatch!
All three companions retreated a little, leaving Lin Su with only one hand resting on the eggshell.
They watched the crack on the eggshell with unblinking eyes, full of tension and anticipation, as it gradually lengthened with each crisp sound!
"Crack!"
This was a sound crisper than before.
On that sound, the eggshell, which originally had only a crack, suddenly had a small hole!
A small piece of eggshell fell away from the main body!
The movement inside the eggshell paused momentarily.
It seemed the small hole let outside light into the eggshell, momentarily startling whatever was inside.
Then, the eggshell swayed twice, as if the little one inside was turning over.
Soon, a timid eye peeked at the hole, looking outward.
It was a blue eye, as pure as a sapphire, with a colorful aura around its edges.