Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 862 - 479 Both Meat and Vegetables a Balanced

Chapter 862: Chapter 479: Both Meat and Vegetables, a Balanced Diet_2

Chapter 862: Chapter 479: Both Meat and Vegetables, a Balanced Diet_2

After appeasing its hunger, it eagerly asked, “Ancestor, can we really speed up their hatching? Is there anything I need to do?”

“Move a bit farther away,” Negris said.

With only a month or two to live, if it stayed within the range of the Instant Death Halo and the eggs didn’t hatch, it would die.

Selecting eggs of different attributes, arranging different growth environments, purifying the eggshells, making small holes, injecting nutrient solution, and then sterilizing everything was necessary.

For some damaged eggs, Ange used the Face Purification Technique to treat them through the shell.

Finally, Ange pulled out the Instant Death Halo Stone and activated it.

The body Negris was inhabiting was alive, so he quickly hid far away, joining Doroc deep in the cave, watching Ange from a distance as he fiddled.

Doroc asked worriedly, “Ancestor, is it really possible? Wouldn’t poking holes in the eggshells spoil the eggs? We’ve tried poking holes before, but they rotted within days.”

“As long as it’s sealed properly after disinfection, there’s no problem. Don’t worry, we’ve handled so many dragon eggs before. If it really stinks, I’ll compensate you with a few more,” Negris said nonchalantly.

“Alright then,” Doroc easily believed him.

“Eh? You believe me just like that?” Negris was somewhat surprised.

Doroc had always been cautious around them. If it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t defeat them, he would have thrown these people into the sea long ago. Was he really believing them that easily?

Doroc gave a resigned smile and said, “What can I do if I don’t believe you? I can’t defeat you anyway. This is their last hope. If I don’t believe you, they won’t even have this hope.”

“You see things quite clearly,” Negris remarked with a smile.

“I’m not a fool. Let’s not talk about that now. Ancestor, why have you changed into your current form? Were you cursed?” Doroc asked curiously.

“No, I’ve been reborn,” Negris replied, opting not to mention that he was just a projection, as that manner of existence was difficult to explain.

“Then these humans and angels, are they your followers?” Doroc inquired.

“Pfft, don’t talk nonsense, companions, companions, we’re companions,” Negris hastily said, almost jumping up to cover Doroc’s mouth.

Ange wouldn’t care about such a remark, but had Little Angel heard it, she would definitely visit daily to pluck Negris’s scales to affirm who held the higher status.

Thankfully, Little Angel hadn’t heard it and was still playing by the water pool; Negris let out a sigh of relief.

Doroc cast a doubtful glance at him. Such a reaction didn’t seem like one a companion would have; it seemed more like someone who was bullied.

Just then, one of the eggs moved. The shell cracked open and a wingless juvenile dragon emerged, yelping and attempting to fling itself onto Ange.

Ange held it up, rolling the eggshell as he ran towards Negris’s position.

Once on a clean, flat surface, he set it down and stuffed the shell pieces into its mouth.

The juvenile dragon chewed the shell pieces like biscuits, its round eyes gazing up at Ange.

Ange placed the remaining shell pieces beside it and turned back to continue incubating the eggs.

“Ying ying ying…” The juvenile dragon cried in a milky voice, abandoning the shell pieces and chasing after Ange.

Ange cocked his head, then carried it back. This fellow, fresh out of the egg, was already twice as big as Negris. No wonder others called Negris the Embryo Dragon.

The juvenile dragon thought Ange was playing with it. As soon as it was set down, it scurried after him on its stubby legs once again.

“It seems to think you’re its parent, which shouldn’t be,” Negris flew over, grabbed the juvenile dragon, and said doubtfully.

This instinct to imprint on the first being they see as a parent is common among many birds and reptiles, but it shouldn’t occur in the Giant Dragon Yalong.

Because the moment they hatch isn’t their first ‘moment of sight’; they begin to perceive the external world inside the egg, and by the time of hatching, they are already centuries old. If their parents valued prenatal education, they would have been ‘in school’ for hundreds of years already.

The only possibility was that these wingless Sub-dragons didn’t develop consciousness inside the eggs, and the moment of hatching was their first moment of cognizance.

The juvenile dragon turned its head, noticed Negris—who was smaller but had wings, its own kind—holding it, and thinking it was competing for affection, immediately swiped its head over.

“Ouch, you naughty child, dare to hit me?” Negris flicked his tail, ready to discipline this little brat.

The juvenile dragon, unyielding, tussled with Negris while Ange took the opportunity to run back.

After a bout of mutual brawling that left them with bruised faces, the juvenile dragon got hungry and continued gnawing at the eggshell, leaving Negris behind.

Negris breathed a sigh of relief but was met by Doroc’s half-smiling expression. Hastily, Negris explained, “I was afraid of hurting it, so I didn’t use much force.”

“Yes, yes, yes, the Ancestor is just worried about hurting it, not that he’s unable to defeat it,” Doroc quickly said.

After a few bites of the shell, the juvenile dragon wanted to run out and find Ange again. Doroc with his large claws scooped it up into his arms.

Unable to find its way, the juvenile dragon became anxious and yelped, then banged its head against Doroc’s hand.

Seeing its lively nature, Doroc finally remarked, “It hatched just like that? That’s unbelievable.”

Negris crossed his arms and flicked his tail, “Piece of cake, routine operation. I was afraid the unusual ones would scare you.”

He couldn’t help but feel proud; before his death, the Giant Dragon Clan had issues with fertility that remained unresolved. It was he who brought Ange back to Dragon Island and completely solved this problem.

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