Free Web NovelChapter 226: Chapter 186: Fetal Movement (2)
"I remember now. For the past two days, strange dream fragments have been constantly appearing in my mind whenever I sleep."
"Oh? Dreams, too?" Han Ning looked surprised.
Zhao Yingying’s lips twitched. "It’s not that I didn’t want to say anything... I only remembered I had those dreams after I saw it."
"I understand. What were the dreams about?" Both Han Ning and Teacher Zheng were extremely curious about the content of the dreams and asked at the same time.
"The dreams..." Zhao Yingying opened her mouth, a nostalgic look on her face, and slowly began to recount their contents.
"I don’t remember the specifics very clearly. I just vaguely recall that in the dream, my name was ’Hom’, and I was the wife of a Beast Master..."
"Wife?" Han Ning and Teacher Zheng exchanged a strange look.
’After all, Zhao Yingying was a young, unmarried woman. How could she have become someone’s wife in her dreams?’
"It was definitely from a woman’s perspective."
Zhao Yingying nodded.
"It was... perhaps several hundred years ago? In a place called ’Alkana.’"
"I don’t know what kind of place Alkana is, and I don’t even know Hom’s husband’s name. The contents of the dream were very chaotic."
"I think it was a time of frequent wars and widespread turmoil, with various kings carving up the land. Hom’s husband was once the chief Beast Master for a ’King,’ and he was assigned to fight on the front lines."
"After her husband left, he never returned. Every day, Hom would speak to their unborn child, pouring out all the joys and sorrows of her life. She prayed for her husband’s return from the war, hoping their family could live in peace."
"Many tragic and heartwarming stories unfolded during that time. In some unknown era, on some unknown night, Hom sat alone, grieving silently before a flickering candle flame. Day after day... she went from a young woman to an old one, until the day she died."
Zhao Yingying held her forehead as she spoke, a pained expression on her face.
’Alkana... a King?’
Han Ning took a deep breath, listening to these completely unfamiliar names.
Meanwhile, the Winged Demon Egg had been trembling faintly ever since Zhao Yingying began recounting her dream. It let out a series of low, mournful hums.
’Could it be that the Spiritual Fluctuation inside the Winged Demon Egg belongs to Hom, the wife of that powerful Beast Master?’
Han Ning muttered to himself. He looked at the softly humming Winged Demon Egg and asked in a low voice,
"Winged Demon Egg, are you ’Hom’?"
"VMMMM~"
As Han Ning spoke, the Winged Demon Egg held by the tentacles began to tremble even more violently.
An unmistakable look of sorrow appeared in its pale purple eyeball.
’So... what secret does this Winged Demon Egg really hold?’ freёweɓnovel.com
Han Ning had never seen a Soul Beast possess such high intelligence while still in its egg.
’And... the content of Zhao Yingying’s dream seems to touch upon a secret history, one separate from that of the Insect Continent.’
’Let’s see if I can dig up more information!’
His expression shifted. He mentally commanded the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, ’Transfer Blood Qi and Dark Energy to it until I tell you to stop.’
"GUU~"
The tentacles wrapped around the Winged Demon Egg suddenly reared up like Spiritual Snakes, their sharp tips gently piercing into the egg.
Torrents of purplish-red blood essence, rich with Dark Energy, flowed back through the dozen or so tentacles and into the Winged Demon Egg.
Sensing the Blood Qi in the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm rapidly depleting, Han Ning quickly took out chunks of pre-cut Flash Spirit Butterfly flesh from the pouch at his waist and held them in his hand.
The flesh of both the Flash Spirit Butterfly and the Water Smoke Moth was at the peak of the Extraordinary Level. However, being insects, they didn’t have much meat on them. After several days of being eaten by Egg Pancake and the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, the supply was about to run out.
With the continuous influx of Energy and Blood Qi, the Winged Demon Egg’s once-wrinkled surface began to smooth out.
The entire egg began to slowly grow larger.
It grew from its initial size of nearly 1.5 meters to 1.6 meters... then 1.8 meters, finally stopping at just over 2 meters.
The Winged Demon Egg seemed to enjoy the influence of the continuous, frigid aura from the void, and it swayed its body comfortably.
The entire Winged Demon Egg was shrouded in a thick mist of blood that burned like a Flame. The egg itself pulsed like a heart, expanding and contracting with a faint beat.
Everyone present could see that a lifeform within the great egg was rapidly reviving.
All of this was within Han Ning’s control.
With the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s tentacles pierced into it from all sides and monitoring it, he had a clear grasp of the intensity of the life fluctuations within the Winged Demon Egg.
If anything unexpected were to happen, he would, without hesitation, command the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm to drain all the Energy from within the great egg to prevent any mishaps.
The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had transferred nearly 70% of its Energy and Blood Qi, yet the Winged Demon Egg still showed no signs of hatching.
Seeing that its Life Force had become much more Vigorous, Han Ning once again tentatively extended his Spiritual Power, attempting to communicate with the life inside the egg.
The next second, a great storm erupted in the calm sea of his consciousness, as if a tranquil ocean was suddenly slammed by monstrous waves and a devastating hurricane.
In an instant, an endless torrent of malice surged from the Winged Demon Egg and flooded into his consciousness!
Just as Han Ning was about to be overwhelmed by the malice, a subtle ripple seemed to spread through the ether. It was followed by a powerful wave of Spiritual Fluctuation that helped him stabilize his turbulent emotions.
Traversing the ocean of endless malice and enduring the assault of evil thoughts, Han Ning finally detected faint sparks of normal emotion, like embers in the darkness.
These emotions were an amalgamation of many different feelings: gentleness, tolerance, warmth, generosity, compassion...
They were like a blue lotus blooming from the mire, possessing a unique beauty.
HUFF... HUFF... HUFF...
Han Ning’s eyes flew open, sweat pouring from his temples. He wiped it away and muttered to himself,
"Strange... so strange... It’s both frenzied and kind."
"Han Ning, what’s wrong?" Teacher Zheng asked, unable to help herself after noticing his constantly changing expression.
"I’m fine... I was just affected for a moment by the negative emotions inside the egg. Teacher Zheng, everyone, I should take this Winged Demon Egg back with me. It’s extremely dangerous, and I’m worried that if anyone else looks after it, something unexpected might happen."
Han Ning quickly composed himself and spoke to Teacher Zheng and the others, who were watching from the doorway.
Seeing Han Ning’s color return to normal, Teacher Zheng nodded. "It was your trophy to begin with, so you can do what you want with it. But you should probably tell Dean Wu and Teacher Lü about this to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings with others who aren’t aware of the situation."
...
After helping Zhao Yingying and the others with their symptoms, Han Ning returned to his dorm, taking the Winged Demon Egg he had previously given away and since reclaimed.
He had originally planned to take Egg Pancake and the others out to find food that afternoon, but the secret hidden inside the Winged Demon Egg was simply too tantalizing. His curiosity was killing him.
「Inside the empty dormitory building.」
"CHIRP CHIRP~" "LIIING~" "GUU-GUU-MI~"
Egg Pancake, Yin Yi, and the avatar of the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm—which had taken the form of a small Egg Pancake—all gathered around the two-meter-tall Winged Demon Egg. They stared at the tentacle-wrapped egg, their curiosity piqued as well.
Han Ning took a shallow breath and touched the Winged Demon Egg again, preparing to communicate with the life within.
This time, he’d learned his lesson. He forcefully resisted the violent, negative emotions and directly reached for the gentler region within the life’s conscious Domain.
’Are you Hom?’ Han Ning’s Spiritual Power rippled slightly.
"..." But silence was his only reply.
He waited in silence for over ten seconds. Just as he was about to conclude that the Winged Demon Egg’s intelligence wasn’t high enough to communicate, a blurry, flickering image inexplicably appeared in his mind.
It was like bad reception on an old television; his vision seemed to be filled with dense, gray static.
A pair of eyes opened in the darkness.
Through the blur, Han Ning could vaguely make out a dark shadow appearing before him.
It was a human face, and it filled his entire field of view.
