Chapter 105 Mermaid Egg

If it were possible, Hao Ren really wanted to die together with this insane goddess—too bad he couldn't beat her.

"Can the name of this spaceship be changed?" Hao Ren looked at Raven 12345 with the last shred of hope, only to receive the expected negative answer: "No, I've already registered it in the work log and with the Aviation Administration. If you want to change the name, go through the procedures yourself. I don't have the time."

Hao Ren sighed deeply, it seemed that he could only drive a spaceship called 'Turtle Mound' to save the world from now on…

Raven 12345 watched Hao Ren fall into a daze, seemingly aware that her naming ability had struck another blow. She stiffly changed the subject: "Let's not talk about the spaceship, let's talk about that egg. Who has the newbie?"

Hao Ren felt that Raven 12345's change of topic was worse than not changing it at all: it was just moving from one disastrous thing to another! Just thinking about that magical egg gave him a headache…

Nangong Wuyue opened her suitcase and took out the carefully protected white strange egg from a pile of soft cloth: "Here, this is it. What kind of egg is it anyway?"

Raven 12345 took the strange egg, and a trace of compassion seemed to flash across her face: "A mermaid's egg, from another world."

"A mermaid?!" Hao Ren and the other two exclaimed in unison.

"That's right, a mermaid, and the last one of their kind," Raven 12345 sighed, "A remote universe suffered an apocalypse. That universe had problems from its very beginning; it was a malformation. The entire universe developed too fast, and the fundamental constants were quite unstable. There were signs of collapse even before higher civilization appeared within it. Only one planet developed complex life forms before the doomsday. When the patrol team arrived, they found that the only living planet was being devoured by its own star. This egg was found in a tightly sealed underwater cave. It was the last remnant of life on the entire planet. Originally, it should have been sent elsewhere, but I sent it to you. You happen to have a siren here, who should know how to deal with this kind of thing—at least ensure it can hatch successfully."

Hao Ren felt as if he had heard a story far removed from himself. Apocalypse, the extinction of civilization, the collapse of the entire universe, planets being swallowed by stars… These things seemed almost incomprehensible to him. All he knew was that the white egg in front of him was of great significance: it was the last individual of a mermaid race from another world, a burden he had never imagined.

"You want me to take care of this?" Hao Ren carefully took the strange egg from Raven's hand, "…I have no experience in this. What if I don't take good care of it?"

"Just do your best," Raven 12345 shrugged, "This egg hasn't reached the standard of a civilization's seed yet, so it can't be reported to higher-level departments. I can only hand it over to a free inspector to handle. Just be careful not to break it."

"I have a question," Nangong Wuyue suddenly raised her hand, "Aren't you mistaken… I'm a siren, not a mermaid! And even if I were a mermaid, I wouldn't know how to take care of an egg, would I? I was born on land!"

"Oh, is that so?" Raven 12345 looked curious, "Is there a difference?"

"The difference is huge!" Nangong Wuyue pointed at Hao Ren, "He's seen my siren form. I can only transform into the appearance of a mermaid, but my race is siren. I can even turn into a mantis shrimp. Are you going to let me take care of shrimp?"

"I know you're a siren," Raven 12345 nodded, "As far as I know, the sirens of this world and the mermaids of other worlds have similarities. At least you're both oviparous—I thought you'd know how to take care of eggs."

Nangong Wuyue's expression was particularly strange: "That's why I said I was born on land. I'm a hybrid, okay? I've never been to the deep sea since I was a kid. How would I know what a siren born from an egg looks like…"

Hao Ren didn't know why his mind went blank, and he looked at Nangong Wuyue with particular amazement: "So you can lay eggs?"

Nangong Wuyue's face immediately turned red: "…I haven't tried, but it seems I can give birth…"

"Ahem," Hao Ren felt that if this topic continued, they could only go to the animal world to broadcast, so he quickly cut it off and looked at the egg with embarrassment, "Even Nangong Wuyue doesn't know how to take care of it, so what can I do?"

"Young man, do your best," Raven 12345 patted Hao Ren on the shoulder, "I received an analysis report from above. It's probably because this mermaid race was born to survive in harsh environments. Their eggs can survive and hatch in quite harsh conditions. I firmly believe that as long as you don't boil it, it will successfully hatch a fish baby…"

Hao Ren: "…"

The three people with normal minds present thought this was unreliable, but the one with the authority to make these decisions was a female psychopath who didn't seem normal no matter how you looked at her: Raven 12345 happily decided everything before anyone could object, and Hao Ren now had to find a way to hatch this significant egg…

"Alright, alright, put the egg away now, let's take off and leave this place," Raven 12345 clapped her hands, urging them to hurry up, as if she was more anxious to go back than Hao Ren, "Where's the data terminal? Start the engine group, let's see how fast this thing is after it's officially started!"

The data terminal had been stuck in the host external slot for a long time, already itching to try. Its biggest dream since it was on the production line was to become a warship host—of course, everyone knew that it eventually became a PDA, but this did not extinguish its ambition. Now, it felt that its life had found a new purpose: it couldn't be a warship host, but at least it could pretend to be the host of a public service ship for the time being. As the instructions from its core were received by the powerful equipment on the ship one by one, the surging power from the energy core made this data terminal jump for joy. It issued orders with great momentum: "On my command, the warship sets sail!"

"Why do I feel like this thing has more face than me?" Hao Ren glanced at the data terminal strangely, and then continued to study with Raven 12345 what those dazzling data on the control platform meant.

"Go back and study the user manual yourself," Raven gave up trying to understand these problems that were too profound for her after studying for a while, "Try to figure out how to control this ship yourself within three years."

The spaceship ascended extremely fast. Although there was no sense of acceleration inside, it had already reached the edge of the atmosphere. The data terminal activated several external monitors, and the silver-white wall at the front of the control room immediately became transparent, presenting a curved horizon before everyone's eyes. Raven 12345 couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the vibrant appearance of this planet: "I actually created this planet for fun when I had nothing to do. I came here thousands of years ago to add an ecosystem. It was still barren back then. Now look… nature is really a work of art."

"You created this planet yourself, and you're still sighing about this?" Hao Ren looked at Raven 12345 strangely.

"Oh, I'm really a work of art."

Everyone: "…"

"I suggest you save the coordinates of this planet," Raven 12345 patted Hao Ren on the shoulder, "The ecological environment here has evolved very perfectly. Your tenants can survive here. Save the coordinates as a tourist spot in the future. You never know when it might be useful."

Hao Ren glanced at Raven strangely. She didn't seem like the kind of person who would offer such trivial suggestions. This goddess sister was thick-skinned. How could she have the leisure to pay attention to Hao Ren's life and entertainment with his superpowered tenants? So he instinctively felt that Raven 12345 had another pit waiting for him to jump into.

But what Raven 12345 said made sense. This interstellar journey was the first step in Hao Ren's life towards the sea of stars. He had to leave something to commemorate it. Since he had discovered such an alien terrestrial planet, he would leave its coordinates.

Perhaps he could bring Lily here to play in the future—the dog girl would definitely like the bright beaches and chewy wooden sticks here.

So Hao Ren asked the data terminal to choose a suitable place to leave the coordinates. The data terminal drove the spaceship to the gravitational balance point between the planet and the local star in one breath: "Let's leave the relative coordinates here. Use the gravitational balance point between the planet and the star as the benchmark, and calculate in real time during transmission to prevent crashing into the sun next time."

Looking into space from this balance point, the sun was a dazzling giant fireball, and the nameless planet had disappeared in the brilliant sunlight. Hao Ren stared blankly in the weakened sunlight for a while, and exhaled softly: "Let's go back."

A blue light flashed in space, and the Giant Tortoise Rock Terrace Patrol Ship left this nameless remote star system.