Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#666 - Chaos Egg

"Perfect timing, you're all here! I brought gifts for you this time~"

After taking a seat and exchanging brief greetings, Liang Yue got straight to the point.

"What kind of gifts?"

Peter and the others' eyes lit up at his words. Nai Zi, who was busy pouring water and preparing cutlery for him, couldn't help but ask, a little impatiently.

"They're special pet eggs that can randomly hatch into strange creatures of various grades and bloodlines, but the higher the grade and bloodline, the lower the chance of hatching one.

Also, the pets that hatch are all in their juvenile stage, and you'll need to raise them yourselves."

As he spoke, Liang Yue waved his hand and took out five Chaos Eggs. These eggs were about the size of a ripe durian, weighing about ten pounds each, and were very uniform in size.

Or rather, they were identical, with a layer of dusty gray eggshell covering the surface~

It seemed that Chaos Eggs were indeed a product of some strange rule!

Upon hearing this, the friends each picked up an egg, looking amazed.

"There's such a thing? Could it be, like the dungeons, a product from some game world?"

Sam was holding the egg in one arm, stroking the shell with the other.

His posture was like holding a baby…

"No, it's said to be a strange world where the entire power system and development path are centered around summoners."

"So amazing?"

"Truly unexpected!"

"I want to go take a look!"

"How do you hatch these things?"

"Drip a drop of blood on the eggshell, and the egg will hatch, and the creature born from the egg will automatically become your pet."

According to the information provided by the system, the pets hatched from the Chaos Eggs and the blood-bonded owner will become partners with a natural contractual connection.

This contract has a certain bias. If the master dies, the pet will die with them. If the pet dies, the master will suffer a great loss of vitality and a portion of their mental power.

The number of pets that a person can contract is limited, depending on the contractor's strength, mental power cultivation, and the blessing of some auxiliary props.

However, using some special methods, one can also dissolve this contract, thereby restoring the pet's freedom.

Some wealthy young masters and powerful families will use this method to drive ordinary people to help them open Chaos Eggs.

If they're lucky enough to find some precious bloodlines and grades, they will forcibly dissolve the person's contract and take it for themselves.

Those with a little more integrity might give some compensation~

But the probability of getting top-quality items from Chaos Eggs is said to be very low, and the eggs themselves are not cheap. Many people have been bankrupted and even risked their lives for them.

Overall, it's a very risky investment.

But~ there are always exceptions…

According to the system, Chaos Eggs are actually a product of a special rule manifestation. What kind of grade and type of pet can be hatched, in addition to luck, can also be influenced by certain factors.

For example, the bloodline of the blood-bonded owner~

As long as the owner's bloodline level is high enough, it can conversely increase the level of the species hatched from the Chaos Egg, and even make up for the pet's own shortcomings, etc.

Extremely magical and unpredictable~

Over here, after listening to Liang Yue's words, Peter, Gwen, and the others hardly hesitated.

They immediately took out their handy weapons from their storage backpacks and made a cut on their fingertips, and blood dripped down.

Their movements seemed very swift~

It seemed that these five friends had seen a lot of blood during this time and had grown in their own ways.

"It's best to move the pet eggs a little further away, in case some very large types hatch~"

"Didn't you say that they're all hatchlings?"

"That depends on the species. Even if the grade is low, what hatches from this kind of egg is at least a magical beast."

"Hmm~ That makes sense!"

As they spoke, the Chaos Eggs in front of them began to glow after being dripped with blood.

Some showed a dazzling red color, some were dark and murky like a thick fog, and some seemed to have water waves rippling. These various manifestations probably foreshadowed the grade and type of their respective pets.

Soon, the group carried the eggs in front of them to the nearby grass, and then took a few steps back, watching their respective eggs with expectant expressions.

About half a minute later, the Chaos Eggs gradually stopped reacting.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth and elastic…

Without a doubt, the gray halo was a kind of spatial power that could preserve creatures of no more than a certain size in the Chaos Egg.

After the ball of light landed, it immediately turned into pets of various sizes!

"Awoo~ Awoo~ Woo!" "Hoo hoo~ Hoo hoo~" "Hmph~" "Cheep cheep~"…

In the end, Peter obtained a black panther cub.

Gwen's was a small dinosaur, round and red all over.

Mi Kayla hatched a snow-white giant salamander, which opened its big eyes and looked around a few times before quickly crawling onto her.

Sam's was a bit peculiar, seemingly a praying mantis covered in golden spots.

In front of Nai Zi was a chubby, heavily armored little rhino, uh~ a little female rhino!

Although they were called demon beast cubs, the pets that the friends hatched from the Chaos Eggs were actually not small.

Even Sam's insect-type spirit pet was only thirty to forty centimeters long, a fierce creature with tough armor all over.

Especially the pair of segmented scythe arms in front of the mantis's chest, which presented a metallic luster and flashed with a cold light, making people fearful!

According to Sam, the pet's official name was Golden Scythe Mantis, with a fourth-order bloodline.

Its combat style was swift and agile, its two scythe arms were extremely sharp, and its body surface also had camouflage abilities, which could better hide itself. It was a heartless, natural killer!

Mi Kayla's giant salamander was a frost-type magic-cultivating demon beast, containing a trace of dragon blood in its body, belonging to the fifth-level bloodline!

Peter's panther cub was called Shadow Magic Panther, which could use lightning-type talent spells, its movements were as fast as lightning, and its four claws also had the effect of dispelling magic. It was also a fifth-level bloodline!

Gwen's little dinosaur was called Flame Armored Dragon, a fourth-level bloodline, good at spitting fire, and had solid armor. It was considered a relatively low-level dragon demon beast, but if fed properly, it could also be upgraded by increasing the power of its bloodline.

As for Yamamoto Nai Zi's little rhino, it was a light-type demon beast, a relatively rare existence among the fifth-level bloodline, good at various healing and defensive spells.

In general, the five people's luck was neither good nor bad. They didn't draw any top-quality items. The best ones were Mi Kayla's Frost Giant Salamander and Nai Zi's Light Rhino.

But at the very least, the pets they drew were all above the third level, each with its own characteristics, and very compatible with the owner's combat style.

This was probably because of some of the possibilities given by the friends' respective professional systems?

Anyway, the five of them were quite satisfied with what they saw.

In the following time, Peter and the others began to ask Liang Yue for his opinions on some pet-raising taboos and common sense.

For example, what do these magical creatures usually eat, how to train them, etc.

But how would Liang Yue know this?

He had to let everyone explore it themselves, and also communicate more with the pets to ask them what they thought.

As for him, after thinking for a while, he left a pile of spirit objects such as magic crystals for the group and left directly.