"Thunder."

"Thunder, thunder."

Mingxi had just voiced her thoughts, but Golden Yuanbao denied them.

It looked up at the moon in the east again, indicating that its homeland only had a blood moon, not a silver moon.

"Thunder, thunder."

It added, "And in my homeland, all Transcendent creatures' eyes are similar to mine; here, they are not."

Hearing this, Mingxi was surprised again.

Having contracted the Thunder Demon Bird, Mingxi naturally researched information about it.

Its first stage, Golden Feather Finch, is a Flight-type Transcendent creature, whose advantage is speed.

In its infancy, it is very small, about the size of a palm.

Its feathers are also golden, just not as shiny as Golden Yuanbao's.

Its pupil colors are black and light brown.

After evolving into a Thunder Demon Bird, its body size significantly increases, and purple-black feathers grow on its head, which is also a sign of its Thunder-type abilities.

Its pupil color will also change, but it is usually purplish-red.

Golden Yuanbao's pupil color, however, is a gem-like crimson.

But pupil color variation is not too uncommon among Transcendent creatures, so Mingxi hadn't paid much attention to it.

She never expected Golden Yuanbao's pupil color to have such an origin.

All Transcendent creatures in its homeland have blood-red eyes.

This is definitely not a simple pupil color variation.

Mingxi asked, "Then do you know where your homeland is?"

Golden Yuanbao shook its head.

"Thunder, thunder."

It didn't know.

Mingxi watched its drooping feathers, hesitated for a moment, and then finally asked.

"Do you want to go back?"

Golden Yuanbao turned to look at her, her slender figure reflected in its blood-red eyes.

This human probably wants it to say no, right?

But it didn't want to lie to her.

"Thunder." I do.

It had to go back; there was a task it had to complete there.

Mingxi wasn't surprised by this answer; she wasn't disappointed, but rather felt a sense of finality.

She let out a long breath.

"When I go back, I will help investigate the exact location of your homeland. No matter what, I will find a way to take you back."

It was 'take,' not 'let.'

Mingxi wasn't kind enough to voluntarily break the contract with Golden Yuanbao and send it back to its old home.

She was a very selfish person, not a saint with boundless love.

Golden Yuanbao was very intelligent and naturally understood her unspoken meaning.

"Thunder, thunder?" You're willing to go back with me?

Mingxi smiled at it, "What else? I can't possibly break the contract with you."

Whether actively or passively, breaking a contract with a pet beast not only affects the Beast Tamers' brain power and physical abilities but also leads to the permanent vacancy of a contract slot.

That is to say, a Soul Key would have been awakened in vain.

"Thunder, thunder?"

Even if you might die if you come back with me?

Mingxi raised an eyebrow, her smile becoming more unrestrained.

"Where won't you die? Even drinking cold water can scald you to death, and riding the subway can lead to a derailment accident. How long we live is sometimes truly not up to us."

"So, no matter how much of a dragon's den your home is, to me, it's actually not much different from being at my own home."

If the King of Hell wanted her to die at the third watch, he would never let her live until the universe was destroyed.

The issue of life and death was too grand and vast.

In this regard, Mingxi was a 'go with the flow' type of person.

Her philosophy was to seize the day.

Golden Yuanbao was clearly stunned by her words, remaining silent for a long time, just gazing at her quietly.

As if pondering.

"Thunder, thunder."

Mingxi had already snuggled into her sleeping bag to doze off when she vaguely heard its cry.

It said, "I understand."

A faint, gentle smile appeared at the corner of Mingxi's mouth, like a flower kissed by a breeze, blooming silently.

As soon as nine o'clock arrived, all sleepiness vanished.

The person and the beast entered the Time Realm.

As usual, they spun the wheel to draw today's training duration.

Mingxi rubbed her hands, her expression more serious than ever before.

Second Baby's incubation progress should be at 93.75%, so it would successfully hatch with just 30 more hours.

Therefore, it would be best if she could draw 30 or 36 hours tonight, so she wouldn't need to consume any bonus time.

"Explode, my cosmos!"

The turntable spun round and round.

The pointer was like a lecher visiting a brothel for the first time, overwhelmed by choices, lingering between two courtesans for a long time, finally landing on the 30-hour section, on that courtesan!

Mingxi let out a long sigh, her tense muscles relaxing.

It didn't mess up at the critical moment.

It's a good lecher.

Mingxi first took Golden Yuanbao to see Second Baby.

At this moment, Second Baby in the incubator no longer looked as unsightly as before.

The stony material covering its surface had completely fallen off, revealing the true appearance of the pet beast egg.

The eggshell was actually like flowing mercury.

At first glance, it even looked a bit like a large weighing scale.

There were also green lines as fine as silkworm threads distributed on it.

Miraculously, these green threads seemed to have a life of their own, constantly combining and dispersing, and then dispersing and combining again.

Forming one mysterious and profound pattern after another, like a changing kaleidoscope.

The entire egg seemed to be a masterpiece carefully carved by God, something mortals could never create.

Mingxi cursed inwardly.

What kind of species was her Second Baby? This egg clearly wasn't an ordinary item.

"Guangguang, can you determine its species now?"

"Master, this pet beast egg is very likely an ancient species."

What's an ancient species?

Such high-sounding new terms were really too difficult for an illiterate like her.

Guangguang probably also knew her situation.

It explained: "Ancient species, that is, Transcendent species that existed in ancient times, before you humans were born. In this era, most ancient species have already gone extinct. Many of the legendary Transcendent creatures you humans speak of are descendants of ancient species."

Mingxi: ...

She was a little flustered.

"You don't mean that this pet beast egg was left over from tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, do you?"

When she had it tested at the Yushou Center, the Staff Member estimated that her Second Baby was at least a thousand years old, and she already thought that was exaggerated at the time.

She never expected that the truth might be even more exaggerated than the test!

"It cannot be fully confirmed yet. We will only know exactly what it is after it hatches."

"Master, don't worry."

Mingxi felt that Guangguang was speaking without understanding her pain. Who {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} wouldn't be anxious after hearing such explosive news?

She wished she hadn't drawn 30 hours of training time today.

She would have directly used bonus time to speed up Second Baby's incubation.

However, it was too late.

As excited as she was when she drew it, she was now just as regretful.

Fortunately, Mingxi was very good at regulating her emotions. She suppressed that urgent desire and left Room 1.

She continued her training as usual.

Golden Yuanbao had already entered the Static Simulation Room. Although its energy value had reached the level cap and could no longer be increased, wasn't there still the bothersome little imp of skill proficiency?

It wanted to quickly master Thunderstorm.

So it planned to stay in the Static Simulation Room all day today.

Mingxi also began her daily exercise.

She would soak in the Thunder Pool after exhausting herself.

After soaking in the Thunder Pool, she would meditate.

Then continue training.

She didn't know if it was because she had something on her mind, but time seemed to pass especially slowly today.

"Master, it's about to hatch."