129: Mysterious eggs, tons of merits

Seeing Yang Dian throw the item towards him, Lei Ming immediately reached out to catch it.

But halfway through, the item flying towards him mysteriously disappeared.

The four of them stared at each other with wide eyes for a few seconds, then Lei Ming and the other two simultaneously turned their gaze to Yang Dian.

Yang Dian looked down at his hands, then instinctively reached into the pocket of his hospital gown.

The next moment, under the gaze of the three, he pulled out the 'unknown item' with a complex expression.

"It wasn't enough for you to tease me once, you had to use your space ability from your second Awakening to tease me again?"

Hearing Lei Ming's words, Yang Dian opened his mouth to retort:

"I'd love to awaken a space ability."

Thinking of the scene just now, Yang Dian placed the item in his hand on the bedside table again, then slowly shrank back.

As expected.

When the distance between them exceeded one meter, the 'unknown item' vanished on the spot.

Reaching into the hospital gown pocket again, Yang Dian's movements paused.

He found nothing.

Lei Ming, with a somewhat complex expression, extended his index finger and tapped his own glabella.

Yang Dian instinctively reached up and grabbed at his glabella.

The 'unknown item' was caught in his palm.

It turned out that this time, it was stuck to Yang Dian's glabella.

But Yang Dian had been completely unaware of it just now.

When it was stuck to his glabella, it had no weight or tactile sensation.

Instinctively entering the Unity of Man and Nature state to look at the 'unknown item', Yang Dian still couldn't perceive any malice from it.

Thinking of the energy pool located in the abode of his Soul, he flicked the small item in his hand again.

"Is this thing latching onto me?"

As if sensing someone wanted to snatch its food, Dudu detached from its semi-Fusion state, its entire body leaving Yang Dian's hair.

It extended a tentacle, rolled up the 'unknown item', and then tried to stuff it into its mouth.

But each time it was about to put it in its mouth, it would abruptly return to Yang Dian's palm.

After repeating this several times, Dudu, with a few annoyed "Dudu" sounds, re-integrated its body into Yang Dian's hair, leaving only a few tentacles wrapped around the radiation crystal.

"Is this the pet you reported, the Starlight Jellyfish Dudu?"

"The little thing looks quite unique."

"Tsk, adding your Little Black Cat at home, and this item in your hand that is suspected to be the egg of an unknown Mutant creature..."

"You really are popular with Mutants, kid."

Yang Dian, who had exited the Unity of Man and Nature state, frowned.

The Little Black Cat was bought with a can of cat food and three cat treats; it was very easy to raise.

Dudu, after consuming energy, could transform it into special star-attribute energy, enhancing his life essence.

So he was happy to use energy to raise Dudu.

But now this thing that had latched onto him...

Aside from demonstrating space ability... 'Uh, space ability is also very good.'

'I hope it's not latching onto me for energy, otherwise, I'll be even more short on energy.'

'Speaking of which, can this thing replenish what's missing? Should I try it?'

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, the small item in his hand seemed to sense his malice and contracted slightly.

It was confirmed; this was indeed the 'egg' or 'ovum' of some kind of creature.

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Yang Dian ultimately gave up the idea of trying it and put it back in his pocket.

First, this thing had space ability, so it would probably escape even if he put it in his mouth.

Second, it was, after all, something that drove the Lizardmen race into a frenzy. Without 100% certainty that it could replenish what was missing, eating it would be somewhat wasteful.

'Ultimately, it's still because I don't have enough energy and lack the confidence to raise it.'

Thinking this, Yang Dian looked at the three leaders again:

"Uh..."

"How many merit points can I expect to get this time?"

Yue Shan tapped the sealed box beside him:

"For killing Shaquille and upholding the prestige of Huaxia, you are awarded 500,000 merit points."

Yang Dian's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected such a benefit from killing that Foreign devil.

"rare treasures will be awarded a minimum of 1,000,000 merit points based on their abilities, with no upper limit."

"Handing over the rare treasure golden lotus seed is awarded 1,000,000 merit points, and additional merit points will be awarded based on the value of the intelligence provided by William."

"For breaking through the energy defense of the invading Eight-Armed Lizardman and making significant contributions to seizing the Alien Planet's super weapon and capturing the Eight-Armed Lizardman, you are awarded 500,000 merit points."

"Capturing one Six-Armed Lizardmen is awarded 50,000 merit points, killing a Six-Armed Lizardmen is awarded 1,000 merit points, and Four-Armed Lizardmen merit points are one-twentieth of that of Six-Armed Lizardmen."

"Merit points related to the Golden Sandworm will be determined after testing its flesh and blood."

"Information regarding the radiation Crystal Mine needs to be verified first, and corresponding merit points or rewards will be given based on the Crystal Mine's value."

"The brought-back radiation crystals need to be tested first, and after testing, their value will be used to settle merit points together with the Crystal Mine."

"For bringing back intelligence on Alien Planet's hostility and Mother Planet's favor, it needs to be verified, and after verification, merit points will be awarded based on the importance and universality of the intelligence."

"Furthermore, as one of the first personnel to come to Chengdu for support, you are awarded 50,000 merit points."

"As one of the first pioneers to go to the Alien Planet, you are awarded an additional 300,000 merit points."

"That means, not including subsequent settlements, your current total merit point award is 3,419,000."

Yang Dian's eyes brightened.

3,419,000 merit points were enough for him to be promoted to a first-level Policeman.

A first-level Policeman gets a 40% discount on purchases, which means, adding his previously saved merit points, he could buy seven drops of earth core milk!

Plus the golden lotus seed obtained from the Alien Planet, and the egg left by some unknown Mutant creature.

This trip was an absolute windfall!

Thinking of the Alien Planet, Yang Dian added:

"Oh, and the radiation in the Crystal Mine cave seems to confuse the concept of time."

"I distinctly remember only spending two days on the Alien Planet."

"Of that, I spent a day and a half outside and about 10 hours in the Crystal Mine cave."

"But when I returned to Earth, a week had passed."

"Confuses the concept of time?" The three exchanged glances, immediately feeling that the cave had become even more important.

Lei Ming immediately walked out of the ward:

"Among the three of us, I'm the fastest. I'll go down and take a look."

Lei Ming wanted to prove himself in front of the Special Administration Bureau's juniors, to tell Yang Dian that he, Lei Ming, was not inferior to anyone!

Looking at the spirited and confident Lei Ming, Yang Dian felt a bit awkward for him:

"Um, I haven't told you where the cave is yet."

Lei Ming was even more embarrassed than Yang Dian.

He froze at the door, not looking back, his toes digging into the ground, waiting for Yang Dian to speak.

"The cave is located on the mountainside of the Lizardmen Sacred Mountain, at the midpoint between Changqing Valley and the mountaintop. I made some marks nearby..."

As Yang Dian finished describing the marks, Lei Ming transformed into a bolt of lightning at the same moment, disappearing from the ward doorway.

"Cough ~" Yue Shan stifled a laugh:

"Old Lei is just like that, he's been competitive since he was a child. You'll get used to it, you'll get used to it."

Seeing his stifled laughter, he clearly enjoyed seeing Lei Ming make a fool of himself.

However, Yang Dian didn't want to participate in their love-hate relationship.

He was more curious about who had developed hostility towards him:

"Bureau Chief Yue, Daoist Qingfeng, if I'm not mistaken, when I came back just now, you were observing me from behind the anti-aircraft gun window on the city wall, right?"

Yue Shan nodded:

"Good alertness."

"We were indeed behind anti-aircraft gun platform 76 just now."

Yang Dian lowered his eyes:

"Can you tell me who was behind the gun platform just now?"

Yue Shan and Old Daoist Qingfeng exchanged glances.

"I misspoke just now."

"Your alertness, kid, is more than just good; it greatly exceeded my expectations."