NOVEL WEB Chapter 429: The Ice and Fire Minks
Early morning.
Wang Tao and his group were already prepared, ready to depart at any moment.
However, due to the weather, it was still quite dark outside. Wang Tao waited a bit longer until it was fully light before he called everyone to get on the vehicle.
This tracked Crystal Energy Vehicle had a modular design, which made it very convenient to add or remove components. That's why Wang Tao added an extra tracked carriage, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough seats for so many people.
The carriage interior was quite luxurious, almost like the high-end RVs from before the apocalypse. If you didn't know they were heading out for an adventure, you'd probably think they were going camping.
"Is everyone ready? Let's go."
The Crystal Energy Car started up, heading towards the southern gate of the base.
Gu Yun had already notified the authorities in advance, so the City Defense Army would open the gate for them.
The snow outside was still heavy, and there was almost no traffic on the roads. Wang Tao quickly arrived at the southern gate.
Just as he was about to have someone open the gate, he suddenly paused.
"What's wrong?"
Ding Yuqin asked curiously.
"Let's go out in a bit."
Wang Tao immediately had the vehicle stop, then reached inside his clothes and pulled out a palm-sized, colorful, slightly trembling oval object.
[Mysterious Egg (Epic): Can hatch a mysterious creature]
[Hatching Countdown: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 10 seconds (requires close body contact)]
Wang Tao had almost forgotten about this thing!
It was found in Qu Shilin's home half a month ago. There were two of them, one Qu Shilin kept for herself, the other she gave to Wang Tao.
Since the hatching time was 15 days, which was quite long, Wang Tao had put it in his pocket and hadn't paid much attention to it, almost forgetting about it completely.
But just now, Wang Tao suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket. His spiritual power subconsciously probed it, only to realize that the egg was moving. The 15-day incubation period was up!
"It's about to hatch!"
Wang Tao explained to the others.
"It's going to hatch!"
The others also knew about the egg, but like Wang Tao, they had forgotten all about it. Now that they heard it was about to hatch, they were naturally full of curiosity.
In the last ten seconds of the countdown, the trembling of the egg intensified. When the countdown reached five seconds, cracks started to appear on the shell. More and more cracks developed until the countdown reached zero, and then the trembling suddenly stopped.
Snap—
The top of the shell suddenly broke open, and a small head poked out, staring at everyone with big, curious eyes.
"Hey? What is this... a mouse?"
Everyone was curious.
"Probably not a mouse, more like... a weasel?"
He Jijun said, stroking his chin.
The creature popped its head out for a moment, then immediately buried it back inside the shell, followed by a sound of gnawing.
A few seconds later, it had completely consumed the shell of the colorful egg, its wet fur dried out and fluffed up. It grew in size, quickly becoming about as big as a small cat. Meanwhile, an indescribable aura began to emanate from it, carrying a faint sense of oppression.
"It looks like a weasel indeed! But its fur is white—no, ice blue... How adorable!"
Seeing the fluffy little creature, the women's eyes shone with excitement.
The creature didn't pay attention to the others as it climbed up Wang Tao's arm onto his shoulder and used its fuzzy little head to nuzzle his cheek.
Wang Tao had always liked such fluffy animals. Feeling the soft touch on his face, he immediately smiled and stroked it gently.
"Woof!"
Lightning, on the other side, was also very interested in the little creature, wagging his tail frantically.
After petting it for a while, Wang Tao took it down from his shoulder and placed it in his hands.
"This must be some kind of mutant weasel..."
[HP: 100,000/100,000]
[Mana: 100,000/100,000]
[Grade: Level 4 - Lord]
[Awakening: Frost Shot]
Just like the Black Snakes, it emerged from its shell as a Level 4 creature, but while those snakes were only Fourth Order Elites, this one was a Level 4, Lord!
Although its HP was only a hundred thousand, which is the least among Level 4 Lords, it had just been born after all, and there was much potential for growth.
And its Awakening seemed quite interesting...
[Frost Shot: During the duration, spits out a large amount of freeze damage]
This should be an Ice attribute Awakening?
Wang Tao, witnessing Ice attribute for the first time, was curious about the effects.
"Is it a Level 4 Lord?"
Then Ding Yuqin asked.
She could feel a faint pressure emanating from the little creature, indicating it was a Fourth-Level Organism. However, she couldn't quite discern the creature's exact strength, which felt similar to her perception of Lightning.
But Lightning had been with Wang Tao for quite some time, learning gradually to conceal its strength, while this little one seemed to be born with an inherent ability to hide its true capabilities, eluding scrutiny.
"Yep, it's a Level 4, Lord."
Wang Tao nodded.
"Amazing! Born a Level 4, Lord!"
The group, even though they had guessed as much, were still astounded.
The fact that they had become Awakeners was no small feat, having gone through life-and-death situations and with Wang Tao's assistance. It was quite a struggle, unlike this weasel, which was born a Level 4 Lord...
"It must have Ice attributes; maybe we can try it out once we get outside," Wang Tao added.
"Ice attribute?"
Having never seen Ice attribute before, everyone was looking forward to its performance.