Chapter 20

The golden dragon named "Bite" fell near the 911 Air Base. As the entity with full ownership rights, the Apocalypse Defense Group, which firmly held the home-field advantage, was destined to reap the lion's share of the benefits, at least bringing in tens of billions of star yuan in net income, far exceeding the meager defense contracting fees.

Compared to individuals, the big shots could easily let a bit slip through their fingers, which would be enough to make a small figure like Park Ae-hwa rich.

The 911 Air Base kept a tight watch on the area where the golden dragon fell, not even a fly could get in. Park Ae-hwa felt this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although he had the desire, he lacked the courage, so he had to turn to Chen Fei, who had had close contact with the golden dragon. However, he did not expect that this newcomer would have no interest in such a rare opportunity to get rich, which was a great disappointment.

Chen Fei, who had just been discharged from the hospital after recovering from his injuries, had no time to focus on Park Ae-hwa's get-rich-quick scheme. His attention was entirely on the technical manuals given to him by the maintenance chief, Xiao Ming. The other party had specially retrieved Volume A, carefully rebound it, and he could not let this heartfelt effort go to waste.

Studying these technical manuals thoroughly was a necessary step before officially starting work in the maintenance team. If he couldn't pass this test and was kicked out in disgrace, it would be too embarrassing.

To avoid being looked down upon, Chen Fei even exerted the same level of effort he had during his college entrance exams. Whether eating or using the restroom, he was always engrossed in the books. During the day shift at the maintenance team, he would sit in the work area with the technical manuals in hand for the entire day.

When night fell and the maintenance team changed shifts, he would return to his dormitory with the technical manuals and read until he fell asleep.

Volume A was the general outline, and Chen Fei read it with particular care, so he couldn't read it quickly.

After work, he took a quick hot shower, changed into a fresh set of clothes, and sat on the bed with the book, continuing to read it carefully, even reading aloud at times. Sometimes he would take out his tablet, which had downloaded data, to cross-reference the content in the book.

He saw not only the standard content but also the maintenance workers' handling solutions, from which he could learn a lot of useful operational experience.

The bedside table lamp used a 70-watt halogen bulb, which emitted a warm, pale yellow light with a slight heat, falling on the so-called "demon egg" and the grass nest that Park Ae-hwa had given him.

Park Ae-hwa clearly didn't care much about the egg. He had neither a dedicated incubator nor any intention of trying to hatch it, nor did he know the appropriate temperature and humidity for incubation. Perhaps he never even thought about letting the little creature inside break out of the shell.

Chen Fei had no good solution either, so he could only use the halogen lamp to see if it could have any effect, no matter how small.

Bathed in the halogen light, which was similar to sunlight, the small bird egg seemed to be gradually awakened. At some point, a faint heartbeat appeared, and a small embryo was gradually forming in the egg yolk.

Chen Fei, who was engrossed in his book, was completely unaware of this. He didn't even know what kind of egg it was—whether it was a bird egg, a snake egg, a lizard egg, or some other creature's egg, or even a fake egg to fool people.

The unscrupulous merchant was skilled at using his silver tongue to turn dogshit into gold, so it wasn't surprising that he would do such a thing.

Blabbering.2.0!

As the night grew deeper, Chen Fei couldn't help but yawn.

There were still more than forty pages left in the technical manual (A), but he didn't want to stop. Instead, he decided to finish it in one go.

"Tap... tap... tick... tap-tap-tap... tap-tap... tap-tap..."

His hand, which was flipping the pages, suddenly stopped. Chen Fei was puzzled by who was tapping Morse code. Following the sound, he found that the strange noise was coming from his bedside table.

"Tap-tap... tap-tap..."

It sounded rhythmic. The egg, bathed in the halogen light, was gently shaking, and a small hole had appeared on the surface of the shell.

Huh!?

Is it hatching?

Chen Fei's eyes widened.

He didn't notice a small, pea-sized, metallic-looking particle that had fallen out of the page he had just opened. When he turned to look at the egg making the strange noise, his finger, which was holding the page, was getting closer and closer to the particle...

"Ouch!~"

A mysterious pain shot through the tip of his finger. Chen Fei was startled, lifted his hand, and saw that something had pierced his finger, causing a small drop of blood to seep out. Looking at the technical manual in his hand, he saw a shallow indentation between the pages, but it was empty.

"Tap-tap... tick..."

Under the table lamp, the grass nest was shaking more violently. The pinhole-sized hole was getting larger, and the crack was becoming more visible.

The little creature inside was eager to come out.

Chen Fei puzzled over the technical manual, searching the bed, but he couldn't find the "culprit" that had pierced his finger. He didn't know what shape it was, so he gave up, quickly found a band-aid, and wrapped his middle finger. He then returned to observe the increasingly active egg.

With a soft "plop," one end of the egg completely broke open, and a small, bald bird, covered in mucus, rolled out, kicking its legs and chirping incessantly in the nest.

Emmmm... such a small thing, if you grabbed it in your hand, you could crush it into a bloody mess, right?

Ah! Chen Fei shivered, suddenly coming to his senses. Why did he have such a terrible thought? Was he crazy?

Namo Amitabha, boundless Dao Zun, God bless, follow the Party's guidance. He wasn't one of those ruthless people; how could he bear to harm such a young creature, no matter how small it was.

Right, this is a bird egg, no doubt about it.

Park Ae-hwa's mouth, a liar, what kind of demon egg is this?

Chen Fei really wanted to drag Park Ae-hwa over and make him open his eyes to see what kind of demon this was.

But the real problem was, what would this little bird eat?

This was a big problem.

Chen Fei had never even fed a chicken, let alone a tiny bird. What did it eat to grow? Maybe some milk formula?

Forget it, the one who tied the bell must untie it.

Carefully removing the nest from the wooden box and wrapping it in a T-shirt, Chen Fei left the dormitory with the T-shirt in hand.

When he found Park Ae-hwa, he was vigorously mopping the floor in the cafeteria. Seeing Chen Fei, he was first surprised, then seemed to remember something and excitedly called out, "Chen, did you really find it?"

Chen Fei was also surprised but quickly understood what the other person meant. He said irritably, "Find what? You look yourself!"

"Let me see!"

Park Ae-hwa looked around furtively, put down the mop, and tiptoed over, looking expectantly at Chen Fei's hand.

Uh...

Park Ae-hwa, full of hope, saw a bald, ugly chick that looked like it had just hatched.

His smile froze instantly, smida.gif!

Ah, can I swear?

No!

Then it's all good!

"What, what's going on?"

Park Ae-hwa looked embarrassed, almost ready to take off his pants, just to see your bird?

What does this mean?

"Old Park, where's the demon you promised?"

Chen Fei snorted. You ask me what's going on, I want to ask you!

"Ah!~~~ This, this is that egg?"

Park Ae-hwa sounded very surprised. The nest holding the chick did look familiar.

He had picked up the nest and egg from the wild and used it to fool the newcomer, thinking that without the parent bird, it would eventually become a dead egg and eventually rot. He never expected that after giving it to Chen Fei, it would actually hatch.

"Could I have hatched a chicken egg for you?"

Chen Fei wasn't that easy to fool.

"This, this!" Park Ae-hwa's eyes darted around, trying to come up with some excuse.

Well, go ahead, make it up!

Suddenly, Park Ae-hwa clapped his hands and said angrily, "Ah, I was also fooled!"

The unscrupulous merchant instantly turned into a drama queen, with an over-the-top performance that broke all boundaries.