The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

The sun had completely set in the sky, and in the instant the entire planet went completely dark, it suddenly lit up with a blue light.

These rays of light emanated from those seemingly ordinary plants along the roadside.

For example, the grass by the roadside has a bright blue halo around the edge of its leaves.

Similarly, on the trees and flowers, a large patch of light of varying shades and brightness lit up after the sky darkened.

Wow! This planet is so beautiful!

Lin Xiyue stood in the middle of the dirt road that was clearly made by animals, looking at the plants around her that emitted specks of blue light, and felt as if she were in a dreamlike fairy tale world.

"ga——ga——"

Lin Xiyue was admiring the beautiful scenery she had never seen before. She even took photos and recorded videos with her terminal, planning to show them to Amo and Anqing when she returned to the wishing shop, so that everyone could broaden their horizons.

Then I heard a strange cry.

Lin Xiyue followed the sound and found that the source of the sound was in a clump of grass.

"Do you think I should go take a look?"

Lin Xiyue was very curious and wanted to go and see, but she was also afraid of danger and hesitated.

[…Go ahead, there's no danger.]

The system paused noticeably before uttering that sentence.

Lin Xiyue felt a little strange, but she believed that the system would not return her, so she didn't pay too much attention to it.

Gently and stealthily, Lin Xiyue quietly approached the bushes.

"gu——gu——ga——gulu——"

The strange sound grew louder as Lin Xiyue approached, and other syllables also appeared.

Lin Xiyue carefully picked up a fallen branch and then gently and cautiously used it to part the grass in front of her.

The first thing that catches the eye is a dark purple eggshell, or maybe it is an eggshell, because there is a dark, shimmering light on this so-called eggshell.

"What kind of creature's egg is this? Was it abandoned?"

Lin Xiyue carefully picked up the egg in front of her, looked it over from left to right, and found that there was no nest nearby, as if it had been carelessly abandoned here.

[...He's been abandoned, you could say. Are you going to take him in?]

The system's tone was a bit strange, but it was an indescribable feeling.

"It looks so pitiful, I'll keep it. At least until it grows up, it generally won't hurt me. The fact that I met it under these circumstances is fate."

Lin Xiyue held the egg, which was as big as a watermelon, and spoke to the system while stroking the eggshell.

Unseen by Lin Xiyue, a dark energy within her seemed to sense something and began to stir.

Finally, the force followed Lin Xiyue's hand that was stroking the eggshell and entered the egg. After staying for about five or six seconds, it emerged again and returned to Lin Xiyue's body.

However, it was quite obvious that although Lin Xiyue did not detect the actions of this force, she could feel that after she stroked it a few times, the energy fluctuations of the egg increased, and it even began to pulsate.

"Hey hey hey! System, look at it, it it it, it's moving!!"

Lin Xiyue was terrified; the thing suddenly started moving.

Although she had already decided to take good care of it, Lin Xiyue was still quite nervous when she suddenly felt movement inside the egg, and quite a bit of it. She had never experienced anything like this before.

[No, don't panic, let me check what's going on... Ah, I found it! It's about to come out! Quick, put it on the ground!]

The system was also a little nervous. It hurriedly checked the information and found out that it was about to come out. Only then did it tell Lin Xiyue to put the egg on the ground.

After Lin Xiyue carefully placed the egg on the ground, she saw the egg wobbling from side to side.

"Click——"

"Click—click—click—"

A cracking sound came, and the eggshell cracked open at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Huh? Is this egg really that big? I can't see anything with it."

Lin Xiyue used the built-in spotlight function of the terminal to shine inside, only to find that it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

[Stop shining the light, it's absorbed all the light. Can't you see you can only see the edge of the eggshell? Just wait for it to hatch on its own. (′Д｀)y-~]

Even the system couldn't stand it anymore.

"Oh, okay. This is the first time I've encountered this situation either. ┐(?～?)┌ But why do you seem so familiar with it? The way you talk to it, it feels like it was your former host."

Since Lin Xiyue had nothing better to do, she started looking for something to say to the system.

[Huh? No, no. I found this in the documents. Ah, right, it's written in the documents. Hahahaha (((;???;)))]

"Hmm? -- Something's wrong with you. Why do you seem flustered? Tell me, what is this? What are you hiding from me?! Are you still my good system? If you don't tell the truth, I'm going to give you a bad review!"

Lin Xiyue was just looking for trouble, but she never expected that she would actually cause some problems.

If I don't catch them now and get to the bottom of this, who knows if I'll be able to catch them again next time! I should at least get some benefits out of them.

Lin Xiyue clapped her hands in delight in her heart, of course without letting the system know.

[Huh? No way!! Okay, okay, I'll tell you the truth. Um... this egg isn't an egg. It's an intelligent being from this world...]

"Hmm? You mean..."

"You mean, this is a different race?!"

Yes, that's right...

Miso miso miso.

After hearing the system's confirmation, Lin Xiyue immediately stood up and took several steps back. Her speed was so fast that no one would believe she was usually lazy.

"System! Didn't you say there was no danger?! This alien race isn't dangerous?! Tell me, are you trying to find a different host?! Waaaaaah ┭┮﹏┭┮"

Lin Xiyue had retreated to the other side of the road, where there was a fallen tree trunk, and she hid behind it.

Regardless of whether this was useful for resisting the alien race, the tree trunk at least gave Lin Xiyue a sense of psychological security.

[Um, calm down! He's royalty from another race, he won't eat you. To him, you're like a roadside stone, bland and tasteless. So don't be nervous, everything will be alright. Didn't you say before that this was your destiny? How wonderful, what a beautiful destiny! (?w?｀ll)]

The system actively reassured Lin Xiyue, telling her not to be nervous, that everything would be alright, and not to be afraid.

……