Chapter 31: Hatching! (Bonus Chapter—Please Keep Reading)

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Seemingly aware that Han Xing could hardly believe it, Clever Little Sheep hurriedly said, “I... I really don’t want anything from you. Just take it.”

With that, she immediately confirmed the trade. As long as Han Xing confirmed it as well, the recipe—priceless at this early stage—would fall directly into her hands.

“Can you tell me why?” Han Xing asked again.

Having always been alone since childhood, Han Xing had very few friends apart from Cheng Jian’yong and Shen Yun.

Nor did he have any desire to expand his social circle. Human relationships were far too complicated. In his heart, profit still came first.

Clever Little Sheep seemed somewhat embarrassed, but she answered anyway. “When you sold Spirit Spring Water in the chat channel, you saved a lot of people...”

“No matter what they say about you, I know you’re a good person.”

“So... I thought I’d give you this blueprint.”

Hearing that answer, Han Xing was stunned. He gave a wry smile and shook his head.

What is this girl thinking? I’m not a good person at all.

He had sold Spirit Spring Water purely for profit.

Still, Han Xing knew that, at this stage, the recipe would be put to its greatest use in his hands.

The Life Elixir required a number of materials to produce, and throughout the entire 107th District, there was probably no one else with a larger stockpile than his.

After a moment, Han Xing exhaled and said, “Then I’ll accept it. Once I produce the Life Elixir, you’ll be the first person I provide it to.”

Clever Little Sheep also breathed a sigh of relief and replied happily, “Mm-hmm, thank you.”

Han Xing confirmed the trade, and a system notification appeared.

[You have obtained the Life Elixir Recipe (Green). Would you like to learn it?]

“Yes.”

The next moment, a new Recipe tab appeared beside the Blueprint tab in Han Xing’s character interface.

[Life Elixir (Green): After consumption, rapidly restores bodily injuries. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

[Required materials: Small Glass Bottle x1, Spirit Spring Water x100 ml, Spirit Core x10, Moonlight Grass x5, Windbreath Grass x3, Blood of the Strong x1, Magic Crystal x5.]

The Life Elixir required many different materials, making it appear rather complicated.

Han Xing was somewhat uncertain whether a secret medicine recipe like this could benefit from his Divine Artisan talent and achieve a one-hundred-percent success rate.

Then he saw the information beneath the recipe, and delight immediately appeared on his face.

[Life Elixir production success rate: 45%. With the bonus from the Divine Artisan talent, the success rate has reached 100%.]

“It really works!”

Han Xing clenched his fist in excitement.

Although he did not know why the Divine Artisan talent could affect secret medicine recipes, he truly had a one-hundred-percent success rate.

Didn’t that mean that, aside from recipes, Han Xing could also achieve a one-hundred-percent success rate when crafting other items?

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This idea still needed to be verified, but Han Xing felt the possibility was extremely high.

After calming his excitement, Han Xing glanced at the private chat window and replied, “I’m going to gather some materials. I’ll contact you after I’ve produced the Life Elixir.”

“Mm-hmm, all right.” Clever Little Sheep sent back an emoticon.

After speaking, Han Xing was about to close the private chat.

Then, as if remembering something, he cautioned Clever Little Sheep, “If there’s anything you don’t understand in the future, you can ask me. Don’t trade with other people so casually again.”

“By the way, you’re from New Sun City too, aren’t you? You can try contacting your friends.”

Apparently afraid she might not understand, Han Xing added, “Most of the people in the 107th District are from New Sun City. You can search for their real names and add them as friends.”

When Han Xing finished speaking, Clever Little Sheep exclaimed in surprise, “So that’s how it works!”

The next moment, however, she became somewhat dejected. “But forget it. I probably don’t have any friends in New Sun City...”

Han Xing could hear that something was wrong in her tone. She seemed to have a story of her own, but he did not ask further.

He was not the kind of person who liked learning about other people’s pasts.

After closing the private chat, Han Xing opened the Recipe tab and gazed excitedly at the Life Elixir recipe.

The materials listed above had already been gathered in full—not through his vigorous harvesting over the past two days, of course, but through trading with other survivors.

Not only that, he had enough in reserve to produce more than a thousand elixirs in one go.

Han Xing did indeed intend to do so, but not yet.

“The main ingredient in the Life Elixir is Spirit Spring Water. No wonder that little girl thought of me first.”

“From now on, I can’t sell Spirit Spring Water anymore. If I’m going to sell anything, it’ll be Life Elixirs!”

“But I need to find the right moment to put them on the market.”

Han Xing thought to himself.

That moment should not be far away.

As the survivors continued exploring, the monsters they encountered would grow increasingly powerful, and the casualty rate would rise sharply.

When that time came, it would be the perfect moment to sell his Life Elixirs.

With that thought, Han Xing opened the recipe and prepared to begin production. A system notification appeared.

[Would you like to consume the following materials: Small Glass Bottle x80, Spirit Spring Water x8,000 ml, Spirit Core x800, Moonlight Grass x400, Windbreath Grass x240, Blood of the Strong x240, Magic Crystal x400, to produce 80 Life Elixirs?]

“Yes.” Han Xing confirmed.

Several slots in his warehouse were emptied, but compared with his reserves, it was hardly worth mentioning.

Before him appeared a long series of ten-second progress bars.

It was already night, and Han Xing was in no hurry.

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Several minutes later, a system notification appeared before him.

[You have successfully produced 80 Life Elixirs.]

All 80 bottles of Life Elixir had been completed.

Han Xing first traded 20 bottles of Life Elixir to Clever Sheep.

Then he opened the system interface once more and looked at the hatching progress of the Exotic Beast Egg.

[Remaining hatching time: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 48 seconds...]

As time passed, the markings on the eggshell began to emit waves of black light.

The system countdown reached its final ten seconds.

The enormous black egg began to tremble violently, as though some creature had awakened inside and was desperately yearning to break free from the shell.

Han Xing grew more and more excited.

“It has to be a dragon!”

When the countdown reached its final second, he heard a crisp cracking sound.

Crack!

Han Xing saw cracks spreading across the markings of the enormous egg, while strands of intense black light burst from within.

“Good grief, what a commotion!”

At that moment, Han Xing suddenly felt his vision being taken away.

Everything before him became a vast blur.

Not only that—even the area within dozens of kilometers around him turned pitch-black.

It was as though all the light in the vicinity had been devoured at that instant.

Although Han Xing could no longer see, he cried out excitedly in his heart.

“A dragon! Give me a dragon!”

The next second, the expanse of black light began to contract violently, converging toward a single point at astonishing speed.

At the same time, Han Xing saw another system notification.

[The Exotic Beast Egg has been successfully hatched. Pet information has been bound...]

“It worked!”

Han Xing leapt to his feet in excitement!

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