Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 419 The Egg of the Overlord

The Seed of Creation was hesitant to move, its brain, composed of woody fibers, was somewhat unable to comprehend the current situation.

Du Yi was also a little hesitant to move. He was also a bit confused about the current situation. After all, if he remembered correctly, he should be a male snake.

While snakes are indeed oviparous, when did male snakes start laying eggs?

As for the egg itself, they dared not touch it.

This oval sphere, formed from the flesh and blood that retained the will of the four celestial gods, and designed to facilitate its escape, dared not even breathe loudly after realizing what was staring at it.

What should I do if I catch my breath and then a basin of medicine is poured over my head?
Although its thick shell can barely withstand the invasion of that strange water, if the snake wants to target it, it will still die.

The instinct of life is to survive. Even though these pieces of flesh have lost their original souls, the remaining will of the Four Gods of the Star Sea is still driving them to survive.

Right now, the best way to survive is to stay still and pretend to be a real egg.

But if you pretend to be a real egg, can you really live?
"If I had known it was like this, I wouldn't have bothered going to the toilet."

Looking at the eggs in the pit, Du Yi thought for a moment and then called over the Seed of Creation to help.

"Take it out and rinse it with water."

"Okay, Father."

Although the wooden figure's mind hadn't quite caught up yet, its hands were quick enough.

First, he manipulated the branches to take out the egg, then he manipulated the river water to come over, and then he piped in a wooden tube to control the force of the river water and wash the strange egg thoroughly.

It was river water, not filtered river water; it was just a simple rinse anyway. Seed of Creation didn't think much about it at the moment.

This caused the egg formed from the flesh and blood of the four gods to instantly lose its soul.

"Just as I thought! This is their way of killing me!"

Sensing the river water outside the eggshell, which seemed to possess its own life and was even constantly drilling into it, the remaining flesh and blood of these four gods realized the perilous situation they were in.

Should we run, or tough it out?
A difficult choice lay before the strange egg.

Now that its identity has been discovered, running away is definitely the best option. After all, that strange potion represents the snake's determination to kill it. However, its current state is clearly not an option for escaping. It must break open the eggshell, which means it will inevitably suffer some losses.

The other option is to tough it out.

They stubbornly endured it, gambling with their lives, until even the snake itself began to have doubts and start to question whether it was truly alright.

This is clearly a more dangerous road.

But now it seems that perhaps only this path of seeking survival amidst death can save it.

"Done!"

In the face of life and death, their complex and intertwined wills quickly came together.

Even though the river water had corroded strange patterns on its body, it did not move an inch.

And as it turns out, this kind of stubborn resistance is effective.

The giant snake actually called for a halt.

"Wait, don't rinse it with water. This water seems to have a problem."

Seeing that the seemingly ordinary river water was actually being absorbed by the eggshell as if it were alive, and even leaving many patterns on the eggshell, Du Yi realized that there was probably something wrong with this water.

"And even the grass on the ground is changing color... How come the earthworms have turned blue? What kind of water did you pump out?"

"River water."

The Seed of Creation responded, and at that moment it also realized what was happening, quickly adding sawdust into the pipes to try and filter the water. But the filtration wasn't as effective as expected; after filtering out as much of the living water as possible, less than one-tenth of the lifeless water remained.

Even with this small amount of water, the Seed of Creation wasn't sure if it had actually been filtered.

"The water body is completely polluted."

This was the first time the Seed of Creation had encountered something like this, something it couldn't handle no matter what it tried.

"I'm afraid we'll need to find another water source, Father."

Compared to that strange egg, this is the most troublesome thing right now.

After all, no matter how strange the strange egg is, it doesn't matter if it's left there. Even if it's left to dry for a while, there won't be any other explanation. But water is completely different. If you don't drink water for a day, your life will wither. If you don't drink water for three days, no one can withstand it.

Even if the Seed of Creation itself has water reserves within its body and can withstand it for a period of time, this period, even at its longest, will not exceed seven days.

For them, the contaminated water source was a sure way to die.

"And even filtration cannot guarantee safety."

This was the first time the Seed of Creation had encountered a situation that left it completely helpless.

"If filtration can't guarantee safety... then what about boiling?"

Du Yi spoke subconsciously, after all, eating cooked food was its instinct.

This left the Seed of Creation stunned on the spot.

"……boil?"

The Seed of Creation never considered this possibility.

But upon closer examination, it seems to be feasible. In just a moment, the Seed of Creation devised the entire process—first, boil the problematic water into steam, and the problematic parts will naturally be eliminated. Then, condense the steam back into water, and you will obtain normal water resources.

It's amazing that they were able to give such reliable advice so quickly.

"As expected of my father..."

"No, what's wrong with that? Normal people eat cooked food, who's like you, eating only raw food every day..."

Du Yi was about to say a few words of modesty and take the opportunity to educate his eldest son, but when he thought about the main food source of the Seed of Creation, he immediately shut his mouth.

Some things are indeed not suitable for cooking. It can only be said that the taste of saplings is different from that of normal organisms, so it's no wonder that the Seed of Creation couldn't think of this simple direction.

However, now that they had a plan, the rest was much simpler. By manipulating the wooden pipes and with the firepower provided by the Ignivas man named Songbo, a large amount of problematic river water was evaporated into clean water, which was then transported through the new pipes.

With clean water available, Du Yi finally had hot water to drink, and the new monster egg in front of him was finally rinsed clean.

The strange egg, covered in terrifying patterns, emanated an eerie aura, as if it were speaking invisibly.

"Do not kill me!"

The strange egg tried its best to convey its consciousness.

"I'm still useful! I can do anything!"

However, this consciousness becomes a different matter when it falls into the perception of the Seed of Creation and Du Yi.

"Can any wish be granted?"

Du Yi felt like something was off.

"What exactly did I just pull out?"

(End of this chapter)