Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 163 Chimera

The egg of the mythical beast hatched too suddenly.

Except for Biscuit who was obsessed with the gem, everyone else in the room was staring at the mythical beast egg.

The little red head that had just been pushed back by Moreau's index finger suddenly broke through the eggshell from another position, and then looked at Moreau excitedly again.

The people nearby noticed this and immediately understood that the little guy who had just hatched from the shell already regarded Moro as his father.

Meng Qi looked at Morrow, then looked at the little red head that was shaking like a rattle, and said regretfully:
"It's hatched, and the life energy in the egg should have been consumed. If you want to eat it again, you can only wait for it to grow up."

As she spoke, Menqi still had doubts in her heart.

With her natural affinity, she clearly felt that the life energy in the egg had not yet hatched...

That is to say, in just a few seconds, the life energy inside the egg completes the entire embryonic development stage?
This kind of thing is too unbelievable.

Unless she made a wrong judgment, or perhaps the hatching method of fantasy beasts is originally like this?
Meng Qi raised her hand to her chin and looked at the little red head thoughtfully.

In those uninhabited demonic realms, the most mysterious creatures are the extremely rare mythical beasts.

They are rarer than Warcraft and even more elusive.

Compared to other abundant species, humans know almost nothing about mythical beasts.

After hearing Mengqi's explanation, Moro had no choice but to put the idea aside for the time being.

He noticed the confusion expressed by Meng Qi and could probably guess the reason, which was nothing more than the sudden hatching of the strange fantasy beast egg.

In fact, he was just as confused.

But what puzzled him was why the egg of the mythical beast could absorb the energy of the annual rings.

And after absorbing the energy of the annual rings, it can actually hatch instantly...

You know, no matter how hard humans tried, they couldn't find a way to stably hatch the eggs of fantasy beasts.

When it came to him, a phantom beast inexplicably hatched.

But rather than exploring the reasons, Moreau is more concerned about the 15% of annual ring energy.

"Hoohoo!"

The little red head barked a few times.

I don’t know if it was due to the sudden exertion of force, but the already cracked eggshell suddenly scattered on the table like collapsed building blocks.

Then, everyone saw the whole body of the little red head.

The bird's head is covered with red fluff, has a black beak, and a crest on top.

Below the slender neck is a slightly bloated body, bald without any visible hair, but with some inconspicuous scales.

The fleshy wings on both sides of the bloated body were also bare, like forked branches.

What is more eye-catching is the short limbs with sharp black claws under the bloated body.

Its tail is even more bizarre, as smooth and soft as a snake's body, with an unidentified flower bud-like object growing at the tail.

Everyone looked at this newly born fantasy beast with surprise in their eyes.

This is because the appearance of this fantasy beast is too abstract.

If you look at the head alone, you would think it is an elegant bird larva that is just beginning to take shape.

Especially the red crest on the top of the head that is tilted backwards, even if it has not grown out yet, it gives people an inexplicable sense of elegance.

If you look at the body below the neck, you will feel a strong sense of incongruity.

Such a bloated body and abnormal wing skeleton are definitely not the body structure of a bird.

Not to mention the slippery tail with an unidentified flower bud-like structure.

If you want to talk about feelings -

Moreau always felt that the appearance of this fantasy beast was as if the creator was playing a joke, picking up several completely unmatched parts and then assembling them together in a very hasty manner.

If he were asked to use one word to describe the appearance of the fantasy beast.

That is--

neither fish nor fowl.

"Looks... so strange."

Callista's face was filled with surprise.

Yun Gu next to him had the same reaction.

In other words, Menqi had seen a lot of strange species, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with the appearance of this fantasy beast.

"Illusory beasts cannot be explained by common sense, but its appearance..."

Meng Qi looked at the appearance of the fantasy beast and said softly, "It reminds me of the Chimaera Ant."

"Chimaera ant? What is that?"

Kalista asked confused.

Mengqi glanced at Calista and explained, "Chimera ants are also known as chimera ants. They have an ability called feeding and mating. Through this ability, chimera ants can embed the genetic factors of the organisms they eat into the next generation."

"Yeah."

Calista seemed to understand.

The so-called genetic mosaicism is equivalent to combining the characteristics of various organisms together.

When Moro heard Menqi mention the Chimera Ant, he couldn't help but look at the hooked claws on the limbs of the phantom beast. After careful identification, he found that the characteristics of the hooked claws were different from the impression he had of the Chimera Ant.

This is enough to show that this mythical beast has nothing to do with the Chimera Ant.

However, judging from its appearance alone, it does remind people of the Chimera Ant.

"Then let's call it Chimera."

Moro simply called the newly hatched fantasy beast in front of him Chimera.

Chimera ignored the gazes from the people around it, lowered its head and pecked at a piece of eggshell, then raised its head and ate the eggshell.

"Roar……"

Suddenly, it cried out in pain and spat out the eggshell it had just eaten.

There is a distinct sense of incongruity in the sound of its call.

Chimera spat out the eggshell, hesitated for a moment, and picked up a smaller one.

Then it quickly spat out the eggshell, finally realizing that eggshell was not food it could eat.

Then, the Chimera seemed to suddenly think of something, and immediately ran towards Moro, shaking its strangely shaped fleshy wings and shaking its bloated body.

It ran to the edge of the coffee table, raised its long neck, opened its sharp beak towards Moreau, and then opened and closed it continuously, looking as if it was crying out for food.

This is obviously begging for food.

Seeing Chimera running straight to Moro to beg for food, Mengqi struggled to hold back her laughter.

If it was a fantasy beast egg that could not be hatched, then her mind would only be filled with thoughts on how to unlock the achievement of cooking a fantasy beast egg for the first time.

But if the egg of the fantasy beast hatches, she would rather see the hatched fantasy beast grow all the way and then become a part of the human biological database.

"I'll go get it something to eat."

Meng Qi hid her smile, stood up and left.

After a while.

Mengqi brought back a leg with webbed feet, which was one of the ingredients for tonight and was taken from an amphibian called jumping fish.

She took the ruby fowl knife, cut off a small piece of meat, and placed it in front of the chimera.

The chimera's red eyes could not help but stare at the piece of meat, and its open beak slowly moved closer. When it was about to touch the meat, it retracted its beak and tilted its neck back, continuing to open its mouth towards Moro.

"Moreau, you come and feed it."

Menqi saw the clue and handed the red jade bird knife and leg meat to Moro.

Moro frowned, but still took it and cut a small piece of meat for Chimera.

When he put the meat down, the Chimera looked like it had been hungry for four or five days. It pecked at the meat with its sharp peck and ate it, then pecked at Moro.

"Pfft."

Calista couldn't help but laugh, but she quickly covered her mouth the next moment.

Moro shook his head slightly and cut a few more pieces of meat for Chimera.

Chimera accepted all the food and ate it all up.

After a while.

The leg meat, which was twice as big as the Chimaira's, was eaten up completely by the Chimaira.

"roar~"

The Chimera seemed to be full. It made a lazy sound, then threw itself onto Moro's legs, curled up and fell into a deep sleep.

Yun Gu looked at the sleeping Chimera and praised: "This little guy is quite smart."

"Yeah, it's just a little ugly."

Calista sighed. Menqi was more concerned about the subsequent upbringing of Chimera and the recording of Chimera's biological information into the database.

However, this kind of thing requires Moreau's consent first.

That night.

Everyone gathered together to eat.

Chimera seemed to be awakened by the aroma. He first stared at the various fragrant foods on the table from a distance for a while, then seemed to come to his senses, suddenly jumped off the sofa and ran towards the dining table.

It ran all the way to Moro's calf, and Chimera raised its neck and screamed.

Seeing that Morro did not respond immediately, it anxiously ran around Morro's calf.

Everyone looked at Chimera at once.

Calista picked up a piece of meat and threw it over.

Chimera just took a look and then started yelling at Moro again.

It looked like it only ate what Moreau fed it.

Moro smiled helplessly and picked up a few pieces of meat and threw them down.

Chimera immediately started eating with great relish.

It eats very quickly, sweeping the food into its sharp beak in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Moro picked up a leaf and threw it in front of Chimera.

Who would have thought that Chimera ate both meat and vegetables, and didn't care whether the food was raw or cooked, and started eating happily.

Moro then tried to throw some broken bones at Chimera.

Chimera ate even more happily, like a chick pecking at rice, eating all the bone residue without leaving a single drop.

Biscuit, who was sitting next to Moro, looked at the Chimera and said in surprise, "It's omnivorous, so it should be easy to raise."

"Really? Then I'll let you raise him."

Moro took advantage of the opportunity.

Biscuit rolled his eyes at Moro and didn't bother to reply.

This fantasy beast was so hungry that it only ate what Morro fed it. How could anyone else feed it?

Dinner is over.

After Chimera had eaten and drunk his fill, he fell into a deep sleep again.

Biscuit and the others left one after another, and soon, only Moro and Chimera were left in the room.

"What is the connection between tree ring energy and mythical beasts?"

Moro looked at the curled-up Chimera and wondered why.

The energy of tree rings comes from the thoughts of the world beyond. In a sense, it is the spiritual energy left behind by humans after their death.

Then,

Before the phantom beast hatched, it absorbed 15% of the annual ring energy, which is equivalent to using spiritual energy to complete the hatching?
Moro then thought that his death and rebirth also came from the spiritual energy within the tree rings.

So what is the commonality between the two?
newborn?

Reincarnation?

Moreau frowned.

There is still too little information about fantasy beasts.

Furthermore, judging from the appearance of the Chimera, it is difficult to see any characteristics of biological evolution.

More like humans...

A strange creature that is irresponsibly fabricated by imagination.

Moro stared down at the sleeping Chimera, and always felt that raising a fantasy beast was a very troublesome thing.

Besides, he had a lot of things to do later, so he had no time to take care of Chimera.

Early the next morning.

Mengqi got up early, which was rare, and came to Moro's place, and even brought some raw meat.

Obviously it was prepared for Chimera.

"The Chimera must be hungry, Moro, feed it quickly."

"..."

Moro was speechless as he held the raw meat that Mengqi forced upon him.

It took a while.

The meat, which was about the size of a lamb leg, was eaten up completely by the Chimera.

From the time it hatched yesterday until now, the amount of food that Chimera has eaten is at least ten times its own size.

However, this guy neither excreted nor grew any bigger.

I really don't know where the food it eats goes.

After Chimera had eaten, he actually climbed onto the sofa and went to sleep.

It seemed to know that Moreau didn't like it sleeping on his legs, so it wisely used the sofa as its nest.

While Chimera was sleeping, Menqi squatted beside the sofa and fiddled with Chimera's body with her hands.

"Chimera's appetite is amazing, but its growth rate is very slow."

While Mengqi was fiddling with the Chimera, she was carefully observing the features of its body.

Generally speaking, creatures like Chimera, which have an abnormally large food intake from birth, usually grow at an astonishing speed during their larval stage.

However, this biological phenomenon does not seem to apply to Chimera.

"Menqi, you seem to like Chimera very much."

Moro was watching Menqi fiddling with the Chimera with her hands, and he could easily see that Menqi loved the Chimera.

"of course."

Meng Qi looked back at Moruo and said seriously, "This is a living fantasy beast. It is worth observing."

“I almost heard it as edible value.”

Morrow said casually.

Menqi's right hand, which was touching Chimera's head, suddenly froze.

Moro smiled when he saw this, and suddenly thought that maybe he could throw the Chimera to Mengqi to raise.

The only problem is to get Chimera to eat the food that Menqi feeds.

As for the question of whether or not it can be kept alive...

Yesterday, Chimera ate up all the bone residue, so there was no need to worry at all.

In the next few days.

Menqi accepted the offer to take care of Chimera.

In order to gain Chimera's recognition, she spent most of the day with Chimera.

We also prepare nutritionally balanced meals specifically for Chimera.

Chimera likes it very much.

It will express its love for food through excited roaring tones.

it is a pity that,
It clearly knew that these delicacies were prepared by Mengqi, but it only ate those fed by Moro himself.

This made Moro wonder that Chimera might behave like this not because he regarded him as his father, but because of the energy of the tree rings.

Time passes slowly.

1 month 10 number.

Moro received a text message from Kurapika.

The content of the text message was Kurapika briefly explaining that he had passed the hunter test.

Moro only replied Kurapika with a short congratulatory message.

That evening.

Biscuit leaves the Sky Arena.

She was going to start fulfilling her promise and take the initiative to teach Kurapika Nen.

Moro sent Biscuit all the way to the airport, and then watched the airship Biscuit was riding slowly rise into the sky and fly away.

seem,

It's time for him to leave this place.

(End of this chapter)