Fifteen minutes later, Eichi jumped off his bicycle.
The Pokémon Egg in his backpack was shaking violently. Eichi felt as though the Volcarona inside could hatch at any moment.
Professor Jiang Ben and several other professors were already waiting at the entrance.
The moment Eichi got down, Professor Jiang Ben hurriedly asked, "Where's the egg?"
"It's in my backpack."
"Good. Let's get inside quickly."
A crowd of people then surrounded Eichi and rushed into the research institute, quickly arriving at the second-floor area where Teacher Jiang Ben conducted his research.
Eichi took the incubation chamber out of his backpack.
The chamber shook violently. Jiang Ben took it from Eichi's hands, and it continued shaking fiercely.
Teacher Jiang Ben nearly lost his footing and fell to the floor.
He tightly held the incubation chamber and placed it in the center of the glass container, then began operating the equipment.
"Everyone, get to work."
More than a dozen researchers, including Senior Brother A Yuan and Professor Nobu, scattered to their stations.
Each of them went to a machine and began operating it in an orderly manner.
A mechanical arm placed the incubation chamber inside the glass container and extracted the Pokémon Egg.
The violently shaking Pokémon Egg then appeared within the glass container.
It continued to shake as the patterns on its surface began to glow.
The temperature around them started to rise, and the change was especially noticeable.
"Teacher, it's reached the threshold. It's about to hatch!" Senior Brother A Yuan called out.
"It's the same over here, and it's already starting to affect the surrounding temperature," Professor Nobu said.
The other researchers also reported their respective findings.
Teacher Jiang Ben was extremely nervous, sweat continuously trickling down his forehead.
No one knew whether it was from the heat or his