"That Egg!"
The moment Hao Ren heard that, he knew Goddess Sister had tricked him again. Why hadn't she mentioned something this important earlier?! Who could have guessed something so outrageous without any warning?!
Nangong May was startled too, and her tail gave a twitch that sent the giant egg tumbling to the ground. Hao Ren let out a startled curse and pounced after it like Lily chasing a meaty bone. Thank goodness—yes, I know plenty of people are going to say it broke, but this time they really were lucky. It hadn't cracked.
Maybe it was because there was a layer of soft sand on the seafloor, or maybe the egg itself was sturdier than it looked. Either way, after falling from the Siren's tail, it didn't have so much as a crack. Hao Ren picked it up and hugged it like a priceless treasure, checking it over and over from every angle. Only after confirming that it was perfectly intact did he let out a long breath of relief. "Good grief, that scared me to death. Thank goodness it didn't break."
Hao Ren hadn't paid much attention when he saw Nangong May playing ball earlier, but now that he was holding it in his arms, he realized that this really did seem to be an egg. It was pearly white all over, with a ring of pale yellow speckles around its middle. It was much larger than a goose egg, roughly oval in shape, though rounder than an ordinary egg. Its shell was smooth and seemed slightly warm and lustrous to the touch. Nangong May leaned over and curiously felt it, then stuck out her tongue with lingering fear. "Thank goodness we didn't damage it."
"How can it be an egg?" Hao Ren asked Officer Raven, on the