Six hours later, in a bedroom aboard the Fortune, Li Qinwu suddenly opened his eyes. Looking at the familiar ceiling, he sprang up from the bed in one swift motion.
He turned to glance at the Emperor Shrine beside him. Bruce Crocodile's egg had refreshed and was now incubating.
Li Qinwu hurriedly opened the system to check the map exploration progress, only to discover that the Eldar Hive City's exploration rate had somehow jumped straight to 100%!
"Whoa, so that ring was the only searchable item in the entire Hive City!"
He exclaimed in amazement, his heart burning with excitement.
That ring had been worn on the statue for over ten thousand years and still retained its luster. Just what kind of being had its owner been? He could hardly wait to find out.
He looked at Bruce Crocodile's egg, his eyes filled with approval.
"Nice work, Bruce! Once you revive, I'm definitely giving you an extra drumstick!"
When he had been fighting for his life in the forest earlier, he had wondered why Bruce had not come to support him. He had never expected the guy to be holding back something this big.
Li Qinwu was overjoyed. He almost wanted to smash Bruce's egg, make him hatch early, and have him spit out the ring so he could study it properly.
But in the end, he restrained that wicked thought and remembered something important: Lucius!
The combination attack he and Bruce had used earlier had produced a massive Psychic Power explosion. He wondered whether that bastard Lucius had been blown to death.
Li Qinwu planned to head back and see whether he could find the body. If he could not, that would prove Lucius was already dead.
Then he would need to figure out whether the bastard would possess