Chapter 36
It wasn't just this biologist who found it familiar. Some biologists from other countries watching also felt that something was off.
But the enormous egg before them, nearly a hundred meters tall, was worlds apart from the tiny little creatures in their minds.
Besides, this was another world, so they couldn't be certain, much less speak recklessly. They simply buried the thought deep inside.
Those with knowledge didn't dare speak, but ordinary netizens had no such reservations.
The viewers across the internet stared at the enormous egg, initially puzzled and confused, before actually arguing over whether Ultraman gave birth to live young or laid eggs.
If this hadn't been a livestream, with everyone physically apart, Big Pineapple even suspected they would have come to blows.
[Ultraman actually has males and females, and they have human forms too. I think Ultraman definitely gives birth to live young, just like humans.]
[Bull-fucking-shit. Have you ever seen Ultraman give birth? If you haven't, don't talk nonsense!]
[Exactly. If this isn't an Ultraman egg, then tell me what kind of egg it is!]
[I've seen Ultraman lay eggs!]
[Uh, bro above, if you mean that kind, I've seen it too.]
[???]
[Share, please!]
Watching the netizens veer into dirty talk as they chatted, even driving down such a busted road, Big Pineapple finally couldn't help speaking:
"Share, ple-pah! Shut up, all of you!!!"
[Was Brother Pineapple about to say "share, please" just now?]
[He was, right? I heard it too!]
[Brother Pineapple, DM me. I don't just have Ultraman stuff, I've got plenty of Super Warriors, Armor Hero, and the like. If you want...]
[To the person above, we've recorded your ID, phone number, and registered identity information. Once the livestream ends, please voluntarily report to your nearest local police station and turn yourself in.]
The moment this comment appeared, the chat, which had been driving full throttle into dirty territory, instantly fell silent.
They had gotten so carried away chatting that they had even forgotten these big shots were in the livestream. We're screwed, we're screwed. They won't record our details too, will they?
Then, one by one, they began reflecting on the comments they had just posted.
At the same time, they used the twenty-four-character mantra of "prosperity, democracy..." to suppress the wicked thoughts in their hearts.
Yet the viewers and officials who had been in the livestream earlier now felt something was wrong.
Wasn't Ultraman designed by that transmigrator?
Wasn't it a robot?
Why would there be an egg?
Did Big Pineapple not know about this?
Did this mean that what Big Pineapple had seen when he obtained his superpowers was different from what we saw?
At this thought, someone in a laboratory sent a comment: [Big Pineapple, could you tell us what you saw when you obtained your superpowers? Perhaps I can tell you what kind of egg this is.]
Big Pineapple said, "??? Isn't this just an Ultraman egg? What's there to question? I didn't come to you so you could argue about whether this is an Ultraman egg. I wanted you to think of a way for me to hatch it!
"Besides, I don't want to think back on obtaining my superpowers. It was too painful!
"Oh, right, what about that transmigrator senior? It's been over half a year. Have you found him yet? Get him to come out and tell me how to hatch this egg!"
Although they hadn't received direct confirmation from Big Pineapple, they had more or less guessed that what he had seen when obtaining his superpowers really was different from what they had seen.
If it had been the same, he wouldn't have called it painful or said he didn't want to remember it.
There was also another crucial point: even now, Big Pineapple still didn't know that time passed differently on the two sides.
Thinking of this, the person sent another comment:
[Unfortunately, we haven't found that transmigrator yet, mainly because time flows at different rates on the two sides. Over half a year has passed where you are, but less than twenty minutes have passed in our real world, so we simply haven't had the opportunity or the time to look for that transmigrator.]
Big Pineapple froze at these words, then suddenly exclaimed in shock, "What did you say? Over half a year has passed here, but less than twenty minutes have passed there!"
[That transmigrator said earlier that he'd spent two hundred years over there. If time flowed at the same rate, given the technology here, his bones would have turned to ashes after two hundred years.]
[Let's get back to your egg. When you obtained your superpowers, we saw that transmigrator's deeds. He created Ultraman!]
Big Pineapple glanced at the enormous egg he had so carefully brought out, his face full of disbelief. "What!!! Ultraman was created! W-weren't they already part of this world?!"
[Unfortunately, no. Ultraman was created. That transmigrator you mentioned thought it would be fun, so he designed Ultraman's appearance. That means Ultraman is a robot! And robots don't lay eggs!]
Big Pineapple looked at the enormous egg again, his eyelids twitching slightly. "It's not an Ultraman egg, so this is..."
[You're right. This could be some monster's egg!]
Inside the Microcosm, three thousand burly members of the Asura Clan stood in neat ranks, their faces solemn, their eyes fixed straight ahead on the sage standing before his chair, babbling and shouting all by himself. Their eyes were filled with admiration.
The sage was communicating with heaven again!
Every time the sage communicated with heaven, he brought them benefits!
The sage was truly great!
They were willing to offer everything to the sage, including their lives and their wives!
Some viewers who had been watching the livestream earlier also remembered this and hurried to agree.
[Yes, I saw it earlier too. I even saw that one. Just from seeing him, I reckon he caused Earth hundreds of millions in property damage.]
[Do you have a fucking death wish? Don't say things you shouldn't!]
[There are gods three feet above your head, don't you understand?!]
[Oh god, I wasn't the one who said that. I've never blamed you. I'll pay for my screen myself, as an offering to you. Please don't come after me. Jade Emperor, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Tathagata Buddha... protect me.]
Big Pineapple looked at the comments before him, baffled. He had no idea what had gotten into them. Watching a livestream had caused hundreds of millions in property damage on Earth? Some stocks had probably dropped.
But he didn't want to bother with that either. Since this wasn't an Ultraman egg, it could only be a monster egg.
Although it was a monster egg, after making such a huge production of obtaining it, he was still unwilling to give up. "Say, if I hatch this egg and I'm the first one to appear before him, will he take me for his mother?"
[He might swallow you in one bite. Just look at his size. His egg alone is this huge. You probably wouldn't even fill a gap between his teeth. Even if he does recognize someone as his mother, it couldn't be you.]
"Is there really no way? If we could raise a monster, it would be a huge help to our civilization's development."
[Have you thought about how much a monster that huge would eat every day? And what does he eat? If he eats meat, where would you get that much meat for him?!]
These words left Big Pineapple rather silent. They did have a point. Still, such a huge egg-what a pity.
The moment he learned this wasn't an Ultraman egg, he had begun imagining what sort of egg it could be.
A dragon egg?
A Godzilla egg?
Would the monster look handsome, cool, and flashy?
If he could command this monster, would that be even cooler than controlling an Ultraman?
But reality once again slapped him hard across the face.
Still, with things having reached this point, Big Pineapple couldn't be bothered to end the livestream. Since all the Asura Clan members happened to be here, they might as well divide up the egg and let everyone taste what a monster egg was like.
The next moment, Big Pineapple waved at those below and roared, "Asuras! Eat!"
Then dozens of Asura Clan members ran up with stone hammers and began hammering fiercely at the enormous egg.
The shell was extremely hard. Even after so many people hammered away for hours on end, not a single crack appeared.
Everyone in the livestream watched the egg with immense curiosity.
A monster egg! This was a monster egg, the first time in human history that anyone had seen someone eat one.
[Stop hammering. How long will it take you at this rate? Roast it over a fire, then pour water on it!]
Seeing this, Big Pineapple thought it made perfect sense and arranged for the Asura Clan members to get to work.
The conditions for hatching ants: warmth, moisture...