Quick Wear: The Law of Salvation of Cannon Fodder

Chapter 288: Mermaid Egg Hatching in Progress 2

"Why can't I move??!"

Xie Qi tried to struggle, but his body seemed to be under a spell, unable to move at all. At this moment, except for his consciousness, the rest of him seemed to be isolated from the world.

Hearing Xie Qi's cry, 948's tone seemed a little hesitant: "Host, please don't be anxious... In fact, you are still just an egg. Moreover, you haven't even hatched yet."

"Egg? Mermaid egg?" Xie Qi, who had just accepted the plot, knew that there were mermaids in this world, but he didn't expect that he would be an unhatched egg.

948 hesitated for a moment, then answered cautiously, "Uh... to be precise, host, you are now a mermaid egg fossil."

"Fossil? Then I'm just a dead egg? Can I still break out of the shell?"

948 was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Well... according to the original plot, this egg has never been able to successfully hatch."

At this moment, Xie Qi is at the mysterious island that the male protagonist and others had discovered in the original plot.

However, in stark contrast to the description in the original plot, the island is now lifeless. Looking around, it is a bare scene with only poor soil and cold, hard stones dotted around.

The plants that were supposed to be growing were gone. If the hero had gone to the island as planned, he would probably have returned empty-handed.

Not only has the island lost its value, but now there seems to be no corner on the entire earth where that new variety of plant exists.

It was as if they had never appeared on this earth and disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, 948's voice rang out in Xie Qi's ears: "Host, it is precisely because of the mysterious disappearance of these new plant species that the protagonist and his team's research has failed. Therefore, I have specially transported you into this mermaid egg. This is the only way to reverse the pollution at present."

Hearing this, Xie Qi couldn't help but feel powerless. He couldn't help but complain: "I'm just a stone, how can I break the shell?"

"Uh... Host, there's still a chance your egg can hatch. Why don't you try harder?"

Xie Qi sighed helplessly, slowly closed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "Forget it, I'd better wait for my wife to dig me out of this stone."

Just like that, Xie Qi was inside the mermaid egg, not knowing exactly how much time had passed before a very subtle sound came from the outside world.

On the sea in the distance, an extremely huge ship was slowly sailing towards the lonely island, and finally docked steadily on the shore.

As the ship approached the shore, more than a dozen figures appeared on the deck. These people, wearing strict protective clothing and masks that concealed their faces, walked down the gangway in a unified and orderly manner.

Jiang Ze stood on the shore of the island, his eyes sweeping across the barren and bare land. With just one glance, he could clearly see the scenery on the other side of the island.

Then, he slowly squatted down, reached out his hand and gently grabbed some of the black soil on the ground, and carefully placed it into the container he carried with him as a sample for subsequent research.

The remaining dozen or so people quickly dispersed and began to busily collect samples from every corner of the island. However, after a careful search, they found that this seemingly ordinary island had nothing of value except the black soil.

Shen Jinghua shook his head helplessly, sighed heavily, then turned to look at Jiang Ze who was still searching everywhere, and said, "Alas, it seems there are no useful clues here. How about we go back first?"

Jiang Ze didn't respond immediately after hearing Shen Jinghua's words. His brows furrowed, his eyes becoming increasingly serious. After a moment's silence, he slowly said, "Wait a minute, let me look around a bit more. Maybe there's something I've missed." With that, he continued to explore the island.

Jiang Ze would squat down every few steps to carefully check the surroundings, even paying attention to small stones.

But to his disappointment, he still didn't find anything new. In desperation, Jiang Ze could only wave his hand and order everyone who followed him to return to the boat.

However, just as Jiang Ze was about to step onto the solid deck, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a barely perceptible light out of the corner of his eye.

This ray of light was like a twinkling star in the night sky. Although it was extremely weak, it still caught Jiang Ze's attention.

At this moment, Xie Qi, hiding in a huge rock, was anxiously waiting for Jiang Ze to discover his existence.

In order to attract Jiang Ze's attention, Xie Qi took out the powerful laser light that could penetrate stone and pointed it towards the sky.

A ray of light emanated from the mermaid egg wrapped in thick stone, but due to the obstruction of the stone, the light seemed extremely weak.

Shen Jinghua, who had been paying attention to Jiang Ze's every move, saw Jiang Ze suddenly stop and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

Jiang Ze stared at the direction where the light had just appeared, frowned, and said, "I seemed to see something flash just now."

"Did you see it wrong?" Shen Jinghua looked in the direction Jiang Ze was looking, but didn't see anything unusual.

But Jiang Ze did not give up easily. His frown showed no sign of relaxing. He stopped boarding the boat and slowly took a few steps back.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Jiang Ze heard the shouts but did not turn back. He continued walking towards the place he had just been. When he reached his destination, he stopped without hesitation.

Sure enough, right under his feet, on that seemingly ordinary piece of land, there was a faint flickering of extremely faint light.

The light was faint, like the dimmest star in the night sky, but it was still captured by the sharp Jiang Ze.

Seeing this, Jiang Ze squatted down without saying a word, stretched out his hands and began to dig up the soil on the ground with all his strength.

As he moved, the dirt that had been covering the stone began to fall away. Gradually, as the soil was peeled away, the ray of light became clearer and clearer.

At this moment, Shen Jinghua also came over breathlessly. When he saw the scene before him, his face flushed with excitement, and his eyes sparkled with excitement.

Without thinking, he opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his voice towards the ship anchored on the sea not far away: "Hurry up! There's a major discovery here!"

Soon, the other people on the boat heard the shouts, put down their work, and quickly rushed over here.

After arriving, everyone immediately joined the digging team without delay. Everyone worked together, some used shovels to dig the soil, and some carried the excavated soil by hand.

As the excavation depth continued to increase, the glowing stone gradually emerged from deep underground into the air.

After much difficulty, the group finally dug the stone out of the deep soil. The light on the stone had disappeared, and it looked just like any other stone.

Because the stone was huge and extremely heavy, it took more than a dozen people working together to barely lift it and move it slowly.

They then carried the stone onto a ship and eventually placed it in a laboratory.