Chapter 097

When these words were spoken, the family members were somewhat stunned. Upon learning that the man was one of the berserk beasts from the same batch, and seeing his recovery progress, they were all quite excited. However, after uttering those words, the man did not wish to engage in much conversation with them. Or rather, since his berserker value had not completely vanished, the berserk factors within him still persisted, causing him to reject being too close to strangers.

The family members, receiving no response, did not continue to pester him.

Everyone already knew about the situation. Throughout their journey, they had been repeatedly reminded not to get too close to the berserk beasts. Now, with the reminder from the man himself, watching the lively little snake in his arms, they managed to rein in their previously uncontrollable emotions.

They could understand how berserk beasts might lose control and harm themselves, but if the berserk beasts regained consciousness, they feared they wouldn't be able to accept it.

The first room they entered belonged to a sable. Before opening the door, Bai Xiaoyu turned back to look at the woman holding her cub, "You need to be mentally prepared."

The woman nodded, looking down at her daughter, "Be good, we'll see Dad soon. But Dad is sick right now, so you can't get too close to him, okay?"

The sable cub was momentarily stunned, then quickly started waving her arms and legs, even transforming back into human form. With an expectant look in her eyes, she called out, "Daddy, Daddy..."

The woman patted the child's back and turned to Bai Xiaoyu, "This child hatched only a few days ago, and her father went to the battlefield right away. Apart from the usual video calls, this is the first time she's seeing her father face-to-face, so she's very excited."

At this moment, the sable inside, which had been constantly calling out, suddenly fell silent after the cub and the woman spoke. When there was silence outside, the sable started calling again, this time with a more urgent and agitated tone.

The little cub's ears twitched, "Dad is asking who it is and telling us to come in."

After hearing this, the woman's face showed a sense of urgency. For half a year, she had refused to believe the reality she had heard. Every time the cub asked why her father hadn't video-called them for so long, she simply said he was fighting in a distant place.

Now knowing he was alive, even if he had become a berserk beast without reason, she was still overjoyed.

Bai Xiaoyu opened the door, and the sable restrained on the bed looked up, baring its teeth and roaring at the entrance. But upon seeing Bai Xiaoyu and the mother and cub, it suddenly stopped, tilting its fluffy head to stare at them.

At this moment, the cub looked at the big sable, smiling widely and shouting, "Dad!"

Bai Xiaoyu watched as the berserker value displayed on the monitor fluctuated violently before gradually calming down.

Turning to look at the woman silently wiping her tears and the berserk beast who had lost its mind but had calmed down, as well as the innocent cub who was delighted to see her father, Bai Xiaoyu left a trace of mental energy in the chip inside the berserk beast's brain and then walked out, closing the door behind him for the reunited family.

Bai Xiaoyu led each family member to the berserk beast's ward, witnessing the emotional reunions in each room, and then quietly left.

Of the nine berserk beasts, six had stopped calling, leaving three who had not yet found their families, continuously roaring upon sensing unfamiliar presences and the arrival of many powerful warriors.

As Bai Xiaoyu checked the berserker values of the five berserk beasts, he found they had all stabilized.

It seemed the effect was better than he had imagined.

He glanced at the man quietly playing with the little blood snake, suspecting it might have something to do with him.

Despite his appearance, this man was usually a proud parent, showing off his child. With limited space in the room and the hall, and unable to go outside, the only audience for his parental pride became the other eight restrained berserk beasts.

Thus, every day, the large snake would bring the little blood snake to visit the berserk beasts' wards, showing off his child several times a day. Each time, he would talk to the berserk beasts, starting with phrases like, "My baby is doing this and that."

The berserk beasts were eventually won over by this behavior. With the antidote from the berserk herb administered by Bai Xiaoyu, they had regained some rationality.

Now, especially the sable with a three-year-old cub, proudly called out to the snake outside the door several times.

The large snake paused, its expression unchanged, ignoring the sable. Instead, the metal egg sent a message translating for it.

Bai Xiaoyu opened the message: "That sable is saying, 'Look, I have a baby too! And I have a partner, do you?'"

After the sable's call, the other berserk beasts in the rooms also roared, especially the last three without family members, roaring even louder.

Translated, their meaning could be summed up in three words—get lost.

Hearing this, the tense atmosphere lightened slightly. This indicated that the berserk beasts were improving.

The warriors from the two legions were relieved and collected the medicine for their respective legions. As they were leaving, squad leaders from both legions approached Bai Xiaoyu.

They glanced at each other, and the squad leader from the Sixteenth Legion spoke first, "Master Bai, we have almost gathered intelligence on the remaining two berserk beasts. We should be able to bring their families next time we come for the medicine."

The squad leader from the Twenty-ninth Legion added, "We will also bring the family of the remaining berserk beast next time."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

The squad leader from the Sixteenth Legion replied, "This is what we should do. You've worked hard. We have increased surveillance on the battlefield, and there have been no new discoveries. The medical teams from various medicine suppliers have also found nothing unusual."

The squad leader from the Twenty-ninth Legion also spoke, "We haven't found anything either."

The failure of both legions to uncover any information indicated how deeply hidden the enemy was. Meanwhile, Bai Qi had received news and was not worried at all. They couldn't find anything because no one suspected the problem lay with the insectoids they were fighting.

Bai Xiaoyu was not surprised by the actions of the two legions. After all, they were closely associated with him, especially the Sixteenth Legion, which had received three batches of eggs. D36, one of the planets guarded by the Sixteenth Legion, had frequent interactions with Bai Xiaoyu. Fortunately, the warriors he had previously triggered to self-destruct had likely been obliterated. Even if any remains were left, matching their genes would yield no evidence.

Most of these warriors came from the two legions, partly because they were always on the front lines, frequently encountering insectoids, and partly because the quality of the legion's warriors was exceptionally high.

When he secured half of the medicine supply rights for the cultivation centers on that planet, it wasn't for the eggs but for the legion stationed there.

However, the presence of the Twenty-ninth Legion was puzzling, as most of their planets were in another star region, far from here. It was unclear how they had connected with Bai Xiaoyu. Could it be just a rivalry with the Sixteenth Legion?

None of his siblings in Imperial Star had succeeded in courting these two legions, despite their efforts.

He established the Pharmacy Department on most planets guarded by the Sixteenth Legion to foster closer ties and gain their favor. After all, these medicines weren't just for the local cultivation centers; the warriors stationed on the planets also purchased necessary medicines from the pharmacy stores.

During wartime, the Pharmacy Department must provide the necessary medicines for the planet's residents and warriors.

Moreover, only suppliers of a certain scale are qualified to provide medicines for the legions during wartime. The medicines supplied to the cultivation centers only account for a small portion of the total output; the main recipients are the legions on the front lines.

Bai Qi, preoccupied with the prince, had failed to prevent the establishment of Bai Xiaoyu's Spark. Now, seeing the construction of the Herb Base, he began to feel threatened.

Currently, the medicines produced by Bai Xiaoyu are insufficient even for a few squads, but once the Herb Base is operational, production will increase significantly. At that point, it won't just be about supplying medicines to a few cultivation centers. The quality of his medicines is evident, and achieving the conditions required for Spark will truly elevate him to the upper echelons of medicine suppliers, competing for the medicine supply rights of various legions. That could potentially deal a significant blow to the Huang Family's medicine business.

Bai Qi looked at the rows of transparent containers housing the warriors. This batch was more perfect than the previous one and would soon be ready.

The next target would be Bai Xiaoyu's Herb Base. These warriors are stronger and won't fail like the last batch.

Bai Xiaoyu finished talking with the two squad leaders and learned about the matter of the legion's pharmaceutical supply. Currently, half of the legion's pharmaceutical needs were supplied by the Royal Pharmacy, while the other half came from other top-tier suppliers.

Both squad leaders hoped that Bai Xiaoyu's Seed would grow quickly and compete for the legion's pharmaceutical supply rights. Of course, the supplier who obtained the legion's pharmaceutical supply rights would also need to dispatch their pharmacists and medical teams to the battlefield to provide medical services.

After listening, Bai Xiaoyu expressed his determination to work hard. The warriors at the base also guarded the Herb Base every day, not only for the eggs but also for the frontline soldiers.

After sending the warriors away, Bai Xiaoyu checked the recent pharmaceutical output. Currently, the most produced was the growth solution. After all, Tao Limeng had already cracked the corresponding pharmaceutical synthesizer. Now, in addition to the synthesizers provided by the lottery system, there were five more replicated synthesizers.

The repair solution and vitality enhancer synthesizers purchased from the system produced six thousand bottles daily, which was sufficient for the current needs of four planets.

With the experience from the previous time and numerous assistants handling miscellaneous tasks, this time, with Bai Kan's generous provision of various raw materials, Tao Limeng could fully focus on his research. In less than half a month, he made a breakthrough.

Tao Limeng confidently announced that if given another half a month, he would finish researching these two synthesizers and manufacturing new ones would be no problem.

Meanwhile, Lou Hao also brought good news: they had added two more herb acquisition chains and secured the herb markets on two more planets.

Bai Xiaoyu opened the Seed's star map, where four planets were already lit up. With the addition of these two acquisition chains and sufficient pharmaceuticals, these two planets could apply to become local suppliers for the cultivation centers.

In fact, most of the planets in this star region were edge planets. Their pharmaceutical suppliers were mostly split between the Royal Pharmacy and other pharmacists. The more developed the planet, the more suppliers it had. Few were like D36, where, apart from the Royal Pharmacy, only one other supplier existed.

Most edge planets were similar to D36. On one of these two planets, Huang's Pharmacy held half of the pharmaceutical supply rights, while on the other, the Xu family had a stake, leaving Huang's Pharmacy with only one-third. Due to being an edge planet, dangerous and underdeveloped with sparse population, other suppliers found it difficult to break even, so no one competed.

It seemed the quota was full, but Lou Hao still suggested that Bai Xiaoyu submit applications to these two planets.

Lou Hao: "No planet would complain about having too many pharmaceutical suppliers. Like our planet before, we were at the mercy of Huang's Pharmacy. To avoid such a situation, our success rate is guaranteed."

Indeed, as Lou Hao said, the planetary governors were thrilled upon seeing the applications.

Ever since Seed became a pharmaceutical supplier for half a region on the neighboring planet, the governor there sent him top-quality pharmaceuticals daily to show off. Who could imagine these were all A-grade or higher pharmaceuticals? The eggs using these pharmaceuticals were in much better condition than those on their side!

The competition between the two planets was fierce, but nothing was more important than the health and potential of the young ones.

Now that the neighboring planet had Seed, wouldn't the young ones there have a head start over theirs?

Every time the neighboring planet's governor showed off, he couldn't sleep.

Just as he was about to visit D36 personally, he received Seed's application.

Of course, he approved it immediately!

Seeing the governor so happy, an aide thought of Huang's Pharmacy and asked, "Governor, we can't touch the Royal Pharmacy, but shouldn't we also leave Huang's Pharmacy alone?"

The governor replied meaningfully, "We don't need to touch Huang's Pharmacy directly, but from now on, all newly established cultivation centers will be under Seed's name. Although half of the regions' cultivation centers are directly affiliated with Huang's Pharmacy, the right to purchase pharmaceuticals lies with the centers themselves. As long as one new cultivation center opens on our planet and chooses Seed, we'll encourage them to buy Seed's pharmaceuticals. After all, at the same price, they can only get C-grade pharmaceuticals at Huang's centers, whereas Seed provides A-grade and above!"

Huang's Pharmacy had always been arrogant and domineering; he had endured them for too long. Now it was time for them to leave on their own.

The governor of the other planet felt the same way.

Thus, almost immediately after Bai Xiaoyu submitted the applications, both were approved.