And this is the Eye of Knowledge? Just go find a factory job!

Soon, Qin Feng did not return to the Haicheng Ruins.

Instead, staying where he was, he took the two-person-tall fiery red Phoenix Egg and used a teleport stone to return directly to the Evil Spirit Academy.

He first placed the Phoenix Egg in the deepest part of the Magma Church!

Outside the translucent walls of the church, billowing magma flowed.

In the center of the church, there was a device that converted the flowing magma into the energy needed for the Hideout…

Qin Feng paused the operation of the device.

He then placed the Phoenix Egg into the center of the magma confluence. Under the impact of the billowing magma, the hatching progress above the Phoenix Egg began to move again!

Originally, Osirio wanted to follow him in, but unfortunately, it was far too giant.

The Magma Church at the lowest level of the Evil Spirit Academy really couldn't accommodate it, so it could only wait outside.

"Looking at this, it won't hatch for a while…"

"Time to level up first."

Qin Feng watched the progress bar above the Phoenix Egg. It moved fast one moment and slow the next, making it impossible to judge the exact hatching time.

But he couldn't just wait here.

He could only return to the first basement floor of the Evil Spirit Academy, where he found 'Rogue Fairy · Yuan' in a room.

"Sister Yuan, take care of this egg for now. Call me when it's about to hatch."

Qin Feng brought her to the Magma Church.

Treating this NPC, Qin Feng's attitude was no different from how he treated players.

After all, he knew very well that an NPC like 'Yuan' was essentially a player herself; she had seen more BOSSes than other players on Blue Star had killed small mobs.

Addressing her respectfully as 'Sister' was not an exaggeration at all.

"…"

The invited Thunder Fairy pursed her small mouth slightly.

Her black hood covered half of her face, even obscuring the Death-gray gauze wrapped around one of her eyes…

Her other pale purple eye looked at the Phoenix Egg before her with great interest.

"This is a Hell Phoenix."

The black-robed Thunder Fairy smiled faintly and said, "For the Guild Leader to be able to get an egg, your luck is quite good…"

Qin Feng was a bit surprised, his eyes lighting up. "Oh? Sister Yuan, you're familiar with this Phoenix race?"

He had originally wanted to ask the Knowledge Eye about the origins of this phoenix.

He had even prepared a light and shadow crystal, recording the situation of the Epic-grade BOSS 'Lutil', intending to show it to Big Eyes.

As it turned out…

This Thunder Fairy seemed to know as well!

"I wouldn't say familiar."

The black-robed fairy shook her head, sparks of electricity flashing in her pale purple eyes. "Hell Phoenixes have distinct genders. If it's female, she's responsible for self-reproduction. If it's male, he's responsible for fighting and protecting the flock; his size will be much smaller than the female's."

"So if it's a male Hell Phoenix, it will be extremely skilled in combat. As a pet, it also has the characteristics of a pet template, allowing it to randomly learn the owner's professional traits."

It can even do that?

Even Qin Feng was a bit surprised.

Originally, he had a take-it-or-leave-it attitude toward this pet.

After all, in battle, Qin Feng could stay invisible constantly, but a pet couldn't.

But hearing what this fairy big sister said, if this Hell Phoenix was male, it would be a natural-born battle maniac!

It could even randomly learn the owner's professional traits!

"If it learns my trait of not breaking stealth while attacking, wouldn't it be invincible?"

"In that case, it could be useful in combat…"

Qin Feng thought to himself.

So he couldn't help but ask, "Then Sister Yuan, look, will this egg hatch into a male or a female?"

Hearing this, the Rogue Fairy fell silent for a moment and then asked back, "Guild Leader, do you take me for its mother?"

"…"

Qin Feng was a bit embarrassed but quickly reacted. "So that means its mother could tell if the egg is male or female?"

The black-robed fairy nodded.

Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. "Then it's settled. Knowing that fellow Osirio exists and still being willing to entrust the egg to me means she isn't worried at all. It's likely a male."

The fairy big sister pursed her lips slightly. "Actually, the male-to-female ratio of Hell Phoenixes is ten to one. For every ten males, there's only one female. The females are like queens…"

Qin Feng felt even more relieved now.

He asked again, "Are the females all two-headed, like an older and younger sister?"

Hearing this, the fairy big sister was a bit confused. "As far as I know, there's no such thing…"

Is that so?

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.

It seemed that the Epic-grade BOSS 'Lutil' was an outlier in the flock…

Before being arranged as a BOSS, she probably had some unique experiences.

Of course, Qin Feng didn't ask further for now.

After finishing his discussion with Rogue Fairy · Yuan, he left the area.

He returned to the surface area of the Evil Spirit Academy.

He saw Osirio pestering Big Eyes with questions: "…Old man, don't stall. Hurry up and tell your Dragon Brother, how do you tell if a Phoenix Egg will hatch into a male or female?"

Knowledge Eye Aristotle widened his eyes. "First, you tell me what kind of Phoenix Egg it is! In this starry sky, there are dozens of phoenix species…"

Osirio: "The kind with two heads."

Big Eyes shook his head. "As far as I know, there is no phoenix race with two heads."

Osirio: "Is that it? And you call yourself the Eye of Knowledge? I suggest you go find a factory job."

Seeing Qin Feng appear.

Osirio abandoned the Knowledge Eye and eagerly flapped its wings over. "Boss, can it hatch? Roughly how long until the little guy comes out?"

Qin Feng gave it a meaningful look. "It can hatch…"

After thinking about it, he didn't say more.

This fellow usually called him 'Human Assassin' at every turn, but now it knew how to call him 'Boss'. How realistic. Might as well let it be happy for a couple more days.

"Let's go, time to level up."

Qin Feng got a double experience buff from Big Eyes.

He mounted the excited Osirio and soared into the sky!

…

Over the next two days, Qin Feng steadily farmed mobs to level up.

He soon received the reward of one thousand years of tradable lifespan from the Hai City officials, and was even awarded the 'Hai City Guardian' medal by the officials. The medal was solid gold and the size of a fist.

This left Qin Feng a bit speechless.

These days, what use is solid gold?

But it could be considered a gesture of sincerity from the Hai City side. The officials' handling of matters was still quite thorough.

At the same time, quite a few rumors were spreading from the Hai City side.

"Sigh, the officials really can't be relied on. Even with Shadow's warning, they couldn't handle things properly."

"The officials probably couldn't help it either. I heard it was Yunjianyue's problem; she was too stubborn. At least the officials evacuated the crowd, otherwise the losses would have been catastrophic."

"Sigh, if it wasn't for Shadow, how many people in our Hai City would have died?"

"I would have died for sure. If I hadn't been mentally prepared, I wouldn't have been able to react and log off immediately upon seeing that phoenix… Truly, one look and you explode. Thank you, Shadow, for saving my life!"

"In the future, when in doubt, we still have to ask Shadow. What Shadow says is the truth!"

"According to the rules of Tian Ji's horse racing, the high-class Shadow should be paired with the low-class me (heart) (heart)!!"

"Sister upstairs, look at me. My codename is 'Shadow 4396'. Can I pair up with you?"

…

At the same time, Qin Feng also learned through official channels.

Yunjianyue's younger brother, Mountain Snow, had died during the Chaos after his lifespan was completely drained.

Their group had been trapped inside the 'Flame Fountain' Hideout; they couldn't fly or get out. Although Yunjianyue reacted quickly and had her subordinates kill each other once to die quickly, hoping to log off during the 3-second revival interval.

But unfortunately…

They didn't expect that while carrying the three high-level loss-of-control gauges—'Chaos', 'Nightmare', and 'Whispers'—logging off was prohibited!

Even though they killed each other, they were forced to respawn at the revival point, and then everything fell into Chaos…

This also served as a wake-up call for the Great Xia Official.

When truly facing a powerful BOSS, there are no bugs to exploit!

Three days after returning from the Haicheng Ruins.

Qin Feng had already accumulated enough experience to reach level 28, but the experience for the last 2 levels was more than the previous 3 levels combined. It would probably take another three days.

That night.

Just after he finished farming monsters in a leveling area, he received a reminder from 'Rogue Fairy · Yuan' saying that the Phoenix Egg would hatch in about half an hour!