When Shen An looked into the darkness again, the feeling of being spied on disappeared again.

"Forget it, take a bath and calm down," he said to himself, and walked into the bathroom.

After the tossing and turning of the previous worlds, he was really a little tired.

The warm water washed over his body, and Shen An began to relax.

While rubbing the foam, he said to the system:

"Hey, system, I remember you said before that there are tasks in this small world, right?

Can you tell me more about what it is? Are there any additional requirements?"

The system was silent for a while, and then replied: "Host, let me check...Huh? What's going on?"

Shen An stopped rubbing his bath: "What's wrong?"

The system's voice sounded a little confused: "There is an abnormality in the task interface.

The original task content is gone, and now there is only a row of dense red fonts."

"What is it written?" Shen An asked, with a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hatch it." The system replied, "There are only these three words on the entire task interface."

"Okay, we've experienced so many strange things anyway.

What can we do this time?

Just hatch it and see what will come out."

He turned off the shower, dried his body, and changed into clean clothes.

Although he said it easily, Shen An was still a little nervous.

"System, what do you think will hatch?"

He asked as he walked out of the bathroom.

The system was silent for a while, as if thinking:

"Based on the current situation, it is difficult to determine.

It may be some unknown creature, or it may be...something else.

Host, I suggest you be careful."

At night.

Shen An lay on the bed in the living room, trying to relax himself.

Although he was still a little nervous, fatigue eventually prevailed, and he gradually fell asleep.

Late at night, a strange feeling slowly woke him up.

Shen An wanted to open his eyes, but found that he could not move.

His body seemed to be tightly wrapped by something, like being entangled by a giant snake.

Panic began to spread in his heart,

but he couldn't even move a finger.

Just then, he felt something touching his whole body.

The touch was strange and familiar, cold and warm, making him tremble involuntarily.

Shen An tried to call for help and struggle, but his body seemed to no longer belong to him.

The feeling became stronger and stronger, as if he was slowly dragged into the deep sea.

Everything around him became blurry, only the continuous caressing and entanglement remained clear.

He felt himself sinking, deeper and deeper.

The darkness around him seemed to have substance, completely wrapping him up.

The next day, Shen An slowly opened his eyes.

He sat up, rubbed his temples, and felt a little inexplicably tired.

"Strange," he said to himself, "Why do I feel like I didn't sleep well?"

He tried to recall last night's dream, but there was only a blur in his mind.

For a moment, he seemed to recall some uneasy feeling.

But the feeling soon dissipated, like a mist under the sun.

Shen An stretched and decided to get up to prepare breakfast.

Although he couldn't remember what happened last night, strangely, he didn't feel scared or uneasy.

On the contrary, he felt full of energy, as if he had experienced a deep sleep.

"System."

He asked while getting dressed, "Was there anything unusual last night?"

The system was silent for a while, then replied:

"No obvious abnormality was detected, host.

You slept very deeply."

Shen An nodded without thinking much.

He walked out of the living room and walked towards the laboratory, ready to check the mysterious egg.

However, he didn't notice it.

On the back of his neck, a tiny, faintly fluorescent symbol was slowly disappearing.

The shape of the symbol happened to be exactly the same as the pattern of the egg in the laboratory.

Shen An stood in front of the incubator, carefully adjusting the temperature.

His fingers moved on the control panel, making sure all parameters were in the best condition.

Suddenly, his movements stopped.

Shen An's eyes became a little dazed, as if he was in some strange state.

He turned slowly and his eyes fell on a knife on the laboratory table.

Without any hesitation, Shen An picked up the knife.

He seemed to be controlled by some invisible force.

The blade gently scratched his palm, leaving a shallow wound.

Bright red blood slowly seeped out, and Shen An turned his palm over, letting the blood drip onto the black eggshell.

The dark red liquid was on the smooth surface.The surface meandered down, as if absorbed by the eggshell.

The system noticed the abnormality and asked with some concern:

"Host, what's wrong with you? Why do you hurt yourself?"

Shen An did not answer immediately.

His eyes were still fixed on the mysterious egg, and he muttered to himself:

"It's hungry... It needs food..."

Just as the system was about to take further action, Shen An suddenly blinked, as if awakened from a dream.

He looked down at his palm and then at the blood-stained eggshell.

"System, what are you talking about?"

Shen An said in a relaxed tone, "I'm just feeding it. Isn't this normal?"

The system's voice was full of confusion and worry:

"Host, your state just now was very wrong.

You seem to be controlled by something."

But Shen An waved his hand.

"You're too worried. What's wrong with this?

We're hatching an unknown creature, isn't it reasonable to give it some nutrition?

Besides, it's just a little blood, no big deal."

He said, bandaging the wound on his palm with gauze beside him.

The action was so skillful that it seemed like he did it often.

"Okay, don't make a fuss."

"We should focus on the hatching process.

Look, are the lines on the eggshell clearer? This shows that we are doing a good job."

He turned around and continued to adjust the parameters of the hatching chamber, as if everything just now was normal.

However, he didn't notice that the blood on the eggshell had completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a faint, beating light, like the pulse of life.

Shen An looked at the eggs in the hatching chamber and nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that everything is going well," he said to himself, "It's time to eat something."

He turned and walked to the kitchen, took out a sealed food from the refrigerator, and put it in the microwave to heat it up.

When the microwave made a "ding" sound, Shen An opened the oven door and took out the steaming food.

At this moment, a strange feeling suddenly enveloped him.

Shen An felt a pair of invisible arms embracing him in a trance, warm and comfortable.

A low and pleasant female voice called him.

"Shen An..."

The touch was so real, as if someone was standing behind him, hugging him gently.

Shen An did not feel panic or discomfort, on the contrary, he actually had an inexplicable sense of security.

He leaned back slightly, as if he was really lying in someone's arms.

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