Eating the Wrong Egg and Destroying Families

Jacob wasn't the only one that heard weird noises. Toma seemed to sense something weird as well. Soon the sound could be heard again.

Crack!

"What the-" the sound resounded again, first it sounded like a branch of the tree was being broken but it was different. Furthermore, the sound was too soft to be the tree. The noise came from above.

"It's odd for noises to be coming from above. There must be something that's causing these noises" Jacob looked at the ceiling and rubbed his chin. "This sounds like an eggshell cracking"

The noises continued and became louder and louder. As Jacob was looking and listening intently he saw a gold ant that was running up the hill, Jacob immediately became angry.

"Toma! Where are you going! Get back here" Jacob shouted at Toma but she continued to run toward the ceiling. Toma never listened to him and crawled through the ceiling using her small body to travel through holes in the tree.

"Hateful!" Jacob climbed up into the ceiling. It was blocked by old wood that separated Jacob from the sound of the crack. He hammered the ceiling trying to break it, but it held strong.

Jacob knocked away on the ceiling trying to make it through to the other side. His heart was in a panic thinking that Toma would run away. The thought of losing it made him panic.

Soon the little ant came back down from another opening in the wall. "Where the heck are you going, get back here!" Jacob hollered, but the little and walked back up through the ceiling. Jacob climbed to where it was and felt that the wood was a lot softer on that section.

He peeped through the hole and coil to see there was another layer above him. He broke through the rotting wood with ease and climbed up from the ceiling. It felt like he was walking through a thorn as he climbed upward.

bah!

He gasped as he lifted his head above the scrap. He came up from the hole and immediately grabbed Toma, "Damn Ant don't think about running off, what if you got lost-".

Crack!

A loud crack shattered and Jacob's head turned in attention. A large egg with cracks webbing over it. It continued to crack slowly and Jacob watched in astonishment. Soon the egg was broken and a large bird came swimming down in albumen from the egg. The bird was weak as it tried to flutter around.

The bird had a long neck and sharp beaks. Even though it was a chick it was large and walked around blindly scripting. Jacob watched and never made any rash decisions.

"A nest of this size must mean that its mother is probably above super creature class, but why would she abandon her chicks? '' Jacob crouched down and touched the white liquid that came from the chick's egg. Soon the ant crawled from Jacob and immediately started drinking the clear liquid from the egg.

Jacob never stopped the ant although he was nervous.

"There are 2 more eggs, I wonder….", Jacob walked over to them and put his ears on their shells. He was listening for movement within them before he made decisions.

"It's silent in there. I don't think it has started maturing yet. Maybe because of the lack of incubation" Jacob said inwardly. He rubbed his hand along the surface of the egg until he picked a spot.

Jacob's face became serious. He quickly punched a hole through the centre of the eggshell and its content started flooding out. Jacob got on his knees like a nun looking to repent and opened his mouth wide.

The albumen from the egg poured into Jacob's mouth. It was sweet like honey and Jacob's stomach worked quickly to digest the nutrients. His stomach started to work like a furnace, digesting the nutrients.

Power flowed through him continuously until his body experienced a sudden shift.

***

[Universal Rank: Infant Stage]

[Cosmic Energy Level 0.0/100%]

[Forgings: 4/10+]

[Damage: 312%]

[Lifespan: 5 years]

[Mentality: 170Hz+]

***

Ahh!

"That was tasty, It even helped me forge my body", Jacob wiped the residue off his mouth, he expected his body to forge twice, but it helped raise his lifespan.

He went over to the other egg and pushed it again. He opened his mouth and made the contents flood inside after he consumed its contents. His skeletal system went through the same process and was forged.

***

[Universal Rank: Infant Stage]

[Cosmic Energy Level 0.0/100%]

[Forgings: 6/10+]

[Damage:312%]

[Lifespan: 7 years]

[Mentality: 75Hz+]

***

"Two forgings seems possible with this class of egg. I guess I still have some luck" Jacobs body felt stronger. "Maybe I can defeat Most super creatures I come across," Jacob thought. He felt strong but wasn't sure where his limit lied.

"I should be able to run away from most super creatures at least", Jacob looked into his backpack to see why Tina was not coming out of her bag. When he looked he was slightly shocked but it made sense to him. Tina was in a cocoon.

"Good riddance, You should be able to live your own life and leave after you grow up…. Into whatever you are. At least I made up for your sibling's death, Even your parents haven't been able to cocoon." The gene core Jacob had been feeding may have given her enough energy to cocoon, rather than her parents who grew bigger with age. They mostly fed on genling roots.

"Time to leave here, I have never been this lucky. Something feels off" Jacob looked to Toma who had gone on to start eating the eggshell. "Damn, She acts as she has never eaten anything in her life" Jacob was slightly annoyed.

Jacob never planned to rush her and made her eat. He walked over to the flailing chick that was bumping into everything. The chick chirped constantly while bumping throughout the nest.

Jacob looked at the bird and thought about killing it.