After pretending to observe for a few seconds, Lin Guang put it down and picked up another turtle egg next to him.

About ten minutes later, Lin Guang returned to the host's side with the ten turtle eggs he had selected, and the detector in the staff's hand did not make a sound throughout the process.

Hu Tuzhi, who was hidden in the crowd, pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and shook his head.

"Quack? (Softly)"

A small bird's head emerged from the shadow under his feet, quacking strangely.

"Even if he has Blue Talent, it's almost impossible for him to find six or seven real eggs, get the second prize, or even the third prize or consolation prize would be considered amazing."

"Quack quack quack?"

"Because this hundred-egg turtle is nearly a hundred years old, its long life has given it extensive experience in faking. The difference between real and fake eggs is likely less than one percent."

"As long as one does not possess Spiritual Power above Two-Star, even if his knowledge base is solid, it's very difficult to accurately discern real from fake eggs—some things have hard conditions, understanding them is useless."

Although Hu Tuzhi is an Intermediate Researcher in psittaciform research, he is also knowledgeable about the hundred-egg turtle. After all, it is listed in the Great Xia War Emergency Food List as a Spirit Beast. Under human intervention, in emergencies, the hundred-egg turtle can consume regular food to forcefully lay a hundred or a thousand real eggs that can restore Ether and Physical Strength for Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters, making it quite valuable for disaster relief.

Before he finished speaking, Hu Tuzhi's pupils suddenly shrank, and he exclaimed softly: "How is this possible?"

As the host placed the basket full of turtle eggs in front of the hundred-egg turtle, the turtle, which had lazily lain on the sand, glanced at the basket. Its narrowed eyes became wide like small apples, and it anxiously bit the handle of the basket in the host's hand, guarding it with its front limbs.

Although the hundred-egg turtle has a somewhat survival-seeking reputation of selling its offspring, in a safe surrounding environment, it can still detect the subtle differences in Ether waves between real and fake eggs and thus protect the true eggs it laid.

The host's eyes also widened. Even though the hundred-egg turtle has no owner, with training by a trainer, it roughly understands the rules of this event. If a challenger brings fake eggs, it would skillfully peck them apart with its beak.

Now the turtle's actions represent that all ten turtle eggs are real!

If the whole event wasn't organized by this host, he would suspect the young participant was an accomplice hired by someone.

"Grand Prize! Grand Prize! Congratulations to this student for winning a prize of thirty thousand Daxia Coins!" The host shouted excitedly, pulling out a golden bell from somewhere and shaking it vigorously.

The onlookers were initially stunned, then there was an uproar as people started to discuss the matter, with some sighing at Lin Guang's luck, but more believed he was hired by the organizers and thought the act looked too fake.

In the crowd, only Vishdair felt a chill in her limbs. Although she couldn't understand, she could roughly comprehend the situation from the host's expression. Despite the "Sunny Day" released by a Spirit Beast seven or eight meters above her head, she felt a cold wind sneaking into her collar.

"*Kazdail expletive*!" She gasped, "Wow, can we reconcile this?"

The chaos didn't last long because, upon receiving a complaint, a city management team responsible for maintaining order arrived. The team leader, who seemed to have a lot of respect in this area, greeted the people as they made way for him.

After understanding the situation, the team leader looked at Lin Guang somewhat unexpectedly and took out a machine from his pocket, "Could you cooperate a bit, student?"

Lin Guang willingly took out his ID and swiped it.

Seeing the information on the machine, the team leader raised his eyebrows slightly and showed a bit of a smile, deliberately speaking aloud: "Oh, Experimental School, and from an elite class, too."

Upon hearing this, the crowd showed looks of realization, and the doubts almost disappeared—students from the elite class of the Experimental School were so enviable and had such promising futures that they wouldn't bother to be someone's stooge.

"So he's actually a top student from Experimental School, not surprising."

"Didn't they say even a Junior Researcher couldn't succeed?"

"Just because he says he is, you believe him? I could say I'm a retired Five-Star Spirit Master from the world."

"I thought there was really something fishy going on, boring."

Did he notice?

Hu Tuzhi pushed his gold-rimmed glasses. Just now, Lin Guang seemed to sense a gaze sweeping by, and he instinctively lowered his head slightly.

According to his deduction, Lin Guang's sensitivity to the subtle changes in Ether displayed by his spirit far exceeds the level that should be expected from someone of his rank, so it's possible he sensed his gaze.

Hu Tuzhi took a deep breath and murmured: "I need to be careful."

"Can't be too obvious."

Once the crowd settled down, the team leader asked if it was possible to break the turtle eggs publicly to address the doubts, and the host patted his chest, expressing no problem. He took a few milk jellies from a nearby bucket and brought them before the hundred-egg turtle. While the turtle was enjoying the food, he slowly pulled the basket of turtle eggs away, then headed to a prepared portable stove, started a fire, and heated up some oil, cracking one turtle egg after another into the frying pan, and not a single yolk or white was missing!

Soon the fragrant scent wafted out, even causing Vishdair to sniff the air, momentarily forgetting about the thirty Daxia characters predicament.

After the host distributed the fried eggs to the crowd, the team leader further asked everyone present if anyone noticed the host making any suggestive gestures. No one responded, and the equipment in the staff's hand did not record any Ethereal Fluctuation, ruling out the possibility of conveying information through Skills like [Intention]. With the host showing the purchase record of the hundred-egg turtle, the chance of someone secretly orchestrating the turtle's actions also vanished.

Thus, the team leader declared that the opening event for "Friendship Turtle Soup" had no anomalies and could continue, reigniting the crowd's enthusiasm—they couldn't quite believe a high school student, even from Experimental School, could outperform them—and some people thought the sea turtle eggs tasted quite good, heading towards the shop.

The host excitedly shook Lin Guang's hand up and down, then stuffed the thirty thousand Daxia Coin check and a thousand coin gift card into Lin Guang's hand, and the two took a commemorative photo together, saying that similar events in the future would use this photo for promotion.

"Look, I got the prize money, and people still have to thank me."

Returning to Vishdair's side, Lin Guang said this, but his facial expression seemed less than happy, appearing somewhat serious instead.

This piqued Vishdair's curiosity. She struggled internally for a while before finally asking: "Didn't you win? Why the expression?"

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