What makes Palworld truly excellent is the constant stream of surprises it delivers to players in the early game.
Things like the first time you discover Pals can work for you and help you build a base.
The first time you catch a Pal you can ride.
The first time you defeat a boss.
The first time you find a Pal egg.
Zhong Yi was feeling exactly that way right now.
The sense of wonder he got from catching a Wind Swift and unlocking its flying ability was every bit as thrilling as the first time he learned to fly on a sword!
With the Wind Swift, Zhong Yi could ignore the terrain entirely and fly straight from the sky all the way to the volcano.
Watching the enormous silhouettes flash by beneath him, Zhong Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of luck.
If he had to level up the old-fashioned way, grinding experience bit by bit, he probably wouldn't be able to set foot in the volcano until at least level 30.
But now with the Wind Swift, all he had to do was avoid the flying Pals in the air and he could get there without any trouble!
As the volcano drew closer, the air grew hotter and hotter.
Luckily, he had anticipated this and prepared tropical tribal garments in advance.
They didn't have much defensive value, but they provided level 2 heat resistance, so he wasn't losing any HP.
Once he entered the volcano region, the Pals became noticeably more aggressive.
Whenever Zhong Yi flew even slightly lower, these Pals would glare at him with predatory intent, as if ready to strike at any moment.
The Wind Swift's stamina wasn't very high, so he often had to land and rest for a while, frequently putting Zhong Yi in danger.
That feeling of despair would often make Zhong Yi mutter "I'm screwed, I'm screwed" under his breath, only for him to somehow miraculously escape by the skin of his teeth every time.
The deeper he went into the volcano, the fewer safe landing spots there were, and the higher the temperature climbed.
When Zhong Yi felt he had gone far enough, he stopped at the newly unlocked fast travel point.
Carrying a big batch of fire-type Pal eggs he had scavenged along the way, he made his glorious return home.
Zhong Yi proudly showed off the results of his trip.
Four large fire-type Pal eggs, and six regular fire-type Pal eggs.
"Old Zhong, you're a legend!"
Ever since that small Pal egg had hatched into a top-tier four-perk Ragamuffin Cat, Zhou Yue had never doubted the connection between egg size and Pal quality again.
"Four large Pal eggs, not bad at all."
Zhou Qiaoling's reaction was much more calm.
After all, this guy was the first person in the entire sect to find giant Pal eggs in the starting area.
"No, no, no..."
Zhong Yi wagged his finger and smiled.
"Based on my theory, the species inside a Pal egg is likely tied to the region... Which means, Pal eggs brought back from the volcano must be offspring of high-tier Pals!"
Zhong Yi's reasoning wasn't without logic.
The Pals that hatched from Zhou Qiaoling's and Zhou Yue's eggs, aside from that one Liangye Dragon, were all species they had encountered before.
The large Pal eggs from the starting area did indeed contain Pals that weren't particularly impressive.
But the volcano region was a different story.
According to Zhong Yi's description, the Pals there were anything but ordinary — just from their appearance alone, they were clearly something special!
"Alright, let's each take one large fire-type Pal egg, and we'll see what luck has in store for us!"
Zhong Yi generously handed a large Pal egg to each of Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling.
"What? Really? Hold on, senior brother, wait for me — I'm heading back right now! I'm in the middle of fighting a big demon, and we're about to settle this!"
Mu Yawen's voice came through the team voice channel.
He was in the middle of a fierce battle inside a demon secret realm, and his tone was slightly rushed.
Unlike the other three, the honest and hardworking Mu Yawen had chosen to constantly hunt down new demons, fight them, and tame them — as disciplined and methodical as a class monitor.
"Re-really? You're making me nervous!"
Zhou Yue gulped.
So far, his Pal team was the most ordinary of all of them.
His best Pal — the one with the Fierce trait — a Penguin King, was actually one that Zhou Qiaoling had swapped out and given to him.
The thought of being able to hatch a top-tier fire Pal with his own hands made his heart start pounding with anticipation.
"Haha, big bro, want me to hatch it for you? You might end up hatching a Fire Fluffel instead~"
Zhou Qiaoling giggled and poked Zhou Yue with her elbow.
"Oh shut up! Zhou Qiaoling, don't jinx me!"
Zhou Yue immediately snapped back.
"Relax, Lao Zhou. I told you, the Pals in the eggs are tied to the region... The fire-type Pals in the volcano, and a large one at that — it can't possibly be bad!"
Zhong Yi had long grown used to the two of them roasting each other, and gave Zhou Yue some encouragement.
"That's right, that's right... Uh? Wait, why does that sound weird coming from your mouth..."
Zhou Yue was happy for a moment, then his brow furrowed deeply.
"??? What do you mean by that???"
Zhong Yi clenched his fists.
"It sounds like Junior Brother Mu is in the middle of a fierce fight over there... How about we just hatch the eggs first?"
Zhong Yi suggested.
"Alright! Agreed!"
Zhou Yue nodded impatiently.
"Whoever hatches the weakest one has to stay behind and build the base!"
Zhou Qiaoling added with a cheeky grin.
"Haha, Junior Sister Qiaoling, you might as well just say Lao Zhou's name outright."
Zhong Yi burst out laughing.
"Uh, Zhong, if you're going to put it like that, then suddenly I feel like I've got this in the bag."
Zhou Yue became even more eager.
The base originally had two egg incubators, but to settle the contest, Zhong Yi had hastily set up a third one.
The three of them would hatch their eggs at the same time and compare results.
"So nervous, so excited..."
Zhou Yue gulped.
This was the first time he was hatching such a high-quality Pal egg.
The thought that his main Pal, the Fire Fluffel, could finally retire in glory made his heart thump with excitement.
"Relax, big bro. Hatching a Flame Ragamuffin Cat is totally normal~"
Zhou Qiaoling teased merrily.
"Get lost!!"
Zhou Yue shot Zhou Qiaoling a glare, then saw Zhong Yi open his mouth and quickly added another line.
"And Zhong, you shut up too!!!"
"???"
The few minutes of waiting felt like an eternity to Zhou Yue.
The moment the countdown hit zero, a crack finally appeared on the large Pal egg in front of his incubator.
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iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
