Chapter 180 - 127: Changes in Household Resources and Appraising the Rock Armor Eagle

Chapter 180: Chapter 127: Changes in Household Resources and Appraising the Rock Armor Eagle

Although he was just as exhausted, Chen Chong hadn’t reached his breaking point like the others. He decided to feed the poultry some grass before heading back to his room.

He went to the pasture, cut a full bucket of green grass, and brought it to the bathroom, where he scattered it into the enclosure.

The wild pheasants and ducks quickly swarmed over, beginning to peck at the food on the ground.

As he was scattering the grass, Chen Chong froze.

In a nest of dry grass in the corner of the enclosure, five eggs had appeared at some point!

The eggshells were a faint green and not very large—a size smaller than a typical chicken egg. Piled in the nest of dry grass, they would have been hard to spot without looking closely.

’Pheasant eggs? Or duck eggs?’

Chen Chong was overjoyed. He quickly stepped inside and picked up the eggs.

This was the first time the wild pheasants and ducks had laid eggs since being brought back from the wild. It proved they had completely adapted to their new environment and were beginning to breed.

’I just wonder if these eggs can hatch.’

If they could, with the incubator’s five-times-faster hatching speed, it would only take a few days for them to hatch. Then he could put them in the enclosure, and with the accelerated growth from both the enclosure and the pasture, they would reach full adulthood in less than half a month and start breeding themselves.

Chen Chong could already imagine a future not far off where he would have dozens, even hundreds, of wild pheasants and ducks.

Regardless, this was a good start. It meant the micro-ecosystem at his home was beginning to become self-sustaining.

With the special effects of the Building Cards, their development would far surpass those in the wild. Once the cycle was established, their population would surely grow much faster than with normal husbandry.

Once they started breeding normally, the number of wild pheasants and ducks would just keep growing...

Chen Chong set the eggs aside, planning to put them in the incubator as soon as he got back to his room.

He opened the animal cage and stuffed some greens inside.

The few wild rabbits were no longer afraid of people and quickly gathered around.

For now, the wild rabbits showed no signs of breeding, but Chen Chong wasn’t worried at all.

Their mating periods were more frequent and longer than other animals’. As long as he kept a doe and a buck together, they would eventually produce little bunnies. He just had to raise them well.

Carrying the few eggs, Chen Chong left the bathroom and tossed some grass into the mud pond.

Compared to the other areas, the situation in the mud pond was as stable as ever.

The Vermilion Fruit plants were well-adapted to this environment, showing no signs of withering. Their thin branches were laden with fruit, looking exceptionally tempting.

And in the slightly murky water, he could occasionally see some crabs and carnivorous fish swimming about, stirring up the mud...

’They’re completely ripe...’

Chen Chong’s gaze shifted to the farmland.

Under the accelerated growth of the farmland, the peppers and tomatoes were fully mature. They were all a vibrant red, completely ready for consumption.

But of course, the purpose of growing them wasn’t for eating, but for producing seeds.

The fruit from the first harvest would all have to be planted back into the soil.

However, planting wasn’t his strong suit. Wang Biao and Jia Wen were more familiar with it, so he would let them handle it after they woke up.

The ginger and green onions were also growing well. Although much slower than the peppers and tomatoes, they too were showing signs of producing their first seeds.

The Fog Fruit tree was the same as always. After the red fruits were picked, it seemed to ignore the seasons, constantly producing new, greenish fruits.

Chen Chong planned to save a batch of the fruit and try to cultivate new Fog Fruit trees.

’After all, the fruit tastes pretty good. It’s worth cultivating...’

The fifteen sweet potato vines had fully spread out. The ones in the C-Class farmland were especially vigorous, with vines covering more than half the surrounding field, growing much more luxuriantly than the ones in the D-Class farmland.

Judging by their current growth, even if the sweet potatoes underground weren’t ripe yet, the leaves on the vines were edible.

Filled with joy, Chen Chong plucked a handful of tender shoots and put them in the kitchen. Only then did he return to his room, satisfied, with the eggs in hand.

Except for the Lion-headed Goose, which liked to patrol the living room, the Tiger Striped Dog and the Blade-Limbed Assassin Insect followed him inside.

The moment he entered the room, he froze...

The D-Class enclosure lay scattered on the floor in pieces, and a huge creature, a full meter tall, was standing on the balcony, flapping its wings at the view outside.

When it saw Chen Chong, it turned, tilting its head to look him over. After quickly recognizing him, it charged over excitedly, letting out a series of somewhat piercing cries...

SKREEE—

"This thing... is the Rock Armor Eagle?"

Holding the behemoth in his arms, Chen Chong was completely baffled.

If he weren’t already a Transcendent with enhanced physical strength, he might not have even been able to lift this "little" guy.

He vaguely remembered that before he left, the Rock Armor Eagle’s feathers and armor had barely grown in, and it was only about half a meter tall. How had it doubled in size after just one day and night?

’Are the feed and the enclosure’s effects really this potent?’

The Rock Armor Eagle before him no longer had the goofy look of a newborn. Black feathers now completely covered its body. On both sides of its head, as well as on its belly and talons, there was a covering of obsidian-like rock.

It stood over a meter tall and weighed a good eighty to ninety pounds. With its wings spread, they would likely span a terrifying four to five meters.

If it weren’t classified as an Extraordinary Creature, a creature of its size would already be considered a large bird of prey in the natural world.

Although shocked by the Rock Armor Eagle’s extraordinary growth rate, Chen Chong soon broke into a smile.

’Its rapid growth is a good thing. After all, it’s an Extraordinary Creature. Even though I didn’t recruit it, it seems very attached to me right now.’

’Once it’s fully grown, I’ll have another helper...’