Chapter 826 - 438: Spiritual Pigeons

Chapter 826: Chapter 438: Spiritual Pigeons

The meeting room fell silent.

Everyone became quiet.

Even Zheng Yu, who had been speaking passionately just moments ago, sat down awkwardly.

He had already said all he wanted to.

Then Chairman Chen Shu pondered for a moment and glanced at Su Yaoyao.

"Committee Member Su, these days, running the pigeon farm hasn’t been easy, has it?

"Thank you for your hard work!

"Could you give everyone a work report?"

The atmosphere in the meeting room remained strange.

Professor Zhang sighed.

Zheng Yu lowered his head.

Song Yin seemed to be deep in thought.

Mo Lanyou rolled her eyes and whispered secretly to Bai Mo, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, "Committee Member Su is in trouble."

Su Yaoyao also sensed something was off, but she still stood up, putting on a smile.

"The work at our pigeon farm has been going relatively smoothly so far.

"The scale of the pigeon farm has expanded significantly, and we now have four business segments: breeding, communication, enhancement, and training.

"We’ve set up large breeding rooms and invited experienced breeding experts to help us cultivate the best pigeon breeds.

"We also established a brand new pigeon language laboratory, where sound signals are collected and processed to facilitate simple two-way communication between humans and pigeons through some training.

"The enhancement segment still relies on the pollution from the Nine-headed Bird Ghost Car..."

As she spoke, everyone listened attentively.

Bai Mo sipped his tea, holding his apprentice, and suddenly realized how large the pigeon farm had become without noticing.

So many business segments; how much space is needed? How many facilities? How many personnel?

It seems the expenses must be quite considerable!

Su Yaoyao didn’t seem to notice the strange atmosphere and only grew more excited as she spoke.

"The pigeons we have cultivated are becoming increasingly spiritual!

"In addition to the inherent homing instinct of carrier pigeons, we have also bred a nesting protection characteristic.

"Pigeons will actively patrol and want to protect their homes, and when they detect danger, they may even seek assistance from humans..."

In the meeting room, everyone listened attentively.

To be fair, this level of spirituality can be considered a decent sentinel function.

"The enhancement of pigeons by the Nine-headed Bird Ghost Car is more terrifying than we imagined.

"Pigeons’ senses are already extremely sharp, but when external ears are added, these senses become even more exaggerated!

"Under certain conditions, the pigeons’ spiritual sense is even equivalent to that of Sequence Eight Immortal Technique Masters.

"But Sequence Eight Immortal Technique Masters cannot be mass-produced, while pigeons can be bred in large numbers.

"The cost of raising an Immortal Technique Master and a pigeon is simply incomparable..."

Su Yaoyao continued to mention several achievements, sounding rather encouraging.

When she finished speaking, she subconsciously glanced at Chairman Chen Shu.

"That’s all for the current achievements and progress."

The meeting room remained silent.

Chairman Chen Shu did not offer praise, and no one applauded.

Then Chairman Chen Shu spoke up.

"Currently, high-quality carrier pigeons on the market are not cheap, are they? Each costs thousands or tens of thousands.

"Hiring experienced breeders and pigeon keepers is also costly; salaries can easily run into tens of thousands monthly.

"In the West Ridge Mountain Range, land is not expensive, so we won’t discuss the cost of space and construction.

"Those special pigeon cages, incubators, and sensors also need to be custom-made from manufacturers.

"The key is, I’ve heard, that the survival rate of the pigeons bred is not high. I see from the report that the survival rate is only seventeen percent..."

In the meeting room, everyone kept their eyes on their noses, and their noses on their hearts.

Su Yaoyao remained silent.

The pigeons bred in the West Ridge Mountain Range are infected with the Nine-headed Bird Ghost Car’s aura from the moment they are born, which offers them higher potential, but indeed a lower survival rate.

Chairman Chen Shu sighed and continued.

"The loss rate during the Ghost Car’s enhancement process is also somewhat high.

"After enhancement by the Ghost Car, seventy percent of the pigeons can survive for three days, and forty percent can survive for ten days...

"We..."

In the meeting room, only Chairman Chen Shu’s voice was heard.

Bai Mo held his apprentice Guo Kezhao, rubbed its Fox Claw, and calculated the astonishing loss rate of the pigeon farm at each stage, finally understanding the chairman’s perspective.

The Immortal Committee’s budget isn’t limitless either.

Now, with so many businesses, projects, and large expenditures, the budget has been consistently tight.

Su Yaoyao’s pigeon farm has significant investment and expenditure, and the key issue is that pigeons are prone to die and fail to survive.

Vast sums of money are spent, but very few pigeons take flight.

A project like this is nearly impossible for anyone to manage successfully.

Chairman Chen Shu’s tone remained calm.

"Actually, I believe that difficulties are only temporary, and challenges will eventually pass; the correct path will certainly be discovered, and light will come after darkness, just as the pigeon farm will eventually succeed!

"However, how long will the darkness at the pigeon farm continue? We don’t know, none of us know, and we can’t predict.

"How much more funding will this darkness before dawn consume? It’s challenging to say as well."

Bai Mo picked up his teacup and took a sip of the hot tea.

He thought the chairman’s statement was a high-emotional intelligence expression!

The current status of the pigeon farm is undoubtedly dark.

But will there necessarily be dawn after darkness?

Will enduring difficulties definitely lead to success?

It’s hard to say.

There’s also a possibility that vast sums of money are spent, only to end up with nothing substantial.

The chairman sighed and began to lay out the financial difficulties.

"...To be honest with everyone, the West State Immortal Committee’s budget is already depleted this quarter.

"Committee Member Su, what I mean is, can we perhaps consider...um...reducing the pigeon farm’s budget somewhat?