Chapter 239 - 150: Taking Stock of Home Resources! Huge Changes in the Farmed Creatures! The Rock Armor Eagle Is About to Enter Its Juvenile Stage

Chapter 239: Chapter 150: Taking Stock of Home Resources! Huge Changes in the Farmed Creatures! The Rock Armor Eagle Is About to Enter Its Juvenile Stage

The ginger, scallions, and Fog Fruits weren’t much different than before, only they had grown larger and flower buds had appeared on top.

What truly surprised Chen Chong were the six or seven types of crops he had transplanted from the gymnasium last night: potatoes, corn, peanuts, radishes...

Whether it was due to his proper transplanting technique or some special energy contained within the farmland itself, none of the crops had been lost after being moved. They had all survived.

When they were first planted in the farmland last night, their leaves had been somewhat shriveled, but now they were vibrant again.

Clearly, the transplant had been a resounding success. They had completely adapted to their new environment.

His farmland was a much higher level than the gymnasium’s, and with the boost from its accelerating effect, the speed at which these crops matured and bore fruit would increase dramatically.

Gazing at the vibrant crops in the field, Chen Chong couldn’t hide the smile on his face.

This was the bedrock of his future survival.

In this treacherous ecosystem, strength was certainly key to managing risk, but a renewable food source was the true foundation of survival...

Not much had changed over at the mud pond.

River snails, crabs, swamp eels, loaches, and various carnivorous trash fish all hid at the bottom or in burrows in the mud.

If not for the occasional shadow darting by and stirring up the murky water, one might suspect that the Lion-headed Goose had pecked everything inside clean.

The Vermilion Fruits in the center of the mud pond, on the other hand, had ripened to a deep red, and the berries were larger and more enticing than when the plant was in the thicket.

Chen Chong picked a few and tried them. They tasted great.

Noticing the Tiger Striped Dog staring at him from the side, he tossed half a fruit over.

The Tiger Striped Dog snatched it out of the air and started munching on it, too.

’Apparently, it likes this stuff, too...’

Chen Chong smiled and walked over to the bathroom.

If the living room was mainly for growing crops, then this was the primary area for raising livestock and poultry.

He pushed open the door, and the distinct smell of animals immediately hit him.

In the faint light filtering in from the living room, the scene inside was laid bare.

The female Sika Deer lay in her enclosure, not the least bit panicked. In fact, she looked completely relaxed.

She had only been here for a day, but she had already adapted quite well. Her slightly swollen belly indicated she wasn’t far from giving birth.

According to the reproductive habits of Sika Deer, they usually only give birth to a single fawn; the odds of having twins are extremely low.

But Chen Chong had already seen through his Identification Skill that this doe was carrying two fawns.

Before long, the number of Sika Deer in his home would increase to three. Such a rate of reproduction was undeniably fast...

On the other side of the enclosure, the pheasants and wild ducks were also in excellent shape, snuggled together in a nest made of dry grass.

"Hm?"

Just then, Chen Chong noticed three eggs in a corner.

Slightly surprised, he quickly picked them up.

Counting the six eggs he had found before, plus these three, he now had a total of nine!

Once they hatched, the number of poultry in his home would skyrocket again!

The most crucial part was that once animals like pheasants and wild ducks began to lay eggs, they produced more every few days, unlike most animals that only reproduce once or twice a year.

With the enclosure’s accelerating effect and the incubator’s rapid hatching, his flock of pheasants and wild ducks would, barring any accidents, reach an unimaginable scale in less than a month.

At this thought, another smile spread across Chen Chong’s face.

He turned his head to the animal cage. The wild rabbits inside were already acting contrary to their natural instincts.

They showed almost no fear of humans, instead lining up and clinging to the bars, as if waiting to be fed.

Chen Chong observed them for a moment and noticed that the abdomens of two of the does were also visibly larger.

Even though only two does were pregnant, one had to remember that wild rabbits not only had a high survival rate but also an extremely strong reproductive ability. Unlike most animals, they were in heat almost all year round.

Under normal circumstances, a wild rabbit can produce six to seven litters a year, with each litter containing nearly ten kits.

They grow extremely quickly; the kits mature in no time and can then enter the breeding cycle themselves...

At this rate, they were absolute breeding machines!

This was also the reason why many people who started raising rabbits eventually gave up.

They were just too damn good at breeding; you simply couldn’t keep up!

And with an animal cage that accelerated growth and a pasture that provided growth-speeding grass for food, the wild rabbits Chen Chong was raising would multiply even more ferociously than normal.

Although wild rabbits were easy to raise and bred quickly, making them seem like the perfect survival ration for the current situation, everything had its drawbacks.

Rabbit meat is too high in protein and lacks fat and carbohydrates. If you ate only rabbit meat to fill your stomach, it would very likely lead to a nutritional imbalance.

Eating it occasionally or pairing it with other foods was fine.

But if you only ate rabbit meat in the long run, milder cases could lead to gradual emaciation and lethargy, while severe cases could lead to literally starving to death.

Therefore, rabbit meat could be a part of his diet, but he could never expect to live on it alone.

Still, their ability to reproduce in large numbers was a good thing.

After all, even if he couldn’t eat them all himself, he could take some to the gymnasium to be raised as a group resource, rewarding them to his team members based on their contributions.

Chen Chong cut three large buckets of fodder from the pasture, tossing some into the mud pond and filling the feeding troughs for the wild rabbits, pheasants, wild ducks, and the doe, before finally closing the bathroom door.

Then, he cut another bucket of fodder, intending to take it back to his room and toss it into the fishpond.

But before he left, he looked at the pasture, still lush despite him having cut several buckets’ worth of grass, and couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.