What you see is a vast pasture with lush green grass growing vigorously. The grass is a new species after the apocalypse. It is cold-resistant, prolific, and rich in higher amounts of vitamins and trace elements.
A dozen cows that have mutated and become slightly larger, black and white with particularly bright fur, are walking leisurely in the pasture, lowering their heads from time to time, taking a bite of green grass, chewing it, and making a "moo" sound. Moo' sound.
There are also several milking workers squatting beside some of the mutated cows, squeezing them with skillful techniques, and the milky white milk seeps into the wooden barrels prepared below.
As an excellent breed that was highly selectively bred before the end of the world, after mutation, these cows, which are generally one- and two-level cows, still maintain their previous docility. They just spread out in the pasture every day and produce more milk than ordinary cows. , the milk is more delicious.
Long-term drinking can also subtly improve physical fitness.
Tang Yu spent a lot of money to purchase these dozen mutant cows from Lindong. Most of them were cows, but there were also a few bulls used for breeding.
Several awakened members of the garrison were stationed at the entrance of the ranch. When the team leader saw the two of them, he walked towards them with a solemn face. He waved them away with his eyes and stayed on the spot, standing straight on guard, but looking at them from time to time. This way.
-A squadron of twenty-five Awakeners is stationed throughout the ranch. In addition to preventing outsiders from intruding, it also prevents the alienated beasts from rioting in the ranch.
Except for cows, there are not many alienated beasts in free-range conditions. Their aura does not exceed the third level of awakening, and their appearance is gentle and tolerable.
Well, there is one exception.
Tang Yu glanced at the left side of the pasture, where a giant golden-yellow beast that looked like a hill was grunting and munching on the metal minerals that had accumulated into a hill in front of it.
The golden giant beast exudes the terrifying aura of awakening to the ninth level - this talent of rapidly growing in strength through eating and drinking is enviable.
In the pasture, the cows, horned deer and other exotic animals walking around were suppressed by this compelling aura and kept far away.
Within a hundred meters, there was an open area, and the golden beast seemed to dominate the pasture.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. The gold-swallowing beast seems to have gained weight again? Will there be a day when I can't walk? Forget it, as long as it can produce minerals."
Tang Yu muttered and looked at it a few more times.
Feeling the line of sight, the bully gold-swallowing beast in the ranch suddenly froze, and most of the bitten stones fell from its teeth that were not too big. Until the two figures disappeared away, the gold-swallowing beast's huge body suddenly froze. His body trembled violently, swayed, and continued to eat the fat house happy mine.
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The pasture is divided into an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer is a free-range area for alien beasts. They are harmless alien beasts and their activities are not restricted.
But more alienated beasts were imprisoned in cages.
"Click, click, click—"
The piercing cry was accompanied by the sound of the collision of iron and stone.
On the left, a large hen with a height of more than two meters and beautiful yellow feathers all over its body is seen. Its sharp beak is pecking at the metal iron fence crazily. Amidst the chirping of "dang dang", strings of sparks emerge, and the metal iron fence No damage was done.
The mutated hen is only a triple mutated beast, but they dare not put it outside in the free-range area.
Tang Yu said he was helpless. There were not many mutant beasts like the Gold-Swallowing Beast that were highly intelligent and knew how to judge the situation.
"Can you calm Xiao Huang's mood?"
"no problem."
Kara took out some yellow-green granular powder from somewhere in her pocket, grabbed it in her hand, walked step by step, and came to the iron fence where the mutated hen was imprisoned.
The hand holding the powder stretched out, as if wanting to feed Xiao Huang, the huge hen.
You won't be pecked out a bloody hole, right? Tang Yu thought with some worry, and then he remembered that Kara had also awakened to the sixth level, while Xiao Huang had only awakened to the third level... Moreover, as a majestic animal trainer, if he couldn't even handle a mutant hen, he would undoubtedly be disappointed.
Kara did not disappoint.
When the hen's sharp beak pecked down like lightning, he raised his hand, and those yellow-green particles of powder were sprinkled on the mutated hen's body or went directly into his mouth.
Laka's eyes widened, as if he was looking at the mutated hen. After a moment, he reached out and touched the soft yellow feathers of the hen. There was no resistance. Xiao Huang had already squatted down and became docile.
Sure enough, there are some tricks.
Tang Yu walked closer and asked, "Has Xiao Huang been completely tamed?"
Kara shook her head, "It's just temporarily suppressing its wildness. If you leave it alone, it will return to its previous violent appearance soon and it will be completely tamed. It will take a few days."
"What level of mutant beast can Mr. Kara tame?"
"This is not certain. There are many factors that affect domestication, such as the alienated beast's character, preparation, whether it is hostile to humans, etc... Every alienated beast is a different individual. Only when you see and understand it can you know whether it can be tamed."
Taming the alienated hen is not important, at best it will make it easier to pick up eggs in the future.
Tang Yu even hoped that Kara could tame some kind of strange beast that could serve as a mount and charge into the battlefield.
The pasture is very large, and the deeper you go, the more terrifying the strange beasts imprisoned become, and the roars and cries are endless.
The squadron stationed at the ranch, most of the awakened ones, stayed in the depths.
The two of them walked past the iron bars where alien animals were imprisoned, including birds and aquatic animals... The holding rooms varied in size, ranging from the size of a garage to the large one, comparable to a basketball court.
In addition to a feeding port for delivering food to the alien beasts, the interior layout of the holding room is also different according to the living environment of the alien beasts.
There is a terrifying looking crocodile beast, which is imprisoned in a watery swamp environment. When its big tail covered with scales flicks, mud splashes everywhere.
In order to lay out such a ranch, Tang Yu took great pains, expanding it several times, investing manpower and material resources, and custom building renovations. This is estimated to be more than two million yuan in source crystals.
Not only to satisfy the appetite, but also to try to tame strange beasts that can be used as mounts... The existence of these strange beasts is a huge library of specimens, which is of extraordinary significance whether for research or other purposes.
"Mr. Kara, what kind of strange beast do you think can be tamed and become a mount? I hope to form a cavalry, preferably more than three hundred."
Cara looked around, touched here and there, and quickly observed the strange beasts imprisoned deep in the ranch.
There are fifty-eight species in total, most of which are between the second and fifth levels of awakening. There are only three strange beasts from the sixth level and above.
There are a lot of them, but there are not many strange beasts that are suitable for the Awakened to ride and charge and have similar strength.
Carla locked onto three of them.
A kind of wolf-like beast, larger than a lion. Its hair, edges, and lines outline an explosive power and beauty, showing its unparalleled domineering power.
Tang Yu named this kind of strange beast Warg. It had only one sample of the fifth-level peak strength. He had been very optimistic about this kind of strange beast before, but Warg seemed extremely arrogant. When he was just captured, he showed a " Even if he died, he wouldn't have the courage to take a bite of human food.
In the end, the wargs were unable to resist the temptation of delicious food, but they were wild and untamed, and aroused great hostility every time they approached.
The second type, a horse-like beast, was larger than an ordinary horse. It had a fiery red mane that fluttered like a burning flame. It was very beautiful. Its strength was awakening at the fourth level, and he named it the Fiery Horse.
The third type, which was more unexpected by Tang Yu, was a kind of bird with yellow feathers. It was slightly larger than the egg-laying hen Xiaohuang. It had short wings and was unable to fly. What is striking is that it has slender legs. The neck and chicken claw-like legs also look very powerful.
This bird and strange beast had not caught his attention before and had not yet been given a chance to be named.
"Wargs are highly aggressive and possess considerable fighting power." Kara paused and continued, "If you want to tame them as mounts, you need the knight to cooperate with me. Only after taming the wargs will they obey the command. And he works well with the Cavaliers."
"But wargs are wild and take a long time to tame them."
He then walked to the iron fence where the second type of alien beast was imprisoned. "The fire horse is relatively weak, but the horse-like alien beast is inherently suitable for riding and is easier to tame. It is easier for the knight to cooperate with the horse."
"This kind of bird." Kara pondered for a while, "It doesn't seem to be very aggressive..."
The bird with yellow feathers is somewhat similar to the mutated hen, and is stronger, but unlike the mutated hen, it pecks at the iron bars crazily and only makes a warning sound of "coo-coo-coo" when humans approach.
"But after observation, we found that this kind of bird should have extraordinary jumping ability, excellent speed, explosive power, and excellent endurance. It is suitable as a mount for long distances."
Tang Yu was also observing.
His understanding of strange beasts was far inferior to Kara's, but his insight was not bad.
The bird's claws have no dense hair and are gray-black in color. The claws and the connected legs are huge, strong and powerful. If this yellow bird is about 2.8 meters tall, then its lower limbs will take up at least as much as With a height of 1.6 meters, it is truly a "long leg".
Everything from the neck down is legs.
This appearance ensures the explosive power and jumping ability of the alien beast. As Kara said, except that it cannot fly, it is suitable for almost any terrain.
It is a very good mount.
Combining various characteristics of the yellow bird, Tang Yu decided to name it Chocobo.
Wargs, flaming horses, and chocobos, these are the three exotic beasts that Kara has selected as suitable mounts.
Except for the two flaming horses, there was only one warg and one chocobo, which was obviously far from meeting the requirements for forming a cavalry regiment.
Tang Yu called the ranch steward and after some questioning, he quickly learned the origins of these three strange beasts.
Members of the Survey Corps who were operating outside were captured by chance.
But the book in the steward's hand did not record the places where these three strange beasts were captured.
Frowning, Tang Yu looked at the awakened members of the garrison corps standing guard not far away and waved.
The awakened ones came running like crazy.
"Call me the... &%%￥# squadron leaders from the Survey Corps."
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Outside the Survey Corps, they usually operate in squadrons of twenty-five people.
The ranch manager has records that the three strange beasts were discovered and captured by the third squadron, the fifth squadron, and the twelfth squadron.
Among them, the 3rd Squadron and the 12th Squadron are not in the shelter and cannot be contacted at the moment.
The captain of the fifth squadron arrived quickly. He looked at the fiery horses and recalled, "We should be in the north with these two horses, near the provincial border. The specific location..."
He scratched his head, obviously unsure.
Tang Yu expressed his understanding that after the end of the world, the terrain has changed a lot. The mountains are intertwined and the roads are covered by lush trees. Awakened people who go out can easily get lost in the complex wilderness if they stay away from the shelter.
But the squadron leader said that the Fire Horse was captured just a few days ago, and the area should not have changed much, so he could still recognize it.
"In that case." Tang Yu pondered for a while, then looked at the squadron leader, "Take your team members and go to the area where the flaming horse was found... Kara will come too."
Among the three kinds of strange beasts, only two of the flaming horses were discovered. It is very likely that the flaming horses have a tribe.
Tang Yu couldn't hold it any longer and decided to take action immediately, not missing any chance of discovering the group of fiery horses.
Although the combat power of the flaming horse is not as good as that of the warg, and its adaptability to the terrain is not as good as that of the chocobo. However, as an equine beast, it is easy to tame and is suitable for charging with the knight. It is enough to bring out the combined combat skills, which is the greatest The advantages.
Combat power is not important... Any member of the corps can easily kill the fifth-level peak beast.
On the contrary, Tang Yu was most optimistic about Fiery Horse.
He didn't intend to give up on the other two strange beasts... The wargs probably didn't live alone, and it was harder to tell about the chocobos. However, since the third squadron and the twelfth squadron had not returned, he had no way of knowing their specific locations.
"In the future, information about strange beasts must record the location where they were found and the details of their capture."
After warning, Tang Yu, Kara and the others left the ranch.
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In the mountains.
Aerial boat parking platform.
Tang Yu brought Kara here, followed by "Nancy", the part-time bodyguard of the territorial force.
In order to get to the area where the flaming horse was discovered as soon as possible and to facilitate the capture and transportation of the flaming horse afterwards, he decided to dispatch a strategic-level weapon aerostat.
The Sailing Ship, led by the Mali Kingdom, transported goods to Wanghai Sanctuary two days ago, and due to the need to transport back the minerals, herbs and other materials obtained from the transaction, the Sailing Ship has not yet returned.
At this time, the second aerostat "Flying Fish" was parked on the empty platform, as well as the last aerostat being assembled.
After the three aerostats were manufactured, most of the rare materials that had been accumulated for several months in the territorial warehouse were declared exhausted. The recent transaction list of aerostats and shelters such as Jingcheng and Wanghai focused on the manufacturing of aerostats. Main materials required.
Shay and others in the Yangtze River Delta have already begun a looting plan and have harvested a lot of mineral materials.
Such as moire stone, black iron wood, star pattern steel and so on.
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"The Second Brigade of the Survey Corps, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Squadrons have all assembled. Please give instructions, sir."
"follow me."
Sora nodded and boarded the airship.
A group, with a total of ninety-three awakened ones (the number poached by the Air Force Special Forces Group has not been filled yet), with neatly equipped equipment, followed and boarded the boat.
Tang Yu stood at the bow of the airship, with his hands folded, looking at the survivors and puppets below who were as busy as ants.
Seeing that everyone was present, he said calmly, "Let's set sail."
The captain takes the order.
With a soft "buzz" sound, the rune array was activated, and the aerostat slowly lifted into the air. After a moment, it began to accelerate and flew towards the target location.
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The white clouds were misty and receding toward the rear.
The "Flying Bird" airship flew for about an hour before arriving at the northern part of Tiannan Province, where it meets the border with neighboring provinces.
After lowering the flight altitude and wandering around the nearby area for several times, the twenty-odd Awakeneds of the Fifth Squadron lay on the edge of the deck to identify carefully. After more than half an hour, they finally confirmed the area where they had originally moved.
(Still 1+1=2 chapters)