My Monster Fuses Everything

Chapter 102: Chapter 96: Laboratory Completed

Although there are currently only fifty Tree-born Worms, it is still too few for the hunting range they patrol. Nonetheless, Su Han has dispersed them, mainly distributed within the Shanhu Villa District, to guard against monsters infiltrating the area.

Including Ji Mingyang and twenty-three others, the entire camp had just over a hundred and twenty people, and only a few villas were in use. For a Shanhu Villa District that covers nearly two million square meters, the number was still too small.

Ye Kailing and Yan Meiyu formed a patrol team that inspected the territory every day, but still found it somewhat strained. Therefore, the worms were also used to supplement the patrols.

In the two or three days since the Tree-born Worms had been deployed, almost every day a certain number of meat corpses were dragged back, sometimes three or four, sometimes five or six.

Although the number was not large, considering that most of the patrolled areas were within the Shanhu Villa District, this was explainable.

As a safety measure, the monsters around the Shanhu Villa had always been targeted for clearance, which naturally reduced their numbers.

These numbers of monster corpses were not all stored for the Ancient Worm Tree; the monsters kept in the steel cages also needed a certain amount of food, forming a small cycle.

On the third day after the laboratory equipment was back, Bai Qilan brought good news to Su Han.

"The blood and tissue of the Green-scale Carps have been analyzed. As we had anticipated, their gene structure is stable, and they contain stable spiritual energy structures, making them edible," Bai Qilan said, holding a string of data and reports. She had been analyzing various data since the laboratory equipment was installed, and she had finally reached the current conclusion.

She paused before saying, "Long-term consumption of Evolved Kind creatures is beneficial for humans to accumulate spiritual energy and promote physical enhancement."

The two were sitting in the living room of Villa No. 9. Hearing what Bai Qilan said, Su Han's eyes flickered as he said, "Does this mean we can start breeding them? What about their food, have we confirmed that it's Purple Lotus?"

"Omnivorous," Bai Qilan said. "Both Green-scale Carps and Red-line Grass Carps exhibit a certain degree of omnivorous behavior. These past few days, I have fed them a variety of foods. The Purple Lotus works best, but they also consume other meats. They have a broad diet, but you're not planning on feeding them meat corpses, are you?"

She smiled slightly, looking at Su Han.

Su Han immediately shook his head. What a joke! If these creatures were being raised as livestock for the camp, how could they possibly be fed the corpses of mutated human monsters?

Bai Qilan said with a smile, "The Purple Lotus adapts quickly to its environment, especially under the Radiance of the Lamp Tree. In a short time, the plant population has increased by one-tenth, so it can be used as the main feed for farming.

Moreover, when the crops we're currently growing undergo iteration, we should see the emergence of Evolved Kind plants that are adapted to the current environment, which will provide even more feed sources."

With the increase in population and the illumination from the Radiance of the Lamp Tree, the progress of the farmland Yan Meiyu was cultivating wasn't slow; it had expanded to an area equivalent to four or five football fields, about 50 or more acres.

Although more vegetables and fruits were planted, grains like wheat and corn accounted for only half of the crops, because the seeds were found relatively later.

But as time goes on and more crops are planted, under the influence of the environment, Evolved Kind crops will inevitably emerge, which is a good thing.

"In that case, we can let Ji Jichun and his team start fish farming tomorrow," Su Han said.

Not just other people, even Su Han hadn't eaten fresh meat for a long while and had been relying on canned meat and jerky.

"Compared to that, I think there is something you should pay more attention to," Bai Qilan added.

Su Han's expression became solemn as he asked, "What is it?"

"The Double-tailed Emperor Scorpion and the Split-mouth mother worm should be considered as Evolved Kind monsters," said Bai Qilan slowly. "From the tissue of the Double-tailed Scorpions and the Split-mouth Worms, it's clear that their gene structures are relatively stable and not as aggressive.

Covering an area about the size of a football field, the cage rose about two meters above the water surface, with a mesh pattern made of metal. The iron bars of the fence were at least as thick as two fingers, without the slightest worry about fish monsters breaking through.

Guo Gang, Ji Jichun, and the others watched in awe, their eyes holding respect — no matter how many times they saw it, this ability always shook them to the core.

Although it wasn't a one-time control of several dozen tons of metal, the very act of manipulating and melding metal out of thin air was already beyond belief.

"Throw the fish monsters into it, and give some of the fish monster eggs back to them," he said.

"Yes, we will start right away."

The density of the cage's mesh was not small, so there was no concern that the young fish monsters would escape once hatched. Soon, Ji Jichun and the others threw more than a dozen fish and Half-Fish Monsters into it.

They closed the metal gate of the cage from above and locked it tight from the outside.

"We should be able to hatch the first batch of fish monster spawn within a month. These things are pretty easy to raise," Guo Gang commented. He wasn't in charge of managing Yunling Lake, and he had never raised fish before, but after seeing the data and predictions about fish monster breeding and growth provided by Bai Qilan, he was utterly astounded.

It had been less than a month since the end of the world and the appearance of fish monster eggs and their entire species; even if the mutation has slightly stabilized, the breeding time should be between one and two months.

Regarding reproduction, fish monsters had no sex. After reaching maturity in form, they could lay eggs on their own, hatching them as a group.

As for their diet, it was complex. Being omnivorous creatures, although flesh constituted their primary diet, plants could also satisfy their hunger, especially in tough times.

If such creatures proliferated, they would quickly become a dominant species in any body of water.

Unless there was an even more powerful monster in that water, the situation would reverse, with the fish monsters turning into a source of food.

"All five of your Angel Envoys are fish monsters. Yan Meiyu should have already arranged your work, right?" Su Han said, turning his gaze towards Ji Jichun and the others.

"It's all arranged, boss," Ji Jichun nodded and said, "Later on, we'll hang a crystal from the Lamp Tree at the heart of the lake, dispelling the fog on the water and increasing the breeding rate of the Purple Lotus. We will periodically catch evolution fish, like the Green-Scaled Carp and Red-Line Grass Carp, to prevent them from devouring too many small fish."

Evolved Kind of fish are omnivorous; if there are too many strong individuals, it would squeeze the space for the rest of the small fish to grow.

And this was what Ji Jichun and his team were currently set to do. If more Evolved Kind of plants appeared in the future, they would also need to produce feed and carry out feeding.

But for now, that wasn't necessary.

Su Han nodded and said, "Do as they have arranged."

He left Yunling Lake with Guo Gang, the construction of such a huge metal cage having consumed tens of tons of metal, in addition to the previous remodeling of trucks and creation of metal cages for the Double-tailed Scorpion and Split-mouth Worm, nearly using up sixty to seventy percent of the nearly one hundred tons of metal.

However, Su Han wasn't too concerned about it, because whether it was for confining monsters or farming fish monsters, it was all for a greater benefit: to strengthen the camp.

"Old Guo, in the vicinity of Shanhu Villa district, where else are there construction sites or large parking lots?" he asked while walking, preparing to gather metal for the Scorpion Spider Demon to continue with Fusion, hopefully leading to an increase in Metal Control.

"Summer Garden Mall is one, but it's empty now. If we really have to check, we can search each residential district individually; the closest one is Nanshan Residential Area, and there should be a hotel nearby as well..."

"Su Han, there might be a matter requiring your attention."

Mid-conversation, Yan Meiyu arrived briskly and approached Su Han.