noveltune Chapter 5: Enhanced Survival Skills
Chapter 5: Enhanced Survival Skills
A wild dog that hadn't eaten all day saw dozens of red junglefowl on the ground and tree trunks, and drooled a few strands of foul-smelling saliva from its mouth.
The wild dogs exchanged glances and almost simultaneously charged at the red junglefowl.
To ensure a successful hunt, the wild dogs did not hunt alone, but rather two wild dogs would work together to attack a red junglefowl.
Sensing danger, the red junglefowl didn't linger and turned to run away.
Ken Yamamoto stared intently at the screen, watching the defenseless red junglefowl and laughed, "Run, run! Let me show you the true speed of wild dogs!"
Wild dogs with enhanced hind legs are indeed much faster than before.
The distance between wild dogs and red junglefowl is also slowly closing.
Just as one of the wild dogs was about to catch up with the red junglefowl, the red junglefowl leaped up and jumped onto the nearest high branch.
The wild dogs also instinctively jumped in sync with the red junglefowl.
However, wild dogs are not as good at jumping as red junglefowl, and can only watch helplessly as the red junglefowl lands on the tree trunk.
The wild dog then tried to jump a few more times, but couldn't even touch the tree trunk, so it turned around and chased after other red junglefowl.
The atmosphere in the Japanese livestream room suddenly froze.
The audience, who had just been cheering for the increased hunting efficiency of the wild dogs after their enhancement, now stared wide-eyed at the screen.
[Japan: What...what's going on?]
[Japan: Can anyone tell me why chickens can jump so high?]
[Japan: Cheating! China is cheating!]
Don't act like an idiot. Tell me, who can cheat in Earth Online?
[If you're bad at cooking, practice more. Don't make excuses for yourself.]
"Baka!" Yamamoto Ken couldn't help but clench his fists, because at that moment all the red junglefowl jumped up into the trees.
Their wild dogs didn't catch a single red junglefowl!
Ken Yamamoto was surprised that even after intervention, the red junglefowl could not be found.
Kenjiro Yamamoto never expected that the Red Junglefowl would become so strong after being restored to its ancient state and undergoing intervention.
Although the red junglefowl is not yet able to fight against wild dogs, it is already invincible thanks to its gliding and jumping ability.
This was completely beyond Ken Yamamoto's comprehension.
According to the simple evolutionary view of "survival of the fittest," the strong now must have been strong in the past. But these chickens can not only glide, but also use their enhanced jumping ability to briefly perch on trees.
Before Yamamoto Ken could recover, the Red Jungle Chicken leader standing on the tree trunk on the screen suddenly jumped down.
Ken Yamamoto looked in that direction and saw a lone wild dog standing where the Red Junglefowl leader had landed.
What is this leader planning? Is he going to retaliate against the wild dogs?
Holy crap, a chicken attacks a stray dog! I've never seen anything like it.
【Wait, don't you find it strange? Why would a chicken dare to attack a wild dog?】
【You don't understand, do you? The red junglefowl is a descendant of fighting cocks, so it definitely has some characteristics of fighting cocks. Fighting cocks, fighting cocks, what are fighting cocks? Can you call it a fighting cock if it's not brave and aggressive?】
Bai Zhou was unaware of the discussions outside about the Red Jungle Chicken leader.
Bai Zhou was not surprised by the Red Junglefowl leader's counterattack; on the contrary, he was quite pleased. In Bai Zhou's view, a counterattack was a very normal thing, not to mention that the species he had chosen was a fighting cock.
In terms of origin alone, as a species that has survived for hundreds of millions of years without interruption, chickens inherently possess a warlike gene.
Domestic chickens appear docile because they have been domesticated over thousands of years.
Undomesticated pheasants are far more wild and aggressive than domestic chickens.
Take food as an example. Domestic chickens eat feed, insects, etc., while pheasants also eat insects. In addition to insects, pheasants also eat meat, snakes, etc.
To put it somewhat inaccurately, pheasants don't eat meat not because they don't like it, but because they can't fight off large animals, so they can only eat insects, small snakes, and the like.
The wild dog spotted the red junglefowl gliding down, and before the wild dog could react, the red junglefowl leader's sharp claws slashed across the wild dog's skin.
Although the stray dog dodged to the side the moment it saw it, it was still a second too slow.
The sharp claws tore through the skin, drawing out a small string of blood beads.
[Japan: Baka! That wretched pheasant dared to provoke our stray dogs!]
[Japan: A stray dog was actually outmaneuvered by a chicken?]
[Japan: This silly chicken came down on its own, take this opportunity to bite it!]
Japan
Ignoring its wounds, the wounded wild dog pushed off the ground with its hind legs and chased after the Red Wild Chicken leader. Not only the wounded wild dog, but the rest of the wild dogs also gathered in this place.
The red junglefowl leader didn't hesitate. While dodging the charging wild dogs, it leaped into the air again, landing on the tree trunk almost as if it had jumped from the spot.
The wild dogs that came to hunt them down could only look at the tree and sigh in vain.
Having run out of options, the stray dogs had no choice but to leave the area together and try to find food elsewhere.
The atmosphere in the live stream rooms in China and Japan is completely different.
[Chicken Bro is awesome!]
[That kick the Red Junglefowl gave the wild dog was absolutely awesome!]
[Just over twenty hours ago, I never imagined I'd see red junglefowl fight back against wild dogs.]
I really wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Although red junglefowl are still preyed upon by wild dogs, their survival rate has indeed improved significantly compared to before.
After watching the whole thing, Tian Guan breathed a sigh of relief. Heaven knows how he spent that day.
As the team leader of the Dragon Kingdom Earth Online Research Lab, Tian Guan had been on tenterhooks ever since the moment Bai Zhou selected the fighting rooster.
Fearing that Dragon Kingdom would be eliminated on the first day, Tian Guan didn't eat a single bite of food except for drinking some water. His stomach was "filled" with worry.
To be honest, Tian Guan didn't expect such a big change in just one day.
From initially being chased by wild dogs and having no chance to fight back, only able to run away, to now being invincible thanks to speed, gliding and jumping abilities, and even able to launch small counterattacks.
Tian Guan's mood that day was truly like riding a roller coaster.
Looking at the leisurely red junglefowl on the screen, Tian Guan suddenly remembered a sentence that could perfectly describe the changes in these red junglefowl.
"From this point on, the roles of offense and defense have reversed!"
Just as Tian Guan was about to eat something to replenish his energy, the researcher next to him became somewhat uneasy.
"By hopping and running, the red junglefowl did manage to evade wild dogs, but it is ultimately a small bird, compared to rhinoceroses and elephants..."
"Keep watching." Tian Guan interrupted him, pointing to the screen. "All we can do now is trust Bai Zhou."
In just one day, Tian Guan's opinion of Bai Zhou also subtly changed.
At first, Tian Guan thought that Bai Zhou had chosen randomly, but judging from the current situation, it should not have been a random choice.
Not only were they not chosen randomly, but they were also carefully selected by Shirasu.
Although he didn't know the specific reason why Bai Zhou chose fighting cocks, Tian Guan had a feeling that Bai Zhou would bring him a big surprise.