Chapter 67: Food Crisis (Fourth Watch!)

【Cultivation Lion】 Day Six.

In four days, Chen Mo refined eight Regional Spirits.

The Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm has a total of 64 snow‑capped peaks, and the Ice Lion Clan now occupies 14 of them.

Of course, aside from the Ice Lion Clan's rampant expansion.

In recent days, other areas of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm have also seen blue pillars of light piercing the sky.

Other extraordinary races have also gradually discovered Regional Spirits within their territories, gaining a place to catch their breath.

Most of them are beast‑type extraordinary beings.

For example, the previously encountered Winter Sabertusk Tiger snatched three Regional Spirits in succession and now lurks in the northwest corner of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

There is also a snow mastiff that has taken three snow peaks, and a white ape that seized two peaks.

It is said that these races used a trump card similar to Royal Blood, the Advancing Lord, unleashing power that could crush hordes of beasts.

Because Chen Mo needs to help his own clan refine Regional Spirits, he has little time to seize these Regional Spirits.

Of course, if a beast is refining a Regional Spirit in a nearby area, he will definitely go take a look.

If he can snatch them, he will; if not, he will watch and wait.

Among them is a Regional Spirit that Chen Mo wrested from the Ice Wing Queen Bee.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning—

Indigenous extraordinary beings that awakened on the African Great Plains, after being harshly bullied by the natives, formed an organization similar to the "Outerland Beast Alliance".

Its leader is the high‑level extraordinary Ice Fang Mammoth that Chen Mo previously "spared".

With its imposing physique, its combat power is not inferior to some leader‑grade extraordinary beings on the Great Snow Mountain.

The Ice Fang Mammoth led its herd and other extraordinary beings to expel all the "natives" from a snow mountain, and learned of the existence of the Regional Spirit from the natives' mouths.

Relying on their numbers, they quickly located the Regional Spirit on that snow mountain.

After the Ice Fang Mammoth refined it, the snow mountain became the "headquarters" for the native extraordinary beings, attracting countless extraordinary beings that came to the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

Among them were not lacking some high‑level extraordinary beings.

For instance, the alliance's vice leader is an ice‑snow tree demon over 30 meters tall that can move slowly.

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【Cultivation Lion】 Day Seven.

Chen Mo jogged in the morning all the way to the foothill where a 50‑mu "farm" had already been cultivated.

A new day begins with self‑discipline! Arriving at the fields, he found the first batch of planted ice vegetables already in bloom.

He glanced at the self‑discipline challenge.

Successfully cultivated 5,000 plants. (1390/5000)

It seems the ice vegetables are considered mature at this stage.

Of the first 2,000 ice‑vegetable seeds planted, more than 1,390 survived, a fairly good survival rate.

At this pace, if all goes well, the day after tomorrow will fulfill the second condition of 【Cultivation Lion】.

From now on, just keep clearing land and planting each day.

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【Cultivation Lion】 Day 12.

With the official arrival of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm, the spiritual energy density in nearby areas has been rising.

Compared to when the Great Snow Mountain "Illusion" first appeared, the spiritual energy density around the mountain has now doubled! The rise in Qi has caused cities and wilderness to see ever more extraordinary creatures—rats, cockroaches, insects that were once insignificant have become the most terrifying beings!

Although these creatures are still weak after awakening, they belong to the lowest tier, C‑class extraordinary beings.

But their sheer numbers are overwhelming! Millions of rats and cockroaches have mutated.

They turn into a black torrent, leaving every city they pass in utter silence.

In just three weeks since the Great Snow Mountain's arrival, over a hundred million people in the entire Africa have perished! This disaster surpasses all previous calamities humanity has faced! The remaining humans can only curl up in shelters or in outposts guarded by awakened ones.

Many cities in Tansangnira have also been hit by swarms of rats and birds, with countless casualties.

Because most of Tansangnira's military forces are inside the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm, they cannot provide support.

Many cities have become complete playgrounds for extraordinary beings.

The military dispatched many rescue squads, moving a portion of people to the Great Snow Mountain and its surrounding areas.

Those who had settled in the Great Snow Mountain naturally heard the outside news and were immensely grateful they chose to trust the army.

Yet alongside their relief, they are also filled with worry for the future.

In this era, does humanity still have a future? Chen Mo naturally has no time to concern himself with the plight of the human world.

These days, he lives with extreme self‑discipline each day.

In the morning he farms, practices the spells of Great Spirit Rain Technique and Mysterious Ice Claw; in the afternoon he takes the mice to refine the regional core while expanding his territory.

More and more "natives" choose to join the Ice Lion Clan; currently the lion herd's domain contains 24 species.

Among them are 18 herbivorous extraordinary species and 2 elemental extraordinary species.

There are four carnivorous extraordinary species: Frost Hunting Dogs, Snowstep Foxes, Snow Leopards, and Frostblade Cats.

As his power expands rapidly, Chen Mo naturally also discovers many problems.

First and most urgent is the food crisis! Whether the extraordinary Ice Lions or the other four carnivorous extraordinary beings, each needs to obtain massive amounts of extraordinary flesh daily to ensure their growth.

Inside the Great Snow Mountain, aside from the ice‑bound extraordinary beings, no other creatures exist.

Chen Mo naturally will not allow inter‑species slaughter, let alone those vegetarian extraordinary beings, whose combat power is weak but are more valuable to Chen Mo.

These days, these carnivorous extraordinary beings have been hunting on the grasslands near the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

After half a month of hunting, most of the extraordinary beings in the areas near the snow mountain have already been hunted.

Although at the current rate it can sustain about fifteen days, once the nearby grasslands run out of food, these carnivorous clans will have to travel to far‑more distant regions to hunt.

Going back and forth like this takes a lot of time.

If the lion herd were to go to war, they could not arrive immediately.

"It's time to establish a ranch and vigorously develop the breeding industry."

Chen Mo couldn't help but think.

This seems to be the best solution for the current situation.

The difficulty of this method lies in cultivating extraordinary creatures, which involves animal husbandry.

"Roar~"

Chen Mo let out a sigh.

It would be great if I could add a 【breeding lion】 entry to myself.

How to develop the breeding industry—Chen Mo pondered and came up with two main approaches.

The first approach is selective breeding: choose relatively docile creatures with astonishing growth speed and fast reproduction for farming.

We can first set up two experimental ranches and try a few species.

The other approach is to plant spirit herbs with special effects!

For example, they could speed up the reproduction of ordinary creatures, or cause them to grow quickly and gain muscle after eating them.

The effect is similar to hormones in the human world, but non-toxic and harmless.

(End of chapter)