Transmigrator's Guide to Conquering Another World-Chapter 487 - 451: Fat Tiger: When the Birds Are Gone, the Bow Is Put Away! (Long - )
Inside the Genggeng Breeding Base.
Upon confirming that 'Xiaoke' already possessed basic traits of a fierce beast,
Director Feng and others immediately made a decision:
Recruit... oh no, I mean, take it to Ju Mang Base for cultivation!
After all, if nothing unexpected happens,
Xiaoke is likely to have awakened the fierce beast physique due to the leak of Spiritual Energy.
Of course.
The specific situation still requires further analysis, such as how exactly does the Spiritual Energy alter Genggeng's characteristics?
Are there any unknown steps involved?
Also, what is the appropriate and safe amount of Spiritual Energy for other animals?
And whether the next generation can be bred, etc.
Thus.
This Xiaoke, whose butt is much rounder than usual Genggengs,
was carried away by Wei Fan with a confused face, dangling with its four legs in the air, much like being hefted as a Gatling gun.
If our book were a movie or TV series.
At this very moment.
The camera should first zoom in on Xiaoke's butt, then slowly pull back, with the subject switching to an equally round belly.
Fat Tiger's belly.
That's right!
At the same time Xiaoke was being lifted by Wei Fan, Fat Tiger, far in the northeast of the Qinling Mountain Range, was also targeted by rabbits!
Swoosh——
With a change in light, the entrance of the camping tent was hastily lifted by someone.
Zhu Yuhao, in charge of the Qinling observation and coordination, swiftly approached Cui Xiaofeng, who was in charge of observing Fat Tiger:
"Professor Cui, still busy?"
Cui Xiaofeng was deeply focused on the screen, so he only reacted when Zhu Yuhao came near:
"Oh, it's Director Zhu."
Then he came to his senses, poured Zhu Yuhao a cup of tea, and said:
"Here, have some tea first."
Zhu Yuhao waved his hand, setting the tea aside:
"No rush for tea. How are things going on your end?"
Cui Xiaofeng didn't mind and pointed to the screen, saying:
"We've roughly determined that Fat Tiger's regular habitat is around this cave. It's been here for ten days now.
But oddly enough...
Fat Tiger seems to really enjoy eating wild fruits."
"Wild fruits?"
Cui Xiaofeng nodded:
"That's right, look, it's eating them now."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuhao leaned closer to watch the video.
In the video.
Fat Tiger is leisurely lying outside a mountain cave, belly half-exposed, tail wagging.
In front of it are over a dozen wild fruits the size of longans, somewhat resembling cherries.
But unlike the smooth surface of cherries,
these wild fruits are covered with colorful spots, not looking like good fruits. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
If ordinary passers-by saw such wild fruits in the wild, some brave ones might pick a few to play with and keep in small bags as souvenirs,
but they certainly wouldn't dare to taste them before determining their origin.
However, at this moment.
Fat Tiger clearly has no concern of 'bite and be bite' consequences.
It stretched out its furry paw, lazily swiped, and swept three or four wild fruits into its mouth.
Seeing this, Cui Xiaofeng scratched his head, baffled:
"Director Zhu, this cave is about thirty kilometers from where we first spotted Fat Tiger, which still aligns with our earlier hoofed animal distribution map.
Meaning.
This area doesn't have sufficient hoofed animals to provide basic life support for a regular wild South China tiger, let alone one of Fat Tiger's size.
Moreover,
there's been no sign of Fat Tiger going out for hunting—though it did catch a few wild birds, but these few birds are obviously far from enough to provide the energy it needs."
Then Cui Xiaofeng paused and continued:
"So we think it's likely that Fat Tiger's body has mutated—similar to a camel's hump, it can store extra energy.
Thus, possibly long ago,
Fat Tiger had consumed enough food to last half a month without feeding again.
Though this tends to occur in herbivores, carnivores also have certain energy storage features.
After all, aside from this, we really can't conceive any other possibilities."
Zhu Yuhao pondered upon hearing this, pointing to the fruits in the video, he asked:
"Professor Cui, does Fat Tiger eat these fruits every day?"
"Yes, it consumes about twenty a day."
"In that case, could it be possible these fruits are providing the energy?"
Upon Director Zhu's words,
Professor Cui was first taken aback and then laughed.
With a look that seemed to be observing a novice, he explained to Zhu Yuhao:
"Director Zhu, you're not an insider in the biological field, so you might not be quite familiar with issues concerning biological energy.
Generally speaking,
a standard system South China tiger requires a minimum of 10 kilograms of meat daily in captivity.
In the wild, it needs at least 20 kilograms per feeding, 30 for bigger ones.
For one as large as Fat Tiger, it needs at least 50 kilograms of meat, which can sustain it for about five days.
This is what I mentioned earlier about animals having certain energy storage features.
It's been over half a month since we discovered Fat Tiger, and during this period, its primary food has been these wild fruits.
Each colorful wild fruit, after subtracting the water content, perhaps provides the energy equivalent to 3 grams of meat at most.
Relying on these wild fruits for daily energy needs seems to defy our current understanding.
So, instead of this possibility, I'm more inclined to believe that its digestive system has undergone adaptive mutation."
