Chapter 120
Bai Tu really thought that this egg was picked up by Hei Xiao.
If Hei Xiao took out an egg from somewhere else, he might have considered whether the person who picked up the egg was joking with him, but this egg happened to be taken out from the second bedroom.
Ever since the three little wolf cubs were born, the other two have been living with them. The second bedroom naturally became idle, and it was only used occasionally because Langze came.
When the weather warmed up, the little wolves began to run around again, as if they had endless energy, and occasionally brought back some prey or fruits that had been hanging on the trees for a winter.
Small portions of food are generally not given to the tribe. When the little wolves are hungry, they will find a place to roast and eat them. If they are not hungry or it is inconvenient to cook outside, they will bring them back. Sometimes we go to the canteen to process it, and sometimes we bring it back here directly.
Most of the time I would take it all out, but sometimes I wouldn’t know what I was thinking and would hide the food. Bai Tu has discovered this more than once.
Therefore, when Hei Xiao came out of the second bedroom with an egg, Bai Tu’s first reaction was when Lang Ze hid it.
It just so happened that he had been planning to cook a few eggs for dinner. Maybe because it was a different variety, this egg looked a little bigger than chicken eggs.
Hei Xiao was silent for a while, unsure whether Bai Tu really didn’t notice it or just didn’t like it, so he asked tentatively: “Do you want to keep it?” After all, it was his own cub, even if it was just an egg and hadn’t hatched yet, Hei Xiao would definitely keep it.
“Sure.” Bai Tu didn’t have any objections. There was enough food anyway, and it wasn’t necessary to have this one. There were plenty of eggs in the tribe.
Hei Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, everything was fine.
Bai Tu was more concerned about Hei Xiao’s physical condition. He would feel relieved only after making sure that he was not feeling unwell. However, he still brought a cup of warm water over and told Hei Xiao to just watch by his side and not have to do anything.
“What are you going to do?” Hei Xiao asked. It was already afternoon, had Bai Tu not eaten yet?
“I’ve prepared porridge for you. You can drink it after heating it up.” Bai Tu prepared the food that Hei Xiao wanted to eat at noon. Taking into account the stomachache of unknown cause, Bai Tu prepared a lighter meal. Fearing that Hei Xiao would not like it, he explained, “You haven’t eaten for most of the day. Drink some to moisten your throat first, and then eat other food later.”
Hei Xiao naturally would not be picky about food, not to mention that it was made by his younger brother himself. Let alone porridge, even the boiled water in his hand tasted good.
Hei Xiao was eating while Bai Tu was playing with the cubs beside him. The cubs that were born not long ago were all furry, but the ones in front of him were fatter and felt better to the touch. Bai Tu’s new hobby recently is to hold the cubs and play with them. They are like decompression toys and have a built-in hand-warming function.
He didn’t know if it was because he had seen them too many times, but Hei Xiao felt that the ones in front of him were more pleasing to the eye. After all, they were Bai Tu’s cubs, and no matter big or small, they were cuter than the cubs he had seen before.
Hei Xiao looked down at the egg that had been put back, paused, and thought, forget it, let’s go back and talk about it. Hatching an eagle is not an easy task. Many eggs are found to be dead after several months of incubation. Before the eaglets come out, no one knows whether they are dead or alive.
Bai Tu didn’t know what Hei Xiao was worrying about, but he could tell that he seemed to be worried about something. Just as he was about to speak, he heard familiar footsteps at the door, followed by Hei Yan’s excited voice.
“Xiao, I’m back!” Hei Yan was arranged by Hei Xiao to discuss with Bai An early this morning about asking the cub’s relatives to come and look for the cub.
The cubs are young and need some time to get familiar with an unfamiliar environment. These cubs brought back from the Red Eagle Tribe need more attention, so they do not plan to send the cubs over, but to let the cubs’ relatives come to find them.
But this involves a problem. If all those people come together, the Snow Rabbit Tribe certainly cannot welcome so many strange orcs at once. Moreover, some people certainly do not come alone. It is very dangerous for a small number of people to cross such a large and strange territory.
So the result of their final discussion was to have the people come in batches. Bai Tu would be responsible for the cubs, and Bai An would arrange defense for the adult orcs. Hei Xiao wanted to stay with Bai Tu, so he simply asked Hei Yan to tell Bai An that there would be orcs coming in the future.
Originally, several people should have gotten together to discuss it, but the two brothers hadn’t seen each other for several months and valued the time they spent together, so they simply separated their different tasks.
Hei Xiao wanted to accompany Bai Tu, while Hei Yan couldn’t wait to come back to find Hei Xiao. He had to look for Bai An and arrange the Eagle Tribe. It was something that should have taken a whole day to finish, but he didn’t even have lunch and managed to finish it in just over half a day. After he was done, he came straight back to find Hei Xiao.
As soon as he entered the cave, Heiyan slowed down his pace a lot. Something was wrong with this cave!
I can’t tell what’s wrong. In short, in addition to several familiar scents, there is also a kind of smell that is somewhat strange and somewhat familiar.
Hei Yan looked at Hei Xiao, then at Bai Tu and the cubs, and finally looked at Hei Xiao again: “Did anyone come here just now?”
“No.” Hei Xiao shook his head. Apart from the four adults, there were only five cubs in the cave, and no outsiders came in or out. If there are cubs in a cave, others will try to reduce the number of visits until the cubs are older.
Hei Yan looked around suspiciously, especially at Hei Xiao. He moved closer to sniff and finally stared at his waist. He finally found the source of the smell: “What is that!”
Hei Xiao was silent for a moment and took out the egg.
“Our cubs!!!” Heiyan’s eyes lit up.
Unlike Bai Tu who had never seen the Eagle Tribe give birth to cubs, Hei Yan had been staying in the tribe. The moment he saw the egg, he knew it was his own cub!
No wonder the breath felt both familiar and strange, because it was their cub, but the cub was different from their relatives in some ways.
Yesterday he was envious of others for having cubs, and today he has one too. While he is surprised, Hei Yan did not forget to ask one thing: “Where are we going to hatch them?”
The cubs of the Feather Tribe are different from those of the Beast Tribe. The Beast Tribe cubs can breathe from birth, while the Feather Tribe cubs are born as eggs and need their parents to hatch them.
Heixiao’s animal form is a little rabbit, so he definitely can’t hold this egg. He must incubate it well, Heiyan thought.
“Pah——” the toy that Bai Tu was using to tease the cub fell down.
“What… is that?” Bai Tu ignored the toys on the ground, nor did he look at the cubs who were grabbing the corners of his clothes. His mind was full of Heiyan’s two words.
Cubs, where to hatch?
“Tu?” Hei Xiao asked cautiously. Bai Tu seemed to be more unable to accept it than him.
Bai Tu’s mind was blank, and it was only after Hei Xiao called him twice that he reacted.
What was that? Oh, cubs. Bai Tu came back to his senses slowly, looked at the egg that he almost cooked and ate, and said slowly: “The Eagle Tribe seems to lay eggs.”
Bai Tu’s seriousness was refreshed again. Giving birth to cubs is not the most shocking thing anymore. Eggs can also lay eggs.
“It’s not a cub yet.” Hei Xiao coughed lightly and explained that the Feather Clan has to wait until it breaks out of the shell to be considered a real cub. Now it’s just an egg.
Another point is that the Feather Tribe does not start incubating when an egg is laid, but waits until the number of eggs accumulates to a certain level. The Black Hawk Tribe usually incubates five eggs together. Normally, one or two out of the five will successfully hatch. Three or more are very rare and are rarely seen.
Therefore, whether this one can hatch into cubs can only be known when the cubs break out of the shell.
There is nothing more shocking than knowing that rabbits can also lay eggs. Compared to this, other things seem easy to accept. Bai Tu was silent for a while after listening, then stood up holding the cub and said, “I’ll go cook for you.”
No matter whether it is a cub or eggs, it’s always right to eat more.
Bai Tu’s ability to accept things was better than Hei Xiao’s. After all, he had his three cubs right next to him, so it was easy for him to figure it out. As for why eggs came out instead of rabbits, Bai Tu looked down at the three little wolf cubs. He wanted to ask why they were all wolves.
What Bai Tu didn’t expect was that Hei Xiao explained this problem that night and also explained the difference in body size.
Originally, Hei Xiao didn’t think of explaining this point, because this was a problem that everyone in the Beast God Continent understood, but he slowly understood something in the face of Bai Tu’s shock.
Bai Tu was actually shocked that he could lay eggs.
Hei Xiao finally thought of something, and regardless of what Hei Yan and Lang Qi thought, he took Bai Tu to a room alone and talked about the history from a long time ago.
Orcs like them with abnormally small animal shapes were not uncommon a long time ago. In some tribes, a quarter or even a third of the tribes were such orcs. They also had a separate name, sub-beasts. The sub-beasts are male, but can give birth to cubs like female orcs. However, their bodies are small and they cannot help in battles and hunting. Most of them join gathering teams.
Just over twenty years ago, several large tribes in the Beast God Continent began to spread the word that sub-beasts were ominous. Tribes with sub-beasts had to either hand them over or kill them.
The sub-beasts were generally weak, and their beast forms were not as good as those of other orcs. They couldn’t even beat female orcs. It was simply a one-sided massacre. In just a few years, the number of sub-beasts was reduced to less than one-tenth of the original number.
The small size of sub-beasts is somewhat different from that of cats. The small size of cats is due to racial reasons. In fact, it is an unprovoked disaster. At the beginning, only sub-beasts represented ominous signs. Later, somehow, the word spread and it became that all small orcs were ominous. As a result, some small orcs of certain races were robbed of food by the surrounding tribes and they dared not resist. They could only huddle in a small territory and silently endure the oppression. Because once you resist, the worst possible outcome would be death, and in serious cases, you could end up in a catastrophic disaster.
The few sub-beasts are hiding everywhere, either moving to an unfamiliar tribe to hide their sub-beast identities, or finding a tribe that will not oppress the sub-beasts. But no matter which choice they made, the sub-beasts that managed to survive all began to deny that they were sub-beasts. Even if they were asked about it, they would just say that they were smaller in size and would not easily reveal their beast form in front of people.
For a period of time after that, sub-beast became a taboo word in many tribes, because even if their own tribe did not care, talking about it and being heard by other tribes would bring trouble to their own tribe.
In recent years, many tribes no longer believe the saying that sub-beasts represent an unknown entity. However, too many sub-beasts were killed at the beginning. Even if this saying is no longer true, there are much fewer sub-beasts than other orcs. There are many tribes like the Snow Rabbit Tribe where there is not a single sub-beast in the entire tribe.
“There should be no sub-beasts in the Snow Rabbit Tribe.” Hei Xiao has been in and out of the Snow Rabbit Tribe many times since the market started. He has lived here for half a month in total. He basically knows all the orcs in the Snow Rabbit Tribe and has not found any sub-beasts. It is easier for sub-beasts to identify their own kind, just like he found out that the other party was different when he first saw Bai Tu.
“I know too few orcs in the Blood Wolf Tribe, so maybe there are some.” Hei Xiao continued. He had been to the wolf tribe only a few times, and the wolf tribe was large in number, so the ones he had seen over such a long time were limited, so he couldn’t tell whether there were any.
After saying this, Hei Xiao asked the question he wanted to ask from the beginning: “Tu, don’t you know the existence of sub-beasts?”
Bai Tu: “…”
Bai Tu said the same thing that Hei Xiao said last night: “Let me take it easy.”
Bai Tu touched the cub sleeping on his legs, as if he could draw strength from the cub. He was really confused.
He could understand every word Hei Xiao said, but what did they mean when combined together?
He is a sub-beast, and everyone knows that sub-beasts can reproduce. If they are replaced in equal amounts, it means that everyone knows that he can reproduce.
Suddenly, Bai Tu remembered something Bai Qi had said to him a long time ago.
“If you like it, find a partner and have a baby yourself.”
He understood this sentence as “If you like it, find a female orc and let her have a baby”, so he refused. Now it seems that the other party meant “if you like someone, find a partner and have a child yourself.”
Then what were the worries he had felt since he discovered something was wrong with him?
So Lang Qi’s mentality at the time should have been to wonder why he was trying to cover it up while helping him to cover it up?
The mentality of Tucai and others is: I don’t know why you don’t admit it, but if you say it’s not true, then it’s not true.
silence.
Still silent.
Still silent.
Bai Tu was silent for a century before he spoke with difficulty: “So it is normal for us to give birth to cubs?” It was not a sequelae of soul crossing, nor was it a weird incident, nor was it that the two of them were special. In fact, there were many people out there who were exactly like them, but because they had been harmed before, they dared not to be high-profile now.
Perhaps there were sub-beasts in the surrounding tribes, and there might be cubs born by sub-beasts in the caves. Some of the cubs might even be sub-beasts. He knew nothing about it and thought he was special. He even worried that he would be treated as an alien. In fact, all his worries were unnecessary.
“Yes, it’s normal. It’s just that many tribes will not emphasize that there are sub-beasts in their tribe, and will not introduce to others who the sub-beasts are.” Most tribes still don’t believe in that strange statement, but for the safety of the tribe and the safety of the sub-beasts in the tribe, they will basically protect the sub-beasts more carefully and not let some conflicting tribes know.
Adult sub-beasts are slimmer than ordinary orcs, and look like orcs who have just entered their growth period. It is not until you spend a long time with them that you realize something is wrong. Therefore, as long as sub-beasts do not advertise their identities everywhere, they are generally safe.
Hei Xiao told Bai Tu today not to tell the orcs of the Vulture Tribe because he was worried that some of the Vulture Tribe might contact other tribes and cause the news to leak out. Most tribes would not do much to sub-beasts, but the Red Eagle Tribe had wiped out all the sub-beasts and small beast-shaped races.
Bai Tu looked at Hei Xiao and asked, “Why were you so shocked yesterday…”
Hei Xiao sighed, “I just didn’t expect you to agree to give birth to cubs for Lang Qi so early, and three at once.”
He always thought that the relationship between Bai Tu and Lang Qi was just a temporary one. There were many orcs who maintained a temporary relationship. No matter which side regretted it or had a new orc they liked, they would separate directly. Bai Tu is so young, so Hei Xiao thinks it’s okay to let him play for a while.
However, the fact is that in the few months he was away, Bai Tu had given birth to three cubs, three! ! ! Don’t think that just because he is not a wolf, he doesn’t know the problems of the wolf clan. When Hei Xiao thought about how the little rabbits that he wanted to feed in his hands were bullied when he was not around, he disliked Lang Qi more and more, and even felt a little upset when he looked at the cubs.
Hei Xiao was very angry again because of this sentence, while Bai Tu fell into deep thought again.
He thought Hei Xiao was shocked that he had given birth to cubs, but the reason Hei Xiao was shocked was that he had given birth to wolf cubs and there were so many of them.
And this afternoon, when he said he had boiled the eggs, Hei Xiao was still wondering whether he disliked this unborn cub.
Thinking of this, Bai Tu felt that he really needed to slow down.
Bai Tu received too much shock and it took him a whole night to recover. The next day, after reluctantly accepting the reality, the first thing he did after getting up was to find Hei Xiao. Even though the cub had not been born yet, he still wanted to apologize.
After all, I almost cooked him yesterday.
Just thinking about how his nephew was an idiot, Bai Tu remained silent for a moment.
It is quite rare to say that one should apologize to the egg. Hei Xiao looked at Bai Tu who looked serious and said, “You are the only one who said that.”
“I have to say it,” Bai Tu said, “What if the cub has some memories of being in the shell after it breaks out of the shell, or thinks about things in the shell in the future.”
Bai Tu felt that it was not impossible. After all, he had dreamed of things in the past. Not to mention his own childhood, he had dreamed of the cubs more than once after she became pregnant. All signs indicated that the cubs should have had consciousness before they were born, but they just might not have shown it.
Bai Tu was not sure whether the cubs would remember those dreams in the future, nor was he sure whether the black eagle cub would remember that it was almost eaten when it was in its shell. In any case, an apology was definitely required.
Heixiao rubbed his head, decided to listen to Bai Tu, and nodded in agreement: “Okay.” After that, he reached into the quilt, touched the middle of the quilt, took out two eggs, compared the sizes of the eggs, and frowned: “Which one was it yesterday?”
Bai Tu: “???”
Bai Tu looked at the two eggs in Heixiao’s hand and said with difficulty: “I remember there was one yesterday.”
“Yes, there was one yesterday.” Since everything had been talked about, Heixiao did not hide it, “The Eagle Tribe usually put several eggs together to incubate.” After all, the success rate of hatching eggs is low. The more eggs there are, the higher the success rate of hatching. If you only put one or two eggs, you may have worked hard for several months in vain.
In fact, five is only the choice of most eagles. Some eagles feel that they cannot take care of every egg, so they choose to put three or fewer eggs together. Some also hatch seven or eight eggs at a time in order to hatch cubs. Anyway, the eagles are big and can cover them all.
Bai Tu: “…”
I thought I had experienced enough stimulation yesterday, but I didn’t expect that this night was just a transition, and there would be something even more exciting today.
Bai Tu looked at the two eggs that looked almost the same and asked, “How many can you hatch at most?”
Hei Xiao thought for a moment and said, “Let’s hatch three this time. If it doesn’t work, we’ll try again next year.” He also knew that the more eggs there were, the greater the probability that an eaglet would hatch. But like those eagles who chose to hatch fewer eggs, they might not be able to take care of too many.
He is a sub-beast, with only a tiny beast form, not much bigger than an egg. It is basically impossible for him to hatch eggs in beast form, and the human form cannot guarantee that it can provide enough warmth for the cubs. The task of hatching the eggs can only be left to Heiyan.
Hei Yan is the leader of the Black Hawk tribe. Now Bai Tu is willing to teach the Black Hawk tribe those skills. He and Hei Yan must quickly discuss whether to select candidates to come and learn, as well as make arrangements for the tribe’s hunting. The next batch of iron stones must also be delivered quickly… Just like today when Hei Yan went out before dawn, there are too many things to do.
Even though Hei Yan liked cubs very much and had been talking about wanting cubs since last year, Hei Xiao had always understood that the probability of them successfully hatching cubs was very low. Even if two eagles took turns hatching, the hatching rate of the cubs was less than half, not to mention that they only had one eagle.
If there are too many people, Hei Yan will only be more tired. Three is enough. When Hei Yan has to leave, he can help for a while.
After all, the orc closest to him is Bai Tu. Hei Xiao will not tell these thoughts to others, nor does he want to tell Hei Yan who is looking forward to the birth of the cub, so he can only tell Bai Tu.
In fact, what Hei Xiao didn’t say was that he was worried and always felt that this litter of cubs might not have a chance to be born. Even though Heiyan keeps talking about the cub, in fact he has just become an adult not long ago, and the two confirmed their relationship only last year.
Although they became partners last year, Heiyan grew up under Heixiao’s care. Heixiao knows his personality very well and finds that he is still a little childish. In the tribe, there are countless eggs that are crushed halfway through hatching due to the poor skills of the new parents. Every year, there are novice eagles that are declared failures before their eaglets hatch in large numbers. The probability of a newly adult eagle successfully giving birth to its first litter of cubs is almost zero.
When they are just eggs, they are not considered life, but Hei Xiao doesn’t want to hear the sound of eggs breaking every few days, so three are enough.
Bai Tu was thinking about the key point of his words: “The hatching rate is low… It’s not easy to hatch by one person… Brother, how about trying artificial hatching?”
Hei Xiao slowly repeated the other party’s words, not understanding: “What is artificial hatching?”
“It means solving the problem in human form, without hatching in animal form.” Most birds in nature hatch their own young, from eagles and vultures to chickens, ducks and geese, all of them hatch their own young, and orcs have inherited these characteristics.
However, in Bai Tu’s opinion, there are still many disadvantages to using animal shapes to incubate eggs. For example, if the parent birds are away for too long, the temperature of the eggs will be low, which is particularly bad. Moreover, you cannot choose a place that is too hot for incubating eggs. Incubating eggs requires a high temperature, but the temperature cannot be too high. If it is too high, the embryos will develop too quickly and die easily. If the temperature is too low, the embryos will develop slowly, and the eggs may rot before they are successfully incubated.
At the same time, the humidity must be appropriate. It cannot be too high or too low. If either the humidity or temperature does not meet the requirements, the shell breaking rate will be affected.
Hatching eggs for feathered birds is more troublesome than for birds in nature, because they have a large appetite and cannot stay out hunting for the entire incubation period. The food allocated to the partner who is not incubating the eggs is not enough for two people to eat. Even if the tribe takes care of them and the cubs who are incubating the eggs can get some food on their own, sometimes they cannot avoid leaving the nest.
Even if two eagles hatch their cubs, sometimes they are too busy to take care of them, or the humidity in the place they choose is not high enough, resulting in the cubs not being born smoothly. Not to mention that only one of Heixiao and Heiyan can participate in the hatching. Even if Heixiao didn’t say it, Baitu could guess that the success rate of their nest would only be lower.
Speaking of which, these two unhatched eaglets are related to him by blood, so Bai Tu will naturally help them if he can.
Artificial incubation uses the principle of the previous incubator, using warm water to create an environment suitable for incubation, simulating the state of feathered creatures incubating their cubs. Because you only need to control the water temperature and humidity, you don’t need people to watch all the time, which saves time. The parents of the eggs don’t have to stay in the nest, as long as they are not out for too long, or have someone help add water or change the water.
For a more intuitive demonstration, Bai Tu directly took Hei Xiao to see the incubator he made. Coincidentally, there was a device in the cave, which was originally prepared for the three little wolf cubs. Now it can be modified to be used for the two eggs.
“Thirty-seven or thirty-eight degrees should be about right…” Bai Tu added water and explained to Hei Xiao while adjusting it, “This is a thermometer. The scale on it is the temperature. The higher the temperature, the higher the temperature.”
These were all made in winter and he hadn’t had time to show them to Hei Xiao.
Hei Xiao looked at the incubator in front of him and heard Bai Tu’s explanation. Even though he had never used it before, he believed that Bai Tu could succeed, especially the temperature inside. Hei Xiao touched it and it was very comfortable. Perhaps it was because he had gained a new talent after laying eggs. He could feel what kind of environment was suitable for the cubs to hatch.
“Can it be a little wetter?” Hei Xiao asked. It was warm enough, but a little dry.
“Okay.” Bai Tu put a wet towel with a slightly higher temperature in it, “It will be fine after a while.” The incubator is semi-closed, and the excess water will evaporate into the incubator, and the humidity will go up after a while.
“If you want to dry it, open it for a while and then cover it again.” Bai Tu demonstrated it. If the humidity is too high, let the moisture dissipate. In short, it is very convenient. It is much better than going through the trouble of choosing the location of the nest and then worrying about being drenched by rain or exposed to the sun.
Hei Xiao was also very satisfied with the incubator made from the insulated box. He put two eggs in without saying a word, and put the third one in early the next morning.
Hei Xiao had just started using the incubator, and even though he had learned how to do it, he was still not confident in operating it alone, so he placed the incubator directly here with Bai Tu.
Lang Qi smelled the strange scent in the incubator that night, but because the eggs were unhatched, the scent was relatively weak and had no effect on him, so he ignored it. He generally doesn’t interfere with what Bai Tu is doing. Even if he can’t help, he will never hinder him. He helps when he can, and learns when he can’t. In short, he wants to be a qualified partner.
Hei Xiao was very satisfied, Bai Tu was very excited, Lang Qi didn’t care, but Hei Yan finally realized something was wrong after one, two, and three days.
“Where are the eggs? Where are the eggs?” It has been five days since the first egg was born. Hei Yan has been waiting for Hei Xiao to give him the egg. Giving it to him means that hatching can begin.
One a day, five were enough yesterday, and he hasn’t been given anything today. Heiyan planned to take a look for himself, but when he lifted the quilt, it was empty. Not only was his egg gone, but half of the quilt was also missing.
“It’s hatching now.” Hei Xiao explained.
“Who hatches the eggs???” Hei Yan was shocked. He was not allowed to hatch his own eggs? ? ?
“Ask Tu to help take a look at it for the next two days. I’ll pick it up today.” Hei Xiao said. He took good care of himself in the next two days to rest. On the one hand, his beast form was a rabbit after all, and adapting to the reproductive characteristics of different races consumed a lot of his energy. On the other hand, he was adjusting his rest time so that he could pick up the egg as soon as possible and take care of it himself.
“He can hatch eggs???” Hei Yan was shocked again. Isn’t Bai Tu a rabbit? How to hatch eggs? How come this person knows everything?
When he first met Bai Tu, Hei Yan was worried that Bai Tu would steal Hei Xiao’s attention. In the end, he was right. Even though he was on guard, Bai Tu still stole a lot of his attention. It was even more amazing when Hei Xiao found out that Bai Tu was his younger brother. For the sake of his own status, Hei Yan had to listen to Hei Xiao and help Bai Tu more.
It would be fine if he was just helping, but now he is even giving away his own cubs?
“Tu has made an incubator. I’ll take you to see it.” Hei Xiao saw that it was almost time, so he simply took Hei Yan to see it.
No matter it is cold or hot outside, the temperature in the cave basically remains at more than 20 degrees. It is not difficult to maintain the incubation temperature at this temperature. Moreover, the current incubator has been adjusted based on the first version. The insulation effect is better and the water temperature drops more slowly. Basically, adding water twice a night is enough.
The three smaller cubs needed to be fed twice a night, so adding an incubator in the room did not increase Bai Tu’s workload.
But even so, Hei Xiao, who had almost rested, took the incubator back to the second bedroom. It would take three months for the eaglet to hatch, and he couldn’t just leave it to Bai Tu forever.
Bai Tu was still a little worried, so he gave Hei Xiao some instructions. Seeing Hei Yan here, he mentioned something by the way: “Why don’t you stay here and wait for the cubs to hatch before taking them back.” He only knew from what Hei Xiao said that the incubation time of the Eagle Clan was so long. No wonder the hatching rate was so low. In nature, animals usually incubate eggs for only forty to fifty days, but the Eagle Clan directly doubled that time.
This is not a question of one plus one equals two. The longer it takes to do the same thing, the more difficult it becomes in the later stages and it is not easy to persist. Just like it is easy to carry 50 kilograms of items, but if you add another 50 kilograms, the feeling of the last 50 kilograms is much heavier than the first 50 kilograms.
It is not easy for those eagles incubating eggs to persist in the nest for three months. Who can guarantee that there will always be enough food in the middle tribe? If the number of prey is small, the hungry eagles will definitely not be able to stay in the nest any longer and will have to leave. The exposed eggs will be easily affected by changes in temperature and other conditions, and their development will slow down or they will directly become dead eggs.
Bai Tu hopes that Hei Xiao and Hei Yan will agree to incubate the eggs in the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Not only can he help watch over them, but there is no need to transfer the eggs, and the incubation process will not be affected. After all, it takes at least seven days to get from here to the Black Eagle Tribe, and it is difficult to provide a comfortable environment on the road. New eggs have a higher hatching success rate, and a seven-day delay will more or less affect the hatching of the cubs.
While Heiyan was still considering, Heixiao agreed without hesitation: “Okay, I’ll stay in the Snow Rabbit Tribe.” The incubator was made by Bai Tu, and Bai Tu knew better how to use it. He did learn it, but only when the incubator was normal. What if the incubator or the thermometer broke down? The Black Hawk tribe is so far away from here. It will take at least half a month to go back and forth. It is more convenient here.
Hei Xiao agreed, and Hei Yan had to hold back even if he wanted to refuse.
While the two were talking, Heiyan quietly reached out and touched the eggs in the incubator. He didn’t believe that anyone could hatch better than himself, and then when he put his hand in, he found that the eggs inside seemed really good.
Hei Yan, who originally wanted to persuade Hei Xiao to let him incubate the eggs when he returned to the room, decisively gave up the idea. Fortunately, he didn’t say it, otherwise the eggs would have lost the incubator! Hei Yan thought, completely forgetting that even if he said it, Hei Xiao might not listen.
Originally, only the four of them knew about the existence of the incubator, but the Eagle Clan came to the Rabbit Clan and looked for Hei Yan many times. After accidentally entering one time, they discovered the existence of the incubator and were instantly attracted to this tool that could replace them.
“Chief, can we exchange incubators with the rabbit tribe?” asked an orc whose partner was hatching eggs in the tribe. Others were amazed at the usefulness of the incubator, but he wanted to use it immediately. You know, after he came out to deliver supplies, his partner was the only one left in the cave. Although his partner’s sisters were helping to take care of him, he still felt uneasy. What if the other party was lazy and didn’t send him food?
The incubator used by the leader is much more useful. Haven’t you seen that the leader is still doing things normally recently? Arranging so many things does not affect the hatching of eggs at all! It is so enviable.
When the Eagle said this, Bai Tu was next door. Although the voice was not loud, he heard it clearly. After thinking about the feasibility, he discussed with Hei Xiao that day to select a few orcs to learn pottery and carpentry techniques first.
While the Eagle Tribe was learning, Bai Tu also did not forget to ask the tribe to speed up the production of incubators. Winter had just passed, and a batch of cubs that had previously needed incubators no longer needed them, so they simply took them all out and transformed them into incubators.
Those incubators that were defective due to use were not thrown away. I cleaned them up and modified them so that they would not affect use and used them to hatch eggs. I will try this first, and after finding the best temperature and humidity, I will use the kang room to hatch chicks directly. The speed is much faster than that of a hen hatching one nest at a time.
It just so happened that a hen that was halfway through incubation suddenly fell ill, and should have been replaced with a new one, but Bai Tu directly used an incubator instead.
The first batch of modified incubators will be taken directly back to the tribe by the Eagles, with priority given to Eagles whose partners have one Eagle who needs to leave the tribe to transport items.
When the Eagle Clan returns to the tribe, Hei Yan must lead the way. Hei Yan will have to separate from Hei Xiao again. Hei Yan is in a very bad mood. He wishes time could jump to half a month later or he would not have to take care of the eggs. However, this idea is just thought.
Hei Xiao simply lifted the animal skin on the incubator and turned the egg over: “Didn’t you say you wanted cubs? Now you hate them?” This man has been talking about wanting cubs since before winter, and now he thinks it’s troublesome to take care of cubs?
“I don’t dislike you!” Hei Yan said hurriedly, looking at the three eggs carefully, fearing that the cubs who had not yet hatched would hear this, and move closer to Hei Xiao with grievance, “It will take half a month, I miss you.” ”
Be sensible, how can you set an example for the cubs?”
Hei Yan lay on Hei Xiao. He didn’t want to be a role model, he only wanted Hei Xiao.
Hei Xiao: “…”
What did he say at the beginning?