Chapter 50: I’ve Never Seen a Chicken Lay an Egg, You’re Really Lucky

Chapter 50: I’ve Never Seen a Chicken Lay Eggs—Lucky You!

Wu Yue walked into the cafeteria with a head full of bumps. Aunt Chen exclaimed, "Yueyue, what happened to you?"

Wu Yue replied gloomily, "Jie Chen smacked me. He said if I dare open my mouth during training again, he’ll rip my mouth open."

Aunt Chen was furious, "How could Jie Chen do this?! You only talked a little!

He shouldn’t treat you as harshly as Wu Chong! But… what exactly did you say?"

Wu Yue eagerly agreed, "Exactly! I just asked if he hadn’t eaten enough, why he only did 100 pull-ups.

Is he getting too old to swing a staff properly?

Even the old gatekeeper has more strength than him—he can do a full 360 Thomas flare!

Honestly, that’s all I said."

Wu Yue looked dead serious.

Aunt Chen, "…Yueyue, if Jie Chen tells you to shut up, just shut up.

For your own good, don’t argue."

As she spoke, Aunt Chen piled three huge bowls of food in front of Wu Yue, "Enough? If not, I’ll jump in too."

Wu Yue opened her mouth to speak again, but Aunt Chen sighed, "Not even food shuts you up."

Wu Yue immediately shoveled food in obediently.

Ugh, Aunt Chen had changed—Aunt Chen didn’t love her anymore!

She just cared too much and wanted everyone to improve!

Sure, her methods might’ve been a *little* harsh, but her heart was in the right place!!

Wu Yue sullenly finished her meal, then bounced back to the training grounds.

"Practice swinging the stick on your own this afternoon. I demonstrated the key points this morning.

Do five thousand swings, or no leaving early."

With that, Jie Chen turned to leave.

Wu Yue quickly called out, "Aren’t you going to supervise me?"

Jie Chen turned back with an icy grin, "If I stay with you any longer, I might tear you limb from limb."

Seeing the homicidal glare in Jie Chen’s eyes, a chill ran down Wu Yue’s neck. She nodded obediently,

"Understood, Master. Please go about your business—treat me like air."

After Jie Chen left, Wu Yue trained alone.

Despite his absence, she didn’t cut corners in the slightest, painstakingly doing all five thousand swings.

Even though she had gone past Jie Chen’s initial four-hour time limit, even though the sky had darkened, Wu Yue’s gaze remained steady and determined.

Finally, the five thousand swings were done, and it was completely dark.

Wu Yue's training clothes were completely drenched in sweat, her whole body limp as a drowned rat, her physical strength drained to the limit.

Even so, Wu Yue didn’t head straight back to the dorm. Instead, she made a detour to the hills behind to purify a new batch of vegetable seeds.

Jian Suiyu’s speed was astonishing. Wu Yue had discussed the construction of a fully automated farm with him just yesterday.

Today, the basic structure of the farm was already visible. The next step was introducing state-of-the-art automation.

So today’s seed planting still fell to Wu Yue to plant by hand.

Now, Wu Yue was completely tapped out, physically and mentally—not an ounce of energy left.

She carried four large baskets of bok choy back to the dorm for feeding the Little Golden Crow and the two Mutant Chickens.

Wu Yue thought that once the farm was completed, she’d build a chicken coop on the hills behind for easier management.

After all, keeping such large Mutant Chickens in the dormitory building wasn’t working out...

ideal...

ideal...

Wait, no!!

Wu Yue let out an ear-splitting shriek!!

“Where are my chickens?!!”

The moment she stepped into the dormitory floor, exhausted and lugging a sack of veggies, Wu Yue saw the empty chicken coop and instantly felt adrenaline surge.

“Who!”

“Who did this!”

“Who in the world stole my chickens?!!”

“Cluck cluck!”

“Cluck cluck!”

Wu Yue whirled around and found that her chickens—along with the entire coop—had been relocated.

The coop, originally built near the emergency exit, had now been moved to another out-of-the-way spot.

And the emergency passage where the coop once stood was now squeaky clean.

Wu Yue looked back and forth, even starting to doubt herself.

“Where did I put the coop yesterday? Am I seeing things from exhaustion?”

She gave a confused look at her neighbor’s door, but just like the past two weeks, there was no trace of anyone.

Oh well,

Maybe she was just getting forgetful.

Wu Yue carried the bok choy and dumped two basketfuls in the coop’s feeding trough. The two Mutant Chickens immediately crowded in to peck at it.

The coop was equipped with the most advanced poultry-keeping tech—auto-watering and self-cleaning.

These purified mutant chickens are incredibly smart—they know to go to the bathroom, drink water at designated spots, and even lay their eggs in nests lined with soft cloth.

After collecting two freshly laid warm eggs, Wu Yue decided it was time to tell Jian Suiyu about the purified eggs.

"Detected that mutant chicken droppings can be used as fertilizer to increase yield. Recycle it?"

Faced with the prompt from the smart system, Wu Yue clicked curiously:

"Assessment Subject: Purified Mutant Chicken Droppings

Droppings Quality: S+

Description: Pure mutant chicken droppings, suitable for fertilizing.

Yield Boost: 10x higher production."

When she saw the "S+" quality rating, her mouth twitched hard.

Why is it that anything purified ends up being ridiculously OP?

Still, a 10x yield boost—was that even a question?

Recycle, obviously!

Not only did she recycle, but Wu Yue immediately took the recycled droppings back to the plantation for fertilizing. By tomorrow, she’d get 500 bok choy plants from a single patch of black soil!

Back in the dorm, Wu Yue felt a weirdly satisfying feeling.

Ah, this homesteading life was just freaking amazing.

Truly, no Chinese soul can resist the allure of farming!

Back in her dorm, Wu Yue treated herself to a nice scented bath, finally washing away the day’s grime.

After freshening up, she hopped into the healing pod as usual for sleep.

She’d realized—ordinary beds couldn’t compare to the recovery speed of a healing pod.

With how hard she pushed herself daily, without the pod, she’d never recover by the next day.

The Celestial Master Manual was used as a pillow, its progress still stuck on the title page.

"A thousand years ago..."—she didn’t even make it past the first comma before her eyelids grew heavy, and she passed out hard. She was too wiped to focus on reading.

Still, Wu Yue swore—

Tomorrow—she’d finally heed the vice-captain’s advice and start reading!

Just as Wu Yue fell asleep in the healing pod, her communication device lit up outside:

"Jian Suiyu: Wu Yue, are you raising chickens in your dorm?"

"Jian Suiyu: The captain asked me to tell you—he relocated your chickens."

"Jian Suiyu: The captain hopes that next time he returns, no new critters pop up by the door."

Jian Suiyu thought for a moment...

"You just took back those three messages you sent."

The bystander raised an eyebrow: '?'

Jian Suiyu, "A purified Mutant Chicken matters way more than whatever you're hoping for."

"So, after nearly getting killed out there, I have to squeeze back into my room through a wall crevice."

Jian Suiyu, "You could just take the elevator. That was your choice to take the easy way."

"I opened my door early in the morning and saw two chickens mooning me while laying eggs.

This ridiculousness doesn't care if I live or die, huh?"

Seeing Jian Suiyu actually considering this, I started getting hopeful.

After what felt like forever,

Jian Suiyu, "You hit the jackpot getting to see chickens lay eggs!

I've never seen that—why wasn't I invited?"

Shen Que, "..."

Fuck off!