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Chapter 164 Taming (Third Update)
A female one-clawed dinosaur charged the fastest, but Qin Ziwen took a half step back, hooked his foot, and slammed it to the ground.

Seeing this, the two small, single-clawed dinosaurs tried to escape with their short legs.

He caught up with them in a few steps, picked them up from behind, one in each hand.

The monoclawed dragon had no scales, only feathers similar to those of birds, with short, somewhat coarse hair.

After being caught, the one-clawed baby dragon struggled desperately, but to no avail.

Qin Ziwu took out a burlap sack, shook it, opened the sack, and then threw the single-clawed baby dragon inside.

After a thorough count, a total of thirteen baby dragons were thrown in, in addition to six female one-clawed dragons.

Tie the two legs of the one-clawed dragon with rope.

On the altar, a miniature blank expansion card appeared. After taking the card, the group prepared to return.

These captured one-clawed dragons were all alive, and carrying them around would be inconvenient.

We need to take it back as soon as possible.

Returning along the same route, just as we were about to enter the bottom of the rift valley, we heard a piercing screech from the harpy eagle flying overhead.

"and many more."

Qin Ziwen called out to the crowd, stopping in his tracks. The Mongolian horse behind him shook its head and stomped its feet incessantly.

"There's something ahead."

Qin Ziwen took out a long fork.

Du Yu, with his feet braced against the wall, vaulted over the heads of the crowd and jumped to the front of the narrow passage: "My lord, I'll go ahead and scout the way!"

"It's gone."

Because Qin Ziwen had already heard the rhythmic sound of alternating footsteps receding into the distance.

This sound is familiar because it's the same sound a monoclawed dinosaur makes when it runs, but the monoclawed dinosaur's sound is crisper, which is related to its weight.

The sounds outside were heavier.

"go!"

Entering the rift valley, look to the left.

The dinosaur that had been lurking outside had long since disappeared around the corner, but the harpy eagle was circling in the sky not far away, seemingly having pinpointed the dinosaur's location.

"Chase it." Judging from the footsteps they heard, there should only be one dinosaur, and it wasn't very big.

The group chased after the direction in which the sound disappeared, but the footsteps of the target grew farther and farther away, and the footsteps disappeared very quickly.

"Come back." Qin Ziwen beckoned to the eagle.

The harpy eagle, which had flown several hundred meters away, circled once and then flew back.

"Judging from the footprints in the sand, it should be a dinosaur similar to the Monoclawed Dragon. However, judging from the depth of the footprints, its weight is at least five times that of the Monoclawed Dragon," Yang Cunshen concluded after squatting down and carefully observing the footprints.

Du Yu and Shi Hu also squatted down and, after examining the footprint, determined that there was only one footprint, indicating that it must have belonged to a solitary dinosaur.

"Judging from its position, I suspect it may be waiting for these monoclawed dinosaurs."

Wang Jun stood up: "A dinosaur of this size, living in the Gobi Desert, and judging from its reaction, very alert, its intelligence may not be low. I suspect it may be some kind of dromaeosaurid dinosaur."

After circling around, the group arrived at the Gobi Desert.

I returned to my neighborhood before noon.

People saw the dinosaurs they were holding, especially since they were alive, which attracted a lot of adults and children to watch.

They were both excited and scared. Qin Ziwen handed the female monoclawed dinosaur in his hand towards them.

The children screamed in fright and ran away in a panic.

"President." Wei Zhaohua and Zhao Pu led three adults back from outside and saw the single-clawed dragon they were carrying back.

I took a few more glances out of curiosity.

They had seen a monocranium yesterday, so it wasn't anything new to them. However, the three people following behind them were seeing a dinosaur for the first time, especially a live one.

I found it incredibly strange, as if I had seen some rare and unusual object.

"President."

"This is a dinosaur! It looks like it has fur on its body. Can it be used for farming?"

"If this were on Earth, I bet a rich person would buy it as a pet. This little thing looks quite rare."

After greeting them, Qin Ziwen took the one-clawed dragon upstairs and returned home.

Take a look, and you'll see that the rabbits have all successfully given birth. There are now twenty or thirty baby rabbits in the cage, huddled together beside their mother.

When it saw someone approaching, it shrank even further.

Qin Ziwen frowned upon seeing this. If the one-clawed dragon were kept nearby, it might frighten the rabbits, especially since the mother rabbit had just given birth.

Unless another cage is added.

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

It turned out that Zou Jianghe had come to his door after learning that he had caught a pair of dinosaurs.

"I heard you caught a bunch of baby dinosaurs? Are you selling them?"

Qin Ziwen didn't agree. Instead, he looked at him and suddenly asked, "Do you have a building that can house dinosaurs?"

Zou Jianghe was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "How could that be?"

After laughing a few times, he gave a dry laugh. "It's not specifically for raising dinosaurs; it's an advanced building that can be used to tame animals."

"Can animals be tamed? The category of animals includes dinosaurs, right? This building of yours..." Qin Ziwen didn't know how to evaluate it; Zou Jianghe's building sounded pretty good.

Zou Jianghe said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if I tell you, since I'm planning to put the animals that I eventually raise up for sale anyway."

My building only provides a platform; I still have to recruit trainers myself, and I also have to catch the wild animals that are being trained.

Then, it's not that you can tame a wild animal immediately just by putting it in a cage; there's a success rate involved.

The more ferocious the beast, the longer it takes to tame, and I am currently unable to tame those that are too large.

There's no need to domesticate animals that are too small, because they don't have much fighting ability. Everyone's food supply is tight right now, so it's really troublesome. There's no hope of selling them in large quantities in the short term. They're luxury items, and if I were to sell them, the price wouldn't be cheap.

However, if you're willing to invest, I can give you one-third of the adult animals we train.

Seeing that Qin Ziwen didn't respond, Zou Jianghe quickly added, "One-third is quite a lot. There will definitely be failures in the taming process. It's not 100% guaranteed to be successful. Besides, I also provide manpower, and I'm responsible for their food, water, and toileting during the taming period. I also provide the buildings."

Qin Ziwen asked, "Is this one-third the third of the domesticated adult animals, or is it one-third of the total number I'm giving you?"

“It must have been domesticated,” Zou Jianghe said.

Qin Ziwen made a gesture, "How about this, you can discuss it with my Liangcai."

Amid Zou Jianghe's bewildered gaze, Jia Liang stepped out from behind him, bowed slightly, and gestured for him to enter.

The two went into the room next door and closed the door.

Inside the room, the two engaged in a fierce verbal battle, their words sharp and witty, going back and forth so intensely that an outsider might mistake them for mortal enemies.

After a while, the door opened, and Zou Jianghe stepped out of the house without changing his expression. However, upon closer inspection, one could notice that his steps were slightly unsteady.

He clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to Qin Ziwen, saying, "President Qin, I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."

After Zou Jianghe left, Jia Liang straightened his robes and walked up to Qin Ziwen. "My lord, I have not failed you. Chairman Zou is willing to give us half of the tamed beasts and ensure their loyalty and stability. If the beasts become unstable later, they will provide correction free of charge."

"The tamed wild animals they provided can't even guarantee stability," Qin Ziwen frowned.

Jia Liangcai pondered and said, "According to Zou Jianghe, the wild animals he tamed have stable personalities and can understand simple commands, but they still retain their own habits and may exhibit behaviors such as running away or being afraid to fight."

　I'm having some writer's block, so I'll post one chapter first, and I'll make up the missing chapter tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)