CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 65: UNLOCKING THE BREEDING FUNCTION

Inside the shelter.

Solomon gazed at his newly acquired position: Order Maintainer, feeling an indescribable gratitude well up inside.

He thought, if this isn’t considered a promotion, then what would be?

"Boss..." Solomon gritted his teeth, with a hint of guilt in his voice.

In recruiting warriors and in the restaurant, he failed to detect any traces of a spy, making him feel seriously derelict in his duty, betraying Lin Yi’s trust.

But he never expected that, instead of reprimanding him severely for his mistakes, the boss gave him encouragement and opportunity.

Now, even when his performance was not stellar, the boss still entrusted him with such an important task—this position basically made him the sheriff of the shelter...

What immense trust and encouragement this is!

This... is the boss’s charisma!

Truly someone worth following!

Solomon lifted his head, his eyes gleaming with determination.

His voice trembled slightly, yet was incredibly solemn as he said, "Boss, rest assured! I will certainly fulfill my mission, ensuring the security of the shelter is foolproof."

"Go for it, I believe in you!" Lin Yi patted Solomon’s shoulder and said no more.

He moved to the laptop.

The screen showed a considerable accumulation of emails.

This batch of newly recruited survivors brought the shelter an immediate gain of 3,340 experience points. With these experience points, the shelter smoothly advanced to level 9.

Besides the experience brought by the survivors, intact vehicles could provide about 35 experience points each.

As for damaged vehicles, they contributed far fewer experience points, only about 5 to 10 each.

Moreover, these vehicles not only took up space but also had little practical use, so Lin Yi didn’t gather too many.

[Regarding the increase in space-time detection radius]

Your shelter’s population has exceeded 500 people. Your space-time detection radius has increased from 1 to 1.3.

[Note: Your shelter has an increased chance of being invaded by lost souls, it is recommended to guard the surrounding area]

[Regarding upgrades]

Congratulations! Your shelter has reached level 9.

[Note: The variety of store goods has been significantly updated;

You can grant residents more privileges;

Unlock new functions: livestock farming, aquaculture;

You receive a reward: two omnivorous rabbits]

"Finally unlocked the breeding function!"

Lin Yi eagerly opened the store application and found the livestock farming section.

He discovered that it had a complete set of breeding tools, such as pens, feed, feeders, and rabbits.

However, the price of rabbits was exorbitant, each costing 500 coins.

And the price of the pen was the same as a field, taking up the same land area.

He decisively spent 1,600 coins to purchase a large pen, and another 200 coins on a small feeder.

This small feeder was designed very elegantly, capable of automatically adding food as needed.

However, to function normally, it also required a granary.

Though called a granary, its function was quite powerful, not only storing grains but also hay, roots, and other various items.

However, such a granary cost as much as 4,000 coins.

When Lin Yi intended to place the pen, he realized the shelter no longer had enough space.

Helplessly, he had to expand the shelter area again, using coins for the expansion this time.

To get it done once and for all, Lin Yi planned to double the shelter’s area to reach a million square meters, which cost him a full 10,000 coins.

The earthquake wasn’t too strong this time, and the shelter expansion quickly concluded.

[Note: Your Space-Time Shelter area has reached 1 million square meters]

[Your shelter level has upgraded from "Small" to "Normal"]

[Goods have been updated]

While browsing the new store, Lin Yi discovered a very interesting building unlocked—the Biopower Station.

It can use biomass as fuel, converting it into electricity.

Additionally, the shelter unlocked a new function allowing him to have a bird’s eye view of the entire shelter and place buildings directly on the map.

With the new function, construction work became much easier.

Lin Yi first selected a location on the map to place a large granary.

Then, he placed a large pen with a feeder, taking up an area of 700 square meters.

Due to the recent earthquake, several residents had come over.

As the representative of the three hundred girls, Regina also came over.

"A new piece of land?" Orianna asked.

"No, it’s a breeding ground!" Annie said excitedly, jumping directly into the pen.

But she had to put in quite the effort to finally hold a rabbit in her arms, realizing immediately how hefty these little creatures were.

After all, each rabbit was quite large, weighing up to 20 pounds.

Moreover, they had soft white fur and round black eyes, looking like cute plush toys.

The other girls, naturally, couldn’t resist the charm and jumped into the pen one after another, wanting to be close to them.

"It’s so warm, and the fur is so soft!" Annie buried her face in the rabbit’s soft fur, screaming happily.

Other girls rushed over immediately.

Even Xiaochuan couldn’t help but reach out to touch these magical rabbits.

Old Mark, the biologist, looked perplexed: "Boss, I’ve been dealing with biology for half my life, but I’ve never seen this kind of rabbit, what breed is it?"

"These are omnivorous rabbits, as far as I can see, never seen on Earth before." Lin Yi replied.

Old Mark squinted slightly, contemplating as he stared at the rabbits being hugged and fussed over by the girls.

According to the store’s description, these rabbits could mature into adults in five days inside the special pen.

But how fast they reproduce, and how many at a time, could only be confirmed through follow-up experiments.

The news of the magical rabbits quickly spread throughout the entire shelter camp—more accurately, to the ears of all the girls in the camp.

Soon, the pen housing the rabbits was surrounded so tightly by them.

Lin Yi had no choice but to assign dedicated staff for watching over the rabbits; otherwise, they might get hurt or even crushed by the enthusiastic girls.

Furthermore, to ensure the rabbits’ well-being, he had to limit their petting time.

He set a rule that the total rabbit petting time per day must not exceed two hours.

After all, if everyone spent all day surrounding the rabbits, petting them non-stop, how would these little creatures have the energy and time to reproduce and expand their population?

After organizing things for the rabbits, Lin Yi turned his attention back to the store.

[Meat Storage, level 1]

Storage capacity: fifty tons of meat, price: 2,500 coins,

[please select fuel type]:

Coal, Biomass, or Gasoline/Diesel.

"Select Biomass." Lin Yi thought it over, then clicked the confirmation button...