Chapter 213: Nothing to Talk About

Our Apartment Complex Transmigrated… Again

"Us?"

"Yes, us."

Qin Ziwen waved his hand dismissively. "Forget it. It sounds complicated just hearing about it. Dinosaurs aren't that easy to tame. I see it took so long just to tame these few Mononykus. If we got a few bigger ones, wouldn't it take ten days to half a month?"

Zou Jianghe explained, "Guild Leader Qin, taming isn't actually that difficult. We were just a bit inexperienced at the beginning. I obtained an advanced building related to animal husbandry during the last map settlement. That's the reason I was able to pursue this path."

As he spoke, Zou Jianghe looked at the Tarbosaurus in Qin Ziwen's arms. "Tamed pets are much more obedient. Otherwise, their wild nature is hard to suppress, and they might inevitably injure their owner."

Qin Ziwen's face turned cold. He hadn't exposed him earlier to save him some face.

But being led on again and again, did he really think others were fools?

"Zou Jianghe, guess if I have a building for taming pets."

As these words fell, Zou Jianghe's pupils contracted sharply as if struck by lightning.

He had considered many possibilities, but he had never imagined that Qin Ziwen might also possess an advanced building capable of taming pets. If that was the case, weren't all his little schemes utterly laughable?

If you had one, then why did you give the Mononykus to me to tame back then?

Wasn't this entrapment?

His mind was a tangled mess, feeling as if his petty thoughts had been completely dissected and laid bare before the man opposite him.

Zou Jianghe realized he had lost his composure. "Guild Leader Qin..."

Qin Ziwen had already lost interest in conversing with him and waved his hand.

"Alright, that's enough. There's nothing more to discuss."

After speaking, Qin Ziwen glanced around the room. Du Yu wasn't there, Qin Ziwu wasn't there, and Cao Biansheng wasn't there either.

So he pinched the little black one's butt.

The half-asleep little black one opened its eyes, opened its tiny mouth, revealing a mouthful of small milk teeth, and let out a fierce cry, "Mrah~"

Zou Jianghe didn't know how he left Building 8. In a daze, he walked out into the hot wave of air outside before finally snapping back to reality.

It's fine, it's okay. Even without the Qin Alliance, I can rely on the Alliance to capture animals myself. And my Alliance has more people. Zou Jianghe kept comforting himself.

"Master, raising pets consumes a considerable amount of food." After Zou Jianghe left, Jia Liangcai quietly reminded him.

"I know, that's why I haven't been capturing them on a large scale," Qin Ziwen said.

Hearing this, Jia Liangcai felt slightly relieved. He was now the chief steward of the Qin Alliance and was well aware of the food reserves in both the Home and the Qin Alliance.

With the current field output and the daily surplus of hunted meat, feeding the few hundred people of the Qin Alliance was manageable. Plus, with the large quantities of meat transported from the oasis and stored in the cellar, even if food supplies were cut off, the Qin Alliance could sustain itself for a while.

But if large numbers of beasts were added, then it would become stretched thin.

The daily food consumption of a single beast could equal that of several, even over ten people.

Qin Ziwen's next words caused Jia Liangcai's expression to change slightly. "Chitu is currently thriving among the wild horse herd. I plan to have it select a few healthy, strong mares to bring back, to keep a breeding stock."

Qin Ziwen silently counted in his heart, thought for a moment, and secretly sighed in relief. Just a few more horses, we can afford to raise them.

Qin Ziwen continued, "And then I think the Desert Raptors are also quite good. In terms of weight, they're actually similar to the Gobi wild horses. They look big, but in reality, their tails account for nearly half their length. Their appetites aren't that huge. If they could be tamed, I think riding Raptors into battle would be even more suitable than horses."

Hearing these words, Jia Liangcai's face twisted into a bitter expression.

"Master, if we are to raise them, we probably can't afford to keep many."

Qin Ziwen gestured for him to relax. "Don't worry. Even if we raise them, we definitely won't be capturing adult Raptors. At most, we'll bring back a group of hatchlings or dinosaur eggs to incubate. By the time they grow up, we'll already be in the next map. The next map is an island; food will definitely be more plentiful than in the Gobi."

Only then did Jia Liangcai slightly relax.

Then he looked at the pitch-black little Tarbosaurus held in his master's arms. It was too dark to recognize what kind of dinosaur it was, but it looked quiet and well-behaved.

Forget it. If the master is happy and wants to raise it, then let him raise it.

Qin Ziwen casually glanced at the three trembling Mononykus nearby.

He cast an Insight on them.

[Insight in progress... Permission check in progress, Insight successful]

[Common · Mononykus (Tamed): ☆☆]

[Common · Mononykus (Tamed): ☆]

[Common · Mononykus (Tamed): ☆☆]

The Mononykus' combat power was weak to begin with, and none of these three even reached three stars. However, they were indeed all in a tamed state. He didn't know if Zou Jianghe had left any hidden contingencies in these Mononykus, but judging from his reaction earlier, he might as well assume there were.

"Master, how do you plan to deal with these Mononykus?"

"Distribute them to the ordinary hunting teams below," Qin Ziwen said, pausing briefly. Then he told Jia Liangcai about the possibility that tamed animals might have hidden contingencies, to prevent him from misunderstanding the intention.

Listening to his master's explanation, Jia Liangcai lightly stroked his beard, his face turning cold. "Master, you are still too merciful."

Qin Ziwen casually dropped a remark, "Hmm, from now on, you can handle matters concerning the Alliance and Zou Jianghe yourself. No need to report everything to me."

Jia Liangcai's eyes flickered, then he bowed. "This subordinate understands."

"Master, may I report to you about recent Home affairs?"

"Go ahead."

These past few days, the major and minor affairs within the Home had basically settled into a pattern, progressing steadily.

Following the last round of internal personnel expansion within the Qin Alliance, the total population of the Qin Alliance continued to grow.

Jia Liangcai had fully recorded the newly joined Qin Alliance members, their residences, and their abilities, then assigned them roles based on their respective skills.

Currently within the Qin Alliance, the number of households that have awakened their Homes exceeds forty.

Many newcomers awakened their Homes by exchanging for cheap cards within the Qin Alliance through the newly established merit system.

Not just within the Qin Alliance, but across the entire residential complex, characteristic industrial chains were forming, relying on the unique buildings within each person's Home to produce products or services related to those buildings.

This also led to a phenomenon. If before, in the previous map and the early stages of this map, food and survival resources were the most precious, best-selling commodities.

Now, after everyone had struggled to survive in the Gobi for a period of time, a new precious item had quietly replaced the status of food.

That was cards.

Cards were now extremely hard to come by within the residential complex. In fact, just two days ago, a major incident occurred within the Alliance itself.

For a card, a bloody conflict broke out between two households within the Alliance. One household, a family of three, was brutally tortured and killed, and the card was stolen.

Based on speculation, the murderer likely subjected the victims to inhuman torture in order to force them to reveal the card's hiding place.

"Stolen?" Qin Ziwen was surprised. How could someone obtain a card and not use it themselves?

"I heard that card required a hundred square meters of blank space. That person's Home area wasn't sufficient, so they couldn't use it temporarily. The person who stole the card had previously used a blank Expansion Card. After stealing it, he used it directly."

Qin Ziwen understood, but he was more curious about how the Alliance internally handled such matters.