The bidders did not show up until the auction ended.
The last part of the auction, as usual, was Old Wang giving the poultry a shot of adrenaline.
But at least there was some good news.
Only a little over four hundred birds successfully completed their differentiation. Old Wang allowed them to roam freely within the academy, but they still needed to complete daily tasks, such as laying eggs for the ducks, long-distance flights for the racing pigeons, and beauty contests for the peacocks. Based on the completion of the day's tasks, the academy would generate a leaderboard.
The top ten birds on the leaderboard receive various rewards, such as delicious food and clothing. The bottom ten birds become fertilizer for the fields.
Xia Chuhe listened absentmindedly, thinking about the look Eagle Brother had given her at the auction.
Are the rare birds that are being auctioned really just ordinary animals?
With Old Wang's command, the birds dispersed. Most of them walked towards their original rooms in a daze, while only the people from the wasteland deliberately separated from the main group to take the opportunity to explore the dungeon.
Xia Chuhe looked behind the curtain; Eagle's gaze continued to trouble her.
She said in a low voice, "You guys meet up with Li Pangpang and the others first, I have some things to do."
Li Yue wanted to go with her, but Lu Dangui quickly handed her a handful of bullets: "Take these."
A sachet hung on Lu Dangui's magnificent robe; the bullet was taken out of the sachet.
Xia Chuhe smiled and said, "Thank you."
Li Yue didn't have the patience to help the mercenaries search for people. Her curiosity about Xia Chuhe had reached its peak, and she planned to secretly follow Xia Chuhe, hoping to find something useful.
Unexpectedly, Lu Dangui said to Wang Yan, "You go find someone, I'll go help Xia Chuhe."
Wang Yan had played dungeons with the two women before and knew they were close, so she didn't think much of it and readily agreed.
Li Yue stood beside Lu Dangui, indicating that she also wanted to go.
The risk of secretly following Xia Chuhe's actions was obviously higher, so Lao Qin and Ma Jiu, the two medics, were assigned to Lu Dangui and Li Yue.
Xia Chuhe followed behind Lao Wang and went out through a small door under the auction stage. Outside the door were neatly arranged iron cages containing the auction items, guarded by vultures.
At the front were rows of small planes, and vultures were loading auction items onto them. They seemed to have done this many times before, and looked quite adept at it.
Old Wang was talking to the largest vulture, which happened to be blocking Xia Chuhe and the iron cage.
Although Xia Chuhe could take Eagle away if he had just one chance to make contact with it, the current situation doesn't look easy. He needs to find a way to distract Lao Wang and the vulture guarding Eagle first.
Xia Chuhe couldn't risk her life. If she acted as bait to lure Lao Wang away, no one could save Brother Ying.
Without much thought, Xia Chuhe had an idea.
There are over two hundred living creatures on her farm. If she throws one out, whether it appears in animal form or an undifferentiated human form, Old Wang won't let it go.
Xia Chuhe spotted the right direction and released a pigeon from the farm.
As if granted a pardon, the pigeons eagerly and silently flew over Old Wang's head.
How could the pigeon's little tricks escape Old Wang's eyes? Old Wang keenly looked up and locked onto the pigeon.
Although Old Wang couldn't fly, the pigeon that was locked on seemed to be carrying a heavy burden, and its figure grew lower and lower.
"Keep an eye on the items being auctioned, and don't make any mistakes," Old Wang casually told the vulture, calmly waiting to pick up the fallen pigeons.
Xia Chuhe breathed a sigh of relief.
The vultures were busy moving the auction items and didn't have much attention for Xia Chuhe. She successfully circled around to the vicinity of the cage where Eagle Brother was being held and hid near the plane.
Perhaps because eagles aren't worth much, there's only one vulture guarding it.
Xia Chuhe used the same trick again, accurately dropping a hen in front of the vulture.
The hen staggered along, but the vulture remained unmoved.
Xia Chuhe decisively increased the number of eggs; if one wasn't enough, he'd use two; if two weren't enough, he'd use three...
The vultures began searching for the source of the hen, and Xia Chuhe quickly hid under the plane.
The hen's movements attracted the attention of other vultures, who became restless and wanted to snatch her away.
The vulture guarding Eagle Brother finally sensed the danger and decisively rushed to the hen to protect its food.
Xia Chuhe acted decisively, immediately running to Eagle's cage and taking the eagle back.
Eagle was indeed different from the other items in the auction. It raised an eyebrow at Xia Chuhe, revealing its human characteristics.
Xia Chuhe: ...I don't understand why the eagle's forehead is twitching.
Xia Chuhe held out his phone to Ying Ge.
Before being touched, the eagle pointed its beak toward an airplane.
Seeing that the vultures were still fighting, Xia Chuhe seized the opportunity and, without even looking, took away the animals from the plane that Brother Eagle had pointed out.
Everything went incredibly smoothly, and Old Wang, the biggest threat, didn't even return until Xia Chuhe left.
Little did Xia Chuhe know that Lu Danggui and the others, who had been secretly following her, were up to something big.
When Lu Dangui saw Xia Chuhe sneakily distracting Lao Wang, he guessed what she was up to. Although he didn't understand her actions in saving the auction item, Lu Dangui decided to cooperate with Xia Chuhe.
She shared her plan with Li Yue and the others, and the four of them immediately agreed.
Old Wang had just found a pigeon when he looked up and saw two beautiful peacocks displaying their plumage.
"Hey, go show yourselves somewhere else. This isn't the place for you," Old Wang said sternly, shooing the peacocks away.
Li Yue said timidly, "We're lost, and we don't know how to get out?"
Old Wang looked at the small door, which was indeed cleverly concealed. He glanced at the vultures working there; the auction had been running for several years without a single problem.
These two peacocks in front of us are very valuable, especially since one of them is a rare white peacock.
Old Wang, in a fit of pity, said: "Hey, come with me."
It escorted Lu Danggui and Li Yue out of the auction backstage and was about to go back when a duck suddenly collapsed under its leg.
Ma Jiu clutched her stomach: "Gah gah gah, I can't take it anymore, I'm having a difficult labor, it hurts so much, I can't lay an egg."
Ma Jiu's loud calls attracted a flock of laying ducks.
The ducks whispered among themselves, "Have you ever heard of the risk of dystocia when laying eggs?"
"No, the zookeeper didn't say that!"
"Is it only male ducks that experience dystocia, while female ducks don't?"
...
The ducks gathered around Ma Jiu, blocking Lao Wang's way back.
Old Wang: ……
Old Wang was also quite curious about the dystocia of the ducks. Having been a duck for so many years, this was the first time he had ever seen a duck dystocia.
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