Chapter 113: Raising Bamboo Rats

Secondly, bamboo rats also like to gnaw on the bamboo roots underground.

Once the bamboo roots are lost, the bamboo cannot absorb water and nutrients and will die naturally soon.

Finally, and most importantly!

Bamboo rats live in underground caves in bamboo forests.

Therefore, under a bamboo forest, bamboo rat caves and tunnels are connected in all directions.

When bamboo rats dig holes, they will eat all the bamboo roots, which will not only destroy the root system of bamboo, but also the land structure of bamboo forests, making bamboo forests intolerant to drought, causing soil moisture loss, and causing bamboo to die in large areas due to lack of nutrients due to drought.

In other words, it will not only destroy bamboo forests, but also soil.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan was very angry.

How many rare items do you have in total?

You want to destroy two directly as soon as you come?

Qi Yuan was angry, and saw an even more uncomfortable scene.

The guardian thorn vines in the distance were transporting several tied bamboo rats here.

This shows that there are definitely many bamboo rats under the bamboo forest!

Now, in the entire foggy area, the Guardian Thorns are hunting for bamboo rats in all directions.

The root system of the Guardian Thorns is indeed underdeveloped, but it does not mean that their roots cannot grow.

It's just that they don't need to absorb nutrients from the soil, so they won't deliberately grow rhizomes.

But under the unscrupulous provocation of the bamboo rats, the Guardian Thorns began to change!

Transferring plant energy to the rhizomes, improving the combat capability of the Guardian Thorns group underground, and forming a large net to capture bamboo rats.

Under the sudden attack and siege of the Guardian Thorns, the bamboo rat clan was caught off guard.

A large number of underground holes were breached, and before the bamboo rats could react, they were tied up by the intruding Guardian Thorns and transported out without any resistance.

Next to the Guardian Thorns, the number of bamboo rats gradually changed from 7-8 to more than a dozen and more than 20.

Finally, it was fixed at 32.

Except for some that were not in the cave, almost all the other bamboo rats were captured.

Looking at the more than 30 bamboo rats in front of him, fat like pigs, Qi Yuan was furious.

How badly would such a nest of bamboo rats destroy the bamboo roots of Yunxi Bamboo?

Fortunately, it was discovered in time. If it was discovered a few months later, the bamboo forest might have been completely destroyed.

However, Qi Yuan suddenly thought of it.

Since bamboo rats can eat the roots of rare Yunxi Bamboo, its own strength must be extraordinary.

After checking, it was found that it was true!

These 32 bamboo rats are all good-grade beasts.

However, they are not beasts with strong strength and ferocious nature.

So they have good-grade quality but no corresponding combat power.

When they were captured by the guardian thorns, they had no ability to resist at all.

And they were very timid.

"Good-grade quality! Thin skin and lots of stuffing! Fat meat! Timid by nature! Not strong!" Qi Yuan muttered to himself, his eyes gradually brightened.

This kind of bamboo rat really meets the breeding conditions!

Qi Yuan has been thinking about the breeding industry in the shelter for a long time.

He thought about raising pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens... but there were no suitable conditions.

For livestock that can be raised, they need to have the following characteristics.

First, it is a quality issue.

Qi Yuan is now at the peak of the good level, and has been stuck at this level for a long time, unable to break through.

Therefore, he will never eat ordinary food, at least it must be good level or above.

Secondly, it must be docile enough.

He does not have so many "beast taming scrolls" and it is impossible to tame all good-level livestock, so he can only tame them artificially.

If it is a ferocious predator such as lions, tigers, wolves, snakes, and leopards, it is almost impossible to be successfully tamed by the animal pen.

Finally, the economic value must be high. It can harvest more abundant resources.

Bamboo rats meet all three conditions.

Good level!

Gentle and timid!

Lots of meat, and it can be made into blood and flesh essence!

Thinking about it this way, how can this be a sinful bamboo rat? Even now, looking at them again, they feel a little cute.

Qi Yuan's eyes looking at the bamboo rats also became softer.

After thinking it through in his mind, Qi Yuan did what he said and immediately began to prepare for bamboo rat breeding.

The first is the breeding place.

There are still many vacant areas in the mist area, so there is no need to worry about having no place to breed.

"Where should they be placed?" Qi Yuan lowered his head and thought silently.

In the current mist area, with the shelter as the center, the direction of the stream is determined to be east-west.

To the north of the shelter is a small river that runs across the east and west.

To the southeast of the shelter is an acre of rare spiritual field and an acre of rare Yunxi bamboo forest.

The rest of the place is still very empty, all occupied by guarding thorns.

After thinking about it, Qi Yuan plans to raise bamboo rats to the east of the shelter, that is, above the planting area.

This is also considered that the breeding of bamboo rats and the planting of crops can be mutually beneficial.

The feces of bamboo rats are very good organic fertilizers, which can replenish the spiritual energy lost in the soil and the nutrients required for the growth of various crops.

Therefore, the bamboo rat feces cleaned up can be fermented and used as fertilizer to provide to the spiritual field next to it.

The crops next to them will also produce a lot of useless plant roots, such as watermelon vines, grape vine leaves, winter wheat roots, etc.

These useless plants can be used as food for bamboo rats, but this is only part of the food source.

If you want bamboo rats to thrive and achieve large-scale breeding, you must pay special attention to food and living environment.

Qi Yuan also began to think deeply about these two aspects.

In terms of food, in addition to plant roots and stems, you need to find more staple foods.

Since there are bamboo rats living nearby, there is a high probability that there will be bamboo forests, and at least there are plants suitable for bamboo rats to eat.

Otherwise, how did they survive in the past?

Therefore, as long as the bee colony is arranged to go out and look for it, it is likely to be found.

As for the living environment.

Bamboo rats like to live in a dark, cool, quiet and dry environment.

To meet these conditions, there are two measures: underground and sawdust.

Bamboo rats still like to live in underground caves, which can be changed.

And with the guarding thorns, you can use the roots and stems to form an encirclement underground to prevent bamboo rats from escaping.

At the same time, filling the underground cave with sawdust can maintain a dry living environment, and it also has a certain antibacterial and cleaning effect.

After considering it, Qi Yuan began to make arrangements.

Instruct the guarding thorns to enclose a 30-square-meter space in the east area of ​​the shelter.

Guardian thorns can monitor bamboo rats 24 hours a day to prevent them from sneaking away.

Under the ground, the roots of the guardian thorns also form a semicircular space for bamboo rats to dig holes.

In this way, the bamboo rats can be completely trapped and cannot escape the surveillance of the guardian thorns.

Qi Yuan transferred all the bamboo rats to this space and let them live in it.

Then, he threw dozens of wood to them.

They would chew the wood themselves, chew out a lot of soft wood chips, and then pad the holes where they live.

This is their living habit.