ATPnovel Chapter 9: The Rooster's Retrogressive Development and Enhanced Beak Features
Chapter 9: The Rooster's Retrogressive Development and Enhanced Beak Features
Do you think the rooster has a chance of winning first place?
[Go go go! As long as the rooster can win first place, I'm willing to go a month without eating chicken.]
[Chicken: Thank you.]
[Russia: Go, brown bear!]
[Australia: Cheetah, unleash your speed advantage!]
[America: Archer, if you don't get more points, you'll be a sinner against America!]
Even Qin Ge couldn't help but wave his fist and whisper, "Hurry, the finish line is almost here."
The race has ended, and the results are now announced.
[First Place: Wu Yu of Xia Kingdom, whose natal species is the rooster, reward: 500 points.]
[Second Place: The brown bear, the native species of the Russian bear, Guo Andong, received 300 points.]
[Third Place: Bald Eagle, the native species of Archer, USA, reward 200 points.]
Despite being injured, the bald eagle still managed to finish third. In the final kilometer, the cheetah was overtaken by the bald eagle due to exhaustion.
"The species race has ended. The third round of the competition, 'Mirror Match of Favorite Species,' will be held 24 hours later."
"During this period, participants can use their points to upgrade their chosen species."
......
The live stream room in South Korea was filled with wails of despair.
[South Korea: Two matches, not a single point. What are you doing, Lee Seok?]
[South Korea: I really don't understand why Earth Online chose Lee Seok as a participant.]
[South Korea: Lee Seok, you are a sinner to our South Korea!]
As they talked, the topic turned to Wu Yu winning first place twice in a row.
[South Korea: Why has China consistently ranked first?]
Seeing their opportunity, the Japanese viewers who were watching the South Korean livestream seized the moment and spoke up, attempting to incite South Korean emotions:
[Japan: Is there any behind-the-scenes manipulation in this game?]
After dozens of such comments flooded the screen, South Koreans also started posting them.
Unlike the live stream in South Korea, the live stream in China was in an uproar:
The rooster actually won first place!
[Wu Yu is awesome! I declare that from today onwards, chicken is my faith!]
I never expected we could win first place twice in a row.
Maybe we'll be number one again next time.
After that sentence was said, the entire live stream paused for a moment, and the comments section was cleared instantly.
This statement reminded everyone that, if this trend continues, they might even win first place in the next competition.
The next competition is a "Mirror Match of Favorite Species," and the content of the competition can be summed up in two words: "battle"!
The opponent in this duel is none other than oneself.
Earth Online will generate a corresponding mirror image of the chosen innate species for each participant.
The strength of the mirrored natal species is uniformly set to the level of the natal species that has not been enhanced with any drugs.
The more mirrored species you kill, the higher your ranking will be.
From this perspective, those with more points have a greater advantage.
Before the Chinese could react, the Koreans rushed into the Chinese live stream.
South Korea: The game is rigged!
[South Korea: This game clearly only set up this mode because they saw you had points.]
If you're bad at the game, practice more; if you can't handle losing, don't play.
......
Inside the game space.
After reviewing the rules for the next match, Wu Yu had already decided in his mind which potions he wanted to exchange for.
The next match is a battle, so the potions you exchange for must be able to enhance the rooster's fighting ability.
Wu Yu opened the exchange shop and directly exchanged for two potions: the Rejuvenation Potion and the Mouth Feature Enhancement Potion.
Wu Yu first fed the rooster a rejuvenating drug.
A flash of white light.
After the light faded, the rooster let out a deep crow. Its original height of 1.2 meters not only did not increase, but it decreased! It became 1 meter.
Aside from its height, its weight has also decreased, its tail feathers are longer than before, and it has gained the ability to fly.
Of course, this flight is not like the flight of the bald eagle, but a short flight, only one or two hundred meters at a time.
Aside from the changes in body size, the rooster's most significant change is in its eyes.
The rooster, though somewhat aggressive before, lacked wildness. However, after using the anti-aging potion, a hint of wariness and wildness appeared in its eyes.
Besides the physical changes, the rooster's name also changed, but the name change was relatively insignificant compared to the physical changes.
On the information panel, the words "rooster" have been changed to "red junglefowl".
Wu Yu knew in advance that his body size had decreased, so he was not surprised.
This shrinkage is only temporary; the Red Junglefowl will grow larger again after the Rejuvenation Potion is used once more.
Wu Yu knew about this, but the viewers in the live stream did not.
The moment the Xia people saw the size of the red junglefowl, their dream of winning first place three times in a row was completely shattered.
【? ? ? 】
[No, I'm a big chicken! Where did this short, ugly guy come from?]
[What a waste of points; I might as well have chosen another species that I'm a fan of.]
As expected, a chicken is still a chicken even after it has reverted to its ancient state.
[I told you long ago that chickens were no good, but you wouldn't believe me. How could such a weak animal like a chicken possibly become strong after it regressed to ancient times?]
[A weak creature that reverts to ancient times will always remain a weak creature; Wu Yu's actions once again prove the correctness of the "survival of the fittest" principle.]
[That's it. It doesn't matter if other countries don't have points. With this chicken around, it's definitely impossible for them to rank first. It's more likely that they'll be last.]
The Koreans who were lurking in the live stream room in Xia Guo immediately came out when they saw this scene.
[South Korea: Hey! Isn't this the rooster that just won first place? What happened to it?]
[South Korea: Now I believe there's no shady dealing involved in this game. Earth Online is a really fun game.....]
[South Korea: This chicken probably wouldn't even fill the belly of our hyena.]
We can talk and criticize as we please, but we can't criticize outsiders.
The Xia people directly responded with comments.
[Having failed to score a single point in two consecutive rounds, you still have the nerve to talk here.]
【...】
Wu Yu was unaware of the uproar outside, and even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.
After the anti-aging potion took effect, Wu Yu then fed the Red Plain Chicken a potion that enhanced its beak features.
Compared to last time, this time the white light was concentrated only on the beak of the red junglefowl.
When the white light dissipated, the red junglefowl's beak was longer than before.
The most significant change in the mouth is not its length, but rather the interior of the mouth.
Normally, roosters, or red junglefowl, have pointed beaks and no teeth.
But now, the red junglefowl that have taken a beak-enhancing drug have teeth!
Although the teeth were still very small, Wu Yu thought this was great news, as it meant he was one step closer to becoming a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
[Native Species: Red Junglefowl (Enhanced beak and leg features)]
Physical condition: 3.5
Speed: 8
Stamina: 4.5
Compared to before, my physical condition and endurance have decreased slightly.
The data shows that the Red Junglefowl has indeed regressed, but a temporary setback is nothing to worry about, because it is a preparation for a greater leap forward next time!