Damo Realm, Fire Camp.

At this moment.

Lin Li, just back to the camp from the homeland, is walking with Lin Ziming, Wang Qiang, and others, under the lead of Liu Zhenhan, the director of the Demon Beast Management Center, chatting and laughing as they head towards the center.

Accompanying Lin Li, besides Lin Ziming and Wang Qiang,

there are also Dai Chaohong, Yan Shaohua, and a series of other main camp leaders or research scholars.

Even Elder Yuan makes a rare appearance, holding Hua Xiaomo's hand as they walk together.

Everyone's face looks very relaxed at the moment, with no trace of gloom or tension around their brows.

Combined with the barbecue grill Wang Qiang is carrying huffing and puffing, it looks quite like a team-building camping trip.

This is a scene not often seen among the rabbits after arriving in the Damo Realm.

And what makes everyone so delighted is the news Liu Zhenhan delivered not long ago:

The first batch of hybrid first-generation double-headed cattle has officially been released from the Damo Realm and the homeland!

As mentioned before.

The species of double-headed cattle does not hold a high status in the Demon Realm, even lower than that of the Black Wind Snake.

Besides having a special ability to impact the city defense formation during an array, they usually just serve as cannon fodder.

Unlike other carnivorous demon beasts,

double-headed cattle never eat meat; their diet consists solely of various trace elements and 'popularity', categorizing them as strictly vegetarian animals.

This fact can actually be explained by survival of the fittest:

Because of their low status in the Demon Realm, they can't defeat anyone.

So naturally, they have to become vegetarians.

Though this explanation might sound a bit funny, it's actually a crucial factor in the long evolutionary process, even potentially one of the main reasons.

Many locally considered herbivorous animals actually eat meat, and it's not a form of pica.

For example, rabbits, cattle, sheep, horses, and pandas are like this—local cattle eat chickens, deer eat birds, and rabbits eat meat greedily, and it's an active choice.

This is a remnant of the evolutionary process that wasn't completely corrected because they could beat chickens and birds.

Their ancestors were outright large carnivorous animals, only turning into herbivorous or omnivorous animals over a long evolutionary period.

And the core reason behind this is the lack of an undefeatable source of meat or being domesticated.

The ancestor of cattle, aurochs, is a typical example of this.

Initially, aurochs couldn't directly utilize cellulose and lignin in plants; eating them could even be fatal.

But then, during domestication, they evolved intestinal flora.

The well-behaved students who learned biology and didn't fail should know this:

In a terrestrial ecosystem, energy flows along the food chain:

First, plants fix the light energy provided by the sun through photosynthesis.

Secondly, herbivores obtain the energy they need by eating plants.

Finally, carnivores obtain energy from the meat of herbivores.

Considering the energy transfer efficiency per level in the food chain is no more than 10%, the number of carnivores an ecosystem can sustain is actually quite limited.

To support a bunch of carnivores requires a massive amount of energy consumption.

Therefore, in a lengthy evolutionary process observed over tens of millions of years, creatures with lower status almost always turn into herbivores.

This can also support the claim about the food chain hierarchy in the Demon Realm, where double-headed cattle clearly belong to the lowest class.

To go off topic for a moment.

Reversing the above content leads to another saying:

Us humans evolving to the top of the biological chain must be inseparable from meat.

Some vegetarians due to religious or ideological reasons are a minority and should be respected but do not represent the majority.

At least from the racial perspective, those who don't let us eat meat, eggs, and milk are either fools or bad.

Shifting focus back to everyone.

At this moment, Liu Zhenhan is leading everyone through the factory area, introducing:

"Captain Lin, our breeding experts have set up two observation areas specifically for breeding.

Each observation area houses a hundred female cattle, named Zone A and Zone B, respectively.

In Zone A, we have placed female double-headed cattle, which we've bred using artificial insemination with premium local bulls.

Zone B comprises female bovines from the homeland, breeding with our selected male double-headed cattle.

Breeding in Zone B relies on pheromones, which are the same substances we used in the Xiaolianzi Mountain campaign to lure the double-headed cattle away from the main battlefield."

While walking, Lin Li listened and then, recalling something, asked Liu Zhenhan:

"Director Liu, are we only pairing local cattle this time?

Are any foreign bovines, like Neon cows or Angus cows, involved in the breeding process?"

Hearing this, Liu Zhenhan shook his head and said:

"Captain Lin, don't forget, our ultimate goal is to produce optimized local cattle and gain control over meat pricing.

If we mix in cattle from other countries, whether it'll optimize them is another story, but can you still call them local cattle?

We can't just say they've conformed to conditions after staying in our homeland for a few years and naturalize them as local cattle; that doesn't make sense.

Honestly speaking, our local cattle might indeed have some flavor differences compared to other cattle, and we should acknowledge this because those top-notch beef qualities are the result of long-term optimization.

But Captain Lin, a large part of this difference is due to the relatively backward breeding technology of our homeland. Our local cattle's quality and genes are still very strong, with prominent advantages.

Whether it's the Wagyu, Angus, or Danish cattle, compared to our local cattle for three generations before breeding, there's actually not much advantage.

Unless it's confirmed that all local cattle are unable to produce offspring, we will definitely prioritize local cattle."

Lin Li then recalled the original intention of capturing the double-headed cattle, nodded, and stopped speaking.

Afterward, everyone moved forward for about another ten minutes, eventually reaching the entrance of a tall enclosed factory building.

Liu Zhenhan approached to scan his iris, muttering as he did:

"Our bred double-headed cattle are non-graded demon beasts, making them very easy to manage.

Therefore, the supporting equipment is not as strict as those for first or second grade demon beasts; at least, it doesn't require singing to verify that one hasn't been possessed every time, like in the second-grade demon beast area..."

Beep beep beep—

Very soon.

The equipment's lock emitted a series of electronic sounds and slowly opened.

Liu Zhenhan led Yan Shaohua and other unit cadres inside first; after the police took their positions, Lin Li and others then entered one by one.

"miomiomio——"

Just upon entering the factory building.

Everyone heard a strange vocalization similar to 'moo,' but completely different in actuality.

To describe it, the pronunciation should be something like "mi-yo."

Lin Li looked towards the source of the sound.

Sure enough.

Making these strange vocalizations were a few calves behind the fence.

However, unlike their fathers (or perhaps mothers),

these calves' skin was noticeably more yellowish, and their overall fleshiness leaned more towards the middle to rear parts.

Of course.

They still have two heads.

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