Reality had proven that both adult Golden Harriers and Flame Falcons were extremely difficult to tame. The Golden Harrier that was tamed was also carefully taken care of by a soldier. Back then, the soldier had saved it from the brink of death. That was why the taming process was relatively easier.
As for the rest of the adult Golden Harriers and Flame Falcons, he had yet to successfully tame them. Furthermore, these two species of large birds had extremely fiery tempers. During the process of raising them, large birds had died one after another. Their numbers had also decreased sharply from the initial 3000 birds. Now, only 1600 birds were left.
Perhaps the only good thing about this was that the remaining adult birds were completely dependent on the soldiers. Because their freedom was restricted, every bird's daily needs were taken care of by a corresponding soldier. They had no choice but to rely on the soldiers, unless they died like the previous birds.
Establishing a dependent relationship and continuing this dependence was the key to taming them in the end.
In comparison, the nearly four thousand nestlings that Yang Rui had obtained, after experiencing extreme discomfort in the initial stage and the death of more than three hundred nestlings, quickly stabilized, and the speed at which they established a relationship of dependence was much faster than that of the adult birds.
Until now, the total number of hatchlings that survived was still around 3300. The peak number of deaths occurred in the first few days. In the next month, only 500 to 600 hatchlings had died.
The difficulty of taming the hatchlings was also relatively lower. Of the remaining 3300 hatchlings, more than 300 had been tamed by Yang Rui's soldiers. However, these hatchlings were still in the growth stage. They could not carry people in flight.
Fortunately, the hatchlings' growth rate was still very impressive. After about a month of rearing them. Among the hatchlings, the larger ones had already grown to one-third of the adult birds' size. Based on this speed, the hatchlings would only take three to four months from hatching to adulthood.
The easiest to tame were the hatchlings from the eggs of the adult birds. The first adult bird that Yang Rui's soldiers successfully tamed was also a newly hatched hatchling. Of the 3000 eggs, more than 95% of them had successfully hatched.
Another 10% was lost during the rearing process. In the end, more than 2,600 healthy chicks survived. More than 1,100 hatchlings had become the pets of Yang Rui's soldiers, and the remaining 1,500 hatchlings had also established a good relationship with them. It was only natural that they would be subdued in the end.
As a result, Yang Rui's soldiers had now subdued nearly 1500 birds of both types. There were still over 6000 birds that had a high chance of being subdued by Yang Rui in order to establish a stable relationship of dependence.
This also signified that in the near future, Yang Rui would have a considerable amount of flying pets in his hands. If used together with the powerful soldiers of the [Capture Barracks], the effects would be obvious.
At least under normal circumstances, the defense of Sky City should not be a problem when flying. A considerable number of flying pets should be enough to protect Sky City. An adult bird was no weaker than a Sixth Grade soldier.
Being able to tame a large number of powerful flying pets would undoubtedly be one of Yang Rui's greatest rewards from this trip to another world. At the same time, it also provided a possibility for him to complete the mission of searching for the civilization's holy relic. As the attributes of Sky City were limited, the few natural defenses of Golden Cauldron Mountain might have to rely on these flying pets.
However, he still had to wait for the flying pets to mature. Calculating the time, there were still four to five game months left before the mission of searching for the three civilizations' holy relic. He should be able to make it in time.
Meanwhile, there were only five to six game months left before the player's Otherworld Tournament. Judging from the time, even if Yang Rui managed to conquer a new city, he would not be able to effectively control it for half a year and obtain temporary ownership of it.
Thus, Yang Rui's desire to conquer the cities of the Mexican civilization faded away. Although he could obtain large amounts of money, all sorts of soul-type items, and mission points, Yang Rui's three hundred million mission points were enough for him to sit firmly at the top of the list. Yang Rui had also accumulated over 10000 soul-type items. Money was not what Yang Rui needed the most.
While he was done with the defenses of Aguarabas and the other three cities, Yang Rui's attention once again returned to the Boundary Mountain Range, the Cursed Land, and the Outland.
There was no doubt that the resources in the Otherworld were abundant. The products of the Boundary Mountain Range and the Outland, as well as the mysteries of the Cursed Land, piqued Yang Rui's interest. Thus, Yang Rui used the convenience of the Castle in the Sky to visit a few more regions, including the Heavenly Wasteland. Yang Rui took a detailed look at each of them.
One of the main reasons Yang Rui went to the Boundary Mountain Range was for the Golden Harrier and the Flame Falcon. However, when Yang Rui returned to the cave that ran through the mountain range, he discovered that the Golden Harrier had long disappeared from the Mexican civilization's side. The number of Flame Falcons at the Three Kingdoms' side was also extremely low, and the boss of the Flame Falcon was camping there.
As he had to divide his forces to defend the four cities, Yang Rui only had Dian Wei and Guo Jia with him. He also only had twenty thousand Sixth Grade Formation Breaker soldiers and ten thousand Sixth Grade long-range archers. The rest of his forces were stationed in the four cities. Thus, Yang Rui did not choose to engage the boss of the Flame Falcon in a direct confrontation.
Since he couldn't get his hands on the two birds, Yang Rui controlled the Castle in the Sky to continue to explore higher altitudes. However, he also encountered resistance.
Not far from the top of the mountain range, the Castle in the Sky encountered a group of powerful monsters. These monsters resembled giant hedgehogs and had a pair of fleshy bat-like wings. They were snow-white in color, and although they couldn't fly long distances, they could glide.
The spikes on their bodies could be shot out to attack, and their destructive power was even higher than that of the Golden Harrier and the Flame Falcon. Under such circumstances, one or two of them could be avoided. More importantly, these monsters seemed to be scattered all over the mountain range higher up. Yang Rui had no choice but to turn back for the time being.
The trip to the Boundary Mountain Range wasn't completely fruitless. Yang Rui flew close to the mountain range and found several high-grade herbs. One of them was an old ginseng that Guo Jia regarded as a treasure and said that it would be very beneficial for his recovery. Yang Rui immediately handed it over to Guo Jia.
Yang Rui's exploration of the Off-Road Land, the Barren Land, and the Cursed Land was similar. Apart from obtaining a lot of materials of various grades in the Off-Road Land, he didn't make any further discoveries.
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