Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 208 Bai Xuanfeng's Supernatural Abilities
After leaving Old Master Huo's house, Bai Li hurriedly walked home.

As they walked, she urged Jiang Minglang, "Hurry up, I still want to see if we can make it."

The egg was so small, the chicks that hatched must have been pitifully tiny, but thinking that her own phoenix had also grown from such a tiny chick to this big one, it felt amazing.

While the same applies to humans, its egg is simply too small.

"What's the rush? There's still one egg that hasn't hatched yet. Even if you miss this one, you can wait for the next one."

Although what he said made a lot of sense, Bai Li still wanted to witness the moment when the first chick hatched. After all, she had been waiting all morning, and it would be a pity not to see it.

However, to her surprise, when she got home and entered the pet room, she was shocked to see two tiny, pinkish-white baby birds with half a shell still on their heads lying in Fengbao's nest.

This means not only the first egg has hatched, but the second one has also emerged?
"Mom, look, Xiaofeng's baby has fur on its body, one is egg-yolk yellow and the other is white."

Qiqi squatted in front of the bird's nest, looking up at her excitedly, "Don't they look like their father and mother respectively?"

Bai Li snapped out of her shock. She blinked first, then squatted down to examine the two baby birds closely.

It was indeed very small. Its pink little body looked about the size of her thumb. Its little head swayed from side to side, and its eyes were half open. One of the cubs had a tuft of yellow hair on its head, and the other had a tuft of white hair. There were also a few sparse hairs on its pink little body, but one was pure yellow and the other was pure white.

To be honest, these baby birds are just like human babies at birth—ugly and fragile, yet somehow they also make people feel a little soft-hearted and hesitant to touch them.

Fengbao and Bai Xuanfeng lay on either side, looking down at their two cubs.

For the first time in her life, Bai Li saw her usually unruly bird with eyes full of tenderness and surprise.

She's become a mother after all.

Bai Li asked Qi Qi, "The second egg was perfectly fine when I left, how come it hatched so quickly?"

It had only been two hours since she left. At that time, she had specifically lifted up Bai Xuanfeng's belly to take a look. The second little egg was smooth and white, without any cracks.

Even if the crack appeared shortly after she left, given the speed at which the first chick pecked at its shell, it's impossible for it to emerge so quickly.

Qiqi said, "Mom, as soon as you left, the first baby bird pecked open the eggshell. As soon as it came out, the second egg reacted. But it's so smart, Mom, do you know how it pecked open the shell?"

As he spoke, Qiqi pointed to the half-shell of the egg that the second chick had left behind and gestured to his mother, "Like this, a circle. It actually knew to peck in a circle. Look here, the head and tail are connected. If one part cracks, the whole thing cracks. So in the end, it came out with a piece of shell on its head. Isn't that clever?"

Compared to the first eggshell, which was covered in cracks, the second one looked much simpler. Apart from a ring and surrounding cracks, it was smooth and free of cracks.

"This shell"

When Jiang Minglang squatted down, he covered the people and birds in front of him like a mountain. Feng Bao was fine, but Bai Xuan Feng suddenly bristled and appeared fierce like never before. He turned his head to glare at people, and his neck suddenly became very long.

However, before Bai Li and Qiqi Jiji could show any surprise, Feng Bao slapped their necks with her wing. Then, her slender neck snapped back into place. Bai Xuanfeng turned her head to look at Feng Bao, then tilted her head to look at Jiang Minglang.

Seemingly still sensing the danger posed by this person, it moved closer to the two cubs and raised one wing to protect them.

Jiang Minglang:
Is he really that scary?

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that this white phoenix's special ability is to grow a long neck.
What kind of superpower is this?
Transform?

No, that's not the point. Jiang Minglang withdrew his surprised gaze from Bai Xuanfeng and said to his wife and son in front of him, "Tell Fengbao that if this eggshell is useless, could I have it?"

Actually, apart from the two chicks on their heads, Qiqi had already moved the rest to the edge of the nest. After all, the chicks' skin looked incredibly delicate, and he was afraid of touching them and hurting them.

Hearing his father's words, he looked surprised, "The baby birds have already hatched, why does Fengbao still need the eggshell?"

He felt that this was completely useless to Fengbao and Bai Xuanfeng, and he was originally going to take it out and throw it away anyway.

Bai Li reached out and picked up a leaf; it was a thin, white layer, seemingly fragile, but...
She turned her head and gently slid her hand across the small wooden ladder she had made for Fengbao. With a click, a small piece of wood fell to the ground.

The group stared at the piece of wood that had fallen to the ground, and all fell silent.

They finally understood why the baby bird only got one thin crack after pecking three times each time; the shell looked thin, but it was very hard!

After regaining her senses, Qiqi immediately reached out and picked all the eggshells out of the nest, saying as she did so, "It's too dangerous. We can't put them in the nest anymore. What if the baby birds get hurt? Fengbao, give me the ones on your baby's head too."

As if understanding Qiqi's words, Xiaofeng lowered her head and held the two petals on the tops of the two cubs' heads in her mouth, then placed them in Qiqi's palm.

Qiqi turned to his father and urged him, "Dad, you should go out. Bai Jun won't feel comfortable here."

"Bai Jun?"

Bai Li raised an eyebrow, glanced at Bai Xuanfeng, and asked her son, "What did you name it?"

"Yeah, Gigi and I came up with this together. It's the 'Jun' of 'Junzi' (君子), doesn't it sound nice?"

Whether it sounds good or not, it's up to you to decide.

After getting the eggshell, Jiang Minglang got up and said to his wife and children before leaving, "This one is a white cockatiel."

"Dad, its name is Bai Jun."

"Try to figure out Bai Jun's special ability. I don't think it can be tamed. If it flies away one day, knowing its ability will make it easier for us to find it again."

The main problem is that the outside world is really unsafe for mutated animals these days.

Even without his father saying anything, Qiqi wanted to figure out what Bai Jun's special ability was. There was no other reason than curiosity.

Once his big dad left, the small pet room suddenly felt spacious.

Qiqi whispered to his mother, "Just now, Bai Jun's neck suddenly became really long, right? Mom, did you see it clearly? How long was it?"

Because the lengthening and shrinking happened almost in an instant, Qiqi felt as if she were hallucinating, as if it were unreal.

Bai Li thought for a moment and said, "It should be at least thirty centimeters long, but I don't think it has reached its limit yet. Maybe it can become even longer."

Longer?

Gigi, standing nearby, swallowed hard and whispered, "Auntie, its special ability is just to lengthen its neck to fight? That doesn't really help much, does it?"

With such a small body and such thin legs, what good is a long neck?
Anyone's first reaction upon seeing this would likely be that it's not only useless, but also makes it easy for someone to grab you, since the neck always feels very vulnerable.

Bai Li thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's not just its neck that will grow longer. Feng Bao probably stopped it not only because she didn't want it to transform into its own kind, but also..."

There was something else Bai Li couldn't explain, but she trusted her bird; if it was stopping her, it must have had a more compelling reason to do so.

Compared to Bai Jun's special ability, Qi Qi was more concerned about something else: "Mom, look, the baby birds' beaks are open. Are they hungry? Should we give them warm water first?" It has to be said that the mother and son were very considerate in taking care of their pets.

When I found the bird eggs were cracked in the morning, I prepared warm water in a thermos and placed it in the pet room. The water was naturally from Qiqi's own water supply. I boiled the water and let it cool to a certain temperature before putting it into the thermos.

Actually, at the beginning of the apocalypse, they once passed by a bird shop that specialized in parrots. With the idea of ​​preparing for Xiao Feng, they cleaned up almost everything in the shop except for the birdcage and some unused toys, including various kinds of bird food and some milk powder for newly hatched parrots.

However, the milk powder has expired, so it definitely cannot be used now.

The old man helped cook millet porridge and kept it in the kitchen so that he could feed the baby birds anytime.

In addition, boiled goat milk was also prepared.

Bai Li planned to let Feng Bao choose which food to feed. She had no choice; the conditions were what they were. Whether the little ones could eat or survive depended on their parents.

However, since they have just hatched, we should definitely feed them warm water first.

She dipped a cotton swab in warm water and gently placed it near the baby bird's beak. Watching the bird open and close its beak to swallow the water, Bai Li and her two children smiled happily.

"I drank it, and this one is too."

"Their mouths are still open. Should we continue feeding them millet porridge or goat milk?"

"No, they've only been hatched for less than two hours. You can't feed them now. Wait a little longer."

"Mom, do you think Fengbao will choose millet porridge or goat milk?"

Before Bai Li could speak, Gigi quickly said, "I guess it's goat milk. Goat milk tastes good."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but lick his lips. Bai Li chuckled and reached out to flick Gigi's nose. "We have goat milk every day at home. Haven't you had enough?"

The sheepfold in Baiguoyuan originally had only a dozen sheep, but now it has grown to more than thirty. Among them, five sheep regularly give birth twice a year, but only one lamb each time, yet they produce an unexpectedly large amount of milk.

So, the excess milk expressed each day, after being filtered and cooked, ended up in the stomachs of several children.

The two brothers have grown taller by leaps and bounds in the past year or so, and goat milk has played a significant role in that.

But Bai Li couldn't get used to it; no matter how much she tried to remove the gamey smell, she always felt the taste was strange.

Gigi chuckled and scratched his head sheepishly.

I was criticized by Uncle Du once before for getting a sore throat from drinking too much goat milk. He said that even the best things should be consumed in moderation, and that too much of anything is as bad as too little.

"Auntie, if Fengbao chooses goat milk, then we'll leave it for them from now on. I won't drink it anymore."

"How much can they drink? Why do you need to tell them? You and Qiqi are both growing, and one cup a day is the limit, so drink yours and don't worry about the others."

Actually, Bai Li thinks that Feng Bao is more likely to choose millet porridge, since it really likes to eat millet.

After feeding the baby birds water, the group had some free time.

Then, Qiqi turned her gaze to Bai Xuanfeng.

Oh no, it's Bai Jun.

Qiqi asked Fengbao with a serious expression, "What exactly is Baijun's special ability? Can you make it transform right now? Don't worry, Fengbao, only a few of us know, we will never tell anyone else."

Dad and Grandpa don't count as other people.

As Qiqi spoke, Fengbao tilted her little head and looked at him, her two eyes pitch black, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

Seeing that Fengbao didn't react for a long time, Qiqi suspected that it didn't understand.

how to say?

Although his birds and dogs are quite intelligent and understand human nature, they don't always respond when you talk to them; about two out of ten times, they don't react at all.

Like probability, you can understand it 80% of the time.

So Qiqi concluded that Fengbao hadn't understood this time.

He decisively used gestures, first pointing to Bai Xuanfeng's neck, then to his own, and then using both small hands to grab his own neck and pull it upwards, saying as he pulled, "Like this, didn't Bai Jun's neck just grow longer? Can you make it grow longer again?"

Fengbao straightened its tilted head and looked at the white phoenix, staring at it blankly. Then, Fengbao did what it usually did to Xiaowu and the white phoenix: it spread one wing, bypassed the two chicks huddled together at the very back of the nest, and with one wing, it actually knocked the white phoenix out of the nest.

Perhaps the force used this time was a bit too much, because after being swatted away, Bai Xuanfeng fell to the ground. If it weren't for the dry grass on the cement ground, it would definitely have been covered in dirt.

After getting up from the ground, Bai Xuanfeng turned to look at Fengbao, and felt that her eyes were both aggrieved and resentful.

"what!"

Fengbao stretched out her neck and barked at it, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Bai Li couldn't help but sigh in her heart. "Sigh, what a fine bird, how come it's not ladylike at all?"

She reflected on her three-plus years of raising birds and realized it was perfectly normal!

However, in the next instant, Bai Li had no time to think about how she had raised the little bird to be so unladylike, because Bai Xuanfeng had transformed!
Its neck first grew rapidly to almost half a meter long, and then its whole body also grew larger, as did its claws and two bird legs.

How should I put it?

Just imagine this: a small bird that could easily be held on your finger, standing at your feet, suddenly its body seems to swell and become several times larger.

And as you look at it, the process of going from looking down at it to looking straight ahead, and then looking up, takes less than a minute.

The most outrageous thing was that its body visibly became stronger as it expanded; if it were a human, Bai Li had no doubt that it had abs. Its two bird claws were as hard as steel, their long nails turning black and gleaming with a chilling sharpness under the light.

Bai Li couldn't help but stand up, and then she discovered that the white phoenix, after transforming, was actually half a head taller than her—and that was even with it looking down at them.

"Oh My God"

The two children, Qiqi and Jiji, were completely stunned, and after a long while, they murmured in surprise.

However, before they could express their amazement again, the black phoenix suddenly turned back to its original form.

good night!