Chapter 69 War Pet

Amos arrived at the war pet breeding base.
Amos came to a vertical sea cliff and saw a huge cave with a diameter of 8 meters cut into the underwater cliff. There were fishmen patrolling outside the cave, and fishmen guards at the entrance of the cave.
A patrolling murloc spotted a white dragon diving into the water and quickly swam over to greet it, while another murloc at the end of the group left the team.
As Amos surveyed the surroundings of the cave, a darkscale murloc with white scales on its forehead received a message and walked out of the cave.
It came to the White Dragon and said, "Master! The 17th Battle Pet Breeding Base welcomes your arrival."
"Hmm, take me in for a look."
"Yes!"
Although the entrance was large, it was still too small for Amos. The White Dragon shrank in size, swaying its tail, and followed the Fishman servants into the battle pet breeding base.
There are merfolk carrying lantern fish swimming back and forth in the cave, and the dim light illuminates the deep cave. For merfolk with dark vision, this is enough.
After passing through two gates, Amos asked, "How is the defense system here?"
Fishman's follower: "Sir, there are two teams of fishmen patrolling in front of the cave at all times. There are four elite guards at the entrance and two gates to pass through once inside. Within the base, there is a team of fishmen on patrol, and hidden lookouts are placed around some corners. In order to ensure adequate rest, all staff work in three shifts."
Bai Long nodded his head and said, "The security measures are strict! You have done a good job!"
"Thanks for the Master's praise. These are all duties of us. Furthermore, you have specially reminded us that the breeding of battle pets is a matter of great importance. Therefore, we will do our best to ensure the safety of the breeding of battle pets."
These war pets, under the command of the Murloc Tidehunter, can exert a combat power that far exceeds that of several times or even dozens of times the number of Murlocs, making them the main naval force under the White Dragon. Therefore, Amos has always attached great importance to the training process of war pets.
After walking for a while, the Darkfin Murloc attendant stopped and pointed to a fork in the road: "Master, these four caves lead to the nurseries of the Giant Crab, Swordfish, Megalodon, and Deep Sea Hatchetfish respectively. Which one would you like to see first?"
"One by one, come on."
Amos chose the leftmost cave and walked in with the fish people following closely behind.
The breeding ground for the giant crab's offspring is very long, straight and impossible to see the end at a glance. The caves on both sides of the tunnel are symmetrically neat stone chambers.
Amos casually opened a stone door and walked in. He saw the square small holes carved into the stone walls of the chamber.
The holes were just big enough to accommodate a shoebox-sized juvenile giant crab, but there were far fewer holes than there were juvenile crabs, and many were fighting for the right to live in them.
On the cave floor, there are many giant crabs with missing limbs.
The fishman's associate explained to Yamos while looking at the broken giant crabs, "These giant crabs can give birth to nearly a hundred offspring per litter. The young are sent to the same stone chamber, and these giant crabs are naturally aggressive, always ready to fight when they meet. Only the cave walls provide a safe haven, so they constantly fight for control of the caves."
"We sprinkle the food on the ground, so the giant crab in the cave cannot stay inside all the time. After each feeding, there will be a new round of competition, which can cause the giant crab to become disabled. These disabled giant crabs will be quickly taken away by the work fish people who come to feed them for processing."
“Until the number of giant crabs in the cave is less than or equal to the number of caves, they will stop fighting. In this way, we select the strongest part of the giant crab larvae. At this point, they will be taken away for the next round of training. Only those who pass the test can survive to adulthood and become hunting pets of the tide.”
After reaching adulthood, the average length of the giant crab is up to eight meters, with a hard shell covering its whole body. Its huge claws can snap thick logs as thick as a person's waist, making it comparable to a tank on the battlefield. Moreover, it can go ashore, which is why the giant crab has always been one of the key training objects for combat pets.
The Lord of Bai Long nodded with satisfaction and praised, "Very good, it has improved from the original cultivation method!"
A dragon and a fish then arrived at the swordfish breeding base on the other side.
The fishman retainer pointed to the swordfish fry in the mud and explained, "Unlike the numerous hammer crab, the swordfish fry are not so plentiful, and their juvenile beaks are soft. If they collide with a rock wall, they are very likely to break, rendering the swordfish useless. Therefore, they are raised in the sludge. However, feeding them is troublesome. These swordfish fry are timid and will flee at the slightest scare,..."
After watching Swordfish, the Lord of the White Dragon and the spouse of the Black-Scaled Fish People watched the breeding chambers of the Megalodon and Deep-Sea Titans. The Megalodon and Deep-Sea Titans were huge and relatively rare in number, each with a separate stone chamber for each hatchling, which were fed by professional staff.
After visiting the underwater Battle Pet Breeding Base, Amos came to the breeding base of the absolute main force of the Battle Pets - the Copper-Backed Crocodile Turtle. Unlike other Battle Pets living underwater, the Copper-Backed Crocodile Turtle Breeding Base is built on the beach.
Amos saw from a distance a row of wooden houses on the golden beach, which was the home of the fish feeding officials who raised the copper-backed crocodiles, while the crocodile hatchlings lived by the sea.
The fish people installed isolation nets at the seaside to block out the predators, allowing the young copperbacked turtle to live within the protected area. Due to their large numbers, strong vitality, and high survival rate, copperbacked turtles have always been raised in an open setting, with regular feeding times each day.
Amos happened to encounter feeding fish people, and the young crocodile turtles were like ants scrambling for food on the beach.
The Lord of the White Dragon took a glance at these ordinary crocodile turtles and lost interest in them.
The White Dragon Lord went straight to the center of the island, where there was a heavily guarded artificial lake. This was the base for breeding excellent individuals of crocodiles and turtles.
Compared to the scene of refugees scrambling for food on the beach, the number of turtles here was much smaller and the quality varied greatly. The turtles here were selected from millions of turtle hatchlings through a series of selections, either by having outstanding body size or active magical elements on their bodies.
Each of them has its own number and is fed with special food by professional fishers, while their growth data are recorded for the reference of the executives.
After discussion by the executives, some of these special turtles will be awarded to outstanding graduates of the Huntress Academy, while others will be used for breeding and live a comfortable life, while improving the average level of the tribe.
Although these special crocodiles are excellent, they are not the outstanding individuals that Amos is interested in. After all, excellent mutations are not easy to produce.
The White Dragon Lord was planning to go to the breeding grounds of special sea creatures such as Ramoth turtles, lantern fish, and coral insects. Suddenly, he received a magic message from Gulgaru.