Chapter 15

Although the zoo was in a state of disrepair, many of the problems were beyond the capabilities of the two of them to solve. Therefore, after uploading all the data, Kong Bi went to clean up.

The Peacock Mountain Zoo is as large as a school that can accommodate several thousand people, so its area is not small. Therefore, even though Kong Bi currently only plans to clean up a few places that need to be used first, it will still take more than a day or two.

As for Quan Xiangsong, who is over sixty years old, even though he is in good health, Kong Bi dare not let him do any physical labor. After all, if something unexpected really happened, no one could bear the responsibility. Fortunately, he didn’t try to be brave, and simply went to observe the behavior of the green peacocks.

Kong Bi asked Hua Jiao keep an eye on him, so that if anything unexpected happened, she would be informed in time, and then she went to do her own work.

Because Kong Bi’s cooking skills were truly unappetizing, Quan Xiangsong took over all the meals, and Kong Bi was responsible for washing the dishes.

When she finally finished her work, she returned to her bedroom, took out paper and pen, and began to record.

   Income:

 • Rent received from tenants: 4000 yuan.

 • Compensation from grandfather for a large fish he caught but couldn’t eat: 5000 yuan.

 • Transfer from mother due to recent high expenses: 30000 yuan.

 • Subsidy from sister-in-law for entrepreneurial encouragement (including 4532 yuan of brother’s hidden money found while cleaning): 14532 yuan.

 • Total income: 53532 yuan.

   Expenses:

• Financial assistance to brother: 5000 yuan.

• Online purchase of daily necessities: 5300 yuan.

• Prepayment deposit for cleaning company: 3000 yuan.

• Total expenses: 13300 yuan.

   Net Increase in Balance:

• 40235 yuan.

Reflection: I must avoid impulsive spending in the future. I shouldn’t hire a cleaning service just because I’m tired from cleaning. I need to be thrifty. (Note: Remember to extort my brother next time I give him financial assistance.)

Closing her notebook, Kong Bi felt relaxed. Green peacocks are not carnivores, and with her current income, she could afford to feed them even if the zoo didn’t open for a year. But that’s not how the math works. There are various instruments, daily maintenance of the zoo, and other monsters that will move in in the future… Especially some carnivores, which can easily eat hundreds or thousands a day, not to mention that monsters have even bigger appetites and eat even more.

Therefore, it is imperative to live frugally before achieving a balanced budget. Kong Bi has already decided that the electronic equipment, such as cameras, used to shape monsters into Internet celebrities can be selected from the equipment her brother has discarded. He can also pay for the shipping, which will save a lot of money. Perfect!

Late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, all sounds were silent, and even the ceaseless chirping of cicadas and birds that usually filled the night had disappeared. Kong Bi suddenly woke up from a nightmare, wanting to raise her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, only to realize that she had unknowingly returned to her original form.

Kong Bi vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but she had not yet received the inherited memory and did not know where the problem was.

An inexplicable sense of alarm arose from her heart, and her heart began to beat violently. Kong Bi spread her wings and instinctively flew towards the Peacock Garden.

“Du Kuo——”

A high-pitched cry came from the Peacock Garden. The good vision in the darkness allowed Kong Bi to see the flying black shadow in the air, and its sharp claws firmly grasped Hua Jiao’s wings.

Kong Bi spread her wings and flew away.

“Goo hoo hoo!—”

The dark shadow immediately flapped its wings and flew into the sky. It glared at Kong Bi, completely unafraid of its size, which was half that of Kong Bi’s, and exuded a fierce aura.

It released the prey under its claws, let out a strange cry, and pounced towards Kong Bi. Its body, over a meter long, was like an arrow flying straight forward. Kong Bi spread her wings, and her wings, shimmering with a faint light, fanned forward directly.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the dark shadow fell directly to the ground, splashing mud.

“Goo woo—”

Before the peacock on the ground could beat a drowning dog, the large bird rolled to its feet at an even faster speed, its feathers shaking, and with a sudden long cry, its pitch-black eyes gradually turned red, as if covered with a layer of blood.

Feeling a great threat, it obviously used its ultimate move. Kong Bi’s bloodline surged rapidly within her body, like a rushing river, providing her whole body with a continuous flow of power, and she collided with the large bird again.

Clang!

The sharp claws collided, emitting a metallic sound. Pecks and bites, tarsal bones clashing, large swaths of feathers fluttered down. Under the pure white moonlight, the beautiful feathers were like fallen leaves stirred by the wind, with hidden killing intent in their fluttering.

“Goo um!—”

Realizing that it couldn’t defeat its opponent, the large bird immediately relied on its agile figure, flapped its wings, turned around, and flew towards the distant forest. Its blood-red eyes stared at Kong Bi, deeply etching her image into its mind.

Kong Bi landed on the ground, exhaling a long breath. The green peacocks immediately gathered around her.

A pile of feathers had accumulated on the ground. Huajiao couldn’t fly, so it hopped and skipped to Kong Bi’s front: “My king, are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” Kong Bi said, looking at Huājiāo’s wings, she couldn’t help but sigh. The smell of blood was clear. As she recovered her strength, she said, “Lead them to my place.”

Kong Bi lived in one of the residences in the peacock garden. Since it wasn’t far, she didn’t plan to carry Huājiāo there herself. The large bird that had just been driven away wouldn’t return so soon, giving her enough time.

After giving Huajiao the order, Kongbi immediately flapped her wings and flew away. Although she and the big bird fought fiercely, the noise was not loud. Except for the sound of the other party being smashed to the ground at the beginning, there was basically no big sound. The other party’s more than two-meter-long wings flapped without making any sound at all, just like an assassin in the dark night. Naturally, it was impossible to wake up Quan Xiangsong who was not close to the Peacock Garden.

Returning to the dormitory, Kong Bi couldn’t help but feel annoyed. She had no experience fighting other demons in her true form, otherwise, she wouldn’t have fought with the opponent to a stalemate. Although the opponent clearly seemed to have a wealth of hunting experience, the difference in size and rank couldn’t be overcome by experience alone.

Yes, the opponent was a demon, and an owl demon. However, because she was unfamiliar with owl species, Kong Bi couldn’t identify the opponent’s species. Even though the opponent had two distinctively raised “eyebrows,” there was more than one type of owl with such tufts of feathers. This characteristic only narrowed the scope of suspicion at most.

Judging from its size, it was slightly larger than an ordinary owl, but only by a limited amount. The change of its eyes from black to blood-red was a manifestation of its innate supernatural power, but its body didn’t change significantly. Therefore, Kong Bi judged that it was probably a demon about to break through from the fledgling stage to the juvenile stage. This might be why it had targeted Huajiao.

Breakthroughs require energy. Its body’s instincts were telling it that it needed to eat more to replenish the energy required for the breakthrough. And the allure of a demon like Huājiāo was obviously much greater than that of ordinary animals. Any demon, in the eyes of another demon, actually had an effect similar to Tang Monk’s flesh, not to mention that for some owls, a chicks, wild rabbits, and even fawns were originally on their menu, so there was even less reason to let Huājiāo go.

Unfortunately, it failed to capture the opponent in the end.

Kong Bi couldn’t help but feel a little ashamed. After all, fighting a demon that was smaller and lower in rank than herself to a stalemate was not something to be proud of. Her combat power was truly pathetic, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she had lost all face. She even forgot to release her aura to intimidate the opponent. Otherwise, even if the opponent had the inflated ego that demons have when facing ordinary animals, the possibility of it choosing to flee would have been greater than the possibility of it fighting her head-on.

The reason for the previous situation was entirely because the opponent’s wild instincts judged that she was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

What a disgrace to demons!

Kong Bi rubbed her face and vowed to catch the opponent. “It’s not the thief who steals that’s scary, it’s the thief who’s thinking about it.” The temptation of a breakthrough was enough for the opponent to ignore the potential risks.

Even if it had tested Kong Bi today and found that she was weak in all aspects and couldn’t defeat it, it would still ignore all risks in the face of the temptation of a breakthrough.