Bastion

After a short phone call, the house finally quieted down.

Zeng Mo focused his mind, condensing his consciousness into a form within his Gate of Divinity, and his gaze swept down toward the Flame Yellow Plains.

At the edge of the forest.

Little Black and the five kittens were playing with a catnip ball, while two black-spotted white cats, as if guarding them, huddled together in the grass watching.

The cat bowl beside them was already empty.

"Strange, where are Little Black and the rest of the cat colony?"

Zeng Mo's puzzled gaze swept across the trees and weeds at the edge of the forest, but he couldn't find a trace of them.

He focused his mind, and soon, he discovered that they had all been led by Big Black to the side of the stream.

Big Black was by the stream, its pair of sharp cat eyes fixed intently on the flowing water, occasionally leaping onto the rocks protruding from the current.

Soon, it leaped onto a flat, smooth rock in the middle of the stream, lowered its body slightly, and stared at a large black shadow swimming in the water.

It looked like Big Black was trying to do something—fishing.

No, it was leading the wild cat colony to hunt by the stream.

Zeng Mo watched the large shadow in the water and opened the Gate of Divinity panel again.

[Aquatic Life: Floating Fish Colony (200 units)]

"I released twenty units of floating fish last night. I didn't expect them to reproduce so quickly; in just one night, they've reached two hundred units."

"It seems the food for the freshwater shrimp fry and freshwater fish fry is sorted; I can arrange to release them now."

Zeng Mo pondered for a moment, took out two white cards, focused his mind, and the cards in his hand turned into specks of starlight, merging into the Flame Yellow Plains.

[The host has released 1 Freshwater Shrimp Card in their own Gate of Divinity water area, obtaining 1,000 freshwater shrimp fry. Divine Domain progression +1.]

[The host has released 1 Freshwater Fish Card in their own Gate of Divinity water area, obtaining 1,000 freshwater fish fry. Divine Domain progression +1.]

"At this rate, the thousand freshwater shrimp fry and thousand freshwater fish fry should take at least three or four months to breed the next generation."

"By then, the cat colony will be able to catch fish or large green shrimp here."

Zeng Mo pondered, then shifted his gaze to the junction of the forest and the plains.

The three patches of rice seedlings he had released yesterday were already sprouting bright green shoots. Zeng Mo glanced at them and a prompt appeared.

[Rice Paddy: Seedling stage. Barring any accidents, the rice should be ready for harvest within three months.]

"Not bad, I'll have a harvest in three months."

"I wonder what the rice grains containing divine energy will taste like, and what kind of changes they will bring to the body."

Zeng Mo thought for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Jadeite Valley.

After a night of mining.

Inside the small automated mining vehicles, over a hundred pieces of jadeite of varying sizes had already accumulated.

Zeng Mo glanced at them, his gaze finally settling on a palm-sized piece of jadeite that looked like a gold ingot.

[Jadeite: Green quality material. A jade stone containing a trace of divine energy.]

"It seems just as I guessed; the material quality classification for items is the same as the card draw colors."

"It's just that the output of green quality jadeite is a bit too low; it took over a hundred pieces of jadeite to produce just one green quality piece."

Just as Zeng Mo was observing the situation in his Divine Domain, a doorbell rang in the living room.

"Ding-dong."

The sound of the doorbell followed.

Zeng Mo quickly withdrew his consciousness, returned to his physical body, walked to the front door, and through the cat's eye, saw a young man in a courier uniform standing in front of his door.

Behind him, in a delivery truck, there were two other young men in courier uniforms moving one large box after another out of the truck.

"Hello, is this Zeng Mo's residence?" The courier at the door asked immediately after Zeng Mo opened the door.

"Yes, I am Zeng Mo." Zeng Mo nodded, looking at the one-meter-tall cardboard boxes behind the courier, and said, "Are these the cat supplies I ordered last night?"

"Yes, please sign here."

Zeng Mo nodded, signed his name, and then pointed to a path, saying, "Move the boxes into the living room."

Ten minutes later.

Zeng Mo closed the door, walked into the living room, and opened the Gate of Divinity, positioning it at the edge of the forest.

"Woof woof."

Little White saw Little Black inside the Gate of Divinity playing with the five kittens, and immediately barked excitedly, running over.

Little Black turned its head to see Zeng Mo and Little White on the other side of the Gate of Divinity, and immediately let out a crisp, clear meow.

Zeng Mo put the twenty large cardboard boxes into his storage space, then walked in, arrived beside Little Black, and reached out to stroke its head.

Little Black hadn't seen him for a night, and it kept letting out soft, chirping meows, rubbing against Zeng Mo's palm in a particularly clingy manner.

The five kittens on the side seemed to want a share of Zeng Mo's attention as well, and they also scurried over.

Naturally, Zeng Mo did not play favorites; he gave each of them a pat, though the fur on these five kittens was a bit dry and not as smooth as Little Black's. He figured that once he got more familiar with them, he would give them all a bath.

After a brief interaction, Zeng Mo filled the food bowls in the pet room, watching the kittens, as well as the two large white cats with black spots nearby, all run over to eat.

He then took the cat houses out of his storage space, placing them all at the edge of the forest to begin setting up these cat dwellings.

He worked for over an hour, and the twenty-odd cat houses were quickly assembled and set up.

The cat houses were log-cabin-style structures.

Each log cabin was not large, but they were a meter and a half long and about half a meter wide. In the middle, there were two circular holes, and the insides were lined with soft, fluffy blankets. As long as they crawled inside, they could sleep comfortably.

Once the cat houses were set up, Zeng Mo thought for a moment, then spoke to Little Black and the other kittens, not caring whether they understood him or not, and made a unilateral announcement:

"From now on, this area at the edge of the forest is the new home for you Bar-Bari cat clan, and this is your territory, Bar-Bari clan."

"Meow."

Little Black raised its head, meowing in a way that sounded like it half-understood, then curiously chased after the mint cat ball and ran into one of the largest log cabin holes.

Before long, the other five kittens also ran inside, wanting to snatch the mint cat ball from Little Black's paws to play with.

Little White looked on from outside the cabin, seemingly wanting to go in and play, but it hesitated and looked toward the side at the two large white cats with black spots who were currently licking their cat fur.

"It's fine, go ahead." Zeng Mo gave Little White a nudge and urged it.

Little White then ran inside.

Very quickly.

It was playing with Little Black and the others, scrambling for the mint cat ball inside the log cabin, blending right in.

Seeing this, Zeng Mo smiled slightly, then raised his hand to check the time; it was already past two-thirty in the afternoon.

"The business in the Divine Realm has come to an end for now."

"I should also go work hard to earn more Survival Points and strengthen my foundation."

With that said, Zeng Mo left Little White there, turned around, and left the Flame-Burning Realm, returning to the apartment. He opened the door, left the apartment, and began his daily routine.

[The host is bold and daring, resting safely and soundly for the night within the powerful and mysterious system, as well as the apartment surrounded by other powerful beings; Survival Points +10.]

[The host is calm and composed, passing through the human path filled with strange and powerful beings without being noticed by other powerful beings lingering in this place; Survival Points +10.]

[The host is bold as a tiger, on the commercial street where danger lurks...]