Guys, I Found a Human

"Fat Chirp Farms and Raises Cubs in the Wasteland" by Fan Xian [Complete]

Synopsis:

After his death, Tao Qiu was reborn as a fat chirp in a wasteland world. From hatching to adulthood, he spent many years in a daze.

It was not until he turned twenty that he assumed human form and recovered his memories of his previous life as a human.

Bad news: a heat he could barely control had arrived.

Good news: a handsome man had appeared in his territory.

Tao Qiu happily carried the man back to his nest in his beak.

That night, the two of them ended up in bed together.

The next day, Tao Qiu went out to find food, only to return and find the man gone.

A month later, Tao Qiu laid three bird eggs. Another month passed, and the eggs hatched into three little birds.

And just like that, Tao Qiu became a father of three.

To feed himself and his children, Tao Qiu began growing crops on the heavily polluted wasteland. He started with a single blade of grass and filled his granaries by the autumn harvest.

Several years later, the valley where the father and children lived had gone from barren to lush and green. The fresh fragrance of fruits and vegetables filled the air at all times, attracting the covetous attention of countless fierce beasts.

The three little fat chirps were fired up. To defend their food, they pecked every beast that approached full of holes.

One day, the three birds dragged a human home and chirped excitedly at Tao Qiu, "Dad, Dad, we want to eat this today!"

Tao Qiu looked at the familiar man, then at his drooling children, and suddenly recalled a dark joke.

"Life's bland and uninspired; charcoal-grilled Dad is just what's required."

The hottest news at Yong'an Base lately was that Lou Yu, the base's strongest fighter, had brought back a man and three cubs. Word had it they were his partner and children!

Bystander A: "He was only gone a few days. How could he have children that big? He must be their stepfather."

Bystander B: "Stepfather or not, supplies are scarce these days. A single potato has to be split into three meals. With five mouths to feed, Lou Yu will probably work himself to death running missions."

Bystander C: "Agreed. That man and those children are all fair and tender. You can tell at a glance they won't be easy to provide for."

Some time later, the fruits and vegetables Tao Qiu grew with his children were eagerly snapped up by the people of the base, earning him both fame and money.

Lou Yu: "Actually, my wife and children are the ones providing for me."

Everyone: "You don't say. We figured that out ages ago!"

1. A heartwarming slice-of-life story about a handsome guy farming and raising cubs. There are tons of huge golden fingers, and it's nothing but satisfying and sweet.

2. There are lots of private settings that serve the plot, so please don't examine them too closely.

3. Lots of cubs. If that's your thing, come on in; if it's a dealbreaker, proceed with caution. (Finger heart)

Content tags:

Male pregnancy

Transmigration through time and space, farming, cute pets, wasteland, cute children

Main character's perspective: Tao Qiu; interacting character's perspective: Lou Yu

One-line synopsis: Picking up a man, laying eggs, and farming in the wasteland.

Theme: Human determination can overcome nature; love farming.

Chapter 1: Guys, I Found a Human

It was late spring. A cold wind howled, dark clouds blanketed the sky, and a torrential downpour was brewing.

On the wild wasteland, two figures raced along, one behind the other. The one in front was a man dressed in black, running for his life; behind him was a mutant wolf, hunting him down.

As the distance between them steadily shrank, it seemed the man was destined to end up in the wolf's belly. The wolf realized it too and growled as it sped up again.

The fleeing man was pale as paper. He was injured, and blood kept dripping from his wounds, draining his strength faster and making the mutant wolf crave his flesh all the more.

With his life on the line, the man's expression was grave.

It had originally been a simple patrol mission. He only had to drive two circuits around his assigned area before returning, and nothing had ever gone wrong before. But this time, something unexpected had happened: the squad he led had run headlong into a pack of mutant wolves.

The roughly circular area extending ten kilometers in every direction from the base was collectively known as the safe zone, because it had the fewest mutant monsters.

For convenience, the safe zone was divided into eastern, western, southern, and northern sections, each patrolled by a different team. Their duties were to help base personnel in trouble and deal with mutant monsters that appeared. If they encountered a problem beyond their ability to handle, they could also promptly call the base for help.

Compared with venturing outside, the danger level was considered quite low.

Moreover, mutant monsters had a clear sense of territory and generally did not recklessly invade one another's turf. That was the unspoken rule.

So the potential dangers in each area were largely predictable, and the measures for dealing with them were well established.

It was common knowledge that mutant wolves gathered and hunted north of the safe zone. Thus, when the patrol found a pack of them in the southern safe zone, everyone was caught off guard.

Human flesh held a deadly attraction for mutant monsters. It was also one of the reasons humanity struggled to survive in a world where plants and animals everywhere had evolved.

The mutant wolves they encountered were particularly frenzied. As if they felt no pain, they trampled over their companions' bodies and charged the patrol vehicle through a hail of bullets, all to feast on human flesh and blood.

Their ammunition was limited, and when they tried to call the base and nearby patrols for help, they discovered their communicator had suddenly broken for some unknown reason.

The mutant wolves had chosen today to risk their lives crossing out of their habitat, run right into them, and left them unable to call for help.

With so many coincidences coming together, it couldn't possibly be a coincidence.

And if it wasn't a coincidence, it could only have been done by human hands.

The man knew that many people at the base wanted him dead.

The wolves' appearance was clearly aimed at him. So, with their weapons exhausted and both him and his teammates injured, he had chosen to lure away the sole surviving mutant wolf, which was also the strongest, and leave his teammates a chance to live.

He looked up. A cluster of low mountains stood not far ahead. He had looked down on them from a plane before and seen a barren valley at their center.

The entrance to the valley appeared in his field of vision, and the mutant wolf's rotting stench wafted toward him on the wind. It would catch him any moment!

The man gritted his teeth and suddenly accelerated, widening the distance between them again. The mutant wolf hadn't expected him to have any strength left after running so long. It was about to speed up after him when the man suddenly skidded to a stop and turned around.

The mutant wolf might not have known the saying "when something seems abnormal, something is amiss," but its prey's sudden reversal still put it on guard. It gradually slowed until it came to a stop.

Instinct urged the mutant wolf to pounce immediately, tear the human apart, and devour him. For some reason, the humans it had encountered today smelled even sweeter than usual, driving it almost mad with hunger.

But its remaining reason persuaded it otherwise. After all, this man had killed more mutant wolves than anyone else just now.

The mutant wolf growled at the man, testing him. Drool dripped from its mouth, giving off a foul stench.

The man facing it was Lou Yu. There wasn't a trace of fear at his impending death on his sharply defined face. His black eyes, faintly tinged with purple, held only calm, and the gash torn across his chest by the wolf's claws seemed insignificant.

The mutant wolf couldn't tell whether he was putting on a brave face or still had some trick up his sleeve. In any case, Lou Yu's bearing made it hesitate.

His gun had become useless once it ran out of ammunition, and he hadn't had time to retrieve his dagger after plunging it into a mutant wolf's skull.

Lou Yu stood there unarmed, quietly staring down the mutant wolf. Neither was the first to show weakness and look away.

Unexpectedly, the mutant wolf was the first to waver.

Of course, it wasn't because Lou Yu had frightened it off. It had suddenly realized that the human seemed to have deliberately lured it here!

Freed from the tension of the chase, the mutant wolf finally had a chance to notice the difference in its surroundings. The open wasteland was eerily quiet. Aside from it and the human before it, there seemed to be no other living creatures.

That was highly unusual in the wild, where danger lurked everywhere and mutant plants and animals were found at every turn.

The mutant wolf considered itself quite strong, but it knew it wasn't powerful enough to scare away so many mutant monsters.

The only explanation, then, was that this was the territory of some powerful mutant monster, and the others didn't dare approach.

And it and the human were now inside the habitat of this powerful mutant monster, whose sense of territory was clearly excessive...

A wild wolf's eyesight could be considered excellent. Now, out of the corner of its eye, it caught a striking splash of color on the gray-black ground nearby: a snow-white bird feather.

"Scree-"

A piercing cry rang out at just the right moment, breaking the standoff between Lou Yu and the mutant wolf.

The mutant wolf instinctively looked up at the great snow-white bird flying swiftly toward them. Its pupils contracted instantly, and the terror of death swiftly gripped its heart.

Regardless of their respective strength, Snow Bird had the advantage of the air. If they fought to the death, the wolf would already be at a disadvantage.

Any creature with a little intelligence valued its life. The mutant wolf wanted to flee, but it couldn't bear to give up the food it had spent so long chasing and had so nearly gotten into its mouth.

Human flesh was the most delicious food it had ever eaten.

The mutant wolf was itching to act. It wanted to take a chance, seize the human before Snow Bird arrived, and carry him away with it.

Lou Yu heard the bird cry too and knew Snow Bird had arrived, but his gaze remained fixed on the mutant wolf from beginning to end, with no intention of shifting away. The five fingers of his right hand, hanging at his side, also slowly closed together.

For an instant, the mutant wolf thought it was hallucinating, because it sensed a trace of sharp killing intent from Lou Yu.

The mutant wolf decided it had to be an illusion. Lou Yu couldn't possibly kill it, or he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to lure it into Snow Bird's territory, hoping to take it down with him.

The thought made the mutant wolf angrier. It hadn't expected to be schemed against by its food.

That only strengthened its resolve not to let Lou Yu go. Baring its teeth, it let out a roar and charged at him.