Monster Dismantling Company

Chapter 48 Pig Dragon Farming

"Only Demon Orbs are edible, right? That's true. But the Boar Dragon is different—the Boar Dragon is closer to... a monster than a wild beast."

"Is the 'Pig Dragon' a monster that can be raised in captivity?"

He already knew the answer. The pig dragon was indeed a real dragon, because the meat he had just tasted like genuine dragon meat.

But what shocked him was that dragons possess the power of transformation. While dragons could indeed be imprisoned temporarily, it was hard to imagine them being raised as livestock; that went against their nature.

"Theoretically, that's true; the pig dragon can be considered a monster. However, there's a fundamental difference between the pig dragon and monsters in the general sense—it's raised in an artificial environment. Do you know about pufferfish? Pufferfish meat is poisonous, but the toxin comes from the conversion of toxins from specific foods it ingests in the wild. Once pufferfish are domesticated, as long as it's confirmed that they haven't eaten those specific foods, the pufferfish itself won't produce toxins."

Li Lin asked, "Are monsters the same?"

"Perhaps you've also observed that the formation of monsters is very similar to that of typhoons. Their power comes from the forces of nature; they need to draw upon the power of storms and disasters at sea and incorporate it into their bodies. The more powerful the monster, the more condensed its form. For example, among this year's monsters, the White Deer (No. 1) is smaller and more powerful than the Tapa (No. 9). On the other hand, the Pig Dragon raised in an artificial environment does not have the opportunity to obtain the power of natural disasters from the wild, so it cannot become a true monster, but only possesses the various properties of a monster."

Domesticated dragons are like domesticated pufferfish. They have all the delicious flavors of pufferfish, but without its toxins.

"Ah." Li Lin nodded. "For example, has the quality of 'delicious' also been retained?"

"Yes, in terms of taste, it's the same as a real monster." Lin Ling nodded. "And, because the Boar Dragon can generate a certain degree of mirage barrier in an artificial environment, it is also very valuable for research. In fact, most of the meat we eat is a byproduct of the Boar Dragon used for research—the meat doesn't need to be studied, so it's all eaten. Just like how duck meat was cheap sometimes because it was a byproduct of making down jackets."

This is terrifying... to actually raise a dragon. Even if it's a 'sub-dragon'.

"So, how are they raised?!" Li Lin asked impatiently.

This defies common sense. Monsters decompose rapidly upon death. Their existence is supernatural; they couldn't possibly exist normally in the natural world. The mirage, however, acts as a barrier to the natural order, much like a submarine's pressure hull withstand water pressure.

Monsters generally have short lifespans because the existence of such supernatural forces is always illogical. Every second a monster survives in the air, it endures immense pressure from reality.

The dragon meat that Li Lin had just eaten was actually fresh.

It seems there is a considerable stock of these domesticated sows, enough to continuously supply slaughterhouses and then head all the way to dinner tables.

How do dragons avoid exploding during such industrialized slaughter?

This is simply unbelievable. These wyverns should be as fragile as dew, and should die in the light—otherwise, wyverns should be crawling all over the earth.

It's hard to imagine that this thing could actually be bred on a large scale. After all, raising monsters is similar to planting suns. If you raise 1000, you might witness the spectacular sight of 1000 suns exploding at once.

He shook his head at Li Lin's question: "I don't know about that; it's a matter for other departments—but I do know how to transport them. Your family owns a monster decomposition company, so you should know how to keep monsters fresh, right?"

Li Lin nodded: "Freezing will do."

However, special freezing is required.

In reality, Li Lin's Fire Crow Company was not responsible for storing meat; it only handled hunting. Preserving meat is a complex process that requires ultra-low temperature freezing.

Freezing can prevent meat from decomposing.

"Wait a minute..." Li Lin seemed to understand something, "So, when these beast meats were transported, the Boar Dragon's flesh was frozen before the transport began?"

"That's how I know it. Because every time the pig dragon is transported, it's accompanied by some special transport containers. But from my observation, it seems that more than just freezing is used. It seems to be a kind of low-temperature hibernation technology that keeps the pig dragon's body in a stable state so that it won't explode when the mirage dissipates."

"Seriously, such technology exists? But there's a risk of explosion during breeding; they can't just be kept frozen forever, can they?"

Lin Ling nodded: "So a reasonable guess is that the pig dragons entered a dormant state during the breeding process. Then, like chickens in a chicken farm, they were confined to a small cell. In fact, I often see such containers being transported to various places."

Judging from the size of their tails, these hog dinosaurs were indeed not very large—roughly the size of a train carriage. One carriage was just enough to hold one hog dinosaur and its container.

However, this is actually quite huge, after all, humans have never raised such large livestock before.

Moreover, the coalition government seems to have done more than just breeding – it's impossible that all these pig dragons were captured from the wild; they must have formed a breeding population.

It now appears that the use of dragons within the coalition government has exceeded his expectations, and seems to be divided into two routes.

One faction combines dragons with existing machines, allowing them to exist in the form of Dragon Balls. The other faction prefers to directly utilize the dragon's body and transform it into the desired state.

Both scenarios seem to suggest that humans are not merely prey of dragons, but rather become their masters.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Aren exclaimed.

When Li Lin returned, he also packed some dragon meat to take back with him.

"Here, have a taste." He even packed up the vinegar, wanting to bring it back for Lin Zhiqing to try.

"Ah, this is... My aunt told me that the meat dishes here are especially delicious... Oh, did my aunt ask you to bring this for me?"

"Yes," Li Lin answered directly. "She invited me to dinner, didn't she?"

"Did she ask me anything? If so, how did you answer?"

"Not familiar with them."

"Tsk." Lin Zhiqing shook her head. "Saying what you mean is one of your strengths—what did my aunt say?"

"Original quote: Just say what you think, it seems like you have good points."

Exactly the same. The two people said the exact same thing.

"Our family members really have a good attitude... they can even smooth things over like this."

"By the way," Li Lin asked her, "is it true that pig dragons can be kept as pets?"

"So you're interested in this too? I've been paying attention to this ever since I got here—look, there's a whole train over there, it seems to be transporting some kind of refrigerated container. It looks like it's going north with us."

"Excuse me!" Silver Dragon appeared at just the right moment. "Would you like me to heat up your packed food? And...did you ask? Did you ask? Did you ask at all?"

She winked sharply at Li Lin. She saw Li Lin leave with her boss, and the important news about her future was coming from Li Lin.