Then, Coal Ball and Second Dog skillfully extracted the nucleus from the ostrich head.
After Dylan nodded in agreement, he swallowed the nucleus.
As if sensing something unusual, Second Dog obediently lay down on the ground.
And Coal Ball stood on the fence, motionless.
Dylan knew that these two were probably going to upgrade.
He didn't disturb them, just watched quietly.
After a while, Second Dog excitedly stood up, wagging its tail.
Dylan carefully observed it and found that its size hadn't increased, but its fur had become smoother.
Moreover, its eyes were brighter, and looking at those eyes, it seemed to have become a bit smarter.
Most importantly, there were now two green lights shining on its forehead.
It had now become a two-star variant.
"Second Dog!" Dylan shouted.
"Woof!" Second Dog immediately barked, as if in response.
"Second Dog, let me test you. Come, see this fence as tall as a person. Can you jump over it?"
After hearing Dylan's words, Second Dog tilted its head, looked at Dylan, and then at the fence.
Then, as if understanding, it backed up a distance, then with a quick run-up and leap, it directly crossed the fence as tall as a person.
Seeing Second Dog obeying his command to jump over the fence, Dylan nodded in satisfaction.
Indeed, it had become smarter, now able to understand his words.
"Second Dog, go see what's inside the wooden shed."
As soon as Dylan spoke, Second Dog turned and ran inside.
After a while, Second Dog came back with a large ostrich egg in its mouth.
Then, it placed the ostrich egg in front of the fence and ran back inside.
Back and forth dozens of times, it brought over 30 ostrich eggs.
Then it sat on the ground, waiting for Dylan's command.
Dylan squatted down, took one of the ostrich eggs and examined it.
This should be one of the eggs laid by the female ostrich that was just killed. Unexpectedly, there were so many.
Dylan directly stored all the ostrich eggs in the space. They could have an extra meal tonight.
At this time, Coal Ball, standing on the fence, flapped its wings and flew up.
After flying around in the air for a while, it landed back on the fence and let out two cries of "Ah Ah".
It seemed very happy.
Dylan reached out, and it obediently flew onto Dylan's arm.
After careful inspection, Dylan found that Coal Ball's appearance hadn't changed much.
The only difference was that its eyes seemed more clever.
It looked even smarter than Second Dog.
Moreover, there were also two green lights at its forehead.
Coal Ball was undoubtedly a two-star variant.
Dylan gently patted its head and said, "Coal Ball, say daddy!"
Coal Ball flapped its wings and imitated Dylan's voice, saying, "Daddy!"
The sound emitted by Coal Ball was very similar to Dylan's voice.
If one didn't see it speaking and only heard the sound, they might think it was Dylan calling himself daddy.
Moreover, Coal Ball not only imitated Dylan's speech but also mimicked his tone, just like a parrot.
"Coal Ball, who's the best to you in the world?" Dylan asked tentatively, to see if it would answer.When the coal ball heard Dylan's question, it was initially puzzled.
Clearly, it hadn't heard Dylan ask like this before, so it didn't know how to respond.
It kept turning its clever little eyes, tilting its head to carefully observe Dylan's face.
Then, suddenly, it blurted out, "Dad is the best! Dad is the best!"
Dylan was both surprised and astonished.
This coal ball was unexpectedly intelligent and eager to learn, it was simply incredible!
If it continued to develop like this and expanded its vocabulary in the future, it could completely communicate normally with humans.
That would be absurd!
Dylan was touched; he decided he would definitely spend more time with the coal ball in the future, teaching it more vocabulary so it could communicate effectively.
At that moment, Second Dog, who had been sitting on the ground all along, felt a bit jealous seeing Dylan ignore it while focusing on the coal ball.
Dylan heard the noise, looked down, and saw Second Dog looking at him pitifully.
Dylan chuckled and patted its head, saying, "You can't talk anyway, what are you fussing about!"
Second Dog immediately responded with discontented barks, as if to say: "See, who said I can't talk, you just can't understand me!"
Dylan smiled and noticed that dusk was approaching.
He let Second Dog out of the pen again and then took them both to the nearby cow farm.
He planned to clean up here before heading back home.
Upon arriving at the cow farm, Second Dog jumped out of the car and barked a few times towards the inside.
Dylan knew there might be only some zombie cows inside.
As expected, in the yard, more than thirty zombie cows were discovered.
These zombie cows had made a mess of the entire yard, and upon hearing Second Dog's voice, they charged towards them.
However, with the strengthened abilities of Second Dog and the coal ball, Dylan didn't even need to intervene.
In just a short while, they managed to eliminate all the zombie cows.
Furthermore, Dylan realized that Second Dog was actually very clever.
Seeing that the cows were too big to bite their necks off in one go, it would run around and then seize the opportunity to bite off their legs, rendering them immobile.
Finally, it and the coal ball together smashed the heads of these zombie cows and retrieved their crystals.
After collecting all the crystals from these zombie cows, Second Dog perked its ears up, tilted its head 45 degrees, and squinted at the sky.
Then, as if sensing something, it hurriedly ran towards a building deep in the farm.
Dylan knew it must have sensed something again and immediately followed.
They found the door of the building blocked by a utility tricycle, and Second Dog was circling around the building, seemingly looking for another entrance.
However, Dylan noticed that Second Dog wasn't barking this time, indicating that there was likely a survivor inside.
Dylan directly moved the utility tricycle aside, which was effortless for him with his millennia-level energy.
After moving the tricycle, Dylan kicked the door open, and Second Dog darted inside.
Dylan followed closely and looked around.
Inside, the place was filled with hay, which provided warmth in the cold weather.
Second Dog ran straight to the back and started digging through the hay pile.
Soon, the back of a large cow was exposed.