Chapter 216 The Cuckoo Taking Over the Nest: The Lesson of the Dandelion

Li Jiajun didn't pay much attention to the bullet comments in the live stream room.

In his view, this deal was a guaranteed profit.

The twenty-five million deposit had already arrived. Even if that Curry person brother really defaulted on the subsequent payments, this sum alone was enough to cover all production costs, with a significant profit left over.

What's more, from the very beginning, he had no intention of giving the other party the complete product.

“Alright family, this brother has placed his order, it's time for us to get to work!”

Li Jiajun snapped his fingers spiritedly at the camera.

...

Over the next few days, the Li Family Toy Factory entered an unprecedented state of busyness.

To produce this batch of precision-structured “toy sky rockets,” Li Jiajun carried out drastic modifications to the factory's existing production lines.

The entire production process, naturally, was live-streamed throughout.

When the Netizens saw that automated production line filled with cyberpunk style, they were once again deeply shocked.

“Holy crap, am I seeing this right? This is a toy factory? This production line is more advanced than the car manufacturing plant in our city!”

“So cool! Robotic arms, laser cutting, automatic welding... I feel like I'm not watching toy production, but the behind-the-scenes footage of 'The Terminator'.”

“Is this the power of money? Love it, love it.”

Amidst the exclamations of countless Netizens, precision parts were manufactured one by one, then gathered on the conveyor belt, and finally assembled into the prototype of the “toy sky rocket.”

...

During a break in production, Li Jiajun had nothing to do, so he leaned back in his boss chair and habitually opened a video app to scroll through 'Animal World'.

This time, the documentary introduced a fellow with a rather bad reputation among birds—the Cuckoo Bird, also commonly known as the cuckoo.

In the video, a female Cuckoo Bird landed sneakily beside the nest of a warbler, which was much smaller than itself.

Taking advantage of the mother warbler being out foraging, it flew into the nest like a flash, pushed out one of the original inhabitant's eggs, and then quickly laid one of its own.

That cuckoo egg, whether in color, size, or spotting, was almost identical to the warbler's eggs.

When the unsuspecting mother warbler returned and saw that “own” egg in the nest, she didn't have the slightest suspicion and began to incubate it dutifully.

Soon, the oversized cuckoo chick hatched. As soon as it was born, it instinctively pushed out the remaining warbler eggs and newly hatched siblings, monopolizing all the love and food of its foster mother.

Watching the scene in the video where that cuckoo chick, larger than its own body, was being painstakingly fed by that tiny mother warbler, Li Jiajun's gaze became thoughtful.

‘Occupying the magpie's nest, borrowing a hen to lay eggs...’

‘Using someone else's nest to hatch your own eggs, and making them willingly help you raise your child...’

He stroked his chin while looking at the screen, his originally relaxed expression gradually becoming focused.

‘If... this toy sky rocket is that bird's nest...’

‘The Curry person is that hardworking foster mother...’

‘And I am that Cuckoo Bird...’

A bold and outrageous idea flashed through his mind.

Ding!

【By observing the parasitic behavior of the Cuckoo Bird and combining it with information camouflage and signal hijacking technology, you have instantly grasped the ultimate strategy of "borrowing a hen to lay eggs"! You have gained a sudden insight...】

Li Jiajun's eyes instantly lit up.

...

A few days later.

The production of the “toy sky rocket” was nearing its end.

In the afternoon, Li Jiajun took a walk in the factory area to move his body, which had become a bit stiff from sitting.

A gust of wind blew, and a Dandelion on the grass nearby instantly burst into its white puffball, turning into hundreds of little paratroopers with white fluff, riding the wind towards the distance.

Li Jiajun's footsteps stopped involuntarily.

He watched those seeds scattering with the wind; some landed on the nearby grass, some flew over high walls, and some drifted toward even further, more unknown places.

They were so tiny, so fragile, yet so free.

They didn't need a runway or power; they only needed a gust of wind to spread the sparks of life to every corner of the world.

Watching this scene, Li Jiajun's gaze went blank again, and his whole being seemed to fall into a wonderful state of sudden insight.

Ding!

【By observing the seed dispersal method of the Dandelion and combining it with miniaturization and distributed network theory, you have gained insight into...】

This time, the insight seemed to be deeper and grander than any before.

Countless brand-new ideas exploded in his mind like a gushing spring.

He slowly turned around and walked quickly back to the workshop.

After two sudden insights, he suddenly had many more ideas.

Perhaps he could do it this way.