Ashline's victory wasn't just another win.
It was a proof of concept.
Tier 4 wasn't theoretical anymore.
Kai had built it.
Tested it.
Won with it.
And now… he was scaling it.
🐔 10,000 Chickens
The market didn't slow down. If anything, demand was outpacing his Tier 3 and Tier 4 egg output.
Kai pulled the trigger.
"Buy ten thousand chicks. Straight to Tier."
MergeCore ordered the delivery, and Kai had automated feeders, Tier-sort pens, and growth lanes already synced.
[AUTO-MERGE: 100 Tier 0 → 50 Tier 1]
[MERGE CONTINUES: 50 Tier 1 → 25 Tier 2]
…
[New Created: 100 Tier 3 – Golden Layer Line]
[Merge Success: 10 Tier 4 – Omega Egg Line]
Ten birds.
Ten Tier 4.
Each one laid an egg worth more than a crate of natural ones.
🐄 Cattle Surge
He didn't stop at poultry.
Kai bulk-ordered 10,000 natural cows from three different auctions. They arrived on merged soil, loaded onto the sorting lanes.
[AUTO-SORT TO TIER 0 STABLES]
[MERGE INITIATED]
MergeCore began cycling 24/7 merges:
Tier 0 → Tier 1 Efficiency Line
Tier 1 → Tier 2 Protein Boost Line
Tier 2 → Tier 3 Fat Control Line
Tier 3 → Tier 4 Prime Fusion Line
The new Tier 4 cows walked straighter, ate cleaner, and gave off aura heat just by standing.
"These aren't animals anymore. They're assets."
🌱 Tomato & Wheat Breakthrough
While MergeCore was managing animals, Kai turned to his crops.
The tomatoes had been neglected.
Not anymore.
[MERGE: Tomato Bed Tier 2 + Tier 2 = Tier 3 – Flavor Line]
[MERGE: Tier 3 + Tier 3 = Tier 4 – SweetPlump Line]
→ Shelf-life: +400%
→ Taste Index: Rated 98/100
The wheat followed suit.
Tier 4 MergeWheat was twice the yield, resistant to mold, and tested at twice the protein per gram.
🧠 MergeCore Full Integration
With this scale, Kai knew he couldn't rely on manual oversight anymore.
He rerouted $200,000 into upgrading MergeCore's backend:
Animal lineage tracking
Crop merge lineage projection
Tier enforcement system
Theft countermeasures & live monitoring
Every pen, bed, and barn now updated in real-time to the Core.
🖥️ MergeMart Soft Launch
Kai launched his first website.
MergeMart.farm
Selling:
Tier 3 and 4 Eggs
Lettuce bundles
Premium Milk
SweetPlump Tomatoes
MergeWheat by bag
MergeTobacco (Cigarette Line) — Age-verified shipments only
Nothing alive was for sale. Only output.
Summary
Earnings
MergeEgg Tier 3/4: +$42,000
MergeMilk Tier 3/4: +$55,000
Lettuce: +$23,000
Tomatoes (Tier 4 Launch): +$19,000
Wheat (Tier 4 Launch): +$21,000
Cigarettes (online): +$33,000
Expenses
10,000 Chicks: –$60,000
10,000 Cows: –$210,000
Feed, Handling, MergeFuel: –$50,000
MergeCore Upgrade: –$200,000
Website + Distribution Licensing: –$30,000
Net Profit: –$157,000
Kai's Total Net Worth: $3,198,000