Chapter 223: Cats and Cats
After the 'slug' was trampled on, the rest of the expedition team was smooth sailing.
Colmar re-strengthened the barrier around the camp, and Elena retrieved the nearly abandoned 'swarm of lightworms' that they used to explore their surroundings and were released by the expedition before they entered the uncharted world.
As for the black cat, it didn't continue to clean up the dead rabbits and the ghoul beetles hiding in the rabbits' stomachs. It wasn't that he suddenly felt pity, but that he didn't want to put a big puddle of kerosene on his paws.
To be reasonable, the smell of kerosene is terrible.
Whereas, cats have a nose with a keen sense of smell.
The first expedition to the small world of the secret realm ended in such an atmosphere of driving high and walking low. Zheng Qing's leave from Professor Montella in advance was not wasted, but the night patrol of Linzhong Lake, which he completed in advance, was a bit wasteful. Because their expedition lasted less than ten hours, by five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the expedition team was back at the Sakura Tavern in the northern part of Beta.
Colma briefly summarized the work, and the harvest along the way was equally divided between the two and one cat - the materials assigned to the black cat were not easy to carry, Zheng Qing simply asked for two jade coins at a discount, wore them with a red rope, and hung them around his neck.
"We have collected the basic data, ecological environment, and topography of the secret world. Aside from a slight anomaly in the flow of time, the content is not much different from the Forest of Silence. We haven't found anything more dangerous than rabbits. ”
Compared with the outside world, the time flow rate of the secret world is slightly slower by more than ten minutes, but the difference is not obvious. That is, Colmar, who is serious about data collation, took the trouble to write down this difference.
“...... Perhaps this is inseparable from the new birth of the secret world and the environment in which it was born. All in all, this is a good thing, which means that our next plan can be carried out without too much trouble. ”
According to Colmar's next plan, it is to choose a location in the secret world with plenty of inspiration, open up the venue, and prepare to set up the magic circle. Although it was not clear what kind of formation she was going to arrange, according to the clues that Zheng Qing got from the side, it must be a formation with an astonishing area and good power.
"Next week we'll meet at the same time and in the same place for a second exploration of the uncharted. 'Faceless' remember to prepare an extra Dharma book, just in case...... Bring a few more runes of 'Yellow Turban Lux'. ”
Yelena nodded silently and did not say anything.
"As for you," Colma turned to look at the black cat and muttered for a moment, "Are you coming next time?"
The black cat was originally licking the milk skin in the cup, and raised its head in surprise when she heard this: "Come on, why don't you come?"
Elena hugged her arms and touched her lips with one hand: "Considering that you only have a piece of jade pendant on your body, and you can't lift your claws or carry your shoulders...... There's not much that can be done about the opening up of the circle. ”
The black cat shook its ears and licked the milk stains off the corners of its mouth.
"I'm in charge of site security," he said without blushing, "haven't you ever seen a construction site? Didn't I solve that 'slug' before? Without my calm judgment, we would have escaped from the secret realm long ago. ”
There's nothing wrong with that.
Although Colmar still had some hesitation on his face, he finally agreed with the content of the black cat's work.
Leaving the Sakura Tavern, the black cat did not go straight back to the dormitory. He didn't think Colmar or Yelena would sneak in with him for news, but it was always a good idea to be careful.
After turning a few corners back to the school along the shady street corner in the northern part of Beta Town, the black cat wandered around to the shore of Linzhong Lake. I'm going to go to my own turf to have a look.
By six o'clock in the afternoon, it was already dark.
But when the black cat came to the cat's fruit tree, he still recognized the white-haired ball squatting on his 'throne' at a glance.
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Jiang Yu felt that he had lost himself in the purpose of becoming a cat.
Trapping the killer of the little white cat? Yes, in the beginning, or until now, the purpose of her becoming a cat contains this. But with the escape of Liu Feifei's big snake, the possibility of trapping has become less and less, and this purpose has become more and more unattainable.
So, what is the purpose of her becoming a cat now?
On Saturday evening, after arranging a lot of homework for Li Meng, Jiang Yu quietly used a transformation potion, turned into a little white cat, and slipped out of the dormitory. As she walked along the paths between the lawns of the school, the question was always on her mind.
Perhaps, what she wants is the brief carefree time after becoming a cat?
Perhaps, just because of the black cat.
Jiang Yu was ninety percent sure that the leader of the cat group on the cat fruit tree was Zheng Qing's change. For the remaining ten percent, she also believed that the black cat had some kind of inseparable connection with Zheng Qing. Just like last year's school hunting competition, a big black cat ran out of Zheng Qing's body - although most people in the school thought it was a black panther.
She was also puzzled by why the black cat could speak, and how it could grow bigger and smaller.
This is completely out of line with the rules of magic.
With these doubts in mind, she wandered all the way to the bottom of the cat's fruit tree.
In late April, the weather has become much warmer, and the breeze blowing from Linzhong Lake blows through the treetops and branches, making all the cats hanging from the trees snoring comfortably.
The little white cat tilted its head and looked left and right, but did not see the familiar figure.
She hesitated for a few seconds, and finally did not continue to run, but chose to jump up the cat fruit tree and sit on the black cat's 'throne'. Several other big cats lying on the thick branches, such as the forest cat with the second highest combat power, the most agile blue cat, and the ragdoll cat that has turned into a big cat, either raised their heads or turned their faces sideways, and stared at the little white cat for a while.
But none of the cats moved to uphold the dignity of the Black Cat Leader's Throne.
This was not only because they knew the little white cat, but also because the little white cat was the only one they had ever seen who could kick the black cat in the head with their paws.
Can't be provoked, can't be provoked.
Jiang Xiaomei didn't lie on the 'throne' for long, she felt that she had just taken a nap, and the cat fruit tree became noisy. The big and small cats hanging on the branches got up one after another and barked flatteringly at the bottom of the trees.
The little white cat squinted and was thinking about whether to move, when her eyes suddenly darkened, and a familiar figure had squeezed beside her.
The black cat flicked the little white cat towards the edge of the 'throne' with its paws, and suddenly stopped.
He turned his head and glanced at the Ragdoll cat not far away who was lying on her stomach and winking at him, then looked down at the little white cat at his feet, and couldn't help but gesture with his paw at the distance from her head to the tip of her tail.
"Why have you been so little?" the black cat's face was full of confusion, "That puppet was as big as you...... Now she's a meter long. ”
The little white cat screamed, turned its head quickly, and bit the black cat's claw and wrist viciously.
Because when he was gesturing his size, he accidentally touched her ass.