Strange Life of a Cat

The person who slowly woke up did not understand his current situation, but he felt an inexplicable sense of fear.

people?

No, it's not.

I did hear human voices vaguely just now, but I also heard a cat meowing at the same time.

He moved his legs, as if he wanted to remove the rope tied to his ankles, but another meow made him feel his scalp numb.

He knew this cat, and he was too familiar with this meow. Because of this cry, he had had nightmares for a long time. Even watching those videos of cat abuse, and even killing each cat with his own hands could not erase this fear. On the contrary, it only became more and more intense.

That's it!

It was the tabby cat that he almost killed but escaped in the end!

Why does it always linger? !

He regretted it, really regretted it...

Why did you choose this cat when you bought it from a cat dealer?

Maybe it's because this one has the most wild and fierce eyes? What gave him the most pleasure in killing?

"Woo——"

Another meow.

When hearing this kind of cry, even people who don't know much about cats can hear some warning and aggression in it.

Zheng Tan pressed his ears back after hearing the cry, feeling something was wrong.

Generally, the warning "Woo" sound starts low, then rises, and then falls again at the end.

But the tabby cat's voice at the moment sounded different from this, and there seemed to be some other tones in it. Maybe it doesn't sound much different to ordinary people, but from a cat's point of view and a cat's hearing, Zheng Tan always feels that there is a kind of... summoning of the same kind in this cry?

It's like you don't understand the language, but you can hear kindness or malice in other people's voices.

Cats' meows are actually very complex. Although they are not as rich and diverse as human languages, Zheng Tan has heard hundreds of them since he became a cat. Maybe every cat has its own way of expression, or maybe different ways of vocalizing actually express the same meaning, but no one can tell clearly. Even Zheng Tan could only roughly deduce the possible meanings from these cries, but could not go into details. Many sounds that sound similar to people actually express very different emotions.

Zheng Tan was thinking when a cat meowed not far away.

I don’t know who owns a cat that goes out for a walk at night.

"Meow-"

The tabby cat meowed loudly, one after another.

Soon, several more meows were heard in the distance, belonging to different cats. You don’t need to understand it thoroughly, but you can think of its general meaning when you hear the first sound.

"Tsk, are these cats starting to ripple?" Er Mao poked Zheng Tan who was standing on the roof of the car.

People's first reaction to a cat's loud roar is basically that the cat is rippling again. As everyone knows, a cat's roar has other meanings, and this roar is completely different from the previous one.

Zheng Tan looked at more and more cats responding and thought, where is this calling technique? I don’t know if the tabby cat figured out this calling sound on its own or if it learned it from another cat. In short, this sound can create a resonance in cats, as if the most primitive consciousness hidden in the blood is awakened, making them excited and gathering to the place where the cry is coming.

Zheng Tan suddenly experienced the scene in the animal world on TV where a wolf stood on a high place and howled under the full moon, and then the pack of wolves followed suit.

From the not-so-high grass and fields planted with crops, swishing sounds came one after another. Different from the friction between leaves blown by the evening wind, it was not difficult to distinguish it in this quiet night. That was the sound of a cat running through the grass.

From Er Mao's point of view, under the moonlight, one can clearly see the nearly half-meter-high dense bushes of wild grass and crops swaying due to the running of the creatures inside, and their running routes are also pointing directly here.

The roars of larger big cats like tigers, leopards, and lions sound domineering, but the roars of cats are different. They sound terrifying.

Taking out a cigarette and lighting it, Er Mao took a deep puff to suppress the fuzzy feeling in his heart.

The light from the cigarette butt flickered with the gusts of evening wind.

Er Mao leaned against the car and looked around.

There were more and more echoing meows.

Is this a chorus?

Zheng Tan, who was standing on the roof of the car, gradually became a little excited. Er Mao couldn't feel it, but Zheng Tan suddenly had the urge to howl.

Looking up at the bright moon hanging in the sky, Zheng Tan took a deep breath.

"Ouch——"

The meowing of the cats suddenly stopped.

It's like when everyone is singing, a fart noise suddenly comes out, and its sense of dissonance directly destroys the artistic conception rendered previously.

Cats froze in place in the grass. Where the grass was shorter and sparse, you could see the erect and pointed ears of the cats moving, as if they were trying to distinguish the end of Tamar's sudden howl. He's a guy from somewhere nearby. There were also a few cats that were too sensitive to their surroundings and jumped up like fleas. The nearly half meter of grass could not cover their jumping figures.

Ermao Zheng Tan, who had just taken a puff of cigarette, was so shocked by the sudden sound that he choked and almost fell down with coughs. This was the first time he heard Zheng Tan Howl. Before that, he had only heard a little bit about it from Wei Leng, but he never thought it would have such a big impact on his hearing.

The tabby cat tugged its ears and glanced at Zheng Tan, then turned back and continued to roar at the man on the ground who was kicking his legs in a panic.

Zheng Tan understood the general meaning of the tabby cat's glance. Damn it, I'm so disgusted!

Depressed, Zheng Tan sharpened his claws on the roof of the car and scratched a few claw marks on it.

I have been a cat for almost two years and I am still not qualified.

Cats are really not that easy to be a cat.

Fortunately, the cats didn't have so many other thoughts. After a pause, they continued to gather in the middle, led by the tabby cat.

Ermao, who had recovered, threw away the cigarette butt and crushed it with his toes. He sighed to Zheng, "Give up. Your scream can even scare away ghosts. Let's stop screaming. Let them go and squat next to you." Watch, if they can't solve it, go ahead."

Glancing at the large grass in the distance, Ermao shook the goosebumps on his body. This scene is really weird now. There must be about a dozen of them, and it looks like there are probably cats that will hear the noise here and run over.

Cats are very elusive animals.

For safety's sake, Er Mao opened the car door and got in. It seemed that he didn't need to do anything himself here. These cats don't look very friendly.

Er Mao has always felt that cats are like a combination of devil and angel. When they lie lazily basking in the sun or squint their eyes and nuzzle you like a baby, they are really cute and cute. The comfort around them and their narrowed eyes seem to slow down the pace of time. They become leisurely and make people feel that the whole world is warm, but the other side of them always makes people gnash their teeth. Perhaps, gnashing your teeth is not bad, but at this moment, those pairs of eyes in the dark night reveal their unruly nature. It is wild and seems to be looking for and waiting for the next prey at any time. There is no doubt that it will pop out its claws and point at you at the next moment.

Zheng Tan lay on the roof of the car and watched the cats gathered around him, led by the tabby cat, pounce on the struggling man on the ground. The man's mouth was sealed and he couldn't scream. Zheng Tan knew from the snort coming from his nose that this man was really scared at this moment, extremely scared.

Compared with many pure pet cats in urban centers, cats here in the suburbs are generally more wild. How can a cat that plays in the fields and weeds every day and fights with other small animals in the countryside be so well-behaved? There are also some wild cats among them, and they are even more ferocious.

Some relatively timid cats were walking around the perimeter, led by other cats, and occasionally looked at the opportunity to scratch their paws. The bolder and more aggressive cats followed the tabby cat and pounced on the person. There were always some cats, like the police chief, who became more and more frustrated. After being kicked out, they got up and continued to pounce on that person. Biting and scratching.

Er Mao rubbed goosebumps in the car. He rolled the car window up a little more, for fear that the cats would rush over.

After all, these cats have not been trained, and most of them are domestic cats. They do not know where the human body's vital points are, and their attack power is limited. Maybe some of them just regard it as a game, just like playing with cat toys. The man on the ground curled up deliberately. It didn't matter if he was injured, the important thing was to protect his life.

The tabby cat and a more ferocious wild cat were the ones who fought hard.

Er Mao looked at the time and the "battle situation" over there. He was not prepared to let this person die here, so he had to watch it carefully.

As for Zheng Tan, he is learning to distinguish from the cat's meows which ones caused the current situation, which ones can affect the cat's mood, and how to mobilize the cat's mood. Cats are not considered social animals nowadays, but they are not actually absolutely solitary. After all, they have infiltrated into human society. There are so many people raising cats around, and you can meet many cats every day when you go out, and most of them live in peace. What would happen if all the cats from Chuhua University were gathered together?

Thinking about it makes me a little excited.

However, this is not an easy skill, and Zheng Tan may not be able to learn it until the end of his life as a cat. As an alien with the body and mind of a cat, Zheng Tan encounters bigger obstacles than a real cat. However, As long as he has strong learning ability and strong comprehension, Zheng Tan believes that he still has a chance.

By the time Er Mao called to stop, the tabby cat was already stained with a lot of blood. Hearing Er Mao's cry, it responded reluctantly, but in the end, it backed out and walked to the car to lick its fur. . Without the tabby cat, the other cats gradually stopped and spread around licking their paws. The wild cat ran away after seeing Er Mao coming, probably because he thought this person was difficult to deal with.

The man's clothes and pants on the ground were turned into blood-stained rags, and his hands and face were scratched and covered in blood. He huddled there without moving. Only the slight rise and fall let people know that this person was still alive. The urine and blood stains on the ground were mixed into a puddle.

Although the tabby cat looked very fierce, it still listened to Er Mao's words. After getting in the car, it returned to its previous docility. If it weren't still stained with human blood, its docility would be more convincing.

The man who was already covered in blood was stuffed into the trunk by Er Mao. Er Mao said that he would handle the rest and ensured that Zheng Tan and the tabby cat would never see that man again, but it didn't seem like he really wanted to go. Kill and silence.

When the car drove back to the side entrance behind the East Campus of Chuhua University, Zheng Tan got out of the car and went home. The tabby cat was still squatting on the back seat with its eyes closed, showing no sign of getting out of the car. Ermao tried to drive it away twice but it didn't work, so he let it go.

Zheng Tan stood at the entrance of the compound and glanced at a small forest not far away. He moved his ears and saw that the police chief was fighting with the cats in the West District again. Listening to their cries during the fight, the police chief didn't look like him. Looking like he was about to lose, Zheng Tan trotted back home with confidence.

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