Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan climbed over the window and ran in the direction of the sound.

The cat only meowed twice, and then stopped meowing. It was probably because the security personnel of the base went out to check the situation. After all, the base was filled with a group of "proud men of heaven", teachers from famous schools, and several heavyweight researchers. , they can't bear what happens.

After Zheng Tan climbed out of the base wall, he looked around and saw a team of base security personnel passing by. They didn't see any suspicious beasts, but looking at it like this, they wouldn't give up for a while and would walk around a few times. circle, just in case.

Zheng Tan thought for a while and went around the house where the cat often went. That should be a place where the cat often walked. Maybe he could meet him.

I don’t know if the owner of that house was sent to the hospital or moved out temporarily. The house was still left there like that. The surrounding areas of the room that caught fire were burned black. I heard that all the specimens inside were destroyed.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zheng Tan noticed something and looked towards the grass on one side.

Over there, the cat was coming towards Zheng Tan, but it still looked around cautiously as it walked.

I don’t know if this guy has adapted after half of his beard was burned off. It was lucky to meet Zheng Tan this time, but it is impossible to be lucky every time.

After the cat walked towards Zheng Tan, it stopped at the edge of the grass, looked at Zheng Tan, then turned sideways, flicked its tail, walked two steps and looked at Zheng Tan again.

Are you asking yourself to follow?

Zheng Tan looked around and saw no one walking around.

Lifting his feet to follow, Zheng Tan wanted to know where the cat was taking him.

Could it be that he is looking for treasure?

Zheng Tan thought about the movies he watched with Little Yuzi on TV. Didn't they all say that animals will repay kindness? There is also a parrot that only lives for a few decades and tells a poor child where pirates' treasures were hidden in a certain era.

What a treasure...

Thinking about it makes me a little excited.

Seeing Zheng Tan following, the cat sped up on its feet.

Go down the hill from the side with few residents, and then continue walking in one direction. Zheng Tan didn't know what was over there, but every time Zheng Tan hesitated to continue following, the cat stopped and motioned for Zheng Tan to follow him quickly, with contempt in his eyes, as if he was holding back Zheng Tan. His wilting appearance is very distasteful.

Zheng Tan usually despised other cats, but now he was despised by a cat. Zheng Tan took a deep breath and continued to follow. However, while following, he also looked around and took note of the way.

There are many wild habits of cats that Zheng Tan can learn from, such as scent rubbing, pee marking, etc.

Now in the wilderness, there is no one around, so Zheng Tan doesn't care so much. When he wants to pee, he just finds a landmark place to pee. No one is staring at him and he is not ashamed... Okay, the one next to him The red-haired tabby cat appears to be female... but cats are cats, and it's better than being stared at.

When Zheng Tan realized the time problem, he suddenly found that the sky had begun to light up.

In other words, he ran outside all night.

Is it too late to go back now?

Zheng Tan looked at the forest behind him that blocked his view. The Jiao family must be worried, right?

But since we have come so far, if we turn around and go back now, wouldn't it mean that we ran away all night in vain?

So Zheng Tan decided to continue following.

It rained in the mountain forest during the day, and Zheng Tan and the red-haired cat found a place to hide from the rain.

The cat likes to stay in the trees. Fortunately, at this time of year, the trees have thick leaves and can keep out the rain. Zheng Tan was not used to it, so he found a large-leaf plant that he didn't know what it was. He pulled off a few leaves and put them on the branches to build a simple rain protection device. Although it was not as effective as an umbrella, it was better than staying alone. It's much better in the trees.

After running all night, Zheng Tan was hungry and tired now. He only ate a few fruits during the trip. Zheng Tan didn't dare to eat randomly outside. He didn't dare to eat many unfamiliar plants. He followed him during this time at the base. When the internship team went out, they also met some edible fruits. It was okay to make do with them for a while, but after all, cats are carnivores. Without meat to replenish energy, Zheng Tan didn’t know how long he could hold on. The red-haired cat next to him could Didn't tell him how far he had to run.

To be honest, Zheng Tan now regretted following him. Although he had marked the road along the way, he was always worried. What if he really got lost in the wild? Although Zheng Tan can also identify the direction based on the sun, Zheng Tan is not a real wild cat and cannot be foolproof.

I hope it's not far away, otherwise he will return directly. It should be too late to retreat now. He didn't want his precious cat to be buried in this forest without a soul.

Listening to the sound of rain hitting the leaves around him and the sounds of other animals, Zheng Tan squinted his eyes and was about to take a nap. Suddenly, his ears itched - the cat next to him was licking Zheng Tan's fur. This is a sign of a good relationship between cats. Several cats in the compound sometimes lick each other's fur, but Zheng Tan has never been very used to this method.

Pulling his ears, Zheng Tan turned his head away slightly. The cat stopped licking, and instead groomed itself. Cats do spend a lot of time licking their fur every day.

The two cats squatted next to each other on a tree to rest. In the afternoon, Zheng Tan opened his eyes. The rain had stopped, and the sun had broken through the clouds and poured into the forest. The birds around began to chirp again.

The red-haired cat jumped down from the tree and rushed into the nearby forest. It came back soon. When it came back, it still had a snake as thick as an adult's thumb in its mouth. The snake was still alive.

After coming over with the snake in its mouth, the red-haired cat looked at Zheng Tan on the tree. When Zheng Tan jumped down from the tree, it threw the snake in front of Zheng Tan, which meant that Zheng Tan would eat it.

Zheng Tan looked at the snake on the ground. He didn't know whether the snake was venomous or not. He didn't know it. He probably wanted to run away after throwing it on the ground. The red-haired cat catching the snake moved its ears, and ignored the snake. It walked lightly in one direction. From the looks of it, it probably found another prey, which was more attractive than this snake. prey.

Zheng Tan withdrew his gaze and looked at the snake on the ground again. He was hungry now. He didn't eat raw food before, but in this mountain forest, it was impossible to have enough strength to run just by eating fruits. It would be more dangerous to even escape. If you don't have enough physical strength, it's tantamount to asking for death, let alone going back.

The snake still couldn't escape, and Zheng Tan smashed the snake's head.

Psychologically, he didn't accept this kind of raw food, but his stomach accepted it thoroughly. When Zheng Tan actually took his mouth to eat, the red-haired cat had already come back, with a bird in its mouth, which was even better than Zheng Tan in Chuhua. The magpie I saw on the university campus was a bit bigger and was still flapping its wings after being held in the cat's mouth. However, it soon stopped flapping and entered the red cat's stomach.

Watching a wild animal eat at close range was not a pleasant thing. It was quite bloody. In order to replenish his strength, Zheng Tan tried his best to eat snake meat, and did not watch the ferocious way the cat ate birds.

Zheng Tan didn't finish the snake, but only ate half of it. It was the first time he tried this, and he didn't fully adapt to it due to psychological reasons. However, since there was a first time, there was a second and third time. Zheng Tan decided to catch a prey by himself next time, and he couldn't rely entirely on the red-haired cat.

As for the bird, all that's left now is a few bones on the ground and a torn-off feather stained with blood.

There were other wild animals coming around, and they probably smelled the smell. Zheng Tan and the red-haired cat left there quickly and found another place to rest. After eating, the red-haired cat began to spend time licking its fur again, with some words on its lips. There was blood stained when eating, but after licking his fur, he quickly returned to his original state, with a laziness that was completely different from the fierceness just now. Zheng Tan found some leaves and wiped them. It had just rained, and there were water stains on many leaves and in some stone pits. It was okay for Zheng Tan to wipe off the blood stains.

After resting for a while, he continued on his way. The further he walked, the more confused he became about the direction. Before, Zheng Tan was a little sure that he could go back, but now... if there wasn't that red-haired cat to lead the way, Zheng Tan would definitely get lost.

Just when Zheng Tan was wondering when to return, he saw a big red guy.

Across a stream, there was a large wild boar on the other side of the stream. Zheng Tan estimated that this guy might weigh more than 300 kilograms. The wild boars that people have seen in the mountains and forests usually only weigh 150 to 200 kilograms. Just one or two hundred kilograms of wild boar. It can also cause a lot of trouble to people, let alone a guy of this size.

However, what made Zheng Tan even more curious was the color of the wild boar's fur. Under the sun, the red fur looked like burning fire, bright and dazzling.

Zheng Tan felt that he should have a sense of crisis now. Encountering a wild boar was not a good thing, but this feeling was very strange. He felt that the wild boar had no intention of attacking him. The stream in the middle was very shallow, and it would be difficult for a person to stand in it. The knees won't even go up, and it's easy for the other side to come over.

The red-haired cat growled toward the opposite side. The wild boar on the other side of the stream looked at Zheng Tan and the red-haired cat, then raised its head and pursed its lips, and rushed into the forest with a sense of pride and quickly disappeared. It could only be seen from some Use the sound to determine which direction the wild boar is going.

After the wild boar left, Zheng Tan still didn't give up the idea of ​​going back, but when he moved his ears and looked towards the side where there was a slight noise in the grass, Zheng Tan saw a cat. The cat also had red markings. But there were other colors, and the proportion of red was not very large. The size was about the same as the cat that brought Zheng Tan here, and the two of them even flapping around and playing around.

Later, Zheng Tan saw several cats poking their heads out of the grass.

Zheng Tan now realized that the red-haired cat was probably not taking him to find the treasure, but was taking him to its lair.

Since he was almost there, Zheng Tan was in no hurry to go back. He had to rely on this cat to walk back, otherwise he wouldn't know the way.

The red-haired tabby cat’s nest, or rather, the territory circled by them, has about a dozen cats, and each cat has more or less red markings or patches on its body, and the real leader of these cats is Yes, it is a red cat with a size similar to that of the Duke, no markings and no trace of mottled color.

Generally speaking, cats are not social animals, but here they are different. They live in the same place, but each has its own nest. They do not crowd together. In addition to playing, they will climb trees to sleep and even eat. A very strange group of cats.

For Zheng Tan, an outsider, several cats showed repulsion and wariness, while others showed no closeness or alienation. The leader, a big red-haired cat, spent most of its time lying on the ground except for hunting. High in the trees.

These cats should all be related, right? Zheng Tan guessed.

The red-haired striped cat seems to want Zheng Tan to stay here, but Zheng Tan is not a real cat after all. If it is a cat that has been living in the mountains and forests, it would be a good idea to stay here, but Zheng Tan is more accustomed to humans. Society wouldn't want anything to happen to a female cat.

(5.15) I have something to go out later, and I don’t think I have time to type, so I rushed out a chapter in advance.