Qi Le

Because of the appearance of the black spider, the plan to hunt the three-headed centipede was forced to abort halfway.

However, the cat dad and the squirrels were not discouraged.

District [-] is so big, it is impossible to have only a group of three-headed centipedes.Furthermore, the territory of the squirrels is located between the eleventh district and the twelve district, and if there is no suitable prey in the eleventh district, the twelve district can still be developed.

"Actually, the crystal nucleus of the scorpion is also good." The chipmunk walked on the left side of Qi Le, followed by a bunch of fluffy cubs, each with clear stripes on their backs, and their round bodies looked very cute people like it.

Just as Qi Le was about to speak, he found that one of the chipmunk's paws was injured, and the bone was visible deep in the wound.While caring for the young, chipmunks will bow their heads and lick a few times, both to relieve pain and to prevent the infection from getting worse.

"It's okay, it just looks scary, it will be fine in a few days." Seeing Qi Le staring at his wound, the chipmunk waved its paw casually.The bleeding from the wound has stopped, and the scabs are slowly beginning to form. As long as there are no accidents, it will heal within a week.

Father Cat shook his head, took out half a green crystal nucleus from his cheek, and handed it directly to the chipmunk.

This is what he brought out from the territory, and he was not willing to eat it all the way.Although the burn behind the ear has been aching, but for now, the other party needs the energy in the crystal nucleus more.

"There is only half of it left, so it probably won't have much effect, but fortunately, it can relieve the pain."

"Thank you." The chipmunk took the crystal nucleus, and instead of eating all of it, carefully bit it into small pieces and distributed them to other injured companions.

A cub slid down its mother's back, came up to Qi Le staggeringly, rubbed his front paws, and took out his cheeks, but couldn't get anything out, and felt frustrated immediately.

Qi Le felt both sad and funny, rubbed his forehead against the little chipmunk's body, and said gently: "Don't be like this, be happy, and when you find the strange beast, everyone will be full. The crystal core you dug out can help you become stronger. You can join the hunt sometime."

The little chipmunk raised its head and stared at Qi Le with big round eyes, as if asking: Really?

"Really." The cat father was full of love, and he lowered his head and wanted to lick it.At the last moment reason stopped him.They are not relatives or relatives, and they are not a species. It is absolutely not acceptable to lick other people's cubs casually.

Even as an ally.

Seeing him like this, Qi Ning came over sensiblely, rubbed the little chipmunk's cheek, took out a small piece of centipede meat from his mouth, and stuffed it into the opponent's mouth.

"Good son." Father Cat was very pleased.

The kitten immediately puffed up his chest, and being praised by his father was just two words, happy!

Shouting for a piece of centipede meat, the little chipmunk was visibly confused.Until he was picked up by his mother, he still couldn't figure out the situation.Big eyes looking back and forth, round cheeks, more flattering.

The chipmunk mother took out two red fruits, pointed to Qi Le's burned bald place behind the ear, and said, "Use this to grow hair faster."

"Thank you."

Qi Le thanked the other party, asked how to use it, let the kitten lie on his back, crushed the fruit and applied it to the wound.

Because they left too hastily, the cat dad and the squirrels didn't have many crystal nuclei, which had been exhausted along the way.The centipede crystal nuclei that were hunted before were given to the cubs. To maintain sufficient physical strength, they need to hunt as soon as possible.

After discussing with Red Oak and Black Song, Qi Le began to consider Chipmunk's proposal, and attacked the scorpion on the border.

"Scorpions have more meat than centipedes, no matter whether the crystal nucleus is suitable or not, they can always fill the stomach."

Just escaped from the tide of corpses, and the small wounds in the team made it impractical to hunt large alien beasts. Alien beasts such as centipedes and scorpions were the best targets.

"The scorpion's crystal nucleus is also suitable for cubs." Chipmunk said, "I know there is a group nearby, and it probably won't be too far from this tunnel."

If it hadn't been cut off halfway by the black spider and forced to change a tunnel, maybe the chipmunk wouldn't remember it.

"Have you ever caught a scorpion?" Qi Le asked curiously.

"Caught it." The chipmunk stood up straight, recalling the situation at that time, and still clenched its paws unconsciously. "My brother and I were disobedient. We ran out to play while our mother was away, and met a group of scorpions. They killed My brother, I thought I was going to die too, but luckily I met a group of mongoose."

"I learned from them how to hunt scorpions."

"As an adult, the first beast I hunted was a scorpion."

Despite their small size, chipmunks have a fierce temperament and are more belligerent than gray squirrels.When it comes to the ability to hunt exotic animals, it should not be underestimated.

"The scorpion tail needle is poisonous and is the deadliest threat. In addition, be careful to avoid the claws and mouthparts."

"The crystal nucleus of an adult scorpion grows at the end of the tail, and the best meat is under the back shell. The energy is not inferior to the three-headed centipede, and the taste is even better."

The chipmunk is clearly an expert at catching scorpions, and he hits the nail on the head with a few words.The cat father and the squirrel listened carefully, keeping the main points firmly in their hearts, and their confidence in this hunt was doubled.

"Scorpions like to live in groups more than three-headed centipedes." Chipmunk added, "If you find a group of scorpions, you will soon find another group. We must act fast, before other alien beasts and native species find out!"

Given the appearance of the black spider, both the cat father and the squirrel think that the chipmunk's words make sense.

It's better to start early than late.

Without the three-headed centipede, these scorpions must never be missed again!

"Okay, let's do it!"

As soon as the matter was finalized, the squirrels adjusted their teams, kept the cubs and the seriously injured in the center, and moved in the direction indicated by the chipmunks.

We have to admit that pangolins are indeed experts at digging holes.Even if it is an abandoned tunnel, it is still very solid, and there is no mud, sand and stone blocking the road.

The only bad thing is that there are a lot of rotten beast remains in the tunnel, piled up together, the smell is really pungent.Near each wreck are plant roots of different thicknesses and lengths.Some live on carrion and are not interested in the passing procession.Some of them also hunt by themselves, and sneak attacks from time to time, causing a lot of trouble for the cat father and squirrels.

Click!

After cutting off the gray-black grass roots, Qi Le flicked his claws impatiently.

Is this the first time?

Although these mutated plants are average in strength and do not pose much threat to him, they will slow down his progress, which is really annoying.

"Do you want to burn it?" Heisong suggested as he walked beside Qi Le.

burn it?

Father Cat froze for a moment, then slowly turned his head, looked at the black squirrel waving its tail and sparkling sparks around it, and subconsciously swallowed.

Is this an arson addiction?

In terms of improving the fighting power of the squirrel, didn't he do something amazing?

"It's better not to." Who knows if these mutated plants will explode.If the tunnel is blown up, the fun will be great.

"...Okay." The black squirrel nodded, with obvious disappointment in his tone.

After passing through a narrow tunnel, the smell of corruption gradually faded away, all kinds of annoying plant roots decreased, and the sight became wider.

The passage ahead is very spacious, the ground under the feet is soft, and the left and right walls are polished very smooth.Ventilation openings of different sizes are left above the passage, and the soft sunlight falls, floating colorful colors, embellishing the dark underground space.

At the end of the tunnel is a spacious earth hole, the hole is open, and yellow dry grass is piled up in the hole.There are quite a few scales of pangolins scattered around the haystack, each of which is the size of two palms of an adult, and all of them have been chapped and discolored.

"This is the cave where pangolins sleep. There is not only one entrance and exit."

Heisong walked around the haystack while talking, and sure enough, he found a metal plate on the wall.I tried to push it with my claws, but the metal plate and the wall were tightly connected, and it didn't move at all.Knocking hard, the sound told them that there must be a tunnel hidden behind.

"If they are attacked by the three-headed centipede, they will probably take the cub here to hide." Red Oak walked to the metal plate and looked it up and down carefully. "Maybe behind this is their backup tunnel."

According to the direction pointed by the chipmunk, it is the fastest to pass here.If you choose a new route, you will inevitably return to the starting point, and [-]% will take a long detour.

If you don't want to go really far, you have to remove this metal plate.

"I'll try it out."

Qi Le took two steps forward and stood in front of Heisong.The sharp claws dug into the edge of the board, and he wanted to ask the squirrel to help, but he never expected that the metal plate that was motionless under the squirrel's claws was as light as nothing, and he was directly "picked" off the wall.

With a bang, the metal plate fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of choking dust.

Father Cat froze in place, raised his paw to have a look, then pressed the pad of the paw, and flicked the tip of the paw twice, when did his strength become so great?Or is there something wrong with the board itself?

Before he had time to think about it, the red squirrel suddenly yelled: "Be careful!"

Completely out of instinct, Qi Le suddenly jumped back.On the way, he did not forget to pick up the kitten and rolled to the side.

boom!

A shriveled corpse fell to the ground, right where Qi Le was in a daze just now.

"Zombie?"

Qi Le stepped forward cautiously, but found that the zombie was motionless.He stretched out his claws and patted it, crushing the skull of the corpse on the spot.

"Father is amazing!" The kitten's eyes are full of stars.

The cat dad shook his beard in embarrassment, kicked the zombie away with a cough, and probed into the tunnel.

In front of him was a spacious corridor, in which there were many corpses lying around, most of them were pangolins and three-headed centipedes, there were also a few zombies of unknown origin, and a few unnamed underground creatures.

Judging from the size of the pangolins, most of them are not adults yet.

This verified the squirrel's previous inference that when the disaster happened, they were hidden here by their parents.I thought I could escape a catastrophe, but in the end I was discovered and failed to escape.

The three-headed centipede cannot be accused of cruelty.

Natural selection, the strong survive.

If they want to seize the pangolin's lair, they will naturally kill them all.It's just that they didn't expect that the hunting team that went out died at the paws of Qi Le and his son just after they got the place, and those who stayed in the nest were also wiped out by the black spiders.

It can only be said that things happened by coincidence, and they deserved to be unlucky.

Qi Le told the kitten to stay where he was, and he and the adult squirrel entered the tunnel, trying to clear the way.Halfway through the cleaning, I found an irregular crack on the top of the head, which the pangolin could not get out of, but it fit the flat figure of the three-headed centipede very well.

"They must have come in from above."

The tunnel was blocked, and the little pangolins had no way to escape. In the end, they all died in the hands of the three-headed centipede.Adult pangolins would never have imagined that the shelter they chose for their cubs would eventually become the grave of the entire group.

However, how did the zombies appear here?

With question marks on his head, Qi Le walked towards the exit of the tunnel, only to find several three-headed centipede and zombie corpses blocked there.The corpses are entangled with each other, and their true colors can no longer be discerned, obviously dead for a long time.

"Heisong, come help!" Qi Le called the squirrel, and together they moved the corpse away.

For unknown reasons, all the corpses in the corridor were air-dried, and the crystal nuclei and bones were well preserved. However, these corpses were severely corrupted, and even the bones were rotten like tofu.

"Strange." Qi Le became more and more puzzled when he looked at the corpse that was pushed aside, then at the tunnel, and estimated the distance.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Heisong raised his head and asked.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Qi Le pointed to a few decayed corpses, and then pointed to a few mummified corpses not far away, "They are all here, and the distance is not too far away, the difference is too big .”

Heisong paused, and also realized that something was wrong.But he didn't think too much, but said: "It doesn't matter to us, anyway, it's just an excuse, and I won't live here."

"That's right." Qi Le nodded.

In the final analysis, if something is really wrong, those black spiders should take care of it.

While Qi Le and Black Song were clearing the passage, Red Oak and a few chipmunks were busy collecting the crystal nuclei left by the corpse.

Maybe the black spider didn't discover this place, or maybe it's because they disdain the three melons and two dates here. The crystal nuclei left by the pangolin and the three-headed centipede are all cheaper for the cat father and the squirrel.

After some counting, as many as 67 crystal nuclei were harvested, most of which came from pangolins and centipedes, a few from unlucky intruders, and a few from zombies.

Fortunately, five or six green crystal nuclei were found under the pangolin's corpse.This is definitely a surprise and will help more squirrels recover as soon as possible.

The black pine and red oak were busy cleaning up the crystal nuclei, and distributed them to the cubs and the wounded.Qi Le squatted in front of the zombies, pulled one of the zombie's wrists, found the ring stuck on the wrist, subconsciously frowned.

Advanced zombies?

Why do advanced zombies appear in the pangolin's burrow?

They also live underground?

Puzzled, Qi Le stood up and looked around in the tunnel when he stepped on something and fell down suddenly.

"father!"

When Qi Ning realized something was wrong, he reacted extremely quickly. He rushed forward and bit Qi Le's hind paw. The four small paws tried to pull Qi Le out of the hole.

It's a pity that the entrance of the cave collapsed too quickly, and the kitten fell down together instead of saving people.

"Qi Le!"

"Qining!"

"what happened?"

The squirrels came one after another, regardless of the danger, and looked down at the entrance of the cave: "Are you all right? Are you injured?"

"No."

When falling, Qi Le turned over in mid-air, and the kitten followed his example, tried to find a balance point, and finally landed safely.

After confirming that the kitten was safe and sound, Qi Le stood up, shook the paw that had been bitten out of the tooth marks, looked up, and found that the hole where he fell was extremely high. If he wanted to climb up, he had to find a support point.

It was a miracle to land safely from this height.

"Qi Le, are you all right?" Red Oak asked loudly.

"It's okay, don't worry." Qi Le looked around, wanting to see if there was anything he could borrow, or the roots of plants would also work.When he saw everything around him clearly, he was completely frozen in place, his scalp was numb, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he was cold from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.

"Qi Le, let's go down and help you!"

"Stay on it, don't come down!" Qi Le said loudly, "Don't let the cubs get close! There are very strange things here!"

The squirrels were lying at the entrance of the cave, hindered by the angle and light, they didn't know what was below, but Qi Le could see it clearly.But the clearer he saw, the more frightened he felt, his heartbeat continued to speed up, a creepy feeling climbed up his spine, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"Dad, what are these?"

"Don't come close, don't move anything!"

Qi Le held the kitten in his arms, and looked around vigilantly.

Unlike the burrows dug by the pangolins, the buildings here are obviously man-made, with iron-gray metal plates propping up the walls, with dark stains remaining on them, much like blood spatters.

The indoor space is extremely spacious, scattered with various instruments, some are broken and broken, some seem to be intact, but without exception, they are all covered with dark traces.

Standing against the wall are several cylindrical containers filled with a blue liquid.

Floating in the liquid were several strange corpses, all of which were black in color, with chapped bodies, exposing withered muscles and bluish-white bones.Some corpses turned their backs to Qi Le, and they couldn't see clearly.Some showed their front faces, with sunken eye sockets and protruding fangs, they were clearly zombies!

Bang, bang, bang.

Qi Le could almost hear his own heartbeat.

A zombie suddenly opened its eyes, pounced on the wall of the container, opened its mouth full of fangs, and roared silently.

"Meow!"

The kitten was not afraid, but lowered its ears and roared head-on.

Qi Le held down the kitten with one paw, not letting him rush forward.Intuition told him that he must not touch anything here.

boom!

The dull sound came suddenly, and Qi Le was startled, and found a metal door hidden behind the container, and the sound came from behind the door.

Danger!

Qi Le didn't have time to think about it, and said loudly to the squirrel: "Don't let the cub get close, help me at the entrance of the cave!"

In any case, he must leave with the kitten, the sooner the better!

curious?

Head behind the door to explore?

Qi Le was not that interested, he would rather trust his intuition and save his life as the priority.

"Son, come up!"

Qi Le picked up the kitten on his back, kicked hard on the ground with his hind legs, and jumped up a metal wall.The sharp claws popped out of the claw pads and firmly fastened to the wall, leaving several clear scratches, followed by harsh friction sounds.

"pay close attention!"

Every time he jumped, Qi Le had to find the exact landing point.Finally at the top of the wall, he had to face the last problem, how to climb to the hole with his back to the ground.

"Qi Le!"

At this moment, a string of "ropes" suddenly dropped from above the hole.

"Qi Le, jump over here, hold on to me!"

There was no rope around them, so the squirrels simply built a human ladder, with their front paws pulling their back paws, pulling one by one, trying to drag Qi Le and his son up.

The strongest gray and black squirrels stayed outside, and the smaller chipmunks and red squirrels formed a ladder. After entering the hole and swinging back and forth, the last front paw stretched out and shouted: "Jump over here and catch me!" !"

"Son, you go first!"

Qi Le stepped back a little, propped it up with four paws, risked himself falling, bit the back of the kitten's neck, and threw him towards the chipmunk.

"father!"

"Don't look back, hold on tight!"

Qi Le yelled loudly, and Qi Ning flew forward with the help of inertia, and was caught by the chipmunk's hind paw, threw it upwards forcefully, and said loudly: "Climb up, hurry up!"

After confirming that the kitten escaped safely, Qi Le immediately jumped, firmly grasping the ladder formed by the squirrel and the chipmunk, and climbed out of the hole as quickly as possible.

Back in the corridor, Dad Cat immediately helped and pulled out the companion who was still in the burrow.

It was the first time to use this method to save people, and the hairballs were a little exhausted, sitting slumped in the tunnel, panting heavily.

"What's down there?" asked the Chipmunk.

"Like a laboratory." Qi Le replied.

"Laboratory?" The squirrel didn't quite understand the concept.

"I'm not sure either." Qi Le took a breath, felt that his chest was no longer so uncomfortable, and said seriously, "Black pine, red oak, we need to get out of here, the sooner the better!"

The squirrels nodded.

They have the same perception as Qi Le, this place is too weird, it's best to leave immediately.

"Should this burrow be sealed?" Red Oak said.

"It's better to seal it up!" Qi Le took the metal plate outside the corridor, and it just fit into the opening of the roof, and stuffed hay around it, and stepped on it a few times with his paws to ensure that there was no gap left.

"What about these corpses?"

"Pile it on top of this." Qi Le took the lead in carrying the corpses, pressing them all onto the metal plate.Whether it's zombies, alien beasts or other things, it will take a lot of effort to get up from this hole.

"Listen to you."

The squirrels moved quickly, sealed the hole firmly, and ran out of the corridor as fast as they could.The cat father kept a close eye on the kitten, not letting him leave his sight.

"Are you still hunting?"

If you follow the original route, you will definitely come back here again.Thinking about the following things, the cat father and the squirrel both hesitated.

"Maybe we should change direction." Qi Le suggested.

"Yes, another direction, there are not only a group of scorpions."

They can't be blamed for their lack of guts. For things they don't understand, it is natural to be cautious. This is one of the keys to ensuring the continuation of the population.

"Or, let's go back to the territory and have a look?" A red squirrel said, "It's not too close, it's on the edge. If the zombies don't leave, we can take a detour to the border of District [-]."

The squirrels looked at each other and then at Qi Le, they all thought this idea was good and they could give it a try.

Back at the corner of the tunnel, there was a sudden thunder above the head, followed by the sound of splashing water.

It turned out that when the cat father was busy escaping from the laboratory, a heavy rain fell from the sky, and the vent was collapsed by the rain, blocking the way forward.

"It's raining?"

"Go up and see!"

The gray squirrel dug the vent even bigger, poked its head out of the tunnel, and was immediately thrown back by the heavy rain.

"It's raining, you can go back to the territory!"

With such a heavy rain, the fire in the territory must not last long.Zombies don't like being exposed to rain, and they can't find prey, so they will never stay in the territory for a long time.

"Zombies don't like rain?" Qi Le asked in surprise.

"Advanced zombies don't like it." Heisong explained, "When the tide of corpses appears, ordinary zombies are commanded by advanced zombies. When the advanced zombies leave, the others will not stay."

If you don't obey the command, next time there is a collective hunt, you will definitely be excluded.Those who mix in will be picked out by advanced zombies, those with better luck will be thrown into the air, and those with less luck will be torn to pieces on the spot.

The heavy rain brought good news, but it also brought trouble.

Because the pangolin was destroyed by the group, the three-headed centipede and the black spider were the ones who only occupied but not repaired, and the tunnel began to flood.If the rainwater cannot be drained out, small-scale "flooding" will soon occur.

"Go to the ground."

The squirrels were not in the mood to help others repair the tunnels, so they had to venture back from the ground.

Qi Le has no objection.

Thinking about it carefully, since becoming allies with the squirrels, he has gradually become accustomed to living underground.If it goes on for a long time, will it become Blue Star's first cat that burrows and sleeps?

"dad?"

"It's okay, come up, Dad will take you."

"it is good!"

The kitten was very happy and jumped directly on the cat's father's back.

"son."

"dad?"

"Don't jump next time."

"……Oh."

"Forget it, you'd better dance."

"it is good!"

"..." Did he trick himself again?

After the cat father and the squirrels left, there was another sound in the sealed laboratory.

In the dark underground, the metal door embedded in the wall suddenly opened, and Gu Xuan stepped in, dragging a discarded instrument in his hand.

Qi Le only guessed half correctly before, this used to be a laboratory, but now it has become a garbage dump.

As soon as he entered the room, Gu Xuan stopped suddenly, his nose fluttered invisibly, and his blood-red eyes wandered around.Seeing the claw marks left on the wall, there was a rare emotion in his eyes.

How long had it been since he had tasted fresh flesh and blood?

It's been so long that even the memory has become blurred.