The Cat and the King [Interstellar]

At dawn, the guard put on protective clothing and opened the hatch. The body of the guard in front of the door was gone. Obviously, the wolves turned back and took the prey away.

But also because of this, they avoided seeing such a tragedy again.The guard let out a sigh of relief inwardly.

The wasteland in the dry season is unbelievably dry, but occasionally you can see dry yellow grass protruding from the cracks in the ground. The spaceship just landed on a soil slope. Looking from here, the endless yellow land occasionally appears. A dead tree with a little green is considered a gift from heaven.

Ren stepped off the spaceship and stared at the endless wilderness with a cane.

It should not be easy for them to find energy in such a vast place.

I suddenly thought of the human boy who was with the leopard, why he appeared here, and how he survived. I don't know if we can meet again.

At this moment, not far from the battleship, the leopard was lying on a tree to enjoy leisure time after a lazy meal, and the little orc with a layer of fur around his waist was sitting on a thick tree trunk, squinting lazily, the comfortable The expression was almost the same as that of the leopard next to him.

This land belongs to Leopard and her cubs, and their rivals are a pack of faceless and skinless wolves.

As time passed, for three full days, the energy detection machine still had no response. Ren and his subordinates planned to expand the detection range, but at this moment, the team encountered wolves again.

But this time the target of the wolves is not the Renn army with weapons, but the leopard boy squatting on the tree.

Ren raised his hand, and the whole army temporarily stopped advancing.The surrounded tree could just be seen from the slope where they were. After receiving the scope from the sergeant, Ren could clearly see the situation over there.

The little orc grabbed the tree trunk and bared its teeth at the wolves below provocatively, as if it was a demonstration.

Unlike creatures like wolves, leopards like to fight alone. They are lone rangers in the wilderness, and they will never admit defeat no matter what disadvantages they face. This kind of proud blood in their bones is fully reflected in him.

"Gun." Ren said.

Receiving the gun from the non-commissioned officer, Ren aimed the gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The gun is silenced. This gun is specially made by the Empire and is top-notch in every aspect. There is no doubt about Ren’s marksmanship. The bullet was shot into the flesh of a wolf, and Ren watched it fall to the ground through the scope. It came out of nowhere. The attack made the wolves panic. They scattered and fled away from this ominous place, but the leopard boy on the tree looked here.

If it wasn't for sure that the leopard boy couldn't see him at this distance, it would be hard for Ren to believe that he had discovered the trajectory of his bullet at the moment he was there. Through the scope, Ren looked at those eyes again, and his heart slowed down. The beating and everything around me seemed to quiet down.

"Wow!!" The leopard boy howled like a wild beast in the open wilderness, and then quickly ran in this direction.

Its speed was so fast that Ren felt that he had just put down the scope and saw him appearing in his sight. He was very alert to Ren's army, hiding behind a stone far away, observing the group people.

"Stand back," Ren said.

He took off his white gloves and protective clothing, handed the gentleman's stick to the sergeant, and approached step by step after showing that he was non-threatening.

There was a threatening growl from the little orc's mouth, as if warning Ren that he had better stop there and not move forward.

Ren is a major general, but he is also a top negotiator. After all, it is always useful in war. After hearing the threat, he did not stop, but slowed down slightly.

He showed anxiety and anger at Ren's invasion/offending the little orc, but he couldn't be sure whether this person was kind or not, so Ren got closer to him.

"Look at me, I have no weapons, no protective clothing, and I don't have any malice." Raising his hand, Ren continued to be persuasive, he was patient enough to let him accept himself.

"Ow?"

The language he heard for the first time made the little orc at a loss. He wanted to understand what Ren said, and tilted his head unconsciously to look at Ren not far away.

Ren has heard before that when animals want to understand the meaning of human speech, they will constantly tilt their heads to distinguish and analyze. He probably cannot understand what he is saying. This leopard child is most likely abandoned when he was young Here, the gesture of making a face when we met for the first time is clearly what a human child can do. It is obvious that he is a human being, with the knowledge of a child but no language.

But even so, the two of them were already very close, and Ren could touch him with his hand.

"Isn't our general a clean freak? Why does it seem like he wants to get close to this little savage?" A guard asked strangely. He stayed on the spaceship with the general for a few days. Except for the sergeant, everyone else in his operating room You can't enter, the ground looks spotless, and you must wear white gloves when you go out. Such a person can actually try to communicate with a little orc like a child.

Ren stretched out his hand originally to shake hands, but it may be because it was too close or because of panic, the orc just grabbed Ren's arm with one bite.

"Good..." Ren stretched out his other hand, and stroked the little orc's head soothingly, his magnetic voice was full of gentleness.

This scene frightened the guards who were watching from a distance. If anyone gave Ren such a mouthful on weekdays, he would have been thrown to the training camp early to be half-dead. Now this little orc is not only alive, but also Ryan didn't seem to care at all.

Leopard Boy couldn't understand what Ren was saying, but he seemed to understand that this person was not malicious, so he slowly opened his mouth and stepped back a few steps to keep a suitable distance from Ren.

It was exactly the same as the cat in Ryan's memory.He obviously bit the wrong person and still refuses to admit it, but proudly raised his head and stepped aside to keep a certain distance from you.

The corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, and Ren took out a sealed bag from his pocket, which contained a black stone. This kind of stone is an energy stone. In such a barren star, it should be called a biological fossil, which can be used as a kind of energy.

"We..." Ren pointed to himself.

"To find this stone." He pointed to the stone in the sealed bag.

"Have you seen it?"

The wasteland is too big, relying on them to slowly search for energy will not only take a long time, but also consume a lot of materials, so it is better to cooperate.

He was very smart, to the point where he was so smart, Leopard Boy took a few steps forward and took the bag from Ren, then retreated back to the original place, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

"Wow~~" His eyes lit up and he clearly knew what it was.

The little orc turned around and left. After walking two steps, he looked back to see if Ren and the others had followed.

"Everyone follow up." Ren gave an order.

The leopard cub was walking in front, Ren followed unhurriedly, and the large army followed from a distance. They continued to march far away and soon ushered in another night.

The fleet is stationed here, and the compressed tents are prepared one by one. Ren's is at the sergeant's place. After he set up the tent, he raised his head and saw the leopard boy running up the tree, stretching out his neck and looking curiously, with a pair of eyes Shining in the dark, inexplicably...cute.

"Eat?"

Ren never asked about the army's rations, but today he felt itchy when he saw the non-commissioned officer distributing food. He asked for an extra meal from the non-commissioned officer, opened one and held it up to ask.

"Wow~~" Even in the tree, Leopard Boy could still smell the tempting fragrance, it was the first time he smelled such a fragrant thing, tempting... the smell of food.

"Come down, I'll eat it for you when you come down." Ren continued to seduce.

"Aww!!" He turned his face away arrogantly, and the leopard boy fell silent on the tree.

"Then I'll put it here." Putting the lunch box on a stone, Ren sat not far away and began to eat.

There was a rustling sound from the tree, and the little orc slowly moved down from the tree, grasped it with his hands and began to eat, and looked at Ren vigilantly after every few bites. This behavior made Ren feel very amusing Yes, observing the little orc from a distance, but didn't realize how relaxed he was at the moment.

After eating, the little orc carefully licked his fingers clean, then grabbed the grass, wiped his hands clean, and climbed up the tree again.

The full moon rose, and the guards started their duty with their weapons in hand. Ren leaned against the tree where the little orc was, and rested with his eyes closed.

There was a faint whimpering sound from the tree, Ren opened his eyes and looked up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

There was no reply for a long time.

Ren was really worried after a while, so he put down his cane and grabbed a branch on the edge.

The sergeant noticed the situation here and immediately rushed over to stop the general.

"General, he's the one from Desolate Star, and he'll be fine." The local residents must be better at taking care of themselves than those who just arrived.

"It's okay, I'm just going to take a look." Ren grabbed the branch and climbed up, and soon saw the guy. From such a distance, he should be able to feel that Ren climbed the tree, but he still didn't respond, just made some Sobs of pain.

Something must have happened.

Ren quickly stepped on the branches and climbed to his side. Under the moonlight, one could see the little orc's face was flushed abnormally, his mouth was open and he was panting heavily, looking very uncomfortable.

Ren took off his gloves and tried the temperature on his forehead.

very hot……

"Hey, wake up and come down with me." Ren patted his cheek lightly.

But this guy must have been burnt out, he grunted a few times and his eyes were still tightly closed.

Sighing helplessly, Ren picked him up, and the person in his arms jumped directly from the tree.