Qi Le

Qi Le ran all the way and soon reached the edge of the territory.

As expected, all the corpses had left, and only scattered wreckage remained nearby.Red Oak and Black Pine patted Qi Le, motioning him to check the unburned corpses, and quickly concluded that after they left, birds of prey had passed by here.

"Only birds of prey would hunt like this."

When the birds of prey were mentioned, the squirrels immediately became vigilant, and Qi Le couldn't help but look around.It was the chipmunk who reminded the fried hair companion that the raptor had returned to its territory, so don't be too nervous.

"I saw it when Qi Le passed by the edge of the forest before." Facing the suspicious eyes of his companion, Chipmunk asked strangely, "Didn't you see it?"

"You should have warned everyone," said the red squirrel.

"They're flying towards their territory. If they bark too loudly, they might attract attention." The chipmunk continued, "And I thought you all knew that, that's why Qi Le ran so fast."

Qi Le and Squirrel looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

However, since the raptors have returned to their territory, they will not return to the border for at least a few days.They need to clear out the burrow as soon as possible so that the cub can hide in it safely.

After the previous fire, the territory became barren, and the plants on the surface were almost completely burned, and the vitality of the past was no longer seen.

Mud-wrapped charred stones covered most of the territory.All the burrows dug by the squirrels were blocked, and it would take a lot of effort to clean them up completely.After the silt is cleared, whether it can continue to live is also a problem.

To Qi Le's surprise, in the previous explosion, the trunk of the mutated tree no longer existed, but the rhizomes were preserved intact. Nourished by the flesh and blood of the zombies, they would soon be able to sprout again.

"As long as the roots are not completely destroyed, the mutated plants can always sprout again." The red oak and black pine fell to the ground, looking at the mud-covered territory, feeling both sad and grateful.

Although the burrow needs to be dug again, and the cubs need to be housed, it will take a lot of effort, but the clan is still there, and the family is still there. As long as we don't give up hope, we can always survive.

After experiencing countless disasters, the ability of squirrels to reproduce and evolve successfully without disappearing completely is absolutely inseparable from the tenacity of the population.

"I'll rest for a while." Putting down the net bag that had been carried all the way, Qi Le sat on the ground panting heavily, ignoring the mud.An indescribable hot feeling began to rush through his body, so hot that he wanted to jump into the cold water and roar a few times by the way.

At first, Qi Le thought it was the sequelae of running wildly, and he could recover after a short rest.But after waiting for a long time, the strange feeling of hotness has not disappeared, but it has become more and more intense.

Grabbing the kitten on his head, Qi Le was relieved to find that the little guy had no similar troubles.He was the only one who had a problem, and it shouldn't be eating bad things.

Feeling that something was wrong with Qi Le, Qi Ning straightened up, stepped on his palm with his back paw, rested on his chin with his front paw, pressed down on the soft paw pad, felt the extraordinary heat, and patted him curiously. patted his nose.

"dad?"

"It's okay." Qi Le shook his head, supported the kitten with one hand, and carefully touched his paw pads and nose. After confirming that it was really okay, he put him back on his shoulder with confidence, and helped the young and seriously injured squirrel out of the net bag out.

"Thank you."

The ground was full of sticky mud, and the squirrels couldn't change. They would sink half a foot in the mud immediately with their paws.Trying to use the big tail to support it, the result is that it is even more unstable. It either jumps forward directly, or falls on its back, and rolls into mud balls in the struggle.

In less than 5 minutes, "chocolate mice" were born one by one.

Adult squirrels are annoyed, worrying about mud on their fur.Lick with your tongue?It hurts just thinking about it.

The little squirrels, on the other hand, became very playful, screaming and jumping to the ground, stepping on their hind paws vigorously, without worrying about their fur getting dirty, they hugged and rolled in the mud.Ever since they left the territory, they have always been on tenterhooks, closely following their elders, not daring to be naughty in the slightest.Now that it's finally safe, it's natural to relax.

The little squirrels were having fun, squawking loudly, and their fur was covered in mud.

Qi Ning's eyes were hot, he looked up at Qi Le, and meowed twice.

The cat father couldn't bear to refuse, put down the kitten, and said with a smile: "Go and play."

"Meow!"

Qi Ning immediately rushed to his playmate, imitating the movement of hunting, and rushed up from behind.The squirrel reacted quickly and turned around to dodge immediately. The "hunter" and "prey" hugged each other and rolled, mud splashing everywhere.

In less than 2 minutes, the chocolate cat is freshly baked.

Watching the cubs rolling in the mud and quickly becoming indistinguishable from each other, the squirrels were both helpless and amused.The mother squirrel wanted to grab the baby, but Qi Le stopped her with a smile: "Let them play, it's rare to relax for a while."

Before I knew it, all the dark clouds dispersed, and a rainbow spanned the sky.

The kitten and the little squirrel finally got tired of playing, and crawled out of the mud with difficulty, and went back to their parents.

The temperature starts to rise, and the mud that coats the fur will soon harden and knot and need to be cleaned up as soon as possible.Qi Le grabbed the kitten and shook it a few times, then easily removed a handful of plaster.

"I'm going to find water. Everyone has to clean it up later." Qi Le stood up and held the kitten in his hands.

"There is a small river over there." Black Song picked up a small squirrel on his back and waded through the mud with difficulty.The dry places are fine, but the semi-wet and semi-dry roads are the most difficult. Every step forward, you have to struggle to pull your claws out of the mud.

"there?"

Putting one hand on his forehead, Qi Le narrowed his eyes slightly to confirm the direction the black pine pointed, looked at his companion trekking in the mud, grinned, and opened the net bag again.

"Come on in, hurry up."

The squirrels are not hypocritical, one has two, and they don't care about doing it again.

The mud on the edge of the territory has dried up, but the low-lying places are deeper than expected.

At first, it could only cover the top of the foot, and it was close to the ankle within 50 meters.As he was walking, Qi Le suddenly slipped and stepped into a collapsed hole, the mud directly reaching his knees.Fortunately, he has good balance. Holding the kitten in one hand and the net bag in the other hand, he just jumped over the dangerous area and walked to the river in big strides.

Putting down the net bag, Qi Le shook his neck and touched his spine with his backhand.

Although the shape has changed, the structure of the bones has continued the characteristics of the cihuamao.Otherwise, he would never be able to perform such a difficult movement.

Due to a heavy rain, the water level in the river has soared and has overflowed the river bank.

A few unknown small fish were swimming in the water, their eyes were parallel to the top of their heads, their lower jaws protruded forward, their sharp fangs stood upright, and their dorsal fins looked like a raised steel knife. I know it's not easy to mess with.

The kitten looked at the clear river and the fish in the water, its big eyes kept shining.

"dad--"

The kitten dragged his voice, and the cat father immediately lost his mind.

"understood."

With a helpless laugh, Qi Le put down the kitten, stepped into the river, poked out two inches of sharp nails, aimed at the underwater target, quickly scooped and flicked it, and with a bang, a small fish flew directly to the river bank.

Xiaoyu was a little confused.

I was swimming happily, why did I suddenly fly out of the river?

"Father is amazing!" The kitten ran forward quickly, stepping on the fish with its small mud-covered paws, no matter how the prey struggled, it couldn't break free.

In less than a moment, the number of fish on the river bank increased to five.

The squirrels have never eaten fish, so they don't know if this fish is poisonous.Qi Le didn't dare to let his son speak indiscriminately, and when the kitten had had enough of playing, he cut open the fish with his claws, but found no crystal nucleus, so he simply threw the body back into the river, which immediately attracted other fish to scramble.

The kitten squatted by the river, patted its front paws vigorously, and meowed while pointing at the schools of fish fighting for it, obviously expressing "waste".

"It looks like it should be edible?" Qi Le muttered.However, before he was [-]% sure, he still didn't dare to let his son take risks, and he couldn't let go no matter how sweetly he yelled!

When the fish shoal dispersed and the leftover bones sank to the bottom of the river, Qi Le swam up a distance, then grabbed the kitten by the back of the neck with one hand to ensure that he would not fall into the water, and held the kitten with the other hand. River water, began a difficult task: washing the cat.

The cat dad doesn't care about the unsightly movements, as long as it is efficient.

The little fishes in the river had seen how powerful the cat father was, none of them dared to get too close, and all of them swam far away, let alone taking advantage of the opportunity to bite.Even the squirrels that entered the water one after another were not disturbed in any way.

These freshwater fish don't have crystal nuclei, which doesn't mean they don't have brains, and they have a little bit of instinct to avoid danger.

"Meow."

The cold river water drenched on the body, the kitten waved its paws cheerfully, was pinched by Qi Le's ears twice, and immediately calmed down, retracted its paws and curled up its tail, and let it wash honestly.

After washing off two layers of mud, the original color of the fur can finally be seen.

Qi Le suddenly frowned, and took a closer look. Besides the weight, why did he feel that his son's fur patterns had also changed?

Dazzled?

After making sure that there was no water in the ears, Qi Le put the kitten on his lap, pinched the kitten's pads, and asked casually, "Son, are you growing faster?"

As soon as the voice fell, the kitten suddenly spun dry automatically.

The cat father was splashed all over his body by the splashing water droplets, and he really wanted to show his father's majesty, but facing that innocent round face, his feigned anger was like a balloon, which would burst when he pricked it.

"son."

"Meow."

"You can't be naughty."

"Meow."

"It's useless to be cute."

"Meow."

"..." His lips moved, and Father Cat admitted.

angry?

I really can't get angry.

"Pretending to be innocent, right?" Qi Le pinched the back of the kitten's neck.

"Meow." The kitten shook its head again, rubbing against the helpless Qi Le, and continued to look innocent.

Wash off the mud, and the kitten is back to its original appearance.

Qi Le turned back into a raccoon cat and began to lick Qining's hair dry.Halfway through the licking, the heat in his body rose again, his eyes felt dizzy for a while, but there was no drop of sweat on the paw pads.

It was so hot that Qi Le had no choice but to let go of the kitten, and jumped into the water with a plop, spreading his paws, trying to relieve the high temperature in his body with river water.

Too bad it didn't help at all.

Qi Le suspected that if the heat continued, he would be steamed into a pussy.

Finding that his situation was not right, Black Pine and Red Oak came over one after another, asked carefully, and most of their worries disappeared immediately.Red Oak flicked its big tail and said, "It's okay, this is a normal phenomenon, it will be fine in a few days."

"Normal?" Qi Le raised his head, it was so hot that his eyes were blurred, is it normal?

"The mating season is coming, and anyone without a mate will respond. If you are a male, the reaction will be even greater." Black Pine and Red Oak looked at each other and explained, "I haven't seen other cats, but generally speaking, The reaction should be similar to ours, the body will heat up and try to attract the attention of potential mates."

Mating season... mating? !

As if a heavy hammer hit the head, Dad Cat's eyes widened.

Is that what he thought?

"Otherwise?" Heisong picked up the little squirrel from the water and gave it to the mother squirrel to help dry it. Seeing Qi Le's shocked look, he was puzzled by his lack of common sense.

Native cats don't know how to educate their cubs, throw them away after they are born?

Not to mention that this possibility is very small, it doesn't make sense to compare Qi Le's situation of taking care of Qi Ning.The only explanation is that Qi Le's parents had an accident and died before he became an adult, so there was no time to teach him this knowledge.

After some brainstorming, he thought he was the truth, Heisong looked at Papa Cat with sympathy.When the latter monk Zhang Er was puzzled, he stepped forward, rubbed his cheek, and said seriously: "It's okay, don't worry, we will take care of you."

Under normal circumstances, native species and exotic animals with cubs around them will not go into heat, and will not look for a mate again until the cubs become adults.The breeding period of native species is relatively long, usually at intervals of several years, and the longest interval may even be ten years.

However, Qi Ning and Qi Le are not related by blood, so it is not surprising that Qi Le has a similar situation.

"There are several crystal nuclei that can suppress this reaction." Heisong continued, "Eat three in a row, and your condition will improve. But is this the first time that the reaction is so big?"

Qi Le was silent for two seconds, then resolutely buried her head in her paws.Soon I felt wrong again, he is a cat now, why be embarrassed?What's wrong, Chu Ge?Chu Ge still raises his son!

When the heat subsided a little, Qi Le left the river and made sure that he could move freely. The first thing he did was to return to the spaceship and dig out the crystal nuclei buried in the ground.

The outer layer of the spaceship has been scorched, and the edges are fused with sand and stone, becoming extremely hard.Fortunately, Qi Le's claws are sharp enough, such hardness is not a problem.

Unfortunately, the planned new home came to naught.

There is no place to shelter from the wind and rain, so you can't live in a burrow like a squirrel, right?

Entrusting Qi Ning to the care of the female squirrel, Qi Le entered the spaceship together with the black pine and red oak.

The previous passage had been completely blocked and could no longer be used at all, Qi Le was impatient to find another one, and directly opened the door violently, forcibly digging out a deck.

"The original species in the mating season will indeed be a little..."

The black pine and the red oak muttered softly, but the cat dad pretended not to hear it, and looked down through the opening, his eyes lit up immediately.

Regardless of the dilapidated exterior of the spaceship, the interior is fairly well preserved.The new bed made of bone snake skin had scorched and melted, but the floor and walls hadn't completely collapsed. After some careful repairs, there shouldn't be much problem living in their father and son.

What's more, there was no sign of the previously sealed hatch being opened, which proved that the crystal nuclei buried in the ground had a great possibility of being intact!

"Cough!" Because of being too excited, Qi Le was choked and coughed because he didn't watch out for the rising smoke.

"Wait until the smoke clears before going down."

Sitting on the roof of the cabin, the cat father and the squirrels felt relieved as they waited for the smoke in the cabin to dissipate.If there are strange beasts flying by in the sky, they will be surprised to find that the fur balls below are leaning together and laughing silly.

The biggest hidden worry no longer exists, the cat dad feels much more relaxed, and the hot feeling on his body is no longer unbearable.

"almost."

Probe to take a look into the cabin, Qi Le jumped down first, followed by a few squirrels.

There was still some heat left on the ground, Qi Le and the squirrel were not a problem.When he came to the hatch, the cat dad continued his previous style and violently opened it with a paw.

After the cabin door opened, a gust of hot wind gushed out from the corridor, Qi Le had no time to think, and walked in quickly.

The deck is exactly the same as when it was closed, without any changes.

Taking out the ant shell used to fix it, Qi Le and the squirrel entered the passage one after another.The claws popped out of the claw pads, using the alleyway as a leverage point, several leaps forward, and easily landed on the fastened metal plate.

"open to take a look."

Both Qi Le and Squirrel couldn't wait any longer, they worked together to lift the metal plate, and the mountainous crystal nuclei came into view instantly.

"Great."

Qi Le almost wanted to jump in and roll around.

When he fell on the metal plate just now, he didn't feel the energy of the crystal nucleus at all.From this point of view, this treasure location is very successful.With a little care it can last a long time.

"Qi Le, that's the white crystal nucleus." Heisong patted Qi Le, pointing to a thumb-sized, snow-white crystal nucleus that seemed to have liquid flowing inside, "Eat that, and your condition will be alleviated."

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Qi Le jumped down along the entrance of the cave, searched carefully in the hills, and found five similar crystal nuclei in a row.After being confirmed by the black pine and red oak, they chewed two pieces and ate them on the spot. A coolness flooded the whole body, and the dryness and heat were relieved immediately.

"Red Oak, Black Pine, come down and help." Qi Le shouted from the burrow.

You can't come here in vain, you must get more crystal nuclei, and then seal the cave before being discovered, the faster the better.

The squirrels understood Qi Le's plan, jumped into the hole one after another, and transported out three batches of crystal nuclei.Qi Le wanted to get more, but the squirrels stopped him.

"These are enough." Red Oak said. "We need to clear the tunnel, rebuild the cave, and hunt and feed the cubs. We don't have much time to digest the crystal nucleus. It's better to wait until the work is over."

Qi Le nodded, knowing that he was impatient.

You can't become fat if you eat one bite, you have to do things one by one.

The most important thing right now is not to absorb the crystal nucleus, but to prepare a safe hiding place.Squirrel needs to clear out the burrow as soon as possible, and he also needs to speed up repairing the spaceship.

"Talk to Black Willow and the others after you go out, quickly clean up the silt, and then go to the border to hunt in rotation."

The squirrels wanted to catch the three-headed centipede, but they ran into a black spider and broke into a strange place. Naturally, they returned in vain.Fortunately, the zombies have already left the territory, so they can slowly recuperate and expand the scope of their search for prey.

With definite goals and solid plans, you can always get what you want.

"Big beasts are hard to find, and centipedes and scorpions are not a problem."

While discussing, the squirrels helped Dad cat buckle the metal plate back.No one noticed that when they closed the hatch, a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the sky, and a black spaceship loomed in the center of the vortex.

Before the black spaceship landed, two dazzling laser beams flew straight and penetrated the tail of the spaceship.Immediately afterwards, as if there was a magnetic attraction, the black ship was forcibly pulled into the vortex.

The spaceship disappeared behind the clouds, only the vortex lingered for a long time, showing what just happened here.

In the dense arbor forest, Moran killed two high-level zombies, picked out the crystal nuclei with the tip of a knife, and put them into a bag made of animal skin.

Suddenly, she seemed to be aware of something, grabbed the vine that had been cut off with one arm, stepped on the trunk with both legs, and jumped to the crown of the tree.

Standing on the branch, Moran couldn't help clenching his fists excitedly when he saw the black spaceship appear.However, the hope lasted less than a moment before it was shattered by sudden changes.

Looking at the place where the spaceship disappeared, Moran looked very ugly.

If she read correctly, what appeared before was a pirate merchant ship.She is also very familiar with the way of attacking pirate merchant ships, it is a warship belonging to Constellation One.

No matter which clan came, it was not good news for her who wanted to leave Blue Star with the help of pirates.

Outside the blue star, the black spaceship was severely damaged and was running for its life in a panic. Terrifying light beams struck one after another, and dazzling halos spread in the darkness one after another.

The strange thing is that it can be solved in one shot, but it is always a little bit worse.It's not that the crew lost their standards, it can only be done on purpose.

In the command cabin of the spaceship, Gaspas put down the communicator, and triangle and circle patterns appeared alternately on the screen, accurately locating the pirate merchant ship, and a beam of light would fly out every time it was positioned.

"This is harder than hitting." Sanders leaned back hard in the chair, talking to himself in frustration.

It's a pity that Gaspas ignored him, and the other crew members were busy, so they didn't answer the call either.

Watching the fire lose its aim time and time again, and allowing the pirate merchant ship to fly farther, Sanders finally turned the metal chair, looked at Shial, who was also bored with one hand propped on his cheek, and asked, "Should it be all right?" ?”

If you continue to chase, any fool can see that something is wrong.

Shial nodded.

Finally, the dazzling light beam exploded, the pirate merchant ship was torn apart in the strong light, and a few fragments flew towards the blue star, penetrating the atmosphere vertically.As for the pirates in the merchant ships, all of them have already died, and there are no bones left.

Gaspers contacted the parent planet again and sent the whole process back to the fleet.

"In this way, the speaker won't find fault again?" Sanders said casually.

"Others won't, the speaker may not." Gaspers turned off the communicator, and suddenly felt amused when he thought of what was happening on the home planet.

"Gaspers, what are you laughing at?" Sanders asked curiously.

"I thought of something interesting."

"What's interesting?"

"Governor Alecto."

"Governor of Star Friday?"

"Yes." Gaspers turned around, put one arm on the back of the chair, glanced past Sanders, looked at Shiar, and said with a smile, "I suspect that the speaker has a bad memory and forgot your mother She is Alecto's younger sister, and you have his blood in you. If you continue to hold on to you, there is no guarantee that what happened back then will not happen again."

Thinking of the governor of Albatross who bombarded half of the parliament with a laser cannon a few years ago, and recalling the expression of the speaker at that time, half of the crew in the command cabin couldn't help laughing.

"It's not like he forgot." Shiar shook her head, her long platinum-blond hair fell behind her shoulders, more dazzling than the gems inlaid on her neckline, "He was expecting me to do this."

"Why?" Gaspers froze for a moment, while Sanders was puzzled.

"The discord within the First Clan is far more serious than imagined. Oren is about to go to trial, no matter which crime he is charged with, he will lose his status as an heir, and he will not even be able to enter the fleet after graduation." Speaking of this, Seaalton After a pause, "As his father, the Speaker will definitely be implicated. In order to buy time to convince the clan elders, he needs to divert the attention of the Senate and the Parliament."

That's why the speaker blatantly framed Xial, questioned the entire crew, and forced Xial to become angry and even rebel.

A person exiled by the family can be regarded as the best scapegoat.

"Was anyone in the family involved?" Gaspers asked.

Shial didn't answer.

Silence had already given Gaspers the answer.