Qi Le

After the ant colony left, the surroundings became quiet, and even the roar of the zombies became distant.

When Qi Ning fell asleep, Qi Le climbed up to the roof of the cabin again, carefully turned his ears, and looked around, but he didn't see the shadow of the foreign race, so he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Under the moonlight, the corpses of army ants were scattered all around, and the densest places were almost piled up into hills.Under the damaged ant shell is snow-white fresh meat, some of which have been scanned by lasers, faintly emitting a burnt aroma.

According to common sense, so much "food" will definitely attract zombies and strange beasts.

Qi Le swallowed his saliva, clasped the roof of the cabin with his four claws, and waited patiently.

He really wanted this free meal, but his instinct told him that patience was necessary.If you rush out recklessly, the gain may not be worth the loss. In the end, the big meal is not caught, but it becomes the target of others.

1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes... A full quarter of an hour passed, and nothing happened.

No beasts, no zombies.

Qi Le couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Could it be that army ants cannot eat them?

And if that's the case, what's going to happen to his and his son's next meal?

When he was depressed, a strange sound came suddenly. Qi Le pricked up his ears and opened his eyes wide. With the help of the hazy moonlight, he found that the dry and cracked soil was lifted one after another, revealing irregular patterns. burrow.

Looking down from above, the burrows are quite neatly distributed, and even the sizes are very similar.All the openings are lined up, with half of the withered wood as the center, forming rings of different sizes from the inside to the outside.

There was a sharp cry from inside the cave, which changed from blurred to clear and very regular.

Immediately afterwards, a small black head protruded from the ground, with round cheeks, front teeth protruding from the lips, a big tail behind the back, and triangular ears erected high, with two strands of gray-black long hair at the tip of the ears.

squirrel?

The appearance is a bit similar, but the way of appearance is not quite right.

Qi Le knew that there were creatures called "ground squirrels", but the ones in front of him were obviously the species that lived in trees.

The squirrels appeared one after another, and instead of approaching the army ants in a hurry, they stayed at the entrance of the cave, making calls of different heights, some were sharp, some were low, some were like whistles, and some were like the cooing of pigeons Goo.

It is hard to imagine that this is the sound made by a group of squirrels.

The exchange went on for several minutes before the squirrels finally came to an agreement.

The largest ones are scattered around, try to find a high place to look at, and beware of possible natural enemies.The rest aimed at the target, rushed into the ant colony at the fastest speed, or bit or hugged, and brought the food back to the burrow.

Some squirrels were so hungry that they couldn't wait to hide, so they just crushed ant shells and ate them at the entrance of the cave.

The crackling sound was endless, and some pieces of meat that were too late to swallow were scattered on the ground.More squirrels join the meal.The sentry squirrels screamed in dissatisfaction, and immediately some squirrels who were full threw away their ant shells and stepped forward to take the vigilance instead.

Seeing this scene, Qi Le finally confirmed that these army ants are not only edible, but also taste very good.

More and more squirrels gushed out of their burrows, and the originally orderly actions became chaotic.

The guard squirrel yelled and stomped, as if scolding the newcomer for being unruly.The one who was reprimanded was tit for tat, sweeping his big tail, and even waved his paw a few times.

It was only then that Qi Le discovered that the several waves of squirrels were of different colors and sizes.Some are pure black, some are crimson, and some are taupe, and a few have stripes on their bodies, more like chipmunks.

Squirrels from different populations get together and are not exactly friendly to each other.Especially the crimson and gray-brown species, there are obvious grievances, and they will bark their teeth when they pass by.

Complaints are complaints, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, those who came first did not monopolize the food, and those who came later were not driven away.

In order to avoid conflicts, the squirrels set up their own territory and quickly collected food in groups.Adult squirrels are full, and there are cubs in the burrow.These army ants are a rare meal, and it would be foolish to waste energy fighting.

After hundreds of years of evolution, the habits of Blue Star's squirrels have changed, from diurnal to nocturnal, and even into outright carnivores.

The instinct to breastfeed still exists, but the baby squirrels can follow their mothers to eat meat within a week of birth.

The reason why the spaceship is so clean is entirely because of these squirrels.They eat almost anything except some native species.I was so hungry that I didn't even spare the zombies.

It's just that the latter case is rare.

Most of the time they would avoid zombies, or expel the corpses that invaded the territory.

The reason is that low-level zombies have a bad taste, and evolved zombies are not easy to catch. There are other options, and no one is willing to attack this kind of group.Of course, except for native ant colonies that are not picky eaters and a few exotic animals.

There are many squirrels, and even more ant corpses.

Each army ant has the length of an adult's arm, and some are more than one meter in size. The squirrels tried their best to remove only a fraction.In the end, every squirrel returned with a full load, but the number of ant carcasses did not seem to decrease at all.

Suddenly, the sentinel squirrel yelled, and the shrill sound resounded through the night sky.

The squirrels became alert immediately, and most of them threw away the ant corpses and began to run away.A few raised the hairs on the back of their necks and growled menacingly at the black shadow in midair.

In the night, more than a dozen barn owls hovered in the air, with a wingspan of nearly three meters, larger than any crow Qi Le had ever seen.

Despite its size, the barn owl moves silently.Focusing on the prey on the ground, it swoops down from mid-air, and its sharp claws firmly penetrate the spine of the prey, which can easily tear the prey's fur.

The squirrel was covered in blood, and screamed piercingly as it struggled.

There were more and more barn owls, and finally there were more than [-] barn owls, circling in the night sky with an astonishing momentum.Qi Le, who was watching, felt his scalp go numb.

Driven to a dead end, the squirrels no longer run away, but huddle together, and different species can unite, show their sharp front claws, and jointly fight against the terrifying old enemy.

Screaming, whistling, struggling and cracking bones intertwined.

A barn owl was scratched by a squirrel, and its angry howl resounded through the night sky.More barn owls appeared, along with a few hawks.

Besieged by hundreds of raptors, the squirrel quickly fell into a disadvantage, had to give up resistance, and ran away again.A squirrel successfully ran to the entrance of the cave, but was dragged down by the food blocked in front of the cave, and was caught in the air by the hunters.

Birds of prey like to eat squirrels and are not at all interested in army ants.

Army ants kept falling from mid-air, scattered around the spaceship.There were even a few that landed so precisely that they almost hit Qi Le's head.

What is pie in the sky?

This is!

Qi Le was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't dare to be too careless.

God knows if I'll be included in the barn owl's diet.

After waiting quietly for a long time, after confirming that most of the birds of prey had flown away, Qi Le tried to stick out his front paws and shake the corpse of the army ant.Feeling no danger, he immediately bit one of the army ant's hind legs and dragged it into the cabin with all his strength.

With a click, the army ant got stuck in the middle of the crack, and Qi Le almost hung in mid-air.Looking at the rations hanging above, Qi Le's heart swayed, and his four claws fluttered in mid-air. Using his own weight, he fell the army ants into the cabin.

With a snap, the army ants fell to the ground.

success!

Qi Le took a breath, climbed up to the roof of the cabin again, and attacked another army ant.

There were not many barn owls left, and all their attention was focused on the squirrel, and they did not notice any changes in the spaceship.Qi Le still didn't dare to be careless, and only attacked the nearest prey.

One, two, three... Moving to the fifth one, Qi Le finally exhausted his strength and collapsed in the cabin.

Qi Ning jumped off the metal chair, walked to a relatively complete ant carcass, first dug up the army ant's head, then dug out the army ant's chest cavity, and after searching carefully, he pulled out a fiery red crystal nucleus.I really couldn't bite, so I could only push it with my front paws until it reached Qi Le.

"Dad eat."

Qi Le was moved to tears.

"you eat."

Qi Ning shook his head, left the crystal nucleus in front of Qi Le, and clawed at another army ant.

Knowing his own situation, Qi Le didn't hesitate any longer, he crushed the crystal nucleus, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

Different from the previous experience, this force is extremely overbearing, and in an instant, it feels like a flame is burning in the stomach.After the burning sensation, there was an unspeakable comfort, as if a warm current rushed to the limbs and bones.

Qi Le narrowed his eyes, straightened his body, and felt so comfortable that he wanted to moan.

Qi Ning found three crystal nuclei and pushed them all to Qi Le.

The small face was stained with dust, but the big eyes were full of anticipation.

Qi Le recovered his strength, stood up, glanced at the top of his head, then lowered his head and licked Qining's ear, then crushed a crystal nucleus and fed it into his mouth twice.

The power of the crystal nucleus is really not small. The kitten spread out on the ground, meowing, and then rolled into a ball, rolling back and forth, its furry paws fluttering in the air, as if it had eaten catnip.

When the kitten calmed down, Qi Le bit open the army ant's abdomen, which was full of fresh meat.

Qi Le didn't know what normal ants smell like.The one in front of me tastes like freshly caught sea prawns, delicious and full of elasticity.

The father and son started to gobble it up, and before they knew it, the five army ants were left with empty shells.

After eating and drinking enough, not only Qi Ning, but also Qi Le's stomach bulged.

This is the first full meal in a few days.

Satisfied, Qi Le licked the paws clean, then picked up Qining, and licked the kitten's chin and cheeks.

This place is not bad, maybe a good place to stay.After the army ants outside have eaten, there are still a lot of squirrels.He doesn't have an advantage in group fights, and if he fights alone, he can always catch one or two.

The more he thought about it, the more reliable he became, and Qi Le began to seriously consider the possibility of staying temporarily.

After eating full, Qi Ning became drowsy, and soon started snoring against Qi Le.

Qi Le wanted to rest, but he was worried, so he climbed up to the cabin roof to check again, and even pulled the army ant's carapace to block the crack.Only then did he feel relieved a little, yawned, and prepared to go back to sleep.

Unexpectedly, just after returning to the ground, a heat flow suddenly surged in the body, and the bones of the whole body began to crack and elongate.

The change was very drastic, but strangely, there was no pain at all.

Seeing the furry front paws gradually grow bigger and finally shed their hair, turning into two human hands, Qi Le sat there in a daze, unable to react for a long time.

Move your fingers, and touch up and down again, the hands are smooth.

Without a mirror, I couldn't see my current appearance clearly, and the long hair that was pulled over my shoulders was as black as a crow's feather.

"dad?"

When Qi Ning woke up from his dream, seeing the changed Qi Le, he was not surprised. Instead, he yawned, stretched himself, jumped off the metal chair, and walked unsteadily in front of Qi Le.The little nose twitched, making sure that the smell hadn't changed, and jumped into Qi Le's arms, rubbed it lazily, rolled into a ball and snored again.

After pinching Qi Ning's ears, Qi Le couldn't help frowning.

Is the kitten's body temperature wrong?

Just as he was about to lift Qi Ning to take a closer look, there was a soft sound above his head, Qi Le became alert, turned around suddenly, and showed his sharp fangs.

On the top of the cabin, the hard shell of the army ants has been removed, and through the narrow and long cracks, a pair of golden eyes are looking at him curiously.