Qi Le

The underground bunker was built centuries ago and is still very strong.

The tunnels made of alloy extend in all directions, forming a huge underground building complex, with an astonishingly large overall area.It took a whole week for Qi Le to roughly delineate the area of ​​the bunker.

Although it is not as good as the alien base, Qi Le roughly estimated that it would not be a problem to live with thousands of people.

Regrettably, not all of the tunnels are well preserved, and more than a third of the underground structures and tunnels collapsed as a whole, not from natural causes, but more like an internal explosion.

The tunnel as a whole was buried by earth and rocks, only the alloy arches were exposed, and together with the metal fragments embedded in the soil layer, it showed what once existed here.

Walking to an archway that was crushed by earth and rocks, Qi Le tried to pat it with his claws, then popped out the tip of his claws and scratched twice. He found that the soil was very hard, no less than a steel bar.

What surprised me was that the roots of plants penetrated such a hard soil layer.

Judging from the depth and thickness, the years of growth of these plants must not be short.Some roots penetrate the earth wall, climb and grow along the remaining tunnels, and penetrate into the gaps of the metal wall to absorb more nutrients from the soil.

There are tumor-like protrusions on each root, beating slowly like a pulse, emitting a slight green light, illuminating the dark tunnel.

Seeing all this, one can't help but marvel at the magic of nature.

If these weren't mutated plants and didn't think of him as prey, Dad Cat would be amazed for a few more seconds.It's a pity that the mutated plant was about to open a meal when it sensed the approach of the living body, and suddenly launched an attack.

Before the cat's father started, the kitten meowed up and swiped its sharp claws several times. The flying roots broke one by one and fell to the ground one after another. A thick juice with a fragrant fragrance flowed out from the mouth.

"Meow!" The alarm was lifted, and the kitten ran a few steps to claim credit from Qi Le, and rubbed his chin coquettishly.

Tai Sui stretched out his tentacles, touched the roots of the different plants that were still twisting, and dipped the juice into his mouth.After tasting the taste, the eyes of the black beans suddenly lit up, and without saying a word, he rolled it up and started eating.If you can't finish eating at one time, all the rest will be put into the space, and you can save it for the next time.

"This is a good thing." Tai Sui smacked his lips, handed out a piece of root hair, and said to Qi Le, "Do you want to try it?"

The cat father and the kitten shook their heads together.

No matter how you say it, they are carnivorous animals after all. If they don't have to, they really have no interest in being vegetarian.

The arch was buried, but the connecting tunnel was well preserved, as if it had been deliberately cleaned.

There are square alloy doors on both sides of the tunnel, most of which have been destroyed from the inside, revealing rusted instruments and broken transparent containers, only a few of which are well preserved.

Qi Le walked to an alloy door, looked up at the position of the door lock, then popped out his claws, and pulled out a circular hole under the door.Looking inward with the probe, I found that the inside was pitch black, and with the help of the light from the tunnel, I could vaguely identify broken containers and flaky bones.

It was like this three times in a row, Qi Le shook his head, giving up hope for the rest of the room.Unexpectedly, the opening of the last door gave him a big surprise.

A large group of "dust" spewed out, not pungent, but with a strange aroma.

Qi Le quickly covered his nose, and called the kitten and squirrel to retreat quickly.

Being hit by the dust on his face, Tai Sui didn't retreat, but let out a cry of excitement.The round body rushed to the door, blocked the gap, and swallowed the "dust".Feeling unsatisfied, he simply got into the door.

Not long after, there was a chewing sound from inside.

"Meow!" Sensing that the kitten wanted to follow, Qi Le pressed his paw on his tail.

"Father?" The kitten turned its head, looked at the pinned tail, and then at Qi Le with a serious face, wanting to fight for it, "Tai Sui is inside, there should be no danger, I want to go and see."

Just then, the chewing sound suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the alloy door crashed to the ground, and Tai Sui, who had grown two times older, walked out of the room.The tentacles rolled up, dragging a mushroom over one meter long and half a meter in diameter!

Qi Le wanted to rub his eyes very much.

Is he hallucinating?

How come there are mushrooms in the zombie's burrow?

Tai Sui dragged the mushroom to the front, opened the "pocket" in front of him, and took out a weird instrument the size of a palm.

"Give you."

The surface of the instrument is covered with cracks, and a piece of the screen is missing.The grooves that should have been inlaid with crystal stones were filled with dust, and dark plaques solidified on the edges.It was buried underground for an unknown number of years.

"You know this thing?"

"do not know."

"Then why give it to me?" Qi Le took the instrument, and pulled it twice with his paw.Seeing the symbols on the back of the instrument, I couldn't help being stunned for a moment, "Is this written on the original human?"

"That's right." Tai Sui tore off a mushroom and swallowed it in two or three bites, "I thought you'd be interested, so I brought it out."

After saying that, he poked the tentacles into the umbrella cover, took out a pink crystal nucleus, and handed it directly to the kitten.

"Meow?" The kitten tilted its head.

"It's for you." Tai Sui chewed the mushrooms with a crisp sound, "This is good for you. If you eat it, your strength will become stronger and your talent will be enhanced."

"Thank you." The kitten was not polite, took the crystal nucleus, crushed it and swallowed it.

It was too late for Qi Le to stop it, so he could only watch the kitten swallow the crystal nucleus, stand still for two seconds, then suddenly jumped up like a switch, meowing, running and jumping in the corridor.

During the running process, his figure changed from big to small, his color changed from red gold to black and white, his long tail flicked, and the patterns on his body kept changing, which was really dazzling.

"Meow!"

Snapped!

The kitten leaped in the air and hit Tai Sui accurately, smashing the ball on the spot.

"Meow!"

The furry paw stomped violently, but fortunately the tip of the claw was retracted without causing any damage.

Qi Le sighed helplessly, took out a metal ball from the space button, and threw it to Qi Ning forcefully, trying to divert his attention.Looking at the right moment, he flew over to hold the kitten, and stuffed a green crystal nucleus into his mouth.Then let go of his front paws, allowing him to continue thumping.

The pressure on his body eased, Tai Sui slowly rolled up from the ground, Heidou blinked, as if he didn't quite understand what happened just now.

The cat dad held his front paws, curled his tail, and bared his teeth at Tai Sui.

"He is not yet an adult, and he will become like this when the energy of the crystal nucleus cannot be digested." After several lessons, the cat father never forgets to bring a few green crystal nuclei, for fear that his son will eat food indiscriminately.

Remembering Tai Sui's actions just now, the cat dad flicked his tail, and said seriously: "I know you are kind, but he is still young after all, it is best not to give him crystal nuclei with too much energy. If you want to give it, you can smash it first. Open, like this." Qi Le gestured with his paw, "This size is just right."

In the alien base, the kittens ate all the meat of alien animals, so basically there would be no problems.When taking medicine and absorbing crystal nuclei, Qi Le will also control the amount, Tai Sui has never seen anything like this.

Before the mole sent out the crystal nucleus, and the kitten was taken into the space button, it was also the result of Qi Le's instructions.

I didn't think about it, and I still didn't guard against it.

But that's good too, with this experience, Tai Sui must be able to remember that he will not feed the kitten indiscriminately where he can't see it.After all, kittens are different from him, they don't have spatial abilities, and they can't digest everything.

"I understand."

Tai Sui nodded, looking a little depressed.

Qi Le thought that he was talking too hard, and was about to use the meat of different animals to relieve it, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't take it seriously at all, pulled the unfinished mushrooms, and continued to gnaw them.After eating the tentacles, he jumped directly to the kitten and played tiger pounce with him.

Qi Le: "..." Give him back his apology!

The kitten was finally tired from playing, and returned to Qi Le to rub against it, meowed twice, and yawned tiredly.

"It's okay, go to sleep, Dad will take you out."

Qi Le licked the kitten, turned into a humanoid form, and was about to send his son out of the tunnel.As for that weird room, I can't run without long legs anyway, so I can talk about it after I come back.

Tai Sui hurriedly grabbed him, pointed to the room where the mushroom was found, and said, "That's the cultivation room. There are many mutated mushrooms, all of which are good things. It's best to remove them quickly."

Previously, the space was completely enclosed and would not attract attention.Now that the door is opened, a large number of spores fly out, which will inevitably attract others to covet it.For example, the termites living in District [-] are the objects that must be guarded against.

"Cultivation room? Do zombies need this?"

Qi Le supported the kitten's hind legs with one hand, and scratched the kitten's ears with the other hand, and was immediately patted on the back of his hand by his soft paws.Thinking of the weird instruments Tai Sui gave him, he added: "Or, are these left by the original humans?"

"I don't know." Tai Sui shook his head.

He doesn't know everything.

Apart from being able to read native human texts, I don't know anything about the origin of the underground bunker, who built it, and how the fungus was cultivated.

When the two were talking, the squirrel appeared at the corner of the tunnel, with bulging cheeks and a newly made net bag on its back. Obviously, it also gained a lot.

"Qi Le, it's time to go out." Heisong said.

"Mole Seven sent back news that the ostriches have settled down in the territory, and a few mongooses and pangolins have escaped. The black spiders plan to search the edge of the territory. They like the smell of mongooses very much."

"Wait a minute." Qi Le hugged Qining with one arm, freed one hand, pointed to the room where the mushrooms were grown, and said, "Tai Sui said there are many mutated mushrooms there."

"Mutated mushrooms?" The squirrel asked in surprise, "How can there be mutated mushrooms here?"

"The reason is unclear for the time being, but it does exist, and there are pink crystal nuclei in the mushroom, which has sufficient energy."

"Pink crystal nucleus?"

The squirrels were taken aback, and their voices were raised at the same time: "Are you sure, it's really a pink crystal nucleus?"

"What's wrong?" Thinking of the kitten eating one before, Qi Le subconsciously tightened his arms.The kitten waved its front paw twice and meowed in its sleep.

"Nothing wrong, this is indeed a good thing." Heisong put down the net bag and explained, "Pink crystal nuclei are rare, and it is said that it can promote the evolution of the population and enhance the natural ability."

"The number of such crystal nuclei is rare, and basically only native species and the strongest alien beasts can be found."

Having said that, the squirrels couldn't control their excitement, they dropped the net bags on their backs and rushed towards the direction Qi Le pointed.

Only then did Qi Le see clearly that there was a disassembled yellow-backed centipede in the net bag.

"Is there a centipede here?" Father Cat asked in surprise.

Living under the eyes of zombies?

Or did you move in recently?

"We found it in an abandoned tunnel," Red Oak said, spreading its paws, "there are not many of them, probably just passing by."

The reason can only be said that these centipedes were unlucky.

Thinking that the zombies left the eleventh district, this place has become a land of no one, and they can rest for a while.Unexpectedly, Song Shu and Qi Le suddenly arrived.When I was running, I didn't find the right direction, and ran into the squirrel head-on.Before he could put on a threatening posture, his head was held down on the spot, and his claws were snapped to peel off the shell and remove the flesh.

When it comes to dismantling centipedes, the squirrels are not generally experienced.

At this moment, a squirrel yelled from inside the door.

Qi Le and Red Oak looked at each other, before they had time to think, they took a few quick steps, entered the door, and were instantly stunned by what they saw.

From the outside, this room is very ordinary, no different from other dark rooms in the bunker.When you walk in, you will find that the interior structure is completely different, as if you are in another space.

The entire room is made of alloy, and the dome is inlaid with fist-sized crystals, dazzling.

In front of the door is a long and narrow corridor with guardrails on both sides.The bottom of the corridor is completely hollowed out, like a rectangular groove, with a depth of more than [-] meters.

Silver-gray metal brackets are neatly arranged at the bottom of the groove.After a long time, it has always stood still.

There are many brackets, protecting large petri dishes, which are filled with unknown liquids and dried and clumped soil.Each petri dish is overgrown with fungi, and a few float lily-shaped xenoplants.

The "dust" that Qi Le saw before was the spores ejected by these fungi.

"Are these zombies?"

Like Qi Le, Squirrel couldn't believe what he saw.

In their impression, zombies only hunt and kill. When did they grow mushrooms?

"Probably not."

Qi Le stood still in the corridor, looking down at a large area of ​​mutated fungi that looked like shiitake mushrooms and were more than two meters tall, and guessed: "It may also be native humans."

"Original human?" The squirrel glanced around, "Isn't this a nest of zombies?"

"I'm just guessing."

Qi Le inquired about Tai Sui and confirmed that the spores were harmless to the body. He immediately jumped down the corridor, jumped between the brackets, stopped in front of a petri dish, looked at the "lotus leaves" floating on the liquid, and fell into a brief thought.

Instead of jumping directly, the squirrel grabs the back paws with its front paws and forms a long ladder to ensure a safe landing.

"I think this should be a shelter built by native humans, at least at first." Qi Le looked at the squirrel and said seriously, "It's just that the disaster happened too fast, zombies appeared in large areas, or there may be internal problems. In short, Shelters are no longer safe for them."

Plan to hide underground, naturally to ensure food supply.It makes perfect sense to build a cultivation room where fungi can be used for mass cultivation.It is a pity that safety no longer exists, and the shelter has become a paradise for zombies and a burial place for primitive humans.

He had heard from Yas that the first batch of evolved zombies were terrifying and surprisingly powerful.

If Gu Xuan was one of them, then the weird laboratory, the imprisoned native humans, and the zombies that have never been extinct may all have the answer.

He knows that there are loopholes in this idea, but so far, there is really no more reasonable explanation.

Primitive humans created shelters, were imprisoned in shelters, and eventually died in shelters.

From hope to despair is just one step away.

Thinking of the spaceship he once lived in briefly, the crystal nucleus in the cabin, and the metal door the squirrels found when digging the tunnel, Qi Le couldn't help but shudder.

"Do you want to keep these?" the black squirrel asked, interrupting Qi Le's thoughts.

There are not only mutated fungi, but also a lot of mutated plants.Whether you can eat it or not, you will definitely get a lot of crystal nuclei.

"I suggest staying temporarily," Qi Le said.

"Leave?"

"Yes." Qi Le nodded. "Leaving these fungi and heterophytes to expand the planting range is far more beneficial than harvesting crystal nuclei immediately."

The squirrels looked at each other and began to seriously consider the offer.

"We have searched all the tunnels, and searched all the rooms we could find, and found no trace of zombies. You can seal all the tunnels that are not in use, clean up the remaining ones, and connect them to the tunnels dug by the mole. stand up."

"Use the lair here?"

"Yes." Qi Le nodded and continued, "The end of the tunnel has been blocked, and there are mutated plants growing, which can avoid the situation similar to the invasion of pangolins. These rooms can continue to be used."

"Besides, the rainy season is coming. If the territory on the border encounters difficulties, everyone can move here." Qi Le paused, "I heard from Red Oak that everyone is digging new burrows with the mole, so why don't all of this territory Count it in."

"As promised earlier, this is your territory." The squirrel said.

"If I ran into trouble and ran to the border for help, would you drive me away?" Qi Le asked.

"Of course not!" Squirrel exclaimed.

"Then it's over." Father Cat smiled and rolled his eyes.

"In that case, we need more ore. We can dig through the ground, and then build a hole on the ground like a foreign base." Heisong said.

"The ones on the ground are not called burrows, but houses!" Red Oak corrected.

"Anyway, we live here, no problem." Heisong waved his paws.

"Alien races have protective shields, but we don't. We can use stones and mutated plants to build walls. It's best to dig deeper for the foundation, and dig all the bottom..."

The black squirrel talked more and more vigorously, and the red oak and other squirrels joined in one after another, constantly pulling the topic away, and went smoothly.

After listening to it for a while, Qi Le couldn't help feeling suspicious. They were talking about keeping a few tunnels and digging holes along the way, right?Why did you suddenly switch to building houses?

Building a house is fine. Listening to the tone of these hairballs, it is clear that they want to build a sizeable city.

The city is also acceptable, but start the ground and underground together?

Should I take it easy?

"cough!"

Seeing that the squirrels were getting more and more involved and had already started planning the main buildings in the city, Qi Le had to interrupt their conversation.Going on, I am afraid that small airports will come out.

"The most important thing at the moment is to seal off the unused tunnels, clean up the remaining parts, and open up the tunnels dug by the moles."

As for the others, you can plan slowly.

"Also, it's best to bury those instruments and wreckage..."

Qi Le explained one by one, the squirrels listened carefully, ended the quarrel, and began to act step by step.

The cat dad and the black squirrel cleaned up the room together, removed all the instruments and bones, and waited to be buried with the tunnel.

Red Oak and the rest of the squirrels are responsible for counting the petri dishes, and Tai Sui helps identify the types of fungi and plants, which ones can be eaten, which ones can grow rare crystal nuclei, and which ones are best not to be touched by cubs. There are many.

The squirrels unanimously approved Qi Le's proposal, temporarily not moving the petri dish, and only harvesting some fungi.

As Qi Le said, sustainable development.

After all, fungi are not like vines, they can regenerate when the crystal nucleus is taken away.If you don't want to make a one-shot deal, continuing to cultivate is the best way.

Another important reason is that with the precedent of vines, the enthusiasm of squirrels to develop agriculture is unprecedentedly high.After developing a vast plantation, do you still need to worry about crystal nuclei?

Lying on the crystal nucleus to sleep every day is enough!

After working in the tunnel all day, when we returned to the ground, the sky was already full of silver moons and stars were shining.

The cry of a nocturnal beast came from the forest, and it seemed that the distance was not far away.Both the cat father and the squirrel were not worried, but their eyes lit up at the same time, ready to catch and sacrifice Wu Zang Temple.

The kitten lay on its back in Qi Le's arms, snoring like a sleeper.I don't know what I dreamed of, and the little paw fluttered a few times, looking extremely cute.Qi Le grinned unconsciously, and pink bubbles appeared above his head.

Tai Sui pulls his body into an oval shape, with the middle sunken inwards, forming a comfortable bed.Then he shook the tentacles, indicating to Qi Le that he could put the kitten in.

After sleeping like this for several days in a row, Father Cat still couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.

This scene is too surreal, no matter how many times I have seen it, I am not used to it.

"Qi Le, found the prey." Heisong was crawling upside down on the tree, waving its paws at Qi Le.

The cat father nodded and handed the kitten to Tai Sui.

"Take care of him."

"Don't worry." Heidou blinked, and Tai Sui's skin instantly hardened, opening up the safest umbrella for the kitten.Regardless of whether it is a native species or a strange beast, if you dare to speak, you will definitely knock out all your big teeth.

In the command room of the base, the screen occupying half of the wall was turned into darkness.

Shial turned around the command chair, and did not make a sound for a long time.

"According to the information sent back from the airport, there are three Takric merchant ships." Gaspas said in a deep voice, "They were allowed to enter Blue Star in the name of trading goods."

Because it was a merchant ship and had contacted the airport in advance, the spaceship was not intercepted.

"Takric merchant ship? How dare they do this?" Sanders was full of surprise.

Is it crazy to fire at the Blue Star garrison and openly provoke Shiar?

"It has been confirmed to the galaxy that not long ago, this small fleet was robbed by pirates and disappeared." Gaspas continued.

Shial leaned back in his chair, his expression unchanged.

At this moment, the communicator suddenly turned on a blue light.

Xial turned on the virtual light screen, and a light blue medical officer appeared in front of several people.

Judging from the color, the medical officer didn't seem to be in a good mood.

"Has the population of the crew been identified?" Shial asked.

"All the identifiable ones come from the Kake planet." Alpha's voice sounded in the room, "The other damages are too serious to extract the genes. Also, what do you do for me with the metal plate? Even the population of the green stone planet can't Such a metal carapace will not grow!"

Ignoring the taunt from the medical officer, Shiar stared at the light screen and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Kake star population, how do they communicate?"

"I remembered!" Sanders suddenly raised his head and clapped his hands on the table, "Searle, I remembered!"

"what?"

"Remember the smuggling captain who was killed by you?"

"Which one?" Shiar raised an eyebrow.

Too many pirates and smugglers died in his hands. Without accurate reminders, the captain couldn't immediately grasp the key points.

"The guy who poached the blue star beast and climbed up the command tower!" Sanders emphasized his voice, "He's from Hacker Star!"