Strange Life of a Cat

After Zheng Tan stayed there for a day, he couldn't stay any longer, because none of the cats had any intention of leaving the area. Even if there was a cat that went out, Zheng Tan didn't dare to follow it casually. He didn't know whether the other cat was walking in the right direction. The direction he went back. The red-striped cat that brought him here has stayed in the nearby area since it came back. When it ran out last night, Zheng Tan followed him expectantly, but found that it was just looking for food and had no food at all. It means to go out again.

Zheng Tan was lying on a branch, thinking about how to get back. When he came to the internship base, he didn't bring a collar or a signal tracker. Maybe even if he did, it would be useless. He just had to listen to the leader. The teacher said that the members of the field expedition team had mentioned in their records that signals could not be detected at many places in the mountainous and forested area of ​​​​Bishan City, and the compass was useless. This was probably due to geology and magnetic field. This is one of the reasons why no one has conquered this vast mountainous forest area.

Zheng Tan left in a hurry, partly because he was afraid that the Jiao family would be worried, and partly because he felt that he was not very safe here...

There are not many cats gathered here, but female cats make up the majority, and all of them are very tough. Every one of them is at least a bit stronger than Zheng Tan. Even the smallest one here is probably not yet an adult. The cat is also slightly older than Zheng Tan, and has a slightly crueler temperament. Not to mention that Zheng Tan can't accept what happens with the cat. To say the least, even if he can accept it, it won't be a pleasant experience.

Just thinking about it makes me tremble.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a sound from under the tree. Several cats were fighting over a mouse again.

When Zheng Tan came here, in addition to the lead cat with red fur, he also saw a red wild boar and a red mouse. It was the red mouse that those cats were fighting for. Yesterday, a nearly 20-centimeter red mouse was carried up a tree for dinner by the leading cat. Later, there were several small red rats caught by the cats. They were probably the cubs of the big rat. It seemed that the leading big cat had dug out a rat nest.

The cats snatched the small red-haired mice as if they were delicacies, and even fought over a small mouse. Yesterday, the red striped cat got into a fight with another cat. After winning, he immediately ate the small red-haired mouse, for fear that the other cat would snatch it away if he didn't pay attention.

From yesterday to now, Zheng Tan has eaten a few fruits, a bird egg, and a fish caught in a stream. He saw a cat take two bites of the fruit. Seeing that it was not poisonous, Zheng Tan ate a few fruits from the tree. It's a fruit, it tastes good, and the bird eggs are the eggs that the cats dropped in the grass when they were catching birds. The cats didn't want them, so Zheng Tan fished them out. For those cats, the eggs are just toys. They can be used when they are bored. They fiddled with it twice and used it as a ball for fun. As for eating, they were not interested.

Zheng Tan thought about his experience of eating fish. Perhaps it was the cat's own tolerance for the smell of fish. Zheng Tan had a hard time eating it, but he didn't feel nauseated after eating it. He didn't eat the internal organs and fish heads. That Zheng Tan really couldn't eat. After catching the fish, Zheng Tan cut open the fish with his claws, removed the internal organs, and washed it several times with the water of the stream. The water in the stream was very clear. As for parasites, microorganisms, etc., Zheng Tan now It's impossible to care about that. If you don't care, you should fill your stomach first. Those cats also eat the fish here and drink the water here and live well and grow strong and healthy. Zheng Tan believes that he should be able to bear it. .

Watching the sun rising and setting, Zheng sighed and decided to go out and give it a try. Even if he couldn't get back to the base, this forest was not an Amazon jungle. If he walked in one direction and was more careful, he could always get there. Going out, right? At worst, I have to live a wandering life for another ten days and a half or a few months. It would be great if I could go back. I don’t know when I can wait here until those cats go away. If they don’t go away again, then I don’t have to keep them forever. it's here?

After making the decision, Zheng Tan came down from the tree and looked around. There were several cats playing around. The red striped cat was sleeping on the tree, and the leading cat looked at the birds flying in the air and flirted. He licked his lips, probably thinking about where to go to find food at night.

Do you want to say hello? Zheng Tan sneered in his heart. He didn't understand the language, so he said hello with P.

I remember that when I came here, I seemed to be coming from that way. If there is a stream, you can walk along the stream where you can see the big wild boar. After Zheng Tan determined the direction, he raised his feet and walked that way.

As he was leaving, Zheng Tan felt the leading cat looking at him, without stopping him or making any other move.

After walking about fifty meters, Zheng Tan heard a cry from behind. It was the red striped cat. It had come down from the tree and ran towards Zheng Tan. Perhaps it realized that Zheng Tan was leaving, so it came to stop him. However, before it could get close, the leading cat jumped down and slapped it, preventing the tabby cat from coming over.

The red striped cat pressed its ears and seemed unhappy. It thought Zheng Tan was a nice cat and would be a good companion, so it took him back directly. How could he leave?

After stopping the red striped cat to make sure it wouldn't come, the leading cat walked in the direction of Zheng Tan. Zheng Tan was a little stressed by its larger size, but Zheng Tan didn't feel any malice or threat.

The lead cat paused when passing by Zheng Tan, glanced at Zheng Tan, then continued walking, walked a little further, and looked back at Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan's heart skipped a beat, this is the rhythm of leading the way! Zheng Tan quickly followed him, ran two steps, stopped and looked back. The tabby cat was still standing there. It was true that he didn't follow him, but he kept looking here.

If it were a cat living in this jungle, it would be good to stay here. Unfortunately, Zheng Tanzhi is not here, and he is not a real cat. He actually wants to help the tabby cat make a more comfortable place to shelter from the rain. It was a nest, but later I discovered that it would be too conspicuous if it were to be built. If anyone came here, they would probably find that Zheng Tan couldn't make a nest that was too hidden with his ability. Since these cats live well here, they must have their own survival skills, so Zheng Tan doesn't have to worry about anything.

If I can leave smoothly, I probably won’t come here again in the future. Zheng Tan thought.

Taking one last look over there, Zheng Tan raised his feet and followed the cat in front of him.

It was a little different from what Zheng Tan thought. Zheng Tan had no memory of the place where the lead cat took Zheng Tan. It was different from the scenery in his memory when he came yesterday. The cat also caught a red-haired mouse on the way. , probably from the same litter as those little red mice before, but I didn’t expect to be hit by this big cat.

The tail of the red-haired rat was stepped on by the lead cat. Compared with the lead cat's paws, the red-haired rat was really not enough to look at.

Zheng Tan looked at it, and the leading cat seemed to look down on such a small red mouse. When the cats were snatching the little red mouse today, the big cat didn't even bother to glance at it.

The two cats played with the red rat with their paws. The lead cat lost interest and pushed the half-dead red rat towards Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan lowered his head and looked at the red-haired rat, which rolled in front of its paws and rolled its belly on the ground. It made no movement except panting but no other movements, as if it was about to expire. It did not move. In the past few days, he has eaten snakes and fish, but he has never eaten mice. He has killed them. He could claw them but couldn't bite them.

The lead cat continued to walk forward. Zheng Tan ignored the red-haired rat lying on the ground and planned to follow him. Unexpectedly, the lead cat saw that Zheng Tan did not move the red-haired rat and turned around to push the red-haired rat towards Zheng Tan's feet. .

Does this mean that if you don’t eat mice, you won’t lead the way?

But Zheng Tan really doesn't want to eat this, at least he can't eat it now.

The two cats just stood there, locked in a fight.

Zheng Tan was helpless. He couldn't keep staring at him like this, right? However, the cat in front of him looked at him with a not knowing what to do look.

what to do?

Zheng Tan looked around and his eyes fell on a vine. He went over and pulled off a section of the vine, removed the leaves on the vine, and then used the section of vine to tie up the red-haired rat on the ground. A small piece of vine is held in the mouth. After finishing it, Zheng Tan raised his chin towards the cat in front of him: Is this okay?

The lead cat looked at Zheng Tan, and then at the thing that was tied up like a cocoon. After giving Zheng Tan a look of disdain, he walked forward.

It doesn't matter if you despise, as long as you lead the way, anyway, everyone will go back to the bridge, out of sight, out of mind. Zheng Tan thought to himself.

However, after continuing to walk for a while, Zheng Tan became more and more suspicious after the cat in front of him ate a few unknown insects along the road. Could it be that this big cat actually wanted to come out to look for food?

Since there was no better way for the time being, Zheng Tan continued to follow it. At worst, he would wait until the cat finished looking for food before following it back to the forest. The red-haired rat, which was tied up like a cocoon, was tossed around as Zheng Tan ran. Zheng Tan didn't bother to care about its life or death. He was probably going to die soon after being played like that by the lead cat just now. Anyway, he didn't plan to eat the red-haired rat, so he would just throw it away when the time came.

About half an hour later, Zheng Tan jumped up on a tree, climbed to a high place, looked at the sunset, and felt that the sense of direction that had disappeared for a day and night had returned, and he suddenly felt comfortable. This was not the place he had walked when he came here. It was a little off, but not far away. Zheng Tan felt that he could find the way he came.

And the lead cat turned around and went back after bringing Zheng Tan here. Maybe it knew that cats like them couldn't run away at will, let alone appear in human living areas, so it had to guard this place. , this area has never been entered by humans. As for the tabby cat, its appearance at the base was probably just an accident.

They look ordinary but have an ordinary way of living, and those who look strange have a unique way of living. Zheng Tan can't adapt to their lives, and they can't adapt to the life Zheng Tan wants.

Looking at the endless mountain forest at dusk, Zheng Tan took a deep breath and prepared to rush to the base overnight. As for the half-dead red rat...

Um? !

Zheng Tan lowered his head and found that the red-haired rat that he had tied up like a mummy was gnawing on the vine energetically. The two front teeth moved like this and the vine was bitten open. Compared with the red-haired rat, the vine was The teeth were much thicker, and Zheng Tan thought the vine was quite strong before, but he didn't expect the red-haired rat to easily bite a big hole like tofu, and it was about to break.

There was no movement just now, but it was like this in the blink of an eye.

Sensing Zheng Tan looking at it, the red-haired rat, which had squeezed half of its head out of the vines, bared its two small white teeth at Zheng Tan fiercely.

Zheng Tan now understood that this red-haired rat was also showing off its fangs to see if it was a partner. If the lead cat was here, this girl would have no choice but to pretend to be dead!

Zheng Tan looked at the red-haired rat with a fierce look and narrowed his eyes.

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