Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan couldn't smell what the transparent sticky thing was stepping on. It might have some kind of animal smell in it. However, Zheng Tan's experience was limited and he couldn't guess it. He could only feel a little fear through the mountains He knew in his eyes that this was not a good thing.

Even those who looked dangerous to Zheng Tan, Da Shan did not show such a look. If it is an animal that can make Dashan so fearful, then this kind of animal must be at the absolute upper level of the food chain in this forest, and it is much higher than Dashan.

As long as it's not some animal's feces or snot, Zheng Tan raised his foot and wiped the mucus on the grass next to him, while looking around.

The slime doesn't stop here. When Zheng Tan stood up and looked around, he passed some short grass and saw some not far from the front left.

After thinking about it, Zheng Tan chose a fairly tall tree, and decided to take a look around to see if he could find anything, at least he had a clue in his mind.

Even if Dashan knew what it was, he couldn't tell Zheng Tan. Zheng Tan wanted to know, but he could only find the answer by himself.

Standing on a branch more than ten meters above the ground, Zheng Tan looked towards the direction where he saw the mucus just now. Twenty meters away, on a small empty grassland between two trees, there was a brown-gray mass. , From Zheng Tan's perspective, I can't see what it is yet, there is a lot of mucus there, just like those sticky things that Zheng Tan stepped on just now.

After carefully listening to the surroundings, there was no sound of other people or large animals. He glanced around to make sure there was no other danger. Zheng Tan visually measured the distance to another tree, charged up, and jumped!

Dashan was still walking around a little restlessly at the bottom, taking a few steps to look at the mucus, and being cautious when sniffing it up close, retreating quickly after sniffing twice, as if any more sniffing could lead to danger.

When Dashan was carefully sniffing along the traces of the mucus, the movement above shocked Dashan, who was in a state of anxiety and tension, and jumped away. After realizing that the sound was made by Zheng Tan, he raised his head from behind the tree Looking up, his eyes followed Zheng Tan's figure, hesitating for a moment, but heeled up and followed.

If that kind of animal was a land animal, it would be relatively safer for Zheng Tan to approach from above. Fortunately, Zheng Tan has long been proficient at jumping on trees, and there are many trees here. After jumping a few trees, Zheng Tan stood on a branch above the brown-gray thing and looked down.

The brown-gray thing is not that big, otherwise Zheng Tan wouldn't have the guts to approach it, even if it's only on the ground, it doesn't mean it's safe. And that mass of brownish gray looks like the size of a hare.

Thinking about it, when Zheng Tan looked carefully, the more he looked, the more he looked like a hare.

rabbit?

It seems, it really is.

It's just that there was a sticky layer on that rabbit, and the whole thing was a little changed, as if... it had been digested and then spit out.

Many animals, such as cats, wolves, wild dogs, etc., when eating, will tear up the caught prey, tear the meat from the prey bit by bit, instead of swallowing it whole.

Yes, the digested rabbit still maintained a whole shape when it was spit out, there was no trace of being torn, and Zheng Tan didn't see any obvious wounds on it.

Zheng Tan thought of an animal that could swallow its prey whole and eat it in this way. It was a cold-blooded thing that was creepy to speak of—a snake. Moreover, according to the current situation, it is still not a small snake.

If you can swallow a rabbit, you will definitely be able to swallow Zheng Tan. That wild rabbit is quite big, bigger and fatter than the rabbit Dashan caught yesterday. Such a rabbit can be swallowed easily, let alone Zheng Tan's catlike appearance. Well, the current Zheng Tan is just this big, so he doesn't have any size advantage.

If the mucus is something like the stomach acid of the big snake, which can spit out so much gastric juice and make Dashan so afraid, it must be not small.

Thinking about the lump of mucus that he stepped on just now, and looking at the crawling traces left in the mucus below, Zheng Tan could deduce that the snake must have not only vomited such a rabbit, but also vomited a rabbit before that. But then the snake crawled this way, leaving some traces on the way, and then vomited again after arriving here, and then...

Zheng Tan looked at the big tree where he was. The tree was old and very tall. Zheng Tan climbed up a little bit and looked forward.

The trees in front are not so dense, there are only some weeds and various shorter shrubs, and it is because of this that Zheng Tan can see the things there.

Just now Zheng Tan thought that the one that spit out the rabbit would be a boa constrictor with thick adult calf, but now it seems that Zheng Tan still underestimated, not the calf, but the thick thigh.

Moreover, two meters away from the snake, there was some vomit. About six or seven rabbits vomited out, and the degree of digestion was similar to that of the previous one.

Zheng Tan thinks that the chance of a boa constrictor in the wild eating so many rabbits of the same size at one time is not great, unless someone specially raises them and throws the rabbits to the snakes as food. Such a fat rabbit does not seem to live in the wild. It is very likely that the rabbit is also specially raised by humans.

But why raise such a big snake?

On the way from Pei Liang's hometown, Zheng Tan heard from Ermao and the others that there are indeed many people who raise snakes in this province and city. Because of the climate, there are quite a few people who raise snakes, tortoises and flowers. They must raise big snakes. There are also, but I didn't expect that Zheng Tan would encounter one here.

The snake curled up, motionless, lifeless. Spitting out almost all the food he ate must be unwell. Such a big guy, no wonder Dashan is afraid. It would be fine if the big snake was dead, but if it was alive, it would definitely be extremely dangerous.

Zheng Tan didn't dare to approach anymore, looked at the cautious mountain below, and thought, it's better to leave as soon as possible, curiosity will kill the cat.

Gently moving on the branch, Zheng Tan was about to leave, but just as he moved, he heard the sound of someone coming towards this side, and they were running very fast.

It was the three people I met before.

Could it be that what they were looking for was this big snake?

Dashan had already heard the movement and hid, Zheng Tan didn't leave directly, he got down from the tree and hid behind the trunk.

Those three people seemed to be in a hurry to find the target, Zheng Tan couldn't hold back his curiosity and followed them not far away, they didn't notice it either.

Zheng Tan thought, if the situation is not right, he will withdraw immediately, and the three people will not have the energy to manage them even if they see Zheng Tan and Da Shan.

While Zheng Tan was thinking about it, the three people had already approached quickly, and they didn't stop at a distance of about ten meters until they found the big snake.

They were communicating in low voices, Zheng Tan couldn't understand what they were talking about, but it was obvious that this snake was indeed their target. When they saw the snake, the eyes of the three people were obviously happy, and they seemed to be relaxed tone like.

Among the three, two took out the guns they carried with them, and the other picked up a stone nearby and threw it at the big snake.

A fist-sized stone hit the big snake, but the snake didn't respond.

Seeing this, the man who threw the stone continued to walk forward, approached the big snake, and boldly lifted the snake's tail to have a look. After confirming something, he turned his head and nodded to his two companions.

Only then did the two men with guns approach with confidence.

Seeing them playing with the big snake, Zheng Tan knew that the big snake was either dead, or not far from death, or had no strength to resist at all.

Zheng Tan originally thought that they would drag the snake away, but then, Zheng Tan saw one of them pull out a folding knife, turn the snake over slightly, and then cut open with the knife not far from the snake's tail. .

After slicing it open, the man poked it with a knife, and then pulled out a glass vial with cracks, and some blood had entered it, and in that vial, there was some light yellow liquid that hadn't completely dissolved in the vial. The thing in the blood, Zheng Tan didn't know what it was, but it was definitely not a good thing, maybe it was another banned drug or something.

Zheng Tan has heard that some people use animals to transport drugs, so that they can avoid the sight of some drug-sniffing dogs or some people. The snake in front of him is indeed a good warehouse, but for some reason The bottle hidden inside burst, and the medicine flowed out, which finally led to the death of the big snake.

It seems that they have discovered some terrible secret.

Go tell Ermao them?

No, Zheng Tan directly vetoed it in his heart.

This time, Ermao and Wei Leng and the others came here with their families. They just came to travel and visit the elderly. Some actions are inconvenient. If you really want to get involved, it will be troublesome. These people may be desperate Disciple, do such a thing, don't you have the guts to do it?

These people are too dangerous.

Forget it, there are special people to take care of this kind of thing, Zheng Tan decided not to worry about it himself, he is just a cat, not a superman who specializes in punishing evil and promoting good.

After a lot of tossing, the three people dragged the snake away, and they probably found a suitable place to dispose of it. They had already obtained what they wanted, and the snake was already dead, so they would not take such a big snake back.

After the three left, Zheng Tan came out from his hiding place.

This time, Dashan didn't have the intention to stay here any longer, and the pace of going back was much faster.

Has Dashan discovered the secret hidden in it? Zheng Tan has doubts, but this possibility is too small. Although Dashan is smart, he doesn't know all of these things. It seems that his purpose is only those people, as if he had made enemies in the past.

When he returned to the old man's residence, Zheng Tan let go of the heart that he had been carrying all the time, it was not easy to go out for a while, he was terrified, and even encountered those stupid things.

Looking at the two children playing and drawing in the yard, Zheng Tan decided to ignore it. When he came out, Jiao's father and Jiao's mother also said not to cause trouble, and it had nothing to do with him. Time to report anonymously?

This time I also brought my mobile phone with me, and I will report it anonymously when I leave.

After making the decision, Zheng Tan felt much more relaxed. I am still in the mood to take a lighter that seems to have been unused for a long time on the shelf next to the kitchen to play with.

There was no one here, Ermao and the others hadn't come back yet, the two mothers were talking in the hall, looking at the two children in the yard, they didn't notice Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan ignited the lighter, extinguished it, ignited it, and extinguished it again. After repeating it many times, Zheng Tan also despised himself for being boring, so boring that he could play with the lighter for a few minutes.

Putting down the lighter, Zheng Tan looked sideways.

Dashan stood not far away, staring at Zheng Tan, looking at Zheng Tan, and then at the lighter thrown by Zheng Tan's feet, walked over and pulled the lighter over, raised his paw and tried it, but he couldn't work it out. Try again, still can't get it right.

Zheng Tan didn't stay there, and let Dashan study the lighter.

So, when the master and his old man came back from the outside with two or three people, he only saw Zheng Tan who was staying with the two children. After searching, he found Dashan next to the kitchen. When he found Dashan, Dashan was still fiddling with. That lighter, it has been an hour, and it still hasn't been able to fire this little gadget.

With a snap, Da Shan patted the lighter far away, then stared at Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan flicked his beard, why are you looking at me if you can't get angry? !