Chapter 32 Stage 1
"Hey, I heard that Aunt Tang's husband caught a cat in the mountains yesterday..."
Two peasant women were chatting beside the stream where the villagers in the small mountain village depended for their survival.
"I heard it's a yellow cat? It seems too skinny. Uncle San said it might not survive..."
The peasant woman beat the clothes with a wooden mallet, and the crisp sound could be heard from far away across the stone embankment.
Not far away, someone was cooking; the smoke from the firewood made things a little hazy in the morning mist.
It seemed that the passers-by startled the sleeping dogs, and barking of dogs could be heard one after another along the way.
If there were more shouts, the host's angry voice would be heard...
And in this scene that looked like a faded photo from the old times, Yi Chun gradually woke up from the chaos.
The surrounding environment was a little dim, and Yi Chun could smell many strange smells.
This should be a storage room. In addition to the peculiar smell of rotten pumpkin, Yi Chun also smelled something moldy.
Of course, in addition to this, there is also the aura that Yi Chun is most familiar with:
The representative of the order Rodentia, and the main supplier of Yi Chun’s current wild experience - the mouse.
With the light coming in from the crack in the door, Yi Chun knew it was daytime.
The material of the surrounding walls seems to be mud, which is considered an old product in the old times.
Yi Chun discovered that some changes seemed to have taken place in his body.
Yes, he seemed to have become younger.
The fangs that could easily penetrate a mouse's skull began to become small and weak.
He seemed to have turned into a kitten...
This is certainly not good news.
However, Yi Chun also began to realize that the wild copy displayed by Rare was obviously somewhat different from the previous wild copy.
Yi Chun found himself lying on a discarded cotton ball, and he could smell a strong scent from it.
There is the residual smell of human sweat and the lingering scent of some creatures.
Maybe it was another cat, but it's missing now...
"squeak……"
The heavy wooden door was slowly pushed open, and an honest-looking old man walked in.
He was carrying a large fiber bag in his hand and his face was covered with large beads of sweat.
Yi Chun could see that the bag was bulging and the protruding part looked like it was filled with rice .
He brought the bag in and placed it against the wall.
At this time, he noticed Yi Chun who had woken up.
"Meow..."
The honest old man is not good at handling the relationship with Lihua.
He was always too busy - his son wanted to study and the family had to make a living, and he couldn't hold him back.
After he meowed a few times, he went out.
Before going out, he did not forget to close the wooden door.
One was that he was afraid that Yi Chun would run away, and the other was that he was afraid that the dog outside would come in.
The country dogs are not restricted to a one-mile radius...
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Time passed by little by little, and the duration of this wild copy was longer than Yi Chun had imagined.
But unlike before, the wild attribute here is protection.
This means that relatively simple hunting activities can no longer gain Wild Experience.
In fact, Yi Chun could have left long ago.
But he was ready to complete the achievement that would reward wild skills.
To achieve that achievement, one needs to complete three phased events in this dungeon.
At present, Yi Chun is still in the first stage of the incident.
At this time, two years have passed in the copy...
For Yi Chun, this is already a valuable gain.
The two-year career with Lihua that was not parallel to real time made Yi Chun more and more synchronized with Lihua.
In fact, he had begun to forget his life as a human being.
Compared to humans who have to struggle under various pressures such as life pressure and family pressure, the life of domestic cats always seems so leisurely.
So far, Yi Chun doesn't know what the main trigger point of the first phase of the event was.
But tonight, things seem a little different...
As the night gradually deepened, the entire village fell into darkness.
Without the light of stars and moon, it is truly pitch dark outside.
Of course, such an environment is just a bit blurry to cats.
Yi Chun is now lying in a nest made of straw:
During the day, this is where the old hen in the house lays eggs.
At night, Yi Chun would sometimes sleep here .
Because he had no experience in hunting in the wild, Yi Chun only went out hunting when he was hungry.
The family situation was not very good, and sometimes Yichun had to solve the problem of food and clothing by himself.
And today, the eldest son in the family went out fishing and caught a few fat fish.
So Yi Chun also had a bowl of soup and rice.
Although it is far from being full.
However, there is no need for him to go outside in the middle of the night to look for trouble with those rats.
After two years of ruthless suppression, at least there are no more rats visiting this house.
Now, as fat gradually accumulates, Yi Chun becomes too lazy to run.
Generally speaking, cats with orange fur tend to store fat easily.
The accumulation of fat made Yi Chun's movements a little slower.
But on the other hand, the increased weight made his attacks more violent.
Just when Yi Chun was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard some noise!
It seems like there are footsteps coming from outside?
Yi Chun suddenly opened his eyes, and his pupils quickly turned round!
The sleepiness began to fade away, and the hunting instinct burned again in this fat orange cat!
Silently, Yi Chun jumped down from the chicken coop.
The soft flesh pads absorbed his movements, and the shaking body also muffled the sound to a certain extent.
At this moment, Yi Chun's ears stood straight up.
The swinging of his tail began to slow down, and his body, which had originally had some light and shadow changes in the dim environment, gradually disappeared into the air!
Yi Chun listened carefully and the other party seemed to be preparing to enter through the back door.
He is very smart, or he is very familiar with the construction conditions in rural areas.
Generally speaking, farmers keep livestock in remote areas because of their smell.
Some are more cautious and some dig a small pit under their own hall.
Then fill in the boards and make a hole outside that is only for the chickens to enter and exit.
But for other livestock, there is no better solution.
"rub……"
A sharp dagger pierced through the wooden bolt.
Yi Chun was crawling in the darkness in the corner, staring at all this.
This was obviously a habitual offender, and he gradually moved the cork away with familiar movements.
Then, with an inaudible sound, the wooden door at the back opened.
When people have enough material wealth, they will inevitably say that poverty breeds evil and wealth breeds conscience.
But the fact is that in the old days people could steal the livestock that a family depended on for survival without a clear conscience.
In the new era, they will no longer be good citizens who abide by the laws and regulations.
Evil is evil, bad is bad, and criticizing it should not be based primarily on wealth or poverty.
In the darkness, Yi Chun licked his paws.
He thought, he knew what he should do...
