633 · Haining Cat Island (43)

"They are worthy of being the children of the island," Wu Meng touched his chin and sighed as he watched the children walk further and further away, "Just now I said that cats hurt people at night, and now I dare to let my own child go home with a cat."

Normal children would have avoided it if they saw this, but these children on Haining Island acted as if nothing had happened. They were not worried at all that the cat in their arms was the one that hurt people a dozen minutes ago and was carrying some unknown disease.

"Yeah, this parent is really not nice. If it were us..." Fang Xiang was halfway through his words when he was suddenly interrupted by Yun Guang.

"It's true that the children on the island are not that afraid of cats," he interrupted Fang Xiang before he finished speaking, speaking in a natural tone, "Maybe it's because they have lived together since they were young."

"Yes, yes," Ran Ran continued, "It's definitely different for those who grew up together. When I was a child, my father had a very fierce dog..."

As the topic went further and further away, Yun Guang winked at Guan Hongyan, who understood and nodded slightly in return.

Barrage:

[Report—Brother Yunguang and Sister Yaner sent a mysterious telegram.]

【What mysterious telegram? 】

[It's so funny, it's just eye contact. In the early years, when Yun Guang, Guan Hongyan and Xu Zichen were together in the mid-range space, they often communicated with each other through eye contact. The barrage said that this was a telegram that needed to be deciphered.]

[I know this question. Xu Zichen sent a telegram to show that he was secretly having an affair with someone, Guan Hongyan sent a telegram to show that she was going to do something immoral, and only Yun Guangge sent a telegram to show that it was a serious matter. They have something to say that they cannot let their teammates know.]

【? What does Yun Guangfa mean? He has something serious to do. It's so funny. 】

[Yun Guang: An old father who works hard to raise two naughty children.]

[Laughing Mouse, the first two telegrams are not important, they will be unable to hold it in, but does Yun Guangge's telegram mean that his teammates cannot be trusted? This was the case the last few times.]

【？ 】

【？ When I type a question mark, it means it’s not me who has a problem, it’s you who has a problem.】

[Soon, the four newcomers entering the game for the first time need anything from Brother Yun Guang.]

In the unknown space, Guan Hongyan nodded slightly, glanced at her phone, her eyes naturally widened for a moment, and her tone was a little anxious: "Hey, my phone is out of battery, does anyone bring a power bank?"

"Power bank...I think I brought it," the radio host rummaged through his bag, "Here."

"Ah, this isn't the charging port for my phone," Guan Hongyan took the power bank and looked at it pretentiously for a few seconds, frowned, and looked at the others in confusion, "How about... I go back and charge it first?"

"Wu Meng, please come with me," she quickly scanned the crowd and pointed at someone.

"Ah? Oh...oh." Wu Meng didn't understand why she was put on the shoulders and inexplicably pulled away from the crowd.

[No prizes for guessing what Sister Yaner is doing. ]

【It’s not charging anyway. 】

[It’s not charging anyway +1]

[Should he follow those kids? ]

A few words floated across the barrage. On the screen, Bai Jinshu watched Guan Hongyan hurried away and felt his wrist vibrate slightly twice.

【Guan Hongyan: Later, we will each follow a child, and I will follow Wu Da.】

This was the message sent by Guan Hongyan in the temporary group chat.

【Wu Meng: OK, Sister Guan. 】

[Guan Hongyan: How good are you? Can you climb over a wall? ]

[It’s OK, but I haven’t read it in a long time,] Wu Meng said honestly, [I read it a lot when I skipped the break to eat breakfast in high school.]

[But Sister Guan,] After a few seconds, Wu Meng couldn't help but said, [Why do we have to type in the group chat instead of talking directly.]

Before Guan Hongyan could answer, a new bubble popped up in the group.

【Du Zhongsheng: Walls have ears. 】

——It was Bai Jinshu.

Yu Changlin's pupils trembled: [Those kids have problems?! Didn't they say that only middle-aged and elderly people have problems in this space? ]

【Guan Hongyan: ……】

【Guan Hongyan: When you go out, can you please not say that you spent your first space with me and Yun Guang.】

Yu Changlin: Ah?

Bai Jinshu silently said: [Is it enough for me? ]

[Guan Hongyan:? You gods are not famous in the lower dimension, unlike Yun Guang and I who will be ruined.]

Yun Guang, who was disgraced, gently touched his forehead and kindly reminded: [Cat. ]

"Ah?" Yu Changlin uttered a short, bewildered sound.

"What's going on?" The radio host walking in front heard the voice and turned back, "Did you see anything?!"

"No...no." Yu Changlin waved his hands quickly.

"Just now a message was sent in the work group. A very seriously ill cat suddenly came to the hospital's night emergency room," Bai Jinshu suddenly answered and tapped his phone. "The boss asked us to go and take a look."

"Ah? Is it serious?" The radio host was stunned.

"It's not clear yet, but the only doctor we have here is Doctor Du," Yun Guang's face showed a trace of worry at the right time, "If the operation is to be performed, I must go with you as an assistant, and Changfeng, but the sea monster..."

"Of course saving the cat is more important," the radio host sighed regretfully and urged, "You guys go save the cat first. Ranran and I will go watch the sea monster tonight..."

"But it's okay. The three of us who are responsible for medical treatment can go. Xiao Fang and the others are responsible for pet care." Yun Guang shook his head and said sympathetically, "Originally, we agreed to go to the coast with you tonight. The three of us will go to rescue the cat, and Xiao Fang and the others will stay with you. Otherwise, it will be unsafe for you two girls at night."

"Well... that's fine too," the radio host was a little regretful to begin with. When he heard Yun Guang say that not everyone needed to go to the hospital, he hesitated as he was about to go home. "Then let's go to the beach?"

"Okay," Yun Guang held Yu Changlin's shoulder with one hand and patted him twice as if to comfort him, "Then I'll trouble you tonight."

"It's okay, Brother Yun Guang. It's what you should do," Fang Xiang nodded quickly, "Then you guys go save the cat first."

Where did the cat come from?

The rescue of the cat was fake, and the real purpose was that these three high-end team members found a reason to act separately.

Fang Xiang silently glanced at the three abandoned brothers and sisters, and honestly opened the combat watch and asked without understanding: [Brother Yun Guang, where are you going? What is tonight...]

After a few minutes, Yun Guang, who had just left, replied to the first question: [Zhongsheng said, go to the hospital.]

The reason why they acted separately one after another tonight was actually very simple.

Yun Guang: [Have you noticed that since we entered here, all our investigations have been frustrated, and we have never really obtained a clue on our own.]

Whether it was the so-called "monster" or Li Ge's Maode Hospital being destroyed by the tabby cat, or Ran Ran who placed cameras on the roof and the radio host, all these clues were obtained through other people.

The only time they faced the vision directly was not even by the exploration team members themselves, but through the eyes of the tabby cat that was the incarnation of the god of the Redemption Society led by Du Zhongsheng.

Since they entered this unknown space, they have never really faced any strange visions. All the rules here are based on hearsay and logical reasoning.

Or even further.

[Du Zhongsheng: Don’t you think that here, all those who try to explore the secret have never encountered the secret a second time? ]

There was Ranran, who saw the monster at the beginning when he was making the video but never found it again; there was the radio host who came here to look for materials after receiving a submission about the sea monster; there was the folk singer who was immediately kicked out of the B&B after he shot a video of a kitten queuing; even they, after the investigation made some progress, immediately lost the only workplace where they could reasonably and extensively come into contact with cats - the Cat Virtue Academy.

These people who explore the secrets may do so intentionally or unintentionally, but what is surprisingly consistent is that when they want to continue exploring, the clues will slip away from their hands and eyes as quickly as a thread in the wind.

[Yun Guang: Do you think this is a coincidence? ]

Wu Meng answered: [Absolutely impossible! ]

In any unknown space, such coincidences are too obvious.

In the above cases, there were folk singers who were directly driven away by the B&B owners, exploration team members who were directly visited by old men and women, and they had direct conflicts with any local middle-aged or elderly people.

However, Ran Ran and the folk singer, who had photographed the monster and came for material collection, seemed to be blocked by a strange force.

In fact, if it weren't for Huai Jiamu Bing's surprise move and their strong purpose of exploration, it would have been impossible for them to witness the strange phenomenon of the cat growing bigger and smaller.

Yu Changlin finally came to his senses: [Oh, I get it! Because cats can understand human language! ]

They accidentally discovered the truth when they were chasing the spotted white cat - cats can understand human language.

Or perhaps this clue had already been there earlier. Li Ge mentioned that his mother could communicate with cats.

The reason they couldn't find effective rules wasn't because they hadn't found the right direction or because they were incapable, but because the secret... was hiding from them.

When the secret itself can know every action, every plan, and every direction of the explorer, it is inevitable that the explorer will no longer have the possibility of finding the secret itself.

[Speaking of which, I actually have a question…]

【Question +1】

【Question +2】

【Question +3】

Fang Xiang, speaking for all the investors, asked this question: [Brother Yun Guang, according to this statement, isn't it more likely that the cat was transformed from a human? ]

It can communicate with humans, understand humans' layout and planning and avoid them, and has a mysterious connection with the middle-aged and elderly people on the island.

After this guess was first proposed, the top team members did not make any further speculations in this direction. So as newcomers, they did not dare to show off in front of Guan Gong, nor did they dare to fill in the rules privately to anger the boss. They could only assume that they had rejected this unreliable guess and not make any further inferences.

But now the fact that cats can talk has been brought up again, bringing this speculation, which they thought had been disproven, back into their view.

【Du Zhongsheng: Impossible.】

Wu Meng bravely said: [Why? ]

Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows slightly.

[Because one of the essential differences between humans and other species is the ability to reflect on their own values.] He raised his eyebrows slightly. [This subjective consciousness manifests itself as the concept of dignity with ethical implications and constitutes the internal foundation of the social norm system.]

[In layman's terms,] Bai Jinshu paused and said the next sentence: [Humans are a species with dignity.]

[Du Zhongsheng: If you were asked to crawl on all fours and eat on the ground in front of everyone, would you be able to accept it? ]

【Wu Meng: ...I can’t.】

[Du Zhongsheng: If you knew that your former companions were now crawling on all fours and eating in front of the same bowl, would you be able to turn a blind eye? ]

[Children's rhyme: Uh... I can't either. ]

[So,] Bai Jinshu tapped his solar plexus with his finger, [Do you still think that these cats on Haining Island could have been transformed from humans?]

Li Ge and his friends have nine years of compulsory education and go to college, which is enough to show that the people on Haining Island have received education in human society and cultivated the concept of dignity in human society. On this basis, how could they possibly turn into cats painlessly?

A cat who has been a cat since childhood may adapt to human society after becoming a human.

But a person who has been a human since childhood cannot turn into a cat that adapts to animal life, and cannot turn a blind eye when his own kind changes into a form that has even less human dignity.

This order determines from the very beginning that the inference that cats evolved from humans is impossible.

[Of course] He raised his eyebrows slightly, [If you don’t believe it, you can also exit the temporary group chat and choose to fill in the rules to verify whether this one can be passed.]

【Author’s words】

By the way, in response to the request of the person who sent me a private message on Weibo, I'm going to post this paragraph for everyone. This book is actually positioned more as a happy book so it tends to be more relaxed. Many clues are placed in funny plots that don't look like clues, such as the cat smashing the store and the old man and the old woman looking for the cat. These are not very clear clues that are highlighted in bold.

The cat turning into a human is a smokescreen thrown out at the beginning. It is easy to think of, but there is no specific clue to support it. It is just a guess that seems to be close to all the clues, but no absolutely clear information can be found. Regarding the question of why there is no rule to verify the truth of the cat being a human, many people in the comment area are confused. In fact, it is because the author is from the perspective of God who knows all the information. I will naturally and unconsciously substitute this perspective into the thinking process of the protagonists, and subconsciously assume that they already know that this answer is not reliable orz

It's not that the protagonists are stupid, it's the other way around, it's because I'm in a God's perspective that sometimes makes them think too far ahead and out of the dungeon~

Because this is a puzzle type of book, many times I will actually avoid the answers that have been guessed by most people, and temporarily come up with an answer from another direction. This book is not just about cats turning into humans to trick everyone, and Hantang doesn’t like cat girls and cat boys that much (orz).

Because writing requires thinking about the advancement of the entire plot from the author's God's perspective, the mind often falls on the overall plot and the design and acquisition of the information chain. Sometimes it is easy to overlook the exclusion of invalid information before, subconsciously assuming that the character already knows it, losing the logical thinking process, or assuming that the information is a well-known smoke screen. I will pay more attention to this aspect next!