Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Coal Ball, how can you make a sound? ...
In the darkness, the sound of a gunshot and the man's painful groan echoed in the forest.
Lei Jiu covered his stinging right eye, dark red blood dripping down his cheek.
The little beast suddenly appeared out of nowhere and scratched his eyes, causing the shot to miss the target. Lei Jiu suddenly clenched his palms and threw the limp cat away.
The light from afar shone on his bloody face, making him look like a demon from hell.
He gritted his teeth, glanced at the guards who were only a few hundred meters away, stumbled into the grass, and controlled the Star Shuttle to leave.
Zhuo Lan and his men rushed over and bumped into the Star Shuttle that had just taken off. His eyes darkened and he quickly grabbed the laser cannon from the hand of the team member next to him and aimed at the Star Shuttle in mid-air.
With a loud "bang", a hole was blown out on the surface of the Star Shuttle, and black smoke came out. It was swaying in the air and about to fall. Zhuo Lan waited for the laser to finish storing energy for the second time, and fired another shot with an expressionless face.
Lei Jiu in the cockpit was hit by the shaking airflow and crashed head-on into the iron wall of the Star Shuttle, causing a bloody head injury. At this moment, he was too embarrassed to check the wound, and with bloodshot eyes, he held the control lever tightly, with such great strength that the control lever was deformed.
The powerful laser shock wave almost brushed the edge of the Star Shuttle and exploded in the air, shaking the Star Shuttle so far away that even the ground shook a little. The severely damaged Star Shuttle was like a falling meteorite, disappearing into half the sky, leaving a faint trail of light.
Zhuo Lan retracted his gaze, turned around and threw the cannon back into the arms of the stunned team member, then took the medical instrument handed to him by another person to check Lu Zhiluan's physical condition.
The others were stunned for a moment before they came back to their senses from the commander's calm operation and began to clean up, checking whether there were any other suspicious people nearby.
The soft white light from the treatment device swept over Lu Zhiluan's body and found no wounds.
Fortunately, he just fainted and had a two-finger-wide abrasion on his cheek. Zhuo Lan put a therapeutic instrument on it and the wound healed completely soon.
There were hurried footsteps behind him, and a team member ran over holding a black kitten that had fainted in the grass. "Commander, we found the lost kitten, but it doesn't seem right."
Zhuo Lan's face suddenly changed when he heard this. He took the kitten in his arms and examined it carefully. When he touched the kitten's head, he felt a wet sensation on his hand. Zhuo Lan's breath was choked. He slowly opened his palm and saw blood all over it...
"What should I do? The treatment doesn't work on it."
Lu Zhiluan's eyelids trembled slightly, and he vaguely heard a few eerie voices in his ears.
"Change to another treatment device." Lu Zhiluan recognized that it was Zhuo Lan's voice. His tone sounded more serious than usual, with a barely perceptible tremor.
What happened?
"I'm afraid this cat is dying..."
cat.
Lu Zhiluan suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, feeling a tingling pain in the back of his neck. He searched for the source of the sound subconsciously.
The next second, he saw the little black cat lying motionless in Zhuo Lan's hand, seemingly asleep.
"Coal balls!" Lu Zhiluan rolled and crawled over.
Zhuo Lan carefully handed the cat to Lu Zhiluan, wiped his face, forced himself to calm down, and explained the cat's symptoms to him: "It has a head injury, and its ears have been bleeding."
The kitten's breathing was so weak that it was almost inaudible and its body was suffering from hypothermia.
A soft white light lit up and enveloped the little black cat. Lu Zhiluan concentrated all his attention on performing the treatment, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Feeling the faint heartbeat in his palm slowly becoming steady and strong, and his slightly cool body temperature warming up, Lu Zhiluan did not dare to take it lightly. It was not until the system repeatedly reminded him that it was okay that he relaxed as if exhausted. His hands were shaking a little, and the intense tingling in the back of his neck reminded him that they all survived.
At the moment when Lei Jiu was about to shoot, he was a little conscious, but he couldn't move.
Before being knocked unconscious, the system predicted the danger and urgently activated the protective shield. Although it was still the small animal version, after the last upgrade, the shield's ability to withstand blows has been improved. Coupled with the shield's own concealment properties, Lei Jiu's shot would most likely not hit a fatal part of his body.
Lu Zhiluan had prepared himself mentally to be injured; the only thing he didn't expect was that Meiqiu would suddenly rush out to save him.
Some soft spot deep in his heart was deeply touched. Lu Zhiluan's eyes were as gentle as water. He looked at the little cat in his arms with great pity and gently stroked its little head.
The little black cat seemed to sense something, wagged its tail slightly, and slowly opened its eyes.
"Meow~" The kitten's voice is so soft and gentle that it can't help but activate the protective desire in people's hearts.
However, Lu Zhiluan and Zhuo Lan were both stunned.
Lu Zhiluan looked incredulous, "Meiqiu, how could you make a sound?"
"Meow~" The kitten tilted its head back and looked at him with its wet, round eyes. It stretched out its little tongue and gently licked the palm of his hand a few times, its eyes full of dependence.
Zhuo Lan, who was standing by, felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue. He had only one thought in his mind: something had gone wrong.
On the way back, Lu Zhiluan and Zhuo Lan in Xingshuot had different thoughts and their expressions looked a little solemn.
On the soft and comfortable seat, the kitten lay on its back, using all four limbs to play with a small plastic toy. It would jump to the other side to play, then walk back to Lu Zhiluan to eat the snacks in his hand. It would lower its head and rub the back of his hand frantically, meowing all the time in a very coquettish manner.
Lu Zhiluan was multitasking, paying attention to the kitten's movements with his remaining eyes while frantically analyzing them in his mind and the system.
Lu Zhiluan: "Is the upgraded treatment so effective? Why do I feel like Coal Ball has a different personality after waking up? And isn't it dumb?"
System: "I checked its vocal cords before and found nothing wrong with them. The reason it can't make any sound is a psychological problem. It should have gotten over it now."
Lu Zhiluan was still very doubtful, as the difference between the before and the after was too great.
Today's Coal Ball is lively and active, and also very friendly.
The inexplicable calmness and depth of the cat were gone, along with its intelligence.
Lu Zhiluan frowned, and after thinking about it, he still felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know where to start.
The system comforted him: "Isn't this what you have always wanted? Finally, you have raised a sunny, cheerful and cute little cat."
"It looks like the happiest kitten in the world right now," the system continued.
Lu Zhiluan narrowed his eyes and looked at the little cat jumping around. He did not feel as happy as he had imagined. Instead, he felt inexplicably depressed.
When he inadvertently glanced at Zhuo Lan's bitter and resentful expression, Lu Zhiluan realized that he was not the only one who could not adapt to such a coal ball.
Zhuo Lan looked at the computer wristband that was scratched by the cat's claws, and the little black cat that ran over to him and lay on him to suck his milk. His heart sank to the bottom.
Jing Miao disappeared.
Did he return to a human body, or...
He didn't dare to think about the second possibility. He was regretting it so much now. After all, it was his own negligence that led to the current situation.
Because of my trust in Jing Miao's usual style of doing things, I subconsciously thought that even if the shell was replaced with a cat, nothing would go wrong.
He should have thought about how dangerous it was to have human consciousness trapped in a cat's body, and how accidents could happen if one was not careful. However, he still took the cat around carelessly and let the man do whatever he wanted.
How can a person poke such a big basket?
Lu Zhiluan looked at Zhuo Lan, who was in a depressed mood, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Zhuo Lan raised the corner of his mouth, and in order not to let Lu Zhiluan notice anything unusual, he forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, just a little tired."
He couldn't tell Dr. Lu that the cat had a new soul, and that the smart and clever coal ball that could understand human language actually contained the consciousness of Admiral Jing of the Canaan Alliance.
After sending Lu Zhiluan to the store entrance, Zhuo Lan rushed back to Canaan overnight.
As soon as he got off the Star Shuttle, he used the optical computer to issue an order: [Notify Jiang Xi and Yu Qing to go to the Alliance headquarters immediately. If they do not cooperate, the arrest warrant will be enforced.]
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When Lu Zhiluan returned to the store, he happened to meet several neighbors who had been waiting at the door for news. After learning that Dr. Lu was fine, everyone finally put their worries aside and started to worry about his health.
Lu Zhiluan: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."
"Then you should have a good rest, and we won't disturb you."
After seeing off the enthusiastic neighbors, Lu Zhiluan closed the shop and returned upstairs with the cat.
After a quick wash, he returned to the room. As soon as he walked to the bed, he noticed something was wrong: the cat was not on the bed.
Pushing open the door of the room next door prepared for cats, Meiqiu was lying on the cat climbing frame playing with the hanging cat toy.
Seeing someone coming in, the kitten lightly jumped off the cat climbing frame and came to the human's feet, rubbing against them in circles.
"Meow meow meow~"
Lu Zhiluan took the kitten back to the room and stared at it for a long time. The little black kitten was unaware of anything and just played by itself.
Finally, Lu Zhiluan said to the system with a serious expression: "System, do you think it is possible that the coal ball was taken away by another cat during the treatment process?"
System: "Wake up..."
Lu Zhiluan swore: "But I really think it is not the same briquette it used to be. No matter how much a cat's personality changes, all its habits and preferences will not change all at once. It never climbed that cat climbing frame before."
He opened the drawer and took out a cat toy and waved it in front of the kitten. The next second, the kitten jumped up to him.
Lu Zhiluan showed it to the system as if he had discovered a new continent, "Look, it even plays with this cat toy!"
After trying several other things, the kitten can now accept the toys that it refused to touch before. The system that originally thought the host was crazy also began to waver.
System: "If it really changes, what are you going to do?"
Lu Zhiluan was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The kitten seemed to have sensed something. It slowly moved closer, leaned its body against his arm, and raised its head to rub against him affectionately.
Lu Zhiluan held the cat in his arms with a complicated expression and murmured, "Maybe I'm just overthinking it."