Chapter 47
Hearing the little wolf cub's words, Su Ci couldn't help but pause and turned his head to look at him.
The boy had short black hair with gray in it, a small tuft of white hair on his bangs, and the aho-hair on the top of his head was wiggling up and down, which was very cute, but not as attractive as the big, thick and smooth tail behind him.
Number Eight didn't notice anything unusual about Su Ci.
After gritting his teeth and announcing the new deal, he suddenly lost his hesitation.
In order to eat potato chips again, he began to rack his brains to promote himself.
"My tail feels even better than my ears! Number Five wanted to touch it before, but I refused."
Although they were red-tailed lions, No. 4 and No. 5 had tails, but their lion tails were as strong as whips. How could they be as comfortable to touch as his big tail?
The hair on his tail is long, fluffy and very soft. He likes to hold his tail while sleeping, and sometimes uses it as a pillow and quilt. It feels so comfortable!
Since the breeder likes to touch his ears, there is no reason why he doesn’t like to touch his tail, right?
"But I can give you a tail pat."
The boy showed a look of no-win opportunity and said, "Just give me, uh, one... no, two potato chips!"
The little wolf cub made a "2" gesture to Su Ci, his green eyes filled with sparkling pleading and expectation, and the big tail behind him began to wag in a flattering manner.
It looks less like a wolf and more like a puppy begging for food.
Su Ci looked at Number Eight with some surprise. This little guy… when did he become so shameless? Is he still the same wolf cub who loved to call himself "little master" and was so duplicitous?
However, this suggestion is indeed good.
Perhaps because he had shared food with A Yan so many times, Su Ci didn't feel so uncomfortable when sharing with others.
What's more, this is a transaction, not pure sharing.
"Okay." Su Ci nodded.
"Wow! You promised me!" The little wolf cub jumped up. "Great!"
The corridor was empty, and Number Eight didn't control his volume, so the cheers seemed particularly loud.
In the room next to them, the red-haired boy who was eating seriously couldn't help but frown and glanced outside the door.
Number Two possesses the bloodline of the top-level ferocious beast, the Red Flame Tiger. His hearing and perception are already good, and after his mind became clear, these abilities seem to have improved as well.
Even through the metal walls, he could hear the noises in the corridor.
In fact, after returning in the afternoon, very strange and unfamiliar noises were heard from time to time in the room next door belonging to No. 3, and No. 2 also heard it.
The intermittent whimpering sound, I don't know what came from it, it was very loud.
But surprisingly, No. 2 didn't feel disgusted.
Perhaps it was because he hadn't lived like a normal person for too long. The feeling of no longer having to endure the burning of flames and no longer being in a daze, and everything around him becoming alive, really fascinated him.
Even if he was just lying quietly in his little bed, staring at the chandelier on the ceiling and listening to the strange whimpering sounds next door, he felt it was a rare enjoyment.
However, in No. 2's impression, No. 3 is a very quiet child with little presence and never speaks. Many times, he forgets that there is such a cub in the nursery.
After returning, No. 2 could vaguely feel that something seemed to have changed in the nursery during the two days when he was taken to the medical purification center.
Su Ci's lazy and tired figure appeared in his mind again.
Could it be related to this new breeder?
This thought flashed through his mind, but soon, No. 2 shook his head and forced himself to forget about the breeder.
Even if there really was something strange about the breeder, it had little to do with him.
Because he will soon escape from here, and the nursery... will soon have nothing to do with him.
After lying down for a while, No. 2 closed his eyes and began to recall what he had observed along the way from the medical purification center back to the brooding area.
Base 24 is really too big, at least for No. 2 who rarely goes out. But precisely because Base 24 is so large, it becomes difficult for the adults to catch him when he escapes.
Number Two knew that under normal circumstances, his chances of escaping successfully would be very low.
Because the entire 24th base is under the surveillance of the intelligent computer.
So now he has to wait until the easiest opportunity to escape comes, and that opportunity is the next extreme weather.
Of course, No. 2 is not stupid either.
Although he wanted to escape into the red fog outside the base, he also knew that he did not have the strength to confront the monster head-on.
The time he was preparing to escape was after the extreme weather ended, but order in the base had not yet been fully restored and the wounded guards and action team members were still receiving treatment and purification.
At that time, many of the base's equipment would be destroyed, including the surveillance cameras. Even if the base could only monitor his escape, the guards and action team, who were severely weakened by the red fog and monsters, would find it difficult to devote their energy to capturing him.
This is the time when No. 2 has been observing for so long and feels that his chances of escape are the greatest.
Now, in addition to planning an escape route, he has to lie low, conserve his energy, and try to adjust his body to the best condition.
So since he returned to the nursery, he had never refused 4586's cooking for him, and he was not going to waste any bite of his dinner.
However, the movement outside the door still caught his attention.
That sounds like the voice of number eight?
Number Two frowned. Number Eight lived on the fifth floor, so why was he outside his room? Speaking of which, in addition to the strange sobbing sounds that kept coming from Number Three's room that afternoon, he also vaguely heard the sound of a child talking.
That's unlikely to be Number Three speaking, nor is it likely Number Five.
Could that voice be Number Eight? Why was he in Number Three's room? How did he get permission to go outside?
Number Two couldn't help but take it seriously.
What worries him most now is the issue of permission to go out.
The cubs only have time to play in the morning. Although they can usually eat three meals in the restaurant, there is only one nanny robot, 4586, left in the nursery. In this case, the cubs rarely eat together.
Just like tonight, it was 4586 that brought him dinner.
If he could get permission to go out, he could find ways to obtain more information and relax the breeder's vigilance. When the time is right, it would definitely greatly increase his chances of escaping successfully!
Number Two put down the spoon in his hand and moved closer to the door, his furry tiger ears almost touching the metal door.
Is it really number eight outside?
Why was he in the fourth-floor hallway at this hour? Did he sneak out again while the nanny robot or the keeper was delivering food?
But thinking about the occasional talking sounds he heard in the afternoon, No. 2 felt that it was not quite like that.
It would be nice to see what's going on in the corridor.
Number Two closed his eyes and put his ear closer to the metal door, hoping to improve his hearing. However, he didn't expect that when he closed his eyes and temporarily blocked his vision, the surrounding scene appeared clearly in his mind!
The young man was startled and subconsciously opened his eyes, coming out of the mysterious state he had just been in.
What's going on?
A look of confusion crossed his face, and then he closed his eyes again, only to find that the scene in the room was clearly reflected in his mind.
This feels different from memories...
What he "sees" is different from what he sees with his eyes. Although the picture is a little blurry, when he focuses on something, he can get some information that he cannot see with his eyes.
For example, the heat radiating from the dinner on the table, and the tiny cracks on the tabletop that he would never normally notice...
Number Two's knowledge was not enough to figure out what was going on, but that did not prevent him from quickly understanding and mastering this power.
Since he can "see" the scene inside the room in his mind, he should be able to see it outside the room as well, right?
When this thought flashed through his mind, No. 2 discovered that the scene outside the corridor also appeared clearly in his mind. He could see things about two or three meters away from him, but things farther away became blurry.
And in the corridor, he did "see" the figure of Number Eight. He was not mistaken, it was indeed Number Eight who was cheering just now.
Next to No. 8, there is a cloud of fog.
I don’t know if the person was standing at the edge of his “visual” range, so No. 2 couldn’t see the other person clearly.
Number Two frowned, then tried hard to see the man's appearance clearly. He knew that this guy, whose appearance he couldn't see clearly, must be the key to Number Eight's going out.
After all, just look at the current state of No. 8.
The cubs in the nursery are all naturally proud, and no one will really submit to anyone else. Even with No. 6 and No. 7 who are closer to him, it is more of an alliance relationship, and they don't really recognize him as the boss.
Number Eight is a hot-tempered and vengeful little wolf who is more cruel than anyone else when he gets angry. He usually has his eyes on top of his head. When he first arrived at the nursery, he would bite anyone.
I don't know why, but in the end he became close to No. 4 and No. 5, and often teamed up with No. 4 to fight.
If it weren't for the fact that the three of them were really hard to deal with together, and if it weren't for the fact that No. 8 liked to tease, No. 6 and No. 7 wouldn't have chosen to get close to him, and the nursery wouldn't have evolved into its current state.
This was the first time that No. 2 saw this bad-tempered little wolf showing its current posture, as if all its hostility had dissipated. It showed its soft belly to the person it trusted, and even wagged its tail and stuck out its tongue, inviting the other person to touch it.
Although this metaphor is strange, this picture inexplicably appeared in No. 2's mind.
His expression couldn't help but become strange.
I never thought that Number Eight had such a side to him... So who was this person standing in the fog? How did he gain Number Eight's trust?
When Number Eight tried hard to see clearly, he didn't realize that his mental tentacles... had been sensed by Su Ci.
It felt as if someone was constantly tapping on the spiritual barrier he had set up with their fingers, and it was difficult for Su Ci not to notice.
In fact, it’s not that he is too defensive, but he set up the spiritual barrier for the sake of these reckless little guys.
For example, now he is constantly testing his number two.
From the perspective of spiritual consciousness, you are not really seeing with your eyes, but controlling your spiritual consciousness to perceive. When your consciousness can "observe" the object, it has often already touched the object.
Inanimate objects appear gray from the perspective of spiritual consciousness. You can see the outline of things, sense their state, and obtain some information that cannot be obtained by the naked eye.
As long as it is a living being, it must have spiritual consciousness, but most living beings are unable to control their spiritual consciousness.
Creatures with dull perception or who are too weak cannot sense being observed by others, and even if they are touched, it will not bring any danger.
But powerful creatures are different.
Not to mention a collision, even a slight touch between spiritual consciousnesses is extremely dangerous.
If the weak rashly observe the powerful, they will not only be easily discovered, but will also easily cause backlash.
This is not the subjective will of those powerful beings, it is simply that you are too weak. At the moment of contact, your spiritual consciousness received information beyond its own limits and was crushed in an instant.
In the mildest case, the sea of consciousness will be ruptured, and in the worst case, the spiritual consciousness will explode and die.
Although Su Ci is in a weak period now, his spiritual strength is not much weaker than that of his peak period. Because he has encountered such tragedies many times, he also consciously erected a spiritual barrier.
However, I have never encountered someone as reckless as No. 2 who desperately tried to break through the spiritual barrier.
After all, those practitioners who were able to control spiritual consciousness in the past basically had a certain amount of common sense. When they encountered an object that they could not observe, they would know that the other party was an existence that they could not afford to offend.
Su Ci hesitated for a moment, but still flicked his fingers lightly, revealing a crack in the barrier.
So, No. 2, who was trying hard to see clearly in the fog, found that the blurry figure gradually became clearer.
It turned out to be a new breeder!
Although he had some guesses, he was still surprised when he found out that it was true.
Number Two had no idea that the reason he could "see" Su Ci was entirely because Su Ci had deliberately leaked the information to him, and he thought it was the result of his own efforts.
Therefore, he did not realize Su Ci's strength.
Under his observation, this breeder was unremarkable and there was nothing special about him. However, the No. 8 next to him was surrounded by a faint green light, which made him look more special.
So, how did Number Eight get along so well with the breeder? What charm did this breeder have that could win Number Eight over?
Number Two looked at Su Ci's lazy figure, and then thought of their previous contact with him. He paused, and couldn't help but change his mind.
In other words, what means did No. 8 use to bribe the new breeder and allow him to go out freely?
Number Two was deeply puzzled, but he never expected that he would know the answer next.
The little wolf cub looked around in the corridor like a thief. Probably after confirming that there was no one there, he turned his head and said something to the breeder.
He looked a little embarrassed, at least, in a way that Number Two had never seen him before.
Then he saw Number Eight turn around and put his butt... or to be more precise, his big furry tail, in front of the breeder.
Number Two subconsciously opened his eyes, and his pupils trembled in his reddish-brown eyes.
It can't be what he thinks, right?
He closed his eyes again and continued to observe.
Number Eight, completely unaware of his social demise, wagged his tail and urged, "Hurry up! I need to go back and have dinner with Number Three after this!"
Then he made the "2" gesture again.
"We agreed that if you touch it once, you get two potato chips!" the young boy emphasized, fearing that Su Ci would go back on his word.
Su Ci looked at the little wolf cub with its furry ears and its tail twitching in a hurry. He had to admit, it was indeed very cute, but...
He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not remind Number Eight that Number Two was watching in the room.
Su Ci felt that if the little wolf cub knew about this, it would probably be more than just a rage. Anyway...
Given Number Two's personality, he shouldn't spread it around, right?
“Hurry up, hurry up!”
Number Eight urged again. He was so excited at the thought of eating potato chips soon that his tail began to wag uncontrollably.
He just wanted to end this quickly. Although he knew there were surveillance cameras in the corridor, where in the nursery was there no surveillance camera?
Anyway, he would be photographed if he went back to the room, so he might as well complete the transaction quickly. He quickly got the potato chips. When he thought of how delicious the potato chips were, the young boy completely forgot about everything else, as if he was willing to give up everything.
Faced with such a warm invitation, Su Ci naturally felt reluctant to refuse.
The little wolf cub's tail is fluffy and soft, just like cotton, but with a more delicate and plush feel than cotton. The long hair is not uncomfortable at all. When you insert your five fingers into the hair, you will immediately feel a sense of happiness as if you are surrounded by the plush hair.
The feeling was just as Su Ci imagined. No, that was not right. It was even more comfortable than he imagined.
The little wolf cub was inevitably a little shy and embarrassed. It was the first time someone had touched his tail! It felt so strange!
However, for the sake of potato chips, he endured it!
Fortunately, Su Ci did not go too far. He kept his promise and touched her once before taking his hand back.
For this reason, the little wolf cub felt a little regretful that he had only touched it once. If he had touched it twice - he counted on his fingers in his mind... then he could have gotten four potato chips!
What a pity...
Su Ci had already picked up No. 8's dinner from the dining cart and handed it to him.
Number Eight took his lunch box, quickly forgetting his regrets, and couldn't wait to shout to Su Ci: "Potato chips! Potato chips!"
"I'll give it to you inside." Su Ci pointed to room number three and said.
"Oh well."
Number 8 came to the metal door with a lunch box in his hand, and after the door opened, he kept urging the slow-moving Su Ci.
"Hurry up! You're too slow!"
Finally, they walked into room number three together, and the metal door closed again.
Silence returned to the corridor.
In room number two, the red-haired boy opened his eyes with a dull expression.
Number 8 actually had his tail touched by the keeper!
And he took the initiative!
This discovery will definitely shock Number Two for the whole year.
For the tiger cub who has been troubled by the power of blood for many years, the ears and tail are like reverse scales. They can only be touched by others when they are used as weapons.
Any other time, want to touch?
Don’t even think about it!
Number Two had always thought that this was the consensus of all the cubs, but recalling how Number Eight had just invited the breeder to touch their tails...could he have been wrong?
This little wolf cub is too...
Number Two couldn't describe the feeling. He thought about it carefully and finally came up with a word -
shameless.
Exactly! How could he accept this? If it was for the right to come and go freely, then this sacrifice was too great, wasn't it?
Number Two slowly slid down to sit on the floor. The scene just now had a huge impact on him.
The most terrifying thing was that his gaze involuntarily fell on his own tail, and a terrifying thought was emerging in his mind -
He actually felt that if he could really get the permission to move freely in the nursery, then even if his tail was touched... it wouldn't seem like a big deal?
Anyway, number eight did the same thing...
When he realized this thought, the red-haired boy couldn't help but cover his face.
No, this is not possible, he can't accept it!
This new breeder... don't be fooled by his frail appearance, he is actually more terrifying than all the previous breeders combined!
Room number three next door.
Number Eight had no idea that his "transaction scene" with Su Ci had been seen thoroughly. After he put down his lunch box, he immediately came up to the breeder, looking at him expectantly with his green eyes.
"Chips! Chips!"
Su Ci also kept his promise very well. He took out a bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips from the space button.
Moreover, considering that the wolf cub's sacrifice this time was quite great, after giving him two pieces of potato chips, he took out the third piece and gently placed it on the palm of his hand in front of the wolf cub's surprised eyes.
Number 8 had never expected that there would be an extra reward, and he immediately screamed with joy.
"Yeah!"
He carefully placed three potato chips on the table, then jumped for joy.
The little wolf cub felt the joy of a good harvest for the first time. After venting his excitement, he actually said to the keeper, "Thank you!"
That heartfelt joy and genuine emotion were absolutely unimaginable, but all he got were just three potato chips.
Su Ci shook his head, "This is what you deserve."
The little wolf cub grinned and smelled the aroma of potato chips. He no longer felt embarrassed and thought it was worth it!
"Then come back later. I want to finish dinner before going back." Number Eight thought to himself, if he ate slower, he could go back later!
Unexpectedly, before leaving, the breeder said, "You have half an hour."
Number Eight watched the breeder leave, curled his lips, muttered "stingy" again, and turned his attention to the potato chips.
Now he has three chips and can eat one first and save the remaining two for dinner.
However, when he glanced at the little ball curled up in the corner next to him, No. 8 couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.
After some hesitation, he picked up a piece of potato chips, walked over to No. 3, and handed the chips to this little friend he had just gotten to know today.
Anyway, it was a gift from the breeder, so he didn't suffer any loss.
"Here, I'll treat you to some potato chips!" Number 8 said generously. "These are delicious!"
Seeing that No. 3 didn't take it, he pulled No. 3's little hand over, pried open his palm, and then carefully put the potato chips on it.
While putting it down, he reminded me, "Don't use too much force, this will break easily."
Number Three held the potato chip in his hand in a daze. He heard that energetic voice whisper in his ear, "Number Three, try this! I guarantee you've never tasted anything this delicious before!"
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