Chapter 107: Stinky Cat, Let’s Wait and See
"Why are you running?"
Fu Xingyuan ran very fast, worthy of being an awakened person. Qiao Lan had to use some real effort to catch up with her.
"Why are you running? I'm not going to eat you." Qiao Lan grabbed Fu Xingyuan's arm.
Fu Xingyuan flung himself away as if scalded, scurrying to the back of the main building. There was a lamp and an iron cage. The old chef, with his large arms and a golden sword, sat in front of the cage. As soon as he saw Qiao Lan, he shouted, "Come over quickly!"
When Qiao Lan saw the old chef's happy face, she felt relieved. At least it wasn't the mutant dog causing any trouble.
Walking around to the front of the cage surrounded by black cloth on three sides, under the light, I saw a brown and red puppy lying inside with its chin resting on its two front paws. Its eyes were black and bright, and at first glance it actually looked a little cute.
"Where's the dog? Old hero Geng, where's the dog I asked you to look after?"
Qiao Lan was really shocked.
The dog she asked the old chef to guard was a mutant dog that came from Aunt He's secret research institute. It was a mixed-race dog with a brownish-black color, and looked like both a Teddy and a Schnauzer, and was about the same size as both.
But it’s not this miniature creature in front of you with brown and red fur, the size of a teacup dog!
The old chef was flattered by the title of "old hero" and laughed heartily.
"Hahaha! Look! This is the dog!"
Qiao Lan was speechless.
Worried that the ferocious mutant dog would run away and bite someone, he gave up communicating with the neurotic old man and turned to look at Fu Xingyuan.
"This is a serious matter. Stop being so stubborn and explain to me what's going on. Where did the dog go?"
"Isn't it right here? It ate a bat and started to make a fuss, then suddenly fell into a deep sleep. The more it slept, the smaller it got. It just woke up like this, so Uncle Geng asked me to find you."
Fu Xingyuan turned his eyes away from Qiao Lan and used a hard tone to hide the guilty feeling that came from thinking of the stupid things he had done in the past when facing Qiao Lan.
Qiao Lan was surprised.
After catching them and asking them a lot of questions, they finally confirmed that this was true.
The old chef even took a video.
The phone can't connect to the internet, so its communication function is useless, but it can be used as a camera. Qiao Lan has power, and the phone is always fully charged.
Qiao Lan carefully watched the mutant dog's transformation in the video and exclaimed inwardly, "Wow! This is really lucky!"
Not only did the bats not poison the dogs, they also stimulated positive secondary mutations in the dogs.
She quickly put the mini puppy through a full range of tests and trials.
After an hour or two of hard work, it was confirmed that the dog had indeed evolved.
The smaller size like Conan is only an appearance. The more crucial change is that its IQ has increased - it is no longer the stupid dog that was confused and mentally retarded and could only be controlled by the infrared controller, but it is very smart. Its cloudy eyes have become as clear as spring water, looking at people with sparkling water, and its emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all visible at a glance.
Qiao Lan fed it ham sausage and beef jerky. The small animal actually ate five sausages and a pound of jerky. Then it treated Qiao Lan as a relative, acting happy and coquettish. When asked to do arithmetic problems, it could immediately cooperate and calculate that one plus one equals two and five minus two equals three.
In terms of superpowers, it used to be extremely ferocious, with powerful attacks, and its claws were green and poisonous, but it didn't have any special superpowers. Now it doesn't have any special superpowers, but its poison has become stronger.
Its entire body is now covered in poison. Its teeth, claws, saliva, snot, and tears have all been tested to be poisonous, and the concentration of the toxins is much higher than before.
The aggressiveness has also increased.
Qiao Lan judged that its combat power level should be above level two.
But it looks safe and harmless, cute, and its poisonous claws are no longer green, but cute pink.
"What a deceptive 'beautiful dog snake'."
If it is trained well, will it have the potential to become even stronger?
Meow——
A white shadow suddenly rushed over, pounced in front of the cage, barking and biting fiercely.
“Woof…Woo…”
The little miniature dog curled up into a ball, shivering, its big eyes filled with tears and fear.
Xiao Li, who was running after the white cat Dazhuang, looked worried.
"Sister Lan, Da Zhuang wants to bite this puppy to death. It's very, very angry."
Even the dried fish didn't work, and no matter how Qiao Lan tried to stop or coax the angry white cat, she couldn't calm down.
At this time, she remembered that the mother cat who was entrusted with her child died after being seriously injured in a battle with a dog while trying to protect her cubs.
Alas, the white cat certainly cannot tolerate this dog; they are natural enemies.
If this dog was not a dog but a mouse, the white cat might not be so irritable.
"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean. I won't keep it just because it's a little powerful. No matter how powerful it is, can it be as powerful as you? Even if it is more powerful than you, I still want you to give it up."
It was not until Qiao Lan coaxed it like this that the white cat gradually calmed down.
But still growling at the cage.
The puppy huddled pitifully in the middle of the cage, shivering constantly.
Xiao Li quietly leaned close to Qiao Lan's ear and said, "Sister Lan, this little dog is a bit cunning."
Qiao Lan raised an eyebrow, "Did you sense it?"
"Yeah!" Xiao Li looked at the puppy warily, nodding vigorously, and whispered, "Don't be fooled by its pitiful appearance. It's actually not afraid at all. Instead, it's full of fighting spirit and calculation."
Well, as expected, Qiao Lan knew that based on the puppy's combat power level, it should not be afraid of the white cat.
Although the white cat is big and looks fierce, it is not as good as the dog in level and attack power, not to mention that the dog is poisonous.
A scheming dog who pretends to be stupid in order to gain sympathy.
It's not possible to let the old chef guard this situation. I'm afraid that the old hero Geng is even less cunning than this dog.
When Qiao Lan went to sleep, he took the dog cage to his room and said fiercely, "Stay still and stop playing tricks, or I'll kill you!"
The puppy looked at her with tears in his eyes, nodded, and lay down obediently.
In front of the dog, Qiao Lan bathed, blow-dried, fed, cuddled, and hugged the white cat and the kitten to sleep, so that the dog could understand its status as a low-ranking cat.
The two cats have always been hostile to the dog. They have been in a bad mood towards it all night and have been demonstrating in front of the cage from time to time. Even the kitten is fierce, stretching out its pink little paws and howling at the dog, looking very serious.
But Qiao Lan's pampering comforted the two cats.
The white cat, in particular, was rewarded by Qiao Lan with several high-quality, highly concentrated crystal cores. Qiao Lan also praised it highly for its excellent work today, adding luck to the medical station, which was very successful, resulting in only one person being injured, which was truly rare.
After all, Qiao Lan and Ye Qi's secret plan was to lure the snake out of its lair. Although well-planned, it wasn't entirely feasible. With limited manpower, mistakes were inevitable. It was a necessary strategy under the current circumstances. Unable to predict what dangers might arise, they could only rely on the mysterious white cat's blessing.
And the White Cat really lived up to expectations. At the cost of consuming more than ten second-level high-quality crystal cores and being exhausted himself, he successfully reduced the casualties at the medical point.
How can we not praise such an achievement? Even without the stimulation of the dog, Qiao Lan would still do his best to praise our cat.
When I went to sleep, I forced the white cat into my bed and hugged it.
Da Zhuang twisted and turned reluctantly, but Qiao Lan held him tightly and refused to let go, so he reluctantly hummed and lay down on the pillow.
Later, Qiao Lan fell asleep and the strength in her arms relaxed. It could have run away, but it didn't. Instead, it stuck to Qiao Lan's face.
He held Qiao Lan's round, shaved head with his two paws, looked very happy, and started to snort.
The puppy in the cage whimpered with resentment.
Hum╯^╰
Stinky cat, but you got here before me. We'll see what happens after a while.
Can't I, who am so petite and cute, get more love from my master?
But it didn't expect that there would be no future for it, and Qiao Lan gave it away the next day.
Cat: "O（∩＿∩)O"
dog:"……"
Ye Qi: “…”
Can this palm-sized thing be used as a watchdog?
Shouldering the responsibility of guarding the base and issuing warnings?
"Don't worry, this little thing might be pretending. You can't feel its energy fluctuations, right?" Qiao Lan glared at the dog, "Release the energy! Stop hiding!"
The weak little dog immediately stopped hiding and released its own energy fluctuations normally.
Ye Qi frowned, danger!
A flash of purple lightning flashed and turned into an impenetrable electric net that covered the dog.
The dog was startled.
This man is more terrifying than the master!
It obediently retracted its energy fluctuations and became a well-behaved and pitiful little teacup dog again.
Ye Qi stared at the puppy for a moment, evaluating it and thinking it was okay, so he accepted Qiao Lan's gift.
He named the puppy "Cha Cha".
Xiao Li commented: "Very appropriate, this dog is indeed tea."
Ye Qi: “???”
He just thought it was the size of a teacup.
And he was a little unsure. Apart from the concern for the safety of the base and the incompatibility of cats and dogs, was there any other meaning behind Qiao Lan giving him a dog?
For example, she once called him a dog, so did she really give him a dog?
He was thinking about what to give Qiao Lan.
A return gift.
Secondly, it is also a farewell.
Qiao Lan is leaving.
The golden mouse was severely injured and was almost killed. In any case, it would not recover and cause trouble in the short term, so Qiao Lan did not want to stay in the base any longer.
In order to repay Ye Qi and respond to the affection of those martyrs, she has guarded the base for a while and accompanied the base through the difficult initial construction period. Next, she will let the base grow on its own. She also has her own life and goals.
Ye Qi announced that he would hold a party.
Farewell Qiao Lan.
It also celebrates the expansion of the base.
The base now has more than 1,500 members and has occupied the entire community.
Ye Qi's prediction was correct. The group of street thugs returned that night and attacked the community.
They attacked the base because they were secretly instigated, but they were looting everywhere like a swarm of locusts. They couldn't get into the base, but they were still eyeing the high-end residential area next to the base.
The base tightened its defenses, consolidating shelters only around a few of its own buildings and one of the streets, while ignoring other areas.
The thugs attacked the residential area at night, smashing, looting, burning, and killing people, just like they did in other urban areas.
Hundreds of locusts passed through.
The community was completely looted, and more than half of the survivors died. In the end, there were less than a hundred people left. They supported each other and came to the base to seek medical treatment and help.
Ye Qi did not agree to accept it immediately.
It wasn't revenge for their refusal to cooperate when invited to join, but to eliminate potential dangers from the base.
People were sent to negotiate and set rules until everyone expressed their willingness to hand over their houses to join the base, obey the base's management in everything, and turn the entire community into the base's territory. Only then would those people become reserve members, and the lowest level among the reserve members.
Then, they quickly screened out those who had grievances against the base, complained privately, made sarcastic remarks, and encouraged others to hate the base.
Kick it out without any hesitation and leave it to fend for itself.
Is it cold?
For the safety of everyone in the base, we must not tolerate potential dangerous elements.
The discipline, shelter and reform in normal society cannot be realized in the last days, at least not now.
Everyone's living space is very small. Those people are unwilling to fight for their own survival and insist on being prejudiced and hostile to the base. I'm sorry, please reap what you sow.
The base took over the entire community, quickly re-deployed shelters, carried out infrastructure construction, and adjusted residential allocations.
The mob's rampage through the city caused more survivors wandering around to seek shelter in the base, causing the number of people in the base to quickly exceed one thousand and head towards two thousand.
Due to rapid expansion, cohesion is insufficient, so it is necessary to organize a collective activity to improve cohesion.
Ye Qi announced the start of the party.
"I didn't expect that just a month or two after the disaster, you've already set up a base with so many people!"
Qiao Lan was truly moved.
Thinking back to her previous life, when she was only two months old, she had been hiding here and there with Xiao Tang, enduring a difficult and bitter life. And not long after that, Xiao Tang was gone, making it hard to look back.
At that time, there was no base in City C. The survivors lingered in every corner of the city, bullied by gangs of thugs and eaten by mutant rats...
Compared with the sturdy bunker in front of me and the base where people are busy doing their jobs, the difference is like heaven and earth.
Qiao Lan thought Ye Qi was really amazing.
In his previous life, he was the notorious Ye Yanwang, and in this life, he is the respected boss of the base.
It turns out that a strong person can make a name for himself whether he works alone or with others.
Looking at his face with smooth lines and sharp edges, Qiao Lan felt that he was even more handsome.
"Can I call you Boss Ye from now on? You are really awesome!" Qiao Lan's eyes were full of stars.
Ye Qi quickly lowered the corner of his mouth that was slightly raised, and said seriously: "I can't take credit for it. I've said it before, this base couldn't be built without you."
"No, no, it's mainly because of your good leadership."
"You put in a lot of effort."
"You are awesome."
"You're awesome."
What kind of business-related complimenting segment was this? In her previous life, Qiao Lan never dared to dream that one day she would be chatting and laughing with Ye Yanwang.
And they even hold a special party for her.
Isn't this the treatment of a socialite?
"Seriously, isn't it too much trouble?" Qiao Lan had never been a pampered socialite in her two lifetimes.
"Besides, although half of it is to celebrate the expansion of the base, the other half is for me after all." Qiao Lan hesitated, a little worried. "Will there be gossip and rumors about us? You are a big leader leading thousands of people, after all. You have to be careful about your reputation."
Ye Qi couldn't hold back his laughter.
Qiao Lan admitted that he looked good when he smiled.
It means speaking in an irritating way.
He said, "What's going on in your head all day, you little fat girl?"
fat!
Qiao Lan took a deep breath.
Loudly: "I really like my fat body! I eat well, drink well and keep fat every day, I'm proud! You want to gain weight, but can you? Ye Shouhou!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Ye Qi stood there in confusion.
Are you angry?
What are you angry about?
It reminded him of their first encounter in the library, when she also suddenly flew into a rage and hit someone.
At least I didn't hit anyone this time. Doesn't that mean our relationship is at least better than before?
Ye Qi went to find Ouyang Mo.
After dismissing the other people in the ward, he asked privately, "What medication is best for treating early-stage mania? Do you know anything about this?"
Ouyang Mo: “?”
…
Amidst Qiao Lan's small resentment and Ye Qi's great doubts, the first gala of the Bloody Dawn Base was held in a lively atmosphere on a moonless and overcast night with few stars.
The first show stunned everyone.
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