Chapter 256: The Tenth Day of Survival at Sea (7) Behind the Scenes of the Zebra Cat…
Yu Miaomiao was still a little shaken after suddenly emerging from the water, and Xiaoguai had just taken a violent fall. Even though the mask had automatic pressure balancing, she still felt a little dizzy.
She could hear the cheers of Lulu and others a few meters away. In her peripheral vision, the huge fish became silent as it was pulled ashore. In her vision, it seemed that Lulu used a meat cleaver on the fish's head, and the fish king disappeared.
Yu Miaomiao squatted on the ground and heard Xiaoguai, who was licking his fur, suddenly let out a low whimper.
Is there danger again?
Yu Miaomiao looked around and saw Hua Bie holding a towel and a box containing something fragrant, looking at her with a worried look on his face.
"Xiaoguai, don't..." Yu Miaomiao hadn't recovered her strength yet, and before she could take off her oxygen mask, she reached out to grab Xiaoguai.
"Meow..."
Xiaoguai leaned forward with his whiskers, but did not attack. Instead, he slapped one of his paws towards the place where Huabie was holding the box of food.
Want to eat?
Seeing this, Hua Bie immediately put the box on the ground and took two steps back to make room for Xiaoguai.
It seems that after hearing Xiaoguai's voice asking for food so many times, even Huabie understood the meaning of this sentence.
Yu Miaomiao took off her mask and watched Xiaoguai tentatively nod his head forward and sniff the food on the ground, a few drops of saliva flowing down her face.
Without the mask blocking her view, she could also smell the aroma coming from the box of food.
It has a strong meaty aroma with a hint of seafood.
Yu Miaomiao asked curiously, "What kind of food is this?"
Hua Bie took out a parchment scroll and pointed at it, as if to prevent her from worrying. "Wolf meat and shrimp rice. I just got the recipe from Fishman Island."
What kind of food is this? How come she has never heard of it? The ingredients used in it just happen to be what Xiaoguai likes.
Seeing Xiaoguai still hesitating and not moving forward, his eyes were a little uncertain.
Yu Miaomiao said with a smile, "Xiaoguai, eat whatever you want. Huabie is made just for you."
"Yes, if you like it, I'll make some more for you." Hua Bie looked at Xiaoguai and didn't look at Yu Miaomiao's inquiring eyes.
"Meow"
Until another drop of saliva fell, Xiaoguai could no longer hold back and buried his head in eating.
Yu Miaomiao felt a little weak. She leaned against a pillar and stood up with the help of another iron railing. Then she saw Hua Bie retract his hand.
The next second, the person in front of her handed her a white bath towel. She took it naturally, and then she realized that this person should be in the exploration area, so why did he come back?
"Why are you back? Did something happen?" He didn't seem to have any bandages on his body, so he didn't seem injured. Yu Miaomiao wiped the water stains on his body with a towel, and then continued to wipe Xiaoguai who was eating happily.
Hua Bie: "I saw the banner."
In fact, he had received news from Yingying long before the banner appeared.
He had previously told Yingying privately that if they encountered any danger, they must tell him immediately. He also emphasized that these were some difficulties that even Miaomiao could not solve immediately without water.
He needs the first...
"You said the Fish King is such a rare thing, and it just happened to appear near us. I don't know if it's intentional by the system." Yu Miaomiao said helplessly, "This banner should be visible to all servers."
As Xiaoguai kept chewing and licking, the aroma in the box completely overflowed. Yu Miaomiao's mouth began to secrete saliva, and her stomach made a rumbling sound at the right time. Before she could take out the barbecue she made, Hua Bie stuffed a portion of shrimp paste in front of her.
Upon smelling the smell, Xiaoguai, who was halfway through eating, meowed, picked up the lunch box, looked at Huabie with a reproachful look, and went back to the cabin on his own.
The starlight in the night sky was scattered on the deck, and the blue signal smoke she had released in the water earlier had turned into a light blue, like a galaxy under the warm white light.
The sea was quiet and there was no one on the opposite deck. A gust of sea breeze blew, and Yu Miaomiao shivered after just two mouthfuls of rice porridge. A nylon coat was draped over her.
The seeds of throbbing in my heart began to grow under this warmth.
Yu Miaomiao quickly opened the message board to distract herself with other things and asked hurriedly, "Where are Lulu and the others?"
Hua Bie's eyes darkened. "April's Lies is a new acquaintance after all. It's a bit hasty for Yingying to call him over to help. I've called them away according to the base distribution you mentioned before. Yingying and the others should rest and patrol according to their schedule. After all, it's not easy for you and Xiaoguai to be exposed and seen by too many people right now, and there are many people eyeing the nearby waters."
Yu Miaomiao nodded. She was fine, but Xiaoguai was different. He was an outlier to other survivors.
Some survivors have already revealed that they also want a combat pet like this, and it is possible that Xiaoguai will be captured by someone.
Of course, there are still people who vaguely feel that it is unfair and are very unhappy that she has such a battle pet.
As for the danger Hua Bie said, it was probably some spies sent by foreign servers, who might have bad intentions towards her little daring one.
She had just seen the new message from Dr. Ji, and Hua Bie happened to be right next to her, so she simply opened the hidden message interface for the other party to see.
"Pathfinder: I've analyzed the video you sent. Combined with the test results from our expedition, the insulated electric eels and the exploration site are unrelated; they simply happened to appear together. Based on the test results from the card draw you provided, the exploration site and the card draw scene are very similar, teleporting people to an independent consciousness space. Before the teleportation process, I also conducted several independent experiments and confirmed that this teleportation does not involve the actual body, but rather the consciousness. It uses external environmental information to alter your perception. Therefore, it is now basically certain that we are not in a real place. In short, the apocalypse is a vast virtual world, continuously transmitting simulated information to us through machines connected to our brain consciousness."
After reading this message, Hua Bie unconsciously looked at Yu Miaomiao beside him, while Yu Miaomiao was looking at Xiaoguai who was still licking the plate in the house with a complicated look.
"Meow Meow is Not Short of Water: What about my battle pet, this zebra cat... According to your research, Dr. Ji, is this animal simulated data, or a reflection of someone's consciousness?"
Xiaoguai is so smart, has self-awareness, and even has ideas about how to fight monsters. Could this be just a few lines of simulation data?
An imaginary animal simulated by the outside world?
After saying this, she looked evasively at the waning moon hanging in the sky. Heavy rain seemed to occur less frequently at night, and the sky was clear.
This piece of sky seemed to be no different from reality. If she left or repaired the apocalypse, it would mean loss. She... seemed to understand Yingying's determination to catch the king fish in the afternoon.
"The feelings between you are real, Xiaoguai is real." Hua Bie's slightly comforting words floated into her mind along with the cool night breeze.
"Ah?" Yu Miaomiao didn't look at Dr. Ji's reply, but looked at the people around her.
Looking up, her entire body was reflected in those determined amber eyes.
Hua Bie took out a few cards and stuffed them into Yu Miaomiao's hand. "Repair the apocalypse, take us and Xiaoguai with you, and leave together. Don't doubt it."
Yu Miaomiao stared at the seven "heavy" Restoration World Cards in her hand and asked in disbelief, "You gave them all to me?"
I still remember when Hua Bie first mentioned this card, Yu Miaomiao said she wanted it, and the other party bargained with her several times, but never mentioned it again afterwards.
This time, the team rewards were directly placed in her personal backpack. Several people said that they would leave the cards with her first, but unexpectedly, Hua Bie took out all the cards he had on him.
Bring Xiaoguai with you.
Yu Miaomiao has indeed been doubting whether Xiaoguai is real. She deliberately avoided confirming whether it is true or not, thinking that even if it is just a few lines of data, she would return to reality and project this line of data onto a robot with modern technology.
Of course this is the worst-case scenario.
But Hua Bie actually kept believing that the zebra cat that "meowed" out of the house was real.
Hua Bie saw the surprise in her eyes and explained, "In order to dispel its inexplicable vigilance towards me, I have been observing it. After watching it for a long time, I unconsciously matched it with a cat I have seen in real life. In real life, I was driving a hover car on a rainy day and didn't see a cat running out from the road. As a result, when I braked, I heard a violent crash. When I got out of the car to check and remedy the situation, the cat was gone. I searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Until I saw Xiaoguai, I wondered if that little black cat had changed its color and ran to the apocalypse to become the overlord, that is, this little greedy cat."
Hua Bie took out a new fragrant bowl from his backpack and put it on the ground. Xiaoguai sniffed it and meowed happily twice, but did not take the food box away. Instead, he sat on the ground and started eating.
The sound of smacking lips reached her ears clearly, and Yu Miaomiao came back to her senses and asked, "Sheriff?"
Hua Bie asked in confusion, "What sheriff?"
Yu Miaomiao recalled the scene when she just picked up the sheriff's black cat.
It was clearly an adult cat, but when it was picked up, it was so thin that it was only the size of a palm, and its tail was half broken, so Yu Miaomiao and the boss's wife guessed that it had been bullied outside.
So the person who "bullies" the sheriff...is Hua Bie?
Yu Miaomiao asked half-doubtfully, "Is it near L Road in City A?"
When Hua Bie heard her words, his ears turned red instantly. He paused for a moment before nodding.
At this moment, Yu Miaomiao was actually at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Is this a strange fate?
To avoid being asked any more questions, Hua Bie quickly changed the subject and said, "Dr. Ji has replied to your message."
"Pathfinder: Comrade, remember PXR technology, right? Everything we face today points to this technology. However, this technology is fundamentally incomplete, even quite immature. Therefore, the extreme simulations of large-scale natural disasters, simulated exploration scenarios, and simulated monster group attacks we encounter will only occur to individual groups or in small areas. It cannot be simultaneously and reliably applied to the entire world. And as far as I know, your battle pet, the zebra cat, has been seen not only by you and your small group, but also by everyone passing by or using remote detection equipment. This clearly contradicts the assumptions of the apocalyptic simulation data. Furthermore, this isn't the first day it's been following you. In all the days it's been following you, have you noticed any signs of artificial intelligence?"
No...
Except for the fact that it became weaker on the 30th day in the desert, it was otherwise an animal capable of independent thinking and continuous growth.
The one in front of us has completely recovered to its prime. Because it eats more shrimp-related foods, it can even swim freely in the sea. Except for not being able to fly, it is simply omnipotent.
So as Hua Bie said, she should believe in the true feelings between her and Xiaoguai.
"Pathfinder: However, I now have a suspicion. Your battle pet wasn't planned in by the system designers from the beginning. First, it's growing, and its growth pattern is different from ours. All of its human attributes are strongly linked to system simulation data. From the photos and data I've seen others send, it doesn't seem to be dependent on system events. Second, its behavior differs from that of normal humans. Perhaps it's another creature projected into this apocalypse. As far as I know, there's only one such monster currently."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: So the zebra cat is probably also an animal behind the scenes?"
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