Chapter 47

Hearing what the wolf cub said, Su Ci couldn't help but stumble under his feet and looked at him sideways.

The boy had short black hair with a little white hair on his bangs, and the aho-hair on his head was waving. He was very cute, but it was not as attractive as the big, thick and smooth tail behind him.

Number Eight didn't notice anything strange about Su Ci.

After gritting his teeth and saying the new deal, he was no longer shy.

In order to eat potato chips again, he began to rack his brains to promote himself.

"My tail feels more comfortable than my ears! Number Five wanted to touch it before, but I refused."

Although as red-tailed lions, Number Four and Number Five both have tails, but their lion tails are as strong as whips. How can they be as comfortable as his big tail?

The hair on his tail is long, fluffy, and especially soft. He likes to sleep with his tail in his arms, and sometimes he even uses it as a pillow and quilt. It feels so comfortable!

Since the keeper likes to touch his ears, there is no reason why he doesn't like to touch his tail, right?

"But I can let you touch my tail."

The boy showed a look of no return, and said, "Just give me, um, one... no, two potato chips for one touch!"

The little wolf cub made a "2" gesture to Su Ci, and his green eyes were filled with sparkling prayers and expectations. The big tail behind him swayed flatteringly. He

looked less like a wolf and more like a puppy begging for food.

Su Ci looked at No. 8 with some surprise. This little guy... when did he become so shameless? Is this still the wolf cub who likes to call himself the master and is a little hypocritical?

However, this suggestion is indeed good.

Perhaps because he has shared food with A Yan so many times, Su Ci doesn't feel so uncomfortable 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 at once, "Great!"

The corridor was empty, and No. 8 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 frowned and glanced outside the door.

Number Two has the blood of the top-level ferocious beast, the Red Flame Tiger. His hearing and perception are already good. After his mind became clear, these abilities seemed to have been improved.

Even through the metal wall, he could hear the movements in the corridor.

In fact, since he came back in the afternoon, very strange and unfamiliar sounds have been coming from the room next door belonging to Number Three from time to time, and Number Two also heard it.

The intermittent sobbing sounds, I don't know what they come from, are very noisy.

But surprisingly, Number Two didn't feel disgusted.

Maybe it's because he hasn't lived like a normal person for too long. This feeling of no longer having to endure the burning of flames all the time, no longer being in a daze, and everything around him becoming alive is really fascinating to him.

Even if he just lay quietly in his little bed, staring at the ceiling chandelier in a daze, and listening to the strange groaning sounds next door, he felt it was a rare enjoyment.

However, in No. 2's impression, No. 3 was a very quiet child, with no sense of existence, never spoke, and many times, he would forget that there was such a cub in the brooding house.

After returning, No. 2 could vaguely feel that something seemed to have changed in the brooding house during the two days when he was taken to the medical purification center.

In his mind, Su Ci's lazy and tired figure appeared again.

Could it be related to this new keeper?

This thought flashed through his mind, but soon, No. 2 shook his head and forced himself to forget about the keeper.

Even if there was something strange about the keeper, it had little to do with him.

Because he would soon escape from here, and the nursery... would 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 nursery.

Base 24 is really too big, at least for No. 2 who rarely goes out, but precisely because Base 24 is large enough, it will be difficult for the adults to catch him when he escapes.

No. 2 knows that if it were normal times, his chances of escaping successfully would definitely be very low.

Because the entire Base 24 is under the surveillance of the intelligent computer.

So now he has to wait until the easiest time to escape comes, and that time is the next extreme weather.

Of course, No. 2 is not stupid.

Although he wants to escape to the red fog outside the base, he also knows that he does not have the strength to face the monsters head-on.

The time for him to escape is after the extreme weather ends, when the order of the base has not been fully restored, and the guards and the action team are still receiving treatment and purification.

At that time, many equipment in the base will be damaged, including surveillance cameras, and even if the base can only monitor his escape behavior, it will be difficult for the guards and the action team, who have been severely damaged by the red fog and monsters, to spare the energy to capture him.

This is the time when No. 2 feels that his chance of escape is the highest after observing for so long.

Now, in addition to planning his escape route, he had to lie low, conserve his energy, and try to get his body into the best condition.

So since he returned to the brooding house, he had not refused 4586 to cook for him, and he was not going to waste any bite of dinner now.

However, the movement outside the door still caught his attention.

That seemed to be the voice of No. 8?

No. 2 frowned. No. 8 lived on the fifth floor, so why was he outside his room? Speaking of which, in addition to hearing the strange sobbing sound coming from No. 3's room in the afternoon, he also vaguely heard the voice of a child.

It was unlikely that No. 3 was talking, and it didn't sound like No. 5 either.

Could that voice be No. 8? Why was he in No. 3's room? How did he get permission to go out?

No. 2 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 for activities in the morning. Although they can usually eat three meals in the restaurant, there is only one nanny robot, 4586, in the nursery. In this case, the cubs rarely eat together.

Just like tonight, it was 4586 who brought him dinner.

If he can get permission to go out, he can find a way to get more information and relax the keepers' vigilance. When the time is right, it will 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 stuck to the metal door.

Is it really Number Eight outside?

Why is he in the corridor on the fourth floor at this time? Did he sneak out again while the nanny robot or the breeder was delivering meals?

But thinking of the occasional talking in the afternoon, No. 2 felt that it was not likely.

It would be nice if he could see what was happening in the corridor.

No. 2 closed his eyes and put his ear closer to the metal door, hoping to improve his hearing. However, he did not expect that when he closed his eyes and temporarily shut off his vision, the scene around him appeared clearly in his mind!

The young man was startled and subconsciously opened his eyes to get out of the mysterious state just now.

What's going on?

Puzzles appeared on his face, and then he closed his eyes again, and found that the scene in the room was indeed clearly reflected in his mind.

This is different from the feeling of recollection...

What he "sees" is a different picture from what his eyes see. Although the picture is a little blurry, when he concentrates on something, he can get some information that he can't see with his eyes.

For example, the dinner on the table is emitting heat, and there are some tiny cracks on the table that he would never pay attention to normally...

With No. 2's knowledge reserve, it is not enough to figure out what is going on, but it does not prevent him from quickly understanding and mastering this power.

Since he can "see" the scene in the room in his mind, then he should be able to see outside the room, right?

When this thought flashed through his mind, No. 2 found that the scene outside the corridor also appeared clearly in his mind. He could see it about two or three meters away from him, and it would be blurry if it was farther away.

And in the corridor, he did "see" the figure of No. 8. He did not hear wrongly, it was indeed No. 8 who was cheering.

Next to No. 8, there was a cloud of fog.

He did not know whether the man happened to be standing at the edge of the range he could "see", so No. 2 could not see the other person's appearance clearly.

No. 2 frowned, and then tried hard to see the man's appearance clearly. He knew that this guy whose appearance he could not see clearly must be the key to No. 8's going out.

After all, you can tell by looking at the state of No. 8 at the moment.

The cubs in the nursery are born with a sense of pride, and no one will really obey anyone. Even No. 6 and No. 7, who are closer to him, are more of an alliance relationship, and they do not really recognize him as the boss.

Number Eight is a hot-tempered wolf cub who holds grudges and can be more vicious than anyone else when he gets mad. He usually has his eyes on the top of his head. When he first arrived at the brooding house, he would bite anyone he saw.

But for some reason, he ended up getting close to Number Four and Number Five, and often teamed up with Number Four to fight.

If it weren't for the fact that the three of them were really difficult to deal with together, and if it weren't for the fact that Number Eight liked to tease, Number Six and Number Seven wouldn't have chosen to get close to him, and the brooding house wouldn't have evolved into its current situation.

And this is the first time that Number Two has seen this hot-tempered wolf cub in this posture, as if all the hostility has dissipated, showing his soft belly to the person he trusts, wagging his tail and sticking out his tongue, inviting the other person to touch it.

Although this metaphor is strange, this picture inexplicably emerged in Number Two's mind.

His expression turned strange.

I never thought that No. 8 would have such a side... So who is this person standing in the mist? How did he gain No. 8's trust?

When No. 8 was trying hard to see clearly, he didn't realize that his mental touch... had been sensed by Su Ci.

It felt like someone was constantly tapping on the spiritual barrier he had set up with his fingers. It was hard for Su Ci not to notice it.

In fact, it's not that he was on guard and set up a spiritual barrier for the sake of these reckless guys.

For example, now, No. 2 is constantly testing him.

From a spiritual perspective, you don't really see with your eyes, but control your consciousness to perceive. When your consciousness can "observe" the object, you have often already touched the object.

Inanimate objects appear gray from the perspective of the spirit. You can see the outline of things, sense their state, and obtain some information that the naked eye cannot obtain.

As long as it is a living being, it must have a spirit, but most living beings cannot control their own spirits.

Living beings with slow perception or too weak themselves cannot perceive the observation of others, and even if they touch, it will not bring any danger.

But it is different for powerful living beings.

Not to mention collisions, even a slight touch between spirits is a very dangerous thing. If

the weak rashly observe the powerful existence, not only will they be easily discovered, but it is also easy to cause backlash.

This is not the subjective will of those powerful beings. It is simply because you are too weak. When your consciousness touched, it received information beyond its own limit and was squeezed in an instant.

At the least, the sea of ​​consciousness will be ruptured, and at the worst, the consciousness will explode and die.

Although Su Ci is now in a weak period, 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, he has never encountered a situation like No. 2 who is so reckless and desperately trying to knock open this spiritual barrier.

After all, those practitioners who can control their consciousness in the past basically have a certain common sense. When they encounter an object that they cannot observe, they will know that the other party is an existence that they cannot afford to offend.

Su Ci hesitated for a moment, but still flicked his fingers lightly, revealing a crack in the barrier.

Then, No. 2, who tried hard to see the mist clearly, found that the blurry figure gradually became clearer.

It turned out to be the new keeper!

Although he had his own guesses, he was still surprised when he really found out that this was the fact.

Number Two didn't realize at all that he could "see" Su Ci because Su Ci deliberately leaked the information to him, and he thought it was the result of his own efforts.

Therefore, he didn't realize Su Ci's strength.

In his observation, this keeper was ordinary and there was nothing special about him. But Number Eight next to him was surrounded by a layer of light green light, which made him look more special.

So, how could Number Eight have such a good relationship with the keeper? What charm did this keeper have that could conquer Number Eight?

Number Two looked at Su Ci's lazy figure, and then thought of his 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 this new keeper and allow him to go out freely?

No. 2 was deeply confused, but he never expected that he would know the answer next -

he saw the little wolf cub looking back and forth in the corridor like a thief, and after confirming that there was no one, he turned his head and said something to the keeper.

He looked a little embarrassed, at least, it was a look that No. 2 had never seen before.

Then, he saw No. 8 turned around and put his butt... to be more precise, his big furry tail, in front of the keeper.

No. 2 subconsciously opened his eyes, and his pupils trembled in his red-brown eyes.

It couldn't be what he thought, right?

He closed his eyes again and continued to observe.

Number Eight, however, had no idea that he was doomed. He waved his big tail and urged, "Hurry up, I have to go back to eat with Number Three after you touch me!"

Then, he made a "2" gesture again.

"We agreed, two chips for each touch!" the young boy emphasized, fearing that Su Ci would go back on his word.

Su Ci looked at the little wolf cub with his furry ears, wagging his big tail as if to urge him, and he had to admit that it was indeed very cute, but...

he hesitated for a moment, and in the end did not remind Number Eight that Number Two was watching in the room.

Su Ci felt that if the little wolf cub knew, it would probably be more than just a simple matter of getting angry. Anyway...

with Number Two's personality, he shouldn't spread it around, right?

"Hurry up!"

Number 8 urged again. He was so excited when he thought about eating potato chips right away. His tail swung uncontrollably.

He just wanted to make a quick decision. Although he knew there were surveillance cameras in the corridor, where in the brooding house were there no surveillance cameras? He

would be photographed anyway if he went back to the room. He might as well complete the transaction quickly. He quickly got the potato chips. When he thought about how delicious the potato chips were, the young boy completely forgot about everything else. It seemed that he was willing to give up everything.

Under his kind invitation, Su Ci was naturally disrespectful.

The wolf cub's tail was fluffy and soft, just like cotton, but with a finer velvety feel than cotton. The long hair didn't hurt at all. When he inserted his five fingers into the hair, he immediately felt a sense of happiness as if he was surrounded by velvety hair.

The feeling was just as Su Ci had imagined. No, that's not right. It was even more comfortable than he had imagined.

The wolf cub was inevitably a little shy and embarrassed. It was the first time someone had touched his tail! This feeling was so strange!

However, for the sake of the potato chips, he endured it!

Fortunately, Su Ci didn't go too far. He kept his promise and touched it once, then took his hand back.

For this reason, the wolf cub still 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.

No. 8 took his lunch box and quickly forgot his regret. He couldn't wait to shout to Su Ci: "Potato chips! Potato chips!"

"I'll give them to you inside." Su Ci pointed to No. 3's room and said.

"Okay then."

No. 8 came to the metal door with the lunch box in his hand. After the metal door opened, he kept urging the slow Su Ci.

"Hurry up! You're too slow!"

Finally, they walked into No. 3's room together, and the metal door closed again.

Silence returned to the corridor.

In No. 2's room, the red-haired boy opened his eyes with a dull expression.

No. 8 was really touched by the keeper!

And he took the initiative!

This discovery will definitely shock No. 2 for the whole year.

For the little tiger cub who has been troubled by the power of blood for many years, ears and tails are like scales. They can only be touched by others when they are used as weapons.

Want to touch them at any other time?

Don't even think about it!

No. 2 has always thought that this is the consensus of all cubs, but recalling the way No. 8 invited the keeper to touch his tail just now... Could he be wrong?

This little wolf cub is too...

No. 2 couldn't describe the feeling. He thought about it carefully and finally thought of a word -

shameless.

That's right! How could he accept this? If it is for the right to enter and exit freely, then the sacrifice is too great, right?

Number Two slowly slid down to sit on the floor. The scene just now had caused too much of an impact on him.

The most terrifying thing was that his eyes involuntarily fell on his tail. Some horrible thoughts were emerging in his mind -

he actually felt that if he could really get the right to move freely in the brooding house, then even if his tail was touched... it seemed like nothing?

Anyway, Number Eight did the same...

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 keeper... Don't look at him as weak and fragile, in fact, he is more terrifying than all the previous keepers combined!

Room Number Three next door.

Number 8 didn't know that his "transaction" with Su Ci had been seen through. After he put down his lunch box, he immediately rushed to the keeper, looking at him expectantly with a pair of green eyes.

"Potato chips! Potato chips!"

Su Ci was very true to his promise. He took out a bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips from the space button.

Moreover, considering the little wolf cub's sacrifice this time, which was really great, after giving him two pieces of potato chips, he took out the third piece in the little wolf cub's surprised eyes and gently placed it on his palm.

Number 8 had never expected that there would be an extra reward, and he immediately screamed with joy.

"Great!"

He carefully placed the three pieces of potato chips on the table, and then jumped happily.

The little wolf cub felt the joy of a good harvest for the first time. After venting his excitement, he said to the keeper for the first time, "Thank you!"

That heartfelt joy and true emotion were absolutely unexpected. What he got were only three potato chips.

Su Ci shook his head, "You deserve it."

The little wolf cub grinned and smelled the fragrance of potato chips. He no longer felt embarrassed and thought it was worth it!

"Then come back later. I want to go back after dinner." Number 8 thought, if he eats slower, he can go back later!

Unexpectedly, before the keeper left, he said, "You have half an hour."

Number 8 watched the keeper leave, curled his lips, and once again muttered "stingy", then turned his attention to the potato chips.

Now he had three potato chips, he could eat one first, and save the remaining two for the evening.

However, when he glanced at the little ball curled up in the corner, Number 8 couldn't help but hesitate.

After some hesitation, he still picked up a potato chip, walked to Number 3, and handed the potato chip to this little friend who had just become familiar with him today. Anyway,

it was given by the keeper, so he didn't suffer any loss.

"Here, I'll treat you to some potato chips!" Number 8 said generously, "This is delicious!"

Seeing that Number 3 didn't take it, he pulled Number 3's hand, pried open his palm, and then carefully put the potato chips on it.

While putting it on, he didn't forget to remind him, "Don't use force, this is easy to break."

Number 3 was holding the potato chip in a daze. He heard that energetic voice in his ear, saying, "Number 3, try it! I guarantee that you have never eaten something so delicious before!"