The sky was completely dark, and the surroundings were pitch black.
There was no moon, and the stars shone in silence.
At this time, people had usually already finished dinner. They were either sitting in the living room watching boring variety shows and soap operas, or lying down and playing with their phones.
Vladimir stood at a high place, looking at the village not far away.
A street lamp at the edge of the village was the first to go out.
Was it an accidental malfunction?
In this era, even a small, unknown village like this rarely had a power outage, unless it was the peak of electricity demand in midsummer. But it was only May now, and there was no need to turn on the air conditioner or anything.
Moreover, these street lamps were powered by solar panels. Even if the main circuit of the village was cut off, these street lamps should not be affected.
Immediately after, another lamp went off.
As if someone had pressed some switch, the street lamps and the lights of the houses began to go out one by one. Darkness began from the edge and gradually engulfed the entire village.
Fortunately, everyone had a phone in this era. Even if there was a power outage, it would not be completely dark.
People waved their phones around in the darkness, venting their complaints about the unexplained power outage.
The children were happy, because they did not have to do homework because of the power outage. But when they saw their mothers light the candles, their happy expressions immediately turned bitter.
Vladimir looked at all of this calmly, watching the darkness spread throughout the village like dominoes.
"Pick up the railway, pull up the electric poles, and overturn the ships in the sea! The great United States is scared, and Britain, France, Russia, and Germany are crying … "
It hummed a rhyme that it did not know how long ago, and was deeply satisfied with the stray cats' execution.
Electricity was the foundation of modern society.
Without electricity, human society would be vulnerable.
It did not matter if there was no electricity for a day, and some people would even be very happy.
Three days without electricity, and people were full of resentment, but they could still bear it.
A week without electricity …
A month without electricity …
Under the cover of the darkness, a large number of stray cats successfully retreated and began to leave the village.
In order to cope with the shortage of electricity during the busy farming season, some families in the countryside had prepared their own generators. After a while, the roar of generators could be heard in some places, ushering in light again. However, this small amount of light was nothing compared to the vast darkness.
People walked out of their houses one after another, flashing their flashlights and cell phone lights everywhere. They called the villagers who knew how to work in electrics to check and repair the lines, relays, and transformers. They would find some small faults in those places that made them not know whether to laugh or cry. For example, some key equipment had been sprayed with stinky cat urine, or a dead rat had caused a short circuit.
They would soon fix the malfunctions and let the village be shrouded in light again.
However, this was just an experiment by Vladimir. He used a short power outage to observe the reaction of humans. As expected, humans were so fragile and helpless in the dark.
As for fighting stray dogs and vicious dogs, it was just a prerequisite for this experiment, just like eliminating the interference before the experiment.
The stray cats gathered on the high ground again. Some of them had different degrees of injuries and needed the help of their companions to move and stand, but they were very excited because they had just won a big battle. They had taught the evil dogs that had always bullied and harmed them a good lesson. They guaranteed that when they saw the stray cats in the future, they would tuck their tails and shiver.
"Comrades, everyone has worked hard! Let's disperse for today. Go back and rest well. Take good care of your injuries. A bigger challenge is still waiting for us! Please remember, we will definitely win in the end, because death does not belong to the Meow Meow Doctrine Believer! "Vladimir clenched a front paw and shouted.
The group of cats cheered excitedly. After a long time, they slowly calmed down and returned to their respective stations under the leadership of the various branch leaders.
Not long after, the high ground, which had been noisy for a while, returned to its usual calm.
Vladimir declined the suggestion of the guards to send it back, because it actually did not need their protection, and … it still had things to solve.
After a while, Vladimir was the only one left on the high ground … It seemed that way.
It did not leave. It continued to stare at the village not far away. The power supply in the village had been mostly repaired. Other than the street lamps that no one had climbed up to repair because they were too high, every household could see the light again.
People did not become vigilant because of the sudden and strange power outage. They continued to lie on their beds or sofas, watching TV or playing with their phones.
"Don't hide anymore. Come out," Vladimir said without turning his head.
The high ground was quiet. There was only the sound of the breeze blowing through the grass and the chirping of insects.
Was it talking to itself, or was it talking to the air?
"Meow. Xinghai was right. Vladimir is very good at playing hide-and-seek!"
A black and white kitten slowly walked out of the weeds that were about a foot tall.
Vladimir slowly turned around, stared at Xinghai, and said, "Are you here to stop me?"
Its eyes were burning with green flames mixed with gold, and the power of fanatical faith was condensing in its body.
Because of the worship of the stray cats, it felt that its strength was even stronger, almost breaking through its limits!
"Our cause is righteous! No one can stop a righteous cause! "it said firmly.
In contrast to its appearance of facing a great enemy, Xinghai was very casually squatting on the ground, raising a front paw to drive away the mosquitoes that had fallen on the tip of its nose.
"Meow. Xinghai is here to play hide-and-seek." Xinghai shook its head, denying its guess. "But there are too many mosquitoes here. It doesn't seem suitable for hide-and-seek. Let's go home."
Vladimir was a little confused. Xinghai didn't look like it was here to stop it, but it certainly wasn't here to play hide-and-seek.
It didn't know when Xinghai had come, but it felt that it was being observed by something, just like how it had quietly observed Zhang Zian in the square. At that time, from the details of his words and actions, it had determined that he wasn't alone. There was something invisible following him.
It was confident in its observation skills. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to plan a strategy and decide the outcome of a battle that was thousands of miles away, just by relying on a map drawn with cat claws.
If Xinghai was here to stop it, then it would definitely be a battle where the outcome was hard to predict, so it hurriedly ended its encouragement to the stray cats and let them leave first to avoid being involved.
Even though the other party seemed to be very strong, it had confidence in itself, because death did not belong to the Meow Meow Doctrine Believer!
It was already completely disappointed in humans, because everyone was the silent majority.
Xinghai, however, half-turned around without any defense, walked a few steps down the slope of the high ground, then turned back and said, "Meow. Vladimir, aren't you going home?"
"Go home?" Vladimir was stunned, and immediately said, "The cause of justice needs to be everywhere!"
Xinghai raised its head and stared at the starry sky. "Meow. Xinghai also likes freedom and freedom, but when I'm tired of running, it's good to have a place to go back to."
Vladimir was speechless.
Xinghai's gaze moved down and landed on its face. "Meow. Wait a few more days. Maybe you'll change your mind after a few days."
Vladimir didn't think much of it. It didn't think that it would change, and it didn't think that humans would change.
"Also, Vladimir, didn't you see? You and your stray cats will soon face a bigger challenge, and it's not a challenge from humans. " Xinghai's gaze went past Vladimir and stared at a place far behind it, its silver-gray eyes reflecting countless stars.
"What?"
Vladimir was shocked, and immediately turned its head to look in the direction of Xinghai's gaze.
It was a place further south of the dog market, out of the boundaries of Binhai City. It was a vast wilderness on the border with the neighboring city.
It was too far away, and it was dark. Vladimir couldn't see anything.
"What are you talking about …"
It turned its head, wanting to ask if Xinghai was joking.
Xinghai had disappeared from its previous position, as if it had never been there.
The high ground was empty, and there was only the sound of the wind blowing through the bushes and weeds. This time, Vladimir was really alone.
It hesitated for a moment, then looked at the distant wasteland again.
"Meow my god! What nonsense is this … Forget it, let's go back for today … "
It hadn't planned on going back today, but when it thought about how far it had to run, it couldn't help but feel discouraged. It seemed that the comfortable life had made it lazy.
Also, after running back, it didn't know if the window on the second floor of the pet shop had left a crack for it.
"It's okay! Isn't it hard? Think about the 25,000 yuan back then! "
He cheered himself on, talking to himself.
Vladimir muttered some rhyme from many years ago and ran down the plateau the way he had come.
It was its first time coming to the dog market, and it wasn't familiar with the terrain here. If it wanted to go back, it could only go back the way it had come. It would go back to the dog market first, then find a way back to the pet shop from there.
It ran with its four limbs briskly. It happened to be following the wind, so it was running well.
"Good wind, send me to the clouds!"
Even so …
"Meow my god, it's really tiring!"
Vladimir hadn't run too far today, but it had used up too much energy in its brain from the high ground. When it ran, it felt like it was floating, and it couldn't step on the ground. It really wanted to find a place to rest.
A large dark shadow appeared in front of it, and the smell of all kinds of pets floated over faintly.
The dog market was in sight, and it decided to persevere a little longer.
When it returned to the dog market, the day's trading had already ended. The people had dispersed, leaving only chicken feathers, cat feathers, and dog feathers.
From time to time, vehicles with iron cages pulled the remaining pets away.
Vladimir wandered around the dog market while avoiding the vehicles. It didn't know what it was looking for. Maybe it could find a ride?
Hm?
Vladimir suddenly saw a familiar car. Such a luxury car was rare in the dog market, and it was also rare in Binhai City. It was a Mercedes-Benz G off-road vehicle with a foreign license plate.
There was a faint light in the car. From the outside, through the window, it could vaguely see a man lying on the steering wheel, playing with his phone in boredom.
Dong!
Vladimir suddenly jumped on the hood, startling him. When he saw that it was Vladimir, he opened the door for it.
Vladimir jumped into the car. "Why haven't you left yet? Where are the others? "
"They called a taxi and went back. Hei Zi was in a hurry to vaccinate his dog, afraid that the dog he just bought would get sick. Snowy's mother called her several times. She seemed to be very angry and scolded her. She was also in a hurry to go home, so I let them go first … Besides, I haven't had enough of driving yet! There are many people and cars on the road in the daytime, and it's really frustrating to drive! Now, I can finally race! I'm the legendary Racing God of Binhai City! "
Zhang Zian explained where the others were going. He put away his phone, started the engine, and drove in the direction of the pet shop.
The off-road vehicle drove smoothly and quickly, and the scenery on both sides of the road disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Where's Xinghai?" Vladimir looked into the car and didn't see Xinghai. It even jumped over the car seat and ran to the last row and trunk to confirm.
"Xinghai?"
Zhang Zian was stunned. "Vladimir, did you sleep too much? Xinghai didn't follow us! "
"Oh …"
To be honest, Vladimir wasn't surprised by this answer.
Xinghai didn't follow them. At least, she didn't squat on the roof or hide in the trunk.
But it didn't think it was dreaming. The memory of the high ground was very clear. Every blade of grass and tree was imprinted in its mind. It even remembered the smell of the wind. It couldn't be a dream.
When it was in the pet shop, it noticed that Xinghai was always appearing and disappearing, but as long as it paid extra attention, it could still see some clues.
So, on the high ground, did Xinghai deliberately use words to distract it and then take the opportunity to slip away?
Vladimir didn't know, but it wasn't afraid.
Whether it was the Holy Cat statue, humans, or unknown challenges, the Meow Meow Doctrine Believer, who dared to fight the heavens and the earth, was fearless!
Let the storm come more fiercely!
"The enemy is surrounded by thousands of people, but I will not move! The walls are already tight, and they are even more united! "it murmured confidently.
"What?" Zhang Zian didn't hear it clearly. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing." Vladimir smiled calmly. "By the way, don't you want to ask me what I ran off to just now?"
Zhang Zian quickly glanced at it. "Do you want to tell me?"
"Not at the moment," Vladimir answered simply.
"Then I won't ask. You can tell me when you want to." Zhang Zian stared at the road in front of them.
This person was really interesting.
Vladimir looked at him with a half-smile.
It was very relaxed with this person. It didn't have to be forced to say things it didn't want to say or do things it didn't want to do. It could keep its own secrets.
This kind of tolerance was not something that everyone could achieve.
It tilted its head and stared out the window, humming the song it learned from Old Time Tea's TV again.
"The water of the Honghu Lake, the waves, the waves beat the waves, and the front waves die on the beach …"
Zhang Zian panicked and almost drove the car into the ditch.
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