Zhang Zian had to admit that the two clouds in the sky were very interesting. If he had nothing to do, he would be willing to watch the flowers bloom and wither in front of the courtyard. Unfortunately, the road ahead was still very long, and he had to walk on his own two feet.
What worried him was that when he checked the supplies this morning, there were not many supplies left, mainly because Fernando had eaten a whole day's worth of supplies. If they couldn't reach their goal, the way back would not be very comfortable. In addition to the fact that they had to take the shortest route out of the forest instead of going back the way they came, they would probably have to find local materials to replenish their food.
The shortest route might not be the best choice. No one knew if there were cliffs or rapid rivers blocking the way, so they had to take a long detour. Going back the way they came was the safest.
Fortunately, the forest was not as barren as the desert. As long as they were willing to think of a way, they would not starve to death in the forest.
The other elfins had already gone far, so he asked Famous and Old Time Tea to catch up with them.
Snowy Lionet was not used to trekking in the forest, so it kept complaining about the dead branches poking into its stomach and the muddy leaves dirtying its body … As it walked, it suddenly stopped and stopped muttering. It stared at the front in confusion.
Zhang Zian raised his binoculars and saw something furry lying in the grass in front of him. It was another dead cat.
Snowy Lionet had not experienced what had happened yesterday. It squinted for a while and intuition told it that it seemed to be a … female cat?
Speaking of female cats, Snowy Lionet became excited. It saw the cat lying in the grass motionless, and without thinking about how there could be a cat in the forest, it ran over with its short legs.
"Meow meow meow? It's a dead one? "
When it got closer, Snowy Lionet was shocked. There were two obvious holes in the neck of the female cat. It was already dead, and the grass under its body was dyed red with blood.
"Don't go near it! And don't touch it! "Zhang Zian hurriedly caught up from behind and reminded it.
Snowy Lionet rolled its eyes at him. "Bah bah bah! I'm not like you. I'm not thirsty enough to think about dead bodies! "
Zhang Zian was speechless. Snowy Lionet's mouth was really poisonous. Fortunately, it was a cat. If it was a woman, it would probably make countless otakus sad.
Old Time Tea looked down from the tree and said in a deep voice, "Zian, this is not the only body."
Zhang Zian was stunned for a moment. He gestured to the elfins who had not yet caught up, indicating that they should be on guard. Then, he took a few steps forward and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.
In front of him, there was a small open space, and there were more than ten dead cats lying around. All of them were motionless and lifeless. He couldn't see clearly from afar, but he could see bite marks on the necks of the nearby corpses.
The cats he encountered yesterday all struggled to run to other places after being bitten, but the cats here all seemed to be bitten very hard and died very soon after being bitten.
Zhang Zian looked at the foreheads of the cats. Without exception, all of them had M-shaped lines, which completely ruled out the possibility of coincidence.
"Motherf * cker! Who the hell did this? You'd better not let me catch the murderer, or else I won't forgive him! "Vladimir was furious.
This was simply a massacre, and it was a ghastly sight.
Fina's face was extremely cold, but its lips were tightly shut, and it didn't say anything.
Old Time Tea sighed and said, "What a sin! Who did these cats offend that they were killed … "
Usually, when something happened like this, Richard would always cleverly shut its mouth and keep a low profile, so as not to cause trouble through its mouth, especially when it was related to cats, such as the previous cat abuse incidents. It liked to joke, but it also knew that jokes had to be done on different occasions.
However, this time, Richard expressed its opinion, which was rare, and it was a tit-for-tat opinion.
"Only the lives of cats are valuable, and the lives of birds are not? In the face of life and death, everyone is equal, right? Birds also have bird rights … Don't tell me that birds deserve to die? "
Richard's voice was not loud, and it seemed a little guilty, but its enunciation was clear, so that everyone present could hear it. It knew that saying these words when the cat elfins were angry was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, but if it pretended to be stupid and didn't say it, who would fight for the rights of birds to survive?
The other elfins all quieted down, and their eyes focused on Richard. They didn't know what it meant.
Zhang Zian squatted down next to the nearest dead cat. He had just noticed that there seemed to be something in the cat's mouth, but he had only paid attention to the lines on its forehead. At this time, he found two thin branches and forced its mouth open.
A few bloody feathers and a bloody bird leg fell out of its throat.
The elfins, who had just been filled with righteous indignation, suddenly didn't know what to say.
Zhang Zian randomly found a few dead cats and also pried open their mouths. At least half of them had the remains of birds and other small animals in their mouths, but most of them were birds.
So that was it …
No wonder the birds in the forest were singing less and less. Today, it was almost impossible to hear them at all …
So many domestic cats were brought into the forest. What did they eat every day? The answer was obvious.
Cats had always been famous for killing small animals. It was estimated that billions of birds were killed by domestic cats and stray cats every year, and as many as tens of billions of small land animals were killed.
Most of the birds in the city were common birds, and people would feel sorry for them if they were killed. Out of love for cats, people would turn a blind eye to it. However, in this primeval forest park protected by the state, there were many endangered birds and birds that had not yet been discovered by humans, such as the spotted owl on the backpack. They had become food in the mouths of cats just like that.
The indigenous cats in this forest were only North American bobcats and cougars. There shouldn't be domestic cats. They didn't belong here.
A large number of domestic cats came to the primeval forest to kill birds and small animals. There was no doubt that it was an invasion of foreign species that would cause a huge disaster to the ecology here.
An ecological disaster might not be seen for a while, but one day in the future, nature would retaliate against humans in its own unique way.
The elfins saw the remains of birds in the mouths of the dead cats and thought of the ecological chain that Zhang Zian often mentioned along the way. Their feelings became extremely complicated, and they suddenly didn't know how to address the beasts that killed these cats.
For cats, that or those beasts were undoubtedly cold and cruel murderers.
But for the birds and small animals in this forest, that or those beasts were tantamount to saviors.
It all depends on whose point of view you look at the problem.
No matter what the purpose of that or those beasts was to kill these cats, to some extent, they were the guardians of this primeval forest.
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