After listening to Zhang Zian's explanation, the elfins felt strange and surprised. There were hunters who recorded the sounds of coyotes to lure and kill them. The power of technology was really terrible.
It was said that coyotes were very cunning. After a recording was used in a certain place, the coyotes would not be fooled by the same recording, so hunters often changed the recording. In addition, the recording was not 100% effective, because people did not know what they were playing. Maybe the coyote was saying, "Whoever comes over will be killed."
He talked with the elfins in the back, trying to be as soft as possible. The young gray wolf in front could definitely hear it. It also knew that Zhang Zian and the others were following it, but it did not show any obvious disgust or impatience. Maybe it felt that it was already … fair-weather friends.
With the gray wolf walking in front, Zhang Zian and the others only needed to follow it and did not pay much attention to the path. Besides, there was only direction in the forest and no path. The same area was full of similar plants. Until they walked out of the vine-covered depression and entered the woods again, he suddenly felt that the surroundings were a bit familiar. Did they not return to the starting point?
But the situation seemed to be wrong. Before he could figure out what was wrong, he heard the elfins exclaim in unison, "Where are the cats?"
They had returned to the open space where they had started to track the scent of the gray wolf. When they left, there should have been more than a dozen dead cats in the open space. At this time, the open space was empty. There were only some blood and cat hair left on the fallen leaves. The bodies were gone.
Zhang Zian looked around nervously, touched the Taser and bear spray, and said in a low voice, "Could it have been … eaten by scavengers?"
This was the most common explanation. There were many large and small scavengers in the forest, including coyotes and black bears. They would not let go of easy food, even if it was a body that had been dead for a few days.
He knew that black bears and coyotes might have been following behind him, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. They could have come here to clean up the battlefield while he was away to track the gray wolf.
The elfins were on high alert. If there were really black bears or coyotes, they were likely to be nearby.
The young gray wolf stared blankly at the open space. It ran into the open space and sniffed, then looked back at Zhang Zian and turned in the other direction.
Famous also sniffed around the open space, ruling out scavenging birds such as vultures. If bears and coyotes had been here, they must have left a fresh smell.
However, after sniffing it, it was stunned. It sniffed again as if it couldn't believe its own judgment.
"What's wrong, Famous?" Zhang Zian noticed its unusual behavior.
"There's no smell of coyotes or black bears. It's more like …"
It was so shocked that it was stunned for a while before it said, "It seems like the cats left on their own …"
Leave by myself?
Zhang Zian and the other elfins were also dumbfounded. The dozen or so cats from before were all dead, and their bodies were cold. He had personally checked almost every cat's body, and he had seen the teeth marks and holes on their bodies with his own eyes. It was impossible for any cat to have actually pretended to be dead or had not died from serious injuries. Not to mention, if there were only one or two cats, he could have been blind and not seen it, but more than a dozen cats were all like that?
What a joke! It's like a group of forest cats bullying me because I'm old and powerless. I can only endure it and pretend to be dead!
Not only did he not believe it, but the other elfins also did not believe it. All the elfins with a sensitive sense of smell sniffed around the open space. From their expressions, they came to the same conclusion as Famous.
The smell would not lie. During the time they had just left, there was no new smell near the open space. It could be ruled out that people or animals had taken away the cat bodies. The freshest smell was the smell of the cats leaving collectively.
After all the possibilities were ruled out, the rest, no matter how difficult it was to accept, could only be the truth.
"Are those cats not dead?" Zhang Zian tried to find a reasonable explanation. "They're seriously injured and in a coma, or there are plants around that can cause anesthesia … Although the probability is small, it's not completely impossible, right?"
The elfins were silent and did not answer.
The human thinking circuit relied heavily on vision, but animals could analyze by combining vision and smell.
A living animal and an animal that had been dead for a long time had changed their body chemistry, and the smell they emitted was completely different. The elfins could smell the difference.
Those cats were indeed dead, but for some reason, they stood up again, and then left the open space step by step in a dead state. The elfins could even "see" the footprints they left with the smell through their sense of smell.
It was like … the walking dead.
Seeing the elfins' constipated expressions, Zhang Zian had already gotten their answer.
"Meow the f * ck! This is really f * cking weird! "Vladimir, who had always dared to fight against heaven and earth, also showed a rare look of confusion.
"Eeek!" Pi tightened its body and hugged its small wooden stick tightly.
"Ga? Ga? I hate horror movies and supernatural movies the most! No, I think I need to pee … "Richard fluttered its wings and flew to a branch to solve its physiological problem.
Zhang Zian imagined more than a dozen cats that were originally dead suddenly standing up again, wobbling like zombies as they lined up and walked into the forest, not knowing where they were going …
Famous suddenly turned around. "The four dead cats from yesterday …"
If more than a dozen dead cats could come back to life today, then wouldn't the four dead cats they met yesterday also be able to come back to life …
Zhang Zian slowly shook his head. "I buried the four cats yesterday. You saw it. Even if they were alive, it would be difficult for them to climb out of the ground."
Yesterday, Old Time Tea had asked him to bury the four dead cats out of kindness, and he had done so. In order to take care of the elfins' feelings, he had deliberately dug the pit deeper to prevent the cats' bodies from being dug out and eaten by scavengers. Now, it seemed that his effortless effort had helped him and the elves to have less to worry about …
Even if the four cats were alive, their bodies were firmly pressed down by the soil. There was no space, and their joints couldn't move. It was impossible for them to dig themselves out. It was like a person sitting in a sitting position tied to a chair. His arms, body, and legs were all tied tightly. It was impossible for him to stand up from the chair with his own strength.
"The White Jade Capital in the sky, the Five Cities in the Twelve Buildings. The prophet touched my head, and I received nine lives … "Old Time Tea sighed in horror." If I had nine lives like this, I would rather live only once … "
There was a zombie deer before, and now there was a zombie cat. Was there a connection?
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