Since it was at the corner of an alley, Zhang Zian thought the stray cat had run away, but when he looked back, the road was empty. It was not right to say that it had run over the wall. The top of the wall was nearly two meters high. It was easy for a stray cat to jump down, but not so easy to jump back up.
He looked around, and there was not even a strand of cat hair on the ground. Because the location was remote, and it was an old residential area waiting to be demolished, there were very few pedestrians, so no one paid attention to him.
"That … where did the cat go?" He swallowed his saliva and asked.
As for who to ask, unless it was a ghost, it could only be the Navigation Elf that he could only hear but not see.
[Navigation Elf]: You have captured the Chinese Garden Cat! If you have any questions, please check the pet bar in the game.
Zhang Zian saw an icon that looked like a small house in the upper right corner of the game.
[Game Tip]: Click here to open the pet bar.
He clicked.
After the animation, the pet bar appeared.
The pet bar was divided into two areas. The upper area was for real pets, and the lower area was for elves.
There were five columns in each area.
The first bar in the real pet bar was occupied by a khaki cat.
He clicked on the cat.
[Game Tip]: Pet property
[Known as]: Chinese Garden Cat
[Rarity]: None
[Features]: Common cat
[Origin]: A second-generation stray cat. Its mother was a domestic cat, then abandoned by its owner.
[Real name]: None
The image of the cat was vivid and lifelike, just like a real cat, stretching and yawning in the pet bar.
"Wait, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the cat, the real cat …" Zhang Zian said.
[Navigation Elf]: This is the real cat, and it has been captured by you!
[Navigation Elf]: As part of the tutorial, please take it home! It's up to you to decide whether to keep it or not!
[Navigation Elf]: Your questions will be answered when you get home.
Zhang Zian stood there for a while. He didn't know what he was waiting for, or what he was looking forward to. He felt that it was not a good idea to wait like this. Seeing that the sun was setting, he decided to go home first.
He was quite relaxed when he went out, but on the way back, he felt that the phone in his pocket was extremely heavy. Sitting on the bus, he kept thinking about what just happened. No matter how he thought about it, it didn't make sense.
Back in the shop, he solemnly found a chair to sit down and started the game.
[Game Hint]: You have returned to the starting point. Would you like to set this place as your home?
He clicked yes.
[Navigation Elf]: Home, warm home, sweet home.
[Navigation Elf]: Welcome home, fledgling adventurer!
[Navigation Elf]: Release the cat you captured, and your tutorial is over!
Zhang Zian noticed that there was a small icon at the top of each pet bar. The icon looked like an open door.
[Game Tips]: This pet is a real pet. If you decide to keep it, please point the phone camera at the cage. Otherwise, please point the camera at an empty space.
After a moment of hesitation, he pointed the camera at the door of the shop and clicked "release."
When he put down the phone, he saw the khaki-colored stray cat suddenly appear at the door of the shop.
The stray cat was dumbfounded. He thought to himself, I was just going to get some food from the bucket and then go find the flirtatious bitch from Old Wang's house next door to have sex. How did I end up here in a blur? Where am I?
It looked left and right, and finally decided to run toward the sunset and start a new life as a cat.
Zhang Zian let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was a cat that went in, and it was still a cat when it came out, not some surreal monster.
Although there were no pets in the pet shop, he didn't plan to keep it. First, it was a bit weird, and second, it was a stray cat.
He had never run a pet shop before, and he had never even raised a pet himself. However, every day when he ate with his parents at noon and night, his parents always talked about pets. It was kind of an occupational disease.
His parents had mentioned that for cats and dogs, there was a "critical socialization period" after they were born. During this period, cats and dogs were especially easy to learn to communicate with humans.
For dogs, this period was between 7 to 14 weeks after they were born, which was about two to three months after they were born.
For cats, this period was earlier and shorter. It was between 4 to 8 weeks after they were born, which was between one to two months after they were born.
During this period, if the kitten frequently came into contact with humans and was treated well by humans, it would develop a strong attraction and attachment to humans in the future. If the kitten did not encounter humans within 10 weeks after it was born, or even encountered malice from humans, then it would be wary of humans for the rest of its life.
Many people picked up stray cats and brought them home, but found that no matter how good they were to them, they always maintained an indifferent attitude. As the saying goes, "no matter how much you raise them, you will never get familiar with them." Perhaps this was the reason.
Picking up a stray cat and bringing it home was a commendable act of kindness, but if the pet shop sold the stray cat as a domestic cat, then it would be deceiving its customers.
When buying a pet from a pet shop, no matter if it was a cat or a dog, everyone wanted their pet to be close to them. They didn't want to encounter the situation described above, so Zhang Zian couldn't keep the stray cat to make up the numbers.
Of course, if a cat was originally a domestic cat, then was later abandoned and then adopted, as long as it had not been abused, it would generally be close to its new owner. However, the khaki-colored stray cat was obviously not in this category.
If he wanted to run a pet shop, it was better to go to the pet breeding base to stock up.
"What the hell is going on? Why did the cat disappear and appear again? "Zhang Zian hoped to get a satisfactory explanation.
[Navigation Elf]: This is the way to play this game — capture pets, whether real pets or virtual pets, and even elves between heaven and earth.
"What is the ultimate purpose of this game?" Zhang Zian had to figure this out.
[Navigation Elf]: This game has a high degree of freedom. Players will not be forced to do anything, and there is no ultimate purpose. Players can use this game at will under the premise of local laws and social ethics.
Zhang Zian was a little relieved. He didn't want to be led by the nose by some strange game. Who knew if he would be led astray …
[Navigation Elf]: As a reward for completing the tutorial, you will get a chance to draw a prize.
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