Chapter 1223: The Big Cat Is Here Again
In the zombie military base, Qiu Lili rushed in while Lin Qiao was having a meeting with the high-leveled zombies who were newly upgraded.
“Qiaoqiao! Qiaoqiao! The big red cat is here again!” She excitedly stormed into the conference room and shouted at Lin Qiao, completely ignoring the other zombies on the scene as her long pigtails fluttered in the air.
Lin Qiao turned to her and said, “It’s here, okay. Why are you so excited? Did it attack you?”
“No,” Qiu Lili shook her head.
“Did it attack anyone else?” Lin Qiao asked.
“No,” Qiu Lili shook her head again.
“It didn’t attack the base either, did it?” Lin Qiao said.
Once again, Qiu Lili shook her head and said, “No, it didn’t.”
“Why are you so excited then?” Lin Qiao looked at her, feeling a little confused, “Tell me, what did it do?”
“It brought a large bird to the gate. Now, it’s sitting beside the bird, looking at the wall of our base. It’s not leaving,” said Qiu Lili bewilderedly.
“Huh? How large is the bird?” said Lin Qiao.
It put a bird by the base gate and then looked at the gate without showing a sign of leaving? That really sounded like something that a house cat would do!
Qiu Lili folded her arms and raised a hand to scratch her chin with her fingers, then thought for a moment and said, “Hmm… It’s a mutated bird, larger than the six-footed cat. It’s still alive, but the cat was pressing it with two paws, so it couldn’t fly.”
Lin Qiao turned to look at the others. The others looked as confused as she was.
She then looked at the report held in his hand. There was still a small part left to be talked about. She thought for a moment, then turned to say to Qiu Lili, “Go and keep an eye on it, and see what it wants. If it keeps sitting there, just let it. Let’s see how long it’ll be sitting there. Maybe it’ll leave if we don’t respond to it.”
Last time, she observed the weird cat. It didn’t show any intention of attacking people, and it only ate fruits. Lin Qiao had no idea why it brought a bird to sit in front of the base gate, but she figured it wouldn’t launch an attack, as it hadn’t even been moving.
“Are we going to close that gate? Everyone is freaked out by that cat,” Qiu Lili thought briefly and asked.
Lin Qiao turned and said to Duan Juan, who was standing behind her, “Go and seal that gate. Tell the people who need to exit the base to go through the other gates.”
“Yes, Ma’am!” Duan Juan answered quickly and then left.
“I’m going to keep an eye on it,” Qiu Lili turned and ran out of the room.
Lin Qiao glanced at Qiu Lili’s back, then turned to Xie Dong and the others and said, “Alright, let’s continue. So everyone, remember this! Choose the ones who give out relatively light blood scent when you recruit new soldiers. As you all know, the zombies with strong blood scent aren’t suitable for joining us.”
“Yes, Ma’am!” the others responded in one voice.
“Another thing, I’ll bring some other people to Huaxia Base this time. You guys have just come back. You will be staying in the base, stabilizing your power levels, and also watching the surrounding area for any new underground creatures. If new underground creatures show up, Jingyan, go and ask Leng Xuantong for the drug. Currently, we can’t turn the drug into weapons because we are short-handed. We have to ask Sea City Base for help. It still needs time. Hopefully, our base will stay safe until the first batch of weapon arrives.” The last part of Lin Qiao’s speech was simply a good wish.
“Clear,” Jingyan nodded.
This time, Xie Dong and Mo were the only two zombies who broke into level-seven from level six. The other level-six zombies weren’t ready for an upgrade yet, so they had to wait. Except for Jingyan, Liu Mingsong, Yan Xiao and Liuli, some more had entered level-six from level-five. That included the zombie guy and zombie girl who followed Qiu Lili the earliest, and were now Jin Jiuyang, zombie number one, and Yue Xiaoxian, zombie number two respectively. Finally, Lin Qiao managed to bring her earliest zombie followers all into level-six, which was not easy.
The other three zombies who were brought into the level of kings and queens were Lv Feng, He Jiayun, and Su Fangfang. They had all restored their memories fully. Apart from them, one of the zombies under Xie Dong’s command had also upgraded. That was the one who discovered those mutated rats, and was super afraid of them.
Lin Qiao didn’t upgrade all level-four zombies, because their credits weren’t enough and she didn’t have so much time. Therefore, she only, conveniently upgraded the wind-powered level-four zombie, who was scared of rats.
That one was so shy when he was required to take off his clothes and get into the water. At last, Xie Dong kicked him into the lake.
“One last thing, we need to guard the farm more strictly! Don’t pay all attention on those underground creatures and forget about the farm. The farm is one key protected project in our base. Xie Dong, send some earth-powered zombies to guard the farm and keep an eye on the underground area. We need to be prepared for anything that might happen,” Lin Qiao knocked on the table and said.
“Yes, Ma’am!” Xie Dong responded. He was fully responsible for the farm.
After another half hour, Lin Qiao finally ended the meeting. She came out of the conference room and walked into the room next door, scooped up Teng, who was sleeping tight, then got into her car.
“Let’s go to the gate to see what’s that weird cat is doing,” With a gentle voice, she said to Duan Juan, who was driving the car.
Duan Juan raised her eyes and glanced at the rearview mirror. She didn’t make a sound to respond to Lin Qiao, but the latter knew that she had heard the order. She just didn’t want to wake Teng up. Knowing that, she turned to look outside the window.
At that moment, a huge, red cat was sitting tight on the clearing outside the west gate. Under the cat’s paws was a bird that was even larger than the cat. The gate was already closed. A group of people was standing on top of the fence wall, looking at the two creatures.
The bird had been flatting its enormous wings and struggling. However, no matter how hard it tried, it was not able to free itself from under the cat’s paws. When it struggled too hard, the cat would pop its sharp claws and poke them into the bird’s body.
Those claws couldn’t kill that level-five mutated bird. Therefore, the bird was still alive when Lin Qiao arrived.
“Roar!” Sensing Lin Qiao’s scent coming closer and closer, the big cat instantly grew excited. It quickly stood up; behind its body, the over ten-meter-long, whip-like tail was wagging from side to side.