Schrödinger of the Cat [Interstellar]

With the arrival of a snowfall, Xue Yi has been a kitten for three full months.At least according to the change of day and night, more than 90 days have passed.But Xue Yi began to be a little unsure whether his time flow rate was the same as before.

Three months is a period of rapid growth for a kitten—they will change from a fluffy ball of fur to a vigorous and playful cub, and their bones will begin to elongate rapidly. From a milk cat with short stature to the peak of appearance with short waist and long legs, or from the peak of appearance to an embarrassing period.

And these changes didn't happen to Xue Yi, or in other words, none of them happened to the three milk cats at the bottom of the alley.

The three kittens in the alley seem to have been abandoned by time, and they have maintained a five-short figure the size of a palm for more than 90 days.The ignorant Orange Cat and Sanhua don't care about their situation, they are happy as long as they eat and play.

But as an adult, Xue Yi had to start to wonder what happened to this world. Could it be that this is just a dream created by his soul after his death, so there is no passage of time in this dream?So...how did the change of seasons come about?Although the temperature here has always been very low, the temperature seems to have dropped even further since the past few days. The two kittens gradually put aside their play and buried themselves in the coral blanket on the mattress all day long.

Xue Yi, who couldn't get the answer, tried to get out of the alley at first, but when he reached the middle of the alley, he found a fine barbed wire fence as tall as a person standing in front of him, sealing the bottom of the alley into a place where no humans would disturb him. little world.On the other side of the barbed wire fence was still an empty alley corner, and no useful information was revealed.The barbed wire fence is not too high, it can almost be like walking on flat ground for an adult cat, but Xue Yi can't climb over it yet.

Xue Yi, who was helpless, began to pay attention to the things brought back by Da Lihua, trying to find some clues from the food packaging and odds and ends of toys.And then he found out—he couldn't read.

Xue Yi fiddled with an empty can with his front paws, a little absent-minded.The text on these packages is not any language he is familiar with. From the arrangement of the text, Xue Yi can guess that they should be some kind of alphabetic language. Currently, he can find 37 different characters, eight of which should be numbers, because they always appear next to each other, but rarely alongside the other 29.

If Xue Yi has never seen the alphabet of a language, he will think that he is ignorant, but Arabic numerals that are commonly used in the world have never appeared on various food packaging... Xue Yi dare not think about it.

But what is certain is that this is not his dream, because a person's dream cannot design something that he has never seen so logically and without loopholes.

The little orange cat who likes to provoke Xue Yi came over again at this time, and snatched away the tin can that Xue Yi was unconsciously flipping.Xue Yi saw the kitten running out with a tin can in its mouth, then looked back at him, knowing that it wanted to play with him.Sometimes it's a good thing to have no IQ, at least you won't have a headache because you suspect that you have somehow escaped to a completely different world.

Thinking in this way, Xue Yi stood up slowly, shook his fur, walked slowly towards the squeaking orange cat, then jumped up suddenly, snatched the tin can firmly, and met with the boy as he wished. It's twisted together.

Well, no matter what you are facing, smoking cats when you are in a bad mood is good for your physical and mental health.

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Just when Xue Yi was mentally preparing himself to be a kitten for a long time, an accident happened one early morning in early spring.

The heavy snow that lasted for the entire winter finally stopped appearing, and thin green shoots began to emerge from the corner of the wall. Xue Yi counted the hidden marks he left at the base of the wall, and found that it had been a long time since he came to this new world. half a year.He was well taken care of by a male tabby cat, and got along well with the two kittens in the same litter. He also successfully suppressed his curiosity and did not try to climb over the barbed wire fence in the middle of the alley.

But when the big raccoon that had been taking care of him and his cubs appeared in front of him covered in blood, Xue Yi suddenly realized that this alley was not the paradise he had imagined—it was a city, a city created by human beings. A city that builds, serves, and accommodates all kinds of human beings.Xue Yi has seen human faces on the packaging of food and drinking water, which is no different from the world he used to be in, but what kind of heart lies beneath such faces, others will never be able to see.

The big raccoon flower didn't bring back any food this time, it was already having a hard time standing up, and naturally it couldn't get over the barbed wire fence in the alley.Xue Yi stood on the other side of the barbed wire, looking at the dying big cat lying on the ground in front of him, and suddenly remembered the first time he saw the general.

The general at that time was not mighty at all, it fell into the hands of a group of half-grown boys, who clamored for the evilness of the black cat, but tortured creatures much weaker than them with innocent smiles.Xue Yi rescued the general, but failed to keep its left front paw and right ear.But at that time, Xue Yi still saved the general's life after all, but now this raccoon cat lying on the other side of the barbed wire made him helpless.

"The inside of the mattress. The bracelet." Spiritual guidance suddenly appeared in Xue Yi's mind.

Xue Yi looked at the big raccoon flower in front of him, a little unsure.In the past six months, he has "heard" similar instructions in his mind more than once, not in any sense of language, but a kind of spiritual understanding, such as telling him to eat, urging him to sleep, and warning him not to get close to the iron. Net... but such clear and precise information is the first time it has appeared.

"The inside of the mattress. The bracelet." Big Lihua repeated persistently, as if afraid that Xue Yi would not understand.

Of course Xue Yi could understand, so he turned around and ran quickly back to the simple shed where he lived for half a year, stretched out his paws and began to grope between the mattress and the wall.It was a bit difficult for a milk cat, Xue Yi squeezed almost half of his body into the crack of the bed, he was glad that he now had the softness of a cat, so he wouldn't be too uncomfortable being squeezed.

He drew out everything that his paws could touch: a small notepad, a pendant, and a watch.The pendant and watch seemed to be stained with blood that had dried up, and Xue Yi couldn't help but wonder what the raccoon cat had experienced.

But right now is not the time to think about these things, Xue Yi didn't care about cleanliness, he dragged the sports watch-like thing in his mouth, slapped the little orange cat that came up to make trouble with one paw, and ran at the fastest speed Go back to the barbed wire.

The moment Da Xihua saw the brown kitten rushing over, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.Xue Yi could feel the emotion that could almost be regarded as shock, but he didn't know how to respond, he could only try his best to push the watch through the hole in the barbed wire.Unfortunately, this mesh is too small, and the diameter of the dial is obviously wider than it.

"The watch strap in the direction of the button, the third section, there is a buckle, open it." Big Lihua continued to give orders, this time more specific and clear, so Xue Yi began to compete with the delicate small buckle on the watch strap.At this moment, he missed his pair of human hands very much. If it was those hands, he could complete movements even finer than this in a few seconds.But now he has only a pair of cat's claws.

After a lot of effort, and I don't know how long it took, Xue Yi finally opened the strap.Inside the tiny joint, made of thin composite material, hides a metallic pill.

"Push it over, but don't touch it." Big Lihua's mood was more cautious than before, Xue Yi pushed the wristwatch close to the barbed wire, watching the big cat stretch out its claws and flip the pills to the ground, Then dial it to your side.It struggled to move over and licked the pill into its mouth.Xue Yi didn't know what the pill was, but the words just now echoed in his mind, and he felt the sadness in Big Cat's mood, he guessed that it might not be a life-saving medicine.

But to Xue Yi's surprise, the wounds on Big Lihua's body improved rapidly, the hideous wounds healed visibly with the naked eye, hair grew, and the big cat stood up quickly.Within tens of seconds, it recovered the dexterity of a cat, then lightly climbed over the barbed wire and landed beside Xue Yi.

It didn't explain anything to Xue Yi, but rushed towards the bottom of the alley without stopping.When Xue Yi ran back, Big Lihua had already put the notebook and pendant he had dug out into a small bag, and ran out with it in his mouth.And the two little milk cats who had been carefree before seemed to be affected by Big Lihua's emotions, and ran after him.

Big Lihua ran to the barbed wire fence, put down the thing he was holding, and looked at Xue Yi, as if he was weighing something.It didn't hesitate for too long, and quickly made up its mind. It nimbly picked up the watch and put it on Xue Yi's neck, tightened the strap, making sure it wouldn't fall off, and then wrapped the pendant around the kitten's armpits. Do a few turns and hold firmly.

After finishing a series of movements, Xue Yi was still a little dazed.He didn't understand the meaning of Big Beaver Flower's move, he just felt the other party's anxious and desperate emotions, and let it hang all these seemingly unusual things on him.

"There's no time, we have to leave immediately." The big cat's mental communication became more and more smooth, and it put the small notebook back in the bag and pushed it to Xue Yi, "Take it, let's go."

Xue Yi could feel the tense atmosphere, so without asking any questions, he silently bit the bag and hugged it tightly with his front paws.Then he felt himself being picked up by the big cat, and he dared to open his eyes after a feeling of being overweight and weightless, only to see that he had been led by the big raccoon over the barbed wire and was running towards the exit of the alley.

The kitten's long and shrill cry suddenly awakened Xue Yi's mind, and he realized in panic that those two little lives might not be able to survive at the bottom of the closed alley.Not to mention whether the hunters of the big raccoon would take their anger out on those two little guys, even if those hunters didn't find the alley, the two kittens would definitely not be able to survive in a completely enclosed small space.

Xue Yi impatiently wanted to turn around and break away from Big Lihua's restraint, but he suffered from his too little strength. He wanted to discuss with Big Lihua through spiritual communication, but found that he didn't know how to take the initiative to initiate a " dialogue".

Seeing that Big Lihua was about to turn around the corner of the alley, Xue Yi finally became ruthless and let go of the bag in his mouth.

The bag containing the notebook fell to the ground, flipped forward twice due to inertia, and landed there without moving.Big Lihua noticed the abnormality immediately and stopped quickly.Xue Yi struggled to fall from the big raccoon's mouth, jumped over the discarded notebook, ran two steps towards the barbed wire fence at the bottom of the alley, then turned his head, yelled at the big raccoon twice, continued to run two more steps, and yelled back again Twice.

Xue Yi could feel the big raccoon's emotions. It was a little angry at first, but then became helpless. In the end, it had no choice but to run back under the wire fence resignedly, and took the two kittens out.

"We can only do this first. We don't have much time, so we can't manage them anymore." Big Lihua was very serious, with a bit of toughness in his mood.

Xue Yi stared closely at Big Lihua's eyes, and after a while, he knew that he had done his best.As an adult, he can vaguely guess that the relationship between himself and the big raccoon is much closer than the other two kittens, and there may be a deeper secret, but he can't ask the big raccoon to save himself at the same time. Take care of the other two oil bottles.It can be seen from the dangerous injury on the big cat just now that what he will face next is likely to be a narrow escape.

As a little milk cat who can't protect himself, there is nothing he can do.After thinking about all this clearly, Xue Yi glanced at the bewildered kittens sitting beside him, finally made up his mind, picked up the notebook that had fallen on the ground, and returned to Big Lihua with his head buried.

The big raccoon quickly picked up Xue Yi and rushed out of the alley, turning a deaf ear to the kitten's cries that sounded behind him again.It specifically walked around in shaded places with more shelter, and took the cub out of the quiet sanctuary on this early spring morning, and plunged into a metropolis that was so quiet that it was almost unreal.

Xue Yi, who was held in his mouth by it, also saw a corner of the world clearly for the first time.