Doomsday Cat City Lord - Chapter 17

[Good, Host, please stay calm! Get ready… Just now… a higher-dimensional world consciousness briefly entered your livestream!]

“Meow.” Oh, and then what?

[You… you aren’t excited?]

“Meow.” Of course I’m excited. So, did the Earth world consciousness absorb the energy?

The big cat shook its head. It wasn’t sure if it was just an illusion, but the raindrops falling on it didn’t seem quite as icy as before.

[But you look too calm.] 012’s enthusiasm was doused by its host’s indifferent attitude. It stopped expecting a reaction from the host, and the system’s mechanical voice turned flat.

[I will describe the sequence of events for you:

June 6th, 2:13 AM: When you led the animals and humans to save the ships, a higher-dimensional world consciousness descended into the livestream area.

June 6th, 4:37 AM: While defending against the fourth wave of the tsunami, the higher-dimensional world consciousness noticed your livestream cover and became curious.

June 6th, 5:07:31 AM: At the end of the fifth wave, the higher-dimensional world consciousness descended into your livestream room and expressed a hint of appreciation for your act of leading the animals and humans to cooperate.

June 6th, 5:07:33 AM: The higher-dimensional world consciousness left the livestream and exited the area.

Because of your livestream, the higher-dimensional world consciousness experienced two emotional fluctuations, and its consciousness was present for 2 seconds. The energy fluctuation has been automatically converted into energy that the Earth’s world consciousness can absorb, and it has already been absorbed.]

Mi Miaomiao raised an eyebrow. Was this higher-dimensional consciousness appreciating the spirit of cooperation between animals and humans, or was it simply curious because it had never seen an animal streamer before?

The visitor record in the livestream room showed anonymous stealth. Not knowing the capabilities of a higher-dimensional consciousness, Mi Miaomiao didn’t dare to guess recklessly.

“Meow?” About how much energy is this?

[One-thousandth of the reward for the top one hundred on the leaderboard.] Fearing the host would think it too little, the system immediately pulled up the system panel to show its host.

[But the Earth’s world consciousness has already healed a portion of its wounds and has expressed satisfaction.]

Mi Miaomiao saw a new line of red warning text appear at the top of the system panel.

[6 days remaining until the torrential rain ends.]

In its past life, the torrential rain began on August 12th and lasted until October 13^th a full two months.

[Yes, you read that right. After the Earth’s world consciousness absorbed this energy, the apocalypse process was shortened. The duration of the torrential rain disaster has been halved. You and all the life on this planet have gained an extra month of peace.]

[Just think, during this month, the rain ends, the geomagnetic storm hasn’t started yet, and technology like cars, communicators, and new-style weapons can still be used. You can use this time to collect a massive amount of supplies and rapidly build up your city.]

“Meow.” That is indeed good news.

As Mi Miaomiao forwarded the message logs to the two vice city mayors, Cheng Ningye first wore an expression of joy, then quickly lowered his head to start writing and sketching. Xuan Yu descended from the sky. Upon learning that Mi Miaomiao wanted to reach Boyun Province as soon as possible, it diligently learned how to identify directions from Wen Yushuang and even consulted the injured mole on how to perceive the magnetic field.

On the afternoon of the 6th, Xuan Yu crashed into the water from the sky once again.

“Damn it, Xuan Yu, stop trying!” The big cat was furious; its clear, ringing voice seemed to contain shards of ice.

Xuan Yu struggled to open its eyes; its eye sockets were bloodshot, and its nasal cavity had grown somewhat accustomed to the acidity of inhaling water. It listened to Miaomiao’s off-pitch, angry voice, watching as it used all its strength to paddle its limbs, carrying it on its back toward the fleet.

“My body… has undergone new changes. I feel I can learn to be like… a bird.” The black cat’s voice was hoarse, tinged with a muffled nasal tone, like a whisper muffled by a layer of glass.

The white cat twitched its ears uncomfortably, turned its head away without a word, and increased its swimming speed, biting the scruff of the black cat—which was only one-fifth its size—to carry it onto the large ship.

“I won’t treat you this time. Rest up and heal your injuries.”

Miaomiao left without looking back.

Xuan Yu was dumped into the cat bed. Not long after, the orange-and-white short-legged cat and the long-haired calico cat were called back from the small boat.

“Look at you, being stubborn again, making good-tempered Miaomiao angry.” Hua San-jie, still in its ordinary cat size, licked the water off the black cat’s body. Seeing the kid stay silent, it was so annoyed it bit the black cat’s neck twice.

“You’re the last baby I nursed. If you were gone, I’d really never be able to be a mother again.” As it spoke, Hua San-jie remembered the baby it had given birth to via dystocia that hadn’t lived to be a month old.

Stared at fixedly by two elders, with its aunt’s nagging and concerned words in its ears, the black cat said nothing. Its emerald eyes stared straight at the door, ears pricked, waiting for the sound of familiar footsteps outside.

“Miaomiao is really angry this time.”

Xuan Yu’s ears flicked. It turned its head to look at Grandpa Bai. The orange-and-white patterned short-legged cat was fluffy and dry, with a round body, round head and face, and those bright orange round eyes hid a deep, gentle, and tolerant smile of an elder, it was impossible to see through what it was really thinking.

“Miaomiao said that a little delay wouldn’t have much of an impact, but Xuan Yu, if you died, there would immediately be other cats by its side. Oh… not just cats, there are pandas, red pandas…”

Xuan Yu stood up abruptly. Through its damp, matted black fur, one could clearly see the outline of its alert, tense muscles. The scent of peaceful dry grass was now tinged with a complex, indescribable sourness, bitterness, and a stinging spiciness.

The black cat turned around, dragging its broken hind leg out of the room. Under the worried gazes of the two cats, it said word by word: “I-am-going-to-find-the-doctor.”

“That’s not exactly what Miaomiao said…” Hua San-jie licked its own paw pads, slowly washing its face. Watching Grandpa Bai’s cat face suddenly crumple, it couldn’t help but let out a long sigh: “Sigh—!”

“Xuan Yu doesn’t even realize itself that its attitude toward Miaomiao is just too…”

“Observe a little more… sigh…” Grandpa Bai was so worried it lost several whiskers. These two kids who grew up right before their eyes just didn’t know how to keep things hidden!

Yet, anyone with eyes could see it: one of them had a hidden secret that would be fatal if spoken aloud; the secret the other was hiding in its heart would make everyone’s fur stand on end if pointed out.

Mi Miaomiao sent Grandpa Bai and Auntie Three to Xuan Yu. It didn’t know why it was so angry when it saw Xuan Yu torturing its own body, but it truly couldn’t control the surging rage.

Not wanting to argue with the stubborn black cat, and fearing it might hurt Xuan Yu if it spoke without thinking, Mi Miaomiao simply went to tally the information of all the people and animals on the ship.

Currently, there were 37 animals and 43 humans.

The animal information was simple; it only needed to record their names, ages, whether they had owners, and whether they were willing to follow it.

Excluding Cheng Ningye, Ai Yuan, and Wen Yushuang, among the remaining 40 humans, there were 6 children, 8 elderly people, 4 college students among the adults, and 8 middle-aged people around forty-five years old. Only three households had their whole family together; most of the rest had only one person left from their entire family. There were also four people who clearly stated they had relatives outside the disaster area and wanted to go find them.

Except for those four, everyone else was willing to build a base with the animals.

Mi Miaomiao did not refuse anyone. Looking at the loyalty levels of different colors on the system panel, it knew clearly that some people didn’t need words to demonstrate their resolve to follow them. Others were superficially attentive and sincere, but their loyalty was the shallowest shade of red.

Among them, Luoyun advancing to Level 3 increased their points by 100, and all other newly added members increased their points by a total of 153.9.

Mi Miaomiao currently had: 3,975.3 points. 1,024.7 points remained until it reached a Level 2 city.

It opened the ranking list.

[Data updated. Rong City is currently ranked 1,913th (Total participating cities: 2,249).]

The points had increased, but the ranking had fallen instead of rising.

[Host, please don’t be discouraged. Don’t forget that the Earth’s world consciousness also gave you a gift~]

“Meow.” Where is the gift? Can it increase points?

Mi Miaomiao’s eyes lit up; it was finally interested.

[This… I’m not entirely sure of the specifics. The information fed back by the world consciousness is: The gift is within the city’s territory, and we need to verify it ourselves.]

With its gold and blue eyes lowered, Mi Miaomiao carefully reviewed the identity information and personal resumes submitted by these people, finding quite a few talents among them.

Precision electronics engineers, 3D construction architects, kindergarten teachers, and a retired kitchen foreman with 30 years of experience.

[Host, Host, I’m still here~] 012 called out softly.

Mi Miaomiao hoisted its precious engineer onto its back and walked with a light step to the large ship’s pilot house.

The next morning, the sky was dim, and in the leisurely light rain, the silvery-white King Bird-of-Paradise streaked across the sky like lightning. Its snowy-white, slender tail feathers fluttered in the wind like silk threads, with golden threads extending from the center of the tail feathers. The golden decorative feathers on its flanks unfolded like a cape, and the filaments on its body seemed to be coated with a divine light under the illumination of the lights the divine light wasn’t an illusion either; the bird was indeed radiating faint blue electric arcs.

“Hmph.”

Mi Miaomiao looked back. Beside it, the black cat sat elegantly, its expression cold and arrogant.

But it could swear that the sneer it heard just now was definitely made by Xuan Yu.

The white cat looked up at the lead bird in the sky. Although… such an exquisite and beautiful bird, its spread wings revealed the multi-rotors of a drone, it… it was a little bit discordant.

“Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka, moo-moo-moo-moo, biu-biu-biu-biu, Chirp-meep!” Hahaha, I, King, am here to lead the way! Admire my magnificent figure! You bunch of commoners!

The animals who could understand the sound roared back in rebuttal. The humans who couldn’t understand it showed smiles because of the King Bird-of-Paradise’s strange calls.

“Pfft!”

Mi Miaomiao had a face full of black lines, its gaze shifting back and forth between the black cat and the bird in the sky.

Fortunately, even though King liked to talk big, it was very good at leading the way.

On the 8th, the fleet entered Boyun Province and arrived at Lushan Town that night. Now, only the undulating mountain ranges lay ahead between them and Rong City.