The kitten sat upright on the carpet, its eyes wide, staring at the small table in front of Lu Heng.
Lu Heng picked up a shrimp and dangled it in front of the kitten.
"You want to eat this?"
"Meow."
"Heh heh."
This thing can actually understand. Could it be that this little creature has become sentient?
"Let me give you a name, it'll be easier to call you."
"Meow."
"Then I'll start saying names, and if you're satisfied, meow twice."
"Meow."
"Doubao."
"......"
Oh? Not meowing anymore?
"Wanzi."
"Tudou."
"Shaomai."
"Baozi."
"Mantou."
"Mifan."
Kitten... Damn it, why are they all food?
Lu Heng, don't blame me, I was starving in my previous life.
"Shandian."
"......"
"Sigh, how many brain cells do I have to kill to come up with a name? It's so hard."
"Meow."
After thinking for a long time, Lu Heng glanced at the table full of seafood.
"Let's eat first."
"Meow."
The kitten jumped onto the bed and rubbed against Lu Heng.
Lu Heng took out another baby high chair from his spatial storage, a wooden one, and placed it beside the small table.
Lu Heng pointed to the tabletop of the high chair. "Jump over here yourself, and I won't catch you. You've got fur all over your hands."
"Meow meow."
Kitten, didn't you just scratch it? You didn't wash your hands.
The kitten wagged its tail, crouched down, and wiggled its body towards the high chair, then leaped beautifully towards it.
...
However, the expected graceful landing did not occur. It missed.
Fortunately, the ground was covered with carpet, so the kitten was not injured.
"Hahaha..."
Lu Heng laughed heartily. Its comical appearance just now was truly hilarious. Lu Heng regretted not taking out his phone to record it.
Wiping the tears from his eyes, Lu Heng picked up the kitten from the carpet and gently placed it on the tabletop of the high chair.
He peeled a few shrimp and placed the shrimp meat in front of the kitten.
Finally, he added a chopstickful of fish meat there.
"You shouldn't eat the oysters, they have too many seasonings in them."
"Meow."
Seeing the kitten start to eat by itself, Lu Heng took out his phone and continued watching the palace drama he hadn't finished.
Last time, he had only watched for over three hours and had already seen five episodes.
That was a grand drama, seventy-odd episodes, which would take a long time to watch.
Lu Heng propped his phone up on the small table and casually picked up a grilled oyster to eat.
The women's struggles were truly fierce. The emperor, to balance the forces of the previous dynasty, brought a lot of women into his household, causing the women to fight to the death.
Alas, in the future, he would only marry one wife, to avoid such trouble and effort. It was too tiring.
After eating for a while, Lu Heng shifted his gaze from his phone. He was about to check if the kitten had finished eating when he saw the kitten licking its paws while staring at his phone.
Lu Heng...
After finishing the meal, Lu Heng tidied up and returned to his spatial storage. He got up to wash his hands in the restroom.
When he returned, he saw the kitten lying on the bed, lifting its left leg, performing a difficult maneuver.
Licking its leg fur.
Looking at the kitten with its legs spread, Lu Heng suddenly remembered that he didn't even know if the cat was male or female.
He quickly walked to the bedside, grabbed the kitten that was licking its leg, and unethically flipped the kitten over to look at its underside.
Hey, it's a female cat.
Don't ask why, those who know, know.
He put the cat back on the bed and lay down on the bed himself, watching the kitten.
"The names I gave you earlier, you didn't seem to like any of them."
"Meow."
"Then I'll think of some more for you."
"Meow."
"You're an orange cat, why don't I call you 'Juzhang' (Orange Chief)?"
"Meow meow."
"It seems you agree?"
"Meow meow."
"My names are indeed domineering. Juzhang, look at your high starting point, you're already a chief right from the start."
"Meow meow."
Lu Heng looked at his watch. It was already eleven o'clock at night. He had to sleep early today and try to wake up early tomorrow.
He wanted to see what anomalies would occur at the very beginning of the apocalypse.
In his previous life, during the apocalypse, many humans mutated. Most of the world's population inexplicably turned into zombies.
The remaining survivors, fortunately, did not turn into zombies, but within days, eighty percent of those survivors were bitten by zombies and turned into zombies, or were bitten and eaten by zombies.
The humans who finally survived, while killing zombies, discovered that some zombies had a crystal in their heads.
By absorbing those crystals, their bodies gradually changed, evolving various abilities.
Various factions began to appear in the human world, each occupying its own territory.
People would fight for a mouthful of food.
For a batch of supplies, people from several factions could engage in a bloody battle.
With the zombie outbreak, society lost its original order, and animal genes mutated.
Human nature regressed to its most primitive state. The laws that once constrained humans could no longer do so. There were no longer any bottom lines in the world; only those with sufficient strength could survive.
The earlier humans evolved abilities in the apocalypse, the greater their potential to become strong in the future.
It was like leveling up in a game; the earlier you leveled up, the better the resources you would undoubtedly receive.
Within a month of the apocalypse, humans who did not develop abilities became cannon fodder within the human factions.
Cannon fodder could only do the most menial tasks, and even then, sometimes cannon fodder would be used as bait by certain organizations to lure and kill zombies.
Lu Heng only understood the method of improving abilities half a month after the apocalypse descended.
That was why in his previous life, the gap between him and many experts gradually widened, and he could only wander between various bases as an insignificant minor character.
No faction lacked people without absolute strength, so minor characters like Lu Heng, who charged to the front in battles, received the least amount of supplies.
Lying on the bed, Lu Heng cleared his mind and forced himself to fall asleep as quickly as possible.
At five o'clock the next morning, Lu Heng was woken up by his alarm.
He got up, quickly washed up, then found a black outfit from his spatial storage and put it on. He then conjured a black hood and put it over his head. Pulling the hood down, only his eyes were exposed to the outside.
He went to the next room to check on Juzhang. Juzhang seemed to have been awake for a long time, standing by the fence at the door, looking at him, and occasionally calling out to him.
Lu Heng refilled Juzhang's water bowl with fresh ancient well water. This little guy, ever since drinking the ancient well water, refused to drink any other water.
After helping Juzhang clean the litter box, Lu Heng looked at the cat bowl and put a few more dried fish in it.
"Meow."
Juzhang affectionately rubbed against Lu Heng's trouser leg. Lu Heng looked at the orange cat hair on his black trousers and shook his head.
He would get her some lightweight clothing later. It wasn't appropriate for her to be so exposed all the time.
He had more important things to do now. He would leave her here for now. The area was sparsely populated, and it would be safe for a while.