Cub Raising Association

After about half a month, the Kuti cubs who have just joined the Yunbao Branch have fully integrated into the current living environment.

Among other things, this Kuti cub is getting along very well with the other two cubs that are similar to it in the branch. When Xie Tao usually goes to the house, he can often see these three cubs giving each other The grooming scene.

To be specific, the three little fat chirps got together, and then used their somewhat pointed beaks to gently comb the feathers on the back of another chirp.

This kind of scene is still very harmonious and lovely to look at, every time Xie Tao sees it, he can't help but slightly bend his eyes and show a little smile.

Xie Tao usually just watched and didn't interfere, but sometimes he would come closer and squat down to touch the little wings of the three cubs one by one. At this time, he would usually be used by the three cubs approaching. The bird's beak rubbed against his fingers, and then he heard a series of "chirp chirp chirp" crisp calls.

Knowing that the Kuti cub is still learning to fly, the Kuwe and Kuto cubs who have been able to fly for a long time did not despise or ridicule this new member. Under the encouragement of Xie Tao, they still accompany Kuti every day. Lift the cubs and fly on flat ground together.

The so-called flat ground flying, as the name suggests, is to fly a little bit by rubbing the ground.

Although this flying ability is far from the passing line by the standards of birds, in Xie Tao's eyes, this Kuti cub has already made great progress——

Compared with the previous situation where it could not fly at all, now this Kuti cub can fly forward for a long distance on flat ground. Who can say that this is not a big improvement?

"If you work hard for a while, you will definitely be able to fly." Xie Tao first flapped his small wings for a while, then turned his head to look at his Kuti cub and cast an encouraging look, then slightly bent his eyes, and used extra Say this in a firm tone.

Before this cub can really fly, Xie Tao will always make himself firm in this idea. It would be great if his ability similar to the ability of "wish comes true" can play a catalytic role.

According to Zarad, when he concentrated on expressing this idea, there would indeed be a brief fluctuation of mental power in his body.

Xie Tao's ability can only play a supporting role on the Kuti cub, and he is well aware of this, and he hopes that this kind of support can become a small boost when the Kuti cub works hard force.

"Chirp!" Kuti's cub raised its head, fluttering its little wings in response.

It must continue to practice hard, so that in the future, the young man does not need to squat down to hug it, and it can fly to the young man's arms by itself.

Among the thirteen cubs that the branch is currently taking care of, minus the two cub eggs that have not yet been hatched in the incubator, what Xie Tao pays most attention to is actually the Knox cub.

The reason is not complicated, one is because this cub was born not long after its shell, Xie Tao felt that it needs more care, and the other is because this Knox cub is the last guide given to him by the golden ball of light.

This Knox cub will determine whether this world can survive in the future, it may be the key to saving the world, or it may be the root cause of the world's destruction.

If Xie Tao is an aborigine in this world, then he definitely doesn't believe this kind of nonsense.

But he wasn't, even the fact that he had established a spiritual link that could connect the two worlds, Xie Tao couldn't believe the guidance that the golden ball of light left for him.

The size of the Knox cub has grown a bit in the past half a month. It is larger than ordinary rabbits and closer to the size of a four-month-old milk cat.

Now when Xie Tao picks up the cub, he can feel the obvious weight.

Holding the cub into his arms, Xie Tao first touched the back of the Knox cub habitually, then followed the back all the way to the cub's fluffy tail, and then called out slowly. Call out the other person's name.

"Yai."

This Knox cub was not as active as the other cubs, and as far as Xie Tao observed, this cub hardly interacted with other cubs.

Instead of interacting with other pups, this Knox pup loves clinging to him.For several days in a row, when Xie Tao woke up every day, he would find that there was a round, round, white fluffy creature in his bed.

And basically when Xie Tao opened his eyes and looked over, he would meet a pair of light blue eyes, vertical pupils belonging to beasts.

These eyes seem to have been staring at him for a long time. When the eyes meet, Xie Tao will see the pupils in the light blue vertical pupils shrink slightly, becoming more slender.

It has changed from a slight stupor at the beginning to a habit now. When he found that this matter could not be changed, Xie Tao simply went back to the room with the Knox cub every night, lest the cub be in the middle of the night again. Li ran over by himself.

When Xie Tao touched its tail, it seemed to pause slightly, but this Knox cub's reaction was not obvious, so Xie Tao didn't notice it either.

"Huh." Hearing the young man's call, the Knox cub let out a low whimper in response, and then let out a slightly muffled grunt from its throat.

In order to better take care of the cubs in the branch, and to supplement the knowledge he should have as a childcare worker, Xie Tao specially bought a copy of "Cubs Encyclopedia" on Xingwang not long ago.

Although the descriptions in the book about the habits and preferences of cubs of various races may not be 100% applicable to reality, Xie Tao thinks it is good for him to use this book as a reference.

However, when Xie Tao wanted to search for "Knox cubs" in this book, he found that there was no description related to the Knox race in this book.

Remembering that the Knox race was tantamount to annihilation more than 30 years ago, Xie Tao can understand that he did not find "Knox cubs" in this "Cub Encyclopedia".

But even if he searched on Xingwang.com, Xie Tao found that the relevant information he could find was only a few words.

This is because the Star Alliance does not want anyone to go back and explore this dangerous race. All information about the Knox race is basically blocked on the Star Network, so Xie Tao can only rush to nothing.

The Knox cub in his arms behaved differently from ordinary cubs, Xie Tao was not unaware of this.

That's why he wanted to learn more about this race, to see if there was any relevant reason for it.

After the newly moved Kuti cubs started to learn independently, Xie Luanbi was relatively free before.

Seeing that the young man is still relatively free, Zarad lowered his eyes to see the Knox cub being held in his arms when the former used his mental power to channel his abilities, and then mentioned it casually.

"The black cub egg was indeed sent to the third-ranked cub care club in the interstellar at the beginning, but for some reason, it ended up in our branch." When it came to the words "some reason" , Xie Luan paused slightly.

Xie Tao already knew the specific reason from Xia Qi, but he didn't want to mention it in the presence of the cub in his arms.

When this Knox cub was still a black cub egg, it was pushed back and forth by other cub nurses, either directly refusing to take care of it, or regretting to accept it not long after accepting it. Give this baby egg away.

Finally, it was sent to their branch.

There is no need for this cub to know about this kind of thing.

Zarad nodded in understanding, even if Xie Tao didn't say anything, he could basically guess the reason.He asked about this just to start a conversation, so that what he was going to say next would not be so abrupt.

When he saw the young man taking care of the Knox cub as an ordinary cub, Zarad was worried that the young man might have no knowledge of the "Knox" race.

The Star Alliance launched an information blockade on the Knox race many years ago. The human youth in front of him looked very young at first glance, and he knew that the other party's understanding of the Knox race must be very limited.

To prevent the other party from being unaware of the potential dangers around him, Zarad wanted to find a suitable time to give the other party a proper reminder.

After all, the young man was the benefactor who helped him recover his powers, and Zarad certainly didn't want anything to happen to him.

In fact, in terms of technology and supernatural powers, the Knox race was an advanced race that once stood at the top of the universe.Even though many people now use a hateful tone when they mention this race, they cannot deny the fact that this race was once extremely powerful and established an unprecedentedly prosperous empire.

Compared with other races that need to work hard to develop their own abilities in the day after tomorrow, the Knox race seems to be on the hook at this point. The cubs of their race are usually able to move on their own within a short time after the shell is born. Awakening abilities.

Other races will have ordinary people who cannot develop supernatural powers due to talent limitations, but this phenomenon does not exist in the Knox race. This alone is enough to make other races jealous.

But it is also a fact that this powerful race has not used its own power in the right way. Possessing great power but using it incorrectly means danger.

Even though Knox, who was held in the arms of the young man, was only a cub, this danger still existed.

Anyone who has seen the star field explosion more than 30 years ago will know that the word "Knox" represents an extremely crazy race.

Having said everything that should be said, Zarad was expecting the human youth in front of him to nod to him, but what he got was an unexpected response.

The other party was silent for a while, then shook his head and said to him: "I hope you will not be prejudiced against this cub because of its race."

Xie Tao felt that he had just been hugged by a cub in his arms. Theoretically, this Knox cub couldn't understand what they were saying, but Xie Tao still freed up one hand and used a softer hand than usual. He stroked the cub's back vigorously.

Not prejudice, but normal vigilance, Zarad originally wanted to explain it this way.

But his lowered gaze suddenly met a pair of pale blue vertical pupils, and Zarad couldn't help being stunned for a short moment.

A look that seemed to be cold, but actually made people unable to see emotions.

It was unreasonable for this kind of look to appear on a cub, but when he thought of the Knox race, Zarad was not so surprised.

He remembered a racial trait of the Knox race.

Generally speaking, the cubs of each race have a fixed period of time.

For example, the cubs of the Kuti tribe have a cub period of 15 years, the cubs of the Takila tribe have a cub period of 22 years, and the cubs of the Severa tribe have a cub period of 17 years.

Leaving aside the human race that is born with a human form, most races in the interstellar world cannot advance to a humanoid form until adulthood, that is, being a plush cub for more than ten or twenty years is indispensable.Currently known as the race with the longest cub period in the interstellar world, the cub period can last up to 20 years.

The Knox race is completely different from other races in this regard. The cub period of the Knox race does not have a fixed time, and is usually very short.

Using the power possessed as the criterion, as long as their own abilities reach a fixed standard line, the cubs of the Knox race can advance out of humanoid form and directly enter adulthood.

Due to the short lifespan of their pups, the Knox's pups seem to mature their minds very early.

When meeting that gaze, Zarad actually felt a real sense of danger from this Knox cub, which made him tense up reflexively.

But in the next second, the young man's hand just touched the cub's tail, and Zarad suddenly felt that sense of danger disappeared. He heard the Knox cub let out a low moan from its throat. The grunting sound seemed to express some kind of obedience to the youth.

Wait a minute... touch the tail?

Suddenly, he vaguely remembered something about the tail of the Knox race, but before Zarad remembered it, he had to express his attitude first because of Xie Tao's silent gaze.

Zarad nodded and accepted what Xie Tao said just now, thinking that he had to work in this cub care branch for a long time, and he didn't want to have any disagreements with the branch's investor and vice president in terms of work .

It can be seen that this Knox cub seems to be quite obedient when facing young people, Zarad thought, maybe he is really worrying too much, this cub itself is not in any danger.

Seeing the person opposite nodded, Xie Luan just looked at the serious eyebrows and eyes, and suddenly relaxed all over again.

Other employees in the branch also showed similar reactions to Zarad when they first learned of the existence of the Knox cubs.But after Xie Tao finished speaking, they were all convinced, and now they can treat this Knox cub as an ordinary cub.

The outside world is too big, Xie Tao can't change people's views on this Knox cub outside of this cub care club.

But at least in Yunbao branch, Xie Tao can still do such things as persuading employees.

Even if it was raining all over the world, if he stood next to the Knox cub with an umbrella, the cub would not get wet from the rain.

During the rest time at night, Xie Tao carried the Knox cub back to his room as usual.Anyway, if he didn't take the initiative to take it, the cub would come to his room in the middle of the night somehow.

I don't know if it's because when this Knox cub was still a ball, he often went to apply nutrient solution on the other party, which might have left breath or something in the process. This cub died after breaking its shell. I have a baby bird complex for him... Otherwise, how could I be so clingy?

With the money from the previous auction, Xie Tao replaced all the employees in the branch with single beds. Of course, the space for a single bed is not very large, but it is obviously more than enough for one person and one cub. .

Xie Tao lay on the side outside, let the Knox cub nest inside, to prevent the cub from accidentally falling off the bed or something.

Before going to bed, Xie Tao thought about what happened this morning again, so he stretched out his hand and raised the round, fluffy white cub nestled next to him a little higher.

Looking at the pair of pale blue vertical pupils, Xie Luan lowered his voice and said in a serious tone: "You were born in anticipation, and you will grow up in love."

Although he felt that the cub probably couldn't understand what he was talking about, Xie Tao still finished the sentence with his eyes slightly bent.

"Huh." Tried half-hooking the young man's wrist with his tail, the Knox cub let out a low whine.

After finishing speaking, Xie Tao put the chubby cub that he lifted back to the side, and when he pulled up the quilt, he also covered part of the quilt on the Knox cub.

After turning off the lights, the room entered a quiet darkness. Xie Tao lay on the bed and closed his eyes, his breathing became very shallow after a while.

And when he woke up the next day, Xie Tao felt that something was wrong.

His single bed seemed to be getting crowded, Xie Tao just wanted to turn over to the side, but found that there seemed to be no room for him to turn over.

what's the situation?

After waking up without opening his eyes, Xie Tao was thinking in a daze.

There should only be a fluffy nest inside... Thinking of the Knox cub nestled next to it, Xie Tao didn't open his eyes, and still groped for it by feeling.

This touch did touch something, but the feeling was not at all the fluffy and soft feeling Xie Tao had imagined.It's a bit cool, and it feels a bit like...hair?

Still very sleepy, Xie Tao barely opened his eyes a crack, and shifted his gaze to his hand.

silver……

Before Xie Tao realized that something was wrong, his eyes quickly met a pair of light blue vertical pupils.Still looking at each other for a moment, you can see the slightly constricted pupils in this pair of vertical pupils.

These were a pair of familiar eyes, but they were different from the ones in memory. This difference caused Xie Tao to open his eyes all at once and wake up completely.

Silver hair, light blue eyes, cold but still extremely handsome face.

These light blue eyes are as clean and clear as polished gemstones, but the slightly cold luster contained in them makes these eyes a bit sharper and colder. They are a pair of very beautiful eyes.

Xie Luan:? ? ?

With his hand still touching the silver hair of the owner of the eyes, Xie Tao got stuck in place.