The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 470 Cats Cats Cats

"Okay, I see."

Lingye responded first, then carefully took the ball with both hands, afraid of accidentally breaking it.

He held the ball in his arms, glanced at the still-playing footage, then turned around and walked towards Lingjiu and the others.

"We need to find a way to solve this problem."

Ling Ye walked up to Ling Jiu, stopped, looked at him, and said softly. Ling Jiu nodded in agreement.

"The attacks from this magic array should have a certain interval. The last wave of attacks has just stopped, which should be the best time for us to act."

He paused for a moment, then continued.

"Although the endless swarms of insects held off the last wave of attacks, we can't rely on them forever."

Lingye continued.

“You’re right. We need to take the initiative and find a way to break this magic circle.”

Lingjiu frowned, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Now we can only observe more, since I don't understand this magic array either."

Lingjiu thought for a moment, then looked intently at the image on the sphere.

Just then, Meros the cat also completed its action.

After tossing the ball to Lingye, it quickly spat the jar in its mouth onto the ground, then pressed its paws tightly against the edge of the bottle opening, seemingly to prevent the contents from escaping.

"Buzz-"

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Upon seeing the actions of the cat, the mother insect in the bottle immediately emitted a series of sharp, piercing cries, as if conveying some kind of message to the cat.

"Meow--"

Upon hearing the sound, the cat suddenly lowered its head, its sharp eyes fixed on the worm mother in the bottle. Then it opened its mouth and let out a low, fierce growl at the bottle, as if it were saying something to it.

"Om-"

Seeing this, the insect mother called out again, her voice even louder than before, as if she were discussing something with the cat, Meros.

The cat and the insect queen communicated briefly. Although Lingye and the others could not understand their language, they could feel a tense atmosphere between them.

Then, something unexpected happened.

The queen insect suddenly let out a tiny, piercing cry that pierced the bottle like an arrow and reached every corner of the swarm.

"Hiss—hiss hiss—"

Although the sound was faint, it was full of power and majesty. Every insect was instantly attracted by the sound, and they all stopped what they were doing and listened quietly.

After that, all the insects that heard the sound seemed to receive some kind of command and quickly split into two groups. One group of insects continued to circle the bottle as if guarding it, while the other group began to move towards the protective shield. The whole process was unusually orderly.

Then, one group of insects surrounded the mother insect like an impregnable fortress, forming an unbreakable defensive line, while the other group, like a maddened beast, rushed straight towards the breach in the already broken protective shield with lightning speed.

Because of the high level of organization and cooperation among insect swarms, their coordination can only be described as seamless.

First, a portion of the insect swarm clung tightly to the edge of the broken protective shield like nails, without letting go; the other insects, like woven threads, bit each other and quickly intertwined to form a large net made of insects.

This "insect net" covered the broken protective cover with six or seven layers, making it airtight.

Because the insect's body is transparent, from a distance it looks like countless tiny black dots are dotted on a normally black and transparent protective shield, sticking together like plastic, which is creepy and makes your scalp tingle.

"呲-"

Just then, the insect mother suddenly let out a piercing scream, a sharp and long sound that seemed to pierce through one's eardrums.

However, in that instant, the black dots on the shield seemed to be under a spell, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye and merging perfectly with the shield.

It seems that after hearing the mother insect's scream, the group of insects closed their eyes in unison, causing their originally transparent bodies to blend into the protective shield and become indistinguishable.

"Meow—"

With that clear meow, the cat Melos stared intently at the protective shield with its big, round eyes, as if trying to confirm whether there were really no breaches there.

When it saw that the protective shield was intact, it finally let out a satisfied bark, its voice revealing a hint of pleasure.

After completing this important task, the cat gently lay down and carefully wrapped itself and Lin Xiyue in its arms, mainly to shield Lin Xiyue from attacks that were most likely to break through.

Just then, the silent Meros suddenly raised its head and its gaze fell on the Meros cat.

The cat sensed the gaze of its true form. It narrowed its eyes slightly and let out a soft "meow~~", a sound that seemed to be both a greeting and something being said to its true form.

However, Meros itself did not respond to the cat's affection. Its gaze remained cold, fixed on the cat's eyes, as if scrutinizing something.

Suddenly, Meros's hand shot out with lightning speed, accurately slapping the tail that Meros the cat had secretly extended.

"Snapped--"

The crisp sound caught the cat, Melos, off guard, and its tail, as if electrocuted, snapped back.

"Ugh—QAQ"

The cat, Meros, immediately let out a pitiful whimper. It stared at Meros's true form with such a pitiful look that it was impossible to blame it anymore.

To be honest, the interaction between this clone and the original is quite strange, like a person talking to another personality of their own, full of contradictions and disharmony.

However, there must be a reason for this.

"Amo, what are you doing? How could you hit it?!"

Just then, a cry of surprise rang out. It turned out that Lin Xiyue had woken up after a short rest and happened to witness the scene before her.

Of course, none of this was a coincidence. The cat, Meros, just happened to see Lin Xiyue wake up, but its original body didn't notice it immediately because it had separated from the cat.

After all, when Lin Xiyue reprimanded the cat's main body, the cat's tail was practically sticking up to the sky, as if it was proudly showing off something.

Faced with Lin Xiyue's questioning, Mo Luoshi was speechless and had no idea how to explain.

"Baby, this..."

He mumbled something under his breath.

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