Chapter 101: Licking Glass

In Chen Mu and Tang Jing's initial plan, the tunnel was not only used to avoid danger, but also had to have the function of transferring personnel.

If the storage room came under attack and could not be held, at least there would be another route to escape.

But the difficulty of the tunnel was not just in digging it.

The indoor concrete floor had limited thickness, especially these semi-temporary storage rooms around the cafeteria; when built, they didn't have high requirements because the area was small and they were on the ground floor, so load-bearing wasn't considered. Workers laying the floor often did as they pleased, so the mortar thickness could be less than 3 centimeters, and below that was brick rubble.

The so-called mortar is generally a mixture of cement and yellow sand in a 1:3 ratio, plus 0.65 parts water; overall it is fairly dense, with a density of about 2 g/cm³, far less than stainless steel, so at least for Chen Mu controlling it is not difficult.

However, the brick rubble below the cement is more troublesome; the scattered rubble used as a base layer has many holes and gaps, and this stuff, like fabric, is a major obstacle for Chen Mu.

Although it's not completely uncontrollable, the cost-effectiveness is really low.

Fortunately, the construction crew the cafeteria hired initially seemed decent; Chen Mu kept digging to a depth of 4 centimeters without encountering rubble.

But the mortar itself has a leveling function, so if we later need to dig a passage, we won't know whether other places have such thickness.

In short.

Chen Mu has spent almost all his energy these days on building the house, and among those tasks, the tunnel work actually takes up the bulk.

The original plan to go out and look for food has been delayed again and again.

And over these past few days, the busiest person has probably been Du Jia Jia.

Since the last time she communicated face‑to‑face with Little Yellow, that little cat has been coming more frequently.

Quite obvious.

As long as Du Jia Jia sincerely hopes to see the cat, Little Yellow will come as promised.

But the communication between one person and one cat is still not smooth.

Most of the time, they just stare at each other silently; occasionally the kitten meows twice, and then Du Jia Jia imitates two meows.

However, it's quite clear that humans' self‑assured imitation of cat meows has no effect at all; even though Du Jia Jia has been confirmed to possess Psychic Extrasensory Ability, she is no exception.

The only result of her learning to meow is earning a roll of the eyes from Little Yellow—of course, that's just Du Jia Jia's feeling.

This situation seems similar to what Tang Jing initially guessed; because she could affect an animal the size of a cat from the start, Du Jia Jia's ability is actually not very effective.

Being able to make the cat sense something is certainly good.

But this ability, which cannot be actively controlled, is still somewhat lacking in practicality.

Moreover, this psychic sense is still quite abstract at present.

For example, when Du Jia Jia feels bored, the kitten comes over to play with her; when she feels hungry, the kitten brings her food; but if she wants the kitten to take away the dead mouse it brings, nothing she does works.

No matter how Du Jia Jia shows her disgust for the dead mouse, the cat remains unmoved.

Obviously, such a command has become fairly complex for the psychic link between them.

In the end, that dead mouse was still tossed again by Cao Zishan.

And as long as Du Jia Jia doesn't have a strong desire to eat meat, Little Yellow doesn't bring anything else over.

Therefore, Dong Junwei specially approved doubling the meat portion in each of Du Jia Jia's meals to prevent her cat from causing trouble.

Chen Mu initially stood guard beside Du Jia Jia when she made eye contact with the cat, but after a while he found that the kitten had no ill will toward Du Jia Jia at all, and even seemed aware of their size difference, behaving very cautiously.

That day.

Chen Mu finished a tunnel task, then came to the door to check the integrity of the glass partition.

Because Du Jia Jia often leans on the glass, if something went wrong and she suddenly rushed out, it would be a big problem.

Although the kitten probably wouldn't eat Du Jia Jia.

But if it wanted to show affection by directly licking Du Jia Jia with its tongue, what could be done?

Being licked by a tongue full of backward-facing barbs would probably not be a pleasant experience for modern humans.

The quality of the glass partition is very good.

After checking it, Chen Mu watched Du Jia Jia lying on it, staring boredly at the cat, while he also took a moment to rest.

"Dried fish."

"Yarn ball."

"Butterfly."

"Mouse."

"Meow……"

Du Jia Jia really didn't know what to do, so she could only list everything the cat might be interested in, one by one, and then translate it all into her self‑assured cat language.

But it's quite obvious.

The cat had no reaction.

"Little Yellow, how on earth can you understand my words?"

After so many days of trying, her relationship with the cat still hasn't made any progress; although it looks intimate, it's merely intimacy, still far from real communication, and Du Jia Jia obviously won't be satisfied with that.

However, there is one benefit: since the kitten has been coming often, everyone's sense of security has increased a lot.

Quite obvious.

Whether it's crawling rodents or hostile humans, in front of a cat they're all trash.

Moreover, the kitten's special curiosity means that even small spiders and centipedes dare not approach this place.

It's practically a door god.

Everyone even thought that if they could keep this cat stationed at the entrance, it would be a good option, but these people lack the ability to feed it; the kitten still needs to hunt for itself or scavenge from older cats.

"Have you ever tried singing to it?" Chen Mu suddenly wondered.

Music is a language without borders.

Perhaps it could work on animals too?

Who would have thought Du Jia Jia sighed and said, "I've tried, I've sung a lot."

"\"We learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow……

「Persian cat, squinting its eyes……

「」

Du Jia Jia directly sang several cat-related songs on the spot, but Little Kitten outside seemed to have no response, even boredly licked its paw……

"Alright." Chen Mu also a bit helpless.

Before Du Jia Jia finds the trick to actively use her ability, even Tang Jing couldn't give any constructive advice, only able to let her keep exploring on her own.

"Otherwise, I'll go out for a try?"

"No."

"Just a moment, if there's a problem, you pull me back immediately."

"No, it's too dangerous."

"But staying like this isn't a solution; maybe my ability can only be used after contacting Little Kitten?"

"There's that possibility." Chen Mu nodded thoughtfully.

"Then you agree?" Du Jia Jia excitedly said.

"No!"

"Why?"

"It's too dangerous."

"……"

The two just kept saying meaningless words.

But Chen Mu refused to open the glass cover no matter what.

Du Jia Jia helplessly turned her head, not knowing what she was thinking, suddenly stuck out her tongue in defiance and licked the glass.

Chen Mu laughed and cried.

However, the next moment.

The cat's huge head suddenly came close, as if learning from Du Jia Jia, likewise sticking out its pink tongue and licking the outside of the glass.

Chen Mu: "……"

Du Jia Jia: "……"