Chapter 1268: Hunting Success

However, at this moment, that little mouse had not yet discovered it was being watched, and it remained leisurely and carefree.

Mice are actually not that afraid of people; on the contrary, the various foods and scents of the human camp attract the surrounding mice. Of course, they are very restrained during the day, but once night falls, mice will inevitably go everywhere to scavenge.

If one were to look more carefully, perhaps inside the grain bags on the carts their team uses to haul grain, mice have already made nests.

Xiaobao approached bit by bit. Everyone remained silent, just staring intently. Watching Xiaobao's posture, everyone was very expectant; after all, this was the first time they had seen Xiaobao preparing to hunt.

An Artisan was very anxious and even wanted to give directions, but the person next to him, fearing he would disturb Xiaobao, forcibly pulled him down to sit and looked at him with a very disdainful gaze, meaning for him not to interfere with Xiaobao.

However, it was this somewhat unusual silence that made the mouse feel uneasy. Just as it raised its head to observe the surrounding environment, Xiaobao struck.

For a human, it was only a distance of a few steps, but for these few steps, humans really wouldn't have the confidence to catch such a small mouse.

Xiaobao rushed up in two or three steps and then pinned the mouse down, but looking at its appearance, it seemed unskilled and failed to bite the mouse's neck in one go, struggling quite a few times before it managed to pick the mouse up.

At this moment, everyone was excited, laughing and clapping to cheer for Xiaobao. Xiaobao is truly amazing!

Xiaobao did not understand human language; it flattened its ears into "airplane ears," bit the mouse, and trotted over with small steps. It was not afraid of people either; finding an empty spot, it began to lie down, preparing to enjoy its meal.

But everyone was also a bit puzzled: should this prey really be given to Xiaobao? Although it was just a mouse, if it were like training a dog, at this time a person should take the mouse away and only give Xiaobao a small portion of it. Otherwise, it might not distinguish who is the master and who is the servant, and even if it caught prey, it wouldn't give it to people.

But if you don't leave anything for it at all, then after a dog catches prey, it will secretly eat it behind people's backs, or bury it if it can't finish it, because it knows that even if it brings it back, there won't be a bite for it to eat, and it would have worked for nothing.

But the trouble now is that everyone doesn't know if this "Mimi" should be trained like a dog. The method for training dogs was taught by Wang, but he never taught how to train a "Mimi." Furthermore, this "Mimi" is so tiny, and the prey it caught is also just a tiny bit.

They don't eat mice, so it's edible, but what can such a little bit do? If they snatched it away, it would just be thrown out anyway.

One of the Engineers thought for a moment and decided to take it away, just in case it becomes hard to manage later. As a result, just as he walked over, Xiaobao let out two "huff" sounds and then, very vigilantly, carried the mouse away to a distance.

Everyone saw this and laughed out loud, but that Engineer felt that since this little "Mimi" could already "huff" at people to protect its food, it should be managed even more. So he chased after it again. Everyone wanted to stop him, but they found that the little "Mimi" had already finished the mouse in two or three bites. By the time the Engineer chased over, there was nothing left. At this time, he picked up Xiaobao, and Xiaobao just looked at him with its innocent, cute, big eyes. He had no choice but to hold it.

Changle heard the loud cheering outside, so he put on his robe, wanting to go out to join in the fun and see what was interesting, since the room was a bit stuffy and boring. As a result, when he went out to look, nothing was happening.

"What were you all playing just now? Why were you so excited? I was even saying I'd come out to take a look!"

When everyone saw that Changle had come out, they all hurriedly stood up. They explained to Changle: "Prince, just now Xiaobao caught a mouse, and we were all clapping for it! Xiaobao is so amazing!"

Hearing that Xiaobao had actually caught a mouse, Changle also became interested and immediately walked over: "Sit, sit, where is the mouse? Let me see."

Everyone spread their hands: "It's gone, it has already been eaten by it."

That Engineer who chased Xiaobao added: "I was afraid that if it ate raw meat it would pick up wild instincts, but before I could even touch it, it had already finished eating. That mouse really wasn't big."

Everyone laughed heartily.

Changle was not worried: "It's fine, it's just a mouse. And we are arriving at Huaxia City soon; my father will definitely know how to train it. It just ate a mouse; even if there is an influence, it can be corrected."

"Exactly, exactly," everyone echoed. In fact, everyone also felt that it was fine for Xiaobao to eat wild food; it was just a mouse. If Xiaobao could keep catching mice, that would be even better. As for wild instincts, adult "Mimis" are all submissive to people and have no threat, at most just scaring people; they couldn't even cause much harm to small children.

Cats are actually relatively gentle in temperament and will not actively attack humans. Felines in Nature are all at the top of the food chain, whether they are large, medium, or small. The exceptions are the species in the Felis genus and the Acinonyx genus.

The Acinonyx genus includes the Asian cheetah and the African cheetah. In documentaries, one can always see cheetahs circling around people, but they do not attack humans; they are just purely curious because the Acinonyx genus is a bit more distantly related to other leopards.

Animals like jaguars and lions are actually relatives; they are all in the Panthera genus of the Felidae family, so they are relatively dangerous to humans and prone to attacking them. However, I still advise: do not imitate.

After all, wild animals are very dangerous. Even animals that have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years have a high possibility of attacking humans. Without sufficient professional standards, how can you judge whether a wild animal that looks cute is curious about you or just hungry?

The reason Changle and the others are willing to keep Xiaobao by their side, even daring to keep it by their side while sleeping, is because it is small. Even if it wanted to kill or eat a person, with that mouth and those teeth, it might not even be able to bite through a human throat. To humans, it is almost non-lethal. It would be more believable to say it would bring a Knife to hack you in the middle of the night.

Adult cats have the possibility of killing a person, but one this small is completely impossible. One should worry more about whether Changle might roll over and crush it to death while sleeping.

Ayuduo really likes to hold Xiaobao when sleeping because it is soft, fluffy, and warm. Xiaobao also likes to sleep with people and will purr constantly.

However, tonight Changle probably won't allow Xiaobao to enter the room because it ate a mouse. His father has taught him too many times that mice, and all kinds of rodents, always carry various germs. If one is not careful, they will be transmitted to humans. Even Baifeng has no way to cure them, so the safest way is still not to have contact with Xiaobao, especially its mouth.

However, that Xiaobao could successfully hunt a mouse was something Changle had not expected. At the same time, he also thought of a possibility: could this species serve humans and specifically solve these mice? The mice in Huaxia are a bit too rampant.