Chapter 1: Tragic Dog Life
Tengu City, in the alley of Hulukou.
At three o'clock in the morning, it is the time when the citizens sleep peacefully.
"Catch it!"
A man dressed in black leather holds a sausage in his left hand and a flashlight in his right. This fat, oily sausage exudes an enticing aroma. In his right hand, he holds a leather-solid netting lasso. In front of him, a large, fur-clad yellow dog was blocked in a stained corner.
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"Wow!!"
The big yellow dog grinned, and there was a faded leather collar around its neck, and there was a very conspicuous dent on the outside of the collar, which was the mark left by the man in black when he tightened the noose around its neck.
Because of this collar that I don't know how long it has been carrying, the big yellow dog luckily did not get caught in the tightened noose, and the moment it was caught in the noose, it reacted and escaped. But it was still chased and intercepted by two dog dealers, and all retreats were blocked, and finally they were blocked into a corner.
As a result of the violent struggle just now, one of the big yellow dog's buttocks wiped off a layer of hair on the ground, revealing flesh-colored skin.
Seeing that the man in black was about to approach, the big yellow dog immediately lowered his voice and roared, as long as they took one step further, the big yellow dog would fight with them to the death.
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As a native Chinese pastoral yellow dog, in the era of foreign dogs, the situation of the second dog should have been very difficult.
Thankfully, it has a good owner.
"Wow!"
Unfortunately, a month ago, the owner who kept it died quietly.
The old man had no children or relatives in front of him, and he had no contact with anyone except when he went out to buy daily necessities. The old man treats Ergou as his closest child, and Ergou only remembers that when he last saw the old man, the old man left a lot of dog food for Ergou, which can be eaten by Ergou for half a year.
"Wow!"
A week later, a group of people broke into the old man's house and drove Ergou out. The old man's house and all the inheritances were automatically nationalized from that day.
But Ergou was not adopted by the state until the end of his life, but "gloriously" became a lamentable stray dog.
The second dog is still worried about the uneaten dog food at home, it has no appetite to eat these days because it misses its owner, but now it has no appetite to eat. Seeing the closed door, Ergou could only whimper a few times to express the sadness in his heart.
The second dog didn't know what to do as a stray dog. All it knew was that overnight, its home was gone, and it was no longer able to live a stable and happy life. Gone are the days of wanton play, and the faces of the amiable owners are no longer seen.
But soon, Ergou calmed down his sadness, it was a dog, as long as he lived honestly.
In this way, after being kicked out of the gate, Ergou began to live a wandering life in the city.
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If you want to live, you must first fill your stomach.
As a dog, the second dog is much more alert and intelligent than dogs of the same age, which is why it has been able to live until now.
Ergou wandered in the old part of the city, and the smell of food came from the high garbage can, but Ergou could only raise his head and look at the garbage can, and he couldn't reach it at all. It usually wanders around old restaurants and food stalls, hoping to pick up some leftovers to eat.
This is the result of a week of exercise, and after a week of hungry stomachs, Ergou finally learned the experience and knew where to find food.
Whenever he was hungry, Ergou always thought of the mountains of dog food at home.
"Whew!"
Whenever I think of these dog foods, Ergou always feels inexplicably heartbroken. He may never be able to eat delicious dog food again, so he can only stick his head down the drain, looking for something to eat.
After a month of wandering, the second dog, which used to have a shiny coat, has become extremely dirty, and its body exudes a stench that attracts flies.
A woman dressed in heavy makeup walked past Ergou, carrying a high-end crocodile leather bag and a petite teddy by her side. Teddy was wearing an elaborately knitted sweater embroidered with a peach heart. Its fur is very silky, it has no leash, and it is wandering freely behind its owner.
Teddy saw the second dog in front of him and immediately pricked up his ears and barked in protest.
The woman also saw the second dog by the sewer and immediately shouted, "Baby, don't play with it." ”
Ergou's head was still stuck in the sewer, and Teddy's scream immediately startled Ergou. As soon as Ergou turned his head, a heavy heel of a heel immediately kicked Ergou on the back.
"Tell you to scare my baby! Leper Dog! ”
The second dog was kicked a few meters away, and its back was sore, and it barked a few times in pain. Seeing that his master kicked the second dog away, Teddy got the prestige, and immediately rushed forward, barking indiscriminately against the second dog's nose.
"Chirp! Haw! ”
Ergou looked at Teddy, who was less than half his size, and then at the woman who was glaring at him, and he immediately ran away frantically with his tail between his legs.
As a stray dog, Ergou knows that it can't be messed with such a dog with a background.
As soon as Teddy saw the two dogs running away, he immediately chased after them.
"Baby~~ Don't run!"
Teddy was not put on a leash, and he quickly followed the second dog into the alleyways of the old town.
The woman's voice became quieter and quieter, but the barking of Teddy, who was following closely behind Ergou, did not stop.
"Chirp! Haw! ”
The two dogs turned around and rushed into the narrower alleyway.
Teddy didn't follow.
A shrill dog bark came from the alley that had been in front of it, and it stopped abruptly halfway through.
Ergou looked behind him in fear, and when he saw that Teddy didn't follow, he collapsed to the ground.
Ergou didn't know what this abrupt dog barking meant, but he knew that he had escaped again today.
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Time goes back to the present, and Ergou finally understands what happened that day.
"Brother Li, this dog looks like he's going to fight hard, let it taste the power of our poison darts!! Look at it and it's arrogant! A slightly chubby man said. He pulled out a homemade hand crossbow from the bloated backpack behind him, wound the crossbow, and set up a small poison dart on it. This homemade poison dart has four wings and is coated with poison at the tip, and even if an adult is pierced, he will die in a matter of minutes.
The crossbow was crudely made, with a homemade crosshair on the grip of the crossbow, which, under the aim of the fat man, was quickly aimed at the neck of the big yellow dog.
"Hurry up! Don't alarm anyone else. ”
The man in black, known as Brother Li, chewed gum for hours in his mouth and slammed the sausage in his hand into the big yellow dog. The sausage hit the yellow dog's shriveled stomach, then bounced onto the dusty ground, rolled several times before stopping.
The big yellow dog's eyes lit up, and he immediately pounced on the sausage in front of him.
And at this moment, the fat man's mouth grinned, and he quickly pulled the trigger.
The poison dart that was enough to poison an elephant slashed through the air and quickly pierced into the neck of the big yellow dog.
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The toxin has spread throughout Ergou's body. The second dog's body twitched and did not obey, he was incontinent, and the yellow urine flowed down the ground into the filthy sewer.
I want to live, I want to live......
Ergou was foaming at the mouth, but the desire to survive was still very strong. It still thinks about the delicious dog food and the wonderful world.
"One black, two yellow, three flowers and four white, this yellow dog is well-proportioned, not a skewer, it will definitely be sold for a good price, at least 40 up."
"But Brother Li, we've been here for two days, and we only caught a teddy and two black dogs, isn't it time to change places?" The fat man touched the crossbow, and after seeing that the poison dart had hit the second dog, he carefully put the other poison darts into the leather box.
Brother Li lit an old white strip, took a few puffs, and saw that the second dog was not dead, and frowned:
"Huh? Strange, usually a dog is hit by a poison dart, and he must kick his leg within ten seconds, but this dog has been making trouble for more than a minute, and he hasn't breathed yet? ”
"Then let me get another shot!" The fat man spat and drew the poison dart again.
Just as he stretched out two fingers to draw the poison dart, the sky suddenly turned pitch black, and then the sky swirled.
Time seemed to have come to a standstill, the fat man still maintained the action of drawing out the poison arrow, and Brother Li frowned, and an outstretched finger was pointing at Ergou, as if he had found something.
"Searched for the survivor, given the code name - 09762, has entered the trial space, the candidate's name: Ergou.
Trials Space Difficulty Rating: Novice. ”
Ergou shook his head and stood up, looking around suspiciously. The two men who surrounded it were gone. The dark alleyways were empty and silent.
"Wow ......" the second dog barked a few times, its voice echoing in the dark alleyway, but there was no response.
I don't know when the poison dart on its body has fallen off, and its originally convulsive body has returned to normal in an instant. But instead, on the skin of the second dog that was covered by a rotten collar, there was a quiet row of codenames. The number codenamed is exactly 09762.
"The survivor has entered the solo trial space, and the mission is being released: find the exit in twenty minutes.
Reward: 10 survival points.
Mission Failed: Obliteration. ”
The shrewd and honest Ergou immediately understood this, and it turned its head from side to side, trying to find the source of the sound, but found nothing.
"Wow!"
Looking for an outlet? Where is the exit?
Although the alleyway has become darker than before, Ergou is very familiar with this road. It hung its tail and immediately ran towards the exit of its memory.
However, when Ergou turned a corner, the big road in his memory did not appear in front of him as expected. In front of it was still a hallway that was identical to the previous one.
What's going on?
Ergou turned around and found that the roadway behind him was still a roadway, and it was at the intersection of the T-shaped roadway, no matter which way it went, it would eventually return to the original point.
For the first time, the second dog began to use his dog brain, trying to understand what was happening in front of him. However, with insufficient IQ balance, it sat still and thought about it for five minutes, but still didn't come up with anything.
Where is the exit?
It moved again, and ran as fast as a dog. Ergou crossed more than 30 lanes in one go, but after five minutes, Ergou returned to the original point again.
"Wow!" Ergou began to panic. The alleys look exactly the same, and it even feels like it's repeating the same old path.
There are only ten minutes left until the deadline for the mission.
Feeling that death is imminent. The hair on the two dogs couldn't help but stand up. It had already tasted death once, and was definitely not willing to taste it a second time.
It looked up, and immediately made a move of its own stunning.
Ergou looked up at the wall of the alleyway. It twisted its buttocks, screamed, and leaped to its feet.
Even a worm will turn!
Bang! Lying!
Bang! Lying!
Bang! Bang! Lying!
Two minutes later, Ergou sat on the edge of the wall with a swollen face and wiped the ashes off his body.
The dog jumped off the wall and failed.
Ergou thought about it and found the reason for his failure. The reason is very simple, if it could really jump off the wall, it would have jumped off the wall and ran away when it was blocked in the corner by those two bad guys.
The gates on both sides of the roadway are closed, and the two dogs stand in the middle of the roadway, either going forward or backward, or can only run forward or backward.
Since I can't find an exit, I can only close my eyes and enjoy it honestly......
The second dog whined, shook his body, and quickly straightened his mind. There were only eight minutes left until the mission ended, and the clock was ticking by.
Give it up......
The second dog had given up the treatment at the moment, and it slowly came to the old master's house and looked at the locked door.
Ergou was very sure that this was the old master's home, and he peed on the door of the house every day to mark it, but he couldn't smell a little of himself today.
Odd.
The second dog spread one leg and poured a soak of urine on the edge of the door.
That's when it suddenly jumped!
Smell!
Ergou reacted quickly, and he may have a key to survival.
Immediately it ran faster than a dog. Whenever passing in front of the old owner's door, the second dog will sniff if it has its own smell, if not, then sprinkle a soak of urine and continue to move forward, if there is, then run in the opposite direction.
Left - Left - Right - Right - Left - Right - Left - Right - Left!
In five minutes, Ergou quickly used the smell to mark eight lanes that looked the same but were actually different.
It couldn't squeeze a drop of urine out of its bladder.
If this trial was to be attended by a human being, he could tear a piece of cloth from his body and put it on the ground to make a mark, but in just twenty minutes he could not make a mistake in crossing eight lanes in a row, unless he came up with the idea from the beginning, otherwise it was too late in time.
Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven!
The countdown of time became more and more severe, and even a blood-red countdown was reflected in the dim sky.
Ergou's tongue unconsciously drooped to his mouth, and in the ninth lane, Ergou had already seen the wide road in front of him, and every week he would make a cat cake on the big road.
Seeing the two dogs on the road, he felt very kind, "Wang! It screamed happily a few times and became faster.
Six!
At this moment, the blood light in the sky attracted Ergou's gaze.
The number in the sky changed from six to five. This beating number immediately attracted Ergou's attention. Ergou opened his mouth curiously and looked at the sky, and his running speed slowed down unconsciously.
It doesn't know how to count, and naturally it doesn't know what this number represents, let alone that it represents the countdown to its death.
What a big red light! The second dog thought in his heart, and this red light reminded him of the fireworks set off by the old master at night, which was beautiful and charming.
Just as the number rolled to one, Ergou's front legs stepped into the exit.
The number that rolls to one stalls and does not return to zero.
"The mission is complete, the trial space is successful, and the survivor gains 10 survival points. Wait for the group trial in a week! Survivors are not allowed to divulge any information about the trial space, violators will be killed! ”
The white light flashed, the eyes of the second dog flickered, and its standing posture changed to a lying position, and it returned to the alleyway.
As soon as it raised its head, the fat man had already put the poison dart on the crossbow and shot another poison dart at the second dog. He obviously didn't expect Ergou to suddenly raise his head. This poisonous dart happened to pass the side of Ergou's neck, almost killing Ergou's second dog.
"Wow!" Ergou immediately stood up, and while the two of them were surprised, he slipped under the crotch of the fat man and ran away.
"Divine dog, divine dog!" Brother Li looked at the big yellow dog that had escaped, as if he had remembered something, and his originally surprised face quickly became ecstatic. "Gotta catch it!! This dog is worth a fortune! ”