Chapter 402 (1/2)

Feeling Like a Cat

At long last, Zhao Youyue morphed into a cat in the novel world. She was a black Xuan Cat. Xuan also meant “mysterious” in Chinese, and it aptly described the color of the cat which was pitch dark, so much so that it blazed in a fiery red. Legends told that Xuan Cat, a cat blazed in fiery black, was a spirit cat.

From ancient times until now, Xuan Maos were charms that warded off evil spirits. Yet, modern people often mistook them as something else. They were not merely cats with black fur. They warded off evil spirits, and that was why they appeared in times of calamity. Under the influence of modern storytelling and photography, people have been misled into believing that it brought nothing but calamity and misfortune. These cats were nothing but bad omens. In truth, they were holding the wrong end of the stick.

Zhao Youyue thought that black cats were cool. Perhaps she had been influenced by “Zheng Tan” in “Strange Life of a Cat.” Just like Zheng Tan, she morphed into a Xuan Cat, curled up in a fetal position, fast asleep.

At last, Zhao Youyue experienced how it felt like to be a cat!

A cat’s world was a completely different realm!

Cats had poor eyesights, similar to short-sighted humans. Almost everything was blurry. On top of that, they were color blind. Everything they saw was in black and white.

Fortunately, cats had rod-shaped photoreceptor cells on their retinas. Those cells were highly sensitive to light. They could see in near-total darkness. Instead of color, they saw the light. The brighter the light, the better they saw. It was the same way how black and white pictures were produced with differing densities of black spots. In a cats eyes, these pictures were three dimensional.

Despite their poor eyesight, they had extreme reflexes, and could zone in on just about anything, be it something as small as a cockroach or mice. A cat would jump towards it, before a human even registered it being there.

Suspended strings drove them crazy. They would curl up on their hunches, prepared to pounce as if they were hunting prey.

The cat body gave Zhao Youyue a great degree of discomfort. She pitied those who had involuntarily morphed into animals

After all these years of living as a human, it was not easy to adapt to the differences in an animal’s body. The cat’s sight threw her off. That was just the beginning of things, she had not even investigated the other senses yet.

Coincidentally, it was late at night. Zhao Youyue realized that the cat’s night vision was incredibly sharp, and with incredible cat reflexes, as she leaped out of the pet shop with ease. The human anatomy had nothing on this

Zhao Youyue had always been fond of new adventures and experiences. This was a unique experience for her. She simply needed to focus on her thoughts, and poof! Back to human form again. Very interesting!

Nevertheless, it had no practical usage whatsoever. She was merely a cat, and one without any destructive capabilities nor any special abilities. As a Xuan cat, she had expected to see etherial existences such as wandering souls and spirits. How disappointing.

Perhaps she could be mischievous and give innocent passersby a fright. Unfortunately, she was not a fully grown cat. She could only remain adorable and behave pleasantly.