Chapter 237 - Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Don’t Antagonize a Cornered Cat (1/2)

“How many?” Tang Yue raised one finger.

“One.”

“How many?” Tang Yue raised two fingers.

“Two.”

“What’s one plus two?”

Tang Yue raised four fingers.

“Three.” Tomcat sighed and reached out its paw and pushed away the face that kept appearing in front of it. “Do you have a screw loose?”

“I’m worried that you have a screw loose,” Tang Yue said. “You weren’t even walking like a drunkard. You tripped on a power cable. Were you high on catnip?”

Tomcat sat on the ground against a wheel. The broken left arm was placed on its leg and Tang Yue was crouched beside it. He was anxiously checking it, but he didn’t dare do anything rash. He didn’t dare touch anything. Just as Tomcat said, this wasn’t in his domain of expertise. He didn’t know anything about Tomcat’s body structure and logically speaking, with such heavy damage, it was foolish to attempt any repairs. Sending it back to the factory was the only choice.

Tang Yue helped Tomcat plug in its power cable. The latter’s damage was definitely not only limited to its broken arm. Its entire body was covered in damage. The cause of most of it was unknown to Tang Yue. From the looks of it, Tomcat had once tried to repair itself, but due to the lacking conditions, it could only use scotch tape to simply mend the places where its fur had dropped. It was shockingly crude.

Tang Yue suddenly realized that his impression of Tomcat wasn’t this. At least a year ago, Tomcat was still an elegant cross talking master and Kunlun Station’s Station Commander. It was like a landlord with great power. It often groomed its fur and whiskers, but now, it was like a member of a suicide squad, its body covered in injuries.

When did it become like this?

“Can it still be attached?”

“Of course.” Tomcat picked up the broken limb and shook the sand off its fur. The way it did it was alarming. “Don’t be frightened even if it looks like a mortal wound. Actually, I’m fine…”

“You said you were fine a moment ago.” Tang Yue cut it off. “But you fell down a split second later.”

“It’s just a paw. Humans might die if they lose an arm, but I’m a cat. A cat without an arm…”

“Will also die.”

“It’s not like I’ll die from the loss of blood. Since I’m not anxious, why are you?” Tomcat said. “My four limbs are removable. It’s to facilitate repairs and upgrades. They are interfaces that my designers reserved. Don’t think of it as falling off. It’s not a severed limb, nor is it considered a bone fracture. At best, it’s a dislocation…”

As it spoke, Tomcat had finished cleaning the limb and installed it back to its shoulder. It adjusted its angle and then lodged it in like a bottle cap.

There was a crisp and soft cracking sound.

The broken arm had been attached.

It was simple and swift.

Tang Yue was taken aback. Could it be that to Tomcat, its limbs were attachable and removable just like USB drives? They were plug and play that supported hot-swapping?

“Hmm… It’s not as smooth as before. It hasn’t been maintained for too long, and the abrasion to the joints is a little serious. However, I can still make do with it. I just have no idea how much stress it can handle.” Tomcat rotated its paws. “Based on the current situation, it shouldn’t be a problem for it to last until the final moment.”

Tang Yue heaved a sigh of relief and sat on the ground, his clothes already soaked in sweat.

“Do you know that you gave me a fright? If you were to collapse here, what would do?”