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Entering the Demo, the player does not immediately obtain a body, but his consciousness is floating in the air, and three options appear in front of him -

[Two Cats Together] (Simple Mode) (Not yet open)

[Lone Hero Meow] (Single player mode) (not yet open)

[Cats and Dogs Together] (Classic Mode) (Opened)

"???"

The first second after logging into the game, Xia Yi burst out with desire to complain:

"Anyway, only one mode is open for trial play. Can't we just enter the game directly? What does it mean to deliberately show two modes that are not allowed to enter?"

"Appetizing, right?"

After Xia Yi finished complaining, she was silent for a second, "Okay, you succeeded. My appetite has indeed been whetted."

"But your pennant is gone!"

Click [Cats and Dogs Together], and three new options will pop up:

[invite friends]

[Match teammates]

[Smart teammates]

A bunch of "Choose me, choose me" barrages immediately popped up in the live broadcast room, but Xia Yi was a little hesitant.

It's not about anything else, it's mainly because she's a little curious about that [intelligent teammate].

As we all know, the level of NPC simulation designed by Yunmeng has always been amazing.

But it's different here. Smart teammates have to play both "teammates" and "cats and dogs", playing both roles at the same time. This makes people look forward to what kind of performance they will have.

After explaining to the water friends, Xia Yi chose [Smart Teammate].

After completing this selection, can I enter the game?

Of course not, a new option pops up again——

[Use default image]/[Custom image]

"Can you still shape your own image? Then you have to do it yourself!"

Xia Yi entered [Customized Image] curiously, wanting to see the freedom of pinching people.

And she was immediately surprised by the meticulousness of the "Homeward Bound" development team——

After selecting cat in the [Cat]/[Dog] options, a row of secondary options immediately popped up in front of you:

[Common cat breeds in daily life (20)]

[Major cat breeds in the world (60)]

[Upload cat images]

[fuzzy judgment]

[Hybridization of self-selected varieties]

Xia Yi subconsciously clicked on the first option, and immediately a bunch of cat animations with names popped up and were neatly arranged in front of her.

She read out the names one by one:

"[Daxia Pastoral Cat], [British Shorthair Cat], [America Shorthair Cat], [Ragdoll Cat], [Persian Cat], [Siamese Cat], [Scottish Fold Cat], [German Curly Cat], [Maine Coon Cat], [Bombay Cat], [Egyptian Cat], [Russian Blue Cat], [Abyssinian Cat]? [Exotic Shorthair Cat]...?”

Xia Yi paused, "Why are [British Shorthair Cat], [American Shorthair Cat] and [Exotic Shorthair Cat] considered three types of cats?"

When the "Homecoming" team designed these cat display pictures, the goal was to make every cat on display as cute as possible, rather than trying to have the same coat color, so that Xia Yi, the cloud breeder, would have a hard time distinguishing the details of different species. difference.

"And the following: [Sphynx Cat], [Birman Cat], [Norwegian Forest Cat], [Turkish Angora Cat], [Chinchilla]..."

"Are you sure these are all 'common cat breeds'? Why do I feel like so many people have never heard of them?"

Xia Yi was confused.

But this is just the beginning.

The collection of 60 mainstream cat animations at the back was an eye-opener for her.

What’s even more outrageous is that she discovered that when she clicks on any animated cat picture, a wealth of information will pop up!

This introduction to 60 cat categories can be used as a "Cat Encyclopedia".

The latter [Upload Cat Image] and [Fuzzy Judgment] functions, one supports players to upload images of cats they raise or see online as the basis for customization; the other fully takes into account the player's "knowledge" and allows players to Use words to describe cats you have "seen but don't recognize" to help players identify the cat breed and customize their image.

It can be said to be very considerate.

But if the first few options can be explained by "the development team is very attentive" and "full of love for cats and breeders", the latter option [crossing of self-selected breeds] is really difficult to explain... …

This function allows players to cross-breed any two breeds among the 60 types of cats above, randomly obtain certain characteristics of the parents, and there is a small probability of a "mutation" effect.

Then this "hybrid" variety can continue to be hybridized, and then develop the next generation and the next generation...

There are no restrictions, highlighting a randomness and no bottom line.

"Is this... some kind of random selection system?" Xia Yi was not sure.

At the same time, I was also a little surprised.

Looking at the previous article, she mistakenly thought that the production team of "Homeward Bound" were all fanatical cat slaves, but when she saw this, she felt that these people had the temperament of a mad scientist...

"No one cares about them?"

Xia Yi complained while choosing the Daxia Garden Cat, and then adjusted the coat color with gold on the outside and white on the inside with great interest. The four kittens' paws were changed into "white gloves" without a trace of variegation.

As for the extremely fine "textures", "beards", "eye color", "nose color", "flesh pads"... and other details, she is not so particular.

Anyway, in her opinion, they are all equally cute.

Moreover, these details successfully dispelled Xia Yi’s doubts about the hybrid system, and once again confirmed that the development team of "Homeward Bound" are all a group of fanatical cat slaves!

"It's finally finished. It feels like I haven't spent so much time on the process of 'entering the game' for a long time."

Xia Yi sighed with emotion, confirmed her image, skipped the step of pinching the dog for [intelligent teammates], and finally logged into the game.

First up is the opening animation.

It was similar to the content of the promotional video, but if there was any difference, it was no longer Ah Meow and Milkshake that fell, but Xia Yi and a golden retriever.

After watching the falling scene, a cat and a dog climbed up from the huge mushroom, looked up at the crack that shed light, and then looked at each other.

Although this golden retriever is not yet an adult, it is several times larger than Xia Yi. At this moment, it is looking down at Xia Yi curiously.

After Xia Yi hesitated, she took the lead to break the deadlock, "Hello?"

"Woof!" The golden retriever opened his mouth and spat out a dog language.

"?" Xia Yi was stunned for a moment, "You can't speak?"

The golden retriever was very unhappy: "Woof, woof, woof! Woof!"

For some reason, Xia Yi felt like it said: "You don't know how to speak!"

She was a little confused.

The golden retriever ignored the confused Xia Yi. After taking a look at the surrounding environment, he looked at an adjacent big mushroom and shouted at Xia Yi twice, "Woof! Woof!"

Xia Yi could swear to God that she really didn't understand Wang Xingyu.

But she felt like she understood it!

This golden retriever seems to be saying: "Should we go over there first and take a look?"

Before Xia Yi could answer, Golden Retriever spread out his four legs and started running majestically.

——The two big mushrooms are not close to each other, but separated by nearly one meter. If you want to jump over, you need some running.

Xia Yi had no choice but to put aside the language problem and start running with her golden retriever teammates.

As the golden retriever ran, he also encouraged Xia Yi, who was a few sizes younger than him next to him: "Woof woof! Woof woof!"

‘This means come on. ’ Xia Yi thought silently in her heart while getting used to her four legs.

Soon, a cat and a dog rushed to the edge of the big mushroom.

The golden retriever jumped up without hesitation!

Xia Yi has basically adapted to the four-legged movement. At this moment, if her limbs are strong, she will jump out!

but--

"Ouch~~~~~"

The brave golden retriever's front paws barely touched the edge of the big mushroom on the opposite side, and then fell down with a wailing sound.

Xia Yi quickly braked, even using her tail, and finally stopped at the edge.

"???" Xia Yi listened to the echoes that kept ringing in the darkness, her face filled with question marks.

She looked down at the bottomless darkness and couldn't help but ask two questions from her soul:

"Does this thing deserve to be called a smart teammate?"

"Are you sure you're not a mentally retarded teammate?!"