After being awakened by Zhang Zi'an, the other elves observed Lao Cha, Fina and the three cats on the mobile phone screen, and immediately woke up like a dream.

The elves vaguely saw something, but they were struggling to find a suitable language to describe it. After hearing his description, it seemed as if a stone blocking the trachea had been removed.

They followed Zhang Zi'an to Egypt, entered the Great Pyramid, entered the Golden Pyramid, and also saw many souvenirs of ancient Egyptian culture in the market, including many items and murals related to scarabs. After all, the ancient Egyptians believed that scarabs were pushing the sun to rise and set in the east every day, occupying a very important position in ancient Egyptian mythology, symbolizing the rebirth that the Pharaoh dreamed of, and was also one of the most commonly used shapes for making amulets.

The lines on Fina's forehead are a scarab beetle with an extremely clear outline.

Lao Cha also has similar patterns on his forehead, but it is not as distinct as Fina's scarab pattern.

Richard could only listen but couldn't see it. He was almost anxious. He pecked Zhang Zi'an's head with his bird's beak and asked him to explain it in words, because he usually didn't dare to look directly at Fina, and Lao Cha always wore a straw hat, so it didn't pay much attention to the patterns on the foreheads of these two cat elves.

Zhang Zian knew that if he didn't explain it clearly to Richard, it might have tossed all night. At the same time, in order to make other elves better understand, he said: "The scarab pattern on the forehead of Fina and Mr. Tea is similar to the capital English letters w, h, and m, which are arranged in order."

He used branches as firewood to mark these three letters in the soil.

w

h

m

The inflection points of w and m are connected to the upper and lower end points of h, just like a scarab with forelimbs, hind limbs, and body.

Some also omit the middle h and only connect it up and down with w and m.

In contrast, the three cats in the mobile phone album have no upper part on their foreheads, only m.

Scarab patterns and m-shaped patterns, basically all the patterns on the foreheads of tabby cats are nothing more than these two types. The former accounts for the majority and the latter accounts for a small part.

The elves finally understood it completely. Looking back at the ordinary cats in the pet store, it seems that they are like this for all tabby cats.

But what does this mean? It’s just the lines on the forehead!

Zhang Zian had never noticed this subtle difference before, and he would like to thank Professor Wei Kang for understanding this.

Professor Wei Kang studied the evolution process of domestic cats. He wanted to find a transitional cat species with mackerel patterns and spots, that is, the original Egyptian cat.

As a special consultant, Zhang Zi'an participated in a trip to Egypt and enjoyed the free food, clothing, housing and transportation provided by Binhai University. He was a loyal person. Otherwise, Professor Wei Kang would be embarrassed, so he actively maintained communication with Professor Wei Kang. By chance, he heard Professor Wei Kang mention this about the problem of the forehead lines of tabby cats.

Professor Wei Kang specializes in domestic cats and is quite knowledgeable in this regard. At that time, he just mentioned an ancient legend to explain the differences between the two patterns.

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Professor Wei Kang said it in a half-joking tone, but because it is quite interesting, Zhang Zi'an silently remembered it.

"Fina, how much do you know about this?"

Zhang Zian stared at Fina who had been silent.

When he was thinking, observing, and telling, Fina's attitude was very different from her usual calmness. Even when he met the four dead cats during the day, his attitude was so calm that he wondered whether he was planning to die in silence.

"I have noticed it a long time ago, far before today." Fina spoke. "When I teach kittens to dance, most of them are very obedient, and some are a little naughty. I thought it was an intellectual difference at that time, but I did notice that the patterns on the foreheads of these stubborn kittens were incomplete... After a thousand years, the world has changed. There are many differences between the cats of today and the cats of my era, so I didn't care much."

The other elves knew that Fina would teach new kittens to dance every once in a while, but they didn't expect there was any hidden secrets in it.

Fina's eyes suddenly became brighter, and she stared at Zhang Zi'an with a bright look, "What do you have to tell me about this?"

Zhang Zian did not answer immediately, but asked back: "Do you know cats have nine lives?"

"Nine lives? Nothing!" Fina said flatly, "If a cat has nine lives, it would not be a scarab as a symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt!"

Lao Cha also interrupted: "About this, I often hear people talking about it on TV, but I don't know what the source is. I always hear it in a mess. I have lived for so many years and have never seen any cat that can be resurrected..."

"Ga? Nine Life?" Richard was unwilling to be lonely. "When you were selling the Siberian Forest Cat that is said to be unsensitized, didn't you say there was a movie about cats called "Nine Life"?"

Zhang Zi'an nodded, "Yes, the legend of cats having nine lives is not only circulated in China, but also in the West."

"Nonsense!" Fina repeated, "I have never heard of it! I will not believe it!"

"It's normal that you didn't hear." Zhang Zian explained, "because this era where the origin of the legend is after you."

He said to the elves: "In ancient China, there were no cats. Cats were introduced to China from the Western Regions. The legend of Nine Life was also introduced from the Western Regions. The origin of this legend is in the Middle East."

In the ancient Middle East, this "ancient" was after the time of Fina, when a man with great reputation and prestige was respected by others as a prophet.

The prophet raised a cat named Miesza and loved it very much.

Once, the prophet was about to pray, but found Miesza asleep on the sleeve of his robe. In order not to disturb his good dream, he simply cut off his sleeves and put on his robe to pray. After returning from the prayer, Miesza seemed to know his love for him, and he bowed his back and raised his tail as if he was spiritual, and expressed his gratitude to him. The prophet petted Miesza's head three times, leaving four black lines, which were his four finger marks, shaped like m.

According to legend, the prophet not only left an M-shaped mark on Mieza, but also gave it nine lives. This is the origin of the legend of the cat with nine lives.

From then on, the scarab pattern and the m-shaped pattern parted ways.

After Zhang Zi'an finished speaking, the other elves could hear it, while Fina sneered.

People say that the moon on fifteen is sixteen.

He looked up at the full moon in the night sky. A cool breeze blew by. He suddenly felt a little cold. He tightened his body and murmured:
Chapter completed!