Back in the community, Xia Xu led A Tuo and just walked back downstairs when he saw Luo Hongyun walking towards him with a surprised look on his face.
"Uncle Luo, do you still know how to look after dogs?"
Xia Xu was a little surprised.
"I don't know how to read dogs, but I can see that there seems to be an unyielding fighting spirit in its eyes."
Luo Hongyun showed great interest in Atuo: "The most important thing is that you didn't notice its expression?"
"Demeanor?"
Xia Xu was confused.
"It feels like a sentinel or guard to me. It is always paying attention to the movements around it and maintains a state of being ready to explode with strength at any time."
Luo Hongyun tilted his head slightly and grinned at Atuo: "I don't know much about dogs, but when it comes to humans, they are definitely the best among the best."
"Maybe it's your first time here, so you're too nervous."
Xia Xu thinks this is quite normal.
Luo Hongyun shook his head slightly: "This is different. Nervousness is essentially fear, and it is just a state of high concentration and vigilance in preparation for war. It is easy to distinguish between the two."
As he said that, he smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity that I'm a little thinner, otherwise I must be a fierce dog."
stare!
Atuo, who was still scanning the surroundings, turned his head as if reflexively and stared directly at Luo Hongyun.
"Hey, you still dare to stare at me?"
Luo Hongyun became more interested, perhaps a little probing, and unabashedly released strong murderous intent.
"Woof!"
Atuo was furious at the first moment.
It's not an adjective, but the hair all over his body is really exploding, his limbs are struggling to support the ground, his back is arched, and his ferocious teeth are bared.
It didn't have any intention of retreating and escaping. Instead, it stared at Luo Hongyun's eyes and looked at him. While guarding against his sudden outburst, it slowly moved forward a few steps and stood between Xia Xu and Luo Hongyun.
"Okay, Atuo, this is not an enemy."
Xia Xu hurriedly expressed relief, squatted down and stretched out his hand to smooth Atuo's hair. At the same time, he looked up at Luo Hongyun helplessly: "Uncle Luo, don't scare Atuo."
"Haha, just try, try."
Luo Hongyun laughed out loud in embarrassment: "Xiao Xu, you have found a treasure this time. If you can strengthen your body, it will be more reliable than an ordinary bodyguard."
"If I can grow strong, it won't be my turn."
Xia Xu shrugged, chatted with Luo Hongyun for a while, and then led A Tuo back to his rental house.
"Atuo, this will be your new home from now on, and I will be your master and family from now on."
As soon as he entered the house, Xia Xu let go of the leash and relaxed on the sofa.
After Atuo let go of his hand, he looked at everything in the room with both unfamiliarity, vigilance and curiosity. He looked here and there, wandered around for several times and then jumped on the sofa. He obediently lay down next to Xia Xu and stretched out his arms.
He took out his tongue and licked the back of his hand.
Kunming dogs are usually more like bodyguards and warriors, and have basically no habit of acting coquettishly. This is almost a very affectionate behavior.
Xia Xu opened Atuo's attribute panel and took a look, and sure enough, it was true.
[Favorability]:60
According to the hundred-point system, sixty points is the passing mark.
Although Atuo has a basic favorability of 45 points towards him, it may not be that simple to achieve the 15-point leap, and it may even be much more difficult than for humans.
After thousands of years of unconscious genetic selection, most dogs are able to 'recognize their owners'.
Although it is impossible for them to have a so-called contract existence like the 'summons' in novels and animations, they will instinctively be loyal to and dependent on their masters. Some of them are only close to their masters and are not allowed to be touched by others.
Kunming dogs are not so extreme in the latter, but they are also outstanding in loyalty and dependence.
Of course, since the police dog base sells these trained culled dogs to ordinary people, it must have made preparations for these culled dogs to change their owners, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to take them home.
Normally, after these culled dogs are taken home and raised for a while, the owner change can be completely completed.
But Atuo is obviously a bit special. Given his intelligence, he may have already realized that he had been abandoned by his original owner and had a new owner.
And after just getting along and communicating with him, it seems to have completed its preliminary recognition of him.
"Don't worry, I will definitely not treat you badly or abandon you in the future."
Reminiscent of the scene when Atuo was standing in front of him when facing Luo Hongyun, Xia Xu couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, and took the dog's head and stroked it affectionately.
He did not forget his previous promise to Atuo, and directly dug out the wolf-enhancing serum.
"Aren't you always worried about your thin body? Come and see this. This is the reward I promised you before, a good thing that can make you stronger quickly."
Xia Xu took out the wolf-strengthening serum and waved it in front of Atuo like a treasure.
Hearing the words 'become stronger', Atuo's ears twitched twice instantly.
[Favorability]:80
The favorability level jumped to 20 points, and on the basis of its already high level, it directly reached a full 80 points.
"Good guy, your IQ is as high as Einstein in the dog world."
Although he tried his best to overestimate Atuo's IQ, Xia Xu couldn't help but be surprised.
The favorability level soared by twenty points.
I don’t know if he gave it because he ‘fulfilled his promise’ or ‘became stronger’, but there is no doubt that Atuo did clearly understand the meaning of his words before.
Not limited to instructions and vocabulary, real language understanding.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Atuo to gain so much favor in an instant just because of a 'blue plastic pipe'.
Xia Xu's original plan was actually to 'reward' Atuo with the wolf-strengthening serum, and wait for a while before injecting it into him.
But Ato's intelligence and soaring loyalty made him change his attention a little.
He said solemnly: "Atuo, I don't know if you really understand, but I still want to explain it in advance.
This thing should be able to greatly strengthen your body and make you stronger than other similar products, but I am not 100% sure of its safety and side effects.
So using this is likely to be extremely dangerous. If you understand it, you can decide for yourself whether to use it. If you don’t understand it, I won’t let you use it for the time being until I can study it clearly later.”
"Woof."
Atuo barked, wagging his tail, holding the wolf-strengthening serum in his mouth, and looked at Xia Xu expectantly.
Xia Xu saw anticipation and excitement in its eyes, but he didn't see even a trace of hesitation or hesitation.
Be strong! Fight!
Xia Xu looked at Atuo's obsession column, then looked at Atuo's expectant eyes again, and finally made up his mind to take the enhanced serum from his mouth.
This serum is actually loaded into a syringe, and it uses some kind of needleless injection technique or a very short and thin needle.
After all, in the original plot, Grant, the protagonist, snatches this thing and injects it himself, so he can't be expected to find a nurse slowly or tie a blood vessel himself.
Yesterday, Xia Xu studied for a while and figured out how to use it. He directly pierced Atuo's body and injected a tube of serum into it.
Then... nothing happened.
Atuo tilted his head and looked at Xia Xu doubtfully.
"This is genetic modification. You are taking stimulants. It needs to be combined with your stem cells and then replace cells throughout the body through metabolism. Do you understand?"
In order to maintain the dignity of his master, Xia Xu reluctantly used his meager biological knowledge to keep a straight face and made nonsense.