Chapter 141

December 27th.

It was snowing heavily in Beek Zoo.

Under the heavy snow, although there are still as many tourists as usual, the number of animals in the mountains is visibly much less.

In winter, I don’t want to go to work.

Fortunately, the war beasts were not greatly affected. It was not because they still liked to go out for a stroll, but because the second service area was made up of glass houses. As long as one stood on the second floor and looked at the first floor, one could see the situation inside the room.

"It's already minus 20 degrees Celsius today. This should be the coldest day this year, right?" Mu Ling sat in Badao's room, watching Brother Xiang feeding Badao, and glanced at the heavy snow outside, and couldn't help but sigh.

After Xiang Bie finished feeding the children, he began to sweep the floor. As he swept, he said, "The weather forecast says it will be cold for a few more days."

Mu Ling felt helpless and sighed again.

At this moment, while chewing an apple and secretly watching Xiang Bie's domineering behavior, he suddenly rushed over with an annoying look, and while Xiang Bie was sweeping the floor, he bumped into him from behind.

Xiang Bie's body shook, he turned around and stared coldly at the flat-footed ape.

After hitting the person, Badao quickly ran to Mu Ling.

The clever flat-footed gorilla has discovered through observations during this period that as long as Mu Ling comes in with Xiang Bie, if it causes trouble and hides towards Mu Ling, Xiang Bie will not hit it.

Mu Ling was amused by Badao's cowardly demeanor. She reached out and poked his arm, saying, "Why are you so naughty? Do you know how well-behaved our An An is? He's become so familiar with the animals in just a few days. Now he occasionally visits the confinement center."

Badao didn't know what Mu Ling was talking about. Seeing that Xiang Bie didn't dare to come over, he bared his teeth at him provocatively, making a "squeaking" sound with his mouth.

Xiang Bie was too lazy to pay attention to it and continued sweeping the floor.

At this moment, Mu Ling's computer suddenly rang.

Seeing that it was Director Wang calling, Mu Ling immediately sat up straight and coughed lightly: "Director Wang, I was just about to report to you that we couldn't find the wild animals that followed us back a few days ago. The snow is too heavy, and our investigation work is really..."

"Alright, alright, stop making it up." Director Wang on the other end couldn't stand it anymore and said speechlessly, "That's not why I'm looking for you."

Mu Ling was stunned: "If it's not about this, then what is it? Do I owe you any other animals?"

Director Wang said, "A zoo on Yatai Star closed down. All the other animals have gone to places, but there's a demon wolf. They can't even give it away, let alone sell it. People from Yatai Star came to me and asked if you, the Beak Zoo, are interested?"

Since the emergence of the infectious virus, many animals have evolved in order to adapt to the environment. Most of them have evolved talents to resist mutations, but some animals have not evolved talents, but have become physically better.

For example, the Wind Chaser Wolf.

The Devil Wolf is also of this type.

But the difference between the Devil Wolf and the Wind-Chasing Wolf is that even though the Wind-Chasing Wolf has evolved, it still maintains the habits of a normal wolf and eats chickens, ducks, and animal feed.

But the devil wolf eats people.

Other wolves attack humans to protect themselves.

The devil wolf attacks humans simply because it is greedy for human flesh.

Currently, the number of devil wolves in the entire federation is decreasing. In fact, the number of evolved animals is not large. For example, the number of tearing tigers and fire leopards is also very small.

It’s just that for other evolved animals, if you cannot breed them, humans will find ways to help you breed them. Even the Wind Chasing Wolf has a breeding base and is treated like a national treasure every day.

But the devil wolves, no one is willing to breed them.

Many people even speculated that the devil wolf was actually a second-generation mutant wolf bred from a normal wolf and a strange wolf, and that this kind of wolf should not be passed down at all.

Some scientists have also conducted experiments, trying to breed devil wolves with other normal wolves to see if the devil wolf's genes can be cleared after three or four generations.

But the devil wolf is a very strange animal. It does not mate with other wolf or dog species. It only mates with devil wolves, otherwise it will not go into heat. Therefore, until now, the devil wolf has always been a somewhat embarrassing existence in the animal kingdom.

Director Wang sighed softly. "The old director of that zoo was a soft-hearted man. He hesitated when he rescued the devil wolf, but in the end, he took it home and raised it for four or five years. The devil wolf never attacked anyone. But other zoos were reluctant to accept it when they heard it was a devil wolf. Not only was there a potential danger, but most people didn't like seeing devil wolves, thinking they were unlucky. That's why I asked you."

Mu Ling pondered for a moment.

Xiang Bie was sweeping the floor and his hand came to Mu Ling's side. When Badao saw Xiang Bie coming, he quickly ran to the other side to prevent him from attacking him.

Seeing Brother Xiang coming over, Mu Ling pressed the mute button and asked Brother Xiang: "Brother Xiang, do you think we should accept the Devil Wolf?"

Xiang Bie suddenly paused, his eyelids twitched, his fingers clenched the broom in his hand, and he looked at Mu Ling with a serious look.

"Demon...Ghost Wolf?"

Mu Ling nodded. "Yes, Director Wang said there's a Devil Wolf that no one wants, and asked if we want one."

Xiang Bie frowned, and after a while, he said, "You decide."

Mu Ling scratched her head: "I'm not sure either. I'm mainly worried that it might hurt someone."

Xiang Bie continued sweeping the floor: "Has it ever hurt anyone?"

"No."

Xiang Bie said calmly: "Then you can take a gamble."

Mu Ling: “…”

Mu Ling muttered, "How can I bet on this..." Then, she turned on her voice again and asked Director Wang, "Director Wang, if we don't accept it, what will happen to the Devil Wolf in the end?"

Director Wang hesitated and said, "Before asking you, I've actually asked every zoo I could, including Changshan Zoo. Changshan Zoo was originally the most likely to accept the animal. Director Tian is a very good person, but Director Tian was worried that the Devil Wolf would be too uncontrollable and might hurt other animals, so in the end he didn't relent. If you also refuse, I guess we'll just release it."

Releasing? Releasing animals that have been raised for four or five years?

Everyone knows that animals that have been raised by humans will most likely not be able to survive if they return to the wild. Within a month, these animals may be bitten to death by other animals in a fight for territory, or starve to death because they cannot hunt.

Mu Ling frowned. She had to admit that she felt a little soft-hearted. She said, "Why don't you send me a video first, and then I'll discuss it with our employees."

Director Wang responded with a "OK".

After a while, Director Wang’s video came and Mu Ling clicked on it.

In the video, a devil wolf that looks similar to an ordinary wolf but has a spotted tail is curled up in the corner of a dirty and messy cage.

Its eyes looked a little fearful, probably because someone was filming it. It acted very scared. If you look closely, you can see that its body is trembling slightly.

At this time, the filming crew walked into the cage.

The devil wolf became even more frightened, but it did not intimidate the filming crew by roaring or showing its teeth. It remained curled up and motionless.

The cameraman came to the devil wolf, then reached out and grabbed the devil wolf's mouth, turning its head around to show it in front of the camera.

During this period, the devil wolf let him manipulate it, and even when its tail was pulled, it did not look back.

Is this really a wolf? Mu Ling felt that even dogs were not so docile.

Mu Ling's expression suddenly became serious.

Soon, the video ended. Mu Ling showed it to Brother Xiang. After watching it, Xiang Bie's face darkened. After a while, he uttered two words: "Abuse."

Yes, this is a devil wolf that looks like it has suffered a lot of abuse.

Xiang Bie turned his gaze and looked at Mu Ling again, then said: "I know what you are thinking, accept it."

Mu Ling bit her finger: "But I'm still afraid..."

"I'm here." Xiang Bie said in a deep voice, "I'm responsible for everything."

Her restless heart seemed to be soothed by these words. Mu Ling took a deep breath, then nodded heavily and said, "Then I want it!"

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They agreed to accept it on the 27th and it was delivered on the evening of the 29th.

While waiting for the Devil Wolf to be delivered, Wei Li was extremely anxious: "Director, do you really want to receive the Devil Wolf? That thing can eat people."

Mu Ling waved her hand: "It's caged. I've had someone build a separate glass room behind the nursery. It will be caged as soon as it comes here and won't be let out."

Wei Li was still anxious: "Who will take care of it then?"

"Don't worry, Brother Xiang and I will take care of it. You don't have to worry about it."

Wei Li was very conflicted: "Director, I still feel..."

"Hey, here it comes." Mu Ling saw a car driving up from the foot of the mountain and immediately interrupted Wei Li and asked him to open the door.

The people who brought the devil wolf here were not from the Yatai Star Zoo, but from a transportation company. The workers put a large iron cage at the door, asked Mu Ling to sign the receipt, and then turned and left.

Mu Ling has been receiving animals for so long, but this is the first time she has encountered a transportation company that needs to transport animals.

Seeing that the transport truck had gone far away, Mu Ling lowered her eyes and looked at the devil wolf in the cage.

Just like in the video, this adult devil wolf still looks timid.

It curled up at the very edge of the cage. Because it was in an unfamiliar environment, it was staring nervously outside through the iron bars. When its animal eyes met Mu Ling's eyes, the devil wolf became obviously more afraid, and its body began to tremble slightly again.

Wei Li observed the devil wolf for a long time and was a little surprised: "It's a devil wolf? Ah? Director, why do I feel that you look more ferocious than it?"

Mu Ling: “…”

Mu Ling waved her hand and said, "Push it in first."

Wei Li pushed the cage carefully. He originally thought that the devil wolf would move twice when he pushed the cage.

As a result, it didn't move at all. No matter how the cage shook, it remained curled up.

Soon, they arrived at the glass house. Xiang Bie had already added food and water inside. When he saw them coming, his eyes darkened and he looked at the iron cage that Wei Li was pushing.

The devil wolf in the cage looked very similar to the one in Xiang Bie's vague memory.

Thinking of the mutated devil wolf that slept next to him three years ago.

Xiang Bie took a deep breath, not wanting to recall any more, and said, "You guys get out."

Mu Ling and Wei Li hurried out.

Xiang Bie put on the protective suit, then walked carefully to the cage and turned on the door.

After opening it, he did not push open the cage door, but quickly left the glass house and stood outside, waiting for the devil wolf to come out.

Waiting for the devil wolf to come out.

Waiting for the devil wolf to come out.

wait……

Mu Ling glanced at the brain: "No, we have been standing there for ten minutes, why hasn't it come out yet?"

Wei Li scratched his head: "Does it think the cage is closed? I'll go open the cage a little."

Mu Ling said seriously, "Be careful."

As he said that, he gave all the helmets to Brother Wei.

Wei Li put on protective clothing and a helmet, and was fully armed before he bravely entered the glass house. Then he used the end of a broom to open the cage door from a distance.

Not until the cage door was completely opened did Wei Li immediately run out again.

Then……

One minute, two minutes, ten minutes.

Another twenty minutes passed, and Mu Ling was tired of standing. She sat cross-legged on the ground and asked, "Why hasn't it come out yet?"

"The door is open, there's no way he wouldn't come out." Wei Li muttered, "Did he smell us? How about we leave and use the surveillance camera?"

Mu Ling could only get up from the ground and said, "Let's go to the square."

The three of them walked all the way to the square, then sat in a row on the flower bed, looking at the surveillance screen in the air.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

“Hoo, hoo…”

Mu Ling suddenly looked to the side and saw that Brother Wei had fallen asleep, his head resting on Brother Xiang's shoulder, and he was still snoring.

Mu Ling: “…”

Category: "..."

Xiang Bie raised his hand and pushed Wei Li's head away.

Wei Li nearly fell down, wiped his saliva, and asked hurriedly: "Is it out? Is it out?"

Mu Ling sighed: "No, it didn't move at all in there."

Wei Li yawned. "It's too cautious. It's worthy of being the most terrifying wolf species. Its sense of crisis is too strong. How about we forget about it tonight? After all, there's food and water. It won't starve to death."

Xiang Bie also said: "Let's see tomorrow, it's already one o'clock."

Mu Ling was actually also sleepy, she said: "Okay, let's see tomorrow."

The three returned to the dormitory.

A night passed.

The next day, at twelve o'clock noon, Mu Ling stood outside the devil wolf's cage and scratched her head.

Xiang Bie and Wei Li were urgently called over by her. Wei Li asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong? It hasn't come out yet?"

Mu Ling pointed inside the glass room and said, "It's in the same position it was in last night. It hasn't eaten anything, drank any water, or gone to the bathroom. It hasn't moved at all!"

Xiang Bie frowned, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Let me take another look at the previous video."

Mu Ling quickly played the previous video of the Devil Wolf again for Brother Xiang to watch.

Wei Li also came over to watch, and was shocked as he watched: "This devil wolf really has no temper..."

Xiang Bie pointed to the cage in the video and said, "There are no footprints around it."

Mu Ling looked carefully and found that the soil in the cage was a bit soft. Logically, there should be many wolf footprints near the devil wolf, but she didn't see any.

Wei Li asked, "What do you mean, it's lame?"

Xiang Bie said: "I'll go in and take a look."

Xiang Bie put on protective clothing and a helmet. As soon as he entered, the devil wolf inside heard the noise and looked at Xiang Bie timidly.

Xiang Bie took the food bowl and water bowl from a distance and placed them directly into its cage.

The devil wolf didn't move or eat.

Xiang Bie took a piece of animal food and put it next to its mouth.

The devil wolf turned its head away slightly, still not eating out of nervousness.

Wei Li outside understood: "It's on a hunger strike. It can't adapt to the new environment, so it's going on a hunger strike to resist."

Mu Ling didn't say anything, she still watched Brother Xiang's actions.

At this time, Mu Ling saw Brother Xiang dip some water with his hand and apply the water to the mouth of the devil wolf.

This time, the devil wolf finally licked the water stains on its mouth.

It licked repeatedly and looked very thirsty.

Xiang Bie stuffed another piece of animal food directly into its mouth.

Now, the devil wolf finally began to chew the food slowly.

After eating just one, it still didn't eat the food in the bowl, but looked at the bowl of water.

Xiang Bie took away the food and water bowl, then reached out and dragged the devil wolf out of the cage.

During this period, the devil wolf was still timid, but did not resist. It was like a pool of dead meat, allowing Xiang Bie to move it.

Mu Ling finally understood the reason. She picked up the protective suit and helmet next to her, put them on, and walked in.

Wei Li hurriedly followed in.

Mu Ling helped Brother Xiang move the huge devil wolf out.

After the devil wolf came out, it still didn't move. It just lay there wherever Xiang Bie put it.

Mu Ling and Xiang Ge looked at each other, then one of them held the front legs of the devil wolf, and the other held the hind legs of the devil wolf to make it stand.

The devil wolf stood up, but after standing for a while, fell down again.

Wei Li's face was filled with shock: "What's going on? It's really paralyzed?"

Mu Ling's face darkened slightly as she said, "It's not a normal wolf, it's an experimental wolf."

Wei Li looked at the headmaster in surprise: "Huh?"

Mu Ling explained: "Laboratory animals are like this. They have lived in cages in the laboratory since they were young. They have never left the cages since they were born, so they can't walk. As for standing, they should be able to do it when they are young, but when they grow up, the cages are still so small that they can't stand up, and gradually they can't stand up anymore."

"Laboratory animals are usually used to test drug efficacy, toxicity, resistance, and so on. They are often carried around and pushed around for blood tests and scans. Their food is fed regularly by the staff, and the feeding needs to be coordinated with the current medication. It seems that it has never eaten animal food before, so it is afraid to eat it. As for water, it should be able to drink it now."

Mu Ling put the basin of water over, and sure enough, the devil wolf immediately began to lick it with big gulps.

Mu Ling felt a little distressed, stroking its rough fur, and said, "Director Wang lied to me, or Director Wang was also deceived by Yatai Star. This devil wolf is definitely not a devil wolf that has lived in the zoo for several years. It looks like it was just released from the laboratory. I'm not talking about conspiracy theories, this is a problem. I think this devil wolf was deliberately stuffed into my place."

Mu Ling said, then looked at Brother Xiang and Brother Wei, and asked: "Brother Xiang, Brother Wei, do you know this devil wolf? Or, have you known other devil wolves before?"