Chapter 5

The fallen tiger was huge and heavy. Mu Ling tried to lift it, but it was completely motionless.

Mu Ling first pried open its eyes and determined its current condition by judging the shape of its pupils.

The pupils haven't dilated yet, there's still hope!

Mu Ling quickly opened the tiger's thighs again, felt the pulse on the inside of its hind legs, and counted its pulse beats in her mind.

The heartbeat grew weaker, so Mu Ling let the tiger lie on its side and pressed the back of its front elbows.

This position is the highest point of the tiger's chest cavity. By pressing here, cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be performed on the tiger.

The tiger's skin fat is too thick, so Mu Ling has to press very hard to stimulate the heart.

While she was giving the tiger first aid, a long-tailed raccoon in the distance was shivering and licking the blood from its fur.

There was a hole bitten on the back of its neck. Although it was not fatal, blood was still flowing.

It was very scared and wanted to escape, but when it saw humans and tigers in the distance, it didn't dare to leave. It called towards them anxiously, its meowing voice hoarse and aggressive.

The long-tailed raccoon seemed to think that Mu Ling was hurting the tiger, and it wanted to stop Mu Ling from leaving the tiger by shouting at her.

Mu Ling had only one response to the long-tailed raccoon's shouting: "Shut up!"

The weather was already hot, and Mu Ling's forehead was sweating. CPR took up a lot of her energy, and the long-tailed raccoon kept barking, so much so that she couldn't even count the tiger's heartbeats!

Animals detect danger through tone, smell, and movement.

After Mu Ling's roar, the long-tailed raccoon was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became obedient.

Humans are many times larger than raccoons. Previously, the raccoon thought Mu Ling was easy to bully and was very rude to her. But now that this two-legged beast was angry, the raccoon didn't dare to provoke it. It knew too well the dangers of an angry beast. It might die, just like it had just been bitten to death...

It is somewhat afraid of this human...

Finding a branch to stand on, the long-tailed raccoon continued to lick its paws with a wronged look. There was a lot of blood on its paws, and it seemed as if it could never lick it all off.

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The tiger didn't seem to be getting any better. Mu Ling gritted her teeth and said, there was no other way. Artificial respiration!

She put the tiger's tongue back into its mouth, closed its mouth, and blew air into its nostrils.

Mouth-to-nose artificial respiration is also a first aid method. The tiger's mouth is too big, and Mu Ling can't cover its mouth tightly with her hands. She simply lets its upper and lower jaws close tightly and blows air into its nose.

While blowing, Mu Ling stroked its chest to make sure its chest was rising and falling.

The tiger's body was too big, and Mu Ling felt that her lung capacity was not enough. After blowing four or five times in a row, the amount of sweat on her body doubled.

"Ha!" At this moment, the long-tailed raccoon suddenly started roaring again.

Mu Ling didn't have the energy to care about it anymore and continued to perform cardiac massage and artificial respiration on the tiger.

"Crack." The black mountain boots crushed a few dead branches.

When Xiang Bie came over, he saw a thin girl wearing a zoo staff vest, lying on the ground, puffing out her cheeks, and blowing air into Qilin's nose.

The man paused for a moment because of the accident.

After a pause, he quickly stepped forward.

Hearing hurried footsteps, Mu Ling looked up and saw a strange man.

The other person had sharp and cold facial features and a tall and slender figure. Mu Ling was stunned at first, and then saw the Piccolo Zoo logo on the other person's brown patrol uniform. Only then did she realize that this should be the Brother Xiang that Wei Li always talked about.

That is another employee of the zoo, Xiang Bie.

Xiang Bie didn't speak to Mu Ling. He squatted down and quickly checked Qilin's condition.

Mu Ling wiped the sweat from her head with the back of her hand. She continued to perform cardiac compressions on the tiger while saying to the man, "It's dying. I'm giving it first aid. Can you get some medicine quickly? Benzylamine or Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole will do. I need an injection."

The man looked at her, his dark eyes showing deep emotions. He did not ask about the girl's identity because the answer was obvious. In the entire park, apart from him and Wei Li, there was only one person who would appear here, the new director.

Xiang Bie said, "Benzylamine Modon and Dimethoate are only available at the service area. There's a first aid kit in the car. Do you need it?"

Mu Ling thought that the first aid kit probably only contained some medicine for external injuries, but there might also be some medicine for removing poisons. After all, there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the jungle, and animal poisoning was common. She said, "Yes!"

Xiang Bie stood up and ran quickly towards the mountain bike not far away.

In less than half a minute, the man came back and Xiang Bie put the first aid kit next to Mu Ling.

"Can it be saved?" the man suddenly asked.

Mu Ling's face flushed from the air she blew, and while taking a breath she replied, "I don't know."

She really didn't know, so she could only try her best.

Xiang Bie looked at her silently, then stood up and left, driving away the mountain bike. Mu Ling performed artificial respiration and CPR for more than seven minutes before she finally felt that Tiger could breathe on his own.

The tiger's hind legs trembled. Although it was just a mechanical muscle twitch, at least it responded, and its overall breathing became more stable.

Mu Ling sat down on the ground, and her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally fell back into her stomach!

Finally rescued!

Her clothes were soaked, but Mu Ling didn't care. She opened the first aid kit and looked at the medicine inside.

Mu Ling was a drug researcher after all. Even if she didn't understand animal medicine, she could still figure out the approximate formula by looking at the indications. There was indeed an anti-venom drug in it. Mu Ling knew that the tiger was poisoned by snake venom. After all, there were snake tooth marks on the wound. She found the most suitable medicine and increased the dosage greatly, a full three bottles, and injected them all into the tiger.

After the injection, Mu Ling observed the tiger's other symptoms. The tiger was covered with wounds. In addition to the new wounds on its back and thighs, it also had many old wounds.

Not to mention the deformed bone healing on the left hind leg, there are many scars of varying sizes on other parts of the body. Because of the many scars, hair follicles have stopped growing in many places, and the hair is bald in large patches. It may look majestic from a distance, but from a close distance it looks like a stray tiger.

"How did you get yourself into this state?"

Mu Ling was shocked. Isn't this a tiger from the zoo? Why is it even worse off than a wild tiger?

After wiping the area with the most blood with a disinfectant wipe, Mu Ling finally saw the shape of the most serious external injury on the tiger's back.

This should be an impact wound. There is a large bruise next to it. It may be that when fighting with an animal, he was thrown out and hit his back against a stone. The tip of the stone scratched the entire piece of skin and flesh, causing such a large wound.

Because the wound was on its back, the tiger could not lick it by itself, but its muscles would pull on the wound when it moved, so the wound never healed, the blood could never scab, and it kept bleeding.

The tiger's sudden fainting may be due to snake venom, the deterioration of its body functions, or excessive blood loss.

"You are really in trouble."

Mu Ling patted the tiger's head with pity, put on a pair of medical gloves, took out the needle and thread from the first aid kit, first disinfected the wound on the tiger's back, and then began to sew it up.

Mu Ling sewed very carefully, wiping the blood as she went along. When she was almost done, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the distance.

Mu Ling thought it was Xiang Bie who came back, but when she looked up, she saw it was Wei Li.

Yes, the service area is far away, and it is impossible for Xiangbie to come back so quickly.

"Oh shit, what's going on!" Wei Li was shocked when he came back just now.

The new director was missing, and the mountain bike parked on the side of the road was also gone. He thought the director had driven away by himself, but then he heard some noise over here and came over to take a look. He saw Qilin lying on the ground as if dead, with the director still sitting next to it.

“This, this is…”

Wei Li took a few steps forward and saw that Qilin was so badly injured. His heart ached and he quickly squatted down to touch it: "What happened?"

"It's okay, don't be nervous." Mu Ling hurriedly comforted Wei Li. She was afraid that Wei Ge would think that she was the one who made the tiger like this, so she quickly explained everything that had happened before, and finally said: "Xiang..."

After hesitating for a moment, Mu Ling followed Wei Li and called him "Brother Xiang".

"Brother Xiang has gone back to get medicine. Before we administer the effective medicine, we can't move it yet. Let it lie down for now. But Brother Wei, why does this tiger have so many injuries? Look at its hind legs, the bones are all crooked."

Wei Li looked at Qilin's hind legs with a pained look and whispered, "Qilin is too sensitive and won't let anyone get close to it. We can't heal it."

Mu Ling was stunned and looked at the holster on Wei Li's waist: "Is it not possible to use a tranquilizer gun?"

Generally, when large animals in zoos need treatment, they are given an anesthetic shot and then taken back for treatment.

Wei Li smiled bitterly, "When it was first injured, we shot it with a tranquilizer gun. After that, it got used to it and became very smart. It would run away as soon as it smelled our scent from ten miles away. We didn't even have a chance to get close to it."

Mu Ling thought that this tiger was quite naughty. No, it was the zoo's asset and must be actively treated. It could not be left to fend for itself!

Mu Ling said sternly, "Don't worry. We've caught it this time. Let's see where it goes! We must cure it all at once and let it know how powerful we humans are!"

Wei Li chuckled and looked at Xian Muling. He wanted to say that Qilin was an S-class retired war beast and would never allow itself to be locked in a cage while it was conscious, otherwise it would hurt itself. However, Qilin was still unconscious, so Wei Li didn't say anything. He thought he would just cure as many as he could.

Mu Ling quickly sewed up the wound on the tiger's back. Wei Li was very surprised and said, "I didn't know you had such a skill, Director."

Mu Ling was a little embarrassed: "It's just okay, the sewing is still a little crooked."

Wei Li said, "The main thing is that you, Director, studied veterinary medicine. It's obvious that you are very dedicated to our zoo."

Mu Ling originally wanted to say that she originally studied medicine and that she knew how to suture because of her previous good foundation. However, she then thought about it and realized that she had indeed taught herself veterinary medicine. She shyly accepted Wei Li's compliment and said with her head held high, "I can perform it again! Do you want to see it?"

Wei Li: “…”

Mu Ling's large, dark eyes focused precisely on the long-tailed raccoon on a nearby tree branch. She took off her gloves and lowered her voice, "That's the long-tailed raccoon. It's injured, too. Brother Wei, let's surround it and catch the cat. I'll sew you another one!"

Wei Li then quietly went to look at the naive raccoon licking its fur and said in the same low voice, "Okay, I'll go behind it and massage its back."

Mu Ling said, "I'll control its mouth from the front."

The two of them were whispering and discussing something, just like a meeting of an underground organization.

After formulating a capture plan, Wei Li went around to the other side of the woods. He pretended to be passing by and did not approach the long-tailed raccoon at the beginning.

Mu Ling also stood up, pretended to stretch, and slowly moved towards the big tree.

Because of the injury, the long-tailed raccoon was a little exhausted. Although he saw the two people, he did not think that they were coming for him, so he squatted on the tree and did not move.

Until Mu Ling gave the order: "Go!"

"Meow!!!!" In the deep and dense jungle in the evening, the raccoon cat's shrill screams, combined with the frantic shouting of humans, scared away the birds that were watching the show on the branches.

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Two hours later, Xiang Bie stopped the car and walked quickly into the bushes with the medicine box.

As he approached, he was stunned.

The woods were already dark at this time, but with his amazing night vision, he could see clearly even without the need for light.

Hazy moonlight streamed through the gaps between the trees. In the open space below, a girl in a blue vest leaned against a tree trunk next to the tiger, her head tilted, sound asleep. In her arms, she held a bandaged raccoon dog, curled up in her arms, its chin resting on her arm...

Suddenly, as if hearing the sound of someone approaching, the long-tailed raccoon quickly opened its eyes. The cat's fluorescent eyes shot towards Xiang Bie accurately in the dark night, and they were particularly bright.

"Brother Xiang."

A low voice called out from above.

Xiang Bie looked up and saw Wei Li leaping down from the tree.

Wei Li smiled as he looked at the silent man, tiger, and cat over there and whispered, "Our new director is quite impressive! He's only been here for a day, and he's already saved Qilin and subdued the long-tailed raccoon. The raccoon was barely alive when it was getting stitches, and then he even agreed to sleep in the director's arms. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes!"

Xiang Bie stared at that side for a while and asked, "Is Qilin okay?"

Wei Li said: "I'm not completely out of danger yet. I'm waiting for your medicine."

Xiang Bie handed the first aid kit to Wei Li: "Give me the injection, I'll go drive."

"By the way." Xiang Bie stopped again and looked back at the girl who was still sleeping over there: "Remember to call Colonel Val later and ask him to thank the new director personally."