Chapter 141

On December 27,

a heavy snowfall occurred in the Piccolo Zoo.

Under the heavy snow, although there were still as many tourists as usual, the number of animals in the mountains was visibly reduced.

In winter, no one wants to go to work.

Fortunately, the beasts were not affected much. It was not that the beasts still liked to go out for a stroll, but the second service area was full of glass houses. As long as you stand on the second floor and look at the first floor, you can see the situation inside the room.

"It's minus 20 degrees today. This should be the coldest day of the 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 sighing.

After Xiang Bie finished feeding, he started sweeping the floor. While sweeping, he said, "The weather forecast says it will be cold for a few more days."

Mu Ling felt helpless and sighed again.

At this time, while chewing an apple, he secretly watched Xiang Bie's domineering behavior. Suddenly, he rushed over with disgust and bumped into Xiang Bie from behind while he was sweeping the floor.

Xiang Bie's body swayed, turned his head, and stared at the flat-footed ape coldly.

After hitting people, he quickly ran to Mu Ling.

The smart flat-footed ape has discovered through observation during this period that as long as Mu Ling comes in with Xiang Bie, it will hide to Mu Ling's side if it gets into trouble, and Xiang Bie will not hit it.

Mu Ling was amused by Badao's bullying and cowardly look. She reached out and poked his arm and said, "Why are you so naughty? Do you know how well-behaved our An An is? He has become familiar with the animals at home after just a few days. Now he occasionally takes the initiative to visit 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, and made a "squeaking" sound from his mouth.

Xiang Bie was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to sweep the floor.

At this time, 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..."

"Okay, stop making it up." Director Wang on the other end couldn't stand it anymore and said speechlessly: "I'm not looking for you for this."

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

Director Wang said: "There is a zoo on Yatai Star that has closed down. Other animals have places to go, but there is a devil wolf. Let alone selling it, it can't even be given away. People on Yatai Star asked me here, let me ask you, are you interested in the Bic Zoo?"

Since the emergence of the 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 their physiques have become better.

For example, the wind chasing wolf.

And the devil wolf is the same.

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

But the Devil Wolf eats people.

Other wolves attack humans to protect themselves.

The Devil Wolf attacks humans simply because they are 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 Ripping Tigers and Fire Leopards is also small.

It’s just that if you can’t breed other evolved animals, humans will find ways to help you breed them. Even the Wind Chaser Wolf has a breeding base and is pampered as a national treasure every day.

But no one is willing to breed the Devil Wolf.

Many people even speculate that the Devil Wolf is a second-generation mutant wolf born from the breeding of a normal wolf and an alien wolf, and that this kind of wolf should not be passed down.

Some scientists have also conducted experiments to breed the Devil Wolf with other normal wolves to see if the genes of the Devil Wolf can be washed away after three or four generations.

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

Director Wang sighed lightly: "The old director of that zoo was a soft-hearted person. He was also hesitant when he rescued the devil wolf, but in the end, he took it back and raised it. After four or five years, the devil wolf never attacked anyone. However, other zoos were still unwilling to accept it when they heard it was a devil wolf. Not only was there a potential danger, but mainly, most people did not like to see devil wolves and thought that devil wolves were unlucky. That's why I asked you."

Mu Ling pondered

for a moment. Xiang Bie swept over to Mu Ling's side. Badao saw Xiang Bie coming and ran to the other side quickly to prevent him from attacking him.

Seeing Brother Xiang coming over, Mu Ling muted the phone and asked Brother Xiang: "Brother Xiang, do you think we should take the Devil Wolf?"

Xiang Bie suddenly paused, his eyelids twitched, his fingers suddenly clenched the broom in his hand, and his eyes stared at Mu Ling solemnly.

"Devil... Ghost Wolf?"

Mu Ling nodded: "Yes, Director Wang said there is a Devil Wolf that no one wants, and asked if we want it?"

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

Mu Ling scratched his head: "I'm not sure, I'm mainly afraid that it will hurt people."

Xiang Bie continued to sweep the ground: "Has it hurt anyone?"

"They say there isn't one."

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

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling muttered, "How can I take this gamble..." 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?"

Director Wang said hesitantly, "Before asking you, I have actually asked all the zoos I could, including Changshan Zoo. Changshan Zoo was originally the most likely to accept it. Director Tian is a very good person, but Director Tian is worried that the Devil Wolf is too uncontrollable and will hurt other animals, so he didn't give in in the end. If you refuse, I guess we'll just release it."

Release? Raise an animal for four or five years and then release it?

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, such animals may be bitten to death by other animals in a territorial dispute, or starve to death because they cannot hunt prey.

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

Director Wang said yes.

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

In the video, a devil wolf that looked like an ordinary wolf but had a spotted tail was curled up in a dirty corner of the cage.

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

At this time, the cameraman walked into the cage.

The devil wolf was even more frightened, but it did not intimidate the cameraman by roaring or baring 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 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 turn back.

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

Mu Ling's face suddenly became serious.

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

Yes, this is a devil wolf that can be seen at a glance that 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'll take care of everything."

The 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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No. 27 agreed to accept it, and it was delivered on the evening of the 29th.

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

Mu Ling waved her hand: "Keep it in a cage. I have asked someone to add a separate glass house behind the glass house of the nursery. When it comes, it will be kept in a cage and not let out."

Wei Li was still anxious: "Then who will take care of it?"

"Don't worry, Brother Xiang and I will be in charge. You don't have to worry about it."

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

"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 sent the devil wolf here were not from Yataixing 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 around and left.

Mu Ling has been receiving animals for so long, but this is the first time she has encountered a transportation company that sent 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 looked timid.

It curled up at the edge of the cage. Because it was in an unfamiliar environment, it was passing through the iron bars and staring nervously outside. When its beastly pupils met Mu Ling's eyes, the devil wolf obviously became more frightened, 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 a few times when pushing the cage.

As a result, it didn't move at all. No matter how the cage shook, it always 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 sank and looked at the iron cage that Wei Li was pushing.

The devil wolf in the cage was 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 think about it any more, he said: "You guys go out."

Mu Ling and Wei Li hurried out.

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

After opening it, he did not push the cage door open, but quickly left the glass room 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 computer: "No, we have been standing there for ten minutes, why hasn't it come out yet?"

Wei Li shook his head: "Does it think the cage is not open? I'll go open the cage a little."

Mu Ling said seriously: "Be careful."

As he said that, he gave the helmet to Brother Wei.

Wei Li put on protective clothing, a helmet, and fully armed before he bravely entered the glass room. Then he used a broom to push the cage door open.

When the cage door was completely opened, Wei Li immediately ran out again.

Then...

one minute, two minutes, ten minutes.

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

"The door is open, it's impossible for it not to come out." Wei Li muttered, "Did it smell us? How about we leave and use surveillance?"

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 then saw that Brother Wei had fallen asleep, his head resting on Brother Xiang's shoulder, still snoring.

Mu Ling: "..."

Xiang Bie: "..."

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

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

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

Wei Li yawned: "It's too cautious, it's the most terrifying wolf species, it has a strong sense of crisis, or forget it tonight, anyway, there is 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 sleepy, she said: "Okay, let's see tomorrow."

The three returned to the dormitory.

One night passed.

The next day, at twelve o'clock noon, Mu Ling stood outside the cage of the devil wolf and frowned.

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 house and said, "It was in the same position when it went in last night. It's still in the same position now. It didn't eat any food, drink any water, or go to the toilet. It didn't move at all!"

Xiang Bie's brows frowned. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let me take a look at the previous video again."

Mu Ling quickly played the previous video of the devil wolf for Brother Xiang to see again.

Wei Li also went over to watch, and was shocked as he watched: "This devil wolf is really bad tempered..."

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

Mu Ling carefully identified it and found that the soil of the cage was a bit soft. Logically, there should be many wolf footprints near the devil wolf, but there was not a single one.

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 the protective clothing and helmet. As soon as he went in, the devil wolf inside heard the movement and looked at Xiang Bie timidly.

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

The devil wolf did not move or eat.

Xiang Bie took a grain of animal food and put it near its mouth.

The devil wolf turned its head away slightly, still nervous and didn't eat.

Wei Li outside understood: "Starvation, it can't adapt to the new environment, so it will starve to resist."

Mu Ling didn't say anything, she was still watching Xiang Ge's actions.

At this time, Mu Ling saw Xiang Ge dip his hand in some water and apply the water to the devil wolf's mouth.

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

It licked it repeatedly and looked very thirsty.

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

This time, the devil wolf finally began to chew the animal food slowly.

After eating just one grain, it still didn't eat the animal 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 time, the devil wolf was still timid, but did not resist. It was like a pile of dead meat, allowing Xiang Bie to move it.

Mu Ling finally knew the reason. She picked up the protective clothing and helmet beside her, put them on, and walked in.

Wei Li followed closely.

Mu Ling helped Xiang Ge to move the huge devil wolf out.

After the devil wolf came out, it still did not move. Wherever Xiang Bie put it, it would lie there.

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

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

Wei Li was shocked: "What happened? Is it really paralyzed?"

Mu Ling's face darkened and said: "It's not a normal wolf, it's an experimental wolf."

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

Mu Ling explained: "This is what experimental animals are like. They have lived in cages in the laboratory since they were young. They have never left the cage 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 cage is still so small, they can't stand up, and slowly they can't stand up anymore."

"The role of experimental animals is usually to test the efficacy, toxicity, resistance and so on of drugs. 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 combined with the current medication. It probably has never eaten animal food, so it is afraid to eat it. As for water, it should dare to drink it now."

Mu Ling put the basin over, and sure enough, the devil wolf immediately licked 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 am not conspiring, this is a problem. I think this devil wolf seems to have been deliberately stuffed into my place."

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