Chapter 99

"Little girl, please explain yourself clearly."

The president looked at Xiang Yuanren with a look that almost devoured him, and he felt extremely wronged.

Mu Ling then added, "I asked him to hit me."

Xiang Bie was stunned, and he frowned and looked at his uncle.

The president, however, had an expression of "you see, I'll tell you", and he was very righteous.

Xiang Bie pursed his lips, and finally said, "Oh, then you guys continue."

As he said that, he stood aside.

Mu Ling looked at Brother Xiang, then at the uncle, and said, "Please start."

After that, she lowered her head again.

But the president couldn't do it now. He squeezed the broom twice, and finally turned around and stuffed the broom into Chai Yunyue.

Chai Yunyue: "………………"

What the hell! It's none of his business! What does it have to do with him!!!

However, this time it was the president's personal order, so Chai Yunyue did not dare to refuse. He could only face the keeper's cold eyes, step forward, and swing it with gritted teeth.

"Ah!" The stick passed in front of Mu Ling's eyes. Mu Ling screamed at the right time, and then curled up.

The lynx on the bed was frightened and retreated madly when it saw humans waving sticks.

"Ha! Ha!" The sound of its breathing became louder and louder. Soon, its small body shrank into the gap between the pillow and the bedside cabinet, and its ears became airplane ears.

However, Chai Yunyue did not hit it after all. Although the lynx was scared, it did not piss itself like before.

"Ah!"

"Ah!!"

Mu Ling screamed again and again, and she watched the lynx's reaction quietly. After watching for a while, she suddenly fell to the ground, and this time she screamed even louder: "Ah!!!!"

The lynx was frightened by her scream, and the others outside the door were also startled.

They all looked at Chai Yunyue, thinking, are you really going to hit her?

Chai Yunyue was stunned. He just swung in the air like before. How could he know that the female director would lie on the ground? He really didn't hit her!

Mu Ling said at this time: "Speak loudly."

War beasts can't understand human language except for instructions. They can only judge emotions by tone.

Chai Yunyue was puzzled: "What?"

Mu Ling said: "Just speak loudly, you can say anything, just act fierce and look like you are scolding someone."

Chai Yunyue was very embarrassed.

Mu Ling said again: "Keep hitting."

Chai Yunyue: "..."

Chai Yunyue could only continue swinging in the air, and then "cursed" while swinging: "Are you sure this will really work?" "

How long will it take?"

"Will this really not scare the war beast instead?"

Mu Ling had everything planned out, she said: "Don't worry."

Then she let out another "ah", and then started rolling on the ground!

Chai Yunyue: "..."

Others: "..."

Mu Ling frowned: "Keep going!"

Chai Yunyue gritted his teeth and chased Mu Ling to beat him again. After beating for ten minutes, Mu Ling was beaten from the door to the window, and the lynx kept shrinking its neck and looking at them.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Mu Ling suddenly fell to the ground and didn't move. She said, "You stop, then she angrily dropped the broom, went out while cursing, and closed the door."

Chai Yunyue saw that it was finally over, and hurried to do as he was told.

Until the door of the ward was closed, several people outside the door were still looking inside through the glass window.

They saw Mu Ling sleeping on the ground without moving.

Five minutes passed, and there was no change inside.

Ten minutes passed, and there was still no change inside.

Just when Major General Tong began to check the time frequently and couldn't wait any longer, finally, Mu Ling inside moved.

She didn't move much, just "hmm", and then moved her arms, pretending to prop herself up and fall down again.

When Mu Ling was just "beaten", the lynx hid in the corner and trembled. Later, Mu Ling lay on the ground motionless, and the lynx also curled up and did not move.

Now Mu Ling moved again, and the lynx immediately looked at her nervously, staring at Mu Ling's every move.

The lynx thought that the human would get up and leave, but it saw that the human struggled for a while and then couldn't get up at all.

The lynx stretched its neck forward hesitantly, trying to sniff in that direction.

Its ears were always attached to the back of its head. After it sniffed for a long time, it heard a sad cry from the human's mouth.

The lynx cautiously shrank back again. After a long while, it hesitated, and finally walked out again carefully.

It walked very low, more like crawling than walking. It

walked to the bed with four legs bent, and then looked around. After making sure that there was really no other danger in the room, it jumped lightly from the bed to the ground.

Although the effect of the anesthesia had worn off, it was probably because of nervousness, and it still fell down when it landed, making a "bang" sound.

After standing up, it continued to crawl towards Mu Ling. As it walked, it walked next to the human's head. Seeing that the human was still sad, the lynx carefully sniffed the other party again.

After sniffing for a while, the lynx was sure that the human could not get up, so it left again. It jumped onto the bed, picked up the shredded meat and frozen food that Mu Ling had torn for it, jumped down again, put the food in front of Mu Ling, and nudged it with its nose to give the food to her. Mu Ling

puffed up her eyes and saw the lynx's actions, but she did not react at all, still crying sadly.

The lynx circled Mu Ling twice with a little worry, then put its nose close to the back of Mu Ling's neck and sniffed there again.

Finally, it opened its mouth, grabbed the back of Mu Ling's collar, and pulled the human back with great effort.

Mu Ling immediately cooperated and rubbed back, pretending that it was the lynx that was dragging her.

Finally, the lynx carried the human to the corner. It seemed that the human was too big and difficult to hide. It looked around, then returned to the bed and grabbed a corner of the bed sheet.

It pulled the bed sheet off the bed, and pulled it to the corner, using its nose to push it, its mouth to hold it, and its claws to dig it, completely covering Mu Ling.

After covering her, it brought the food back and put it back in front of Mu Ling, but also covered the food with a cloth.

After doing all this, the lynx crawled under the bed and hid in the dark.

The room was completely quiet at this point.

The people outside the door all fell silent.

Major General Tong was an ordinary soldier and didn't know much about war beasts. He was quiet for a while and asked uncertainly: "Is the lynx here to protect Director Mu?"

"Yeah." Xiang Bie said in a light tone.

Chai Yunyue asked: "But when I hit her before, it didn't react. How come it suddenly..."

Xiang Bie glanced at him sideways.

Chai Yunyue was stared at with an unfriendly look by this man, and he was inexplicably depressed. He defended himself by saying: "I really didn't hit her. Why are you staring at me!"

Xiang Bie suddenly said: "Go in and get the broom."

Chai Yunyue: "..."

He really thought he was a handyman who could be ordered around by anyone!

Turning his face away, Chai Yunyue was too lazy to pay attention to this man.

The president asked at this time: "Are we going in now? But the child didn't say he could go in."

Xiang Bie said: "It won't affect if you take the broom."

The president pondered for a moment and looked back at Chai Yunyue.

Chai Yunyue: "..."

"Go in and get it."

The president had already said this, which was equivalent to an order.

Chai Yunyue was furious, but no matter how reluctant he was, he could only push the keeper away impatiently and open the door himself.

The broom was thrown on the ground beside the bed. Chai Yunyue bent down to pick it up, and suddenly, the lynx under the bed rushed out!

Chai Yunyue reacted quickly. When he sensed the danger, he immediately dodged to the side. The lynx didn't hit Chai Yunyue. It jumped to the other side, its fur all over its body bursting, baring its teeth in anger, and fiercely posed an attacking posture towards Chai Yunyue: "Ha!"

Chai Yunyue's face was ugly. He couldn't fight with such a weak war beast. He propped his palms on the bed, jumped over the bed, left the room, and closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, Chai Yunyue immediately questioned Xiang Bie: "You did it on purpose!"

Xiang Bie looked inside calmly and said, "Do a test."

"You..."

"What test?"

asked the president.

Mu Ling taught classes at the zoo. Even though Xiang Bie was not her student, he had seen and heard a lot, and had a general understanding of the logic of some of Mu Ling's behaviors. He said: "When the lynx saw the director being beaten, it was nervous and scared. When the director did not move, the lynx was still wary of humans and did not dare to move. It was not until Mu Ling began to cry and struggle that it finally felt the fragility and helplessness of this creature, so it took action."

Xiang Bie asked the nurse: "Is this a B-level war beast?"

The nurse immediately said: "Yes."

The president asked: "How do you know it is a B-level."

"From their behavior, we can tell that S-class or A-class beasts are mostly offensive or reconnaissance beasts, while B-class beasts are defensive beasts. S-class and A-class beasts will not show much care for unfamiliar humans, but B-class beasts, because they have received defense and protection training, will have protective emotions towards the weak."

Just like the red calf monkey Lieyan would silently hug Mu Ling's head when fighting outside.

Just like the high-armored deer Dingtian would be injured because of protecting a child and was forced to retire.

B-class beasts will be more gentle.

"When the director was weak enough, the lynx instinctively chose to protect her first instead of being wary of her. But judging from how skilled it was at covering up, similar things must have happened before. Perhaps people often beat other animals in front of it... What is the director's diagnosis of it?"

Major General Tong frowned and told Mu Ling what she had said before, that the lynx was suspected of being abused. He then added, "But the doctor did not find any signs of injury on it."

"Well." Xiang Bie said coldly, "Visual threats are also threats, and mental abuse is also abuse. From its behavior just now, we can see that the director's guess is not unreasonable. This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated."

"I've given the order and we're investigating." Today, the team that went to dig out the aviation cages in the rabbit house of Qing'an Zoo will investigate the entire zoo.

The president watched Xiang Yuanren's calm analysis from the side, and couldn't help but flash a look of relief in his eyes.

The life of a keeper doesn't seem to be all bitter, and he seems to have found his own fun in this simple and hard work.

The president was very impressed. The child has grown up. Not only has he become interested in the behavior and motivations of retired war beasts, but he has also learned how to dress up.

Yes, although the smell is not very strong, the president still smelled it. This kid deliberately sprayed perfume before coming here. He

is really young. His way of attracting girls' attention is so straightforward and green.

It's just that this scent is too much like the smell of toilet fragrance. In the future, he still needs to ask his aunt to teach him more about aesthetics. At least he should spray proper men's perfume, not toilet incense...

The president thought about the changes in his nephew.

Chai Yunyue asked again, "So when I went in to get the broom just now, it changed from hiding from me to attacking me. Is it because of the instinct to protect the weak?"

Xiang Bie said, "It thought you were going to beat her when you picked up the broom."

Chai Yunyue gritted his teeth, "You really did it on purpose!"

"Okay." The president tried to smooth things over and asked, "What's next?"

Xiang Bie didn't say anything, just looked at the room.

In the room, Mu Ling was still buried under the sheets. Her sobbing sound gradually became smaller. After a while, she lifted a corner of the sheets.

Outside, the black-backed lynx was sitting in front of her, looking at the door.

Hearing the noise behind, the lynx turned around, staring at Mu Ling with its orange-yellow eyes.

Perhaps it knew that Mu Ling was weaker than it, so it didn't tuck its tail or tuck its ears back.

Its ears were already standing up, with two tufts of black hair on the tips of its ears, like two antennas.

It stretched its neck, moved closer to Mu Ling and sniffed her, then, as if to comfort Mu Ling, it stood up again and sat closer to her.

Mu Ling lay down again and rubbed the lynx's hind legs with her head.

The lynx moved away a little, turned around twice on the spot, then lay down and licked Mu Ling's hair.

It thought Mu Ling was rubbing against it because she was afraid. In the eyes of the lynx, this weak and helpless human being submitted to it and depended on it, so it was normal for it to lick her.

Mu Ling stayed in there with the lynx until she pretended to take a bite of the shredded meat, and then pushed the rest of the shredded meat and the medicine in front of the lynx.

The lynx pushed it back with its nose for Mu Ling to eat.

Mu Ling pushed it over again for it to eat.

The lynx was actually hungry, and probably felt that if it didn't become strong, it would not be able to protect the weak, so it finally ate the medicine.

The medicine heals the nerves and has a sleep-inducing effect.

About ten minutes after taking the medicine, the lynx lay down and slowly fell asleep.

Mu Ling gently touched its black back fur, then carefully got up and went outside.

After closing the door of the room, Mu Ling said to the few people with a gloomy face: "I now insist that it has been abused. I also want to see other animals in that zoo, including the other two war beasts. Is that okay?"

Major General Tong said: "Of course."

Then he asked two nurses to lead the way.

The two nurses led everyone forward.

Mu Ling walked while explaining her actions just now: "It didn't react to me being beaten at first because I was not weak enough at that time. B-level beasts will..."

"will have a protective desire towards weaker creatures."

Mu Ling looked at the little nurse who answered the call and nodded: "Yes, then I started to cry and pretend to be dying. At this time..."

"Your wailing and struggle met the lynx's definition of vulnerability, so it is willing to get close to you."

Mu Ling looked at the other nurse and nodded again: "Yes, then it was very skilled at hiding me, it should..."

"It has done this to other animals, so it should have witnessed other animals being beaten more than once."

Mu Ling looked at Major General Tong in surprise: "Yes, and then you came in again, and this time you came in very well, which further proves..."

"The lynx has completely regarded you as a child who needs its protection. You have completed empathy with it and you have established a preliminary relationship."

Mu Ling was really surprised. He looked at several people and said, "How do you know everything?"

Major General Tong said, "Because we memorized the answers in advance."

Mu Ling: "?"

Before Mu Ling could figure out the answer, they walked to another ward.

The nurse said, "From this ward forward, there are animals from Qing'an Zoo, but most of them are still asleep because they haven't worn off the anesthesia yet." Mu

Ling approached the glass window and looked inside. He walked and looked all the way, and finally found that among the 61 animals, more than 50 were sleeping, and the ones that were not sleeping were not in a good condition. They were all curled up in the corner, looking very scared.

Mu Ling asked again: "Have they been checked? Are there any signs of beatings on their bodies?"

These animals were not all under the responsibility of the two nurses. One of the nurses ran to the nurses' desk, looked at the information in the office computer, and then ran back and said: "Except for the war beasts, most of the animals do have injuries."

Mu Ling said: "That's right, this Qing'an Zoo has been abusing animals. They don't dare to beat the war beasts, but they are fearless towards other animals. I said that when I watched the surveillance last night, I felt that this animal There is something wrong with the zoo. Why are all the animals screaming? It is very likely that the animals have developed a group mentality due to long-term abuse. So when one animal screams, the other animals will follow suit, as a collective protest. "

Xiang Bie said in a deep voice: "The zoo has buried aliens. The three B-level beasts must have discovered it first. They screamed because there were aliens, but the other animals didn't know. When they heard them screaming, they screamed together, and finally it became what we see." Xiang

Bie glanced at the president when he said this.

This Qing'an Zoo is an old zoo. If someone has been abusing animals all the time, it is impossible that no one has discovered it for so long. It is very likely that this situation has only appeared recently, or it started when Nurha Star was chosen as a battlefield by the rebels.

The president naturally understood Xiang Bie's look. Xiang Yuanren was reminding him that he could investigate from this aspect. If he could find out when the rebels took over the Qing'an Zoo, he would know when they started to lay out the plan. Combined with their records of entering and leaving the planet and their routes at that time, perhaps he could follow the clues and find out more.

After a while of thinking, the president said, "Since these animals are not in good condition, I'll trouble Director Mu to take care of them from now on."

Mu Ling was stunned and looked at him in surprise.

Xiang Bie also frowned: "We still have war beasts to take care of."

The president said: "Don't delay, you can see your war beasts even if you are not in the monitoring room, but Director Mu, you have seen the current situation of these animals, especially the three B-level war beasts. The other two are not awake yet, but the lynx looks like that, and we really can't hand it over to others."

Mu Ling thought of the way the lynx carefully covered her just now, and after a moment of silence, she asked: "I Can we really see Qilin here?"

The president promised: "Yes."

Mu Ling thought about it and finally agreed: "Okay."

Seeing Mu Ling agreed, Major General Tong was relieved. Frankly speaking, there are not enough veterinarians in the war zone now. For retired war beasts with psychological problems, veterinarians really don't have time to break through the psychological defenses one by one like Director Mu did, and they are not experts in this area.

Now that Director Mu is willing to stay, it really helps them a lot.

The president has been out for more than two hours. It is not safe for him to stay outside any longer, so he said a few words to Major General Tong and left first.

After that, Major General Tong also had to go to work.

The two nurses were still here because they were responsible for taking care of the lynx, so Mu Ling asked them to keep an eye on the other two B-class beasts and notify her immediately if they woke up.

After the two agreed, they left. When there was no one around and there was no surveillance nearby, Mu Ling went to Brother Xiang and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"

Xiang Bie paused and looked at her.

Mu Ling looked at Brother Xiang and saw that he looked calm and did not look sad or upset, so she nodded, "I'm glad you're okay."

At first, Mu Ling did not recognize that the middle-aged man was the president. It was not until she noticed Director Chai that she realized the president's identity.

After that, when Brother Xiang came over, Mu Ling was a little nervous, afraid that Brother Xiang would be exposed, but seeing that Brother Xiang was always calm, Mu Ling was relieved.

Now the president has left. Obviously, in this brief meeting, he did not recognize who Brother Xiang was. This was originally a good thing, but after all, relatives do not recognize each other when they meet. Mu Ling was afraid that Brother Xiang would feel uncomfortable, so she asked him.

Since Brother Xiang did not take it to heart, Mu Ling also let the topic go.

-The

surveillance that the president mentioned that can also be seen in the hospital is actually a military optical computer prepared for Mu Ling and Xiang Bie respectively. The optical computer can open the surveillance wall at any time.

After getting the optical computer, Mu Ling took a look first, and made sure that Qilin and the others were fine, so she entered the ward of Lynx with peace of mind.

In the ward, Lynx was still sleeping, and Mu Ling simply sat next to it and accompanied it quietly.

Two hours later, the nurse came over and said that another B-level ram had woken up.

Mu Ling hurried over to check. As soon as she got there, she saw the ram with long brown hair all over its body and two curved horns on its head. It was paddling its hooves angrily, and it was going to knock over all the medical staff with one horn.

Several medical staff were hiding. They were hesitating whether to give Qiaoyang a sedative, but Qiaoyang had just woken up and would definitely fall asleep again after taking the sedative. They couldn't just let it sleep forever. Just

when they were getting anxious, the young nurse was also asking Mu Ling: "Director Mu, what should we do?"

Mu Ling was silent for a moment and said: "Take a rope, tie its horns, and take it to the lynx's ward."

Director Mu was left behind by the leaders themselves, so the nurse naturally trusted her unconditionally. She went to find a bed sheet, twisted it into a rope, and asked the people inside to find a way to catch Qiaoyang and take it to the lynx.

After a long time of hard work, everyone finally dragged the big and fierce, lion-like Qiaoyang to Lynx's ward.

Once the door of the ward was closed, only Mu Ling, Qiaoyang and Lynx, who had not yet woken up, were left in the ward.

Mu Ling reached out and pulled the sheet off the corner.

As a result, when she moved like this, the irritable Qiaoyang immediately seemed to have found an outlet for venting, and while "mooing", he attacked Mu Ling hard!

Xiang Bie went to wash off the remaining aromatherapy smell on his body, but when he came out, he saw many people gathered outside Lynx's ward.

Xiang Bie didn't know what happened, so he hurried over. As soon as he got there, he saw Mu Ling inside was almost attacked by Qiaoyang.

He was about to open the door and go in, but the next second, Mu Ling turned around and ran to the corner, hiding behind the lynx.

At this time, the lynx, who heard the cry of the Qiaoyang, also woke up in a daze.

As soon as the lynx woke up, it saw the familiar Qiaoyang running towards it. It was very excited and was about to approach the Qiaoyang.

But it saw that the Qiaoyang was not running towards it!

The lynx looked back and saw the weak human holding the bed sheet and shivering behind it.

"Moo--" The Qiaoyang rushed to attack Mu Ling!

"Ha!" The lynx suddenly blocked in front of Mu Ling, showing its sharp teeth, slamming the ground with its claws, and driving the tall Qiaoyang away!

Qiaoyang felt the ferocity of the lynx, so he didn't dare to charge forward. He took two steps back, and looked at Mu Ling in the corner unwillingly.

Mu Ling sniffed and sobbed pitifully.

The lynx heard Mu Ling's cry, and "ha" again, driving Qiaoyang away even further!

Qiaoyang retreated to the side of the bed, and his butt was poked by the railing of the bed. He wandered around there unhappily for two circles, and looked at the humans over there.

The lynx also returned to the corner at this time. It seemed to want to comfort Mu Ling, and sat next to Mu Ling.

Mu Ling's voice was very thin and small: "Thank you, Catman."

Animals can distinguish emotions through sound. Mu Ling's voice was trembling and full of fear. The lynx felt sorry for her, turned around and touched Mu Ling's arm with his forehead, considering it as a gesture of intimacy.

Mu Ling got closer to the lynx. At this time, Qiao Yang circled to the front left, intending to attack Mu Ling from the side!

Seeing this, Mu Ling trembled again at the right time.

When she was scared, the lynx blamed Qiao Yang again!

"Ha! Ha!" The lynx rushed out and attacked Qiao Yang wildly.

Qiao Yang was chased to the edge of the corner. He lowered his head and dug the ground with a wronged look.

The lynx didn't care how it dug the ground, it came back and sat in front of Mu Ling, guarding her like a security guard.

Qiao Yang finally had no choice, it could only bend its legs, sit cross-legged in the corner, and look at them angrily.

By then, the ward was finally quiet, and Mu Ling was very satisfied with the result. She used the tea to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and successfully let the lynx suppress Qiao Yang. Now Qiao Yang is stable, and there is no need for sedatives or anesthetics, it just sits there obediently and doesn't move.

Thinking of this, Mu Ling happily looked at the lynx beside her, and sighed sincerely: "It's still better to eat soft rice. In the future, I won't be an emperor, but a gigolo." As

she said this, she fell down and lay down next to the lynx.

Xiang Bie outside the door: "..."

How to say it, he also admired Mu Ling's mental state of relying on the cat's power...