Chapter 32
Because they still remembered the specific location where they encountered the moonlight yesterday, when they went there today, they did not take the detour and went straight to their destination.
Two hours later, Xiang Bie parked the car in front of the big tree that fell yesterday.
As soon as the car stopped, Mu Ling jumped out immediately.
Seeing this, Lightning and Qingjiao also got out of the car.
Mu Ling squatted in front of the big tree and took a look. Sure enough, she soon found a lot of white hairs that had been rubbed off on the bark of the tree. It seemed that Brother Xiang's guess that the moonlight was scratching the tree trunk was indeed correct, as there were still dandruff on it.
Mu Ling picked up the hair again and looked at it carefully, and then she was shocked to find that there was a little blood at the root of the white hair.
Looking at the bark again, it was a little hard to see because it was dark brown. Mu Ling turned on the lighting function of the light brain and carefully identified the bark. Finally, she found red bloodstains on the bark.
Xiang Bie walked over at this time, squatted beside Mu Ling, and also looked at the white hair on the tree trunk.
Mu Ling pointed out the bloodstains to him.
Xiang Bie frowned slightly: "Yeah, the skin is broken."
"I just don't know how much damage it has done, I hope it's not too serious..."
Mu Ling said this and returned to the shuttle bus. She opened the medicine box, took out a specimen bag, and carefully placed Baimao in it.
If Mu Ling can't catch Yueguang today, after going down the mountain, she can at least test the blood on the fur to roughly determine the extent of Yueguang's skin disease. Of course, it would be best to catch Yueguang today. For animals, skin disease is a very serious illness!
After packing the samples, Mu Ling came back with the medicine box in her arms, pointed to the side, and said, "That's where it ran yesterday. Let's go take a look."
The road ahead is difficult to drive on, and the noise of the cars is too loud. Moonlight will definitely run away when she hears the noise.
However, Moonlight's sense of smell is also very sensitive. Bears are recognized by the universe as having the most sensitive sense of smell among all animals, which is 6-8 times stronger than that of wolves. Mu Ling can only hope that the smell of lightning and Qingqiang can slightly cover up her and Xiang Ge's smell, so that Moonlight will not run so fast.
It was not easy to travel through the jungle. Mu Ling originally thought that in just one day, Yue Guang should not have gone too far. However, they had been walking for almost two hours and had not seen even a single bear hair!
The weather was too hot, so Mu Ling had to open her protective suit to cool herself down a little.
And the long-range anesthetic guns, helmets, medical kits, and other large and small bags that Mu Ling originally had in her hands had already been handed over to Xiang Bie.
But even so, Mu Ling was still exhausted. There was no other way. These roads were too difficult to walk on. There was no flat ground at all. The ground was full of stones and tree trunks. She would trip if she was not careful.
When Mu Ling was taking a breath, Xiang Bie looked at her like this and pursed his lips: "Why don't you take a rest and I'll go take a look at the front."
Mu Ling waved her hands, indicating that she could still hold on: "If you go alone, without lightning and clearing cover, Moonlight will run away."
Mu Ling said this and looked at the leopard and the wolf who were following her as if they were out for a spring outing.
The forest environment was so friendly to them. When Mu Ling stumbled every three steps after taking one step like a preschooler, the two of them were jumping so hard that they almost flew up.
Mu Ling's eyes suddenly rolled around at this moment. She touched her chin and muttered, "Brother Xiang, you said that S-level war beasts are powerful besides exotic beasts, are other animals powerful?"
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Xiang Bie frowned: "What do you want to do?"
Mu Ling suddenly smiled. She took the medicine box, took out the white hair of Moonlight, and put it in front of the noses of the gray wolf and the black panther to let them smell it.
Xiang Bie was silent. He didn't want to discourage her, but he still said, "Rescue beasts search. War beasts haven't learned to track other scents. They only know how to identify abnormalities..."
Before Xiang Bie could finish his words, Qingjiao suddenly turned around and walked towards the right front after smelling the white hair.
Lightning lagged behind Qingjiao by half a step, but also quickly ran in the same direction.
Mu Ling: “…”
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"Holy crap! It really works, Brother Xiang!" Mu Ling was so excited: "I just tried it casually, and it actually works! Is this the value of an S-level exotic beast?"
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Xiang Bie stopped talking indifferently. He thought about the previous incident when Qilin and Lightning competed for favor. One pretended to be rebellious, and the other pretended to be injured. They really learned things that were not taught in the military academy very quickly...
With Qingjiang and Diandian leading the way, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie were at least not searching blindly. Unfortunately, even with a direction, they still couldn't see the moonlight.
Seeing that it was almost one in the afternoon, Xiang Bie frowned and suggested, "Let's go back and eat something."
We put food in the shuttle bus and replenished our energy so that we can continue searching in the afternoon.
Mu Ling said, "No need."
As she spoke, she took out the medicine box, took out two bottles of mineral water from the bottom layer, and then took out two packs of biscuits, and gave Xiang Bie a bottle of water and a pack of biscuits.
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Mu Ling shouted to the front again: "Lightning, clear out!"
The black panther and gray wolf not far away immediately turned around and ran back.
Mu Ling poured the mineral water into her palm and handed it to them so that they could drink some water. Then she took out a bag of animal food and two cans of food from the medicine box like a magic trick. She mixed the cans into the animal food, kneaded it evenly in the bag, tore open the bag, and spread it out for them to eat.
"I'm sorry for putting you through this. I'll give you a big meal when we get home tonight."
While the black panther and the gray wolf were busy eating, Mu Ling took a bite of a biscuit and looked up at the woods ahead.
Xiang Bie leaned against a big tree opposite her, drank a sip of water, glanced at the medicine box, and suddenly asked, "What else did you bring?"
"Ah?" Mu Ling was stunned, looked at Brother Xiang, and then turned over her medicine box to show him.
Inside, there were two bottles of mineral water and a bag of animal food.
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He said the medicine box was extra heavy today.
After a simple lunch and putting the packaging bag back into their pockets, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie continued on their way.
As a result, they still found nothing until four o'clock in the afternoon.
Xiang Bie looked at the sky and said, "Let's go back."
They were already far away from the shuttle bus. It would take at least two or three hours to walk back, and another five hours to drive down the mountain. It was already dark.
Mu Ling also knew that they had to leave. She looked at the woods ahead and suddenly felt anxious: "Brother Xiang, do you think we won't be able to find it tomorrow?"
Xiang Bie was silent for a moment, then said honestly, "Maybe."
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling felt a little desperate. She looked up at the sky and sighed heavily, "If only our park had surveillance cameras!"
There are basically three types of monitoring systems on the market: holographic monitoring, satellite monitoring, and ordinary monitoring.
Let’s talk about holographic surveillance first. This thing has a wide coverage area and produces clear and realistic images. Although it requires long-term maintenance, it can basically solve major problems once it is built. However, it has a fatal flaw - it is expensive.
These days, anything with the word "holographic" in it comes with sky-high prices. Mu Ling secretly checked online and found that the starting price for holographic surveillance covering three million square kilometers was 100 million! Even when the zoo was first built two years ago, her wealthy aunt couldn't afford it. Now, with a net worth of just over 400,000, Mu Ling couldn't even think about it!
Speaking of satellite monitoring, it is cheap. If they want to do a separate area monitoring of the Beak Jungle, they only need to buy three private satellites. A private satellite costs about two million yuan. The rich lady could definitely afford it back then, but why didn't she buy it?
Because it’s useless!
The Beak Jungle is a mountainous environment with very lush trees. Satellite monitoring scans from the sky. It can scan but it cannot see through. Therefore, the satellite monitoring room cannot capture the images of those places blocked by the tree canopy. Doesn't that mean that having surveillance is the same as having no surveillance? Then what is the point of monitoring?
Therefore, satellite monitoring is not suitable for the Beak Zoo at all.
Finally, there's conventional surveillance. Conventional surveillance is inexpensive and can monitor the jungle environment. Logically, it's the perfect solution, so why isn't it used? Because it damages the environment. Conventional surveillance requires installing signal towers. Imagine a pristine jungle with a signal tower every five kilometers. For a total area of over three million square kilometers, tens of thousands of towers would be needed... Is this still a pristine jungle? Where's the "wildness" here?
In short, none of these three types of surveillance could be installed at the Bic Zoo, so her aunt had chosen to recruit more employees, use the human wave tactic, with one person responsible for one area, and monitor the park with the naked eye.
But Mu Ling doesn’t have these people now!
Mu Ling is so desperate to be monitored right now that her heart is about to break.
Xiang Bie comforted her: "If business is good, maybe we can get holographic surveillance in the future."
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling looked at Xiang Bie dimly: "Brother Xiang, are you drunk from drinking mineral water? Why are you talking nonsense?"
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The starting price is 100 million!
Even if she runs a zoo and lives until she’s 80, she still won’t make 100 million! What a joke!
Mu Ling shook her head and looked reluctantly at the depths of the jungle before she called out "Lightning, clear out" and turned to head back.
Mu Ling and Xiang Bie walked together, while Dian Dian and Qing Jiao walked in front of them.
Mu Ling looked at the leopard and wolf with envy, muttering, "They run so fast! If only I could turn into lightning or a sniper, I would definitely be able to find Moonlight..."
Mu Ling stopped walking here, and her eyes widened suddenly.
Xiang Bie paused, and when he saw that she had stopped, he also stopped and turned to look at her: "Why, are you planning to transform?"
"Brother Xiang!" Mu Ling exclaimed, "I think I've come up with a solution!"
Xiang Bie raised his eyebrows, but Mu Ling quickly squatted down and shouted to the front: "Lightning, clear out, come here!"
The black cheetah and the gray wolf came running back again. The cheetah ran too fast and failed to brake in time. Whether intentionally or accidentally, it fell directly into Mu Ling's arms. Then, it rubbed its big round head against Mu Ling's chin.
Mu Ling lowered her head and kissed it hard, then hugged it and rubbed it warmly, and said in a negotiating tone: "Lightning, can you do me a favor? I really need you right now!"
The black panther was still immersed in the close contact with Mu Ling. It closed its eyes, made gurgling sounds with its mouth, and continued to arch Mu Ling's chin.
Mu Ling let it arch, then she took off her light brain bracelet and put it on the black panther's left front leg.
Lightning felt something strange, lowered his head, sniffed the foreign object on his front paw, smelled a familiar scent, and licked it again.
Mu Ling is not afraid of it licking her because the laptop is waterproof and drop-proof.
Mu Ling clicked on the shooting function in the optical computer, then placed the camera externally and selected "Follow". In this way, the camera would always follow Lightning.
Mu Ling adjusted the angle, then she held up Lightning's head and kissed Lightning's forehead hard again, then took out the silver snow bear's white fur and let Lightning smell it.
"Lightning, go find Moonlight. Come back when you find him. Understand?"
Mu Ling said, and then looked at Xiang Bie: "Is it okay for me to give such an order? Brother Xiang, please use the intercom to ask Lieutenant Colonel Song if it's okay?"
Because Pimi is not out of danger yet, Lieutenant Colonel Song has not left yet. He is still accompanying the protective net masters to work every day.
Xiang Bie now understood what Mu Ling meant. He looked at Mu Ling deeply and walked aside to contact Lieutenant Colonel Song.
After a while, he came back and said, "The word 'hui' is an order."
Mu Ling hurriedly said to Lightning several times: "Lightning, come back when you find Moonlight... Come back! Do you understand? Come back!"
As she spoke, Mu Ling sniffed its white fur again.
The black panther twitched its nose several times, as if it understood. The next second, it suddenly jumped out of Mu Ling's arms like an arrow and ran towards the distant woods!
The speed of an ordinary leopard is 100 kilometers per hour, and the speed of a fire leopard is 150 kilometers per hour. Mu Ling looked at the black panther's back and believed that even if the moonlight smelled their scent, it would not be able to outrun the lightning. As long as the lightning hit the moonlight, Mu Ling would be able to know the moonlight's location and the current condition of the moonlight!
The waiting process was very painful. Mu Ling was afraid that the lightning would not be able to find the moonlight, and was also afraid that the lightning would not be able to find the way back.
Half an hour later, the black snow wolf that was lying beside Mu Ling suddenly raised its head, then stood up and slowly took two steps towards a certain direction in the jungle.
Mu Ling and Xiang Bie both looked in the direction Qingjiao was looking...
After a while, accompanied by rustling sounds in the grass, a nimble black figure appeared in their sight.
"Lightning!" Mu Ling stood up instantly and immediately opened her arms!
The black panther pounced like lightning, and with a sudden leap, it jumped directly into Mu Ling's arms!
But it was too big and too heavy. How could Mu Ling, with her thin arms and legs, possibly hold it? She fell backwards and almost fell.
Fortunately, Xiang Bie was quick and supported her back.
Mu Ling didn't fall backwards. She sat down on the ground, hugged the big leopard tightly in her arms, and touched it randomly: "Lightning, you are so great! You really knew to come back! Did you see the moonlight? Did you two fight? Let me see if you are hurt!"
The black panther's long tail swayed flexibly behind it. It opened its mouth, exhaled, and licked Mu Ling's face with its tongue, then moved around and drilled into Mu Ling's body.
Mu Ling laughed non-stop. After making sure that Lightning was not injured, she quickly took out the mineral water and fed it to Lightning mouthful by mouthful.
Lightning drank half a bottle of water in one breath before licking his lips and stopping.
It collapsed on the ground, sticking out its tongue to dissipate heat, and lazily leaning its body on Mu Ling's knees.
Mu Ling stroked its fur again and again, then took off the light brain bracelet from its front paw, clicked to end the recording, and then clicked to play the video.
Soon, a half-hour video began on the holographic screen suspended in the air.
The video shows lightning flashing through the forest. The speed of lightning is really fast. Mu Ling feels that it is faster than a car!
Mu Ling pressed the fast forward button in the middle, and around 12 minutes in, the speed of Lightning suddenly slowed down.
In the camera, there is a dense forest in front, and the ground is littered with fallen trees and broken trunks.
The black panther stepped on a tree trunk, buried its head and sniffed for a while, then continued to walk inside. After it walked slowly for about a minute, a giant snow-white creature appeared in the camera!
Mu Ling's eyes widened instantly, and Xiang Bie's eyes darkened.
The two of them stared intently at the screen, at the giant white bear lying on the ground, seemingly sleeping.
Lightning seemed to find the white bear's scent familiar, so he jumped over in two steps, stood about seven or eight steps away from the white bear, and wandered around tentatively.
The polar bear didn't move, as if it was really asleep, so the black panther moved closer, and as it got closer, the image captured in the camera became clearer.
A pointed mouth, a black nose, two short, small semicircular ears hidden in the dirty hair. Judging from its appearance alone, this silver snow bear is undoubtedly beautiful. But when an alien creature is so close to it, how can its vigilance tolerate it sleeping so soundly?
The more Mu Ling looked, the tighter her brows furrowed. Lightning seemed to find it very strange as well. It moved a little closer and sniffed the polar bear's fur, then sniffed from its front paws to its head and then its neck.
The polar bear didn't move at all. The black panther thought about it and tried to grab the polar bear's fur, but the polar bear weighed nearly a ton, so there was no way it could drag it.
The black panther couldn't drag the polar bear and even bit off a large tuft of its fur.
But what was unexpected was that the blood that fell off had left some faint black marks inside the hair, and then the fur began to bleed.
But even though blood was seeping out, the polar bear still hadn't opened its eyes!
The black panther wandered around for a few more steps, and finally, it jumped onto a tree trunk and ran back.
"It's over!" Mu Ling suddenly said, her face changed drastically as she looked at Xiang Bie: "Is Yue Guang dead?"
Xiang Bie's expression was equally grim. He stood up and picked up the things on the ground: "Let's go!"
Mu Ling quickly got up and followed with Lightning and Qingqiang!
The place where lightning can run back and forth in half an hour is not very far away from them. Although it is also due to the fast running speed of lightning, if a person walks faster, he can reach the place in 40 minutes.
When they were almost at their destination, Xiang Bie turned around and reminded Mu Ling: "Put on your protective suit."
Mu Ling looked down at her open protective suit, quickly pulled it up, and then held her helmet tightly, ready to put it on at any time.
A little after five in the evening, they arrived at Moonlight's habitat.
In the distance, the moonlight was still lying there, in the same posture and position as in the video. Obviously, it had not woken up at all in the nearly one hour since the lightning left.
But even so, Mu Ling still put on a helmet, fully armed herself, and then went up to check on Bai Xiong.
As soon as she got close, Mu Ling frowned. It smelled so bad.
She squatted down and first touched the front of the polar bear's chest, on the left side of the ribcage, where its heart was located.
After pressing hard and feeling for a while, Mu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to Xiang Bie and said, "It still has a heartbeat."
Xiang Bie's expression was still tense, but his eyes softened a little.
Mu Ling touched the white bear's hard fur again, focusing on the hair follicles inside.
The hair follicles were black and a little sticky. Mu Ling took a little and sniffed it. It smelled like blood and pus.
Mu Ling looked at the tuft of hair that Lightning had bitten off. The blood had stopped flowing there, but the remaining hair nearby was soaked red. A closer look revealed that the polar bear's skin was already very fragile. It seemed that if it was pulled lightly, its hair would be pulled out, and the hair follicle in that area would also be damaged.
Mu Ling actually wanted to look at the white bear's back, because the back is where it focuses its scratching.
Mu Ling told Xiang Bie what she was thinking. Xiang Bie said nothing and walked to the side to lift the white bear's body. Mu Ling hurried to help.
But after turning the white bear over, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie fell silent at the same time.
Blood.
The fur on Moonlight's back was covered in black and red blood.
When the fur was parted, it was found that the hair follicles had died on a large scale. The black skin was filled with muddy pus, which also emitted a foul smell of decay.
Mu Ling's face darkened as she spoke, "It's a pathological fungal ringworm, and it's already reached the second level of progression. If left untreated, within a week, the fur will naturally fall off in large areas, the skin sacs will necrotize, and the skin will ulcerate from the fat layer all the way down to the bone. It will rot and itch at the same time, which is a tremendous torture."
Mu Ling flipped the white bear's eyelids again and said, "It went into sudden shock. Its breathing stopped for at least one or two seconds. It must have been too itchy, making it uncomfortable and tormented. This itch exacerbated its neurasthenia, making its heart unable to adapt to the sudden stimulation, which is why it collapsed."
Xiang Bie pursed his lips and looked at Mu Ling: "What are you going to do?"
Mu Ling said bluntly: "Take it back, lock it up, and treat it well for half a month. Release it after it is cured!"
Xiang Bie pondered for a moment, then said, "Wait here for me, I'll go drive."
Mu Ling nodded and said, "Then I'll give Moonlight two injections first, one for special effects and one for anesthesia to prevent it from waking up midway. Then I'll clear the roadblocks here so your car can drive in soon."
Xiang Bie looked at Mu Ling again and said "hmm".
After Xiang Bie left, Mu Ling started to get busy. She first gave him an injection, then moved stones and branches. Some of the stones were too hard and she could easily cut her hands with her bare hands, so she wrapped her hands with protective clothing. Even wild animals could not bite through the protective clothing, and it was so nice to use it to work!
In this way, Mu Ling worked for three hours, until she was drenched in sweat, before she finally heard the sound of the shuttle bus.
It was already dark at this time, and the weak light from the computer could only barely illuminate a little bit of the road ahead. It was not until the headlights of the shuttle bus came on that Mu Ling slowly raised her hand, covered her eyes, and squinted to look ahead.
As the lights came on, a tall and slender man got out of the car and walked over. He stood in front of Mu Ling, looking at her embarrassed appearance with a frown on his face.
Mu Ling had adjusted to the light by now. She put down her hand, wiped the sweat from her head, pointed behind her and asked, "Brother Xiang, can you see if we can get through there?"
Xiang Bie glanced inside, was silent for a while, and then said "hmm" softly.
Mu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let's go quickly. I'm so hungry. I told you, I couldn't help it just now. When I saw Lightning Qingjiao eating the animal food, my mouth was watering..."
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Xiang Bie pursed his lips, reached out to hold her arm, and said, "Get in the car first."
Mu Ling collapsed as soon as she got in the car. She had been bending over to move things and her waist was sore.
She sat motionless in the chair, and Lightning moved to her side, resting his chin on Mu Ling's knees, looking at her with a pair of emerald green eyes.
Mu Ling rubbed its head and stroked it gently.
Qingjiao was lying on the aisle inside the car. It was obvious that after spending the whole day outside, she was a little exhausted.
The car quickly drove to where Moonlight was lying, and Mu Ling had to get out of the car again and follow Brother Xiang to carry the overweight polar bear up.
Xiang Bie held the white bear in the front, and Mu Ling pushed the white bear's butt from behind. After finally getting the white bear up, Mu Ling squatted down to check to see if the white bear had scratched anywhere.
You know, this guy is now the real Prince Pea, his skin will break if he touches it lightly!
After confirming that the wound was not seriously damaged, Mu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in the chair to rest.
The car drove all the way back down the mountain and arrived at the service area at almost 11 o'clock.
Wei Li and Zhao Fang had been waiting for them. Seeing them return, Wei Li hurried over and said, "You..."
He had barely said half of his words when Xiang Bie, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glared at him coldly.
Wei Li was stunned. He looked inside the carriage again. The first thing he saw was the white bear lying at the back. Then he saw Qingjian sitting in the corridor, Lightning leaning on the director's knees, and the director, who had fallen asleep at some point with his head tilted against the window glass bed...
Wei Li was just beginning to feel surprised when he saw the headmaster looking exhausted and disheveled. Then he heard Brother Xiang lower his voice and say, "Don't disturb her. She's very tired."
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