Chapter 43
elephant?
Mu Ling paused for a moment, then frowned.
Director Liu continued, "My friend had looked into many zoos before, but none of them caught his eye. He finally gave up and planned to buy an island to house magic. Then, someone recommended your Beak Zoo video to him..."
"Director Mu, your video is of truly exceptional quality. He became interested in your zoo after watching it, so he asked me to come and see it today. I also think your zoo's environment is excellent, and the relationships between the warbeasts are very harmonious. After I spoke to him, he rushed here by starship overnight. He'll arrive at Divine King Planet tomorrow afternoon. Director Mu, are you free to meet with him tomorrow afternoon?"
Mu Ling hesitated. "There's definitely no problem meeting," she said. "But Director Liu, our Beek Zoo is built in the mountains. Elephants are generally recommended to live in plains due to their large size and weight. Is your friend really sure he wants to send his war elephant to a zoo built in the mountains? Can a war elephant adapt?"
Director Liu paused. "I'm not sure about this. Why don't you meet tomorrow and talk about it in person?"
Mu Ling had no choice but to agree: "Then you can ask your friend to come directly tomorrow. I'm really sorry, our zoo just opened a few days ago, and I can't get away. I can only ask him to meet at the zoo."
Director Liu said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll tell him and ask him to contact you directly when the time comes."
After hanging up the phone, Mu Ling sighed and turned to look at Xiang Bie.
Xiang Bie had already understood something from her previous communication. He asked, "Elephant?"
Mu Ling nodded: "It's called magic, which commander's war beast is it... Brother Xiang, can elephants live in the mountains?"
Xiang Bie pondered for a moment and said, "A mountain with a lower slope is fine. Our park is not entirely covered with mountains and forests. There are also 20 to 30 kilometers of flat grassland downstream in the southernmost part. It's just that it's far from the main mountain road and has been left barren."
The Bick Jungle covers an area of more than three million square kilometers, of which more than one and a half square kilometers are blocked on the other side of the protective net. However, not every piece of land on the one and a half million square kilometers on this side of the protective net has been developed. Only the area with the best environment, the easiest roads and the most beautiful scenery has been built into the core viewing area of the zoo. Some of the upstream and downstream areas on the edge still retain the state of the original jungle. It is precisely because of this that some retired war beasts particularly like to go to those places.
Mu Ling had never been to the lower reaches to the south. She took out a map and flipped through it. After roughly determining the location, she said, "Then let's meet with the commander tomorrow and discuss it. It doesn't necessarily have to be here."
That night, Mu Ling went to bed early after cleaning up. At the veterinary station, Xiang Bie stayed to keep watch because Pimi Yueguang was still not in good condition.
Just as all the employees of the Beek Zoo were lying in bed to replenish their energy after a tiring day preparing for the opening of the zoo the next day, Beek Zoo once again became a hot topic on Star Internet.
#Bick Zoo Opening#
#Animal dormitory#
#Crossing the Eagle and Stepping on the Clouds#
#Qilin and Little Wolf#
#Who said it's hard to see animals at the Beek Zoo? #
#Bick Zoo Visit Route Selection#
#Bick Zoo Postcard#
Countless entries related to Piccolo Zoo can be seen everywhere on the hot search list.
When you click on it, you will see that the thousand tourists who got tickets on the first day of opening and visited the zoo for a whole day are sharing their own experiences and explaining how fun the Beak Zoo is!
——[At first, I really didn't expect the experience to be so rich. I was prepared to see only a few animals, but in the end, there were so many animals that I couldn't see them all! There were animals everywhere! I even interacted with many of them! [Picture][Picture][Picture]]
——[Today I saw a lot of the celebrity animals that have appeared in my wife's videos, including Princess Lily, Baomei, Little Potato, and Sticky Bun. Seeing them in person was completely different from what they looked like in the videos. I couldn't stop taking photos and checking in like crazy. Of course, the most popular influencer at the Picasso Zoo is definitely our Qilin Princess! Proud of Qilin! [Picture][Picture][Picture]]
Qingjiao is such a good mother! Real-time recording: In three hours, Qingjiao licked the wolf cub 83 times. She truly loves the wolf cub! [Video]
——[Today I saw a new war beast in the animal dormitories. It's called Tayun, a Crossing Eagle. I can't find much information about it online, and my wife hasn't posted any separate videos of it. Wow, my wife, please post some videos of it quickly. They're all S-rank war beasts, so doesn't our Tayun deserve a separate eagle vlog?]
——[Showing off the free little gift from Piccolo Zoo. I've already used the little pendant. Now that I've used the Qilin pendant, I'm a Qilin person! Hehehehe!]
——[Posting some cool photos of lightning. I can only say that the moment the lightning jumped down from the tree, it jumped straight into my heart! 】
Beek Zoo is so much fun. Since it wasn't crowded, the staff really took care of every visitor. With such great service and hands-on guidance, and a ticket costing only 239 Interstellar Coins, it's the perfect value! My wife, please tell me when they can increase the number of visitors. It's so hard to get 1,000 tickets a day. I'd love to take the whole family!
The popularity of Bic Zoo continued to rise, and by 11 o'clock in the evening, Bic Zoo had occupied six of the top ten hot searches!
Now, netizens who got the tickets are even more eager to visit in a few days.
Netizens who failed to get tickets complained bitterly and frantically asked if there were any ticket transfers.
Because the calls for ticket transfers were so loud, the Federal Tourism Administration issued an announcement overnight, calling on people who have travel plans recently to purchase tickets through legal channels, and not to buy scalper tickets or second-hand tickets. Be careful not to be deceived and buy fake tickets!
Mu Ling heard about the popularity of the news online from her employees the next day.
The next morning, Mu Ling woke up at 7:30. When she woke up, other employees had already started working. The restaurant staff began to prepare portable meals, the supermarket staff began to stock the supermarket, and the breeders and patrolmen checked their vehicles. While working, everyone talked about the hot search topics.
Mu Ling listened to it, but she didn't have time to listen to more. After feeding the war beasts breakfast and medicine, she had to go into the mountains again.
At 8:30 in the morning, the Beek Zoo opened on time. Just like yesterday, there was already an endless long queue outside the gate.
Mu Ling was holding a long-tailed raccoon in her arms and helping Xiao Zhao check tickets.
The first visitor to enter the park saw the long-tailed raccoon in Mu Ling's arms and was immediately surprised: "Oh, is this the little boss?"
The first animal Mu Ling saw when she came to the zoo on her first day was a long-tailed raccoon. It was also this long-tailed raccoon that led Mu Ling to find the Qilin that was almost seriously injured and died.
Later, Mu Ling went up the mountain and took a lot of videos of this long-tailed raccoon. She also gave it a name. Because it was particularly cold and domineering, she named it Little Boss.
Mu Ling didn't expect that the first tourist would recognize the little boss. There are seven or eight long-tailed raccoons in their park.
Mu Ling smiled and said, "Yes, it is the little boss. It is on duty to welcome guests today."
The tourists who came in later were immediately amused: "Your welcome animal is different every day? I saw on Star Online that it was a brown deer yesterday."
Mu Ling: "Yes, it's usually a shift system, and you can't catch an animal and work every day."
"Hahaha, right, right, are you still opening the animal dorm this afternoon? We're here just for the Qilin Lightning!"
“It’s open, open from 3pm to 6pm, open every day!”
The tourists were immediately happy, and some of them thought Mu Ling's voice sounded familiar, very much like the director's wife in the video. They were about to ask, but the tourists behind them came in, and they couldn't block the door.
The long-tailed raccoon is very popular today. Although it was cold and fierce at first, after getting along with Mu Ling for the past half month, it has now let down its guard towards humans. Therefore, as long as Mu Ling holds it, it can even accept a non-offensive touch from other tourists.
The cooperation of the little boss also made Mu Ling's reception work smoother.
It was not until half past nine that all the tourists finally entered, and by this time, the service area was already bustling with activity.
Some people are shopping in supermarket restaurants, some are choosing mountain routes with friends, some are taking photos and checking in with friends, some are paying attention to the huge glass house behind the supermarket building, and some are even turning on their computer cameras and broadcasting live to the entire network, taking netizens on a cloud tour.
After a while, shuttle buses carrying tourists drove away one after another. By half past eleven, all the tourists had entered the mountains, and only the staff were left in the service area.
Xiao Zhao was tired after a long morning and was sitting at the ticket gate to rest. He whispered to the director, "Director, I feel like we really don't have enough staff."
Mu Ling was feeding freeze-dried food to the long-tailed raccoon in her arms, saying repeatedly, "I know, I know. I originally wanted to experiment for a week. If the feedback from tourists is good within a week, I would expand and hire another 30 employees, and increase the number of tourists open to the park every day to 2,000. But now it seems that we don't need to wait a week. There are so many positive reviews on the trending searches. How about this? Wait three days. If the feedback is still good after three days, I will hire people immediately!"
Xiao Zhao was finally satisfied. Then she looked at the long-tailed raccoon silently chewing on the freeze-dried food and asked, "Director, do we really have to change the animal on duty every day? Who will take over tomorrow?"
Mu Ling said, "Golden rabbits, bring two golden rabbits tomorrow, but I won't be here tomorrow. Golden rabbits don't rely on me as much as long-tailed raccoons do, so I don't need them to watch over me all the time. I'll go to the restaurant to help out tomorrow."
In fact, for Mu Ling, it doesn't matter where she helps, whether it's helping to welcome guests or helping to load goods. But the problem is that when she helps to welcome guests, tourists always like to take pictures of her. Although they are not taking pictures of her, but mainly taking pictures of the long-tailed raccoon in her arms, but the camera is facing her, can she pretend not to see it?
Her face almost froze from just smiling this morning!
At noon, Mu Ling had lunch and then went to feed the war beasts and give them medicine.
Now that there was some time and the tourists hadn't come down, Mu Ling first did a mental assessment of the animals for today. So far, everyone's damage value has been significantly reduced, although the reduction is very small, some only reduce by a few tenths a day, but at least it is decreasing.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Mu Ling opened the animal dormitory, and around half past three, tourists began to come down one after another.
The first shuttle bus to arrive was Wei Li's. Watching the tourists swarming towards the glass house, Wei Li sipped his water while complaining to Mu Ling, "Everyone's been rushing me so fast, yelling 'It's three o'clock, it's three o'clock!' What can I do now? Three cars joined together into one car means it's going much slower. I can't really step on the accelerator just to save time. What if something goes wrong?"
Mu Ling's heart skipped a beat when she heard what Brother Wei said. Was he picking her? Was he picking her? Was he blaming her for not hiring more people, so that there were not enough people to drive the shuttle buses and they had to combine three buses into one?
Stop cursing, stop cursing!
Mu Ling quickly said, "If the feedback from tourists stabilizes in three days, I will definitely hire someone! Really!"
Wei Li looked at the director in surprise. He didn't know why the director was suddenly so nervous, but it was definitely a good thing to recruit more people.
He smiled and said, "Thank you, Director!"
Mu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off her face and left silently.
After a while, Mu Ling's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and saw it was an unfamiliar number. She had already guessed who it was, so she picked up the call: "Hello."
Ten minutes later, Mu Ling met a middle-aged man at the gate. He was straight and had a serious expression. There were two young men following behind him.
She quickly extended her hand and greeted him, "Hello, Commander Duan."
Duan Ruifeng, the commander-in-chief of the North Red Star Beast Taming Operations Command Center, glanced at Mu Ling, shook her hand, and said solemnly, "Director Mu, hello."
Mu Ling glanced at the two young men behind her. They should be Commander Duan's subordinates.
Mu Ling said, "Let's go inside and talk."
The meeting place was in the restaurant. Some tourists had already come down the mountain and people were already ordering food in the restaurant. Mu Ling chose a secluded spot and asked Commander Duan to sit down. She also personally brought over four cups of coffee.
The two subordinates of Commander Duan did not accept the coffee at first. It was not until Commander Duan nodded to them that they thanked Mu Ling.
Mu Ling smiled as she sat down across from Commander Duan and asked, "I heard from Director Liu that you want to send your war beast magic to our Beak Zoo?"
Commander Duan had a stern face full of solemnity. He had been looking at Mu Ling with sharp eyes since just now. But what was interesting was that in the face of such an aggressive gaze, Director Mu remained very calm from beginning to end, and always maintained a polite smile on his face.
He is a person of neither humble nor arrogant character.
Commander Duan probably had a preliminary understanding of the future breeder of his war beast, and then he said, "Yes, I watched your video, and I think this place is very suitable for magic."
Mu Ling smiled and said, "But we are in a mountainous environment here. Do you understand this?"
Commander Duan said firmly, "Don't worry about that. Magic once carried out a three-year mission with me deep in the tropical rainforest of North Red Star. It's no problem with the forest environment."
Mu Ling asked again: "Then why did it retire?"
Speaking of this, Commander Duan's expression turned cold, as if recalling some unpleasant memories. His already serious face took on an even more ferocious look. "He was injured. He was bitten by seven high-level contaminated wolves. After that, his mood became unstable. A mental evaluation showed that his nerve damage value exceeded 50%. He was forced to retire."
According to the beast taming regulations issued by the Federation fifty years ago, if the mental damage value of a war beast exceeds 40%, it will be required to retire at discretion. If the damage value exceeds 50%, it will be forced to retire immediately.
Commander Duan looked at Mu Ling. He could tell that Director Mu probably didn't want to accept magic, which was why his attitude was so indifferent...
In fact, he also felt that the conditions of the Beek Zoo were not good. Although the Beek Zoo covered a large area, it had few people and simple equipment. In essence, it could only be regarded as a makeshift team.
As a "small" zoo that has just opened, normal people would buy new animals now, and they would buy friendly animals that are open to the public and can interact with tourists, so as to generate income for the zoo. They would not want an S-class retired war beast that may never come out after entering the mountains.
War beasts are difficult to raise and protect, and they require enormous manpower and resources to take special care of. What's more, his magic is a giant elephant weighing nine tons.
Commander Duan understood that Director Mu must have wanted to refuse to accept them because he considered his own lack of ability, but he could not care less. The wild environment of the Piccolo Jungle could improve the Ripping Tiger, the Fire Leopard, and the Black Snow Wolf, so it would definitely improve the magic as well.
Even if he is given double or triple subsidies and has to pay for his meals himself, he still has to send his magician in as a transfer student!
It can't just be that other war beasts are getting better and better, his magic must also be the best!
Commander Duan was filled with fear as he looked at Director Mu, who was still indecisive. However, he had already thought about how to bully the weak and abuse his power for personal gain, and force Director Mu to accept the magic!
Sure enough, after a few seconds of silence, Director Mu spoke: "Okay then."
"It's no use refusing. I've already contacted the Federal Forestry Administration... What did you say?"
Commander Duan was halfway through his words when he realized what the young principal opposite him had said. His cold expression suddenly cracked.
Mu Ling was stunned for a moment, then looked at Commander Duan: "Okay, then when will you send the magic?"
Commander Duan: “…”
Commander Duan was stunned. Could it be that he had lost his ability to judge people? This Director Mu had clearly been resisting just now... and he hadn't even mentioned his increased offer yet. The 150,000 interstellar coins for the adoption subsidy was from the government, and he would also provide an additional 300,000 in private subsidies. He would also pay for Magic's rations monthly, and he would also cover Magic's regular medical expenses and labor costs...
He hasn't said any of these yet, and Principal Mu has agreed?
Mu Ling had no idea what she had missed. She smiled and said, "Elephants are very gentle animals. If magic can adapt to the mountain environment, I can't think of any reason not to accept it."
And there is a subsidy of 150,000 for receiving war beasts!
Great, I made another 150,000 yuan, and my piggy bank is a little fatter!
Although elephants eat a lot, it doesn't matter. Mu Ling can shoot videos. With the money she earns from the videos, she can use it to supplement the magic's food. Anyway, she has so many animals, so one or two more won't make a difference.
Mu Ling was very optimistic, but Commander Duan caught her off guard.
Commander Duan was still a little uncertain until he left.
Mu Ling was quite polite and even invited Commander Duan to visit their animal dormitory.
Commander Duan had watched the video sent by Director Liu yesterday. He had no interest in war beasts other than magic beasts, but Mu Ling was so kind that he went over to take a look.
As a result, when he looked over, he saw the agile black panther swimming in the inflatable pool, and then the little wolf rolled over and fell in.
The little wolf couldn't swim very well yet, so doggy paddling was very difficult.
The black panther then swam over and lifted up the little wolf with its body.
The little wolf stood on the black panther's back, shook off the wet fur on its body, and started to nibble on the black panther's ears, always looking very playful.
Commander Duan watched and stopped moving.
Looking at this naughty little wolf, he seemed to recall Magic's childhood. Magic also loved playing with water when he was little. He always liked to suck water with his nose and then spray him...
Commander Duan laughed as he thought about it and said softly, "Magic is like a little wolf bear..."
"Bear? Silver Snow Bear?" Mu Ling, who was standing nearby, only heard the last word "bear." She asked Commander Duan, "You want to see Silver Snow Bear Moonlight? It's not here, it's at the veterinary station."
Commander Duan: “…”
Mu Yuanchang's air ears are quite amazing.
It's obvious from his hearing that he is not cut out to be a soldier.
Commander Duan was about to explain that he didn't want to see the silver snow bear, but he suddenly remembered a video he had seen. The silver snow bear had a completely bald back and was hiding in the corner looking pitiful.
Commander Duan, who loved to imagine, suddenly had a vision that magic would be like this in the future, getting injured and shivering in the corner. He immediately wanted to see with his own eyes how Piccolo Zoo took care of injured war beasts.
He asked, "Is the veterinary station not far away?"
"It's not far..." Mu Ling said, and took Commander Duan to the veterinary station on the other side.
As soon as Commander Duan entered, he heard a very soft voice reading a story coming from the ward area.
Commander Duan was curious and went in to take a look, only to find that it was a speaker.
And below the speaker, the snow-white silver snow bear was holding a little bear doll in his arms, curled up in a ball and sleeping sweetly.
"Roar..." At this moment, a low roar suddenly came from the side.
Commander Duan turned around and saw a skinny giant lion in the cage next to him, with its neck raised and calling out to them.
Commander Duan narrowed his eyes and looked at the lion seriously, while Mu Ling immediately understood what Pimi meant: "Peeing again?"
Mu Ling said this, apologized to Commander Duan, then opened the cage and walked in, and began to change the lion's diaper skillfully.
I've seen Commander Duan changing diapers in videos, but seeing it live now, to be honest, it's a bit shocking...
The lions in their beast taming army weren't so delicate as to wear diapers. If they peed on them, they just peed on them. They could just wipe it off or wash themselves in the water...
Is this really the difference between men raising children and women raising children?
Mu Ling moved quickly, changing the diaper in just two or three strokes, then wrapped it up and threw it into the trash can outside.
When she came in again, she saw Commander Duan still looking at Pimi, so she pointed ahead and said, "That's Moonlight."
Commander Duan followed the direction Mu Ling pointed and looked at the sleeping white bear again. He slowly walked outside the white bear's cage.
At this moment, the white bear suddenly turned over. Seeing that Yueguang would press on the wound on her back if she slept like this, Mu Ling opened the cage and walked in, calling out gently, "Yueguang, let's not sleep like this. Turn over and sleep."
The white bear, who was half asleep, licked its mouth and opened its eyes. Perhaps it couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, so it shook its ears and turned over according to Mu Ling's signal.
Mu Ling patted its head, stuffed the teddy bear into its paws, and said, "Hold it."
The white bear hugged the little bear obediently. It blinked again and then nodded its head towards Mu Ling.
Mu Ling bent down and kissed its forehead, and then the white bear closed its eyes contentedly and fell asleep again.
Mu Ling stood up and walked out of the cage. Seeing Commander Duan's pupils trembling outside, she explained: "When Moonlight is unconscious, you can kiss and hug it. It doesn't know..."
Commander Duan: “…”
Sounds like a pervert...
After inspecting the two severely injured war beasts, Commander Duan's last bit of worry disappeared. He solemnly said to Mu Ling, "I'll bring the magic to you tonight after your park closes."
Mu Ling nodded and shook his hand: "See you tonight."
That evening, at 7:30.
The zoo staff had just finished their meal when they saw a starship heading towards them in the sky above the server.
The starship was suspended in the sky, and their headmaster, Mu, was standing in the open space below the starship, waving his hands frantically upwards: "Fall, fall!"
After a while, the starship landed and everyone gathered around to watch the excitement.
Then they saw the starship hatch open, and more than thirty strong men came out pushing a giant iron cage.
Then take another look inside the cage.
Red skin, upward-curved tusks, a sturdy body, and ears like palm-leaf fans...
That turned out to be a red mammoth? !
Mu Ling also walked over at this time. He shook hands with Commander Duan first, then looked at the elephant in the cage. Its body was covered with wounds of all sizes, with pus oozing from several spots on its head. Its eyes were cloudy, its pupils were dark, and tears were flowing from its eyes...
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