Chapter 54
The white fox was very fast. After being released, it seemed to release its nature and ran along the spacious corridor of the cabin. In less than a second, it ran to the next cabin.
Mu Ling hurried to catch up.
The captain chased while contacting the broadcasting room via walkie-talkie.
A moment later, the announcement began. The announcer's orderly and rational voice rang from above the starship: "Dear passengers, hello. We have discovered that there may be an alien beast on our starship. The War Fox Orchestra is currently working hard to capture it. Passengers, please do not panic if you see it. Do not run around in the cabin. Remain calm. If you see a white hamster, please try to avoid it. If you see a white fox, please do not stop it. Do not interfere with the War Beast's work! Thank you for your cooperation!"
As the broadcast ended, more than a dozen cabins became even more chaotic.
"What did he say? Strange beast?"
"Hamster monster? Oh my god, what's wrong with Starfleet? Why didn't they do a thorough inspection before setting off? What if the monster hurts someone?"
"I heard someone was injured. My colleague in another cabin said he saw a flight attendant taking a man with a bloody face to the infirmary!"
"Everyone, don't worry. Didn't they say that the war beasts are capturing the alien beasts? As long as the war beasts are there, there's nothing to be afraid of. As long as the war beasts are there, everything will be fine!"
Amidst the chatter, some people looked around to see if there was any strange beast coming, some quickly covered the child's head and face with clothes, and some turned on the computer camera and started filming.
Yes, never doubt people’s desire to share. No matter how big the event is, they will take a video first!
At 8 o'clock in the evening, it was the peak time of the day for traffic. Netizens were happily browsing the Star Network. Suddenly, they came across a series of videos with exaggerated titles.
《A strange beast appears on starship flight A2271!》
《Click to watch the war beasts catch the strange beasts! 》
The closest I ever came to death was when the beast was only 0.01 centimeters away from me!
"Mom, I've made it! I saw a living war beast!"
How deadly is the hamster monster?
《For the record, if I die, this is my black box! 》
Netizens were confused at first, but as they watched the videos one by one, they were shocked, especially the video "The monster was only 0.01 centimeters away from me at that time", which almost made people stop breathing.
In the camera, a hamster with red spots was running from the front cabin. It was rampant, with bloodshot eyes, sharp teeth, and a mouth full of blood. Wherever it passed, the passengers screamed and fled. Of course, there were people who dodged, and there were also brave people. The guy in the camera threw a water cup at the hamster. The hamster was hit, but it seemed not to feel anything. It even rushed towards the passenger who threw the cup. The passenger was scared now and screamed wildly, but the hamster had already climbed onto his body, climbed onto his head, and then jumped onto the ceiling.
The hamster was looking for a way to survive on the ceiling, while looking back from time to time. The passenger who was stepped on by the hamster had his legs weakened with fear, and was dragged away by others!
At this moment, a white fox with bandages all over its body suddenly appeared.
The white fox was snow-white all over, except for a tuft of bright red hair between its eyebrows. Its purple pupils were sharp and bright. After accurately capturing the hamster's position, it jumped up, stepped on the back of a seat, and jumped directly towards the hamster.
The hamster sensed the danger, but couldn't find a gap in the ceiling, so he could only run to another car through the crack in the door.
The white fox turned around, and its swift and fluent figure flashed away, chasing after another carriage.
The video is not over yet. Behind, a beautiful girl holding a backpack also ran into the camera. She did not stop and tried to chase in the direction of the white fox.
Behind the girl, several staff members wearing air police uniforms were also chasing her.
Probably because this video is the most thrilling and exciting, it also has the most comments.
"That's terrifying! When I saw that man throwing the cup at the monster, I really thought he was dead. So utterly clueless! If a normal hamster has a lethality of 1, then a hamster infected with the mutant virus has a lethality of 1,000, or even 10,000. That means it's being chased by a monster, so it doesn't have time to stop and retaliate. Otherwise, you'd be dead in less than ten seconds!"
I saw the hamster's mouth full of blood. It was so scary. It must have killed someone!
[How could there be a strange beast on the starship? The Starship Center should bear full responsibility! ]
[Although it's a bit inappropriate to focus on this at this time, that war beast is truly beautiful. Foxes eat rats. Go war fox, kill the alien rat!]
[By the way, did anyone notice the girl in the back? She's a little blurry, but she looks like my wife, right?]
Under this comment, someone replied: [I know you guys have a lot of fans at Piccolo Zoo, but please don't be so reckless! There are millions of Federation war beasts, and not every mention of war beasts is necessarily about Piccolo Zoo! The war fox in the video is injured and still catching exotic beasts. Please respect it and its owner, okay?]
This reply received a lot of likes. Regardless of whether you are a fan or not, everyone thinks it is quite rude to post something related to Piccolo's Zoo in this place.
However, under this reply, someone else quickly replied: [Uh... although, I'm on the starship, let me show you a candid photo, that is indeed my wife. [Picture]]
As soon as the clear photos came out, this comment went viral, with countless replies.
——[Fuck, it really is my wife! I’d recognize my wife even if she turned to ash! My wife is actually on this starship too!]
——[So this war fox was brought by my wife? I've never seen it before!]
——[Girls, I saw a screenshot posted by a big shot in another comment section. It was a WeChat Moments post from a flight attendant half an hour ago. She shared a photo and said she ran into her wife and a white fox on a starship. She also said the white fox was called Lingren, and it was her wife who said it herself!]
——【Lingren? I've never heard of this name. I searched for it, but couldn't find any news about it. It shouldn't be a retired war beast, right?】
——[Ah, why is he staying with his wife if he’s not a retired war beast? Curious!]
The comments became more and more lively, and at this moment, in the starship, the sensitive hamster suddenly crawled into a toilet with an open door. It went up along the gap in the wall, and the vent on the ceiling was right in front of it. It was about to crawl into the vent!
"Snap!" The sharp white fox chased in at this time. It stepped on the water tank with both feet, jumped into the air, bit the butt of the hamster that was about to disappear with its sharp teeth, and pulled it out directly.
The hamster reacted quickly, turning its head and trying to attack the white fox's face with red eyes.
The toilet was narrow, and the white fox turned his head and threw the hamster directly to the floor of the corridor, knocking it unconscious.
The hamster got up and was about to run, but the white fox pounced on it, pressed its back with one claw, and almost crushed the hamster with its huge force. The hamster still wanted to struggle, but the white fox bit down and directly broke the hamster's body!
"Chichi, chichi..." The hamster's screams stopped abruptly, and the entire cabin was silent in an instant.
Countless onlookers and cameras were slowly moving towards this side. When they saw the wild white fox and the hamster's corpse, they all fell silent.
Mu Ling finally arrived at this time, panting.
Mu Ling pushed through the crowd and as soon as she entered, she saw Ling Ren licking the blood from his neck hair.
Seeing Mu Ling appear, Ling Ren immediately ran towards Mu Ling.
Mu Ling bent down, hugged Lingren, let the white fox lie on her shoulders, and then turned to look at the people around her.
At this time, the air police and the captain also arrived. The captain looked at the bloody hamster corpse on the ground and winked at the air police.
One of the air police officers turned over the hamster's body with his baton, and instantly, a hole like a rotten sore appeared under the hamster's belly.
Mu Ling saw the hole and immediately said, "This is a strange beast. The strange beasts I've seen are like this. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Beast Tamers. You can ask any Beast Tamer!"
Seeing Mu Ling was very excited, the captain said hurriedly: "Don't worry, we will verify it now."
There are no professionals on the starship, but the matter has become so serious that if we cannot immediately verify whether it is a strange beast, all the staff will be held responsible.
Seeing that there were still many passengers around, the captain did not drive them away. Instead, he made a video call and played the video so that everyone could see it.
The call was quickly picked up, and an officer's face appeared on the other end.
The officer clearly didn't know what was going on. Seeing so many people, he was a little confused: "Captain Li...what's this?"
Captain Li turned the camera to the hamster's corpse on the ground and asked directly, "This is it, Lieutenant Luo, I'd like you to take a look. Is this a strange animal?"
The footage was incredibly high-definition. Lieutenant Luo only took one look at it before his expression darkened. He said, "This is a strange beast! Where are you? On the starship? How could you have a strange beast there?"
Captain Li breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could confirm that it was a strange beast.
Signaling the air marshals to pack up the hamster's body, Captain Li briefly recounted the situation, concluding, "We were able to successfully kill this strange beast thanks to Director Mu of the Beak Zoo. When we reach the next stop, we will immediately hand the beast's body over to the on-duty troops at the Starfleet Center."
The camera then turned to Mu Ling, and Lieutenant Luo saw a young girl suddenly appear in the camera.
The girl was lovingly stroking the fur of the white fox in her arms. She glanced at the camera, then at Captain Li beside her, and corrected him, "Captain, you're wrong. It's not me that's being thanked, it's the Lingren who's being thanked. It was the Lingren who discovered the strange rat and caught it. It's the Lingren who saved more lives."
As she spoke, the girl turned sideways so that the camera could capture the white fox's front. She smiled and wiped the blood from the white fox's mouth with her sleeve, coaxing the white fox gently: "Right, it's all our actors' fault. Our actors are the best!"
After she finished speaking, she kissed the red hair on the white fox's forehead again.
The white fox was very dirty, with blood all over the area around its mouth and neck hair, but it still rubbed its forehead against Mu Ling's cheek stickily, making a coquettish sound of "嘤嘤, 嘤嘤".
Mu Ling held up the white fox's butt and said to Captain Li, "Can you handle this? I want to take Lingren to wash up, otherwise I'll be covered in blood soon."
Captain Li hurriedly said to an air marshal, "Send Director Mu back."
The air police officer tactfully took the empty backpack from Mu Ling and led the way: "This way."
Mu Ling followed the air police. Along the way, the passengers around her were looking at her. Mu Ling felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so she had to walk faster.
Just as she was about to leave the cabin, she heard someone behind her shout, "Wife!"
Mu Ling froze for a moment and turned her head to look. She had thought that with so many people around, she would not be able to find who shouted. However, Mu Ling saw that all the passengers were looking at the two eighteen or nineteen-year-old female students in the corner in confusion. Mu Ling followed the passengers' gaze and looked at the two female college students.
Two female students: "..."
The two female students had no idea that they would be exposed on the spot. They were socially devastated. Their faces turned red, they screamed, and squatted on the ground.
The passengers were even more confused.
Mu Ling quickly fled!
Just when Mu Ling finally returned to her exclusive cabin, new videos were flooding the Star Network.
Good news! The strange beast has been beheaded!
"Who in the family understands? The War Fox kills the Alien Rat in one bite!"
"This should be the most complete video of a war beast hunting and killing an alien beast on the entire internet, right? It was even filmed in the toilet!"
"My wife looks so beautiful when she holds the actor in her arms!"
"When the actor rubbed his wife, I didn't know who to envy!"
"God damn it, I'm going to call the police! These two girls stole my wife!"
The video online repeated the short five-minute scene of "a white fox biting a hamster to death and Mu Ling appearing to take the white fox away" hundreds of times, switching perspectives and angles.
As more videos and discussions became available, the trending topic "A strange beast appears on the A2271 starship" which was just the top trending search soon became "My wife said the credit goes to the actors."
In this entry, there were even some experts who created slow-motion clips of Mu Ling and Ling Ren's interactions. For example, one second, accompanied by passionate music, the white fox had just cut the strange beast in half. The next second, the background music changed, and the white fox rushed into Mu Ling's arms, rubbing her face, and nestled in her arms with a look of dependence. At the same time, Mu Ling gently wiped the blood from the white fox's mouth and kissed its forehead. One person and one fox, a warm and lingering love, running towards each other...
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8:30 pm, Bic Zoo, inside the restaurant.
Dozens of zoo employees sat together, watching the video on the big screen in front of them, and there was silence all around.
After an unknown amount of time, Dr. Bray spoke first, "I can't believe it's become a hot topic again just a few hours after the director left. But how could there be an exotic beast on a starship?"
How could others know? Wei Li said at this time: "Anyway, I know this. Don't let Yue Guang see this video."
Xiao Zhao sighed: "Don't let Tayun see it."
The waitress, Erin, nodded: "Don't let Lightning see it either."
Li Yan said helplessly: "It's not easy to explain to Qilin."
Everyone: “…”
No, the more I listen, the more I feel like the director is a scumbag who abandoned his wife and children and eloped with an actor...
Outside the restaurant, Xiang Bie also connected with Mu Ling.
Mu Ling was wiping the wet hair around Lingren's mouth and chest with a dry tissue. She had just carried Lingren to the bathroom and washed all the bloody areas on Lingren's body, but there was no hair dryer here, so she could only use a dry tissue to wipe it as dry as possible.
"You guys know about this too?" Mu Ling said to Brother Xiang on the other end of the communication line while wiping her hair. "I'm actually fine, but there's something fishy about this matter. I heard that Lieutenant Luo, the one who just communicated with Captain Li, will be coming aboard to investigate. The military has taken action, so there should be results soon, right?"
Xiang Bie frowned and said to Mu Ling, "Be careful when you go out."
Mu Ling smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will. I'm not alone either. I still have Fas. If all else fails, the people from Silin Zoo and Fuai Zoo are here too, so they can at least look after me."
Mu Ling asked again: "Is the park okay today?"
Xiang Bie hummed and asked, "Do you want to go check out the animal dormitories?"
Mu Ling hurriedly said, "Yes, yes! Brother Xiang, you are so kind!"
Xiang Bie paused and said nothing. He switched the communication to video mode and walked into the animal dormitory with the camera.
Because Xiang Bie couldn't get too close to the war beasts, he stood at the door and took a panoramic photo of Mu Ling.
Mu Ling looked at every little animal in the dormitory and sighed sincerely, "I finally understand why netizens urge me to update videos every day! Woohoo, I don't feel it when I see them every day, but I've only been away for three hours and I already miss them!"
Xiang Bie was silent for a moment, then looked at the camera and said softly, "Then come back early..."
Mu Ling quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, yes!"
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The next stop is the 800U-1 star station. There are a total of twenty-six passengers who disembarked at the 800U-1 star. After these twenty-six people got off the starship, they were taken away by the local garrison. The military needs to make sure that they have nothing to do with the strange beast incident before releasing them.
As for the other passengers on the starship, Lieutenant Luo and his men personally questioned them.
Of course, the hamster's owner was the first to suffer.
The owner of the hamster was a middle-aged lady who was flying first class and wearing designer clothes. When she heard that her hamster was a strange animal and had died, she couldn't believe it and had been arguing with the flight attendants for a long time.
But when Lieutenant Luo arrived, he frightened the lady with just a few words, and she honestly told her the life story of the hamster.
She said that her son wanted to raise this hamster, so she went to the God King Planet to buy an extremely rare breed, an extremely expensive hamster with aristocratic bloodline, but she didn't expect this to happen.
Lieutenant Luo wrote down the information such as where she bought the hamster and who told her that she could buy the hamster here. He asked his colleagues from the God King Star to verify it, and at the same time asked another group of people to go to the lady's home to investigate her background.
After Lieutenant Luo spent several hours questioning all the other passengers, at three o'clock in the morning of that night, when they were about to disembark, Lieutenant Luo found Mu Ling.
Mu Ling thought this person was also here to interrogate her, but he just said, "Thank you very much, Ms. Mu and Ling Ren, for your bravery in helping the military eliminate the strange beasts. I will report your contribution."
Mu Ling felt embarrassed by what he said, and quickly waved her hand: "I don't need to report it, just report it to Lingren, it's what it deserves."
Lieutenant Luo smiled and said, "You don't have to be modest. After all, you are Lingren's guardian now. If Lingren has a share of the credit, you must also have a share. However, I still have a question for you. What exactly did Lingren do when he discovered the strange beast?"
Mu Ling recalled what happened at that time.
Lieutenant Luo fell silent after hearing this. "Director Mu, you've raised many war beasts, so you should know a little bit about them. I'd like to ask, do you know how sensitive an S-class war beast is to the scent of exotic beasts? And how far can it reach?"
Mu Ling was stunned. She remembered that she had taken Qilin Lightning to patrol the mountains with Major Chang. Major Chang had said at that time that an S-level war beast could smell the scent of strange beasts a hundred kilometers away.
Mu Ling frowned. "You think it's strange that Lingren didn't notice the alien beast immediately after boarding the starship. Instead, he waited until the starship was already set off and the alien beast was right under his nose before he realized there was an alien beast on the starship. Lieutenant Luo, Lingren is in poor health and his brain isn't very good either. I think it's normal for him to be slow to notice it at first."
"Abnormal." Lieutenant Luo said, "I'm from the Beast Taming Army. I can tell you clearly that it's abnormal. Even a war beast with severe mental trauma close to 100% will still be sensitive to alien beasts at no less than 100 kilometers. That's why they are S-level war beasts. This is their unique talent."
Mu Ling fell silent.
Lieutenant Luo continued, "Think carefully about the actor's reaction. Was there really nothing unusual when he first boarded the starship?"
Mu Ling thought about it for a long time, and finally shook her head: "Indeed, no, it has always been very well behaved. It really was only when the alien rat ran across the ceiling of our cabin that it felt it."
Lieutenant Luo nodded, stood up, and handed over a business card: "Okay, if you think of anything else in the future, you can always contact me."
Mu Ling took the business card and said hello.
At this time, the starship stopped and the broadcast prompted that Siwan Star had arrived.
Mu Ling stuffed the white fox back into the bag, hung the bag on her chest, then said goodbye to Lieutenant Luo and left the starship.
Mu Ling was still thinking about this all the way... until she walked down the exit corridor to the starship lobby. From a distance, she saw Fass pushing two suitcases and hurried over. "Director, the luggage has been picked up! Are you okay?"
As Fas said this, he looked Mu Ling up and down.
Fas and Mu Ling were in different cabins. When the alien rat passed by Fas' cabin before, Fas saw Mu Ling, but before he could say hello, the director ran away. After the matter was settled, Fas called the director again. The director said he was fine, so Fas didn't ask any more questions.
Now that he saw that the headmaster was really fine, Fas finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Ling immediately saw the worry in the young man's eyes. She smiled and said, "I'm really fine. Okay, let's go and find the people from Silin Zoo and Fuai Zoo first."
Mu Ling quickly met up with Silin's Manager Chen and others, but she didn't see Fu Ai.
Manager Chen said, "Fu Ai brought two lionesses with her. We're going to pick them up now. They're going through a separate transportation port. Let's go straight over there. The car is parked over there."
Mu Ling didn't know much about Siwanxing, so she just followed Manager Chen all the way.
On the way, Manager Chen couldn't help but glance at the white fox in Mu Ling's arms. After a while, he couldn't help but say, "It was so thrilling on the starship just now. No one expected something like this to happen. Luckily, your Lingren was there. However, Lingren doesn't look like a war beast with an 83% damage value. I saw in the video that it was very brave and clear-headed."
Mu Ling couldn't help but touch the white fox's head with pity, looking into its wet purple eyes and said, "Because in front of alien beasts, war beasts are like this. Damage value does not affect their fighting."
Just like what the Qilin does to the python, just like what lightning does to the hyena.
Manager Chen nodded and said with emotion: "War beasts, the treasure of the Federation..."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the transport port. From a distance, they saw Manager Harry directing the staff to push the iron cage containing the lion onto the car.
"Be careful and push slowly."
"Don't be anxious, don't scare Roumei and Xiaoduo!"
Manager Harry was so worried that he almost died. Mu Ling also looked at the two beautiful lionesses. As she was looking, suddenly, the white fox in her arms raised its head abruptly, and its cold purple eyes instantly shot towards the two lions over there.
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