Chapter 55
"Actor?"
Mu Ling was holding Ling Ren in her arms, and naturally she was the first to notice Ling Ren's unusual reaction.
Seeing the actor looking at the two lions, Mu Ling's heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened: "What are you looking at?"
The white fox tilted its head slightly towards the lioness, its dark nose moving hard to sniff the air.
Mu Ling was so nervous that she even breathed lightly.
I heard that the strange rat on the starship was sharing a room with other checked animals before escaping from the cargo hold!
No way, it hasn't already infected other animals, has it?
It's impossible. Lieutenant Luo is from the Beast Taming Army. He knows so much about exotic beasts. When something so big happens, he will definitely check if the other animals are safe first. If there is any problem, he will not let them off the ship!
Besides, whether it is animals in the zoo or private pets, they all need to be vaccinated. Even if they are bitten by exotic animals, they may not be infected!
Mu Ling stared closely at Lingren's every move, paying attention to its every reaction at any time.
"Director Mu? What's wrong?" Manager Chen took two steps and found that Mu Ling didn't follow him, so he turned around and asked in confusion.
Mu Ling came to her senses and saw that although Ling Ren was alert, he did not show any intention of rushing forward, so she followed Manager Chen.
When they reached the truck, the door was closed and Mu Ling could no longer see the two lions.
She looked at the white fox again and saw it still staring at the truck door. Its beautiful inverted triangle head tilted in confusion, and its two snow-white ears twitched slightly, but that was all...
"Director Mu, get in the car." Manager Chen said again, opened the car door, and let Mu Ling get in first.
This is a transport vehicle sent by the Siwanxing Forestry Bureau. It has a truck-like carriage at the back and four seats at the front.
Except for the driver's seat, the remaining three seats are defaulted to be occupied by the three persons in charge from the God King Star.
As for the subordinates they brought with them, they rode in another small car, and their luggage was also placed in that car.
Mu Ling and Fas separated again, and Mu Ling held Ling Ren and sat in the innermost seat in the back row of the car.
Seeing this, Manager Chen and Manager Harry rushed to grab the passenger seat!
In the end, Manager Chen was more skilled and grabbed the passenger seat. He quickly sat in it, put on his seat belt, and looked at Manager Harry with a smile on his face.
Manager Harry: “…”
Manager Harry swallowed and sat in the back seat trembling.
As soon as he sat down, Manager Harry coughed lightly, moved his butt outward, and pressed his body against the car door, trying to keep as much distance as possible from Mu Ling... and the white fox in her arms!
"Manager Harry." Mu Ling said with a smile, "Actors don't bite."
Manager Harry twitched his lips awkwardly: "I know, I know."
But his butt didn't move towards this side at all.
Mu Ling had no choice but to let Lingren's head rest on her right shoulder, so that there was a slight distance between them and Manager Harry could not see Lingren at all.
Manager Harry was embarrassed by Mu Ling's behavior and quickly changed the subject by chatting: "Is this white fox a new war beast received by the Beak Zoo? I don't think I've seen it before."
Mu Ling said: "No, I have been here for almost a year, but I used to live in the mountains. I was injured recently, so I took it down."
At this point, Mu Ling further explained: "Lingren currently has some memory and common sense issues. He recognizes me more now. I was afraid that if I left, he would get into trouble at the zoo, so I brought him on this business trip. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you two."
Manager Harry didn't dare to respond and quickly waved his hands: "No, no, you've managed it well, there's no inconvenience at all. Besides, it was thanks to you guys that we were able to get through this on the starship before, otherwise who knows how much more trouble would have happened."
Speaking of things on the starship, Mu Ling glanced at Ling Ren again. She saw that although Ling Ren was resting his head obediently on her shoulder, his eyes were still open. He was looking at the carriage behind him and his nose was constantly sniffing.
Mu Ling asked, "Manager Harry, are Roumei and Xiaoduo scared?"
Manager Harry became a little worried when he mentioned this. "They seem to be frightened. I see they look a little wilted. When I moved the cage just now, they didn't make any noise or noise, and they didn't even stand up. If the Beast Tamers hadn't checked, I would have been a little worried that they were bitten by the strange rats."
Mu Ling nodded. "But since it's been checked by the Beastmaster Army, there must be no problem. It might be due to acclimatization. The climate on Siwan Star is quite different from that on Shenwang Star."
"That might be the case," Manager Harry said. "When we get to the Monty Zoo tomorrow morning, we'll have to ask the veterinarian there to take a look."
It is now 3:30 in the morning. The driver took them to the hotel to catch up on sleep. The exchange meeting will not start until 1:00 in the afternoon. The morning time is for those who brought animals to have free time. Those who want to go on blind dates can go on blind dates, and those who want to discuss cooperation can go and discuss cooperation.
Roumei and Xiaoduo’s first blind date is at Monty Zoo, and Manager Harry has already communicated with Monty Zoo.
Two cars arrived at the hotel quickly.
This hotel has been booked by the organizer, the Siwanxing Forestry Bureau. In the next few days, the people staying here will be the zoo managers from various planets and their animals.
Yes, the animals also have separate rooms to live in, but they are not allowed to leave their cages.
Mu Ling's situation was special. When she registered, she wrote down that she brought a war beast, and she and the war beast would just stay in the same room.
The night shift receptionist was all smiles as she gently handed Mu Ling a room card. "We're aware of your situation. Our manager saw the trending searches and made special arrangements before leaving get off work. We've arranged a suite for you so you and Lingren can have more space."
Manager Chen and Manager Harry, who were staying in the standard room, looked at Mu Ling with envy...
Mu Ling felt a little embarrassed and kept saying thank you. After the others received their room cards, the group took the elevator up together.
Fass shared a room with a staff member of Fuai Zoo. He first delivered Mu Ling's luggage to Mu Ling's room before leaving.
Once the door was closed and Mu Ling checked that all the windows were closed, she untied Lingren's chains and let it move freely.
As soon as it was free, Lingren jumped onto the bed. It shook its fur and sat on the soft quilt. The white quilt almost blended into its white fur. Mu Ling smiled and sat over to it, rubbing its head.
The white fox then lay down, leaning its body relaxedly on Mu Ling's thighs, looking at Mu Ling with its watery purple eyes.
"Oh, our Lingren is so good." Mu Ling lowered her head and kissed Lingren's little face, saying, "Sister will go take a bath first. Don't run around, okay?"
Mu Ling got up and went over to open the suitcase. Ling Ren immediately jumped down, squeezed in from under Mu Ling's arms, rubbed his body against Mu Ling's, and then sat down in Mu Ling's suitcase.
Mu Ling: “…”
"Lingren, you're blocking my sister from getting clothes."
Mu Ling pried open the fox's buttocks and finally pulled out her underwear bag. She simply held Lingren in her arms, then took out the things she needed one by one, closed the box, let it go, and went to the bathroom.
As soon as the bathroom door was closed, the white fox became unhappy.
It lay on the ground beside the door, sniffing inside through the gap until it heard the sound of water. Then it turned around on the spot and sat down against the door panel, making a "humming" sound from its mouth from time to time.
Mu Ling finished her shower and just opened the door when she saw a white fox at her feet.
The fox stood up, put its ears back, pounced on Mu Ling with its front paws, and scratched her.
Mu Ling sighed, bent down, picked it up, and rubbed its fur. "Why are you acting like a puppy? Did you learn that from 'Allegiance'?"
The name "loyalty" was familiar to the white fox, and it immediately called out, "Ga!"
As if in response.
Mu Ling blew her hair again. After it was dry, she picked up the white fox sleeping beside her and went to bed.
As soon as Lingren got into bed, he snuggled into Mu Ling's arms. Mu Ling hugged him, kissed the red hair on his forehead, and asked, "What were you looking at Roumei and Xiaoduo for just now?"
The white fox naturally had no way to answer her. It just rested its head on Mu Ling's arm, with its pointed muzzle tucked into the crook of Mu Ling's neck.
Seeing this, Mu Ling stopped talking, hugged the fox and closed her eyes.
As a result, Mu Ling had just fallen asleep for a while when the white fox in her arms suddenly stood up.
Mu Ling opened her eyes in shock and saw that the white fox had jumped off the bed and rushed towards the door.
It put its nose against the gap in the door, trying hard to sniff outside, and then began to scratch the door with its claws!
"Actor?" Mu Ling called out.
The white fox seemed not to hear and continued to dig at the door!
Mu Ling was now awakened from all her sleepiness. She immediately put on her coat and got up. She first put the iron chain on Lingren and then opened the door.
As soon as he walked out of the room, the white fox immediately ran towards the elevator entrance. As soon as he ran over, Mu Ling saw a tool truck parked there that had not been there before.
It's the kind of tool cart that housekeeping staff push for cleaning. I guess it was just pushed up by one of the housekeeping staff.
The white fox sniffed around the tool cart frantically, then turned around and ran downstairs again.
Mu Ling had no choice but to follow in her slippers, following the white fox all the way down three floors. Then Lingren ran into the corridor and finally stopped outside a room.
Mu Ling took a look at the room number, 1209, which was not the room of Manager Harry or Meat Girl Xiaoduo.
So it has nothing to do with Roumei and Xiaoduo?
"Lingren, what's wrong with you? Is there a strange beast in there?"
The white fox scratched at the door, calling out to the inside: "Ga!"
"quack--"
An unpleasant duck voice attacks late at night.
The loud roar of the fox startled the tenants in the surrounding rooms and woke them up.
After a while, people kept opening the door to see what was going on.
When they saw Mu Ling and Bai Hu in the corridor, everyone had an expression of surprise on their faces. Anyone who had seen the hot searches last night would have recognized them.
Someone asked directly: "Are you Director Mu of Beek Zoo?"
Mu Ling was very embarrassed and said quickly, "Yes, yes. Sorry to bother you. Do you know whose animal lives in this room?"
Everyone looked at each other, and then a young man said, "This isn't the room where the animals live. This is the room of Director Qiao of the Qizhou Zoo on Bayagao Star."
Bayagao is a small planet located in the eastern star field. Because it is so small, there is only one zoo on the entire planet, and it is a very small zoo.
"But Director Qiao has already left." The young man continued, "We arrived in the afternoon, and our manager had dinner with Director Qiao that evening. But halfway through the meal, Director Qiao received a call and suddenly said that he had something to do at home and would not attend the exchange meeting, so he left."
Mu Ling frowned slightly. The white fox was still scratching at the door, screaming even more excitedly: "Ga! Ga!!!"
Seeing that the door was about to be damaged by it, one tenant began to feel uneasy: "Director Mu, what's going on with you people? In this room, is there..."
In an instant, everyone became tense!
Mu Ling just stared deeply at Ling Ren, the guest room cart upstairs, the room here, the exchange meeting members who had temporarily checked out...
Something flashed through her mind.
Mu Ling asked the young man again: "What time did Director Qiao leave?"
The young man scratched his head, unable to recall the details: "It's dinner time..."
"Nine o'clock." A female staff member suddenly said from the other side, "I was picking someone up in the lobby on the first floor, so I noticed the time. I saw Director Qiao leave with his luggage at nine o'clock."
Nine o'clock...
It was the time when the actor killed the strange rat, and the internet was in an uproar.
Mu Ling pursed her lips and said to the people around her, "Can someone please contact the front desk staff for me? I need to open the door of this room."
After a while, the front desk staff came up with the room card. His face turned pale with fright. He looked at Mu Ling, then at the white fox, and quickly opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, the actor rushed in. He sniffed around for a long time, but in the end, he seemed to find nothing. He barked again, his cry more mournful than ferocious...
How could the poor person scream like that...
Mu Ling's face darkened, and she asked the front desk staff, "Did anyone clean up this room after we checked out?"
The staff nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, someone will come and clean up immediately after you check out."
Mu Ling asked, "Is the tool cart used to clean this room the same one parked at the elevator entrance on the 15th floor?"
The front desk clerk didn't know this, so he quickly used the intercom to call the housekeeping staff on night shift.
After a while, a housekeeper came over. She knew nothing and said in a daze, "I put that cart on the 15th floor just now. Our job on the night shift is to put the tool carts on each floor in the designated location before dawn so that the morning shift can start working. I don't know which floor that cart was on before. They all look the same..."
Mu Ling nodded and asked the other tenants who were quietly watching from the door, "Excuse me, did Director Qiao bring any animals with him?"
Everyone shook their heads: "No, he came here on his own, without even bringing any staff."
Mu Ling asked, "Aren't there three staff members available?"
The young man said, "The zoo might not be crowded enough. Not many people can come."
"Mu, Director Mu..." The front desk clerk at the hotel was almost going crazy. He looked at Mu Ling tremblingly, hoping that Mu Ling would give him a quick death: "Are there really strange beasts here?"
Mu Ling looked at Ling Ren, who had gradually calmed down, and shook her head: "Probably not."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"but……"
Mu Ling took a deep breath, and everyone's heart rose to their throat again.
"The rebels may have been here."
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At six in the morning, Director Zhou of the Siwanxing Forestry Bureau received a call from below. He was still a little sleepy, but when he heard what the person on the other end said, he sat up in bed and his face changed drastically: "Rebels?"
At seven o'clock in the morning, Mu Ling, who couldn't sleep anyway, fed Ling Ren some animal food, and then carried the listless Ling Ren to the restaurant for breakfast.
Because the hotel has been booked by the Forestry Bureau, no one says anything if you bring animals to the restaurant. After all, the guests here all work in the zoo, and no one would think animals are dirty.
There weren't many people in the breakfast room at this moment. Mu Ling didn't see Manager Chen and Manager Harry. They didn't go to bed until four o'clock last night, so it was probably still early.
Mu Ling found a corner to sit down. Not long after she finished eating, she saw a group of people coming up in the elevator. The one leading them was over fifty years old with gray hair. Led by the front desk staff, they walked up to Mu Ling and said, "Hello, Director Mu. I am the director of the Siwanxing Forestry Bureau. My surname is Zhou."
Mu Ling quickly stood up and shook hands with the other party: "Hello, Director Zhou, hello."
Director Zhou glanced at the backpack in Mu Ling's arms. Through the opening of the bag, he could vaguely see the sleepy white fox inside.
Director Zhou sat down opposite Mu Ling, and the others who came with him sat at another table.
Mu Ling glanced at the others, then at Director Zhou, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come so early."
Director Zhou waved his hand and said wearily, "After such a big incident, it's already too late... You said that Director Qiao of Qizhou Zoo is a rebel. Is that true?"
Mu Ling said, "I'm not 100% sure, but the probability is very high. Last night, when we first arrived at the hotel, Lingren didn't react at all. But in the middle of the night, after the housekeeping staff dropped a tool cart off on our floor, he suddenly reacted. If there were a strange beast in the hotel, he wouldn't react so slowly. So, it wasn't the beast that attracted him, but the smell of the tool cart."
"Then it sniffed the tool cart and followed the scent to Director Qiao's former room on the 12th floor. After entering, it let out a cry of pain and sorrow. Director Zhou, you might not know that Lingren served on Xuan Gu Star before retiring. Its master was seriously injured and remains unconscious because of the rebels. It itself retired because of the rebels. It has smelled the scent of the rebels before!"
Director Zhou frowned. "But isn't it too hasty to suspect Director Qiao of being a rebel just because of this?"
Mu Ling continued, "Director Qiao suddenly withdrew from the exchange meeting just as the Ling people captured the exotic beast on the starship last night. We just caught the exotic beast here, and he immediately said he had something to do and withdrew. Isn't this too coincidental?"
Director Zhou didn't say anything, but from his expression, he seemed to think that the evidence was not sufficient.
Mu Ling continued, "Our Beak Zoo only participated in this exchange meeting temporarily. I believe you only found out about it the day before yesterday, right?"
Director Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, it was your Director Wang who told me personally to add your names."
Mu Ling said, "So almost no one knew that our Beek Zoo would be coming to Siwan Star. No one would have thought that we would bring a war beast with us, and that the one we brought was Lingren. But yesterday, Lingren captured a strange beast on the starship and exposed our itinerary, and then Director Qiao left immediately. His scent also caused a special reaction in Lingren. So imagine if he hadn't left, would Lingren have discovered him?"
Mu Ling raised her eyebrows again when she said this: "And now I suspect that there may be rebels on that starship yesterday."
Director Zhou immediately raised his eyes to look at Mu Ling: "What do you mean?"
Mu Ling said, "After getting off the ship last night, Lingren suddenly kept staring at the two lions at the Fuai Zoo. I was startled at the time and thought the two lions had mutated, but Lingren only stared at them or sniffed them, without any extreme behavior. I was unsure what he meant at the time. Later, in the middle of the night, he suddenly ran to Director Qiao's room, and then I realized that he was reacting to the two lions. Maybe he didn't smell the scent of strange animals on them, but the scent of rebels on them. However, this rebel was probably not one he was familiar with, so he was not sure and didn't act rashly..."
"As for this Director Qiao, I strongly suspect that he is a rebel that Lingren is very familiar with! Otherwise, he wouldn't have run away as soon as he knew Lingren was coming, and Lingren wouldn't be so excited by his scent. Director Zhou, you want me to provide particularly concrete evidence, but I really don't have it. Animals can't speak. All I can do is use my understanding of Lingren to guess what he means. You may not believe me, but anything involving rebels is no small matter. If rebels really did sneak into the exchange meeting, and even in the starships from Shenwang Star to Siwan Star, there are traces of rebels and alien beasts, then this incident is very likely aimed at your Siwan Star. I think you should report it immediately and request the military to investigate."
Director Zhou looked at Mu Ling deeply. After a while, he nodded, stood up and extended his hand to Mu Ling: "Thank you, Director Mu."
Mu Ling hurriedly shook hands with Director Zhou.
Director Zhou added, "I will report it immediately, but I may need to trouble you later."
Mu Ling was the one who proposed the theory of the rebel army, and the garrison on Siwan Star would definitely come to her for verification again.
Mu Ling nodded: "It should be."
After Director Zhou and others left, Mu Ling continued to eat. It was almost ten o'clock in the morning when Manager Harry knocked on Mu Ling's door and asked if she wanted to go to Monty Zoo to watch Roumei and Xiaoduo's blind date.
Mu Ling thought that sooner or later her own animals would have to go on blind dates with animals from other zoos, so she immediately agreed, just as a way to learn the process.
Manager Chen did not go because he wanted to catch up with acquaintances from other zoos in the morning.
Mu Ling brought Fas along, hoping that he could help Manager Harry and the others push the cages, but in reality, their help was not needed. In addition to Manager Harry, six other people came to Fuai Zoo this time. Except for three places, the rest of the people were paid for by the zoo themselves. Fuai didn't care about the money. The main thing was to ensure the safety of Roumei and Xiaoduo.
The driver from Monty Zoo came to pick them up, driving the same big truck as last night. However, when loading the truck, Mu Ling took a special look and saw that Roumei and Xiaoduo still looked listless and had no energy.
Mu Ling looked at the actor again, but saw that the actor was still looking at the two lions. Although his eyes were sharp, he still did not rush forward.
Monty Zoo is a special zoo with a long history in Siwanxing, covering an area of about 2,000 acres.
The zoo is one-third caged animals, one-third wild animals, and one-third rides.
Mu Ling was sitting in the car, and the envious expression on her face never disappeared from the moment she saw the gate of Monty Zoo.
Manager Harry looked at it and wanted to laugh: "Our Fu Ai is about the same size as Monty. Back to the God King Planet, we welcome Director Mu to visit our Fu Ai."
Mu Ling hurriedly said, "Of course!"
The car finally drove into the back gate of Monty Zoo. There were too many tourists at the front gate, so the truck definitely couldn't go through the front gate.
Not long after entering through the back door, the car drove around in circles and arrived near the lion park. After the car stopped, outside, Monty Zoo's operations manager came to greet Manager Harry in person.
"Hey, Manager Harry, long time no see."
Manager Harry politely shook hands with the other party: "Manager Ge, long time no see."
At this time, Mu Ling came down from the back. When Manager Ge saw Mu Ling, he was immediately surprised: "Isn't this... isn't this... Director Mu of the Beak Zoo?"
Manager Harry lost interest instantly, and Manager Ge hurried forward to shake hands with Mu Ling.
Mu Ling's face was full of smiles: "Hello, hello."
Manager Ge said admiringly, "We all saw the trending searches last night. Oh, this is Lingren, right? Wow, so beautiful, so pretty, and so powerful! Did you bring Lingren here for a blind date too? Don't worry, we have Red Heart Foxes in our fox garden too. Although their level and talent aren't as high as your Lingren's, and they're not war beasts, they're of excellent quality. They're a particularly brave little prince, and your Lingren will definitely like them!"
Mu Ling: “…”
Lingren only had the dog in his heart, not the fox. Mu Ling quickly declined: "Thank you, Manager Ge, for your kindness, but Lingren is also a little prince."
Manager Ge: “…”
Manager Ge readily agreed: "Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. We have many female foxes of other species. Since you're all here, you must meet them. Let the children develop on their own. What if they like each other? As parents, we can't break up a couple!"
Manager Ge looked like a very powerful person. He tried to trick Mu Ling with an attitude of, "The food is right in front of my mouth, and I will pass on Ling Ren's S-level gene today." He even wanted to kidnap Ling Ren and put him in the group of female foxes so that they could have eight babies at once!
Manager Harry quickly came to Mu Ling's rescue: "The actor's damage value is 83%."
Manager Ge: “…”
Manager Ge froze. He carefully glanced at the distance between himself and Mu Ling, cautiously took two steps back, and smiled awkwardly, "Amazing, really amazing! Even with 83% damage, you can still catch a monster... That's amazing..."
Manager Harry patted Manager Ge on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's take a look at our Roumei and Xiaoduo first."
Manager Harry forcibly hugged Manager Ge and went to see the lions.
Mu Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief. She lowered her head and kissed Bai Hu's forehead, whispering, "It's mainly because our actress is so beautiful. Who wouldn't be confused after seeing her? Even Manager Ge is confused."
The white fox didn't know what Mu Ling was talking about. It just raised its head and nudged Mu Ling's nose affectionately with the tip of its nose.
Mu Ling smiled and kissed it again.
At this time, Manager Ge's subordinate received a call and suddenly came over and said, "Manager Ge, Nurse Wang at the veterinary station said that we should quickly contact Jixiang's owner. Jixiang may be..."
Manager Ge's expression changed, and he looked at his subordinate: "Isn't Jixiang out of danger?"
The subordinate shook his head: "Nurse Wang said that the damage value increased again this morning. It must have happened in the past two days..."
Manager Harry heard this and asked, "Manager Ge, what's wrong?"
Manager Ge shook his head, called over the Lion Garden manager, and said, "Harry, I have something to run. I'll let Manager Li take care of Roumei and Xiaoduo's blind date. What do you think..."
Manager Harry waved his hands hurriedly: "Just do your thing. We are not strangers anymore. Don't delay you."
Manager Ge thanked her repeatedly, nodded to Mu Ling, and quickly left with his subordinates.
After they were far away, Manager Harry asked Manager Li, "Who is Jixiang?"
Manager Li smiled bitterly and said, "It's a leopard, a retired A-level war beast. It's been with us for a year and a half, and its condition has been a bit bad recently..."
As he spoke, Manager Li looked at the two lionesses in the cage again. Then he frowned and said, "Manager Harry, has this lion vomited?"
Manager Harry looked over immediately and saw that there was indeed white vomit in the cage, and there was also white vomit residue around the mouth of one of the lionesses.
His expression changed drastically: "Xiaoduo!"
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