Chapter 79
Dogs are the first animals domesticated by humans.
Since the ancient Blue Star era, dogs have often fought alongside humans.
Police dogs, hunting dogs, drug detection dogs, rescue dogs, guide dogs, therapy dogs, sled dogs, shepherd dogs, and the most common pet dogs.
The time it takes for dogs to establish friendship with humans is much longer than that for other animals. Therefore, dogs are the animals that love humans the most.
The actor was still licking the loyal dog's fur, and the mastiff responded to it happily, but because it was exhausted, it could not do much to express its feelings and could only wag its tail.
However, as it shook, its pair of wet eyes began to search among the crowd again, as if it was looking for something.
Mu Ling knew what it was looking for...
Seeing the look in the mastiff's eyes, she couldn't help but step forward and gently pat its thorny shoulder bones. She said, "It's okay. Although the master is not here, my sister is here, as are my grandparents. Everyone is here to show their loyalty."
Xiaozhong reacted to his own name. He opened his eyes and stared at Mu Ling blankly.
Mu Ling continued to pat it, and then asked the old professors: "How is it?"
Dean Wu took off his mask and said, "It's okay, as long as it wakes up. Keep it for now. Feed it some nutrient water later, and then after half an hour, feed it some softened animal food. Don't feed it too much, just until it's two or three-quarters full. It's been too long since it's eaten, so it needs small meals and frequent meals. Its stomach needs time to adapt."
Mu Ling nodded and said, "Then I'll take care of it. I'll calculate the time to feed it."
Mu Ling was much more attentive to the war beast than the nurses, so the old professors naturally trusted her more. So they went next door to discuss the surgery. The tumor was benign now, so the sooner the surgery was performed, the better. If it was delayed until it worsened, it would be troublesome. Not to mention the difficulty in treatment, even if it was cured, the body would not be able to return to its original state.
After the professors left, Mu Ling looked at the officer and said, "I want some nutritious water and a feeding bottle. Xiaozhong is having trouble drinking water on his own right now, so feeding him with a bottle would be more convenient. This war animal hospital should have feeding bottles for young animals, right?"
The officer glanced at Mu Ling, said "Yes", walked to the door and told the soldiers to get it.
After a while, the soldier came back with nutrient water in one hand and a bottle of milk and animal food in the other.
Mu Ling took the water and the bottle, but didn't take the food. "This food won't do. Adult food is too greasy. Xiaozhong wants something lighter right now. Bring me some baby food. Baby food has small particles, which makes it easier to chew. It also contains milk powder, which is good for nourishing the body."
The soldiers had no choice but to go get the animal food.
During this period, Mu Ling unscrewed the bottle to clean it, then disinfected it, poured in the nutrient water, and walked to the bedside.
Pulling open the oxygen mask on Xiaozhong's mouthpiece, Mu Ling first observed Xiaozhong's condition. Seeing that it had no difficulty breathing, she stuffed the pacifier into its mouth.
The mastiff hadn't drunk from a bottle in years, and it was a little uncomfortable and wanted to move its head away.
But it couldn't move its head at all. Its head was held by the white fox, which was still licking its hair, almost licking it bald.
"Be good, be loyal, and drink water."
Finally, the mastiff was forced to hold the bottle in its mouth. Mu Ling raised the bottle again, and the sweet nutritious water flowed into the mastiff's mouth, which had been dry for a long time.
Then the next second, Xiaozhong, who had not had water for who knows how long, suddenly began to suck in big gulps, and in less than ten seconds, the water in the bottle was almost finished.
Mu Ling quickly controlled the speed at which Xiaozhong drank water and fed it slowly and evenly.
After finishing a bottle of water, the mastiff licked its nose. Now, its nose, which had always been dry, was a little moistened.
After drinking the water, the mastiff seemed to finally feel a little better. It stretched its neck and sniffed Mu Ling hard.
Mu Ling simply put her hand on the tip of the mastiff's nose and let it smell it.
Xiaozhong sniffed for a long time, then stretched out his tongue and licked Mu Ling gently.
Mu Ling smiled and touched its nose.
The officer at the door looked over at this time.
When the officer saw Xiaozhong licking Mu Ling, he seemed to have something to ask, but considering that he had an unpleasant experience with Director Mu before, he couldn't bring himself to ask the question.
"It licked me because I have the scent of Lingren on me. If you don't believe me, touch Lingren twice, then put your hand to its nose, and it will lick you too." Mu Ling spoke suddenly without raising her head, but the officer knew she was talking to him.
The officer was a little embarrassed and explained: "I don't doubt you..."
Mu Ling said calmly, "It's not a bad thing to be suspicious. If there's something suspicious, of course you should be suspicious. If you're not suspicious, it would mean you're not doing your job properly. But some suspicions can be raised directly. You ask, and I answer. It saves everyone trouble. It's better than guessing. Don't blame me for being rude or impolite to you. You should be able to see that I'm not in a good mood."
officer:"……"
The officer could only shut up. He had figured out that Director Mu still felt they were keeping her under house arrest, just under the guise of protection...
On the other side, after Xiaozhong licked Mu Ling twice, he suddenly pushed his head upwards. He looked up at the white fox above and rubbed the white fox's fur with his forehead.
The actor then stood up, lowered his head, licked the mastiff's eyes, nose, and ears, and then washed its face.
The mastiff squinted its eyes comfortably. Mu Ling noticed that its tail began to wag again, and then it stretched out its tongue to lick the white fox.
When it licked, the white fox did not move. It made a humming sound with its mouth and let the mastiff lick its neck hair.
After licking for a while, the white fox came around again.
Mu Ling quickly moved the mastiff's tube so that the actor wouldn't step on it or trip over it.
The actor came close to the mastiff's chest, sat there with his legs raised, and then stretched out his chin and rested it on the mastiff's neck.
The mastiff seemed to be very familiar with this action. It let the white fox lean against it with its neck embracing. Then it tilted its head to lick the white fox's ear hair and head hair more conveniently, and rubbed the white fox's neck gently with its own neck.
Their postures and interactions were so natural and familiar, as if they had been getting along like this for a long time.
After a while, the cub food was delivered.
Mu Ling tore open the bag, grabbed two grains of animal food in her hand, and fed them directly into the mastiff's mouth.
The mastiff didn't react at first, until it smelled the food, it immediately became excited and ate the two grains of food with a roll of its tongue!
But even when it was so anxious, its teeth did not bite Mu Ling's fingers. It seemed to know that hands should not be bitten. Even if it was so hungry that it was going crazy, it just could not bite.
Mu Ling felt distressed watching this. She guessed that its loyal master must have fed it with his hands in the past.
Their relationship must have been very good in the past.
After stroking the mastiff's head again, Mu Ling continued to feed Xiaozhong two grains of animal food at a time until it was about three-quarters full. She put the animal food aside and went to wash her hands. When she came back, she began to coax the two war beasts to sleep.
The infusion medicine for Xiaozhong contains nerve-relieving drugs, which have the effect of helping sleep. The actor has not rested since he saw Xiaozhong in the early morning, and now he is finally tired.
Mu Ling took out her laptop and started reading stories. After reading so many stories to Yue Guang, she had already saved a lot of fairy tales.
Time passed minute by minute. Half an hour later, after making sure that both war beasts were asleep, Mu Ling got up quietly, opened the door of the ward, and walked out.
Outside the ward, soldiers were still guarding it strictly.
Mu Ling looked around and didn't see the officer whose rank she didn't know, so she said to the person next to her, "I need to make a call."
The soldier looked at her immediately.
Mu Ling said, "Send your leader over." A moment later, the officer came over. He looked at Mu Ling and said, "You can make calls anytime you want."
Mu Ling asked, "Can I have a moment to talk?"
The officer was stunned, but still followed Mu Ling to a place in the corner.
"I'm not calling for myself, I'm calling for you." Mu Ling suddenly said.
The officer frowned.
Mu Ling got straight to the point: "I don't have much time. I can't stay here forever. We have many sick war beasts to take care of at home, and most importantly..."
Mu Ling looked at the officer: "I also want to take Fu Zhong away."
The officer's expression changed, and he immediately said, "Impossible."
Mu Ling pursed her lips. "I know that loyalty is important. You want to use it to capture Luo En. But what if Luo En is caught? Then you won't need loyalty anymore. And Luo En will be without a master and can't serve anymore. Can you retire it then? After it's retired, can you send it to our Beak Zoo?"
The officer stared at Mu Ling and said seriously, "Director Mu, we must always be loyal. It's not just a tool to capture traitors, it's our partner, our comrade-in-arms. We can't just abandon it after we capture someone. What it chooses at that time depends on itself."
Mu Ling was puzzled: "What do you mean by looking at itself?"
Officer: "Xiao Zhong was not bitten by the alien beast, and his nerves are not damaged. Therefore, after the tumor is cured and his body recovers, he can still turn back into a healthy and normal mastiff. If the traitor catches him at that time, Xiao Zhong can regain his freedom. This freedom is his own choice."
"If he still wants to serve, we'll find him a new owner. If he doesn't, we'll open him up for adoption. He can be adopted by an average family with moderate to high financial conditions and live the life of a normal dog. He'll no longer be a war beast, no longer burdened with the responsibility of daily training. His new owner can take him on trips, eat all the delicious food in the galaxy, and live the rest of his life carefree. He doesn't necessarily have to go to a zoo after retirement."
Mu Ling frowned.
The officer continued, "Actually, normal war beasts, after normal retirement, can be adopted internally. The conditions for internal adoption are very strict. If you really want to be loyal, and then catch a traitor and it chooses to retire, you can wait in line to apply. If you have made special contributions to the Federation, your chances of being accepted will be higher."
Mu Ling asked, "How does it choose whether to retire?"
The officer said, "We'll let it try. Let the new owner train it, or let the new owner take it out to play. After some experimentation, we'll see which kind of life it prefers."
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling fell silent and stopped talking.
The officer stared at her like this, and after a moment he asked, "What communication did you just say?"
Mu Ling was already feeling a little depressed. She said softly, "I originally thought that if I could help you capture Luo En, I could take Xiaozhong away..."
The officer's eyes lit up: "Do you have a solution?"
Mu Ling said listlessly, "Isn't the method what you thought of? Lure the person over here and catch him in a trap."
The officer frowned and said, "This method may not succeed."
They have checked everyone in the Piccolo Zoo. Wow, the composition of those employees is extremely complicated. Some were sent by the War Beast Center to gather information, some were sent from other zoos to steal experience, some were retired beast tamers who went there to find a second chance, and there was even one who was a stalker of Qilin. He didn't know how he became a keeper and took pictures of Qilin every day.
At first they thought that the stalker was a member of the rebel army, thinking that since he was acting so sneakily, could it be that the rebel army’s next target was Qilin?
It turned out that the most outrageous thing the sasaeng fan had done was to secretly use Qilin's portrait rights to print illegal peripherals and sell them to other fans on the second-hand Internet. All they could do was help to call the police and report the sasaeng fan for infringement of reputation rights. The police would then notify the management of Piccolo Zoo of the matter, and it would be up to Piccolo Zoo to decide whether to sue or not.
Anyway, after checking around, they didn't find anyone who looked like a rebel or a rebel spy. They all felt that the plan was likely to fail and wanted to wait for two more days at most. If there was still no result after two days, they would send him back to Principal Mu, and the old professors would follow Xiaozhong back to the capital star for treatment.
"Your method failed because you were unwilling to invest." Mu Ling said slowly.
The officer was stunned. "We're unwilling to invest? Do you know how much we've paid?"
The joint investigation team composed of military commanders from four planets used tens of thousands of unfamiliar soldiers and ambushed for hundreds of hours at various traffic arteries on the God King Planet.
At the same time, the overt search never stopped. After the rebels' stronghold on the God King Planet was disbanded, they kept a close eye on the God King Planet and carried out investigations at all costs. However, they did not know whether the exposure of the God King Planet stronghold was Loen's plan of catching the cicada while the oriole was waiting behind, nor did they know whether Loen had actually left the God King Planet. Therefore, while imposing martial law on the God King Planet, they added a entrapment plan.
As for the entrapment plan, on the surface, the defense level of Mercury is low, but in fact, in order to ensure that the rebels or Loen cannot escape once they arrive, the entire planet has long been taken over by the Capital Army. There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers on the planet, and they can guarantee that even a hair of the rebels will be blown to ashes by bullets.
Otherwise, they would not dare to let the old professors, Dean Mu, and others stay here. Even this war animal hospital, from nurses to caregivers to sweepers, is staffed by them.
They have checked all the rats in the basement one by one. How can you say they are unwilling to invest?
I don’t know how much this cost!
However, he couldn't tell Mu Ling about these plans, so he could only take a deep breath.
Mu Ling seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and said casually, "Of course, when I say it's not worth the money, I don't mean it's not worth the money. I mean, you guys are too embarrassed to make this trap bigger and better."
The officer frowned: "What do you mean?"
Mu Ling said, "First of all, since you suspect that I'm being used by Luo En, or that there are Luo En's spies around me, that means you suspect there's a 50% chance that Luo En is on Divine King Planet. But Divine King Planet has been conducting strict inspections recently. Even Colonel Val, our Qilin's master, has come, and a director has also come. It's such a big deal. If he really is on Divine King Planet, he must have retreated into hiding. How could he dare to come out?"
"Secondly, if he's not on Planet God King, and he already knows we're on Planet Water and Jupiter, then I'd say, specifically choosing a planet with low defenses is like telling them, 'Come quickly, we're setting up an ambush, we're waiting for you!' Will they come?"
The officer's expression grew worse as he listened to Mu Ling's words.
Mu Ling said, "Don't be angry. I know what you're thinking. You want to do both, and you want to do both. It's nothing more than putting God King Planet under martial law to see if you can stop him, and you also want to trap him on Water and Jupiter to see if he will fall into your trap. You think that this way you can be sure of success."
"But this could be a sure thing, or it could result in a complete loss. Putting aside other things, if I were Xiaozhong's master, I wouldn't be worried at all. I know Xiaozhong is in the hands of the military, and I wouldn't worry at all. How could the military still mistreat Xiaozhong? If you assume he truly cares about Xiaozhong, then if you save him, not only won't he worry, he'll probably be grinning his eyes out. He'll just hide well and focus on ensuring his own safety. Wait until you become lax and then try to steal Xiaozhong. There's no rush now, so wouldn't everything you've done be in vain?"
The officer's brows furrowed increasingly, and he looked at Mu Ling without saying a word.
Mu Ling knew this person was genuinely angry, but she refused to believe it. It was obvious that they hadn't discovered the problem themselves, which meant they were simply tied up and the people above them weren't determined enough. "I think we'll have to spend a lot of money, or impose martial law, investigate every area, and turn the Divine King Planet upside down. I don't believe we can't find him. Of course, you think there's only a 50% chance he's on Divine King Planet, so maybe even if we turn it upside down, we won't find anything."
"Or maybe we could take another approach and continue the trapping to the end. Let me give you an analogy, a rather immature suggestion, for your consideration..."
"Withdraw all the troops from God King Planet, then immediately release a federal news report with false military intelligence, accusing the rebels of attacking Water Jupiter. They claim the rebels attacked the Water Jupiter War Veterinary Hospital and took away many beasts, including a mastiff that was receiving emergency treatment there. Then, manipulate the news footage to make it seem real and fake. Once this news is broadcast and becomes a hot topic, no matter where that Lorne is, he'll know about this."
"Then it was revealed that the rebels took these war beasts away for experiments. If Loen really cared about loyalty, he would definitely contact the people above him in the rebels and ask who touched his war beasts. But he couldn't find out because there was no such person. The rebels would also think that we did nothing. But that's how the news was reported. At this time, if you were Loen, with the war beasts missing, would you believe the federal news or the rebels?"
"How deep can the love between a couple who betrayed each other midway be? But the news is authoritative, so he will definitely suspect the rebels first. At this time, it is appropriate to reveal a name. You have been arresting rebels for so many years, you can't be unaware of the name of a small rebel leader. You can select the name of a small rebel leader and then find out which planet he is stationed on."
"Then reveal that it was this rebel leader who took the war beast away. Luo En is one of their insiders and must know which planet this rebel leader is on. He will definitely contact the other party to show his loyalty. If the other party denies it, he will go to find him. Then you can just stake out the various starship entrances and private ship entrances on that planet. Wouldn't that catch him?"
officer:"……"
officer:"………………"
The officer was completely stunned when he heard Mu Ling telling him the whole plan like a story.
What is she talking about?
Is catching the rebels as easy as she thinks?
Who is he taking for a fool?
Apart from anything else, reporting false news and creating panic are all crimes and the person will be brought to a military court!
After Mu Ling finished speaking, she looked at the officer's expression and said, "I told you, I was just giving an example. You must have your own ideas about the details, but my point is, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. If you are determined, you will definitely catch it!"
To be honest, Mu Ling had only one purpose in saying these things today. She really wanted to catch Luo En as soon as possible. Only when Luo En was caught would she have the opportunity to take Luo En away.
But this officer also said something about applying for a queue...
Mu Ling wasn't sure if she met the application requirements, but if they really caught the traitor according to her idea, wouldn't she have made a special contribution to the Federation? Shouldn't that qualify her as an adoptive parent?
Mu Ling's heart was beating fast. Seeing that the officer was still thinking with his head down, she said, "I just said I wanted to make a call because I wanted to report this idea to your leader. If you're embarrassed to say it, just give me his call and I'll tell him."
The officer said nothing.
Mu Ling said again: "Then you think about it again. I'm going back first. Call me if you need anything."
Having said that, he turned around and went back to the ward.
In the ward, the two little guys were still asleep and sleeping soundly. Mu Ling walked to them, stroked them gently, and stayed with them by the bed.
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Outside, the officer stood there for a long time, then gritted his teeth, found an empty ward, and called his superior.
Someone picked up the phone quickly.
Ten minutes later, the officer repeated Mu Ling's words, and the communication line fell silent...
The officer gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and prepared himself to be scolded.
In fact, he regretted it after he said this. The little girl's so-called whimsical plan had no possibility of being implemented at all, but for some unknown reason, she actually reported it as a big deal.
The boss must think he is stupid.
The officer lowered his head in sorrow, looking completely dejected.
Time passes by every second.
Two minutes later, a superior's voice came from the other side: "Do you know why Director Mu raises powerful war beasts?"
The officer was stunned. This question seemed to have nothing to do with what he had just said.
The officer said cautiously, "I don't know."
"Because she specializes in the psychology of war beasts, all of her methods of treating war beasts are based on psychological warfare. For example, didn't you mention before that Xiao Zhong had awakened? She discovered that the method to stimulate Xiao Zhong's awakening is 'Lorn', which is also a psychological warfare method."
The officer listened quietly and fell silent.
The superior added, "And the strategy she's offering you now also uses a psychological warfare approach, framing people, spreading rumors, sowing discord, and fanning the flames. Ultimately, it's a successful attempt to create internal strife within the rebel army. Every step is designed to play on people's hearts."
"that is……"
The officer immediately asked, "What is it?"
"She's too young and inexperienced, so this plan is a bit naive. However, she is indeed very courageous, and her idea is plausible."
The officer opened his eyes wide, stunned.
Does the leader agree with that little girl?
The superior said, "Protect her. She's a talented person. You can encourage her to take the civil service exam in the future."
The officer paused, thinking of what Director Mu had just said, and hesitantly said, "But it seems that her purpose in thinking this way is just to kill someone with a borrowed knife. She thinks that by killing Luo En, she can take the loyalty for herself."
Superior: “…”
Officer: "When I told her that the loyalty required internal adoption, she was quite disappointed. She looked as if she had killed Lorne and now she had to kill us too."
Superior: “…”
Officer: "But I will protect her. I'm a little afraid of her..."
Superior: “…”
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