Chapter 83
The news that Gus had moved into the animal dormitory spread throughout the park the next morning.
The employee responsible for preparing breakfast for the war beasts was the first to discover it, and then the work group immediately exploded.
Everybody come down to watch Gus!
Gus had never seen such a scene before. Even through the glass, he immediately showed signs of stress. He stood tall and strong in front of the Qing army, lowered his body, and let out a threatening growl from his throat.
"Wow, Gus is so handsome!"
"He even knew how to protect and clear the area. How responsible!"
"Go, go, go! Move away quickly, don't scare it!"
Everyone dispersed. When Xiao Zhao turned around, she saw the director coming out of the veterinary station. She immediately ran over and said, "Director, director, how come Gus is living in the animal dormitory? He actually accepts being caged. Aren't wind-chasing wolves said to be wild and difficult to tame and don't like being restrained? How did you do it?"
When Xiao Zhao shouted this, the others gathered around immediately. Everyone agreed that Gus's move into the animal dormitory must have been arranged by the director. If it weren't for the director, who would have such an ability!
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling touched her nose guiltily and muttered, "Just, just went in like that..."
"How did it get in like that? How did you coax it into going in?"
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling didn't want to talk anymore. She shouted, "Alright, alright, let's get back to work. We're getting ready to open the door. Stop chatting."
After using her authority as the director to drive everyone away, Mu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and turned to go to the animal dormitory.
In the animal dormitory, as soon as the door opened, Guts, who was guarding the front of the clearance, immediately took an offensive posture again.
As a result, before it could finish its pose, the Qingqiang behind it had already passed it and walked straight towards Mu Ling.
The other animals also walked over.
A minute later, all the animals except Gus gathered around Mu Ling. Mu Ling touched the little animals while looking at Gus over there.
Gus didn't take an attacking posture this time. He seemed a little embarrassed. He stretched his neck and sniffed over here, then licked his nose, wandered around on the cushion twice, and sat down on the ground.
Mu Ling waved to Gus: "Gus, come here."
Gus lay there without moving.
Mu Ling tried to take two steps toward that direction.
Gus immediately stood up and ran to the back cautiously.
Mu Ling was afraid of scaring it, so she had to stop and said with resentment, "I'm not used to it. You come to my territory, and I have to look at your face."
Seeing that Mu Ling didn't come closer, Gus sat down again and watched them from a distance.
Mu Ling asked again, "So you're not going to care about your wolf pack anymore? If the leader is missing, the pack will be in chaos. You want beauty over the kingdom?"
Gus didn't understand what Mu Ling was saying. He tilted his body and started scratching himself with his hind legs, making dust everywhere.
Seeing that Gus was adamant and had no intention of leaving, Mu Ling could only go to Brother Xiang to discuss it...
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"Blind date?" Mu Ling was a little surprised when she heard what Brother Xiang said.
Xiang Bie said: "In a wolf pack, only the wolf king has the right to mate. When Gus was around, it was inconvenient for the other wind-chasing wolves to mate. Now that he's gone, we can arrange for other wolves to go on blind dates."
The hierarchy of a wolf pack is very strict. When ordinary wolves are in estrus, if they want to have the right to mate, they have only two choices: one is to challenge the wolf king. After the challenge is successful, they become the new wolf king, drive away the old wolf king and his wife, own the entire wolf pack, and naturally have the right to mate.
Second, it leaves the wolf pack alone and looks for another female wolf. Once it has a mate, they can wander together, breed offspring, and form a new wolf pack.
The wolf king has supreme oppression over the wolf pack, so if Gus is still in the wolf pack, it will be difficult for the other wolves. They dare not challenge Gus, and they can't find other male and female wolves in the park, so they can only hold it in.
After listening to Brother Xiang's words, Mu Ling pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll ask them where they can go for a blind date."
Afterwards, Mu Ling contacted Manager Chen of Silin Zoo and Manager Harry of Fuai Zoo, but unfortunately, neither Silin nor Fuai had the Wind Chasing Wolf species. The Wind Chasing Wolf is a wolf species of the Twin Jupiters. The Twin Jupiters attach great importance to the Wind Chasing Wolf and have extremely strict reviews. Not every zoo is qualified to introduce it. They prefer to send the Wind Chasing Wolf only to the wildlife park because it will be freer.
Mu Ling asked for a long time in the peer group, and finally found out that the closest zoo to Bick Zoo was Changshan Zoo on Siwan Star, which had Wind-Chasing Wolves. Mu Ling then contacted Director Tian's assistant, but Director Tian's assistant said that they also took the Wind-Chasing Wolves to their place of origin on Shuangjupiter for mating during the breeding season every year. There were more Wind-Chasing Wolves there, and the possibility of developing love was also greater.
Mu Ling thought it made sense, so after getting the communication number, she also contacted Shuang Jupiter.
When the people from the Twin Jupiter Forestry Bureau heard they were from the Beek Zoo, they were very enthusiastic: "Director Mu, right?"
Mu Ling felt a little embarrassed, touched his ear and said, "Just call me Xiao Mu."
The other side said, "If you want to bring Wind Chasing Wolf back for a blind date, we would certainly welcome you. We don't have much of anything here, but we have a lot of Wind Chasing Wolves. You can come anytime."
After hearing this, Mu Ling began to arrange to take the Wind Chasing Wolf Pack back to her hometown for a blind date.
It just so happened that Mu Ling also had something to announce through this incident.
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At 8:30 in the morning, after the park opened, tourists from outside began to come in one after another. After Mu Ling fed Xiaozhong porridge, she planned to go to Tuo to see how Tuo was doing today after the "no sleeping" policy was implemented last night.
Before she even left the house, her laptop rang. Seeing the number, Mu Ling perked up instantly: "Hello."
A soft female voice came from the other end of the line: "Hello, hello, is this the Beak Zoo? I saw the message yesterday..."
Mu Ling hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you are the master of Devouring, Lieutenant Xin."
On the other side, Xin Qin said, "Yes, we had a meeting too late yesterday, so I didn't get back to you. What happened to Swallow?"
Mu Ling told him about Tuowu's current situation and her suspicion that he had been having nightmares, and then asked Lieutenant Xin if he knew the reason.
Second Lieutenant Xin fell silent.
Mu Ling waited for a moment, then continued, "Nightmares are often caused by emotions like shock, tension, and fear, which we commonly call psychological trauma. I suspect it has some psychological trauma, and because its nerves are damaged, these traumas are now recurring, increasing its psychological pressure day by day."
"Luckily, the Nine Needle Pig itself isn't a very sensitive animal, so we see it's usually quite gentle and not very aggressive. If it were more sensitive, it might have developed depression."
Mu Ling pointed out the most serious possibility, but there was still silence on the other side.
Mu Ling could only call out softly, "Second Lieutenant Xin?"
Second Lieutenant Xin exhaled and said, "If we talk about psychological trauma, there is indeed such an incident..."
Mu Ling listened attentively.
"Director Mu, can we have a video call?"
The sudden proposal made Mu Ling stunned for a moment, but she immediately said, "Okay."
Mu Ling switched the voice communication to video communication, but as soon as the camera was connected, Mu Ling was stunned.
In the camera, a young woman in casual clothes was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at Mu Ling with a smile.
Mu Ling didn't expect that the owner she devoured would actually...
She was at a loss for a moment and opened her mouth several times, but no sound came out of her throat.
Second Lieutenant Xin on the other side said gently, "Don't be nervous. Didn't you ask about the psychological trauma of Swallowing? The only thing I can think of is probably this matter. It's related to my leg, so I wanted to video chat with you..."
She touched her leg and said, "Three years ago, I went to another planet as a support soldier to support a battle. However, during that battle, I was seriously injured and both legs were broken. Moreover, I got separated from Swallow... Swallow disappeared after that. It wasn't until half a year later, after the battle was over, that the search and rescue team found it. I also learned that Swallow had been wandering around the war zone for that entire six months. I heard that when the search and rescue team found it, it was holding a mutant raccoon cat in its mouth..."
Mu Ling felt very uncomfortable after hearing this...
She had never expected that the cute pig who only knew how to recognize people and was greedy would have such an experience...
She thought again about how Swallow always seemed to be divided. It was apparently a very gentle and easy-to-raise pig, but sometimes, you would find it extremely sensitive, so sensitive that it seemed like it had been living in a high-pressure environment...
Imagine a war beast, without a master to lead it, wandering for six months in a war zone teeming with alien beasts. How does it survive those six months? Dangers abound, and if you're not careful, alien beasts will attack you. What does it eat? What does it drink? Does it even dare to sleep?
Oh right, sleep...
So, was that why Swallow was constantly having nightmares? Was he also reminiscing about these things in his dreams? He kept falling back into the tension and panic of those days, the anxiety of not being able to find his master, the cautious living environment, and his nerves were damaged. He simply couldn't forget these things, and he vomited every day because of them.
Mu Ling's heart suddenly ached!
She looked at Lieutenant Xin in the video, who also had a sad expression on his face, and asked cautiously, "So what are you doing now..."
Second Lieutenant Xin gave a wry smile. "In my situation, normally I'd have to retire. However, I studied mechanical engineering for two years. When they arranged for my retirement after I was discharged, I applied for an extension. I then spent six months retaking mechanical engineering classes. That same year, I passed the mechanical engineering qualification exam. With my technical credentials, they were able to transfer me to logistics. I'm now in the Logistics Mechanical Engineering Corps, responsible for digital work." Mu Ling couldn't help but admire him. "You're amazing!"
Second Lieutenant Xin smiled and said, "I have no choice. In my situation, it's hard to transfer after retirement. I can't just sit out the day and wait until I get a mechanical leg. How will I pay for my living expenses in the meantime? Besides, Swallow has also retired and is relying on the 150,000 yuan government support fee. I'm really afraid Swallow will suffer in the future. So I absolutely cannot retire. After all, a second lieutenant's salary is really good."
When saying the last sentence, Lieutenant Xin even winked at Mu Ling.
Seeing that she was still in the mood to joke, Mu Ling felt a little amused and helpless.
Second Lieutenant Xin continued, "I'm actually fine. The Federation's disability benefits are very comprehensive, and my prosthetic leg is almost ready. I'm just worried about the engulfment. You said it was caused by psychological trauma, but the trauma has already been created. How can it ever be healed?"
"I can! I definitely can! Absolutely!" Mu Ling suddenly patted her chest loudly and promised!
Second Lieutenant Xin was startled by the sudden rise in her voice.
Mu Ling continued, "Don't underestimate me because I'm young, but our zoo is actually full of talented people! We not only have senior veterinarians, but also top-grade veterinarians! Top-grade veterinarians, there aren't many in the entire federation! We have one right here in our zoo! I also know Director Wu of the Capital War Veterinary Hospital and many top-grade professors from the Veterinary Association. If nothing works, I'll ask them for help. They're all very nice and will definitely help us!"
Mu Ling was bragging about herself and waving the banner of the Veterinary Association, trying to make Lieutenant Xin feel at ease!
Second Lieutenant Xin naturally saw Director Mu's good intentions, and a warm smile appeared on her face. She said, "Don't underestimate yourself. I know you're a formidable war beast expert. I've seen all your videos, and now you've discovered the source of Swallow's illness. I'm truly grateful for your dedication to Swallow. I was particularly pleasantly surprised when the Longping Island staff contacted me and said they would send Swallow to your Beak Zoo. Truly, whether it's Longping Island Zoo or Beak Zoo, Swallow is blessed to have you."
Mu Ling felt a little embarrassed by what Lieutenant Xin said, so she scratched her head and said, "Don't worry, we will do our best! You should also take care of yourself. I hope you recover soon and come to visit Swallow in person."
Second Lieutenant Xin smiled and said, "I hope that day comes too."
Mu Ling said again: "How about I take you to see Devouring now!"
As Mu Ling spoke, she turned on the video and took Lieutenant Xin to the nursery.
At the nursery, Tuowu was having breakfast at that moment, and Mu Ling introduced this medicinal diet to Lieutenant Xin. When Lieutenant Xin heard that the medicinal diet was specially arranged for Tuowu, he immediately thanked him again.
The call lasted another twenty minutes before ending. Before hanging up, Mu Ling saw Brother Xiang walking by and called out, "Brother Xiang, wait a moment."
Then he turned to Second Lieutenant Xin over there and said, "That's it for now. Next time you want to see Swallow, call me again and I'll bring you to see it!"
Second Lieutenant Xin was stunned for a moment, then said, "Oh, oh, okay."
After hanging up the phone, Mu Ling hurried to talk to Brother Xiang about something.
On the other side, Lieutenant Xin frowned as he looked at the hung-up call.
She touched her legs and smiled bitterly again.
Maybe it was because the battle three years ago was just mentioned today, she just heard a similar sound and suddenly lost her mind.
Brother Xiang...
Three years ago, when she was supporting Yuan Haixing, she was lying in the ward with broken legs, and she always heard the voice calling "Brother Xiang, Brother Xiang" from the ward next door.
"Hey, Brother Xiang, you came to see me! What delicious food did you bring?"
"Brother Xiang, I'm really fine now, please let me return to the team!"
"Where's Brother Xiang? What do you mean missing? I'm asking you where's Marshal Xiang! Where did he go?"
Thinking of this, Lieutenant Xin raised his hands and covered his eyes again.
Everyone said she was miserable, and that Swallow was miserable, but in reality, how many comrades and war beasts were buried on the Abyssal Star, and not even a complete body could be found...
Compared to them, she and Swallowed, at least they had saved their lives...
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"Staff meeting?"
On the other side, Xiang Bie, who was caught up, was puzzled when he heard Mu Ling suddenly mention something about a staff meeting: "What's it about?"
Mu Ling said, "There are probably two things. First, we need to have a collective discussion about whether we can increase the number of visitors. Currently, 2,000 tickets a day aren't enough. Netizens have been urging us to open up more places. Of course, if we really open up, we'll need to recruit more people. The current number of people is definitely not enough."
Xiang Bie nodded: "Where's the second one?"
Mu Ling said, "Secondly, we've been officially open for over a month now, and some positions need to be changed. For example, Brother Wei has been training new employees, and many of them were brought up by him personally. There's no problem having him be the head of the breeding department. There are also some senior employees..."
Even if they are more senior, they only come half a month earlier than other employees.
"As for senior employees with potential, we can also provide special training. For example, the ten war beast keepers at the nursery are highly skilled workers, and their salaries are definitely different from those of ordinary keepers. And Xiao Zhao, although she's a ticket seller, she's quite talented and has a high level of education. She majored in management. I think we could arrange for her to be a team leader in the business department, responsible for our daily international tourism business."
Xiang Bie asked: "If she is the team leader, who are the team members?"
Mu Ling: “…”
Category: "..."
Xiang Bie asked: "No team members?"
"Ahem." Mu Ling scratched her face. "Because we're still small, we don't have many external businesses. We mainly sell tickets..."
Category: "..."
Isn't that still the ticket seller?
The positions are bloated but the duties remain unchanged.
Mu Ling quickly said, "Once we grow bigger, these departments will all need to expand! Then the work will be divided into more detailed areas! Brother Xiang, you must have confidence in our zoo!"
Xiang Bie said casually: "I have confidence."
Mu Ling: “…”
You are so perfunctory!
Xiang Bie asked again: "What about Xiao Zuo?"
Speaking of Xiao Zuo, Mu Ling frowned.
Xiao Zuo is a stalker of Qilin. He was reported for secretly taking photos of Qilin and making Qilin peripherals and selling them on second-hand websites.
Xiang Bie said: "Before you came back, he begged me once, saying that if we don't fire him, he would make up for the portrait fee."
Mu Ling shook her head. "Actually, the portrait fee is secondary. My main concern is that his motives for being a breeder are not pure. Furthermore, his behavior of secretly selling peripherals seems more like he's taking advantage of his position to make money, not exactly the behavior of a fan. I still don't want to keep him."
Xiang Bie said "hmm": "I'll go talk to him later."
Because of this incident, Xiang Bie has not arranged for Xiao Zuo to drive the shuttle bus recently. He is now helping in the warehouse.
After talking about the others, Mu Ling looked at Brother Xiang with a smile.
Xiang Bie looked at Mu Ling strangely and frowned: "What's wrong?"
Mu Ling moved closer and lowered her voice to ask, "Brother Xiang, do you want a promotion?"
"I don't want to." Xiang Bie said without even thinking.
Mu Ling was stunned, her expression blank: "Don't want to?" This was an answer she didn't expect.
Xiang Bie looked at her and repeated, "No."
Mu Ling scratched her head, a little confused, but didn’t Brother Wei and Dr. Bree both say that Brother Xiang wanted to be the deputy director?
Xiang Bie seemed to see Mu Ling's intention and said, "No need to promote me, I'm fine the way I am now."
"How can that be possible!" Mu Ling said immediately: "Position affects salary. Brother Wei is already a supervisor, so you must at least be a..."
"I just want to remain unchanged." Xiang Bie said again.
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling choked.
Xiang Bie checked the time on his wristband and said, "The supermarket has a batch of goods coming in, so I'll go get busy first."
Having said that, the man left.
Mu Ling looked at Xiang Ge's back and was really confused. She had to go back to the veterinary station and ask Dr. Bree.
Doctor Bree was changing the IV bottles for Dabao and Xiaobao. After hearing what Mu Ling said, he said, "He must be trying to be polite!"
Mu Ling was puzzled: "Why should I refuse this?"
Dr. Bray walked out with the old bottle, saying as he walked, "When someone asks you if you want to eat, you have to say no, even if it's just a polite gesture. When an elder gives you a red envelope, you have to refuse it. Oh, no, no, no, you're so blatant asking people what position they want. How can they have the nerve to answer?"
Mu Ling felt something was wrong: "His expression was serious. It looked like he really didn't want it."
Dr. Bree paused and turned to look at Mu Ling: "Do you believe it?"
"Who works without wanting a promotion, a raise, or a future? Then what's the purpose of taking this job? Is it purely for the love of it? Let me ask you, if you didn't get paid, would you take this job?"
When Mu Ling heard what Dr. Bree said, she immediately lost her temper: "I don't have any salary in the first place!"
Dr. Bray: “…”
Tears welled up in Mu Ling's eyes. "I've spent all my savings, and I've used the money I earned to buy this and that, and I've also saved money to build a second service area. I don't have any personal property left!"
Dr. Bray: “…”
Dr. Bray was silent for two seconds, then said, "So there's something wrong with both of you."
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling thought about Brother Xiang's previous reaction again. She thought for a long time and finally waved her hand: "Forget it, forget it. Let's put Brother Xiang's matter aside for now and talk about the swallowing first."
Mu Ling told Lieutenant Xin what he had told her about the past events of the swallowing.
After hearing this, Dr. Bray's expression turned serious. He asked, "Are you sure that the swallowing and vomiting are really caused by nightmares?"
"About a 70% chance."
Dr. Bray hesitated and said, "I haven't encountered such a case..."
Under normal circumstances, who would dream about animals?
Dr. Bray added, "Why don't we wait for Professor Sun to arrive and ask her? She's gone to the Starfleet Center to see off the other professors and will probably be back before noon."
Mu Ling scratched her face and muttered, "Actually, I have an idea. Maybe I can give it a try."
Dr. Bray looked at her.
Mu Ling asked, "What if dreams can be artificially created?"
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Twenty minutes later, Dr. Bree, Li Yan, and the Devouring breeder were standing outside the Devouring glass house, watching what Mu Ling was doing inside.
Mu Ling was wearing a protective suit. Because she had a little quarrel with Nine Needle Pig yesterday, she wore a helmet before going in today for safety.
However, today, after the Nine-Needle Pig had eaten and drunk its fill, it was magnanimous and did not bear grudge against Mu Ling from yesterday. It lay in its own nest, looking at Mu Ling with a vigilant look.
At this time, Mu Ling squatted in front of the Nine-Needle Pig. The Nine-Needle Pig felt uncomfortable and was about to get up and leave.
“Crash.”
Something suddenly fell from Mu Ling's hand.
Looking closely, it was a pendant.
The pendant just hung flat in front of Nine-Needle Pig's eyes. Mu Ling gently shook the pendant, and the pendant swayed left and right. The Nine-Needle Pig's eyes also swayed back and forth with the pendant.
Mu Ling's voice was soft as she tried to hypnotize her: "You feel your eyelids getting heavier and heavier, you feel very sleepy, slowly close your eyes... slowly close your eyes... close your eyes... Sister Tun, please give me some face and close them for a moment, I beg you..."
The Nine-Needle Pig looked confusedly at the helmet that was talking in front of it. Its heavy head rested on two pig trotters. It looked at the other party in confusion and snorted twice.
Mu Ling had no choice but to continue shaking the pendant and hypnotizing.
Mu Ling had never studied hypnosis, but she had read two books on hypnosis when she was in school out of interest. She remembered that she often had nightmares, which could be treated with hypnosis therapy.
Hypnosis can guide the other party into a dream constructed by oneself. Nine-needle Pig cannot understand much human language, but can understand some instructions, so the dream constructed by Mu Ling is a dream composed of instructions.
For example, sleeping, eating, playing, and rolling in the mud, these were all the things that Devourer loved most in the past. She wanted to bring it into that carefree and happy world...
"Don't force yourself. You're tired and you long for rest. Close your eyes, slowly close them..."
Ahhh, “close your eyes” and “rest” are clearly instructions, why don’t you close your eyes!
The Nine Needle Pig seemed to sense that this human would not hurt it anymore. It listened to the other person's deliberately lowered voice. It was very strange. This sound, this pinching sound, was very comfortable. It slowly lowered its eyes, as if it was really going to fall asleep...
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