Chapter 99
"Little girl, please explain yourself clearly."
The president looked at Xiang Yuanren with a look that seemed to eat him alive, and he felt extremely wronged.
Mu Ling then added, "I asked him to hit me."
Xiang Bie was stunned and looked at his uncle with a frown.
The president, however, had an expression that said, "You see, I'll tell you what I'm saying," and he seemed very confident.
Xiang Bie pursed his lips and finally said, "Oh, then you guys continue."
As he said this, he stood aside.
Mu Ling looked at Brother Xiang, then at the uncle, and said, "Please begin."
After saying that, she lowered her head again.
But the president was a little hesitant now. He squeezed the broom twice, and finally turned around and handed the broom to Chai Yunyue.
Chai Yunyue: “………………”
What on earth! What does it have to do with him!?
However, this time it was the president's personal instruction, so Chai Yunyue didn't dare to refuse. He could only face the breeder's cold gaze, step forward, grit his teeth and swing it down.
"Ah!" The stick passed by Mu Ling's eyes. Mu Ling screamed at the right time, and then curled up.
When the lynx on the bed saw the human waving a stick, it was immediately frightened and retreated frantically.
"Ha! Ha!" The sound of its breathing became louder and louder. Soon, its small body shrank into the gap between the pillow and the bedside table, and its ears became airplane ears.
However, Chai Yunyue did not hit it after all. Although the lynx was scared, it did not pee in fear like before.
"ah!"
"ah!!"
Mu Ling called out again and again, quietly observing the lynx's reaction. After watching for a while, she suddenly fell to the ground and this time called out even louder: "Ah!!!!"
The lynx made her scream and startled the others outside the door.
They all looked at Chai Yunyue, thinking, are you really going to fight?
Chai Yunyue was stunned. He just swung in the air like before. How could he have known that the female head teacher would lie on the ground? He really didn't hit her!
Mu Ling said at this time: "Speak louder."
War beasts cannot understand human language except for commands, and they can only judge emotions by tone.
Chai Yunyue was puzzled: "What?"
Mu Ling said, "Just speak loudly and say whatever you want. Just act fierce and act like you're cursing at someone."
Chai Yunyue was in a very difficult situation.
Mu Ling said again: "Keep fighting."
Chai Yunyue: “…”
Chai Yunyue could only continue swinging his sword in the air, cursing as he did so: "Are you sure this will really work?"
"How long will the fight last?"
"Will this really not scare the war beast?"
Mu Ling had calculated everything. She said, "Don't worry."
As he said that, he let out another "Ah" and started rolling on the ground!
Chai Yunyue: “…”
Others: “…”
Mu Ling frowned: "Keep going!"
Chai Yunyue gritted his teeth and chased Mu Ling to beat her again. After ten minutes of beating, Mu Ling was beaten from the door to the window, while the lynx kept shrinking its neck and looking at them.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Mu Ling suddenly fell to the ground and didn't move. She said, "Stop it!" Then she angrily threw down the broom, cursed, and walked out, closing the door.
When Chai Yunyue saw that it was finally over, he quickly did as he was told.
Even after the ward door was closed, several people outside were still looking inside through the glass window.
They saw Mu Ling sleeping on the ground without moving.
Five minutes passed and there was no change.
Ten minutes passed and there was still no change.
Just when Major General Tong began to check the time frequently and seemed to be unable to wait any longer, Mu Ling inside finally moved.
She didn't move much, just made a "hmm" sound, then moved her arms, as if trying to stand up and then fall down again.
When Mu Ling was "beaten" just now, the lynx hid in the corner and trembled. Later, Mu Ling lay on the ground motionless, and the lynx also curled up and did not move.
And Mu Ling moved again now, and the lynx immediately looked at her nervously, staring at Mu Ling's every move without blinking.
The lynx thought that humans would get up and leave, but it saw that after struggling for a while, humans could no longer get up.
The lynx hesitantly stretched its neck forward, trying to sniff in that direction.
Its ears were always pressed against the back of its head. After sniffing for a long time, it heard a sad cry coming from the human's mouth.
The lynx shrank back cautiously. After a while, it hesitated and then walked out again carefully.
It moved very low, more like crawling than walking.
It walked to the bed with its four legs bent, then looked around. After making sure there was no other danger in the room, it jumped lightly from the bed to the ground.
Although the effect of the anesthesia had worn off, it still fell down with a "bang" sound, probably because it was nervous.
After standing up, it continued to crawl towards Mu Ling. As it walked, it came to the side of the human's head. Seeing that the human was still wailing sadly, the lynx carefully sniffed the other party again.
After sniffing for a while and making sure that the human really couldn't get up, the lynx left again. It jumped onto the bed, picked up the shredded meat and freeze-dried food that Mu Ling had torn for it, jumped down again, put the food in front of Mu Ling, and nudged it with its nose, pushing the food to her.
Mu Lingxu squinted her eyes and saw the lynx's actions, but she did not react at all and continued to cry sadly.
The lynx circled around Mu Ling twice with a worried look on its face, then put its nose close to the back of Mu Ling's neck and sniffed that place again.
Finally, it opened its mouth, grabbed Mu Ling's collar, and pulled the human back with great effort.
Mu Ling immediately cooperated by moving back, pretending that it was the lynx that was biting her.
Finally, the lynx carried the human to the corner of the wall. It seemed that it felt that the human was too big and not easy to hide. It looked around, then returned to the bed and grabbed a corner of the sheets.
It pulled the sheet off the bed and dragged it to the corner, using its nose to push it, its mouth to hold it, and its claws to dig at it, until it completely covered Mu Ling.
After covering it, it brought the food back and put it back in front of Mu Ling, but also covered the food with cloth.
After doing all this, the lynx crawled under the bed and hid in the dark.
The room was completely quiet by this time.
The people outside the door all fell silent.
Major General Tong was an ordinary soldier and didn't know much about war beasts. He was silent for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Is the lynx protecting Director Mu?"
"Yeah." Xiang Bie said in a light tone.
Chai Yunyue asked: "But when I hit her before, it didn't react. Why did it suddenly..."
Xiang Bie glanced at him sideways.
Chai Yunyue was stared at with an unfriendly look, feeling inexplicably irritated. He argued, "I really didn't hit her. Why are you glaring at me?"
Xiang Bie suddenly said, "Go in and get the broom."
Chai Yunyue: “…”
They really treat him as a handyman who can be ordered around by anyone!
Turn away, Chai Yunyue was too lazy to pay attention to this person.
The president then asked, "Can we go in now? But the child didn't say he could go in."
Xiang Bie said: "It won't matter if you take the broom."
The president pondered for a moment and looked back at Chai Yunyue.
Chai Yunyue: “…”
"Go in and get it."
Now that the president has said this, it is equivalent to giving an order.
Chai Yunyue was extremely angry, but no matter how reluctant he was, he could only push the breeder away impatiently and open the door himself to go in.
The broom was thrown on the ground beside the bed. Chai Yunyue bent down to pick it up when suddenly, the lynx under the bed suddenly shot out!
Chai Yunyue reacted quickly. When he sensed danger, he dodged sideways immediately. The lynx didn't pounce on Chai Yunyue. Instead, it jumped to the other side, its fur standing on end. It bared its teeth in anger and fiercely attacked Chai Yunyue: "Ha!"
Chai Yunyue's face looked grim. It was impossible for him to fight with such a weak war beast. He supported himself on the bed with his hands, jumped over the bed, walked out of the room and closed the door.
As soon as the door closed, Chai Yunyue immediately questioned Xiang Bie: "You did it on purpose!"
Xiang Bie looked inside calmly and said, "Do a test."
"you……"
"What test?"
the president asked.
Mu Ling taught classes at the zoo, and even though Xiang Bie wasn't her student, he'd seen and heard enough to understand some of Mu Ling's behavior. He said, "When the lynx saw the zoo director being beaten, it became nervous and frightened. When the director remained motionless, the lynx, wary of humans, still didn't dare to move. It wasn't until Mu Ling started pretending to cry and struggling that it finally sensed the creature's fragility and helplessness, and so it took action."
Xiang Bie asked the nurse: "Is this a B-rank war beast?"
The nurse immediately said, "Yes."
The president asked, “How do you know it’s a B?”
"You can tell from their behavior that S- and A-rank war beasts are mostly offensive or reconnaissance-type war beasts, while B-rank war beasts are defensive war beasts. S- and A-rank war beasts won't show much concern for unfamiliar humans, but B-rank war beasts, because they've received defensive training, will develop protective emotions towards the weak."
Just like when the Red Monkey Lieyan was fighting outside, he would silently hold Mu Ling's head.
Just like Gaojia Lu Dingtian was injured while protecting a child and was forced to retire.
B-level war beasts will be more gentle.
"When the director was weak enough, the lynx instinctively chose to protect her rather than be wary of her. But judging by its proficiency in concealing itself, similar incidents must have occurred before. Perhaps other animals have been assaulted in its presence... What is the director's diagnosis?"
Major General Tong frowned and told Mu Ling what she had said before, that the lynx had been suspected of being abused. He then added, "But the doctor certainly didn't find any signs of injury on it."
"Hmm." Xiang Bie said coldly, "Visual threats are threats, and mental abuse is abuse. From its behavior just now, we can see that the director's guess is not unreasonable. This matter must be thoroughly investigated."
"I've given the order and we're investigating." The team that went to dig out the aviation boxes in the rabbit house at Qing'an Zoo today will also investigate the entire zoo.
The president looked at Xiang Yuanren's calm analysis and couldn't help but feel relieved in his eyes.
The life of a breeder does not seem to be all bitter. He seems to have found his own joy in this simple and hard work.
The president lamented that his child had grown up and was not only interested in the behavior and motives of retired war beasts, but had also learned how to dress up.
Yes, although the smell was not very strong, the president still smelled it. This guy must have deliberately sprayed perfume before coming here.
He is so young, and his way of attracting girls' attention is so straightforward and naive.
It's just that this scent is too much like the smell of toilet fragrance. In the future, I still need his aunt to teach him more about aesthetic taste. At least he should spray proper men's perfume, and not just use toilet incense...
The president thought about the changes in his nephew.
Chai Yunyue asked again, "So when I went in to get the broom just now, it went from avoiding me to attacking me. Was it also because of its instinct to protect the weak?"
Xiang Bie said: "It thought you were going to hit her by picking up the broom."
Chai Yunyue gritted his teeth: "You really did it on purpose!"
"Okay," the president said, smoothing things over. "So what's next?"
Xiang Bie didn't say anything else, just looked inside the room.
In the room, Mu Ling was still buried under the sheets. Her sobbing gradually became quieter. After a while, she lifted a corner of the sheets.
Outside, the black-backed lynx was sitting in front of her, looking towards the door.
Hearing the noise behind, the lynx turned around and looked straight at Mu Ling with its pair of orange-yellow eyes.
Perhaps it knew that Mu Ling was weaker than it, so it didn't tuck its tail between its legs or tuck its ears back.
Its ears have stood up, and on the tips of its ears are two tufts of black pointed hair, like two built-in antennas.
It stretched its neck, moved closer to Mu Ling and sniffed her, then as if it was An Mu Ling's heart, it stood up again and sat closer to Mu Ling.
Mu Ling lay down again and rubbed the lynx's hind legs with her head.
The lynx moved a little, turned around twice, then lay down and licked Mu Ling's fur.
It thought Mu Ling rubbed against it because she was afraid. In the eyes of the lynx, this weak and helpless human being submitted to it and depended on it, so it was normal for it to lick her.
Mu Ling stayed with the lynx in there until she pretended to eat a bite of the shredded meat, then freeze-dried the rest of the shredded meat and pushed it in front of the lynx along with the medicine.
The lynx used its nose to push the food back for Mu Ling to eat.
Mu Ling pushed it over again and let it eat.
The lynx was actually hungry too. Perhaps it felt that if it didn't become stronger, it would not be able to protect the weak, so it finally ate.
The medicine heals the nerves and has a sleeping effect.
About ten minutes after taking the medicine, the lynx lay down and slowly fell asleep.
Mu Ling gently touched its black fur, then carefully got up and went outside.
After closing the door, Mu Ling said to the others with a sullen expression, "I'm even more convinced now that it's been abused. I also want to see the other animals in the zoo, including the other two war beasts. Is that okay?"
Major General Tong said: "Of course."
As he said that, he asked two nurses to lead the way.
Two nurses led everyone forward.
Mu Ling explained her actions as she walked: "It didn't react to my beating at first because I wasn't weak enough at the time. B-level war beasts only react to weaker creatures..."
“That’s when the desire to protect arises.”
Mu Ling looked at the nurse who answered and nodded: "Yes, then I started to cry and pretend to be dying. At this time..."
"Your whimpering and struggling satisfy the lynx's definition of vulnerability, so it is willing to approach you."
Mu Ling looked at the other nurse and nodded again: "Yes, it hid me very skillfully afterwards. It should..."
"It has done this to other animals as well, so it must have witnessed other animals being beaten more than once."
Mu Ling looked at Major General Tong in surprise: "That's right, and then you came in again, and this time you came in very well, which further proves..."
"The lynx has completely regarded you as a child who needs its protection. You have achieved empathy with it and established a preliminary relationship with it."
Mu Ling was really surprised. He looked at them and asked, "How do you know everything?"
Major General Tong said, "Because we memorized the answers in advance."
Mu Ling: “?”
Before Mu Ling could figure out the answer, they walked to another ward.
The nurse said, "From this ward forward, all the animals are from the Qing'an Zoo. However, most of them haven't worn off their anesthesia yet and are still asleep."
Mu Ling approached the glass window and looked inside. She walked and looked as she went, and finally found that among the sixty-one animals, more than fifty were sleeping, and the ones that were not sleeping were not in good condition either. They were all curled up in the corner, looking very scared.
Mu Ling asked again: "Have they checked? Are there any signs of beating on the body?"
These two nurses weren't responsible for all of these animals. One of them ran to the nurses' station, looked at the information on the office computer, and then ran back and said, "Except for the war beasts, most of the animals do have injuries."
Mu Ling said, "That's right. This Qing'an Zoo has been abusing animals. They don't dare to fight war beasts, but they are fearless towards other animals. I said that when I was watching the surveillance last night, I felt that something was wrong with this zoo. Why were all the animals screaming? It's very likely that because they have been abused for a long time, these animals have developed a group mentality. So when one animal screams, the others will follow suit. It's a collective protest."
Xiang Bie said solemnly, "There are strange beasts buried in the zoo. The three B-level war beasts must have discovered it first. They cried because there were strange beasts, but the other animals didn't know. When they heard them cry, they cried together, and finally became what we see."
Xiang Bie said this and glanced at the president.
The Qing'an Zoo is an old zoo. If people have been abusing animals all the time, it is impossible that no one has discovered it for so long. It is very likely that this situation has only occurred recently, or in other words, it started when Nurha Star was chosen as a battlefield by the rebels.
The president naturally understood Xiang Bie's glance. Xiang Yuanren was reminding him that he could investigate from this aspect. If he could find out when the rebels took over the Qing'an Zoo, then he would know when they started their plan. Combined with their records of entering and leaving the planet and their flight routes at that time, perhaps he could follow the clues and find out more.
After a while of deep thought, the president said, "Since these animals are in poor condition, I'll have to trouble Director Mu to take good care of them."
Mu Ling was stunned and looked at the other person in surprise.
Xiang Bie also frowned: "We still have war beasts to take care of."
The president said, "There's no need to delay. Even if we're not in the monitoring room, we can still see your war beasts. But Director Mu, you've seen the current state of these animals, especially the three B-level war beasts. The other two haven't woken up yet, but with the lynx in that state, there's really no way we can hand it over to anyone else."
Mu Ling thought about how the lynx had carefully covered her, and after a moment's hesitation, she asked, "Can I really see the Qilin and the others here?"
The president promised: "Yes."
Mu Ling thought about it and finally agreed: "Okay."
Seeing that Mu Ling agreed, Major General Tong also breathed a sigh of relief. Frankly speaking, there are not enough veterinarians in the war zone now. For retired war beasts with psychological problems, the veterinarians really don't have time to break through the psychological defenses one by one like Director Mu did, and they are not experts in this area.
Now that Director Mu is willing to stay, it really helps them a lot.
The president had been out for more than two hours, and it was not safe for him to stay outside any longer, so he said a few more words to Major General Tong and left.
After that, Major General Tong also had to get busy.
The two nurses were still here because they were responsible for taking care of the lynx, so Mu Ling asked them to keep an eye on the other two B-level war beasts and notify her immediately if they woke up.
After the two agreed, they left. When there was no one around and they were sure there were no surveillance cameras nearby, Mu Ling approached Brother Xiang and asked quietly, "Are you okay?"
Xiang Bie paused and looked at her.
Mu Ling looked at Brother Xiang twice and saw that he looked calm and not sad, so she nodded and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Mu Ling did not recognize that the middle-aged man was the president at first, until she noticed Director Chai, she realized the president's identity.
Later, when Brother Xiang came over, Mu Ling felt a little nervous, afraid that Brother Xiang would be exposed, but seeing that Brother Xiang remained calm, Mu Ling felt relieved.
Now the president has left. It is obvious that he did not recognize who Brother Xiang was during this brief meeting. This would have been a good thing, but after all, relatives may not recognize each other when they meet, and Mu Ling was afraid that Brother Xiang would feel bad, so she asked him.
Since Brother Xiang didn't take it to heart, Mu Ling just let the subject go.
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The surveillance that the president mentioned that can be seen in the hospital is actually a military optical computer prepared for Mu Ling and Xiang Bie respectively, which can open the surveillance wall at any time.
After getting the optical computer, Mu Ling took a look at it first. After confirming that Qilin and the others were fine, she entered Lynx's ward with peace of mind.
In the ward, the lynx was still sleeping, so Mu Ling simply sat next to it and stayed with it quietly.
Two hours later, the nurse came and said that another Grade B sheep had woken up.
Mu Ling hurried over to check. As soon as she got there, she saw the majestic ram with long brown hair and two curved horns on its head paddling its hooves angrily, trying to knock over all the medical staff with one horn.
Several medical staff were hiding. They were hesitating whether to give Qiaoyang a sedative, but Qiaoyang had just woken up, and he would definitely fall asleep again after taking the sedative. They couldn't just let him sleep forever.
Just as they were getting worried, the young nurse asked Mu Ling, "Director Mu, what should we do?"
Mu Ling was silent for a moment, then said, "Take a rope, tie its horns, and take it to the lynx's ward."
Director Mu was sent here by the leaders themselves, so the nurses naturally trusted her unconditionally. She found a bed sheet, twisted it into a rope, and asked the people inside to find a way to catch the sheep and bring it to the lynx.
After a long time of hard work, everyone finally dragged the big and fierce ram that looked like a lion to the lynx's ward.
Once the ward door was closed, only Mu Ling, Qiao Yang and the lynx who was still asleep were left in the ward.
Mu Ling reached out and pulled away the bed sheet on the corner.
As a result, she just moved a little, and the irritable sheep immediately seemed to have found an outlet to vent its anger. It mooed and attacked Mu Ling with all its might!
Xiang Bie just went to wash off the remaining aromatherapy smell on his body. When he came out, he saw many people gathered outside the Lynx ward.
Xiang Bie didn't know what had happened, so he hurried over. As soon as he got there, he saw Mu Ling inside almost being attacked by Qiao Yang.
He hurried to open the door and go in, but the next second, Mu Ling turned around and ran directly to the corner, hiding behind the lynx.
At this time, the lynx, hearing the cry of the sheep, also woke up in a daze.
As soon as the lynx woke up, it saw the familiar ram running towards it. It was very excited and was about to approach the ram.
But it turned out that Qiao Yang was not running towards it!
The lynx looked back and saw the weak human holding the bed sheet and shivering behind it.
"Moo——" Qiao Yang attacked Mu Ling fiercely!
"Ha!" The lynx suddenly stood in front of Mu Ling, bared its sharp teeth, and slammed the ground with its claws, driving the tall ram away!
Qiaoyang felt the ferocity of the lynx and did not dare to charge forward. He took two steps back and looked at Mu Ling in the corner unwillingly.
Mu Ling sniffed and whimpered pitifully.
When the lynx heard Mu Ling's crying, it let out another "ha" and drove the sheep further away!
The sheep retreated to the side of the bed, and its butt was poked by the bed railing. It wandered around there twice in displeasure, and looked at the human over there.
The lynx also returned to the corner at this time. It seemed to want to comfort Mu Ling and sat next to Mu Ling.
Mu Ling's voice was thin and soft: "Thank you, Cat Man."
Animals can identify emotions through sounds. Mu Ling's voice was trembling and full of fear. The lynx felt sorry for her and turned around and nudged Mu Ling's arm with its forehead as a sign of affection.
Mu Ling moved closer to the lynx. At this time, Qiao Yang went around to the front left, intending to attack Mu Ling from the side!
Seeing this, Mu Ling trembled again at the right time.
As soon as she got scared, the lynx blamed the sheep!
"Ha! Ha!" The lynx rushed out and chased the sheep.
The sheep was chased to the edge of the corner. It lowered its head and pawed the ground with a look of grievance.
The lynx didn't care how it dug the ground. It came back and sat in front of Mu Ling, guarding her like a security guard.
Qiao Yang was finally at his wit's end. He could only sit cross-legged in the corner with his legs bent, staring at them angrily.
By this time, the ward had finally quieted down, and Mu Ling was very satisfied with the result. She had used the tea aroma to borrow a knife to kill someone, and successfully let the lynx suppress the sheep. Now the sheep was stable, and no sedatives or anesthetics were needed. It just sat there obediently and didn't move.
Thinking of this, Mu Ling happily looked at the lynx beside her and sighed sincerely: "It's still better to eat soft rice. If I can't be an emperor in the future, I'll just be a gigolo."
As she spoke, she tilted her head and simply lay down next to the lynx.
Xiang Bie outside the door: "..."
How should I put it? He also admired Mu Ling's mentality of relying on the power of a cat...
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