Chapter 250: Besieged by Mountain Sheep
The leading sheep was a size larger than the ordinary blue sheep, and it gave off a very oppressive feeling. Its curved horns shone like bronze in the sun, and its muscular front legs were digging the ground violently.
Its pupils shrank into a thin line in anger, and white air spewed out of its nostrils.
"careful!"
As Xu Ying warned, the leader of the sheep charged forward, its horns darting the phone from Ji Xuehui's hand with pinpoint accuracy. The phone arced through the air and landed with a thud in the snowdrifts far away.
[This is the crap!]
The leader neighed angrily, the sound echoing through the valley. [Our chief has fallen off the cliff!]
Its front hooves stepped heavily on a protruding rock. The hooves of blue sheep are different from those of other sheep - the edges of the hooves of blue sheep have a keratin layer as hard as steel that can be embedded in the cracks of the rock like climbing nails, while the soft and elastic pads in the center provide excellent grip.
This is the talent given by nature to the blue sheep to walk on vertical cliffs as if it were flat ground.
Xu Ying was confused as he looked at the group of mountain goats that rushed towards them and got angry for no reason.
When did they provoke these rock climbing masters of the animal world?
Xu Ying asked the leader the reason gently and patiently, but was met with a cold face from the other party.
[This thing suddenly goes "ding-ding-ding,"]
The leader kicked the phone on the ground with his hoof, his voice filled with anger. [The tribe leader, who was licking the salt crystals on the cliff, was so frightened that he fell directly off the three-hundred-meter-high cliff!]
Xu Ying immediately pictured an elderly mountain goat leader intently licking minerals on a cliff face. Suddenly, a cell phone ring caused the climbing master to lose his balance and plummet from the nearly vertical cliff face.
She didn't rush to ask about the phone. Instead, she stepped forward, kept a safe distance, and slowly squatted down to make herself look less threatening. "How is the clan leader now? Is he seriously injured?"
There was genuine apology in her voice, "I'm truly sorry that our human things have caused you harm."
The leader's anger seemed to have subsided a little. He shook his head and said, "My right hind leg is broken. I'm currently lying in the tribe's cave recovering from the injury."
It pointed its hoof at the distant cliff, "The thing that makes the noise fell out of that crack."
"I'm a veterinarian,"
Xu Ying took out the first aid kit from his backpack and showed it to it, "It can help the clan leader with treatment. As for that thing that makes a sound..."
She looked in the direction where the phone had fallen. "It's called a phone. It was probably accidentally dropped by one of the victims. It wasn't left here intentionally to scare you."
"We are investigating the case."
The leader looked at Xu Ying warily, then, thinking of the tribe leader's injuries, finally nodded: "Come with us."
Xu Ying asked tentatively, "To prevent the ringing phone from disturbing you, can I take it back? Abandoned phones can cause metal pollution in the environment."
The blue sheep drooped its ears: [The noisy thing was taken back by other blue sheep.]
It turned and let out a few short calls to the flock.
Turning to Xu Ying, he said, "But only you are allowed to approach the leader. All other bipeds should stay away!"
Led by the leading mountain goat, Xu Ying and his group walked on the thick snow and came to a rock wall in the leeward area.
Before entering the cave, I heard bursts of painful groans coming from inside.
[Meh—it hurts so much.]
The voice was weak but full of energy, and was particularly clear in the silent valley.
The leader looked back at Xu Ying, his eyes filled with vigilance and expectation.
The cave is not deep, but spacious enough.
With the light coming through the cave entrance, Xu Ying saw more than twenty mountain goats lying in groups of three or two on the haystack.
The ewes protect their young in the middle and watch the uninvited guests vigilantly. Female blue sheep live in groups with their young, while male blue sheep live alone or in small groups.
The air was filled with the unique scent of hay and mountain goats, mixed with a hint of blood.
At the deepest part of the cave, an old female blue sheep was lying on its side on the thickest pile of grass.
Its right hind leg was severely swollen, and the skin under the fur was an abnormal purple-red color, and was obviously deformed.
Seeing humans coming in, it turned its head away with difficulty, and its thick horns left a white mark on the rock wall.
[Shame on you guys for bringing a biped here?]
The old mountain goat's voice was filled with annoyance. "I'm the chief of the mountain goat tribe, a seasoned rock climber with decades of experience. I was actually frightened by a little squawking cube and broke my leg. How can I survive in the tribe if word gets out?"
Xu Ying approached quietly, stopped two meters away, and slowly squatted down.
She placed the veterinary bag on the floor and gently opened it, revealing the medical equipment inside.
"Don't worry, I'm a veterinarian. Let me take a look at it."
Her voice was gentle but firm. "My treatment skills are quite good. With me here, you can return to your former vigorous rock climbing level."
The old mountain goat turned his head doubtfully, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his cloudy eyes.
Xu Ying took the opportunity to slowly move closer and gently touched the injured area with his fingers.
The mountain goat leader shuddered in pain, but endured it and did not struggle.
"Comminuted fracture of the tibia, accompanied by severe bruising."
Xu Ying explained softly as she examined it, "We need to reduce the swelling first, then fix it."
She took out the prepared herbal ointment from her bag and gently applied it to the swelling.
The ointment exudes a light minty scent, which gradually relaxes the old mountain goat's tense muscles.
Then she took out a special splint for animals and fixed it with skillful movements.
Throughout the entire process, Xu Ying's fingers remained warm and steady, making the animals feel professional and reliable.
"Where is that thing that scared you now?" Xu Ying asked softly while wrapping the bandage.
The old mountain goat sighed and pointed to a natural stone platform at the deepest part of the cave: "The children put it there. We don't dare to go near it."
Xu Ying gave Chen Su a look, and Chen Su immediately understood and walked towards the stone platform quietly.
The other ibex stared at him warily but did not stop him.
A moment later, he hurried back holding a cell phone with a shattered screen: "Found it!"
Guan Lin took the phone and took out the phone testing equipment from his backpack: "Let me see if this phone can still be turned on."
Everyone's heart suddenly rose to their throat.
After Guan Lin fiddled with it for a long time, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise: "It's turned on!"
“The phone still works!”
Xu Ying and the other two couldn't hide the smiles on their faces. It was already half dark, and after many twists and turns, they found a breakthrough clue!
Guan Lin glanced at his turned-on phone and said in a strange tone, "This phone wallpaper is a photo of a man climbing a mountain!"
"But this person was not one of the four climbers."
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