Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Ambushed

Xu Ying encountered many people at headquarters asking if she was a die-hard fan of Ling Yu, to which Xu Ying firmly replied: Yes!

Faced with the various expressions of those who received her answer, Xu Ying was indifferent.

She had great confidence in the athletes trained by the animal coaches!

Moreover, after returning to the national team’s training base with Ling Yu, Coach Zhuang kept reporting good news to Xu Ying.

After training on the difficult sandy terrain, as soon as Ling Yu got on the rubber track, he felt light as a swallow, swift as the wind, with his speed increasing again!

Ling Yu’s performance is now stable at under 13 seconds, and this achievement would easily place in the top three of any world-class competition, with a very good chance of taking first place.

Dismissing the rumors, when the transport vehicle delivering the ear fox family to the 032 rescue station arrived at headquarters, Xu Ying happily led the whole ear fox family back to the rescue station.

Xu Ying drove a motorcycle in the front leading the way, with the transport vehicle following behind her.

By the time they arrived at the rescue station, it was two o’clock in the afternoon. Xu Ying had already eaten two rice balls made by Aunt Bao on the way to stave off hunger, so she wasn’t hungry at this moment, just excited.

Because, for the next period, her rescue station would be surrounded by the adorable ear fox family!

Before helping this group of ear foxes reduce to their normal weight, the ear foxes would continue to undergo “devil training” for weight loss at the 032 rescue station.

Nineteen extremely obese ear foxes were sent to Xu Ying’s rescue station, and she had already dug small sand pit nests for these 19 ear foxes near the rescue station.

One by one, Xu Ying unloaded the plump ear foxes from the transport vehicle, and she led the five fox cubs and the plump foxes around her 032 rescue station to get familiar with the environment.

With the sponsorship from Feng Yun couple’s biotechnology company, a small farm greenhouse had already been set up on the east side of her rescue station.

The top of the greenhouse was installed with solar panels to power the facilities within the farm in the future.

Meanwhile, on the west side of the rescue station, a playground facility resembling an adventure racecourse for children had been erected.

It could serve as an adventure parkour map for the foxes and a climbing frame for the sand cats and sou mao.

The five ear fox cubs were overjoyed to see the newly transformed rescue station!

Curious, they bounced around here and there, eager to dig up something new around the rescue station.

Seeing the novel playground facilities, even the lazy and chubby foxes couldn’t resist exploring the new map.

All nineteen exceptionally overweight ear foxes had tracking chips embedded in their necks.

And Xu Ying communicated with them using Beast Language, telling them that if any sudden physical condition or accident occurred, they should tap the tracking chip on their necks with their paws, which would alert Xu Ying to help them promptly.

While the large and small foxes were exploring the renovated rescue station.

Suddenly, a scream from a fox cub came from the back of the rescue station.

Next, Fox Si Bao, using all its limbs, scrambled and crawled from the back of the rescue station. Only when it saw Xu Ying did it feel safe, slowing down and using its little short paws to cover its butt, though its forelimbs were too short to reach.

Seeing this, Xu Ying hurriedly asked: “Si Bao, what’s wrong? What happened to your butt?”

Fox Si Bao tearfully complained to Xu Ying: [Wuwuwu, sister, a Big Black chicken is pecking me at the back of the rescue station!]

While it cried, two Niyaya Chickens flapped their big black wings and chased over from the back of the rescue station.

Xu Ying quickly shielded Fox Si Bao and addressed the aggressive Niyaya Chickens: “Wait a moment!”

“Haven’t I told you? Little foxes are friends and must not be harmed.”

[But foxes eat chickens!]

[We need to establish our image and leader status while they are still young so that when they grow up, they won’t dare to eat us.]

The Niyaya Chickens had come from the farm and hadn’t seen desert ear foxes before.

Xu Ying helplessly held her forehead: “The ear fox is the smallest canine in the world, weighing at most four pounds and usually standing about thirty centimeters tall, much shorter than you. How can they eat you?”

Fox Boss also crawled over, folding its arms sternly: [You’re the chickens that the manager sister raises; we won’t eat you, only protect you.]

Acting like the big boss.

The two Niyaya Chickens disdainfully clucked: [How can you little runts protect us?]

[Manager, while you weren’t here this morning, an eagle swooped down from the sky and snatched a chicken!]

Upon hearing this, Xu Ying rushed to count the chickens at the back of the rescue station, discovering that one chicken was indeed missing from the coop.

Xu Ying was heartbroken. There were originally ten Niyaya Chickens in this batch, four roosters, and six hens, and now only nine were left.

The Niyaya Chickens were suitable for free-range rearing, so Xu Ying allowed them to roam freely around the rescue station.

She didn’t have to collect the eggs herself; at night, Little Sand Cat would dig around the rescue station like a treasure hunt and hand them over to her.

Xu Ying would always reward Little Sand Cat with egg yolk.

Little Sand Cat loved this “treasure hunt activity,” so Xu Ying made a small basket for collecting eggs for Little Sand Cat, who would carry the basket every time it went out.

Otherwise, Little Sand Cat would have to push the eggs with its paws, which easily slipped.

At this moment, the Niyaya Chickens gathered together, trembling.

[Fortunately, Gobi Bear rushed over, or else we would have all been wiped out.]

[It’s lucky that Gobi Bear was here this time, but the eagle can fly and is more agile than this big dumb bear. We are really scared and can’t lay eggs in peace~]

[Being cooped up in the chicken pen all day is really boring, we also want to fly up to the trees and see around.]

The Niyaya Chickens could be considered the freest and most leisurely among poultry chickens.

Their flying height could reach ten meters, with a sustained flight time of twelve to fifteen seconds, capable of vertical takeoff without a running start~

Xu Ying frowned tightly, realizing the current situation was indeed unfavorable for the growth and egg-laying of the Niyaya Chickens.

She needed to come up with a solution and find a lookout sentinel.

Speaking of sentinels, Xu Ying suddenly thought of Gray Tail!

Gray Tail helped the mongoose keep watch and could mimic the sounds of more than thirty bird species, a truly excellent sentinel!

Coincidentally, Gray Tail hadn’t followed the main flock migrating south, worried about freezing to death in the desert.

Why not build a bird’s nest for Gray Tail at the rescue station and hire Gray Tail to be her sentinel?

Once she figured out a countermeasure, Xu Ying didn’t feel as troubled and took the ear fox family to tour the rescue station.

The fox babies were thrilled to see their custom cradles and ran all over the rescue station crazily.

“Be careful, don’t knock over the lettuce, I still need it as an ingredient for my meal with Ning Zexi tomorrow!”

Xu Ying’s lettuce was already mature, lush green, with thriving growth.

A splash of green added much vitality to the rescue station.

After settling the ear fox family, Xu Ying began planning the menu for the next day.

Before she knew it, the second day arrived.

Early in the morning, Xu Ying received a message from Director Yi, reminding her to watch the competition at eleven o’clock Capital Time.

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