Chapter 164: Chapter 164: Frog Team on the Move

Xu Ying jumped up, got dressed, and headed toward the old barn, not forgetting to bring her action camera.

Last week, a sports camera brand sent her a new product to review, promising ultra-clear nighttime shooting as its selling point.

[Wait a minute, there are people watching around the house!]

[That person keeps looking this way, squatting in the bushes opposite the old house and not leaving.]

A Steamed Bun Frog hopped in from outside.

[That person is definitely here to surveil Station Chief Xu. Maybe they’re in cahoots with whoever sneaked to the barn.]

[What should we do then? If Station Chief Xu goes out now, that person will definitely call their accomplice.]

“I don’t have to go out, but a small animal needs to carry this action camera to the old barn and record that sneaky person’s movements.”

Xu Ying looked at Steamed Bun Frog’s palm-sized body. Although the action camera was already mini-sized, weighing less than 30 grams,

the Steamed Bun Frog weighs even less, only 15 grams, equivalent to two one-yuan coins, making it impossible to carry the camera.

And if they were to carry it together, their short, weak hind legs wouldn’t be fast enough.

By the time the Frog Team arrives, the perpetrators might have already finished.

Currently, they could deliver messages to Xu Ying in time thanks to the frogs scattered across the village transmitting information through croaks.

“Now, we need small animals to help carry this action camera and record that person doing bad things. It’s just that you’re weak and slow…”

As Xu Ying was speaking, a furry ball rubbed against her foot. It turned out the desert cottontail rabbit, resting in its den, had come to her side at some point: [Go, find rabbits to help.]

[There’s a rabbit warren in the backyard of the old house.]

The Steamed Bun Frogs whispered to Xu Ying about the sick rabbit, [What’s it saying?]

Xu Ying quickly translated for them: [It says you can ask the rabbits for help. Can you go to the rabbit warren behind the old house to request reinforcement?]

The Steamed Bun Frogs croaked in unison: [Sure, we have relatives living just behind the old house, it’s just a call away.]

Xu Ying held a Steamed Bun Frog and went to the window near the backyard of the old house, where it croaked a few times.

A response came immediately.

Soon, two adult desert cottontail rabbits sprinted into the old house.

[Were you looking for us?]

They were sleeping in the warren, and the sudden intrusion by the two Steamed Bun Frogs was like an alarm clock, waking them up and pointing towards the old house all the time.

The rabbits, quick to react, came towards the old house despite being a bit annoyed.

This was because there was quite a commotion in the old house tonight, with a strange human moving about inside.

The two rabbits were shocked to see their sick companion by Xu Ying’s feet, [Another sick bunny, feels like it will be our turn soon.]

“No, it won’t! I’m trying my best!”

Xu Ying explained her plan to the two rabbits, who quickly agreed to carry the action camera to help Xu Ying see what the bad person was doing.

This human was treating their sick companion so meticulously; she must be a good person!

One rabbit had the action camera secured around its neck, while the other provided guard, quickly darting out of the door.

The old barn is about three hundred meters away from the old house, and the desert cottontail rabbit can reach a burst speed of twelve meters per second, comparable to a hound, sustaining it for fifteen seconds, allowing them to reach the old barn in a minute with intermittent stopping.

Xu Ying anxiously waited inside the old house, while also having the Steamed Bun Frogs keep an eye on the person surveilling the house.

She realized she couldn’t just sit idly by; the person surveilling might communicate with their accomplice via phone, and with this thought, Xu Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up.

The military had sent her a piece of equipment last time, a bug no bigger than an earring.

This was a weight the Steamed Bun Frogs could handle.

“Frog Team, quickly do me a favor, who of you jumps the fastest?”

Xu Ying took out a black micro-bug from her toolbox and connected it to her phone: “As long as the bug is attached to your back, I’ll be able to hear what the person surveilling me is saying.”

The Steamed Bun Frogs quickly selected their largest companion, the Big Steamed Bun Frog.

It obediently lay on Xu Ying’s knee, its cheeks puffed, allowing Xu Ying to affix the bug.

“All set!” As soon as Xu Ying finished speaking, the Big Steamed Bun Frog leapt off the windowsill like a soldier, full of vigor.

The Steamed Bun Frogs, having learned that the similarly sized object to their food was a “bug” capable of overhearing distant human conversations, widened their eyes in astonishment.

[Wow, human gadgets sure are amazing!]

[Why are our little heads not as smart as humans?]

“You are smart too; many human inventions are inspired by you small animals.”

Pushed by fear of the old house, Liu Kai had pitched a tent in a communal yard instead.

Talking with the Steamed Bun Frogs, Xu Ying felt less afraid of being alone in the spooky old house: “We humans even mimic the shadow of frogs, hosting frog swimming competitions…”

[But we Steamed Bun Frogs can’t swim!]

The comment left Xu Ying momentarily at a loss, so she thought for a moment and cooed, “But you can eat termites, which are a great pest to humans. You are the saviors of humanity!”

Being called “saviors of humanity” left the Steamed Bun Frogs flattered, and they became even more diligent in relaying messages.

The croaks surrounding the old house echoed continually.

But with many frogs in the village, this didn’t arouse the surveiller’s suspicion.

The Steamed Bun Frogs sat in a row like little figures on the windowsill, listening to intelligence delivered by their companions.

[Station Chief, the Big Steamed Bun has successfully nestled beside the surveiller!]

[Station Chief, the person doing the surveillance is making a phone call!]

[Everyone, stay quiet, don’t disturb the Station Chief from listening!]

The clamorous Frog Team gradually quieted down.

The one watching Xu Ying near the old house turned out to be Zhang Lei, a crony of Miao Zhong, the village chief’s nephew.

Zhang Lei got nervous when the frogs suddenly stopped croaking as soon as he answered the call, quickly glancing around, relaxing only after seeing no one.

The voice on the other end came from the village chief: “Zhang Lei, why aren’t you speaking?”

“It’s just scary sitting here alone in the middle of the night.”

“How do you expect to make money with that cowardice of yours?”

“Miao Zhong got bit by a rabbit while drugging the old barn, and even kicked by a cow hoof! Hurry and motorbike him to the village doctor!”

“If you bump into anyone, say Miao Zhong was moving fertilizer for the villagers overnight, and got bitten by something on the road, got it?”

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