Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Catching Spies

Although the full Beast Language experience card I exchanged for yesterday had a duration of one hour, it could be paused. With ten minutes left on the experience card, Xu Ying hurriedly asked Little Desert Rat for detailed information.

“Rat Boss, are you sure that group of bad people are spies?”

[Confirmed! My mom’s cousin’s nephew’s wife’s brother lives in the area where these spy activities are happening, about a hundred kilometers away from us.]

Xu Ying listened to this long string of family relations, her mouth twitching slightly. The Mouse family’s connections were really extensive.

[They discovered a group carrying big, clumsy machines collecting some data, and their conversations mentioned confirming the location of a military base.]

[Although Mice usually have a little bit of a thief behavior, they still know right from wrong and bit the spies’ data cables.]

Sand Rat Boss said this while touching his nose with his paw. Although it was its relative who chewed the data cable due to itching teeth, saying it this way showed the Mouse family had a sense of style.

[On the second day, two spies brought back a sand cat, so the mice didn’t dare to approach them again.]

That explains why the spies took the sand cat away.

[The mice worked hard. Once the spies are caught, I’ll immediately help fill your warehouse.]

Xu Ying yawned, rubbing her sleepy eyes while asking, “Where are those spies who took Little Sand Cat now?”

[I’m here to lead the way, you little lazy one. Wake up quickly!]

Sand Rat Boss started calling out like a little alarm clock again.

“Okay, okay, getting up now.”

Xu Ying moved Little Ear Fox from around her neck and head to place it next to the sleeping bag.

The cunning Fox Boss opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Ying drowsily.

“Boss, I’m going on a mission. You stay here with Little Treasures and behave!”

The drowsy Fox Boss rubbed Xu Ying’s hand with his little head to show he understood, then fell back into sleep.

Xu Ying felt soft in her heart and smiled happily, climbing out of the warm sleeping bag as two little desert rats carried her shoes to the side of the metal bed and placed them neatly.

“Thank you, darlings.”

Xu Ying was used to calling them darlings while caring for the fox cubs. Then she saw the two little desert rats widen their eyes in surprise, covering their faces and scurrying under the bed.

She laughed out loud and went to boil water and freshen up.

“Hey, where’s my hair tie?”

No sooner had Xu Ying asked, a sand rat came out from under the bed with her hair tie, jumped onto the sink, and “delivered” it to Xu Ying’s hand.

The thoughtfulness surprised Xu Ying; having such clever and considerate Mouse stewards made life feel much brighter…

Wait a minute, Mouse stewards?

Xu Ying immediately checked the supplies stacked by the rescue station’s wall.

Sure enough, more than a dozen little sand rats were already circling around the box of compressed biscuits.

The box containing compressed biscuits had a hole, revealing three or four packs of compressed biscuits.

Seeing Xu Ying looking over, the mice immediately froze in place, their little paws nervously stirring, pink toes poked out one by one.

Xu Ying made a helpless smile, calculated the number of desert rats in the room, took out four packs of compressed biscuits, and turned the biscuits into crushed pieces in a discarded bowl.

“You’ve been busy all night, haven’t you? Here’s breakfast for you.”

[Thank you, boss!!!]

The little desert rats were thrilled, squeaking and rushing over to the bowl to gather and eat, their heads buried in the bowl, their pink, long tails sticking up and wiggling.

Yesterday, Qi Xiao left beef jerky and nan bread for her when he left, also reminding her of an ample supply of goat milk powder, urging Xu Ying to share some with the little foxes.

After freshening up, Xu Ying made a cup of goat milk powder and had a meal, which was quite luxurious for the desert.

Xu Ying wiped her mouth, feeling a bit overwhelmed; if she had vegetables and eggs, it would be a balanced nutrition.

Once the sand cat is rescued, she will start farming right away!

After breakfast, Xu Ying refueled the motorcycle. Sand Rat Boss naturally slipped onto her motorcycle to guide her.

Her work uniform had a pocket on the chest, just enough to fit a sand rat. After slipping Sand Rat Boss into the pocket, Xu Ying used medical tape to make a temporary safety belt for him.

The black sou mao they encountered yesterday had dug a hole near the rescue station as a temporary base.

Before departing, Xu Ying called it over, found the largest airline box to fix on the motorcycle.

And so, the person, rat, and cat set off.

Over a hundred kilometers away, relying on the Mouse family members’ relay to pass messages, the mice weren’t clear about the specific location. They could only follow the family intelligence network’s information and ask mice for directions along the way.

To ask for directions, Xu Ying exchanged another full Beast Language experience card, determined for the next animal language to be Mouse Language!

Little desert rats are the best intelligence agents!

First, Xu Ying needed to confirm the spies’ location, then send a message to Chen Su at the police station.

The desert management area is located in the westmost part of Hua Country, in Xizhou Province.

Due to Earth’s rotation and longitude position, the actual time in Xizhou differs from the Capital’s standard time by two hours.

Here, at nine in the evening, it’s still light outside, with darkness falling only at ten, and sunrise at eight or nine in the morning.

Currently, it’s six in the morning, still dark as night.

While driving, Xu Ying spotted a Gobi Bear silhouette, highly resembling Bear Boss.

“Hey, Xiong Da!”

Xu Ying excitedly stopped the vehicle, calling out to the Gobi Bear.

The Gobi Bear, hearing someone call it, blankly turned its head, soon embraced by Xu Ying as she stuffed a meat can into its arms.

The bear’s body trembled, its eyes first filled with surprise, then becoming flustered.

Xu Ying patted its shoulder, “Brother, do you have time now? Can you help me with something?”

The Gobi Bear glanced at the can in its arms, then at Xu Ying, nodding blankly.

“Great! Then come with me! I’m locating the spies and need a bodyguard!”

Xu Ying said, getting on the motorcycle and starting the engine, gesturing to the Gobi Bear still dazed in place, “What are you standing there for? Keep up with me!”

After Xu Ying resumed her journey, she noticed the Gobi Bear following not too close, pondering why Brother Bear had become introverted, unaware she mistook the bear.

Gobi Bears are solitary, Bear Boss’s social behavior is a special case due to its mate giving birth, and most Gobi Bears are quite introverted, even having social anxiety disorder.

Bear Boss was more enthusiastic due to meeting Xu Ying under unique circumstances.

The one Xu Ying grabbed was the most socially anxious of socially anxious.

It ran after the motorcycle, puzzled why someone wasn’t afraid, actively approaching it?

Mainly it accepted her can, feeling awkward refusing to help, also not knowing how to decline, so it just bravely followed.

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