Chapter 16

Kong Bi landed on the windowsill, picked up her phone, and glanced at it. Driven by her bloodline, she had rushed to the scene of the incident almost immediately after waking up, naturally without time to check the situation in the game. Now, picking it up, she saw the mission posted on it.

   【Enemy Attack: An unknown monster seems to have targeted your clan. Defeat it. Mission rewards depend on completion】 

   【Current mission completed, completion level: Normal!】

   【Reward received: 500ml of spirit spring water】

   【This mission is detected as a continuous mission, the second stage is now open】

   【Capture: The monster you repelled is licking its wounds in the dark, ready to make a comeback at any moment! Capture it to eliminate future threats! Mission rewards depend on completion.】 

Kong Bi raised an eyebrow as she looked at the mission. As a seasoned player of the game, she could already see some issues from this mission.

When she used to play this game, she would occasionally encounter missions that arose from sudden accidents. Naturally, she had encountered the capture series of missions a few times. Generally speaking, these types of missions meant that the target had the potential to be tamed, and that the target was not some vicious and evil monster.

After all, the zoo was located in human society, and the monsters recruited naturally had to be of the more disciplined variety. Otherwise, if a vicious incident such as murder were to occur one day, the zoo would not be able to continue operating.

The reason she knew this was that Kong Bi initially didn’t believe it and tried to tame a ferocious monster. As a result, the monster broke free when there were many tourists visiting and the staff was unprepared, causing significant casualties. Naturally, the game failed, and she had to start over.

The game had no save points, so if irreversible consequences were caused, there was no way to remedy them.

However, if you failed in the game, you could always try again, but in reality, you only had one chance.

“My King! I’m here!”

After staring at her phone for a long time, Kong Bi heard a sound like a woodpecker pecking at the door, put away her phone, and opened the door.

For HuaJiao, finding its way was not a problem, even though this time it had to walk and couldn’t fly.

Kong Bi picked up Huājiāo and examined it. Its wings had been clawed by the owl’s sharp talons, leaving bloody holes that looked quite alarming. Juvenile monsters in their early stages have limited means of defense, no different from ordinary creatures of their kind. However, their recovery ability is much better than that of their counterparts. Such wounds would heal completely in less than half a month.

But the zoo wasn’t the wild, and human society had no shortage of various medicines, enough to make its wounds heal even faster.

It’s just that Kong Bi’s house didn’t have any medicine, only a bottle of Yunling Baiyao aerosol, but Yunling Baiyao couldn’t be sprayed directly on the wound.

So Kong Bi could only rely on Quan Xiangsong now, otherwise she would have to look for the nearest 24-hour pet hospital.

Huājiāo rested its head in the crook of Kong Bi’s arm, comfortably squinting its eyes. It was much calmer about its injury than Kong Bi. After all, in the wild, it was impossible to avoid getting hurt, especially since the number of its clan that it led in the Shiwan Mountains was quite large, and the territory it occupied was naturally also large. Competing for territory and being targeted by hungry beasts and raptors was a common occurrence.

The reason it was so easily caught this time was entirely due to the change in the surrounding environment, which caused Huājiāo to lose its vigilance. After all, being a small leader and being a boss means facing completely different levels of pressure. It had been living too comfortably recently, and it had forgotten to maintain a certain level of vigilance towards the sky.

On the other hand, Huājiāo also lacked experience in fighting monsters. Usually, the ones that attacked the green peacocks were ordinary wild beasts. After the green peacocks on guard duty discovered the enemy, they could quickly give a warning. However, an owls were originally assassins in the night, and after they became monsters, they were even harder for ordinary animals to detect.

Nevertheless, Huājiāo actually had a fifty percent chance of avoiding this disaster. The green peacock’s long neck allowed it to attack the enemy even when its wings were grabbed, and as long as it could attack the enemy, the probability of the enemy giving up the attack would not be small.

For any fierce beast or raptor, rather than hunting prey that could injure themselves, they would prudently choose weaker and easier targets. Because once injured and weakened, there would be too many enemies ready to take advantage.

Huājiāo had seen a lot, and it didn’t feel any lingering fear for almost being eaten. After all, wasn’t the opponent driven away by the Great King?

We’re both really awesome!

Kong Bi closed the door, instructing the other green peacocks to follow. At this time, she didn’t feel comfortable leaving any of the green peacocks alone. Fortunately, the green peacocks, who had just been frightened, were very obedient and followed behind her, making her look like a duck mother leading a group of ducklings.

She held Huājiāo in one hand and used the other to take out her phone and call Quan Xiangsong. If he didn’t have any medicine, she would drive and take Huājiāo to the hospital.

Fortunately, the situation was much better than Kong Bi had imagined. Quan Xiangsong immediately gave a definite answer, which made Kong Bi breathe a sigh of relief.

Huajiao’s injuries weren’t serious. Its wings weren’t broken, and its internal organs weren’t damaged. It just had bloody holes in its wings. All that was needed was to prevent infection. After cleaning the wounds and applying medicine, Kong Bi held its wings and had Quan Xiangsong wrap them with bandages. Huājiāo moved its wings, unable to resist the urge to tear off the bandages. It was very uncomfortable with this feeling of being restrained.

Kong Bi patted its head, stopping its behavior. She and Quan Xiangsong reviewed the surveillance footage. Because the surveillance cameras weren’t the type that tracked moving objects, the footage didn’t capture any thrilling scenes. It only showed the moment the other party decisively grabbed Huājiāo and the moment Kong Bi stopped the other party from taking Huājiāo away.

After that, the screen showed a whirlwind of feathers. It’s very common for birds to shed feathers during fights, especially during the molting season in recent months. During this period, the beautiful tail feathers of the two male peacocks in Sichuan Pepper’s clan would even fall out, leaving them bald. For those who longed to see peacocks displaying their tails, peacocks during this period had little aesthetic value.

Kong Bi tapped the keyboard, freezing the frame at a relatively clear moment, and asked, “Old Quan, do you recognize this owl?”

Quan Xiangsong frowned and shook his head, “It’s hard to confirm.”

The surveillance cameras weren’t full-color cameras, and the images captured at night were all black and white. In addition, only the side profile was captured, making it even harder for Quan Xiangsong to confirm.

In the image, Kong Bi froze the frame on the scene of the owl capturing Huājiāo, revealing its two strong and powerful legs, sharp eyes, and horizontal stripes on its spread wings. However, for owls, these characteristics weren’t exclusive to certain species. Quan Xiangsong could easily recall several possibilities.

He frowned and pondered, “This should be a large owl. Judging by its size, it should be around eighty or ninety centimeters. It’s probably not a Eurasian eagle-owl or a Blakiston’s fish owl that can grow to this size, but a Blakiston’s fish owl shouldn’t be able to reach this area.”

Kong Bi asked, “If it’s like the big peacock, growing larger than its counterparts…”

Quan Xiangsong gave a wry smile, “Then the selection range is too broad, it’s hard to say. I’ll have to ask around.”

Each expert has their own area of specialization. Quan Xiangsong could recognize some of the more common owls, especially those with distinctive features. But with the current clues, it would be too difficult for him to identify the exact species.

Kong Bi didn’t press him. Seeing that Quan Xiangsong was also a bit tired and that the matter couldn’t be resolved in a short time, she said goodbye and planned to discuss it again tomorrow.