Chapter 24

After a barrage of miscellaneous tests, everyone confirmed Wang Tianba’s good health. Although they had already seen the battle from the video last night, and it seemed to have been attacked again today, its internal organs didn’t appear to be damaged, probably due to the excessive accumulation of body fat. All that was found were some external injuries that could be easily treated.

Therefore, Wang Tianba’s reason for walking back from the forest might simply be that it wanted to walk. After all, the world is so big, maybe there are always a few birds that like to walk?

This result was undoubtedly good news for everyone. Even the most experienced veterinarian would not want to perform surgery on an animal. After all, at present, animal surgery is far from perfect and well-developed, and the risk of surgery is too great.

Therefore, if treatment could rely solely on medication, that would naturally be the best outcome.

After Kong Bi communicated with everyone, she called and ordered a batch of white mice, field mice, and beef, among other meats.

Owls have the habit of regurgitating ‘pellets’, so prolonged consumption of meat without bones and fur can have an impact on their digestive system. Therefore, in artificial breeding environments, the most convenient and best food is white mice. After all, owls naturally like to hunt and eat mice, and mice occupy a considerable portion of their diet.

Considering that Wang Tianba had, after all, achieved a level of spiritual cultivation and had an astonishing appetite, Kong Bi also ordered a significant amount of beef. Beef provides the necessary nutrients and protein for owls, and because of its high energy content, it reduces the frequency of feeding, making it an excellent “lazy” option for artificial rearing.

Of course, Kong Bi didn’t do this out of laziness, she simply feared Wang Tianba wouldn’t be full and thus bought a little extra. After all, both field mice and beef are edible for humans, so if Wang Tianba couldn’t finish it, Kong Bi could digest it all herself, eliminating any waste.

Kong Bi had inspected nearby vendors before going out to purchase, so she roughly knew which stores nearby sold better. When she went out to purchase, she chatted with the grandpas and aunts who bought and sold vegetables. For the residents living nearby, they naturally knew which stores were conscientious and which were profiteers.

As for the white mice, Kong Bi also learned about the ordering channels from an aunt who happened to be in charge of purchasing for her family.

Kong Bi wasn’t socially awkward. Her hometown was a well-known demolition village, and the young people there were self-aware. They knew that the biggest contribution they could make to the country was to spend more money. Therefore, there were very few “ambitious” people. Most of them either worked a job just to get by or didn’t work at all. Their biggest hobbies were staying at home playing games, playing chess, fishing, and teasing birds. Everyone nearby knew each other, and you could strike up a conversation with anyone you met. It was actually quite difficult to become a social recluse.

Especially for Kong Bi, whenever anyone in the village wanted to eat chicken, duck, or goose but couldn’t catch it, they would ask her for help. Over time, Kong Bi developed a knack for chatting with normal elderly people over 50.

After these amazing grandpas and aunts knew that she was running a zoo, they enthusiastically introduced the nearby shops to her, and they knew which vegetable vendors from the vegetable market were the real idle farmers who grew vegetables for fun without using pesticides.

The tricks that only locals knew were taken away by Kong Bi in a short time, and the price was that her mobile phone had more than a dozen elderly people’s contact information and a promise of a 50% discount on tickets when the zoo opened in the future.

It’s unclear whether Kong Bi was too heavy-handed or used too much anesthetic, but Wang Tianba remained unconscious after the examination, only waking up after a long time.

“Gu wu?”

Wang Tianba shook her dizzy head, still looking somewhat confused. Her large eyes cautiously scanned her surroundings. The complex and chaotic scents made her instinctively uneasy. Just as she was about to leave, she caught Kong Bi’s scent among the others, so hse reluctantly stopped and turned her head away.

“Boss!”

Kong Bi: “……?”

Is there a rule in the owl family that whoever wins becomes the boss? I haven’t heard any experts say that?

“Call me Director,” Kong Bi said, not paying much attention to the “Boss” comment. After correcting it, she continued, “You’ll stay here for the next few days. I’ll come by to feed you when it’s time.”

As a captive, she didn’t give it any special treatment. After saying that, she left. She had waited this long just to say this, otherwise, given the monster’s intelligence and strength, she feared Wang Tianba would wake up and tear everything around her apart. That would be terrible, as the surrounding area was enclosed with woven nets for temporarily rescuing birds, which weren’t very sturdy.

The former zoo director’s main job was actually rescuing wildlife rather than raising it. In those days, most people were so poor they couldn’t even afford food, so they certainly didn’t have the leisure to visit places like this to see animals. Therefore, the director’s primary task was wildlife rescue, and they had fenced off a large area near the Shiwan Mountains to house the rescued animals. Wang Tianba is now staying in one of those enclosures.

The cleaning company Kong Bi had paid a deposit to yesterday arrived early this morning. She specifically asked them to clean one of the enclosures; otherwise, Wang Tianba would probably have to live in a cardboard box, as the other areas hadn’t been cleaned yet.

Wang Tianba stared blankly at Kong Bi’s retreating figure, then listlessly looked around. The small bird’s wooden box was clearly not suitable for it to sleep in, so Wang Tianba simply dug a hole in the ground to make a nest.

Forest eagle-owls rarely build nests, or rather, the entire owl family generally doesn’t like building nests. They either use abandoned eagle nests or natural tree cavities. Nearly half of all owls are born on the ground, because their parents perfunctorily dig a hole in the ground and put in some downy feathers as a nest.

Although Wang Tianba wasn’t raised in a ground nest, she was very familiar with them. After all, with her size, finding a nest other than a ground nest wouldn’t be easy. Natural tree cavities aren’t that easy to find, requiring the right time, place, and birds. The tree cavity Kong Bi and the others found earlier was actually one she had taken by force.

The rescue area was equipped with enough cameras to allow people to study Wang Tianba’s behavior. However, it was still daytime, not the active period for owls like her. Shortly after Kong Bi left, Wang Tianba chose to sleep; today’s ordeal had indeed tired her out.

Meanwhile, Kong Bi had received several resumes in the game. She selected a few promising candidates and asked them to come for an interview today.

Kong Bi is looking forward to meeting them. Who are they? Robots, monsters that have turned into human forms, or something else?

She sat in the office, restless with various speculations.

Knock knock.

The office door was knocked.

“Hello, I’m here for the interview.”

“Please come in.”

A girl with black-rimmed glasses, who looked very confident, came in holding a resume.

“This is my resume. My name is Wang Ling, and I’m applying for the veterinarian position.”

Wang Ling handed the resume to Kong Bi and sat down opposite her.

Kong Bi took the resume and looked at it carefully, then cautiously asked, “Do you have an ID card?”

Wang Ling: “….?”