Chapter 118.2

Mu Ling quickly replied, “Of course, of course!”

Afterward, Director Tian gave her the contact information for the person in charge at Maple Leaf Zoo. Mu Ling thanked him profusely, then immediately called Deputy Director Liu from Maple Leaf Zoo.

Since Deputy Director Liu had already been briefed by Director Tian, their conversation went smoothly. Still, he emphasized two points:

“Your Butcher hasn’t shown any mating signals yet, so whether he’s actually in heat is still uncertain—you’ll need to confirm that clearly. Second, our female honey badger, ‘Arrogant,’ just recently recovered from an injury. We’re not sure she’s in the mood for dating. We’re open to letting them meet and get acquainted, but we can’t guarantee any outcome regarding their relationship.”

Mu Ling quickly assured him, “A meeting is more than enough! Really, just a meeting. We’ll confirm whether Butcher is in heat as soon as possible, and once we do, we’ll contact you immediately.”

Deputy Director Liu replied kindly, “Alright then.”

Confirming if Butcher was in heat was actually quite simple. Mu Ling asked Brother Xiang to request a recording of a female badger in heat from the War Beast Center. Then, they arranged for staff to play it on loop near the wolf pack’s habitat to observe Butcher’s reaction. If there was any response, they were to report it immediately!

Mu Ling thought it might take a day or two before Butcher would notice the recording. But that very afternoon, Butcher started howling back at the audio.

Though the keepers didn’t manage to capture footage of him, based on the recorded sounds, Butcher had clearly fallen deeply for this cyber female badger. He was frantically sending signals to her, practically inviting her for a secret meeting in the woods.

Mu Ling took this recording to Deputy Director Liu, who immediately confirmed that Butcher was indeed in heat. From there, both parties began discussing the specific date for the matchmaking.

Deputy Director Liu stressed that sooner was better—since it was already mid-December, if they waited much longer, the female badger’s interest might fade completely even if she had some feelings now.

Hearing this, Mu Ling was startled and instantly issued an ultimatum to the zoo’s general manager: “Brother Wei, I don’t care what method you use—tranquilizer, traps, anything. I want to see Butcher locked in a cage within 48 hours!”

Wei Li: “…”

Wei Li felt a bit wronged. He knew it—as general manager, he never got any of the good tasks. But the moment something difficult came up, the director immediately thought of him!

With a heavy sigh, Wei Li shouldered his gun and headed into the mountains…

Day one: nothing.

Day two: still nothing..

The 48-hour deadline had passed.

Mu Ling: “…”

Wei Li: “…”

The zoo director and general manager both fell into silence.

Just as the two highest-classing leaders of Bi Ke Zoo were at their wits’ end, unable to come up with a solution, Xiang Bie dimmed the blue glow in his eyes and placed a cage containing the sedated Ferocious Badger in front of them.

Mu Ling immediately looked at Brother Xiang with admiration.

Wei Li immediately looked at the Marshal with equal admiration.

In perfect unison, they exclaimed, “Brother Xiang, you’re brilliant!”

Xiang Bie: “…”

That’s a bit much.

With Butcher captured, the next question was who would take him to the blind date. Wei Li definitely wouldn’t go—he couldn’t even imagine how Butcher would go berserk if he woke up mid-journey and realized he’d been caged. He had no way of handling that situation!

So it was decided that Mu Ling would personally accompany him.

Hearing this, Xiang Bie frowned and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Mu Ling looked at him.

Xiang Bie explained, “If he acts up, you won’t be able to control him.”

Wei Li nodded in agreement: “That’s right, Director. You definitely won’t be able to handle it. That honey badger dares to confront tigers and lions. Crushing you, a zoo director, would be as simple as squashing an ant. You’re no match for it.”

Mu Ling: “…”

You’re not wrong, but did you have to say it like that?

In the end, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie left together.

They boarded the starship to Ancient Blue Star at noon that day.

The journey took ten hours. Midway, the Black Claw Ferocious Badger woke up once. While it was still disoriented, Mu Ling quickly administered a large syringe of canned snake soup containing a sleeping aid. After eating, Butcher’s head drooped, and he fell back into deep sleep.

Mu Ling sighed with relief. For the rest of the journey, the Black Claw Ferocious Badger didn’t wake up again.

At midnight that day, they finally arrived on Ancient Blue Star!