Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Mom! Can I Still Go Home for Dinner?
Gu Zhao looked confused. "What’s wrong??"
Gu Xulin had been keeping a close eye on Gu Zhao. When he heard her speak, he frowned and looked over as well.
Hua Baozi’s ears twitched. He didn’t answer, just stared anxiously at the water.
"Help!! Someone, save my cub!!!"
"There’s no way to get down there."
"The flood is so strong, it’s probably a lost cause..."
"AHHH! Mama... help... save a fox’s life..."
A fox cub was tumbling in the floodwaters until it managed to grab onto a piece of wood and barely stabilize itself.
It yelped desperately toward the bank.
The bank was crowded with animals. A white Tibetan fox was frantic, trying several times to jump into the water, only to be stopped by a mother elephant at her side.
"It’s no use if you go in. You’ll just be another life lost."
The animals all looked at the Tibetan fox mother with pity. The mothers with cubs of their own, in particular, had teary, red-rimmed eyes.
Gu Zhao didn’t know why Hua Baozi wouldn’t tell her what was happening, so she just ran over to see for herself.
But before she could see anything, a group of animals blocked her path.
Hua Baozi quickly intercepted her too. "Xiangxiang, it’s dangerous over there. Don’t go."
Seeing that all these animals were blocking her, she could only nod and turn back. However, she had barely taken a few steps before she immediately spun around and tried to run off again.
The animals were startled and immediately gave chase.
Zhong Mingrui and Song Yi instantly understood Big King’s plan. While the animals were busy chasing her, they dashed over.
The two kids ran to the edge of the flood, and the animals there immediately blocked them as well.
But they had already seen what they needed to.
"Big King! The little fox fell in the water!!" Zhong Mingrui yelled immediately.
Gu Zhao ran over too, but before she could do anything, Gu Xulin swooped her up in his arms.
"Don’t even think about getting in the water."
Gu Xulin shot Gu Zhao a warning glare. He was terrified this little ancestor of his would jump straight into the water to save the fox.
"I’m not that stupid, okay?" Gu Zhao was speechless.
"You never know."
Song Yi and Zhong Mingrui stared anxiously at the small figure in the water. "It’s the righteous fox cub!"
Gu Zhao looked over. It was indeed the little fox that had brought her flowers and fruit.
"Brother, do you remember who had a rope?" Gu Zhao looked at Gu Xulin.
Zhong Siqi had a good memory. He spoke up first. "I think it was Yu Zimo."
’Damn it,’ Gu Zhao thought. ’Should have robbed him before letting him go.’
Gu Zhao looked directly at Hua Baozi. "Put out a warrant for someone! Get his bag back for me!"
As soon as Hua Baozi heard, he relayed the message to the other animals. After hearing the description, they immediately ran off to find the person.
Zhong Siqi looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. Zhong Mingrui was the one who noticed his expression.
"Brother, are you constipated?"
Zhong Siqi gave Zhong Mingrui a merciless smack on the butt.
Zhong Mingrui huffed, rubbing his butt. "You violent man!"
Zhong Siqi chuckled. Seeing his little brother’s antics, he actually felt much more relaxed. He looked at Gu Zhao and directly voiced his concerns.
"Sending the animals to go rob him... isn’t that a bit much? The netizens might..." Zhong Siqi was being very conservative with his words.
Gu Zhao was completely unconcerned. "What, they’ll flame me?? It’s fine, I have no class. And if they curse me out, so what? I can’t hear them. If I do happen to hear them, I’ll just send mice to go on a trip to their house."
[Brother Qi, don’t you go accusing us netizens! We would never flame her! And it’s definitely not because we’re afraid of mice~]
[Whoa! So cool! An animal APB!]
[Hahahaha, Gu Zhao’s logic is unbeatable! No class = invincible. I suggest we adopt this as a code of conduct.]
[A mouse tour is way too vicious! Is it a group sightseeing tour or an in-depth burrowing expedition?]
[+1 to the post above. I suddenly get Zhong Siqi’s concern. He’s not afraid of netizens flaming her, he’s afraid the netizens will have to move out in the middle of the night.]
Yu Zimo, completely oblivious, was still walking along, cursing Gu Zhao and Yu Xiaowei.
That is, until a few hyenas entered his field of vision.
The hyenas looked at him, then at each other. ’That’s the one!’
’Found him!’
The hyenas let out a roar and charged directly at Yu Zimo.
Yu Zimo took off running, thinking, ’This has to be Gu Zhao’s doing!’
’If it’s not...’
He started running back in Gu Zhao’s direction. ’If it’s not her, then we can all die together!’
However, when the hyenas saw he was running in the right direction, they simply started herding him.
They toyed with him like they were herding sheep.
In the end, they decided he was too slow. One hyena snatched his bag and ran off with it.
The other hyenas then started chasing the one with the bag.
Yu Zimo, ignored by all the hyenas: ...
He scrambled up from the ground and continued running toward Ye Zuiyi.
The hyena successfully delivered the bag to Gu Zhao. Gu Xulin took the rope from it and tied a piece of wood to the end to add some weight.
Then he threw it forcefully toward the little fox.
But each time, it fell just a little short.
Gu Zhao suddenly remembered her once-a-week luck skill.
Today was the start of a new week. She couldn’t be bothered to worry about the doubled bad luck that would follow the good luck.
She activated it instantly.
After using the ability, Gu Zhao felt a comfortable sensation wash over her. Just as she was about to take the rope from Gu Xulin, she realized an animal was calling to her.
The crucial part was, she could understand it!!
"Little one~ Hello there~"
"Little Xiangxiang~"
Two enormous eagles flew in from the distance.
Their heads were longer than a normal eagle’s, with red crest feathers. They had hard, keratinous beaks with sharp hooks at the tip. Their feathers were black and white, and the feathers at their wingtips were a faint yellow-green.
Incredibly majestic! Beautiful!
Gu Zhao was stunned by the two beautiful, talking eagles!
The bullet comments went silent for a few seconds, and then exploded.
[My god! Why does this look so much like an extinct eagle...?]
[It IS! It is!!! I just asked my professor! He said I was rotting my brain on my phone! Then I showed him the show! He fainted on the spot! We’re waiting for the ambulance now.]
[??? Can someone tell us confused netizens what’s going on!! What are you guys talking about! That eagle is seriously cool.]
[If I’m not mistaken... the Hast Eagle!! Do you know what this means!! An animal that’s been extinct for a thousand years has just reappeared!!]
The netizens went wild, and the experts and professors went wild too.
Even the director in the control room, who was fielding calls from all sorts of VIPs, was about to lose his mind!
Meanwhile, social media platforms exploded.
The hashtag #AncientHastEagleRevived# shot up like a rocket, going from the bottom of the trending list to number one in ten minutes.
Clicking on the hashtag, the top posts were all screenshots from the show’s live stream: the curved talons, the massive, unfurled wingspan.
Some netizens even compared the screenshots to fossil reconstructions from museums, discovering they were a near-perfect match.
[My grandpa is a retired ornithologist. He just took one look at the screen through his reading glasses and went nuts. Now he’s tearing the house apart looking for his research manuscripts, saying he needs to go to the scene to confront them—ah, no, I mean, to verify them!]
[The senior from the lab next door has lost it. He’s running down the hallway in his lab coat shouting, "DNA! We need a DNA sample!" Security tackled him, thinking he was a mental patient.]
Gu Zhao had no idea about the uproar online, nor did she know how many people were now rushing to their location.
She was currently having a staring contest with the two big guys.
The other animals watched them warily. ’Holy crap, what the hell are these things!’
Gu Xulin and the others stared at them curiously, but not a single one of them could identify what kind of eagle it was.
They could only express their shock in the most basic of terms. "Holy fuck, how is this eagle so damn big!"
A chorus of "fucks" could be heard on site.
Feeling brave with Big King around, Song Yi and Zhong Mingrui curiously reached out to touch the feathers.
The Hast Eagles didn’t mind, simply watching Gu Zhao.
The little fox clinging to the wood in the flood: Hey! Look at me! I refuse to believe your eyes are just for decoration!
"Mom! Am I still going to make it home for dinner?" the little fox whimpered.
The Tibetan fox mother snapped out of her shock at the sight of the two behemoths, instantly remembering her child was still floating in the water!
Gu Zhao remembered too. "Hello... could you help me get this rope to that fox?"
The Hast Eagle tilted its head, flew directly into the flood, and scooped up the fox, piece of wood and all.
"Little one~ Was this it?" The eagle that had flown into the flood to save the fox immediately sought praise as soon as it landed.
"Can you give me a kiss~"
The other eagle immediately shoved it aside. "I took a bath on the way here! Kiss me~"
Gu Zhao gave each of them a little kiss.
The people on site just thought it was a normal sight, while the animals only looked on in envy.
Only the experts were about to lose their minds.
Gu Zhao looked at the two big eagles, then at the flood. "Brother... I have a great idea..."
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