The Civil Servant's Job is to Raise The Furries!-Chapter 32: Famous in the Mouse World

"Do you even look in the mirror? Would she, a rich and beautiful girl, be interested in you?"

Hearing Liu Kai’s words, Chen Danyan, the animal rescuer from Station 013, gave him a push.

"I heard Qiao Yuxi’s uncle is the CEO of Comet Technology, and he’s worth over a billion at just twenty-seven!"

Chen Danyan propped her chin, speaking dreamily, "If I rescue Qiao Yuxi and become her best friend, being close to her would mean first in line, and if I became the CEO’s wife..."

Then I wouldn’t have to risk my life patrolling this damn desert for the sake of a few thousand dollars more than other jobs!

The more Chen Danyan thought about it, the more blissful she felt.

Liu Wenxuan from Station 012 sat silently beside them, scrolling through news reports about Qiao Yuxi’s disappearance on his phone.

Xu Ying listened to their conversation, her mouth twitching slightly, muttering, "And you two have the nerve to say me growing vegetables in the desert is a pipe dream."

"I think you two are the real dreamers..."

Ning Zexi burst into laughter at this.

Liu Kai and Chen Danyan turned red, "Can’t people have some thoughts?"

"Our intentions are good, hoping she’s still alive so we can rescue her!"

Inside the vehicle, everyone was noisy, Kuang Ming shook his head, then recited a string of numbers.

"Alright, back to business. Now we’re here to find the vultures."

"If you find Madam Qiao Yuxi, just dial this six-digit number, and someone will handle the situation."

Everyone quickly noted down the number.

An hour later, the off-road vehicle stopped on the desolate road.

"Alright, we’re here!"

Ning Zexi parked the car steadily and jumped out, "This is the spot the suspect confessed to abandoning the vultures for the first time."

Xu Ying got out of the car, greeted by a gust of dry hot wind mixed with fine sand.

The boundless desert stretched endlessly, with yellow sand meeting the white sky.

On the ground, yellow sand mixed with gravel, and occasionally several clusters of withered yellow weeds stubbornly emerged from the cracks, swaying in the wind.

The road ahead cut through the world’s second-largest shifting desert, winding into the distance, making one marvel at the country’s advanced and powerful infrastructure.

Kuang Ming sat in the front passenger seat, rolled down the window, and instructed those who got out, "Everyone, get out and investigate to see if there are any traces left by the vultures!"

"I’ll direct from inside the car."

The stomach acid of vultures is highly corrosive and can kill bacteria and viruses in carrion. After feeding, they leave behind animal skeletons, not complete skeletons, but bone shards with the marrow sucked out, which serve as clues.

But vultures are also good at hiding their tracks, removing the remnants and traces they leave, making finding them quite unlikely.

The four rescuers each took a tranquilizer gun.

If they encounter these abandoned vultures, they can shoot and tranquilize them, then wait for professionals from the raptor rescue center to come over.

After Xu Ying took the tranquilizer gun, she weighed it for a moment to get a feel. During her last animal rescue mission in Africa, she had received professional training, and her shooting skills were pretty accurate. In any danger, she would be the one to act.

After Liu Kai got his tranquilizer gun, he eyed the one in Xu Ying’s hand, "Comrade Xiao Xu, how about I help you keep your gun safe?"

He said with a cheeky grin, "It’s a waste for you to use it, since you haven’t had professional training. You probably can’t even hit the target, and it’d be good enough not to accidentally hit a teammate."

"Are you sure?"

Xu Ying tilted her head, showing Liu Kai a harmless smile, "The last person who offered to keep something safe for me ended up in jail."

Liu Kai’s smile instantly vanished; the siblings Tan Yu Yan, who had embezzled Xu Ying’s supplies, were indeed now locked up.

Xu Ying suddenly extended her hand holding the tranquilizer gun, skillfully spinning the gun around Liu Kai’s head, scaring him stiff, making him look like a sand rat.

"How pathetic, getting scared of a tranquilizer gun like that!"

Xu Ying shrugged, mimicking his cheeky grin earlier, "Talk about not being able to take a joke."

Having said that, she went to find nearby sand rat burrows, leaving Liu Kai fuming and stomping his feet.

After getting familiar with the Sand Rat Boss, Xu Ying could now identify sand rat holes precisely.

She now carried compressed biscuit crumbs for communicating with sand rat informants, scattering them at the edge of the burrow.

A little while later, a Little Desert Rat poked its head out and was startled upon seeing Xu Ying squatting at the entrance.

"Little Desert Rat, I am Xu Ying, the animal rescuer from Station 032. Can I ask you for a favor?"

Xu Ying waved the remaining half bag of compressed biscuits in her hand, "There will be more delicious biscuits after you help."

The Little Desert Rat, who was about to dive back into the hole, paused its escape upon hearing this: [I know you, you’re the Biscuit Tycoon!]

[You also promised to fill the warehouse of my distant relative’s new home!]

The Little Desert Rat rubbed its hands, eyes shining. It felt envious when it first heard the news from other sand rats but didn’t expect such fortune to come its way!

Xu Ying didn’t expect she was already famous in the Mouse World: "Has the news spread so fast?"

[Of course, we sand rats travel in groups. How could I not know about such a sensational matter~ All the desert sand rats know about it!]

The Little Desert Rat wagged its long slender tail, and two or three curious little rats had already gathered behind it, peeking out.

Xu Ying showed the Little Desert Rat the photo on her phone screen, "Have you seen a group of vultures? Unlike wild vultures in the desert, these are very aggressive and fierce."

"They also have red bands tied to their ankles."

[Ah! I haven’t seen them, but I’ve heard tales of vultures! Many of my uncles and aunts were killed by them.]

The Little Desert Rats chattered; each one said a part, piecing the information together.

[It’s said that there were two vultures brought here by car at that time. During the time they were here, everyone stayed underground, not daring to come out, keeping a low profile, and starving on and off.]

[Later, after discovering nothing edible for them here, they left.]

"Which direction did they go?"

The Little Desert Rats chatted amongst themselves, and finally, the first Little Desert Rat pointed in a direction: [They went over there, where a temporary lake formed due to heavy rain, with many large animals active there.]

"Alright, thank you very much!"

Xu Ying divided the compressed biscuits among them and showed them a photo of Qiao Yuxi, "Could you also help look for this missing person? If you have any news, pass it to the sand rats near Station 032."

The Little Desert Rats munched on the fragrant compressed biscuits, cheeks bulging, nodding vigorously: [Sure thing! When the mice act, you’ll know if we’re capable!]

The other three rescuers saw Xu Ying squatting and talking to the rats and couldn’t help but feel amused and speechless.

Chen Danyan, still holding a grudge about Xu Ying mocking her dream of becoming the CEO’s wife, said irritably, "You’re supposed to find traces where vultures lived, and you’re here slacking off."

"If you don’t want to carry out missions with us, just tell Director Kuang and opt out."