I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 163 Late-Night Phone Call
The faint "squeak" sound was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, but Xu Ying heard despair in it.

She shuddered and quickly followed the sound, making a "squeak" sound in response.

Xu Ying followed the sound and found a large, grayish-brown ball of fur twitching violently beside a crack in the canal wall, its two upright ears swaying like dandelions in the wind.

She recognized it as an adult desert cottontail rabbit. Its body was grayish-brown, but its tail was a ball of white fur, like soft cotton, hence the name cottontail rabbit.

Adult desert cottontail rabbits are generally smaller than common domestic rabbits, but this rabbit looked particularly bloated due to its abnormally swollen abdomen.

Its mouth and nose were covered in white powder, and the fur on its hind legs was stuck together with some kind of slime, making it look dirty and pitiful.

"Nitrate poisoning."

Xu Ying immediately made a judgment based on the comprehensive situation of fertilizer pollution and his many years of diagnostic experience.

She quickly put down her backpack and took out the first-aid kit she was carrying.

At the same time, I redeemed the skill of mastering rabbit language from the system.

When the cottontail rabbit saw her approaching, it instinctively tried to run away, but could only weakly kick its hind legs a few times.

Xu Ying noticed bite marks on its right front paw, with the same white particles embedded in its nail crevices—the poor little guy was trying to clean the chemicals off its body, but only made things worse.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to help you, I'm a veterinarian who treats small animals."

She spoke softly, gently wrapping the cottontail rabbit's body in a towel.

The frogs in the flight case also started croaking, sending a friendly signal.

[Hey big rabbit, this is a veterinarian, she's really good at treating illnesses, you should trust her, quack!]
[She can still understand you. If you're feeling unwell, tell her, and she'll help you, quack!]
Although the cottontail rabbit doesn't quite understand quack talk, it can sense the safety signals that the croaking frog is sending it. In the food chain, the croaking frog is a creature lower than the rabbit, and if even a creature weaker than itself is safe, then it will be safe too.

The cottontail rabbit curled up.

[It hurts to drink water.]
"Did you get sick from drinking water?"

Xu Ying's fingertips trembled slightly.

She carefully placed the cottontail rabbit on a flat surface and began to examine it with a small medical flashlight system.

Sluggish pupillary light reflex is a sign of neurotoxicity;

The abdomen felt like a drum upon palpation, and there was severe bloating in the intestines and stomach.
The near-absence of bowel sounds under a stethoscope indicates that the intestines are paralyzed.

"Hang in there, bunny!" Xu Ying's tone was gentle and calm, but her movements were exceptionally swift.

She used a soft brush made of camel thorn fiber to clean the cottontail rabbit's body of fertilizer residue to prevent it from licking and becoming poisoned. Then she took out a pre-prepared ORS oral rehydration solution from the first aid kit and fed it to the rabbit little by little with a dropper.

The cottontail rabbit struggled for a moment, but then calmed down after being soothed.

Xu Ying knew it could understand her now: "This is glucose and electrolytes; it will help you fight dehydration."

The next step is the most crucial one – the activated carbon suspension.

She precisely weighed out 0.8 grams of activated charcoal powder and mixed it with saline solution to form a paste. "It might taste a little bitter, but it's the best antidote."

She explained softly, carefully prying open the cottontail rabbit's mouth and slowly pouring in the medicine.

Just then, a pungent smell wafted over.

Xu Ying looked up and saw a strange blue foam floating upstream in the irrigation canal. She quickly took out a pH test strip and dipped it into the water. The strip immediately turned dark blue—the pH was at least 9 or higher, indicating strong alkalinity.

"The water in the village's irrigation ditches is severely polluted."

Xu Ying bit her lip. This land must not be poisoned by chemical fertilizers any longer. All fertilization must be stopped.

But thinking of the villagers' superstition and stubbornness during the day, Xu Ying sighed deeply.

Suddenly, the cottontail rabbit began to tremble violently in her hand, its front paws unconsciously pawing at the ground. Once, twice, three times—then it stubbornly pointed northwest. Xu Ying took out her binoculars from her bag and looked in that direction, vaguely seeing the silhouette of a truck a few kilometers away.

"What's there?" Xu Ying asked softly.

The cottontail rabbit's thoughts came in fragments: [Many bags, by the water.]
Just as Xu Ying was about to ask further questions, the cotton-tailed rabbit suddenly stiffened and went into a state of feigning death.

Almost simultaneously, she heard heavy, powerful footsteps behind her.

"Dear veterinarian, are you still working so late?"

Xu Ying turned around and saw three men standing on the bank of the canal.

It was Master Wu and two other villagers.

Master Wu narrowed his remaining eye, his gaze falling on the cotton-tailed rabbit in Xu Ying's hand: "That cotton-tailed rabbit is a messenger of the Earth God; touching it will bring disaster!"

Xu Ying noticed that Master Wu's shoes had blue particles on the soles, exactly the same as the substances floating in the canal. She calmly held the cotton-tailed rabbit in her arms and said, "I'm just conducting an ecological environment survey of the oasis."

"But what did you pour into the irrigation ditch?"

"To increase crop yields, you have to apply fertilizer!" A villager in a brown shirt waved his arms excitedly. Xu Ying noticed fresh chemical burn scars on the back of his hand. "What do you know, young man who doesn't understand farming?"

"Last year, after using 'Harvest Treasure,' my wheat harvest increased by 30%!"

"And what about this year?" Xu Ying asked calmly. "Is the soil getting harder? And is it even drier after watering?"

The two villagers paused for a moment.

Master Wu snorted coldly upon seeing this: "Stop talking nonsense!"

"This rabbit is foaming at the mouth, it's obviously got a plague, it's very unlucky, it's affecting the village's feng shui."

"You still want to save it? What's the point of saving it? You can't even save the cows in the cowshed."

Master Wu's words were quite meaningful.

The cotton-tailed rabbit in Xu Ying's arms convulsed even more violently. She stopped arguing, carefully held the rabbit tighter, and got up to leave.

A cold laugh came from behind: "Take your plague-tailed rabbit and get lost!"

Back in the storage room of Song Dongbai's old house where they were staying, Assistant Liu had already cleaned it up.

As if afraid that Xu Ying would take photos and report them, the storage room, though simple, was very tidy, and Xu Ying was becoming more and more satisfied with this assistant, Liu.

She created a quiet recovery environment for the cottontail rabbit. She made a nest out of old fabric and placed it in a dark, well-ventilated corner.

The activated charcoal seemed to have worked, as the cottontail rabbit's breathing became much more stable.

Xu Ying squinted as she recalled the "harvest treasure" that the villagers had mentioned several times today.

There must be something wrong with this fertilizer; we need to get a sample and send it for testing.

Sleeping in the gloomy old house, and with worries on her mind, Xu Ying could only manage a light sleep.

Late at night, the old house was filled with the sounds of croaking.

When Xu Ying opened her eyes, she found more than a dozen giant frogs singing a symphony around her.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes, looking bewildered, and yawned: "Are you guys doing a choir performance so late at night?"

[Station Chief Xu, we have intelligence!]
A small frog appeared in the crack in the wall and roared at the top of its lungs:

[Station Chief Xu, someone has sneaked over to the old cowshed you're in charge of treating patients!]
[You should go check on it!]