I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 177 Preparing to Enter the Tomb
"The only person in our base who has ever received the same medal is Captain Liang, who is standing next to you."

Upon hearing this, Captain Liang looked over, nodded to Xu Ying, and said calmly, "Even if you want to take a special operations helicopter home, that's fine."

Knowing that many of the reptiles' natural enemies would be coming soon, Xu Ying instructed the reptiles to hide first, and then boarded the armored vehicle with excitement and curiosity.

She climbed onto the metal platform, and Captain Liang helped her up.

The moment you crawled through the door of the armored vehicle, you were hit by the smell of engine oil and cold iron.

Xu Ying felt as if she had stumbled into the belly of a mechanical behemoth.

The cockpit was crammed with a dense array of instrument panels, the fluorescent screens emitting a cold light, and the symbols engraved on the buttons and knobs were completely incomprehensible to Xu Ying.

A young driver sat in the driver's seat, dressed in a cool and sharp tactical uniform. The dark red lights in the cabin cut into his profile, outlining his sharp jawline and high nose bridge.

There was movement at the hatch, and he immediately looked over. He was slightly surprised to see Xu Ying sticking her head out. He reached out and pulled her up, then stood up to protect the top of Xu Ying's head.

"There's a lot of equipment, be careful not to bump into anything."

Xu Ying obediently replied, "Okay, thank you!"

Captain Liang said to the driver, "Give Station Master Xu the megaphone."

"receive."

The megaphone was hanging right next to the driver, who handed it to Xu Ying.

Xu Ying turned on her phone and played an audio recording of different birds singing.

After playing the recording two or three times, Yang's voice came through the walkie-talkie on the driver's chest.

"Station Chief Xu, a lot of birds have come down from the sky. Are they looking for you?"

"Yes! I'm coming right away!"

Xu Ying rushed to the armored vehicle's hatch and looked down to see that the metal step was more than half a person's height off the ground. It was truly easy to get up but difficult to get down!

She bit her lip, hesitating whether to jump, when a deep voice suddenly came from beside her—

"Slow down, be careful."

Captain Liang had somehow appeared beside her, his arm outstretched towards her.

His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing his well-defined forearms, which gleamed in the sunlight.

Xu Ying hesitated for a moment, then gently placed her fingertips on his wrist.

The next second, the man flipped his palm and grabbed her hand, his strength steady and powerful, pulling her down almost without giving her a chance to refuse.

Xu Ying was practically half-carried down by him.

Captain Liang's arm was placed behind her waist like an iron hoop, instantly stopping her fall.

Xu Ying's nose barely brushed against his epaulettes, the cold, hard metal badge pressed against her cheek.

"Stand still."

Xu Ying landed steadily on the ground, and the moment her feet touched the sand, Captain Liang let go of her.

Xu Ying's ears turned slightly red, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Chen Su getting out of the police car across the street.

"Lieutenant Yang, the people from the Institute of Cultural Relics will be here shortly."

Chen Su wore a crisp, dark blue police uniform, its clean lines perfectly outlining his broad shoulders and narrow waist. His collar was neatly fastened, and a silver lapel pinned just below his Adam's apple, shimmering slightly as it moved as he spoke.

He had just parked his car and gotten out with a file bag when he saw Xu Ying getting out of the armored vehicle, and he was stunned for a moment.

His gaze swept between Xu Ying and Captain Liang before finally settling on Xu Ying's face.

Their eyes met, and Xu Ying felt inexplicably flustered. She looked away and looked up at the sky.

Captain Liang, as if sensing something, looked up in Chen Su's direction. The two men's gazes collided in mid-air, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Xu Ying waved to the birds circling in the sky.

The audio she just played was recorded by the birds after she rescued them.

This audio clip can summon their kind to seek help.

The birds circling in the sky were all birds of prey, because Xu Ying was afraid that the larger birds would eat the smaller ones, so he played the calls of birds of prey.

[What did Station Master Xu call us here for?]
Is there anything we can do to help?
Through word of mouth among the various birds in the desert who had been rescued or cooperated with Xu Ying, Station Chief Xu's reputation had spread throughout the bird world.

The birds all know that there is a beautiful and kind-hearted animal rescuer in the desert, and they can fly to the 032 rescue station to ask her for help whenever they encounter any problems.

"Could you help me find five Bactrian camels forty kilometers to the southwest?"

Xu Ying called out to them, "To show my gratitude, you can come to my rescue station to spend the winter when you are short of food."

No problem, we've got your back!
[No need! Just reserve a bed for us during our delivery period, that's fine~]
Birds of prey fly fast and have excellent eyesight, making them excellent reconnaissance aircraft for finding people and objects.

[I'll come and show you the way once we find it!]
The birds of prey were already rivals, and now each one was determined to outdo the other, so they all flew off in the southwest direction.

Everyone was amazed to see birds of prey like peregrine falcons and eagles at Xu Ying's command.

How is this any different from the king of beasts?
About 20 minutes later, four police cars and two vans arrived at the scene.

Because there were too many prisoners, they had to send vans to pick them up.

Xu Ying had already recorded the confessions of these tomb raiders and sent them to Chen Su, so the police had a general understanding of the situation at the scene and had contacted the border crossing to begin checking the trucks transporting the handicrafts.

Among the four newly arrived police cars, people from the Xizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics, carrying various equipment, got out one after another.

However, to Xu Ying's surprise, the door of the first police car opened, and Qi Xiao and an elderly man wearing black-rimmed glasses got out together.

Qi Xiao carried his alloy bow and arrow on his back, his sleeves rolled up to his forearms, revealing a section of skin tanned to a wheat color by the desert sun.

A few strands of black hair hung loosely over her forehead, and when the ends of her hair brushed against her eyebrows, they reminded one of the alpha wolf in a pack, poised to pounce.

However, the chibi-style fennec fox charm hanging on his quiver contrasted sharply with his cool demeanor, making it particularly eye-catching.

These are fluffy souvenirs designed by the sponsor for the rescue station. They were gifts that the little foxes insisted on giving to their "nanny" at the rescue station last time.

Upon seeing Xu Ying, Qi Xiao nodded slightly to her.

Xu Ying was filled with curiosity: How could Qi Xiao be here!
This person's identity is too mysterious.

Chen Su glanced past Qi Xiao and directly introduced the elderly man who came down with Qi Xiao to Xu Ying, Deputy Yang, and others: "This is Professor Mo, an archaeological expert from our Xizhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology."

Xu Ying took out the sealed bag containing the jade carving of a reclining deer with its head turned back from his pocket: "Professor Mo, this is a jade carving I found near the tomb robber's tunnel."

Professor Mo took the item and examined it carefully: "This, this is a jade carving from the Han Dynasty!"

Professor Mo's face lit up with surprise: "The tomb that the tomb raiders discovered is very likely the tomb of a member of the royal family of the Jingjue Kingdom during the Han Dynasty!"