I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 250 Surrounded by Rock Goats

The lead sheep was a size larger than the average argali sheep, exuding a strong sense of dominance. Its curved horns gleamed with a bronze-like luster in the sunlight, and its muscular forelegs were pawing the ground furiously.

Its pupils contracted to thin slits in anger, and puffs of white vapor spewed from its nostrils.

"careful!"

Xu Ying had barely uttered a warning when the lead sheep lunged forward, its hard horns snaking out and accurately knocking the phone out of Ji Xuehui's hand. The phone arced through the air before landing with a "thud" in a distant snowdrift.

[This is the piece of junk!]
The lead ram neighed angrily, its voice echoing through the valley, [causing our chieftain to slip and fall off the cliff!]
Its forehooves pounded heavily on a protruding rock. Unlike other sheep, the hooves of the Himalayan blue sheep have horns with edges as hard as steel that can embed themselves into rock crevices like climbing pins, while the soft and elastic pads in the center provide excellent grip.

This is a gift from nature that allows the blue sheep to walk on vertical cliffs as if they were on flat ground.

Xu Ying was completely bewildered as she looked at the group of argali sheep that had inexplicably charged at them and were now enraged.

When did they provoke these climbing masters of the animal kingdom?
Xu Ying gently and patiently asked the leader for the reason, only to be met with a cold face in return.

[Suddenly, this thing started ringing.]
The lead sheep kicked a cell phone on the ground, its voice filled with anger, [It scared the clan chief, who was licking the salt crystals on the cliff face, so much that he fell off the 300-meter-high cliff!]

Xu Ying immediately pictured an image in her mind: an elderly ibex chieftain was intently licking minerals on a cliff when a sudden cell phone ring caused the rock climbing master to lose his balance and fall from the near-vertical cliff face.
She didn't rush to ask about the phone. Instead, she stepped forward, maintained a safe distance, and slowly crouched down to make herself appear less threatening: "How is the clan leader now? Is he badly injured?"

Her voice was filled with sincere apology, "I'm so sorry that our human creations have caused you harm."

The lead ram's anger seemed to have subsided slightly; it shook its head: [It has a broken right hind leg and is now recuperating in the tribe's cave.]
It pointed with its hoof to the distant cliff, [that yelping thing fell out of that crevice.]
"I am a veterinarian,"

Xu Ying took out a first-aid kit from her backpack and showed it to the creature, saying, "It can help treat the chieftain. As for that noisy thing..."

She looked in the direction the phone had fallen. "It's called a phone, so it's very likely that one of the victims accidentally dropped it. It wasn't intentionally left here to scare you."

"We are investigating this case."

The lead ram eyed Xu Ying warily, then, remembering the chieftain's injury, it finally nodded: "Come with us."
Xu Ying tentatively asked, "To prevent the ringing phone from disturbing you, may I take it back with me? Discarded phones cause metal pollution to the environment."

The ibex drooped its ears: [The noisy thing was taken back by the other ibex.]
It turned and made a few short bleats towards the flock of sheep.

He then turned to Xu Ying and said, "However, only you are allowed to approach the clan leader. All other two-legged beasts, stay away!"
Led by the lead ibex, Xu Ying and his group trudged through the thick snow to a sheltered rock face.

Before even entering the cave, one could hear painful groans coming from inside.

[Ouch—it hurts so much!]
The voice was weak yet full of energy, and it was exceptionally clear in the silent valley.

The leader glanced back at Xu Ying, his eyes filled with a mixture of wariness and anticipation.

The cave is not deep, but it is spacious enough.

By the light filtering through the cave entrance, Xu Ying saw more than twenty argali sheep lying in twos and threes on the haystacks.

The ewes sheltered their young in the middle, watching the uninvited guests warily. Female ibex live in groups with their young, while male ibex live alone or move in small groups.

The air was filled with the distinctive scents of hay and blue sheep, mixed with a hint of blood.

Deep inside the cave, an elderly female ibex lay on her side on the thickest pile of grass.

Its right hind leg was severely swollen, and the skin under the fur was an abnormal purplish-red color, clearly deformed.

Upon seeing the humans enter, it awkwardly turned its head away, its thick ram's horns leaving a white mark on the rock face. [Shame on you! Why did you bring a two-legged creature along?]

The old ibex's voice was full of frustration: "[As the dignified ibex chieftain, a seasoned climber with decades of experience, I was scared by a little squeaky block and broke my leg! How can I face the tribe now?]"

Xu Ying approached quietly, stopped two meters away, and slowly squatted down.

She placed the veterinary bag on the ground, gently opened it, and showed the medical instruments inside.

"Don't worry, I'm a veterinarian, let me take a look at you."

Her voice was gentle yet firm: “My treatment skills are quite good. With me here, you can recover to your former rock climbing level where you could climb as fast as you used to.”

The old ibex turned its head with a hint of doubt, a glimmer of hope flashing in its cloudy eyes.

Xu Ying took the opportunity to slowly move closer and gently touch the wound with her fingers.

The ibex chieftain shuddered in pain, but forced himself to refrain from struggling.

"Comminuted fracture of the tibia with severe bruising."

While examining the patient, Xu Ying explained softly, "We need to reduce the swelling first, then fix it."

She took out the prepared herbal ointment from her bag and gently applied it to the swollen area.

The ointment emitted a faint minty fragrance, gradually relaxing the old ibex's tense muscles.

Next, she took out a specially made animal splint and skillfully secured the animal.

Throughout the process, Xu Ying's fingers remained warm and steady, making the animals feel that she was professional and reliable.

"Where is that thing that scared you?" Xu Ying asked softly as she wrapped bandages around her arm.

The old ibex sighed and pointed with its trunk to a natural stone platform at the deepest part of the cave: "The children left it there. None of us dare go near it."
Xu Ying gave Chen Su a look, and Chen Su immediately understood, tiptoeing toward the stone platform.

The other ibex watched him warily, but did not stop him.

A moment later, he strode back, holding a phone with a cracked screen: "Found it!"

Guan Lin took the phone and took out his phone testing equipment from his backpack: "Let me see if this phone can still be turned on."

Everyone's hearts jumped into their throats.

After fiddling with it for a long time, Guan Lin suddenly shouted with delight, "It's on!"

"The phone still works!"

The smiles on Xu Ying and the other two's faces were hard to hide. It was already half dark, and after many twists and turns, they had found another breakthrough clue!

Guan Lin glanced at the phone that was turned on and said in a strange tone, "The wallpaper is a picture of a man climbing a mountain!"

"But this person is not one of the four climbers."