I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 268 The Misery of Working Sheep

Another gust of wind and snow blew by, and Lu Jinyu, who was lying in the snow, suddenly swayed.

His vision blurred, his knees buckled, and he collapsed into a snowdrift with a thud, passing out in a spectacular fashion.

The cameraman panicked: "Brother Lu, are you alright?!"

The blue sheep's head sheep pricks up its ears.

As a special "animal guest" invited by the program team, it snorted helplessly: [Troublemaker!]
Netizens were also startled by Lu Jinyu's fainting.

[Where's the doctor? Call a doctor right now! Don't let someone die on my phone!!]

[Hurry, blue sheep! They're so fast, they should be of some use!]

[Don't morally blackmail the sheep!]

The ibex leaped nimbly off the rock face and nudged Lu Jinyu with its horns in a disdainful manner.

After confirming that the human was still alive, it condescended to lower itself and gestured for the photographer to carry Lu Jinyu on its back.

Aerial footage from a drone:
On the vast snow-covered plain, a sturdy ibex carried the unconscious Lu Jinyu, walking steadily toward the meeting point.

Lu Jinyu's red bangs fluttered in the wind on the sheep's back, looking like a half-dead scarf.

The ibex looked speechless, as if it had a miserable life.

[Working sheep have it tough. They just wanted to earn their wages easily, but they never imagined that human money is so hard to earn.]

[Sheep: I should have known we'd rot on the cliff.]

Where are Lu Jinyu's fans? Hurry and send money to the relief center!

The medical staff from the program quickly moved Lu Jinyu from the back of the ibex to a stretcher and carried him into the tent for treatment.

Xu Ying hasn't asked Yan Yang about his impression of Lu Jinyu yet.

The lead sheep then began bleating and protesting frantically: [Zero points! Zero points! Zero points!]
Netizen: [Although I can't understand animal language, I already understand what this ibex is trying to say.]

Xu Ying was both amused and exasperated, and patted the leader on the head: "Captain, you've worked hard!"

"Could you please go up to the rock face and demonstrate your amazing skill for us again?"

As soon as Xu Ying finished speaking, the leader strode nimbly with his underlings up the steep rock face near the meeting point.

"Ladies and gentlemen, look at this 'cool guy' standing on the edge of the cliff in the camera!"

Xu Ying said in a lighthearted tone, "It's not an ordinary mountain goat, but a bharal, an expert in extreme sports on our plateau!"

In the image, a greyish-white male ibex stands proudly on a steep rock face, sunlight gilding its silvery-grey fur. Its pair of backward-curving horns gleam with a glazed sheen in the sunlight, making it appear exceptionally majestic.

“Their habitat is incredible.” Xu Ying pointed to the distant, continuous snow-capped mountains. “The steep mountains and bare rock areas, ranging from 2500 to 5500 meters above sea level, are their playground. These guys are like parkour champions on cliffs, capable of vertical jumps of up to two meters and lateral leaps of more than three meters without a problem.”

As if to prove her point, the ibex in the shot suddenly leaped and lightly jumped to a higher rock.

Its hooves gripped the bare rock surface as if they were equipped with miniature suction cups.

"Do you see their hooves?"

Xu Ying explained with a smile, "These are naturally evolved mountaineering equipment. The edges of the hooves are hard and sharp, while the middle is soft and elastic, just like professional mountaineering shoes with built-in anti-slip studs. So they can 'dance' on near-vertical cliffs—of course, this analogy might make Newton crawl out of his coffin to protest."

The live chat immediately flooded with comments: "[Newton: I'm turning in my grave!]"

[Hibak: Gravity? What's that?]

“What’s interesting,” Xu Ying continued, “is that when the argali sheep are sunbathing, they always maintain an elegant social distance, with each one about a meter apart, which looks very boundary-oriented.” She winked mischievously, “But the truth is—this is a carefully calculated escape distance to ensure that they don’t block each other’s way when they encounter danger.”

Just then, Ye Jie came over and exclaimed as she looked at the little ibex leaping between the rocks in the distance: "My God! That little one doesn't even look as big as my cat, yet it can jump so high!"

“Those are newborn calves.” Xu Ying’s voice softened. “The baby argali sheep can stand up within a few hours of birth and climb steep slopes with their mothers within a week. You could say they are ‘prodigies’ in the animal kingdom.”

"This is simply the king of cubs!" Ye Jie exclaimed.

Xu Ying's expression suddenly turned serious: "But the cruel reality is that due to predation by natural enemies and accidental falls, the mortality rate of argali calves is as high as 40%. Making a living on the cliffs allows no room for error."

Ye Jie's smile froze: "The laws of nature are truly terrifying. If you can't overcome them, you'll die."

[Hill Sheep: I've never failed in my life. If I do fail, I'll just have to be more careful in my next life.]

This job is even more stressful than the 996 work schedule.

The way they jumped off the cliff looked just like me rushing to catch the subway on a Monday morning.

The lead ibex suddenly raised its head and let out a long cry that echoed through the canyon.

It proudly raised its neck, as if declaring to everyone: on this cliff belonging to the brave, they are the true masters.

At this moment, the medical staff from the program lifted the tent flap and came out, took off their stethoscope and shook their heads: "The preliminary diagnosis is that the altitude sickness caused cold coagulation and blood stasis, coupled with his own spleen and stomach deficiency, and now his qi and blood are severely obstructed."

Xu Ying frowned: "Is it that serious?"

"He kept complaining of abdominal pain and also showed signs of mild seizures," the medical staff member said in a low voice. "In this situation, we recommend stopping the recording."

“Let’s go see him!” Ye Jie said sympathetically. “Although he’s quite annoying, he looks rather pitiful.”

She suddenly realized that she had accidentally spoken her true feelings in front of the camera, and awkwardly stuck out her tongue.

Su Zhining rolled her eyes, playing with the ends of her hair while her rhinestone-encrusted nails dangled: "Some people act all high and mighty riding snowmobiles at the start of a show, but they're just nobodies."

Inside the tent.

Lu Jinyu lay on the folding bed looking like a dehydrated fish, his e-sports jacket crumpled and wrapped around his body, his red hair soaked with cold sweat and plastered to his forehead.

"Ugh...it hurts so much!"

He groaned weakly, "I must have been out of my mind to come to this godforsaken place."

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the cameraman's lens out of the corner of his eye, instantly shut his mouth, swallowed back the rest of his complaint, and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "...The scenery is really nice."

[Stubborn to the end, suffering for it.jpg]

[It is recommended that the face-changing skit be submitted for the Spring Festival Gala.]

Xu Ying stepped forward, lifted Lu Jinyu's eyelids to examine him, and then checked his pulse. Suddenly, her eyes lit up: "I know a kind of Chinese medicine! It's specifically for treating cold-induced blood stasis!"

"However, this medicinal herb is very precious and difficult to find. The doctor said that Comrade Lu Jinyu can recover with proper rest, so let's just forget about it."

She turned to leave, but a cold hand grabbed the hem of her clothes.

"Station Chief Xu," Lu Jinyu said weakly, like an old woman about to breathe her last, her fingers gripping Xu's jacket tightly, "you can't just stand by and watch her die."

He suddenly lowered his voice: "I'll donate 200,000 yuan to your shelter to save me! I want to get better quickly!"

If he were to withdraw from a show halfway through recording due to physical weakness, netizens would mock him as the "Kidney Deficiency Prince" for years to come!
He didn't want to be labeled with that kind of title!

Xu Ying paused in her steps.

(End of this chapter)