Chapter 120: Did They Take the Wrong Medicine?

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Did They Take the Wrong Medicine?

Who knows what had gotten into the fluffy creatures. The moment the video call connected, they all struck various poses, looking utterly ridiculous.

First up was the Iron-eating Beast Xuan Jiao. He had draped a piece of cloth over his body from who knows where.

"HUMPH!"

Looking like Kung Fu Panda, Xuan Jiao occasionally stood on one foot, then did high kicks. Ultimately, losing his balance, he fell flat on the floor.

Behind him stood the Mengji Snow Leopard. To be precise, he was standing atop a rockery designed to simulate a steep mountain peak.

"MEOW!"

The Mengji Snow Leopard struck what he thought was an incredibly handsome pose. He flexed his agile, muscular body and looked up at the starry sky with feigned melancholy.

"SCREECH!"

Panning further up, the Canglan Hunting Eagle—his feathers glossy and well-groomed—perched at the very top of the rockery. His massive wings were spread wide, creating a stunning visual impact like a magnificent statue.

If this were a painting, Liang He would definitely give them a thumbs up, but...

"What provoked them this time? And where did Cedriel go?" The corners of Liang He’s mouth twitched. She simply couldn’t understand. She had only been away for a few days—how did the mental state of these fluffy creatures become so "great"?

"AWOO~"

Hearing Liang He mention his name, Cedriel finally walked into the frame. He shot a look of disgust at the dramatic animal trio before sitting obediently in front of the camera to greet her.

Honestly, compared to the other three, Cedriel seemed much more normal. This made Liang He breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, they haven’t all gone crazy," she muttered under her breath.

The Iron-eating Beast and the others were too far away to hear, but Cedriel, who was closest, heard it clearly. A hint of amusement flashed in his golden tiger eyes.

"Doctor Xu, did they take the wrong medicine?" Liang He turned her gaze to Xu Yi, completely baffled by the fluffy creatures’ antics.

Xu Yi quickly waved his hands in denial, refusing to take the blame. "Don’t falsely accuse me! How could I possibly give them the wrong medicine?" After all, these were the most precious SSS-level Beastmen in the interstellar space. If he dared to prescribe medication recklessly, he’d be throwing his life away!

"It was actually Lan Zhuo," Xu Yi explained. "I was a bit busy yesterday, so I asked him to play some cartoons for them. He ended up putting on *Kung Fu Panda* and a few other animal hero movies. They just started copying them."

It started with the Iron-eating Beast. After watching *Kung Fu Panda*, he shed his usual lazy demeanor, observing his on-screen counterpart with great curiosity and even imitating its moves. If it weren’t for the fact that he was usually uncontentious and on good terms with the Mengji Snow Leopard and the others, he might have been beaten up like the Platinum Giant Lion.

"Haha, no wonder Xuan Jiao’s pose looked a little familiar." Liang He was so amused by these adorable giants that she burst out laughing.

The Mengji Snow Leopard and the Canglan Hunting Eagle, who had been secretly stealing glances at her from the rockery, saw her joy. They immediately scrambled down and crowded in front of the camera, acting cute and begging for praise.

"MEOW~"

"SCREECH~"

Seeing them greet her, Liang He immediately responded, "Alright, alright, you guys are amazing! So handsome!"

Liang He’s generous praise made the Mengji Snow Leopard so happy that he spun in circles while biting his tail. The Canglan Hunting Eagle also took to flying low in the room to express his joy. Meanwhile, the Iron-eating Beast, who had originally been in the front but was now in the very back, was still persistently striking poses, trying his best to maintain his handsome stance.

Since she had bathed the Platinum Giant Lion, it was already quite late. Liang He grew drowsy as she chatted with the fluffy creatures. Once she fell completely asleep, Cedriel took the initiative to step forward, slapping a paw against the Light Brain and disconnecting the video call.

"Huh? It’s only been twenty minutes today and the call is already over?" Xu Yi, who had just returned from making a phone call in the next room, noticed the video had ended. He didn’t think much of it and was about to leave when Lan Zhuo called out to him.

"Senior Brother Xu, I have something I want to discuss with you." Lan Zhuo had been studying the Silver Moon Wolf’s enhancement, and after this period of research, he had made a new breakthrough.

Xu Yi followed Lan Zhuo to the medical room. After seeing the Silver Moon Wolf and her pups off to the animal dormitory, he finally asked, "What is it?"

"This is the Silver Moon Wolf’s latest report. Take a look." Lan Zhuo handed over the freshly printed scan report.

Xu Yi took it somewhat absentmindedly at first, but gradually, his pupils dilated in obvious astonishment. "The Silver Moon Wolf has already enhanced to A-level?!"

It was the first time he had ever seen a normal animal’s combat power enhance and level up!

"Not only that, but it also shows a trend of continued enhancement. Even if it ultimately fails to break through to S-Class, it will reach at least A+."

This significant discovery meant that the future battlefield landscape would undergo drastic changes. If this technology hadn’t been developed by the Rebel Army, Lan Zhuo would have been thrilled. However, the worst-case scenario was clearly not something the Federation wanted to see.

"If the Silver Moon Wolf’s enhancement is truly related to the Rebel Army, I must report it immediately." Lan Zhuo’s stern demeanor made Xu Yi take the matter just as seriously. Even if Lan Zhuo hadn’t said anything, he knew exactly how grave this situation was.

"If that’s the case, why didn’t you report it just now?" Xu Yi asked. From the very beginning, hadn’t they suspected that the Rebel Army had conducted pharmaceutical research on the Silver Moon Wolf, granting it bizarre healing abilities and subsequent enhancement?

Xu Yi’s question made Lan Zhuo hesitate. He pursed his lips and stared intently at his colleague. "Because I didn’t know at first that the Silver Moon Wolf had been on the verge of death."

When Lan Zhuo took over, the Silver Moon Wolf’s initial condition had only been mentioned in passing, and he hadn’t paid much attention to it. It was only recently, when he re-compared the wolf’s initial reports, that he made a new discovery.

"I pulled the security footage from the monitoring room of when the Silver Moon Wolf was discovered."

The video showed that a full two hours had passed from the moment the Silver Moon Wolf appeared on the cameras to when it was actually found. Factoring in the time it took Xu Yi to pick up Liang He and get there, it had been there for at least four or five hours.

"During those four or five hours, the Silver Moon Wolf’s condition visibly weakened. The amount of blood it shed on the ground was easily fatal," Lan Zhuo explained.

It was completely normal for an animal to die from severe blood loss. Yet, after being on the brink of death, the Silver Moon Wolf instantaneously gained superhuman healing abilities. The before-and-after contrast simply didn’t make sense.

"Maybe it just took a certain amount of time for the drug to take effect after it was injected into the Silver Moon Wolf." Xu Yi didn’t find this odd at all. Wasn’t it perfectly normal for medication to require time to kick in?

"No, think about it," Lan Zhuo countered. "There are no Rebel Army strongholds within the reserve. The mole’s only job was to hide Fierce Beasts and transport animals to the Rebel Army."

Therefore, if the Silver Moon Wolf had been transported to a Rebel Army stronghold, it could have ended up anywhere—except back in the reserve. The reserve was heavily guarded. It would be impossible for the wolf to return on its own, unless it had mutated into a Fierce Beast and had been smuggled back in by the Rebel Army.

"And the facts prove that the Silver Moon Wolf was not injected with the Fierce Beast serum." After all, Huo An would never allow a Fierce Beast to get close to Liang He, much less spend day and night with her.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Xu Yi felt like his brain had turned to mush, completely lost in the fog of Lan Zhuo’s words.

"I suspect..."