Chapter 201: Crocodile Enters Hot Spring Pool And Bites Someone
The geese honked and fled in all directions.
The crocodile Tiantian, who had been surrounded, finally got a moment’s respite and started crying.
The outside world was so dangerous. If it had known, it wouldn’t have followed its brothers to escape. Being harassed by Feng Feng was at most annoying, but this was a sure death!
“I regret it! I really want to go back to the zoo!” Tiantian wept bitterly towards the sky.
Hearing the crocodile’s cries, Jiang Yuan’s lips curved slightly, a smile in her eyes, and she said softly, “Stop crying, aren’t we here to take you home?”
Hearing this, Tiantian instantly stopped crying and slowly turned its head to look at the source of the voice.
It stared at the human in front of it and asked incredulously, “Are you really here to take me home?”
“Yes,” Jiang Yuan nodded. “Your zoo director is here to pick you up personally.”
Tiantian was excited and said anxiously, “Quick! Hurry and take me home, I want to go back to the zoo!”
“What’s your name?” Jiang Yuan asked with a smile.
“My name is Tiantian.”
“Follow me.”
After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, she turned and walked back.
Tiantian dragged its four short claws behind her. Although it wanted to crawl faster, it was exhausted both mentally and physically from the fight. Even with all its strength, it crawled rather slowly.
“You’re too slow, wait for me!”
Jiang Yuan had to slow down her steps.
On the way back to the zoo with the crocodile Tiantian, Director Qu received a phone call. After hearing what the other party said, her face suddenly turned pale.
She hung up the phone and said uneasily, “A Yangtze alligator has broken into the hot spring pool and injured a tourist. The hot spring hotel staff are already urgently evacuating guests from the area where the alligator is.”
“Where is the hot spring hotel?” Jiang Yuan asked, frowning.
Director Qu: “I’m navigating now, got it. It’s eleven kilometers away.”
The business van changed direction at the fork and headed towards Shizishan Hot Spring Hotel.
Director Qu made another phone call to contact staff to arrange for a small animal transport vehicle to be sent to Shizishan Hot Spring Hotel.
As dusk fell, nightfall like a tide swallowed the afterglow of the day, and the streetlights on the road lit up one by one in order.
The business van soon entered Shizishan Hot Spring Hotel. In the parking lot, a police car and a fire truck were parked quietly.
Jiang Yuan and the others quickly got out of the car. The hotel lobby was crowded, with tourists wearing swimsuits and bathrobes as far as the eye could see. Their wet hair was plastered to their heads, their faces were full of dishevelment, and water dripped from their slippers.
They frowned, their mouths turned down, and they were very dissatisfied with this sudden accident.
“What’s going on? We were just kicked out of the hot spring pool!”
“Yeah, it’s so baffling!”
“I heard that an alligator from a nearby wildlife park ran into the hot spring pool and bit someone.”
“No way? That’s too dangerous!”
“…”
Jiang Yuan and her group walked through the crowd to the hotel lobby and explained their purpose to the front desk. Soon, a person who looked like a manager came out to find them.
He was wearing a suit and had a serious expression. “I am the manager of Shizishan Hot Spring Hotel. My surname is Guo. Are you staff from Linjin Wildlife Park?”
Director Qu nodded. “Hello, Manager Guo. I am the zoo director, Qu Shuju. We apologize for the trouble caused to the hotel. May we go into the hot spring pool?”
Manager Guo: “Yes, please follow me.”
As Manager Guo led the group towards the hot spring pool, he began to explain, “The tourist bitten by the alligator has already been sent to the hospital. As soon as we discovered the alligator had broken in, we immediately evacuated the guests. Most guests were uncooperative, and there were many conflicts…”
“Yes, I understand the hotel’s difficulties,” Director Qu said with an apologetic and sincere expression. “We will fully bear all losses caused to the hotel due to our zoo’s negligence, without any hesitation.”
Hearing this, Manager Guo’s tense expression finally relaxed a little.
As long as the zoo was willing to bear the cost, he wouldn’t have to waste any more words arguing.
Passing through the gate to the hot spring pool area, they saw several police officers and firefighters in uniform searching for the alligator with flashlights.
“That alligator hid after attacking the tourist,” Manager Guo explained.
The hot spring pool area was spacious, with many hot spring pools of various sizes. Coupled with the scattered rockeries and lush greenery, in this dim and complex environment, finding a hidden alligator was no easier than finding a needle in a haystack.
Director Qu looked at the scene, her brows furrowed, and her heart was full of unease.
“Who knows how long it will take to find it,” Manager Guo frowned. “So many guests are waiting in the lobby to use the hot springs. How could your zoo make such a serious mistake?”
Director Qu said softly, “Sorry, we are truly sorry.”
Jiang Yuan stood beside her, looking around the environment, a hint of solemnity in her delicate brows and eyes.
The next second, she thought of something and summoned the system in her mind: “Is there any way to quickly find the alligator?”
【System 009: Miss Jiang, you can use points in the mall to exchange for the item “Nowhere to Run,” which can quickly locate animals within twenty kilometers for you, or you can specify the search for a particular animal. 】
Good stuff.
Jiang Yuan was delighted and entered the mall with her mind. She searched for “Nowhere to Run.” The item required two hundred points to exchange.
She had one thousand one hundred points remaining.
Jiang Yuan exchanged it without hesitation.
【System 009: You have successfully exchanged for the item “Nowhere to Run.” The item’s usage duration is 10 hours. 】
After Jiang Yuan’s operation, she quickly discovered the alligator’s hiding place, and surprisingly, there was more than one alligator in this hot spring pool.
“Comrades, I know where the alligator is,” she said as she walked over to some firefighters.
However, everyone was busy searching for the alligator and didn’t take her words to heart.
They had been shining their flashlights for so long without finding the alligator, and this young lady could tell after standing there for just a short while?
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan walked towards the alligator herself.
Xiao Xu followed closely behind her.
Just then, a flashlight beam shone on them, and a police officer in uniform spoke, “Didn’t we tell you not to come over? There’s an alligator here, it’s dangerous!”
“We’re with them,” Xiao Xu said, showing her identification. “We’re here to help the zoo find the alligator.”
Upon hearing this, the other party frowned disapprovingly. “You don’t even have any tools. Don’t get hurt. Although it’s a Yangtze alligator, it’s still a wild crocodile. Don’t be fooled by the cute marketing online.”
“We know,” Xiao Xu smiled. “Don’t worry, we have a sense of proportion.”
After saying that, the other party didn’t say anything more. “Alright, be careful yourselves.”
Jiang Yuan and Xiao Xu walked to a rockery, and the locator showed that there was an alligator here.
She turned on her phone’s flashlight and shone it carefully, only to discover the alligator that was trying to disguise itself as a stone by playing dead.
