Chapter 171 Clinic Meeting
In the video, Lao Wang smugly twists his body, and at the end of the video, he doesn't forget to show off his wife.

The scorpion army writhed their tails, making sounds of surprise.

[Oh? You even help animals find mates? How kind of you!]

As expected of a well-known bachelor, Old Wang was recognized by some of the snakes in the canyon; one of them was a male king cobra.

[I recognize this king cobra; it's never found a mate and is a well-known bachelor in our desert snake community!]
[You actually helped it find a partner! Now we have to believe you really have the ability.]
King cobras are dominant wherever they are, and this particular king cobra carries considerable weight among the snakes of the canyon.

After it finished speaking, the snake that had been wriggling and threatening Xu Ying immediately became docile.

Xu Ying was puzzled. Why did the king cobra's attitude change so drastically after she helped Lao Wang find a partner?
Then she heard King Cobra say hesitantly, "[Station Chief Xu, actually I'm always stuck in the underground canyon, so my social circle is pretty closed off. Could you help me find a partner?]"
Xu Ying: ...Oh no, I've become a professional matchmaker now. What if the news spreads too far and wide, and more and more animals come to her asking for help to find a partner?

"Sure, but you're always staying in the canyon, so you can't expect me to bring you a partner. You might want to go out with me for a walk."

Xu Ying scratched his head.

The king cobra made up its mind: "Alright, it's a deal then. I'll go with you to see the outside world."
"I probably can't solve the problem of finding a partner in the short term."

Xu Ying scanned the dark mass of creatures and mustered her courage to ask, "Are any of you little animals feeling unwell? I can help you right now."

The underground canyon fell silent for a moment.

Finally, a desert golden scorpion wriggled its body and laboriously crawled to Xu Ying's side.

The scorpion was fidgeting with its tail, its metallic exoskeleton gleaming unnaturally under the flashlight beam.

"Let me see," Xu Ying said softly, her fingertips gently touching the scorpion's carapace.

[Something's stuck in my tail pin, stationmaster, could you take a look?]
"Is something stuck in your stinger?" She frowned slightly and took out a miniature magnifying glass from her medical kit. Sure enough, at the joint of the scorpion's stinger, a rusty copper ring was tightly bound there, its edge embedded in the gap of its carapace.

The scorpion thrashed its chelicerae in pain: [It hurts so much. The younger members of the colony are all laughing at me.]

Xu Ying couldn't help but smile; even scorpions have such strong self-esteem.

She carefully used tweezers to hold the scorpion's body in place: "It will hurt a little, just bear with it."

[Hmph, we desert golden scorpions are the least afraid of pain—ouch!]

The scorpion's stinger trembled violently.

The moment the copper ring was removed, a trickle of dark green liquid seeped out.

Xu Ying immediately took out the herbal ointment she carried with her—an anti-inflammatory medicine she specially made with desert aloe vera and sea buckthorn berries.

Once the anti-inflammatory medicine was applied, a cool sensation seeped into the body, and the scorpion immediately felt that its tail was much better.

[My God, what a miracle doctor!]
The scorpion moved its tail, and the ailment that had plagued it for days was instantly cured by the two-legged creature in front of it!

[Hey stationmaster, will you stay in our valley forever? If we encounter difficulties in the future, can we still contact you?]

Xu Ying pondered for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up. She picked up a piece of weathered shale and gently tapped it against the rock face: "Can you hear this frequency?"

"Thump—thump-thump—thump." The scorpion twitched its antennae in confusion: "What's this...?"

“A distress signal.” Xu Ying knocked again. “If you’re in trouble, just knock on the rocks like this. The echo from the canyon can travel three kilometers away.”

“My gerbil informant will receive the information and report to me, and I will come to help you.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a rhythmic rustling sound suddenly came from afar.

Ten scorpions of varying sizes emerged from the rock crevice and arranged themselves in a neat semicircle.

"They're imitating you?" Xu Ying was surprised to find that each scorpion was mimicking her tapping motion with its pincers.

The Desert Golden Scorpion proudly wagged its tail: [Now, the entire tribe knows this code!]
Similarly, if you encounter any difficulties, you can also have your informant contact us for help!
Xu Ying smiled and nodded: "Okay!"

"I do have a favor to ask of you right now. Could you send Scorpion to check if there are any suspicious people staking out the entrance to the canyon?"

[No problem, we've got your back!]
After examining the scorpion, three small red-headed centipedes immediately crawled up to Xu Ying.

[Station manager, our mom is sick, she's feeling so bad, can you help her?]
The bright red mark on the centipede's head was rather frightening. Xu Ying nodded gently: "Where is your mother?"

Guided by the three small centipedes, Xu Ying squatted in the shadow of a weathered rock and gently brushed away the pebbles with her fingertips.

A desert centipede, about 20 centimeters long, was writhing in pain.

Its front half of body had shed its brand-new crimson shell, but its back half was still tightly bound by grayish-white old skin, like wearing an ill-fitting, tattered coat.

"do not move."

Xu Ying took out tweezers from her medical kit. "The old skin on your seventh sac segment is stuck together."

Seeing its three babies at Xu Ying's feet, the centipede suddenly raised its head, its venomous mandibles baring as it hissed menacingly. [Two-legged creature, stay away from my children!]
The three little ones quickly said, "[Mom, this is someone we invited to help you. She just treated Uncle Scorpion, and he was cured in a flash!]"
Upon hearing the children's words, the centipede's venomous jaws slowly closed.

Its antennae trembled slightly.

[Is that so? I'm sorry, I was in too much of a hurry.]
Thank you for your help.
Xu Ying nodded and took out a bottle of medicine from the medical kit: "It will hurt a little in a while."

As a seasoned veterinarian, she has treated exotic pets like centipedes before.

With the development of the pet economy, many people are now keeping niche or uncommon animals, such as centipedes and spiders.
Centipedes encounter this problem when their living conditions are too dry during molting.

Xu Ying carefully dripped water onto the moss using a dropper. "This water was collected from the oasis in the north; it has the taste of groundwater."

The moment the moist moss covered its carapace, the centipede suddenly convulsed violently.

"The old leather is absorbing water and swelling."

Xu Ying pressed her gloved fingers against its third pair of legs. "I'll count to twenty, and you'll be fine."

When she counted to "fifteen", she suddenly pulled out a crochet hook made of camel hair from her toolbox.


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