I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 172 Making a Rescue Call
The camel mane was dried in the scorching sun for three days, and the ends were hardened with resin into miniature scrapers.

Of course, the mane was not plucked from the mountain peak, but was given to Xu Ying by the villagers of Dongqing Village.

Xu Ying took out a small medicine bottle from her medical toolbox. The diluted povidone-iodine solution inside could lubricate and prevent infection, while also softening old skin.

As soon as the crochet hook was used, the red-headed centipede instinctively struggled, but Xu Ying's move was swift, accurate, and ruthless, and the crochet hook had already precisely pried open the sticky area.

The old skin shed from the red-headed centipede looked like a semi-transparent snake skin. Centipede skin has medicinal value, and Xu Ying carefully stored it in a sealed bag.

The centipede family watched as Xu Ying helped his companion shed his skin. One of the centipedes, seeing this, asked a question.

[Station Chief Xu, is the skin shed by us centipedes useful to you humans?]
Xu Ying nodded, thinking to herself that centipedes actually have more medicinal value.

[From now on, we'll save all the skin we shed for you!]
The centipede family moved around on the ground, looking rather frightening, but their words were quite heartwarming.

Xu Ying nodded, overcoming her fear of these guys' appearance, and smiled: "Thank you."

Meanwhile, the toad that went to the canyon entrance to gather intelligence returned.

[Station Chief Xu, two bipedal creatures really did sneak into the underground canyon!]
[They were also carrying long, black weapons.]
Xu Ying was taken aback upon hearing this. These tomb raiders were quite capable, fully equipped. Considering their conversation before entering the tomb, this was probably a well-established tomb raiding gang.

Xu Ying fumbled in her bag for the flip phone that Commander Qin had given her.

Given the current situation, and for the sake of my own life, I have no choice but to bother Commander Qin!
Xu Ying opened the contact list on the flip phone, which contained only one number. Xu Ying dialed it.

The call was connected in less than five seconds.

A cold and unfamiliar male voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, this is Commander Qin's emergency hotline. Commander Qin is in a meeting. Are you having any difficulties?"

"Hello, I am Xu Ying, the station chief of Desert Rescue Station 032. I encountered tomb raiders while on a mission in the desert. I met three men, and two of them are looking for me. One is wearing a baseball cap, and the other is thin. They are carrying weapons."

"They should have a well-established team supporting them."

Having weathered several major storms, Xu Ying calmly described her current situation: "We're currently trapped in a canyon hidden beneath the sand dunes. My current coordinates are roughly north latitude..."

"Received." The soldier on the other end of the phone clearly recognized Xu Ying, and he replied, "Station Chief Xu, we'll send men out immediately."

"If you're scared, you can stay on the phone with me."

The response on the other end of the phone was reassuring.

Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief; now she just had to wait for her powerful backer to come and rescue her!

"If it's convenient, could you please notify the police and archaeological experts to come along?"

"I found a piece of jade near their tomb, which looks like a royal artifact from the Han Dynasty. I wonder which ancient desert kingdom they discovered."

Xu Ying weighed the sealed bag in her pocket; its value made her pocket feel much heavier. And according to Shan Feng, the tomb raiders had probably already used camels to transport quite a bit of the loot.

Once these cultural relics enter the black market, they are very difficult to recover.

In the last century, many cultural relics from Xizhou Province flowed abroad through the black market and appeared at auctions and exhibitions overseas. Apart from philanthropic entrepreneurs who spent huge sums of money to buy them back, there was no way to recover them, which is heartbreaking.

"The tomb they discovered must be quite large, and it has probably already been damaged. Now we can only see if it can be salvaged."

The person on the other end of the phone quickly replied, "No problem."

The insects in the canyon were very sensitive; they keenly sensed Xu Ying's fear and worry.

[Station Chief Xu, we will protect you!]
This is our territory. If they dare to run wild here, we'll make sure they never return!
[Brothers and sisters, listen to my command! All units, assemble!]
Under the call of all parties, the "Five Poisons" in the canyon mobilized en masse, covering the canyon walls and ground with a black carpet. Xu Ying trembled and lay on the mountain peak.

"Dear brothers and sisters, please remember to leave me alive. I still need to help the police catch the big fish behind these two tomb raiders."

[No problem, Station Master Xu, I'll do whatever you say!]
[Station Master Xu, who are you talking to? Have you lost something?]
Xu Ying couldn't explain the seriousness of the lost cultural relics to these children, so she could only say:
"I guess so. Someone stole the treasures we were protecting underground and kidnapped my friend's family, and then smuggled these treasures out of the desert."

The little centipede wriggled its body: [Underground? We know the underground best!]
The Desert Golden Scorpion retorted, "[There are many of our kind underground. I'll go talk to them; maybe I can help you find some traces they left behind.]"
Xu Ying suddenly remembered that when the underground tomb was being built, the tomb owner had set up numerous traps to protect himself and ensure that his final resting place would not be disturbed.

When archaeologists discover tombs, they often have to spend a lot of time and energy figuring out the structure of the tomb. If they are not careful when surveying the tomb, they may even be in danger of losing their lives.

With the help of these "native" little guys, it would be easy to figure out the structure of the tomb as quickly as possible, find the location of the tomb that was damaged by the tomb robbers, and invite the clues left by these people.

Xu Ying was surprised to find such a great reward after accidentally wandering into the underground canyon, and he thanked the insects repeatedly.

Meanwhile, two tomb raiders who were tracking Xu Ying had already sneaked into the underground canyon on foot, carrying weapons.

"Did that person really think he was safe just because he escaped into the underground canyon?"

The man in the baseball cap, flashlight in hand, and the skinny guy groped their way through the underground canyon, one after the other: "Watch us trap them like turtles in a jar!"

"She must die today!"

The skinny man gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with extreme ruthlessness: "Otherwise, if she escapes and calls the police, implicating the team, we'll all be finished!"

The canyon was getting narrower and narrower, and the air was cold and damp.

The flashlight beam from the baseball cap swayed violently, and the moment it swept across the rock face, he froze—the "black rocks" were writhing.

"Damn! It's a swarm of Zerg!"

He swung his arm, and several beetles fell from his sleeve with a rustling sound; their shells gleamed a glossy black under the light.

The skinny man suddenly screamed. The barrel of his shotgun was covered with countless tiny legs, and the swarm of insects crawled up his wrist and into his collar.

I doubt anyone wants to see animal illustrations in these chapters...