Animal Detective

Chapter 549: Chapter 452: One Sentence, Full Support

Wang Feng reported the situation to Chen Ruidong.

Pan Wenhai did the same, reporting the situation to the border defense detachment.

They then mobilized manpower, starting from Gangmeng Town, to search in all directions for any trace of the box truck and the sedan.

Shen Xin was unaware of this and was still spending time with Nan Ji.

Anyway, Nan Ji had grown attached to him.

Shen Xin decided to make the best of it and focus on winning her over.

Just as he was asking He Jinglin and the others about elephants, someone called out from behind him.

"Whoa, a real elephant."

He turned to see Jiang Wengang.

Ding Yuwei was with him, a look of shock and surprise on her face.

Only after confirming it was safe did the two of them draw closer.

Jiang Wengang picked up a bunch of bananas and tried to feed Nan Ji.

Nan Ji wouldn’t even open her mouth.

"Hey, playing favorites again, are we?" Jiang Wengang was used to it by now.

Ding Yuwei didn’t dare get too close, but seeing an adult elephant from this distance was still breathtaking. She lowered her voice and whispered, "Shen Xin, when we leave, you’re not planning on taking this elephant back with you, are you?"

On his last few trips, Shen Xin always seemed to bring something back.

Like a donkey, or a falcon.

"Don’t be ridiculous. Where would I even keep a creature this big?"

It eats hundreds of kilograms a day, poops a hundred kilograms, farts thousands of liters, and pees dozens of liters.

Shen Xin found the mere thought terrifying.

The jungle was her most suitable home.

Ding Yuwei nodded. "Good."

If he did bring the huge creature back, she’d inevitably be roped into taking care of it.

Just then, He Jinglin and the others, having finished cleaning up the dung, turned their attention to Teddy.

"A white Hunting Falcon... Lao Tan, have you ever seen one?" He Jinglin stared, his eyes fixed on Teddy, who was perched on Shen Xin’s shoulder.

Tan Qingming shook his head.

There are white gyrfalcons—the Hai Dongqing—but a white Hunting Falcon? He’d never heard of such a thing.

When they heard it was a rare albino variant, the whole group’s eyes lit up.

If Teddy’s rarity was enough to astonish these wildlife experts, then the eloquent Plane left them completely dumbfounded.

"I know that grey parrots are the smartest birds and can talk. Weren’t there studies? They can learn over one hundred and fifty English words. But look at him—he’s carrying on a fluent conversation. It’s unbelievable."

Tan Qingming said, pointing at Plane, who was complaining to Shen Xin about Ding Yuwei not letting them out of the cage.

Ding Yuwei retorted, explaining that with Shen Xin gone, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to get the birds back if she let them out.

Plane actually started arguing with her.

He Jinglin’s eyes widened in amazement. After a lifetime of animal research, he was seeing something new once again.

At this, Shen Xin let Plane and the others out of their cages to stretch their wings and fly around for a bit.

As the birds were flying, a large crowd of people emerged from the distant office building.

Shen Xin had sharp eyes and immediately spotted the man in the lead, who was wearing a white shirt.

In fact, there wasn’t just one, but several of them.

He had only seen one yesterday, Wan Xiaoyang, and it felt like the entire Dehong region couldn’t possibly have this many men in white shirts.

The group spotted Yifan and Plane flying free, and they stopped to point up at the sky.

’They’ve already seen me. I can’t just wait for them to come over.’

Shen Xin hurried over to meet them.

As he drew closer, he saw Wan Xiaoyang, a wide smile on his face, following behind the main group.

The man at the front was stout and heavy-set, with mostly white hair. He was cheerfully pointing at the sky and speaking to the person beside him.

Then Shen Xin saw his police rank and drew in a sharp breath.

Then he saw the badge number on his chest.

Five zeroes and a one.

Shen Xin gasped. ’Only a few would understand the weight that badge number carried.’

Ding Yuwei and Jiang Wengang, who had followed, were equally startled and quickly joined Shen Xin in saluting.

"Shen Xin."

The man in the lead nodded slightly, looking Shen Xin up and down with a smile. He then turned to the person beside him and joked, "This young man has a sharp mind. He really dares to think big."

Everyone chuckled good-naturedly.

He continued, "But the only thing to be afraid of is a lack of ideas. As long as it’s a good idea, I’m a fan."

"Shen Xin, I made a special trip just to hear about this idea of yours. Let’s not go to the conference room. Just tell me all about it, right here."

Shen Xin’s eyes widened.

’I only ever told Pan Wenhai about my idea.’

’I can’t believe he spread it around so quickly and that it alarmed even this man.’

His mind went blank for a moment, but Shen Xin quickly composed himself.

’Not going to the conference room, talking here... He must have seen Teddy and the others and wants to understand their capabilities firsthand.’

Shen Xin quickly nudged Ding Yuwei, sending her to get the control tablet and the helmet.

Then he whistled for Teddy and the others, who were flying freely in the sky.

It wasn’t a proper bird call, just an abrupt whistle.

At the sound of the whistle, Yifan and the others immediately descended, landing one by one in front of Shen Xin.

As he was making introductions, Ding Yuwei and Jiang Wengang returned with the equipment.

The man’s name was Liu Baoquan.

After Shen Xin finished explaining all the functions of the helmet, Liu Baoquan said, "So, you’re saying they can understand your voice commands and complete objectives. But can anyone else do it?"

He looked at Shen Xin, making it clear that this wouldn’t work if Shen Xin was the only one who could do it.

"Of course," Shen Xin nodded.

They had already tested this.

Anyone can give them commands once they’re familiar with the birds.

Shen Xin had Ding Yuwei command them directly.

Ding Yuwei was incredibly nervous. She took a moment to compose herself, made a hand signal, and ordered them to take off in formation.

This was the equivalent of a specific command.

At her order, Yifan immediately took the lead and flew into the sky.

Ding Yuwei ordered them left and right, and overhead, Yifan and the others executed her commands perfectly.

"Impressive."

Liu Baoquan nodded repeatedly.

He found Shen Xin’s proposal to be very imaginative.

His main concern had been that only Shen Xin could command them, and no one else.

But now, seeing this, it was clearly viable.

Most importantly, as Shen Xin had put it, these birds weren’t cold, remotely operated drones; they possessed a certain degree of autonomy.

If you told one to track a person, it would continue to do so until you issued a new command.

Shen Xin then laid out his entire proposal.

He covered the selection of animals, how to station them, and how to relay information.

"Director Liu, this is all still just a concept. I believe we need to conduct more tests to figure out the specific implementation," Shen Xin said.

"Chen Wanbin recommended using monkeys, but we’d have to test that to see if it’s feasible."

"And if we end up choosing crows, we’ll still need to figure out how to capture a large number of them."

"Police dogs, on the other hand—that I can guarantee. If you can provide me with enough suitable adult dogs, I can have them all trained and assigned to the various units within one to two months."

Shen Xin couldn’t make any guarantees about the police birds.

But he had practical experience with police dogs, so he knew it was doable.

Training one dog took the same amount of time as training a hundred.

"Oh?"

Liu Baoquan’s eyes lit up.

No one had ever tried deploying ’police birds’ along the border, so he wasn’t entirely confident about it.

Police dogs, however, were something he was familiar with. They were a proven asset that could genuinely improve the efficiency of anti-drug work.

"Shen Xin, you’re not one of my officers. Technically, you have no obligation to do any of this, and I have no grounds to ask you to."

"But the fact that you’re willing to do this is truly moving. So, regardless of the outcome, I have just one thing to say: I will give you my full support."

Liu Baoquan said with a smile.

"If you need people, you’ll get people. If you need money, you’ll get money."

If Shen Xin said he wanted to select K-9 candidates from the stray dog population, Liu Baoquan would mobilize every police officer in Dian Nan to go out and round them up.

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