Ruan Xingyao said, “In the experiments they ran abroad, they even sent puppies to bankers, politicians, scientists, the military, the police—important people and institutions—to steal critical intelligence.”
At that statement, everyone gasped.
Someone asked in disbelief, “With today’s technology, is it necessary to go to such lengths?”
Ruan Xingyao replied, “Who would suspect a cute little dog?”
Some agreed with that, others didn’t.
To some people it seemed completely unnecessary. With current technological development, if someone wanted to snoop into another’s secrets there are countless methods — implanting a camera in a dog’s eye seems dangerously uncontrollable.
Ruan Xingyao ignored that skepticism. Her understanding of the world’s high technology was limited to what she already knew. What she was saying now was only what she’d consolidated from searching the dogs’ memories.
Jiang Xuan was silent for a long moment, then finally said, “Expert Ruan, so you’re saying that for now they’ve only been selling these dogs to ordinary citizens, and haven’t yet infiltrated the kind of people you just mentioned, correct?”
Ruan Xingyao: “That’s what their memories indicate.”
Jiang Xuan asked, “Then, Expert Ruan, can you tell us how many dogs have already been sold? Do you have buyer information?”
Before Ruan Xingyao could answer, Ruan Xingzhuo frowned and said, “Isn’t that something your police should be investigating and interrogating yourselves?”
Why expect his sister to do everything for them?
Jiang Xuan looked briefly embarrassed, was silent for a few seconds, then said to Ruan, “Sorry, Expert Ruan — I was impatient.”
Ruan Xingyao didn’t get angry. She said, “I can help you tally the numbers, but I really don’t have buyer information. From their memories, each time they would choose a few dogs to take out for buyers to pick from—these dogs that stayed here never saw the buyers.”
Jiang Xuan nodded in understanding. “Okay, Expert Ruan. We’ll take it from here.”
Ruan Xingyao nodded. “Fine — you handle your work.”
Jiang Xuan asked, “Expert Ruan, are you going to—?”
By now Ruan Xingyao had recovered quite a bit. She stood, brushed the dust off her clothes, and said, “Now, I’m going to remove their cameras, and I’ll erase their memories too.”
These are good dogs. She wanted them to live out the rest of their lives peacefully — not be stigmatized, or worse, put to death.
Jiang Xuan was indeed troubled over what to do with the cameras inside the dogs’ eyes.
Although ever since they’d arrived here, they had already cut off the signal so that whatever the dogs recorded could no longer be uploaded to the internet in real time, that was only a temporary solution.
Now that Ruan Xingyao had a way to resolve the problem, she was truly helping him out of a huge mess.
Jiang Xuan said, “Thank you, Expert Ruan. You’ve worked hard.”
Ruan Xingyao waved her hand dismissively. She wasn’t doing this for them — she was doing it for the dogs.
Jiang Xuan and his team didn’t stay any longer and went off to other parts of the facility to collect evidence.
Only Ruan Xingyao and the other three remained.
Ruan Xingzhuo asked worriedly, “Sis, doing this… will it hurt you?”
The way Ruan Xingyao had nearly collapsed earlier had genuinely scared him. And what she was about to do sounded anything but simple — he didn’t even dare imagine what state she’d be in afterward.
You Huan also spoke anxiously, “Xingxing, don’t rush it. Tell us first — what can we do to help you?”
Ruan Xingyao thought for a moment before saying, “Why don’t you two go buy me something tasty? Lots and lots of good food.”
At the moment, that was the only way she could think of to replenish her spiritual energy.
Since she had been streaming more often and helping more animals recently, she suspected that her spiritual power recovery was somehow connected to that — and so was the gradual return of her abilities.
But for now, she hadn’t fully grasped the pattern behind it.
So the simplest and most direct way was just to eat — eat a lot.
Ruan Xingzhuo and You Huan both nodded.
Ruan Xingzhuo said, “No problem. But besides that, is there anything else we can do?”
You Huan stared at Ruan Xingyao, hoping there was something she could help with.
Ruan Xingyao shook her head. “No, that’s all.”
Ruan Xingzhuo seemed hesitant for a moment, but didn’t say anything more. He grabbed You Huan and quickly left.
After they were gone, Chen Yu asked, “Xingxing, what about me? What can I do to help?”
He had hesitated earlier about whether to go with them, but decided against it — someone needed to stay with Ruan Xingyao, especially since he was her assistant.
Ruan Xingyao shook her head. “Just stay there and watch.”
Chen Yu was taken aback, feeling a deep sense of helplessness.
He had never felt so useless in his life.
Ruan Xingyao didn’t pay any attention to Chen Yu’s feelings. After finishing the last few sips of water, she prepared to begin removing the implanted cameras from the little dogs’ eyes.
She took a few deep breaths, calmly sensing the state of her spiritual energy. Once she confirmed that her strength had stabilized, she said to the dogs,
“Little ones, it might hurt a bit in a moment, but I’ll do everything I can to lessen your pain. Please hang in there and cooperate with me, okay?”
Removing the cameras from the puppies’ eyes required the same method she used when searching through their memories — she could combine spiritual perception and healing at once.
However, her spiritual power was still limited. To ensure that the dogs might still have a chance to regain their sight after the cameras were taken out, she had to be extremely precise — every motion, every flow of energy needed to be meticulous.
That also meant she couldn’t spare extra energy to heal them simultaneously.
Although the little dogs didn’t understand exactly what was about to happen, they knew one thing — this was the first human who wouldn’t hurt them.
Soon, one of the puppies barked.
“Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!”
[Human! I trust you! Tell me what to do — I’ll do it!]
Once one spoke up, more and more joined in, barking in unison.
[Human! We believe in you!]
[“Human! You’re a good person! I’ll cooperate with you!]
Ruan Xingyao’s eyes stung with warmth. Her heart ached for these little creatures.
They were so pure and innocent — even after all the harm they had suffered, they still chose to trust her.
— The end of the Chapter–
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