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Chapter 64: A Brand New Type of Card (Bonus Chapter)

After Guo Xiaochun left, Qin Ziwen returned to his fifth-floor apartment, took out his phone, and opened the video album.

After opening the phone's video recording function and pausing it, I pointed to the cave located on the mountainside in the frame.

"Go up the mountain here."

"This is it, you know? Fly in later. If you see the altar we saw last time, fly around it and record it. If not, come out."

The harpy eagle stared at the screen with its big eyes and let out two final cries.

After turning on the video recording mode, fix the phone to the small backpack on the horned eagle's chest.

With a flap of its wings, the harpy eagle transformed into a sharp sword and soared into the sky.

I watched its retreating figure and silently prayed.

The sky changed from clear to overcast, and a thick, leaden layer of dark clouds had gathered overhead.

"Brother, you've been standing here for almost the whole afternoon." Qin Ziwu brought over a bowl of vegetable porridge. "Have something to eat."

"It's alright, I'll wait a bit longer." Qin Ziwen took the porridge, looked at the dark clouds overhead, and said, "It's going to rain."

Qin Ziwu remarked, "Yes, we haven't encountered a rainy day since we came here. This must be the first time it's rained."

Qin Ziwen casually asked, "How's it going on at Tieshan?"

Speaking of this, Qin Ziwu rubbed his shoulders: "He's still forging iron. I went to help him operate the bellows for a while. I'm exhausted."

In the distance, a black dot was rapidly approaching in the sky.

Qin Ziwen's eyes lit up.

The black dot got closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer.

It's a harpy eagle!

The harpy eagle stumbled and fell through the window, its feathers mixed with blood splattering on the floor.

Qin Ziwen's pupils contracted, and he quickly picked up the horned eagle.

Feathers were falling off the harpy eagle's wings and legs, and blood was seeping from its quills.

The feathers on its neck and head were fluffed up and covered in blood.

The left eye is bloodshot, and the claws are worn.

Seeing the harpy eagle so badly injured, Qin Ziwen felt a surge of anger, which quickly turned into deep worry.

Given the extent of the injury, it's best to seek treatment as soon as possible. Zhao Pu is a surgeon, but he treats people; can he treat a harpy eagle?

With a thought running through his mind, Qin Ziwen said to his younger brother, "Take the harpy eagle upstairs."

He then hurriedly packed the smoked meat into a bag and left.

Wang Jun's home.

Wang Jun was somewhat surprised to see Qin Ziwen bringing meat to her door.

Upon hearing Qin Ziwen explain his purpose, Wang Jun was even more surprised, "What, you mean the harpy eagle? That raptor with claws that are over ten centimeters long, how did it get injured?"

Qin Ziwen took out his phone. "These are photos of the wound."

Taking the phone, Wang Jun zoomed in on the photo and carefully examined the wound.

As Wang Jun looked at the bird, he said, "Actually, I've only ever treated parrots before. This is the first time I've treated a bird of prey like this. We don't allow keeping them in China."

After reading it, Wang Jun nodded. "It can fly, right?"

"It can fly."

"If it can still fly, then it's not a fatal injury, but it still needs disinfection and anti-inflammatory treatment. It shouldn't be subjected to strenuous activity for a short period of time, and it's best to wait for the injury to heal." Wang Jun went to a bedroom, and when he came out, he was holding two tubes of ointment and a strip of pills.

"This is an anti-inflammatory medicine, for oral use. This is an antibacterial agent, to be applied to the wound. Observe it for two days first, and try not to let the wound reopen, otherwise repeated bleeding will be very troublesome."

"Thank you, Brother Wang."

Wang Jun teased, "It's alright. No wonder you didn't come to see me. Turns out you were secretly raising a harpy eagle. Tsk tsk, I envy you. Okay, go back and treat your pet's wounds first."

After Qin Ziwen left, Lin Yi came out of the kitchen and asked, "Why does he keep a harpy eagle? I remember reading in a science article that the harpy eagle is the strongest bird of prey in existence on Earth?"

Wang Jun said, "It still depends on the individual. However, the harpy eagle has long claws and a strong grip. Among the existing birds of prey, it is definitely in the top three. Harpy eagles are fierce in nature. If they are not raised from a young age, it is very difficult to tame a wild adult."

Lin Yi was somewhat surprised: "You mean, he also discovered an altar?"

Wang Jun pondered for a moment, then nodded: "That's possible. More and more people are looking for the altar now, and we can't guarantee when our altar will be found."

Qin Ziwen arrived at 602 and was met by a gray shadow flying towards him.

The harpy eagle crashed into his arms.

Qin Ziwu said helplessly, "Brother, this guy won't let me hold him, he keeps running around the room."

Qin Ziwen feigned anger and flicked the horned eagle on the head. "You're running off without listening, aren't you?"

The harpy eagle let out two loud cries and rubbed against him.

Qin Ziwen first used a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect.

The harpy eagle was in so much pain that it spread its wings and flew two meters away, watching the cotton swab in his hand warily.

Qin Ziwen comforted it, "This is for treating your wounds, come here, sweetie."

Perhaps sensing the reassuring tone in his voice, the harpy eagle slowly lowered its head and walked over, tilting its head at a ninety-degree angle, staring at the cotton swab with a puzzled look.

When the alcohol-soaked cotton swab was used to wipe its wound, the harpy eagle's muscles trembled, but it still stood obediently in place.

After disinfection, unscrew the cap of the ointment bottle and use a cotton swab to apply the white ointment to the harpy eagle's wound.

I applied the medicine to the wound and then took a fish from the bucket and fed it the medicine mixed with it.

After treating the harpy eagle's injuries, Qin Ziwen took out his phone.

"It shut down due to lack of power."

I went upstairs to Deng Guang's house to get a new power bank, and while I was at it, I returned the old power bank to my sister-in-law.

Qin Ziwen expressed his gratitude: "Thank you for your help, sister-in-law."

"It's okay, I'll go downstairs to charge it when I'm done." Xiao Xuemei smiled as she took the power bank. After Qin Ziwen left, she looked out at the gray sky, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes. "Old Deng, do you think the garage will flood if it rains?"

Deng Guang sat up. "That's right, shall we move the car?"

"Where to move?"

"Let's move it outside. The garage is so low-lying. We can drive it to the entrance of the community."

"Okay, then come with me to move the car."

After Xiao Xuemei finished speaking, she went out with Deng Guang.

When Qin Ziwen got home, he plugged in his phone to charge and opened the video recorded by the horned eagle.

As you drag the progress bar, the horned eagle gets closer and closer to the cave.

The scene darkens after the harpy eagle flies into a cave halfway up the mountain.

But the harpy eagle seemed to have discovered something, and it kept flying deeper into the area.

Finally, a red light appeared in the picture.

Qin Ziwen pressed pause.

"This is a card, a type of card I've never seen before."

The image quality is somewhat blurry.

However, in the pitch-black environment, the square outline is very conspicuous.

Qin Ziwen, who had "seen countless cards," recognized at a glance that this was definitely a card, and this card was emitting a red light, a new type of card he had never seen before!
But soon, the sound of dense wing flapping, accompanied by dense squeaking, came from the screen.

"A bat." Qin Ziwen recognized the sound.

The harpy eagle seemed to have been attacked; it let out a cry and flew out of the cave.

A moment later, the screen lit up as the harpy eagle flew out of the cave and soared into the sky, but a dark shadow suddenly rushed out from the forest on the side.

The phone camera lens is shaking violently.

Qin Ziwen pulled back the progress bar and pressed pause. A black bird was rushing towards the harpy eagle. Because it was moving too fast, the picture was blurry and its specific appearance could not be seen.

The harpy eagle then engaged in a fight with the black bird, which had companions, and several more of its kind flew out from the forest.

The harpy eagle had to change direction and circle around, with the black birds chasing relentlessly behind it until it flew out of the forest.

The video, captured by the phone camera, shows a vast, continuous mountain range, when suddenly a familiar cry can be heard.

"Wow—"

This unique sound awakened Qin Ziwen's memory.

It's that giant bird that attacked our neighborhood twice!
Although he knew the harpy eagle had successfully returned to the community, he still felt a pang of worry for it when he saw the video of it swooping down and chasing him.

Pull the progress bar, and the harpy eagle will disappear into the forest and traverse through it.

The giant bird's wings were too large to penetrate the forest.

In the video, the harpy eagle rests on a branch to recover its strength. Every time it flies away, the giant bird appears shortly afterward, and then it disappears back into the forest.

The two sides remained deadlocked for a long time, and this happened several times before the giant bird finally gave up on its prey.

The eagle eventually flew back to the neighborhood, but its phone ran out of battery and shut down automatically on the way back.

(End of this chapter)