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Su Ning made a call to his superior and reported the situation here.

Hearing not only that the pig hadn't been captured, but also that it had run out of the KTV again, the superior was speechless!

Su Ning knew this wasn't handled well and cautiously said, "I'm afraid that if we continue chasing the wild boar, it might cause even more panic. Right now, the wild boar is hiding in the green belt of the residential area. How about we wait for the people from Planet Zoo to come over?"

"Fine! Then you guys maintain a distance, keep an eye on the wild boar's position, and don't scare it into running around again. I'll send you Zoo Director Fang's phone number, communicate with him."

After receiving Su Ning's call, Fang Ye was sweating when he learned they had been trying to catch the wild boar bare-handed, and people had been knocked down.

He quickly warned, "You have been too reckless. Though wild boars are not as powerful in attacking as fierce beasts, their weight and speed alone can cause massive damage.

It's good that no one got hurt, don't try to capture it live anymore, we'll discuss it when we get there."

"Okay, okay!" Su Ning agreed.

Because the command center coordinated a green light, Fang Ye's car had an unobstructed journey. A trip that would normally take over an hour took only 40 minutes.

While Su Ning was keeping watch on the boar, Hong arrived at the entrance of the residential area to meet them, leading the way.

As they walked, Fang Ye asked, "Now that you've encountered the wild boar, how much do you think it weighs?"

Hong, recalling how he had pounced on the wild boar and was flung off by its strength, said uncertainly, "I'm not exactly sure how much it weighs, but it's roughly this big, definitely over 100 pounds."

He spread his arms to indicate the size.

Lin Ying thought for a moment, "If it's that big, it probably weighs around 150 pounds. Does it have tusks?"

"Tusks?" Hong was unsure and said, "I think so?"

Actually, a wild boar's tusks are not as massive as the impression given in games or cartoons, where they look like sharp horns protruding menacingly from the mouth.

Those with particularly obvious tusks are common warthogs found in Africa, and they are one of the most commonly purchased animals at the start of Planet Zoo.

Typical wild boars only have males with visible tusks that curl upwards and aren't very long, looking much like small bamboo shoots sprouting from the ground, with just the tip showing. Female wild boars have shorter teeth that generally do not protrude beyond their lips.

As they neared the spot and to avoid a big commotion that might alert the boar, the others stayed a bit farther away outside, and Fang Ye and Lin Ying walked over quietly.

In a low voice, they asked Su Ning, "Where is the wild boar now?"

Su Ning pointed to a shrub deep inside the green belt, "It's hiding over there!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, Fang Ye stared and indeed saw half a body poking out from beneath the leaves of the shrub.

It seemed the boar had been quite frightened today and might continue hiding here until it got dark before attempting to run out again.

After asking Su Ning about the boar's weight again, Lin Ying opened the toolbox, filled the syringe with tranquilizer according to a weight of 160 pounds, and then started pumping air into the syringe. When she couldn't push any more air, she inserted a stopper with a red feather tail.

Su Ning watched curiously from the side, as the syringe looked just like a dart.

He asked quietly, "What is this? Can it pierce in?"

Fang Ye explained, "For long-distance anesthesia like we use in our zoo, we use this, it's called a blowpipe injection. You blow into it to increase the pressure inside the tube and shoot the specially made syringe out into the animal's body. It can easily pierce through the hide of most beasts.

The syringe is specially made, with an anesthetic in the front and an air chamber in the back. It has a freely moving piston at the front that blocks the needle tip's injection hole, but once it sticks into the animal, this piston is pushed back, and then under air pressure, the piston in the syringe drives the anesthetic to quickly inject it."

Su Ning scratched his head, confused, "Oh, I see. I don't know much about anesthesia. It's not something we policemen use."

Fang Ye smiled and said, "As expected, everyone has their own specialty."

Why not use an anesthetic gun?

Anesthetic guns are strictly controlled. Although zoos can be equipped with them, one has to apply to the public security bureau first. After their review and issuing of a civilian firearm procurement certificate, then one can get them.

For routine management, one must assign a person responsible, equip specialized storage facilities, have a dedicated ammunition depot, keep guns and ammunition stored separately, enforce a strict registration system, regularly inspect and maintain them, and arrange for personnel to guard them, etc.

The key issue is that if a gun is lost or stolen, that spells big trouble. Accountability is no trivial matter. In short, it's very troublesome.

Considering these factors, zoos basically don't equip themselves with anesthetic guns, or they might work around it by applying for public security to manage them. This way, they can borrow them from public security when needed.

So scenarios like a tourist driving into the carnivore free-range area of the zoo, getting out of the car, and then animal attacks happening, it's not like people imagine where the zoo staff quickly arrive with anesthetic guns and resolve the issue with a single shot.

In such situations, there's no time to use an anesthetic gun, and furthermore, the range of an anesthetic gun is very short, only about a dozen meters.

Beyond the issue of range, if a shot is fired and misses, it might provoke the ferocity of the beast, making it more aggressive, causing even greater harm to people. Plus, the anesthetic takes time to take effect, and it might not work on those with thick skin and flesh.

In such cases, the usual emergency procedure for the zoo is to grab a dry powder fire extinguisher, spray it over the animal's head and face while making noise to scare the beast away.

By this time, Lin Ying had prepared the syringe and loaded it into a 1.2-meter-long slender blowpipe. Discover more content at empire

If the blowpipe is too short, it doesn't accelerate enough, and the force of the blow is weak; if it's too long, the syringe might sway during its flight, lacking stability.

"Director, ready to go! Who'll blow?"

"Meng Shi probably has a large lung capacity, let him do it."

After Lin Ying handed the blowpipe to Meng Shi, Fang Ye gave him some instructions, then arranged tactics with the others behind him. After the anesthetic needle hit the warthog, everyone would close in and intercept to drive it away, ensuring the warthog wouldn't run back onto the roads outside of the green belt.

"Alright!" everyone nodded and agreed.

As Fang Ye had advised, Meng Shi picked up the blowpipe and didn't approach the bushes directly but instead passed by from the side, maintaining a distance of three meters to lower the warthog's vigilance.

The warthog hiding under the bushes shifted its body nervously but didn't run out, thinking it was well-hidden.

Everyone held their breath and watched Meng Shi's movements with wide eyes.

Meng Shi then stopped, lifted the blowpipe, squatted down a bit, took a deep breath, puffed his cheeks, and blew forcefully!

Puff!

The anesthetic needle shot out like lightning, too fast for the naked eye to track. Almost the instant Meng Shi made the blowing motion, it lodged firmly into the warthog's body.