The camel's hair, after being exposed to the scorching sun for three days, had its ends hardened into a micro-scraper using resin.
Of course, the hair wasn't directly pulled from the Mountain Peak, but was given to Xu Ying by the villagers of Dongqing Village.
Xu Ying took a small medicine bottle from the medical toolbox, containing diluted povidone-iodine which could lubricate and prevent infection, as well as soften old skin.
As soon as the hook needle was out, the red-headed centipede instinctively struggled, but Xu Ying's quick, accurate, and decisive action precisely separated the adhesion.
The old skin shed from the red-headed centipede was like a semi-transparent snake molt. The shed skin of the centipede had medicinal value, which Xu Ying stored in a sealed bag.
The centipede family watched Xu Ying help their companion shed, and one of the centipedes asked.
[Station Chief Xu, are the skins we shed useful to humans?]
