Chapter 1026: A Day Packed with Itinerary

The fleeing blue-faced high-tier speed Evolver ahead was indeed faster than the handsome giant wolf carrying Xia Qing.

But! Evolved wolves had far better stamina than humans, let alone a giant evolved wolf that had just drunk a top-grade nutrient solution.

Ten minutes later, the gap between the human and the wolf began to close; at fifteen minutes, the target entered Xia Qing's range; at fifteen and a half, Xia Qing pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

Top-tier sniper—one shot, one kill.

Seeing the target fall, Xia Qing held the rifle in her right hand and stroked the thick silver-gray fur on the handsome giant wolf's neck with her left. "Big Wolf, you can stop now."

The handsome giant wolf halted and shook its body vigorously.

Xia Qing, very considerate, unbuckled the straps, hopped down from the handsome giant wolf, and smoothed out the fur that had been tugged into a mess. "Big Wolf, you're the best. If you hadn't run this fast, I definitely wouldn't have been able to take the target down."

The handsome giant wolf lowered its head and sniffed Xia Qing's abdomen.

Xia Qing had been hit by a bullet; her abdomen and thigh both carried a strong smell of gunpowder. Though the double-layer protective suit had blocked the bullet for her, the pain was still intense. But for Xia Qing, this was nothing at all. "I'm wearing a protective suit, I'm not hurt. Let's go take a look."

Beside the corpse with its neck pierced through—dead as dead could be—the handsome giant wolf raised its head and let out a majestic, long howl, prompting the wolf pack to answer in waves.

Judging by the calls, there were at least twenty wolves nearby.

What did that mean? It meant this place was already very close to the core territory of the western wolf pack—Mountain Forty.

But with reliable companions by her side, Xia Qing wasn't afraid. She pushed the handsome giant wolf farther away, telling it to go howl off to the side, then took out a large, reinforced packaging bag and packed the body up; the bloodstained soil and rocks were also scooped up and packed by Xia Qing.

Both of them had blue skin; Xia Qing worried their blood might be toxic and pollute the Evolution Forest.

The corpse on the ground was packed up and hoisted onto her shoulder.

Once the handsome giant wolf had howled to its heart's content, Xia Qing shouldered the corpse, asked it to lead the way, and returned to the first corpse's location to collect it.

These two were people she had killed; their field-grade-four protective suits, sidearms, and daggers were all her spoils. Besides these, Xia Qing still needed to find their supplies.

Humans who had entered the depths of the Evolution Forest before the Harmful Rain couldn't possibly have brought only weapons and no food, tents, medicine, and other essential supplies.

Xia Qing first contacted Tan Junjie, then sent Watching Huo Zhun the coordinates, asking him and Hu Zifeng to fly the helicopter over to pick her up.

Xia Qing hadn't taken the helicopter here earlier because she'd planned to have the handsome giant wolf carry her back—save on fuel.

Now she had been brought deep into the western wolf pack's territory by the handsome giant wolf, and she still had to haul two corpses back out of the territory. She couldn't ask the handsome giant wolf to carry her out, so she had to call for the helicopter.

By the time the two men flew the helicopter to the airspace above Xia Qing's location, she had already—with the handsome giant wolf's help—found the two blue-skinned people's supplies.

Two huge backpacks! Xia Qing didn't open them to check, just stuffed them straight into the packaging bag.

After the helicopter lowered the rope, Xia Qing first tied up the two corpses and the spoils and sent them up, thanked the handsome giant wolf again, then made a promise. "Big Wolf, if you're thirsty, hungry, want a medicinal bath, or want your fur combed, come find me at Territory Three anytime."

"If you spot more bad humans, go to Territory Three and find me right away too. Bad humans are very sneaky—Big Wolf, you have to be careful."

The handsome giant wolf, standing on high ground howling heroically, couldn't hear a thing.

As Xia Qing was hauled up by the rope, her gaze met that of the Western Wolf King, standing on the high peak to the west, who looked very similar to the handsome giant wolf.

This Wolf King was bristling with killing intent. If the handsome giant wolf hadn't been here, she very likely would have already been torn apart by the western wolf pack.

It was humans who had suddenly barged into the wolves' core territory—their anger was justified. Every Wolf King was proud. Xia Qing didn't try to befriend it at this moment; she only met its gaze calmly.

As her line of sight gradually shifted from looking up, to level, to looking down, Xia Qing reached out and took Hu Zifeng's outstretched hand, climbing into the helicopter.

The helicopter's cabin door closed, altitude increased, and it accelerated back toward the Northern Sector One territory.

Xia Qing asked Hu Zifeng to spray her down with disinfectant, removed her protective mask and gloves, thanked the two men, then took out the water bottle from her pack and gulped down more than half of it.

Seeing how thirsty she was, Watching Huo Zhun said cheerfully, "Sister Qing's schedule today is really packed."

In the morning, she first went to Mountain Fifty-Nine to deliver the monkey, then to Mountain Sixty to visit the wolves, then to Mountain Fifty-Five to fill the pool and blow up crocodiles. On the way back, she boarded the helicopter again, rushed to the town ruins between Northern Sector Three and Northern Sector One to carry out a rescue mission. After returning, she had just sorted out the affairs of Center Nine, and before she even stepped into her own territory, she got Tan Junjie's call for help. She stepped onto the personal flight device, entered the western wolf pack's territory, teamed up with the handsome giant wolf for a wild sprint, and killed two people. The schedule was indeed packed enough.

Xia Qing smiled. "Any news on the remaining two?"

Hu Zifeng quickly moved his eyes away from her and answered, "The sweep team only detected two human scents in Forest Forty-Eight. They suspect the intel provided by the captured invaders was wrong. Sister Qing, who are these two?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "Not sure. They fired two shots at me, then ran, and I took them out."

Watching Huo Zhun clicked his tongue. "Daring to compete with Sister Qing in marksmanship—asking for death!"

It wasn't that easy at all. Xia Qing took out her phone and contacted her idol. "Third Brother, I shot two invaders in the western Evolution Forest—one male, one female. Their skin is blue. They were hiding in the hollow of a Harmful Evolution tree playing dead, able to fool the evolved wolves' sense of smell and make the wolves think they were corpses. I've brought the bodies and the relevant samples I collected back. Would you like to take a look? Okay."

Since her idol was interested, these two corpses would of course be handed to her idol for examination first, then turned over to the sweep team for handling.

Along the way, Xia Qing could also have the experts at Territory Seven disinfect her spoils, screen them for risks, and strip out any trackers or surveillance devices—only then could she use them with peace of mind.

After returning to Northern Sector One territory, Xia Qing thanked Watching Huo Zhun and Hu Zifeng again, slung her own pack on her back, hoisted the two corpses, and hurried to Mountain Forty-Nine, Sector Three.

Watching Huo Zhun looked at Xia Qing walking away, then at Hu Zifeng standing beside him, and felt something was off.

Guan Tong had already driven her off-road vehicle to the north gate outside Territory Three. Xia Qing walked out of the Evolution Forest, tossed the corpses straight onto the vehicle, drove along the northern isolation belt to the north gate of Territory Seven, handed the corpses and supplies to Zheng Chen, then went to see her idol.

After briefly recounting everything that had happened that day, Xia Qing said somewhat apologetically, "Things just kept piling up today, and here we still are. Shall I go install the monitoring robots for the chestnut grove bee colony tomorrow instead?"

Zhang San nodded and asked, "Are the injuries on your abdomen and leg serious?"

"Not serious. No bones broken, the skin isn't even broken. A soak in the medicated solution you formulated will fix it right up." Xia Qing asked carefully, "Third Brother, could you give me a few more packs of the medicated solution for giant wolves? The ones at home are almost used up."

Zhang San...