Chapter 1054: The Severely Injured Evolution Wolf

After the great biological evolution of Blue Star, every animal's evolution is closely tied to the environment it inhabits.

The main reason wild animals captured from the Evolution Forest are difficult to successfully raise and breed in human safe zones and territories is that once these animals leave their native environment, their resistance drops, the balance of the two elements—Qi and Yi—within their bodies is disrupted, and they become more prone to illness or losing control of their Qi-based evolution.

For example, the rabbit Xia Qing brought home from the Evolution Forest last year. Although she carefully fed it for several months, when it became pregnant and gave birth to kits this spring, the mother rabbit still developed the ailment of gnawing on its newborn young. Xia Qing didn't have the energy to watch over it day and night, so she traded the rabbit to Territory Four, and took Zhao Ze to the place where the rabbit had been caught, bringing back several bags of soil and native green-light wild grass from that area to feed the rabbit.

With this native soil and plants, when the mother rabbit gave birth to its second litter in May, the infanticide ailment was indeed milder. Of the seven kits in the second litter, five survived, so Territory Four is now raising nine rabbits, big and small.

In order to feed these rabbits, at the beginning of this month Zhao Ze invited Shi Du, Tang Huai, and Yuan Yan to form a team, rented Xia Qing's off-road vehicle, and made another trip to the Evolution Forest to fetch soil and sod.

Relatively speaking, the green-light chickens Xia Qing traded with Territory Seven can be considered a fairly successfully artificially bred poultry. Because it has already shed its dependence on native environment and food, its only flaw is being timid.

Of the 8 chickens that died tonight, 2 died from crashing into things, and 6 died from fright. What made Xia Qing even more heartbroken was that 5 of the 8 chickens were hens!

When Xia Qing sealed the dead chickens into packaging bags and carried them into the house, stuffing them into the Broken-Waist Wolf's double-door large refrigerator, her face was full of killing intent.

When she left home to patrol the territory, Xia Qing listened to the three investigation squad leaders report the damage statistics for their respective territories, as well as Yuehai Camp's report on the losses of Center Nine, and listened to her allies in the Lords' channel painfully recounting their respective losses—her killing intent grew heavier and heavier.

However, after finishing the patrol and entering the greenhouse to pull Qi-grass with Guan Tong, Xia Qing's expression had already returned to calm. After they finished pulling the Qi-grass, the Qi-rain began to drizzle down again.

Level, yellow, danger level not high. So Xia Qing and the eight members of Beard Feng's squad gathered in the conference room, watching the screen while eating—no one needed to stay on watch in the greenhouse.

The roasted lamb sent over from Territory Seven was put back on the rack and roasted for a while, and the four vegetable dishes stir-fried by Er Yong were reheated; the aroma of the food overpowered the stench in the conference room, and laughter and cheerful voices rose within the room.

Having survived the disaster of aggressive Qi-grass and the bird tide, those who could eat delicious food with all four limbs intact were the lucky ones. In the just-past two hours, Northern Zone One territory suffered 9 deaths, 26 injuries, and 68 damaged greenhouses.

Under the protection of Beard Feng's squad, Center Nine staff, and Territories Two and One, Territory Three was the least affected of the entire territory, followed by Territory Fourteen.

Territory Fourteen had 2 damaged greenhouses, a greenhouse damage rate of 100%; 1 injured person, an injury rate of 50%.

Liangzi, who was gnawing on meat, pointed at a screen in the upper left, "Camera 45 in the West District has detected a plant rapidly shooting up."

Before Xia Qing could speak, Jing Kuan stood up, "I'll go clear it."

It was now 10 PM; according to the division of labor, after eating, Er Yong and the other three would rest and get up at 2 AM to take over the shift.

Xia Qing, who was on the first half of the night shift with Jing Kuan and the other three, also stood up, but before she could pick up her protective mask, the phone in her pocket rang—Yang Jin first sent her a picture, then called.

"Xia Qing, I captured a speed-evolution wolf in the West District Evolution Forest. It's wearing a collar and carrying a scent agent, guiding the beast tide's direction of advance. This wolf has a neck injury; if it doesn't get emergency treatment immediately, it will definitely die. Should we save it?"

Xia Qing stared at the bloody, mangled neck of the brown-gray evolution wolf in the picture and asked, "How was it injured?"

Yang Jin replied, "When I caught it, someone detonated the collar on its neck. Chang Li has already given it first aid, but its neck muscles, blood vessels, and nerves are all damaged; we don't have the conditions here for further treatment."

Xia Qing decided to save this wolf, "Tell me the exact location, I'll fly the helicopter over immediately."

"No need, I'll have the helicopter deliver it." Yang Jin's calm voice carried thick killing intent, "I'll lead the team to stay in the West District Evolution Forest and root out the invaders hiding here."

"Good, stay safe." Xia Qing hung up the phone and immediately contacted her idol.

Zhang San, who was already lying on a soft large bed, was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "A tame wolf?"

"I can't tell just from the picture. After I ask you to treat it, I'd like you to check how it's being controlled as well." That way we can take preventive measures.

Zhang San was unhappy, so he raised the price, "The payment is three rare herbs!"

Xia Qing agreed immediately, "Alright, sorry to trouble you."

When this spell of Qi-rain paused, Xia Qing, standing inside Center Nine, heard the helicopter's roar approaching from afar, and looked up to see a red light flashing in the night sky.

Soon, Tan Junjie's announcement sounded in the Lords' channel: "All lords, the helicopter overhead has been granted entry clearance for Northern Zone One territory. Please do not panic, continue patrolling the territory, and report any dangerous situations you cannot handle in a timely manner."

"Received." Tang Huai's hoarse, weary voice rang out, "Captain Tan, is the helicopter coming to deliver the wounded?"

Tan Junjie's voice remained stern, "That falls under non-announcement content."

A helicopter coming at this hour was almost certainly delivering the wounded. Zhao Ze said worriedly, "The wounded being delivered to Territory Seven must be seriously injured—and a big shot at that."

Ordinary people, ordinary injuries—no one would dare disturb the big shots late at night.

Xia Qing watched the helicopter land in the Zone One area of Mountain Forty-Nine, that is, the Evolution Forest area north of Territories Five, Six, and Seven. Because this area is close to human territories, in order to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings, the Azure Dragon Squad does not conduct field training in this area.

It was also the first time the Azure Dragon Squad's helicopter had landed in this area. This location is the nearest landable area to the north gate of Territory Seven. From this, one can know how severe the evolution wolf's injuries on the helicopter are.

Seeing the helicopter fly overhead, Tang Huai called Xia Qing directly, "Sister Qing, what's the situation? Why is Yang Jin's helicopter coming? Who exactly is injured?"

The reason Tang Huai could identify this helicopter as Yang Jin's, rather than the one stationed at Mountain Forty-Nine, was that although the two helicopters were the same model, the landing gear of the Mountain Forty-Nine helicopter had two large claws tied to it.

These claws were from the giant eagle Xia Qing had shot dead on Mountain Fifty-Nine; the reason they were tied to the helicopter's struts was at the Head Wolf's request.

Just like Xia Qing's individual flight device, the Head Wolf felt that things flying in the sky weren't imposing enough without large claws, and couldn't intimidate other birds.

There was no need to hide this matter; Xia Qing told the truth, "When the Azure Dragon Squad intercepted the beast tide in the West District Evolution Forest, they captured an evolution wolf, seriously injured. Just keep it to yourself for now, don't spread it around."

Upon hearing it was an evolution wolf, Tang Huai's hoarse voice even turned shrill, "Sister Qing, can this evolution wolf be raised in my territory? You can name any conditions."

Xia Qing replied calmly, "This evolved wolf was captured by the Azure Dragon Squad; I have no authority to decide its ownership."