Chapter 1100: Tiger's Roar

The idol's heart isn't all that black yet.

What Xia Qing exchanged for sixty thousand points wasn't one dose of medicine, but two. One for intramuscular injection, one oral.

After completing the intramuscular injection, Xia Qing poured every last drop of the oral special medicine down Old Wolf's throat. Then she filled the soft tube that had held the medicine with water, shook it hard, and poured that down Old Wolf's throat too.

Damn it, this is a thirty-thousand-point dose of medicine—she'd never even used anything this expensive herself. Not a single drop could be wasted, not even a smear of residue on the tube wall was acceptable; every bit had to go down!

After administering the medicine, Xia Qing fed the chickens and the little yellow cow at home, handed the territory over to Dajiang and Xiaojiang, and asked them to feed the fish and the bugs. Only then did she bid farewell to Sheep Boss and head off with Wolf Lao Er and Lao Si to Mountain No. 49 to rendezvous with Beard Feng, Er Yong, and Huo Zhun.

If it weren't for soothing Lao Si's emotions, Xia Qing couldn't bear to make Wolf Lao Er work this hard either.

Old Wolf had stayed at Territory No. 3 for over a month and had memorized Beard Feng and Er Yong's scent and appearance, holding no hostility toward them. But when it spotted unfamiliar humans on the helicopter, it refused to move forward.

"Brother Huo, you sit up front." Xia Qing had no patience to coax Lao Si, who owed her sixty thousand points. She walked straight onto the helicopter and, without looking back, ordered Wolf Lao Er, "Wolf Lao Er, bring Lao Si up."

Although Wolf Lao Er had never ridden in a helicopter, it had often seen the lead wolf standing on one of these things howling, and had seen Xia Qing ride in them many times. So in Wolf Lao Er's eyes, this loud, flying thing was no different from the micro-tiller in Territory No. 3. It quickly brought the reluctant Lao Si onto the helicopter and lay down in the cabin as far from Huo Zhun as possible.

Xia Qing walked over and sat beside Wolf Lao Er. "Er Yong, circle around to the north, then head to the valley on Mountain No. 37 where we captured the wanderers. Captain Hu, Brother Huo, the defense mission is yours."

"Copy that." Huo Zhun grinned and turned his head. "Sister Qing, is this wolf a new member of our squad?"

Seeing Huo Zhun flash teeth brighter than the eastern sky, Wolf Lao Er growled and Old Wolf bared its fangs, ready to attack. Xia Qing raised a hand to hold both wolves back and reminded Huo Zhun, "Brother Huo, don't stare at the wolves and show your teeth, or they'll think you're challenging them."

Huo Zhun immediately shut his mouth and nodded solemnly. "Understood."

As the helicopter roared into the air, Wolf Lao Er and Lao Si felt an unfamiliar swaying sensation. Unlike the off-road vehicle and the micro-tiller, the helicopter rocked up and down and side to side. Now not only Lao Si, but even Wolf Lao Er grew nervous. It trembled all over, dug its claws into the hard protective floor beneath it, and anxiously pressed closer to Xia Qing.

Xia Qing simply pulled Wolf Lao Er onto her lap, then wrapped an arm around Lao Si, who was about to smash through the cabin window to escape, and comforted them in a gentle voice, "Wolf Lao Er, Lao Si, don't be afraid. This is a helicopter. I'm here, it's safe. It's even faster than our micro-tiller. Look down below…"

Xia Qing looked down and soon spotted a brown-gray evolved wolf on the peak of the mountain above Python Pool, gazing up at the helicopter with a thoughtful expression. "Wolf Lao Er, look down from here. That's Mountain No. 55. Broken-Waist is standing on the peak watching us, isn't he?"

Beard Feng and Er Yong pretended they hadn't heard anything and didn't turn around, to avoid agitating the two nervous evolved wolves on their first helicopter ride.

Huo Zhun pricked up his ears and listened intently, trying to learn how to communicate with these two teammates. Actually, he wanted even more to take out his phone and snap a group photo with the three teammates behind him…

Wolf Lao Er, held by Xia Qing, soon stopped trembling. Lao Si also looked out through the window, its muscles taut, expression serious.

On the snow-covered peak of the highest mountain of Mountain No. 44, two silver-gray giant wolves dragged a large prey animal under the rocks and watched the sky warily.

After seeing the giant eagle's talons beneath the helicopter's belly, the slightly smaller silver-gray giant wolf lowered its head and continued eating. The slightly larger giant wolf walked out and howled at the helicopter.

The helicopter continued on its way, but Lao Si kept staring at the wolf king howling on the snowy mountain.

Xia Qing, who was scratching Wolf Lao Er's chin, spoke again. "Wolf Lao Er, look, Big Brother Giant Wolf caught a white prey animal. Lao Si, you recognize the Western Wolf King, don't you?"

Lao Si didn't move until the Western Wolf King was out of sight, then turned its head with a solemn expression to stare down at the evolved forest below.

Xia Qing had a sudden idea and tried to communicate with Lao Si. "Lao Si, do you know where that injured evolved tiger's territory is? Should we just fly straight there?"

Going straight into a tiger's territory? That really is…

Too thrilling! All three people on the helicopter pricked up their ears and listened.

Lao Si stared solemnly down at the evolved forest below, and even when they reached the airspace above the valley on Mountain No. 37, it gave no indication.

Er Yong, piloting the helicopter, asked, "Sister Qing, shall we land?"

"Land." Xia Qing looked through the window at the valley below alongside the two wolves.

In just a few days, the various plants and the Calamity Grass that had shot up during the Calamity Rain had already covered more than half the traces of the great battle between humans, wolves, and tiger here. The wall of the trap the wanderer had dug in the valley had partially collapsed and merged with the small stream in the valley, forming a pond. Two waterbirds were bathing in the pond, and a group of porcupines was drinking at its edge.

The animals saw the helicopter but didn't flee.

After the Calamity Rain, humans fly helicopters over the Hui San Evolved Forest and spray Calamity Grass herbicide, making it hard for the Calamity Grass that sprouted during this Calamity Rain to produce seeds. Even if it does produce seeds, the seeds will be defective, lowering the germination rate.

This is the main way humans control the rapid spread of Calamity Grass in the evolved forest and its encroachment on the living space of normal flora and fauna.

So the animals in the evolved forest had grown accustomed to the roar of helicopters. But when the helicopter descended to a hundred and fifty meters and the air currents stirred the plants in the valley, the waterbirds and porcupines immediately sensed the threat and ran into the dense evolved forest to hide. Two evolved wolves that had followed the helicopter lay low in the dense forest not far away, watching the helicopter fiercely.

Just then, Old Wolf raised a paw and pointed to the west side of the valley.

At this altitude, it finally recognized the terrain. From this gesture, Xia Qing confirmed that this old wolf's IQ was no lower than Broken-Waist's. "Er Yong, no need to land. Head west. Drop another fifty meters in altitude and reduce speed to fifty."

Flying slower and lower would let Old Wolf better identify the direction and save time.

"Copy that." Er Yong turned west and flew.

"Southwest."

"West."

Xia Qing kept issuing instructions. Once Old Wolf lowered its paw, Xia Qing ordered Er Yong to land. "The three of us are going down. If any beasts approach, don't engage them. Just take off and wait in the air."

Huo Zhun immediately replied, "Copy that. Sister Qing, stay safe."

Xia Qing put on her protective mask, shouldered her pack and weapons, and led Wolf Lao Er and Lao Si off the helicopter. The slightly wobbly-legged Lao Si, once all four paws touched the firm, stable ground, sprang straight into the dense forest. Xia Qing hurriedly followed with Wolf Lao Er, only to discover that this old wolf was having diarrhea…

Hmm…

The idol's special medicine really works fast…

After Lao Si finished, Xia Qing went over and rubbed its ears. After confirming it didn't have a fever, she let it lead the way toward Blind Tiger's territory.

Two elderly wolves and one slow-moving human trekked through the dense and dangerous evolved forest for half an hour. The old wolf leading the way stopped and raised its head.

Before Xia Qing could ask, a thunderous roar sounded.

This roar made the mountains and forests tremble. Every muscle in Xia Qing's body tensed before her conscious mind could react. It felt as though an invisible hand had seized her internal organs, and her breath suddenly stopped.

In the eleventh year of the Calamity, September, the advanced evolved human Xia Qing experienced, for the first time at close range and with full clarity, the power of a tiger's roar.