Chapter 113: Extra-Sensory Perception Evolution

This number, Xia Qing had long since firmly committed to memory.

This number was the reason Xia Qing had put both SIM cards into her old phone and brought it back to the safe zone.

She took a deep breath and tapped it open, solemnly reading:

No need. Xu Pin's hidden evolution ability is very likely Extra-Sensory Perception Evolution, capable of sensing goodwill or malice from people or large animals within at least a hundred meters.

Xia Qing immediately replied with the three words "Thank you," then deleted the message completely.

The word "No need" was naturally a reply to her inquiry about whether she should send some grain and vegetables. What followed about Xu Pin was the real key.

This was the first time Xia Qing had heard of Extra-Sensory Perception Evolution, but from the content of the text she could tell this ability was formidable.

The sender knew she had a grudge against the Sufeng Squad, and might even know she had a grudge against Tang Zhengsu. The fact that her father had been thrown out by Tang Zhengsu to fend off an evolved animal was known by few people, or rather, few people cared about it.

Although this person couldn't be entirely certain, they still told her about Xu Pin's hidden evolution ability, not wanting her to recklessly approach Tang Zhengsu and be detected by Xu Pin.

After her father's death, the only time Xia Qing had been in close contact with Tang Zhengsu in the safe zone was when she went to the mission hall to collect the survivor benefits for the family of the fallen. At that time Xu Pin hadn't yet come to Hui-3 Base or joined the Sufeng Squad.

Later she had been steadily building up her strength and never appeared before Tang Zhengsu again. Otherwise, the emotion of wanting to tear Tang Zhengsu into eight pieces would certainly have been detected by Xu Pin.

No wonder Xu Pin, with only Level-6 Endurance Evolution, was valued by Tang Zhengsu and kept at his side—Xu Pin turned out to be a human-shaped danger early-warning system.

If Xu Pin's hidden strength were made public, the early-warning effect would be greatly diminished, so the people who knew about this were certainly very few. Xia Qing walked back while deducing the identity and purpose of her informant based on the content of the two texts.

The phone number this person used to text her had never appeared in the mission records at the mission hall. He knew the Sufeng Squad's core secrets, understood her very well, and from the looks of it bore no malice toward her and no goodwill toward the Sufeng Squad…

Most likely, he had some connection with her family before the catastrophe, or was a friend her father had made while running missions at Hui-3 Base. Who could it be?

Inside the armored vehicle, Xie Yu saw Xia Qing's solemn expression and pulled his cap down low. "Back to the squad."

The driver was puzzled. "There's no one here now, so why isn't Brother Xie going over?"

"She's thinking about something, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to go over and disturb her." Xie Yu had come to thank her, not to cause trouble. Moreover, Yang Jin had sent back extremely important news, and he had to confirm its authenticity as soon as possible.

When the car drove past her, Xia Qing only glanced at it calmly before continuing to walk forward.

"She's here."

"Still alone, didn't bring any guards. She's got some nerve."

"Get the canvas bag ready."

"She's a Lord now, we can't kill her. Rob her and run."

Hearing the voices from the dark passage ahead, Xia Qing slightly rotated her wrists and ankles. Come on, sis has been wanting to collect a debt from you lot for ages, to scrape together points and buy seeds.

Xia Qing reached the mouth of the passage. A black cloth came whistling down over her head, but she reached up, grabbed the canvas, and flung it aside with a sharp kick.

"Bam!"

"Ouch…"

"Hiss…"

After taking down two people, Xia Qing charged straight into the dark alley and laid out Zhao Jie and his ten men in just a few moves. Zhao Jie and the helpers he'd called were all dumbfounded—had Xia Qing spent the past half year farming or doing special training? How had she gotten so strong?

Xia Qing's foot pressed on Zhao Jie's neck as she asked coldly, "Want to die or want to live?"

Zhao Jie's face flushed red but he still talked tough. "Stop trying to scare me. Try it and see what happens!"

"I really don't dare to lay a hand on you." Xia Qing raised her foot and broke Zhao Jie's right arm. Just as Zhao Jie was about to scream in pain, she stepped on his mouth, then flung a dagger to take down one of the scumbags trying to flee. Her voice was ice-cold. "Mama's patience is limited. I'll ask one last time—do you want to die or want to live?"

Zhao Jie's underling Li Dong crawled forward on his knees begging for mercy. "Sis, spare us this once. We had no eyes for what we were dealing with…"

Xia Qing named her price. "Two hundred points each."

Li Dong's voice shot up at once. "Two hundred? Sis, even if you kill us, we don't have…"

A cold, dark blade pressed against Li Dong's neck, and he immediately changed his tune. "I do, I do have it…"

Xia Qing took out the card reader she had prepared long ago and had Zhao Jie's underlings swipe their cards one by one. After swiping, she let them go. The second to last was Old Niu, whom Xia Qing had kicked hard against the wall.

As Old Niu, limping and aching, took out his card, Xia Qing said coldly, "Three hundred for you."

Old Niu flared up at once. "Why?!"

"Because you're so ugly you make people sick."

Old Niu gritted his teeth. "I'm not!"

Xia Qing took his card, found only 230 points on it, swiped it all, kicked him flying, then stepped on Zhao Jie, who was trying to sneak away. "Two thousand for you."

With his arm broken, Zhao Jie forced himself to maintain the air of the local gang boss and tried to intimidate Xia Qing. "Leave some room in how you do things, and we'll meet again in the future. I advise you not to push things to the absolute limit."

Xia Qing hadn't taken action against them before because Zhao Jie had curried favor with the patrol officer in this area. Now that Xia Qing had already left the safe zone, why the hell should she care? The moment her foot pressed down on Zhao Jie's left arm and applied force, Zhao Jie immediately changed his tune: "I'll pay, I'll pay."

With these 3,830 points, she could buy even more things tomorrow. Xia Qing returned to the hotel in a good mood, finalized the fertilizer trade volume for the coming months with Sun Zhe, and went back to her own room.

She held her phone and hesitated for a long time, but ultimately still did not dial that familiar yet unfamiliar number.

Because this was a hotel inside the safe zone, she was very likely under someone's surveillance. It was better not to cause trouble for the other party.

Xia Qing sighed, put down her phone, and was just about to go wash up when she heard the phone buzz.

She immediately grabbed her phone, saw it was a call from Hu Zifeng, and picked up at once.

Hu Zifeng anxiously briefed Xia Qing on the situation. "Boss Yang insists on leaving the territory to find you. We feed it anything and it won't eat, and it's throwing a tantrum. We're about to lose control of it. Please talk some sense into it, quick."

Boss Yang had Strength Evolution and an extremely stubborn temper. If it started acting up, Hu Zifeng's squad was afraid that forcibly restraining it would hurt it, which was why they had called Xia Qing.

"Brother Feng, turn on the speaker so Boss Yang can hear my voice." Hearing Boss Yang's heavy panting, Xia Qing called out tenderly and gently, aching with heartache. "Boss, I'm here. Can you hear me?"

"Baa—"

Boss Yang heard Xia Qing's voice and began looking around for her. Hu Zifeng held the phone up in front of Boss Yang. "Boss, here, Xia…"

Before Hu Zifeng could finish, there was a burst of chaos on the other end. Needless to say, Boss Yang had charged forward, and Hu Zifeng had dodged with the phone in hand.