Chapter 1169: A Windfall Beyond Belief

When the morning glow reddened half the sky, the helicopter of the Azure Dragon Squad, bound with two giant eagle claws, landed steadily on the helipad of Mountain 49.

After Er Yong jumped off the helicopter and left, Wolf Lao Er and Big Guy also jumped off, taking Little Wolf Girl and Little Four-Eyes with them, leaving Mountain 49 and returning to the core wolf territory.

Handsome Giant Wolf? After completing the mission, it went straight to the western wolf territory and did not return with the team.

Broken-Waist Wolf? Inside the helicopter cabin, it demanded the supplies be divided immediately.

Although Yang Jin stayed on Mountain 19 to continue the mission, the supplies harvested last night were all in the helicopter. After getting Yang Jin's consent, Xia Qing had Beard Feng stay behind to represent the Azure Dragon Squad in the supply distribution.

The Azure Dragon Squad had already captured over a dozen wanderers, and the value of their potions and medicinal materials was extraordinary.

After identifying the types of potions seized last night, Beard Feng began quoting prices based on the price list sent over by the squad leader. "These 30 small bamboo tubes contain powder that conceals human scent, worth 60,000 points; these 20 tubes are beast-luring powder, worth 80,000 points; this is anesthetic, worth 30,000 points…"

"…The total value of potions and medicinal materials is points. 12 point cards, total value points; guns, ammo, bows and crossbows… value points." After calculating the value of these supplies, the big prize of this mission came last—Yi Stones.

"55 high-grade Yi Stones the size of walnuts, 68 high-grade Yi Stones the size of pigeon eggs, 32 mid-grade Yi Stones the size of walnuts, 69 mid-grade Yi Stones the size of pigeon eggs, and 4 high-grade Use Yishi granules broken down from peeled surfaces." After Beard Feng finished the count, the eyes of the two people present lit up, while one wolf looked thoughtful.

Beard Feng steadied his heartbeat and asked as calmly as possible, "Sister Qing, how do you think we should divide them?"

As the organizer and captain of this mission, Xia Qing had the authority to distribute the supplies. She pointed at the potions and asked, "Broken-Waist, do you want the ones the wanderers made?"

Broken-Waist Wolf kept its mouth tightly shut.

"Alright, Broken-Waist doesn't want the potions, and neither do I. Captain Hu, these go to you all?"

The Azure Dragon Squad had wide connections and could trade these potions out directly, or refine them for further use or sale. Beard Feng nodded, "Works for us."

Xia Qing began distributing the next category of supplies. "Evolved Bai Mao grass roots are premium food…"

Before Xia Qing could finish speaking, Broken-Waist Wolf's big paw shot out and pressed down on the Bai Mao grass roots—I want them!

Beard Feng was stunned for a moment, then also nodded, "We want some too."

"…Alright, the evolved Bai Mao grass will be divided by ratio." Xia Qing quickly counted them once and split the Bai Mao grass into three portions. "86 roots in total, 13 for Broken-Waist, 17 for Captain Hu, 56 for me."

After distributing the wanderers' medicinal materials and point cards by the same standard, it was time for the Yi Stones. The two people were extremely excited, one wolf was perfectly calm.

After Broken-Waist Wolf took its share of Yi Stones, medicinal materials, Bai Mao grass roots, and point cards, jumped off the helicopter and left, Beard Feng practically had to summon the strength of the primordial ages to keep his mouth shut. Without a sound, he took the Azure Dragon Squad's share of supplies and left to report the gains of this distribution to the squad leader.

When they were on Mountain 19, Xia Qing and Yang Jin had already confirmed the types and quantities of supplies in person, so at Xia Qing's request, this distribution was not recorded on video, and Beard Feng had to report by phone.

After finishing the report, Beard Feng held his breath waiting for the squad leader to ask questions, then he could pour out everything in his belly and let the squad leader be shocked together with him.

But unexpectedly, after listening, Yang Jin hung up the phone very calmly. Beard Feng, for the first time, deeply experienced what Tang Huai felt. After turning in the supplies, he showered to wash off the wolf smell, then immediately returned to the monitoring room on Mountain 49 to pet cats, relieving the shock and pent-up frustration that had nowhere to go.

When Broken-Waist Wolf fed the deactivated Bai Mao grass roots to the wild boars in Wolf Valley, and trotted back to Mountain 55 with the still-active Bai Mao grass roots in its mouth, Xia Qing, amid the great chorus of migratory birds filling the sky, handed four dried Bai Mao grass stalks to her companion. "Boss, you worked hard guarding the territory last night. This is the premium food I brought back for you—try it quick! Such premium food can only be eaten by the evolved sheep standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid!"

Seeing its favorite food, Boss Sheep's squinted eyes immediately widened, and it began eating.

Xia Qing took her companion and planted the 25 fresh evolved Bai Mao grass roots they had received in the terraced field of Greenhouse No. 2.

The 18 Bai Mao grass shoots already growing in this terraced field were cultivated by Xia Qing from the Bai Mao grass roots seized last time.

Bai Mao grass has a massive root system, consumes water and fertilizer heavily, grows rapidly, and can reproduce quickly through its roots. By next spring, Xia Qing will be able to dig up some of the grass roots and plant them by the reservoir in the territory and by the pond in Wolf Valley.

This is Green Light grass—the ones in the territory are for her, Boss Sheep, and Little Huang Niu to eat; the ones by the pond are for the wild boars to root around and eat.

After planting the grass, Xia Qing had Boss Sheep carry the pack, and the person and sheep went home happily. After feeding Little Huang Niu two more Bai Mao grass roots, Xia Qing went inside to sort and store the supplies seized this time.

The medicinal materials she received would be delivered to her idol later, for the idol to use in making medicine.

The point cards she received were slotted into the card slot. The 152 Yi Stones and 2 high-grade Use Yishi fragments were sorted into the Use Yishi boxes—and then Xia Qing realized she needed to add another Use Yishi box!

This trip was truly a windfall, a huge, huge windfall!

Xia Qing hid in her little room, savored counting the Yi Stones once, then counted the point cards once more, before contentedly hiding the supplies away. Only then did Xia Qing open the Lord Channel, start making breakfast, feed the cow, chickens, and insects, and deal with the migratory bird season.

Although Tan Junjie was still continuously reporting information about flocks of migratory birds passing through, the atmosphere in the Lord Channel had been much more relaxed for the past two days, because this morning's dawn that reddened half the sky made everyone feel it was going to rain.

Although the rain might bring strong winds that affect crop growth, once the rain starts, it means the migratory bird season is ending. Compared to the migratory bird season, the lords had far more experience dealing with wind and rain.

The allies who were digging brick kilns and molding adobe bricks were chatting in the group about how to protect the adobe and earth pits. Tang Huai chimed in from time to time, talking about how smart his little sheep was. Zhao Ze held back again and again, and finally couldn't help asking, "Sister Qing, are you back?"

Top sniper Xia Qing had been taking the Azure Dragon Squad's helicopter out of the territory every night these past few days to carry out missions. The allies all pricked up their ears, and the group immediately went quiet.

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button. "I'm back, checking the drainage ditch."

Rain was coming, and the drainage ditches along the fields had to be cleared properly. Otherwise, if extreme weather struck and the crops in the greenhouses were damaged by acid rain or scouring rain, half a year of work would be wasted.

Wen Nengjie immediately followed up, "Sister Qing must be exhausted after working all night. How could such a small thing as fixing drainage ditches require your personal attention? Let me bring people over and sort it out for you?"

As everyone expected, Xia Qing refused again. "No need, the drainage ditches are intact, just a simple clearing will do."

Wen Nengjie kept trying to make his presence felt. "Sister Qing is really impressive—the drainage ditches you fixed before the scouring rain are still perfectly intact. The ditches in my fields need to be cleared all over again."

Xia Qing didn't respond, only feeling in her heart that Yang Jin was absolutely right: when you are weak, everyone around you wants to step on you and take a bite; when you are strong and stand high, all you hear is praise.

So after becoming stronger, one must calmly distinguish truth from falsehood, and must have a few friends around who can speak the truth. Otherwise, over time, a person will lose themselves in the ever-present praise and think they are an all-powerful god.