Chapter 1182: Teacher Xia's Students

Pure wild green-light hickory nuts are a premium food for brain-domain evolvers to nourish their brains, and can ease the pain caused by overusing them.

Although she knew Iron Rooster's stinginess was partly an act, Xia Qing could tell he really was unwell, so she didn't flatly reject the trade method he proposed. After some haggling, she exchanged 50 jin of hickory nuts and 40,000 points for a set of dark-web equipment and an account.

This trade couldn't be completed immediately, because although the green-light hickory nuts on tree number sixty had already entered the mature stage, harvesting had to wait until mid-November, after most of the leaves had naturally fallen.

Because once the leaves, fruit stems, and branches of the green-light hickory tree were damaged by external force and fell or broke off, the sap that seeped out would attract Burning Worms.

Last year, Xia Qing had been able to pick hickory nuts in late October because that particular tree, which hadn't yet finished shedding its leaves, had been broken during the great battle between the wolves, bears, and snakes and lost its vitality.

However, that tree's vitality was very tenacious. This spring, two new buds sprouted from its roots and had now grown to over three meters tall, still of green-light quality. In another two years, Xia Qing would be able to harvest even more green-light hickory nuts.

Unable to go pick hickory nuts, Xia Qing's main work this month remained farming, training, teaching the wolf pack knowledge, and taking care of Scarface the little wolf.

After seven days of using the special-effect medicine, Xia Qing took Scarface the little wolf to Territory Seven and asked her idol to re-stitch the wound.

With the idol at the top of the pyramid personally doing the stitching, of course no medical mishaps occurred, but the fee was also top-tier. Although she suspected the idol had charged her repeatedly and at double rate, Xia Qing didn't dare ask a thing and could only obediently pay the points.

Five days after the stitching, the little wolf's facial wound had completely healed and it could return to life in the Evolution Forest. It was also time for Old Wolf to fulfill its promise—to carry the equipment into Blind-Eye Tiger's territory to collect samples.

But before setting out, Xia Qing still had one very important matter to entrust to this old wolf.

On the evening of October 19, after the fourth lesson for the elementary-school evolved creatures had been played and explained, "Teacher" Xia Qing didn't press the replay button but directly turned off the teaching video.

The TV had no sound or picture. Sheep Boss, pedaling the power-generating bicycle, was still flying high; the lead wolf in the hammock didn't care; sitting in a row behind the "desks," Broken-Waist Wolf, Little Wolf Brother, Little Wolf Sister, Fourth, and Scarface the little wolf all turned their heads in unison to look at Xia Qing. Only Does Daigua, sitting beside Xia Qing, still stared blankly at the TV.

This was the moment she'd been waiting for!

"Click-click-click..."

Xia Qing, who had already struck a pose, held up her phone and instantly snapped several teacher-student group photos.

Her student had originally been only Broken-Waist, a single wolf. But Fourth, who lived in Territory Three, discovered that Broken-Waist Wolf was following Xia Qing to learn knowledge, and stubbornly carried Scarface the little wolf, who refused to go indoors, to Xia Qing and demanded to study together.

Broken-Waist had started attending class because it had gone astray and needed to be set straight. Fourth and Scarface the little wolf were bona fide evolved wolves.

Xia Qing didn't dare act on her own and called to ask for instructions. Zhang San was silent for a full minute, hung up without a word, and when Xia Qing took the little wolf in for surgery, he didn't mention the matter either—just looked at Xia Qing with a very unkind gaze. This was the main reason Xia Qing suspected the idol of overcharging.

Then later, Broken-Waist Wolf saw Scarface the little wolf begin to study and brought its two cubs to join the study group. Does Daigua was carried over by Xia Qing herself; since she was already teaching five wolves, one more monkey didn't matter.

As humans' close primate relatives, if the evolved wolves were this eager to improve, Does Daigua had to be eager to improve too!

"That's all for today's lesson. Let's watch a new video." After Xia Qing finished speaking, she used the remote to open the video she'd prepared. It was footage from this spring of the Hui Six evolved macaque group invading the Western Wolf Pack's territory and fighting the Western Wolf Pack and the Northern Wolf Pack that had rushed to support them.

Little Wolf Brother, Little Wolf Sister, and Scarface the little wolf immediately widened their eyes, clearly finding this video more interesting than the lesson video. Broken-Waist Wolf's expression turned serious, and the lead wolf lying in the hammock raised its head.

"Woo—"

"Aow—"

Fourth let out a low growl, and Scarface the little wolf immediately joined in. Little Wolf Brother and Little Wolf Sister joined in the fun too.

Startled, Does Daigua and Little Feimao immediately ran onto Xia Qing, while only Sheep Boss kept playing happily.

Outside, Handsome Giant Wolf, lying under the eaves, opened its eyes, and Broken-Leg Wolf, playing with a bird feather, stopped its big paw. But two seconds later, the two of them returned to normal.

Fourth's strong reaction confirmed Xia Qing's guess. When the leader of the invading monkey group appeared in the video—a tall, fierce macaque with an obvious vertical scar on its left brow bone that cut its eyebrow in two—Xia Qing pressed pause. "Has Fourth seen this evolved macaque with the broken brow on its face?"

"Woo—"

Fourth bared its fangs and growled softly. Scarface the little wolf growled along. Little Wolf Sister half-heartedly opened her mouth to join in. Little Wolf Brother shut its mouth, because it hadn't seen it.

Xia Qing asked again, "Did this broken-brow monkey lead its troop to invade Fourth's territory?"

Fourth didn't retract its fangs.

So it had invaded. Xia Qing asked again, "Did Fourth kill this broken-brow monkey?"

Fourth retracted its fangs.

It hadn't? What a pity. Xia Qing earnestly instructed, "The broken-brow monkey is a brain-domain evolved macaque. Its fur, blood, and mouth all carry viruses and pathogens. If Fourth fights it again, what should it use?"

Fourth didn't react. Broken-Waist Wolf and Little Wolf Brother simultaneously raised one front paw. They had just learned this knowledge point, and these two exam-loving evolved wolves both remembered it.

Xia Qing warmly praised the two smart wolves: "Broken-Waist and Little Wolf Brother answered very correctly. When dealing with animals or plants that carry viruses and pathogens, try not to bite them with your mouth. You should use your sharp claws or tools like stones and branches."

Receiving praise, Broken-Waist Wolf and Little Wolf Brother simultaneously grinned, revealing little white tips of their fangs. Xia Qing found them so cute her heart trembled. She snapped two photos with a click-click before continuing to ask, "If you bite an animal or plant carrying viruses and pathogens with your teeth, what should you do?"

Little Wolf Brother didn't know how to express it. Broken-Waist Wolf waved its right paw and traced the character for "water" in the air.

"Broken-Waist, you truly are an evolved wolf standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid—your answer is absolutely correct!" Xia Qing immediately took out a green-light freeze-dried treat as a reward for Broken-Waist Wolf, then returned to the teaching video just now, stuck the color-printed picture of the broken-brow monkey onto the TV, and placed it alongside pictures of animals carrying viruses or pathogenic fungi.

If she told anyone, no human would believe her: the printer Xia Qing had traded with Yang Jin was now mainly used for printing teaching pictures.

"If you bite the broken-brow monkey and its troop, hair-shedding rats, smelly wild boars, or other animals, you must immediately put your mouth in water and swish it around like rinsing your paw—at least three times. If you feel unwell, get diarrhea, or run a fever, come find me as soon as possible. Class, remember that?"

Fourth and Scarface the little wolf were very serious. Broken-Waist Wolf and Little Wolf Brother simultaneously revealed the little white tips of their fangs. Little Wolf Sister yawned. Does Daigua's gaze was fixed not on the TV, but on Xia Qing's pocket where the jerky was kept.