Chapter 1197: The Wolf Pack's Number Four Combatant Who Didn't Get Any Prey

By the time Beard Feng's squad reached the bamboo-rat shed beneath the third peak of Mountain Forty-Nine, they saw six evolved wolves on guard outside the shed—two large and four small—with a fierce black wolf in a protective suit at the head.

Er Yong, who had the best rapport with wolves in Beard Feng's squad, took the initiative to greet this black wolf. "Brother Black Wolf, my brothers and I were all called over by Sister Qing."

The black wolf stared at Beard Feng with killing intent, showing no intention of letting them pass.

Just as Beard Feng was about to steel himself and lead the squad straight through, a giant wolf wearing a silver-gray camouflage protective suit walked out of the shed, a large bamboo rat weighing over ten jin still struggling in its mouth.

This was one of the wolf pack's main combatants—Handsome Giant Wolf. Just like when it had gone to Territory Three before, this super-powerful fellow only glanced at Beard Feng's squad once before walking away.

The only time this wolf had ever locked its gaze on Beard Feng was just now, when Beard Feng had carried Little Old Five and followed the captain up the peak to negotiate.

At that moment, every wolf in the northern wolf pack had locked its gaze on him and roared furiously. In that instant, even Beard Feng—who often met with the wolf pack in Territory Three and had carried out over a hundred missions in the Evolution Forest before—felt his heart stop and his blood freeze.

Only at that moment did he deeply realize just how much disaster Little Old Five had caused because of his inadequate care.

After Handsome Giant Wolf carried the large bamboo rat into the bamboo grove, Beard Feng's squad breathed a sigh of relief and entered the shed. Inside, besides Yang Jin and Xia Qing, they saw eight more wolves. The freakishly clever Broken-Waist Wolf was skillfully opening the bamboo-rat cages, distributing food to the pack members.

If they hadn't seen the world inside Territory Three before, it would have been hard to stay calm at this sight.

Yang Jin, who had been talking with Xia Qing, turned his head and arranged the work. "Your squad of ten will, in addition to being responsible for the monitoring and protection of Zones Six and Four of Mountain Forty-Nine and the protection of Territory Three, take on one more task: raising bamboo rats. Jing Kuan will serve as the lead squad captain, and Beard Feng will serve as deputy captain during his meritorious-service probation period. If you encounter an emergency with insufficient manpower, you may directly call upon Yin Jie's squad."

When Xia Qing leaves the territory, two to three people are needed to go over and stand guard; two to three people are needed for the monitoring and protection of Zones Four and Six; and two to three people are needed for raising the bamboo rats. Under normal circumstances, this ten-person squad can handle these three tasks.

"Yes!" Hearing that the captain wouldn't be transferred away, the eight men answered loudly.

Yang Jin's expression was stern. "Your squad is carrying out an S-rank mission within the team. If you do it well, points and contribution value will be issued at 130%. If serious or major mistakes occur again during mission execution, regardless of the cause, all members will be demoted three ranks, and the primary mission person will be dismissed directly!"

"Yes!" The eight men's voices grew even louder.

The sound startled the weasel family into huddling together; the evolved wolves snarled; Broken-Waist Wolf looked thoughtful.

Yang Jin nodded with satisfaction. "Very good. Remember the spirit and resolve you have now. Begin the handover. Beard Feng, you alone will use the cameras removed from the third peak to replace the damaged cameras in other zones."

"Yes." Beard Feng accepted the order.

The captain and deputy captain contacted the bamboo-rat team to carry out the work handover, while the other squad members each found something to do.

"Sister Qing." Er Yong cheerfully greeted Xia Qing, then looked at Broken-Waist Wolf. "From now on, my brothers and I will look after this place. Brother Duan, if you want to eat bamboo rats, come by anytime."

Broken-Waist Wolf, in high spirits from its great victory, flashed its little fang tips at Er Yong, then continued distributing the spoils.

Seeing this wolf show a smile very similar to Xia Qing's, Yang Jin also smiled. This kid Er Yong is sharp enough; the wolf pack's acceptance of him is quite high—he can be put on the key training list.

After taking the main fighters on a patrol of Mountain Forty-Nine and confirming there were no potential dangers, the lead wolf entered the shed, picked out a bamboo rat to its liking, and carried it into the bamboo grove to eat.

Little Wolf Brother and Little Wolf Sister carried the bamboo rats their father had chosen for them and returned to Mountain Fifty-Five with the team. Wolf Lao Er, who had been allotted two bamboo rats, was very happy and carried them back to Territory Three.

Then Broken-Waist Wolf pried open another cage of small bamboo rats, took out five small bamboo rats from inside, bit them dead on the spot, and distributed them to the Plucked-Hair family.

The injured Plucked-Hair cub received two small bamboo rats.

The Plucked-Hair weasel, trembling, dodged Yang Jin, gave the bamboo rat it had received to Xia Qing, and Xia Qing immediately pulled an egg from her backpack and traded it to this little fellow.

Little Bai Mao and Little Little Bai Mao also put their bamboo rats down from afar and traded them with Xia Qing for the eggs they loved to eat.

The Plucked-Hair cub, which had already eaten eggs today, didn't trade with Xia Qing. It struggled to drag its two bamboo rats away from this place full of unfamiliar human scent and food, and burrowed into the dense bamboo grove.

After distributing food to its companions, Broken-Waist Wolf picked out a large bamboo rat, carried it in its mouth, and went into the bamboo grove to find the lead wolf.

Xia Qing stuffed three green-light bamboo rats, not even the size of a palm, into a small sealed packaging bag, then looked at Yang Jin. "Captain Yang, Captain Hu, I'm heading back to the territory."

Yang Jin was surprised. "Sister Qing, aren't you going to pick two bamboo rats?"

Xia Qing shook her head.

Wolf Lao Er protected the Plucked-Hair cub, so it could receive two bamboo rats. She had failed to protect the Plucked-Hair cub well, causing it to be injured, so she couldn't receive any bamboo rats—this was the wolf pack's rule for distributing food.

Yang Jin thought for a moment and understood, then called out loudly, "Sister Qing, go ahead with your work first. I'll come over tonight to cook."

Xia Qing paused, nodded, and continued walking.

After Xia Qing left, Guan Tong glanced at the evolved wolves outside and the deep bamboo grove beyond the wire-mesh wall. Although he couldn't see anything, based on years of combat experience in the Evolution Forest and his understanding of the northern wolf pack, he confirmed there were still wolves inside the bamboo grove—and very strong ones—because the grove gave him a strong sense of pressure.

Guan Tong lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, are the Queen and Brother Duan both inside the bamboo grove? Are they personally in charge of guarding?"

"That was the arrangement during the early phase of cooperation. Once things are confirmed to be fine, the wolf pack will rotate." The orders that needed to be given had been given. Yang Jin didn't waste any more words, picked out the two fattest bamboo rats, and called Er Yong over. "Does your dad have any secret recipe for cooking bamboo rats?"

Er Yong……

Inside Territory Seven, after Zhang San finished watching the forty-minute-long video of the negotiation between the wolf pack and Yang Jin, he looked up at the new human across from him. "What does Broken-Waist mean? It's telling me to treat the bamboo rats' illnesses?"

That was possible, but Xia Qing didn't dare nod. "I haven't had time to communicate this matter with it yet, but I think it might want to do it itself, because it's always been very interested in medical knowledge."

How would it do it itself? On what grounds?

On the basis of that hodgepodge of knowledge it learned from you? Or the laboratory in Territory Three that only has one CT machine and one microscope?!

Zhang San, who hated troublesome and uncontrollable matters most of all, felt his forehead begin to throb. He shouldn't have saved that broken-waisted wolf last year just for a few herbs!

Ever since this bizarre human in front of him got mixed up with that abnormal wolf, things had become completely uncontrollable!

Seeing her idol's expression turn sour, Xia Qing immediately put away her notebook and prepared to run. "Third Brother, can I go find Brother Song to get some books and videos on the daily care and health monitoring of bamboo rats? Broken-Waist might come asking me for these very soon."

Zhang San……

"You stop right there!"

"Yes." Xia Qing immediately stopped and sat down.

Zhang San glanced at the dirty, tattered notebook in Xia Qing's hands. Xia Qing immediately opened the notebook again, placed it in front of her idol, and replayed the video of the negotiation between the Blue Dragon Squad and the northern wolf pack.