Chapter 1249: Werewolf Mission Squad

Sitting on the bed with an afro, Zhang San listened to Xia Qing's words, and his highly evolved brain quickly extrapolated the various possible consequences that might arise from the human Xia Qing intervening in the survival of the fittest among the evolved beasts of the Evolution Forest.

But he didn't mention a single word of it.

When he decided to let Zhang Song team up with Xia Qing to explore new models of coexistence between humans and other evolved animals, he had already prepared himself for a series of adverse consequences this research might trigger.

Even with mental preparation, Zhang San still couldn't fully figure out the brain circuitry of this new species, Xia Qing. "You're going to the territory of the southern wolf pack and the western tiger pack—why bring along a wolf from the northern wolf pack?"

Xia Qing had long known her idol would ask this question, and immediately answered, "I want the northern wolf pack to understand the severity of this natural disaster, and raise their self-protection awareness. Also, I communicate most smoothly with Broken-Waist, so I need it to translate for me."

A bizarre human accepted an invitation from a bizarre evolved wolf that takes photos of a pooping evolved tiger, brought along another bizarre wolf as translator, and headed to the evolved tiger's territory for a consultation…

What kind of receiving, encoding, and decoding of information must the neural synapses in these bizarre brains perform to combine into such a bizarre group?

Zhang San had a headache and didn't want to ask anything more. He pressed the remote to open the blackout curtains, leaned back against the headrest, closed his eyes to feel the red glow of sunlight pouring into the room, and said coldly, "Bring back plenty of samples."

"Understood!" Scoop Master Xia Qing smiled at the bright sunshine. "Third Brother, should I grab some evolved purple violets from Blind-Eye Tiger's territory on the way?"

Zhang San softened a little. "Don't damage the root systems of the purple violets. Just snip leaves that haven't withered yet."

"Got it!"

After the special-ops team delivered Zhang Song and the testing and treatment equipment he needed to the helipad on Peak One of Mountain Forty-Nine, Xia Qing finished arranging the work for her territory, Center Nine, and Mountain Fifty, then brought Old Wolf to the rendezvous point.

"Sister Qing!"

Zhang Song, who had been collecting plant samples near the helicopter, stood up steadily, greeted Xia Qing, and tried hard to contain his excitement, not staring too much at the brain-evolved wolf beside her that had traveled several hundred li through the Evolution Forest to seek human help.

Seeing Xia Qing appear, the Head Wolf and Broken-Waist, who had been hiding in the dense Evolution Forest several hundred meters away, came out. The three brain-evolved wolves silently locked eyes.

The Head Wolf looked away first, its tycoon-gold eyes turning to Xia Qing. When Xia Qing removed her protective mask and walked up to it, the Head Wolf carefully sniffed her scent.

Sensing her companion's concern, Xia Qing replied softly, "Don't worry, my lord. I'm not sick. It's the wolves of the southern pack and the Blind-Eye Tiger of Mountain Thirty-Six that are sick."

Huh? Huh? Huh?!

Zhang Song, wearing his protective mask, saw this scene, got too excited, slipped, and fell flat on his back.

The three wolves immediately leaped more than six meters away, took cover behind their respective obstacles, and roared furiously at the human.

"My lord, Broken-Waist, Old Four, don't be scared. Song Ge has uncoordinated limbs, walks slowly, and falls down a lot." Xia Qing explained as she walked over to help Zhang Song up. "Song Ge, you okay?"

Zhang Song, whose back had been jabbed by a rock, endured the pain and replied, "No bones broken, I'll be fine in a bit. Sister Qing, my limbs are actually quite coordinated."

Watching Huo Zhun arrived at the rendezvous point and greeted his teammates with a goofy smile. "Sister Qing, my lord, Broken-Bro, Fourth Bro, Song Ge. We're all here. Shall we head out now?"

"Okay." Xia Qing responded, handed Zhang Song off to Watching Huo Zhun, and led the three wolves into the cabin first.

Watching Huo Zhun cheerfully carried Zhang Song along. "Don't worry, Song Ge. On today's mission I absolutely won't let you fall a second time."

Zhang Song earnestly explained, "Actually I'm not that prone to falling. On flat ground I can walk a stretch on my own."

Watching Huo Zhun's smile remained goofy. "Okay. If the team leader agrees, Song Ge can walk on his own."

Zhang Song……

After the helicopter took off, the Head Wolf crouching beside Xia Qing fixed its tycoon-gold eyes on Jing Kuan, who had taken its spot. As Head Wolf, it had to sit in front and take command of the big picture.

Xia Qing gave the order. "My lord serves as co-pilot. Kuan Bro takes the right side for defense. Huo Bro protects Song Ge."

"Copy!" Jing Kuan, Watching Huo Zhun, and the Head Wolf each took their positions.

Beard Feng, who was piloting the helicopter, turned his head to greet the Head Wolf. "Morning, my lord."

The Head Wolf gave him a stern look. Beard Feng immediately straightened up and focused on flying. Zhang Song, buckled into his seat belt, immediately recorded the interaction between the Head Wolf and Beard Feng.

Xia Qing asked Beard Feng, Jing Kuan, and Peng Jian, whose faces were all marked with injuries, "Did you do extra combat training at dawn today?"

Beard Feng focused on piloting the helicopter. Peng Jian, in charge of left-side defense, and Jing Kuan, in charge of right-side defense, both smiled. "No. We held an in-team competition to pick the slots for this mission."

Going on a mission with Xia Qing was far easier than training at Mountain Forty-Nine. After last night's training, Jing Kuan couldn't even walk, and Watching Huo Zhun had to carry him down the mountain on his back.

Twenty minutes later, Peng Jian spotted something. "Sister Qing, there's a silver-gray giant wolf on the snow mountain to the front-left."

Normally the co-pilot would make the call, but the Head Wolf in charge of monitoring couldn't speak, so Peng Jian on the left side reported it.

Zhang Song immediately unbuckled his seat belt, stood up, and turned to look out the porthole. Watching Huo Zhun, who was steadying Zhang Song, glanced as well and asked, "Sister Qing, is that Handsome Giant Wolf down there or the Western Wolf King?"

Broken-Waist glanced at Watching Huo Zhun, confirming that this human's brain had degenerated.

Xia Qing, who was looking at her materials, glanced out the porthole and answered, "Handsome Giant Wolf."

No wonder Broken-Waist hadn't been able to bring Handsome Giant Wolf along—the guy had wandered into the western wolf pack's territory again.

Handsome Giant Wolf, lying on the snow mountain, opened its ice-blue eyes to glance at the helicopter passing overhead, rolled over under a rock, and went back to sleep.

After recording Handsome Giant Wolf's reaction to the helicopter, Zhang Song's attention shifted back to the one human and two wolves across from him.

Old Four of the southern wolf pack and Broken-Waist of the northern wolf pack crouched on either side of Xia Qing. The eyes of the two wolves and the one human all showed obvious saccadic movement.

Saccades are a visual strategy common throughout the animal kingdom. Wolves use this physiological mechanism to boost hunting efficiency, but this was Zhang Song's first time seeing evolved wolves use this physiological mechanism to capture human text—and two of them at once!

These weren't ordinary brain-evolved wolves. These were advanced brain-evolved wolves that, through systematic learning, had already mastered part of human writing and could understand the information contained within the text!

Zhang Song put away his notebook, took out his laptop, and continued the research project from last night. He had to use the videos Xia Qing had given him as soon as possible to edit and produce teaching videos for "The Way of the Evolution Forest," and quickly convert the rules that both humans and wolves must follow into course content to be applied to the education of the second and third generations of brain-evolved wolves.

Broken-Waist and Old Four, who had notebooks, heard the sound of keyboard tapping and looked up one after another at the human across from them. Broken-Waist walked over to Zhang Song, watched him tap the keyboard rapidly with his claws as a line of text appeared on the screen, and seemed deep in thought.

Being stared at by this brain-evolved wolf, who sat taller than him by a good margin, Zhang Song paused for only half a second before continuing to work.

Watching Huo Zhun immediately introduced enthusiastically, "Broken-Bro, this device is called a laptop. Humans use it to store and process information…"

Broken-Waist got annoyed, bared its fangs ferociously at Watching Huo Zhun, and growled softly. Watching Huo Zhun immediately shut up and behaved.

The Head Wolf glanced back, then continued monitoring ahead.