Chapter 1299: The Unexpected Surprise of This Mission

While Lao Si may not match Duan Yao Wolf in professional biological knowledge, its social skills are first-rate.

After receiving the medicine that the eagle owl delivered down, it carried the medicine pouch in its mouth and entered the Evolution Forest. To avoid making the tigress with cubs in the Evolution Forest overly nervous and wasting precious medicine, Xia Qing ordered Er Yong to raise the helicopter altitude to 2,500 meters and leave this mountain area.

Ten minutes later, Lao Si called a video call to report to Xia Qing.

Seeing the half-grown cub beside that mottled tigress on the screen, Xia Qing holding Ergua, and Zhang San watching through the camera all softened their gazes at the same time.

Felines really hit the human aesthetic sweet spot — no matter how you look at them, they're beautiful, no matter how you look at them, they're lovable…

Xia Qing asked softly in a gentle voice, "How many pills did Lao Si feed that big tigress?"

"Roar————"

Hearing the human voice, the tigress with cubs roared again, and the half-grown cub beside her pressed close to its mother, also striking a fierce pose, swinging its round big head as it searched for the intruder.

Then the phone camera flipped, and Lao Si's head appeared on the screen; behind it, the blind tiger was sprawled on a rock, eating.

Lao Si faced the screen and gestured with its paw to form the number "2."

Ignoring the tiger's roar, Xia Qing praised it warmly, "Right! Lao Si truly is an evolved wolf standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid — the big tigress should take two pills. Did that little tiger get one pill?"

Lao Si grinned, revealing its pale yellow fangs.

"Good job, Lao Si! Come back tomorrow to check on those two tigers. If they still have diarrhea, call me again." After giving her instructions, Xia Qing asked, "Does Lao Si want to continue the patrol?"

The gray old wolf on the screen nodded solemnly.

"Good, Lao Si, keep patrolling. If you find any beasts with problems, send me the location and call."

Xia Qing had just hung up the call when her idol's voice came through her earpiece: "That old wolf's upper-left fang is loose. Do you want to treat it? Red Five's tooth regeneration therapy has already passed clinical trials and will hit the market next month. The drug and treatment cost 80,000 credits per tooth, with almost no side effects."

Teeth are an evolved wolf's vital weapon. Forget one tooth for 80,000 — even one for 800,000, that old wolf with over two million credits would still get it treated!

Xia Qing asked, "Third Brother, can I purchase the drug and treat it here in your territory?"

Zhang San cursed, "Nonsense! If not here, where else are you going to send it? Once it's sent out, can you even get it back?"

"Thank you, Third Brother. Please purchase more of this drug — it has several loose teeth, and a few others are quite badly worn. They all need treatment."

Zhang San……

Xia Qing asked again, "Third Brother, how does this drug achieve tooth regeneration?"

Zhang San grew impatient, "Go look it up yourself!"

"Okay, Third Brother, you rest first. I'll contact you again if anything comes up later."

After Xia Qing agreed, she didn't search online for information, but asked her friend beside her directly, "Have you heard of Red Five's tooth regeneration therapy?"

Xin Yu had actually heard of it: "Red Five Research Institute uses an advanced evolved protein antibody drug to stimulate residual tooth germ or root tissue in the animal's mouth, which can grow a complete tooth. The animal experiments succeeded the year before last, and human clinical trials began last year — the early trials are reportedly successful. I haven't seen any reports recently. Does Third Brother have new information?"

Xia Qing nodded, "Third Brother said they've successfully passed clinical trials. The drug and therapy will be on the market next month, at 80,000 credits per tooth."

Few people can afford that price, but this technology is still a major breakthrough in human medical history.

The Great Biological Evolution of Blue Star brought not only disaster, but also the possibility of making humans better. Xin Yu asked, "Are you treating Lao Si's teeth? It's old — can it handle it?"

"Third Brother brought it up himself, so it can definitely handle it." Xia Qing explained, "Lao Si looks old, but it's only eleven or twelve. Its loose teeth and graying fur are because survival competition in the Evolution Forest is too intense, and it didn't get timely treatment when it got sick or injured."

Before the Great Biological Evolution of Blue Star, wild wolves typically lived 6–8 years, and captive wolves 14–16 years. After the Great Evolution, wild evolved wolves — especially high-level evolved wolves — certainly had their lifespans extended like human high-level evolvers. An eleven- or twelve-year-old Lao Si, with Third Brother's backing, can absolutely live another fifteen years.

Her Lao Da and Lao Er can stay with her for at least another twenty-plus years! Xia Qing stroked the long-haired little monkey in her arms, feeling an incomparable sense of security.

During the rest of the patrol, Xia Qing received a total of 16 hazard reports from three Evolution Forest animal patrollers. The helicopter team穿梭ed over the Evolution Forest in northern, western, and southern Hui Three, and even northern Hui One — sometimes releasing trained birds to take samples or deliver medicine, sometimes Xia Qing going down herself to treat and disinfect the animals.

When the helicopter team finished the mission and headed back, the team members, who had been fighting continuously for 10 hours, were still excited.

Because besides tigers, wolves, monkeys, and wild boars, the animals they treated this trip also included leopards, black bears, rhinoceroses, antelopes, and other medium-to-large animals. The most bizarre one was the aquatic animal Daigua reported — an evolved Chinese giant salamander.

A salamander over a meter long did indeed count as a large animal in little Daigua's eyes. After confirming the fish was green-light, Xia Qing brought it aboard the helicopter along with Daigua.

After the helicopter landed on the helipad of Mountain Forty-Nine, Xia Qing first sent Daigua and Ergua back to her own territory, then drove the salamander, kept in a water bag, to Territory Seven.

Her delivering a sick fish to her idol late at night struck Xin Yu, Huo Zhun, and the others as not strange at all. Because everyone in the Northern Zone One territories knew Zhang San had an extremely high enthusiasm for green-light foods he hadn't eaten before.

But Xia Qing wasn't making this trip to deliver food to her idol — it was because this was a green-light fish that could release a Yi-element magnetic field.

This fish was the biggest gain of this mission.

After Zhang San handed the fish over to the researcher in charge of the simulated-ecology breeding lab, he looked at Xia Qing benevolently: "Have dinner here before heading back?"

"Sure, thank you, Third Brother!"

It was already 1 a. m. Xia Qing had held out on a single nutrient solution until now, and was genuinely hungry.

After following her idol to the cafeteria for a late-night meal carefully prepared by Territory Seven's head chef, and then following him back to his office, she found her idol was still very affable, and Xia Qing immediately understood.

She took the bag containing the pink fluorite out of her backpack and handed it over: "This is the stone Daigua gave me. See if it's useful?"

She asked this, but Xia Qing was certain her idol would find the stone useful. Otherwise, he wouldn't have specifically messaged her to bring it over.