Chapter 1381: Combat Power Standing at the Top of Humanity's Pyramid

"Buzz—"

The phone screen on the bedroom table on the second floor of the abandoned village in Territory Three lit up and began to vibrate.

Xia Qing, who had been sleeping with her mouth slightly open, immediately closed her mouth, opened her eyes, sat up, and answered.

In the pitch-black screen, there was only a pair of wolf eyes glowing green.

Xia Qing lowered her voice, "Broken-Waist, you found a large patch of slaughter grass that looks a lot like the kind in the dangerous zone of Mountain Fifty-Five?"

In the pitch-black cave, Broken-Waist Wolf shook the melted slaughter snow off its head and grinned, showing off the little sharp tips of its fangs.

Xia Qing was overjoyed, "Broken-Waist, you're really something! You're truly the evolved wolf standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid, the Queen my lord's favorite! Do you need me to come over now?"

Broken-Waist Wolf grinned again, revealing four snow-white little sharp tips of its fangs.

"Alright, I'll head over right away. You're still in the tiger group's territory? …Okay, still there. Can I handle it alone, or should I bring a few more humans?"

Broken-Waist Wolf immediately closed its mouth tightly, raised its left front paw forward like a gun, lowered its head, and struck the pose Xia Qing used when aiming her rifle.

Xia Qing nodded immediately, "Alright, I'll come alone with my sniper rifle. Broken-Waist, send me your location on your phone. It'll take me a little over half an hour to get from here to you. Keep a close eye on the blue-skinned wanderers, and contact me right away if anything unexpected happens."

After the human and wolf hammered out a few more details, Xia Qing hung up, quickly put on her protective suit, shouldered the backpack and weapons she'd prepared long ago, drove away from home straight to the breeding greenhouse, placed Wolf Da, Wolf Lao Er, the two Daiguas, and Little Feimao in the warm greenhouse, and only then explained the situation to Yang Jin.

"Broken-Waist's location is near Mountain Thirty-Six, close to Mountain Thirty-Five. I'll have Beard Feng and Er Yong take me there by helicopter. I'll trouble Captain Yang to watch the territory." Time was tight, and Xia Qing spoke quickly. "The animals in the breeding greenhouse don't need feeding. This afternoon, evolved bee aphids and flies might appear in the beekeeping greenhouse. If Captain Yang sees Wolf Lao Er staring at the beekeeping greenhouse and growling, it means destructive evolved bee aphids and flies have appeared. Please go in and clear them out, Captain Yang. If you're too busy, you can send anyone from Beard Feng's squad—they know the job."

The little yellow cattle in the breeding greenhouse had plenty of feed and water. If Xia Qing wasn't in the territory, Wolf Lao Er and Daigua would take on the task of feeding the chickens, fish, and mealworms. Besides that, Wolf Lao Er would also patrol outside the beekeeping greenhouse regularly. If it spotted danger, it couldn't clean it up itself, but it could sound the alarm.

Wolf Lao Er, like Sheep Da, was a very reliable farming companion—just that the sheep and the wolf were reliable in different ways.

"Sister Qing, should I go with you?" It was now four in the afternoon. The slaughter snow had been falling on and off for thirteen hours, and the snow accumulation exceeded ten centimeters. Yang Jin had received surveillance intel that medium-sized and even large out-of-control frenzied animals had already appeared in the evolved forest, and the slaughter had begun. He really didn't feel comfortable letting Xia Qing go alone.

Xia Qing shook her head, "Mountain Thirty-Six is Blind-Eye Tiger's territory. I'm on pretty good terms with it, so me going alone is safer than two of us going. Broken-Waist Wolf asked me to come alone, which means they don't need a lot of manpower over there."

Yang Jin, who had negotiated with Broken-Waist Wolf several times, reminded Xia Qing, "It doesn't want you to bring people, probably because it doesn't want to share the spoils with you."

That wolf—sly as can be!

Xia Qing smiled, "That's certainly possible. Broken-Waist is the captain and has the right to pick team members. Besides, the mission it's sending me on is a sniper mission, so it won't be that dangerous."

Although Broken-Waist Wolf was stingy, it was also a very reliable wolf pack leader. It had a clear understanding of Xia Qing's combat ability and wouldn't send her on missions requiring speed and close combat. Moreover, today at noon, after her idol learned she might be going hunting wanderers with the wolf pack, it had stuffed her full of defensive potions, so Xia Qing felt very confident.

Seeing Xia Qing's confident and relaxed smile, an indescribable surge of emotion rose from deep within Yang Jin's heart.

Even though it was now a time of catastrophe, with slaughter snow still falling outside and chaos everywhere, Yang Jin felt Blue Star was truly beautiful and full of promise. "Alright, I'll be waiting for your triumphant return…"

Before Yang Jin could finish, Xia Qing's phone started vibrating again.

She pulled out her phone, glanced at it, and told Yang Jin, "It's Lao Si."

After saying that, Xia Qing answered the call, "Lao Si, did you find that large patch of slaughter grass I showed you last time?"

On the screen, the grey-white old wolf, with dry fur on its head but wet fur on its neck, nodded solemnly and raised its wet big paw to gesture a "4."

Xia Qing asked, "You found four wanderers? Hmm, no. Then you need four humans to come support you?"

Lao Si nodded solemnly and raised its paw again to gesture a "4."

"You want to offer forty percent of supplies and have four humans come support you?"

After the old wolf nodded, Xia Qing explained the current situation to it, "Broken-Waist just called me and said it also found slaughter grass in the western tiger group's territory. Lao Si, your side and Broken-Waist's side have to move at the same time. Otherwise, once the wanderers contact each other, the wanderers on the other side might escape before I can get there."

After explaining clearly, Xia Qing proposed a plan, "I'll go to Broken-Waist's side first. It needs one human sniper. The tiger group doesn't know any other humans, so only I can go to Broken-Waist's side. I'll arrange four humans to go to your side. Is that okay?"

The old wolf stared at Xia Qing for a few seconds, then slowly nodded.

Xia Qing breathed a sigh of relief and beamed, "Lao Si, you're really great. Having such an understanding companion makes me so happy. Don't worry—after Broken-Waist's side is done, if your side still needs my help, I'll rush right over. Does Lao Si need a sniper?"

"…Okay, you need a sniper. Then let's send Watching Huo Zhun, Wang Man, Yang Jin, and the sniper Beard Feng? You know all four of these humans. They're all my companions—trustworthy and really capable."

Xia Qing had originally wanted to send Er Yong, because the wolf pack seemed to like Er Yong better, but he wasn't a sniper. Luo Pei was a sniper, but he was currently in a critical treatment period and had to soak in a medicinal bath tonight, so he couldn't leave the territory. The only snipers Lao Si knew were Beard Feng and Peng Jian. Relatively speaking, Lao Si was more familiar with Beard Feng, who often flew the helicopter.

Seeing Lao Si not nod, Xia Qing tried hard to recommend Yang Jin to it, "Especially Yang Jin. He's the combat power standing at the top of the pyramid among humans at our Hui Three Base—really, really amazing! He can run as fast as Lao Si, and he's also great at fighting…"

Watching Xia Qing enthusiastically recommend him to a wolf with a brilliant smile, Yang Jin's clever mind went brilliantly blank, and he smiled foolishly.

"…Okay, Lao Si is the captain for this mission, so of course the four human team members I send have to follow your command."

After hearing Xia Qing and the old wolf confirm the rendezvous point, Yang Jin composed his expression, walked over to Xia Qing's side, appeared on screen, and greeted the old wolf of the southern wolf pack in the same tone as Xia Qing, stating his attitude, "Fourth Brother, I, Watching Huo Zhun, Wang Man, and Beard Feng are joining the mission to capture the human wanderers. We will absolutely obey Fourth Brother's command. The four of us will assemble right away, fly the helicopter over, and rendezvous with the wolf pack members you send at Mountain Twenty-One."

The old wolf stared at the fur on Yang Jin's head for a few seconds, then slowly nodded and raised its paw to end the call.

That inexplicable feeling from when Broken-Waist Wolf had stared at him earlier came back again. Yang Jin asked Xia Qing, "Sister Qing, why do I feel like both wolves are looking at me kind of weird?"