Chapter 1400: The Macaque Riding a Tamed Deer

Zhu Zhenming immediately replied, "Copy that. Qing-jie, you've worked hard. Your four-person squad is to immediately withdraw to the helicopter's position and head to Hui-1's Evolution Forest. Contact Commander Yang Jin for the specific landing point and mission details."

"Copy that." Xia Qing and Zhu Wei rose at once, quickly climbed onto the backs of the two speed evolvers, and shifted the line of battle.

The walkie-talkie channel hadn't been switched yet, so Xia Qing could still hear Zhu Zhenming's voice: "Other snipers in the squad: begin taking out the large beasts in the beast tide."

"Copy that." After Wei Yingui replied, he took the initiative to show goodwill to Xia Qing: "Qing-jie, stay safe."

"Alright." Wei Yingui was the captain of Silver Moon Squad, ranked fourth in Hui-3. Silver Moon Squad currently had a cooperative relationship with Azure Dragon Squad. The other party had spoken up for her and taken the initiative to show goodwill, so of course Xia Qing accepted it.

Carrying Xia Qing on his back, he quickly returned to the helicopter and set her down steadily. Speed evolver warrior Xia Wanxing then greeted Er Yong and Peng Jian, grinning especially brightly: "Qing-jie is just amazing. Those two high-rank speed evolver lynxes you took out—I couldn't even catch a glimpse of them!"

A top-tier sniper is truly awesome, awesome-plus!

Zhu Wei and the other speed evolver were also all smiles, their eyes practically shining as they looked at Xia Qing: "Congratulations, Qing-jie, on earning 102,000 points."

Xia Qing, whose mission progress bar had completed two-thirds, was also in a good mood: "Those 2,000 points aren't guaranteed yet."

Huh? Peng Jian immediately asked, "The targets were all taken out. How could Qing-jie not get the points?"

Xia Wanxing immediately rattled off the whole story of Zhou Baldy provoking Xia Qing. Peng Jian's killing intent surged: "Don't worry, Qing-jie. Once the disaster is over, we'll go handle this right away."

Once the disaster is over, he'll report this matter to the captain. Looks like Azure Dragon Squad still hasn't established enough dominance—it's why someone like Zhou Baldy dares to come running up to Qing-jie and bluster!

Xia Qing nodded, put away her phone, and gave the order: "Er Yong, Hui-1, Mountain 26, Peak 4."

"Copy that." Er Yong immediately adjusted direction and sped up. Hui-1's beast tide was advancing northwest; every minute they arrived earlier meant one minute less of danger.

Zhu Wei quickly checked the map and frowned: "The northwest side of Hui-1, Mountain 26, is right next to our base's southern experimental zone. Forty-five minutes ago, Boss Zhang dispatched two helicopters to the southern experimental zone for disaster control. They're probably in the middle of it right now."

Xia Wanxing wasn't worried about failing to hold back the beast tide surging over from Hui-1: "If Qing-jie can't hit it, Captain Yang will definitely be able to take out that speed evolver leopard."

If sniping fails, close combat. Yang Jin and Xia Qing were the double insurance for intercepting the high-rank speed evolver beasts in Hui-1's northern beast tide.

Xia Qing didn't speak again, looking down at the Evolution Forest below through the porthole.

Since the helicopter was flying directly from Hui-5 to Hui-1's Evolution Forest, these areas were all unfamiliar territory to Xia Qing, so she didn't spot a single beast she knew. When Hui-1's northern beast tide appeared within the helicopter's reconnaissance range, Xia Qing moved to the co-pilot's seat and used the helicopter's high-magnification optical camera monitoring equipment to observe the running habits of her sniping targets in advance.

At one look, Xia Qing's heart grew heavier.

Unlike Hui-5's beast tide, Hui-1's beast tide contained over twenty evolution macaques that clearly hadn't lost control. It seemed the one that launched this beast tide wasn't the Fierce Fire macaque but this group of macaques—they were using the beast tide to attack the southern wolf pack's territory!

Yang Jin must have noticed this. Had he passed the information to the southern wolf pack?

What about Old Four? At its running speed, it must have already returned to the wolf pack's territory.

Xia Qing swiveled the thermal imager, searching for the shrewd old wolf king and the valiant current wolf king of the southern wolf pack.

Before she could finish adjusting the equipment, Yang Jin called her and directly gave the order.

"Xia Qing. The southern wolf king has already led six evolution wolves out of Hui-1, Mountain 29, heading south to block the beast tide's advance. Our interception plan has changed. Fly directly above the beast tide. When the southern wolf pack engages the beasts in the tide, you snipe the wolf pack's attack targets directly from the air. I'm in the process of confirming the source of the macaques in the tide."

Yang Jin had indeed already taken action. Xia Qing replied calmly, "Copy that."

Given the tacit understanding between Xia Qing and the wolf pack, Yang Jin knew he didn't need to spell it out—she'd understand what he meant. He only reminded her to stay safe: "If the wolf pack's attack targets don't include that high-rank speed evolver leopard, let it through; I'll intercept it. There are no fewer than thirty raptors gathered in the area ahead of the beast tide. Keep your flight altitude above 1,500 meters. In thirty minutes there'll be red-grade blizzard snow. You must land within twenty-five minutes."

"Understood." Xia Qing accepted the order and commanded: "Er Yong, helicopter altitude 1,600 meters. Zhu-jie, come take the co-pilot seat and lock onto the southern wolf pack heading south to navigate for Er Yong. The rest of you, defend against raptors charging up to attack the helicopter."

"Copy that."

"Copy that."

The five people on the helicopter immediately accepted the order. Xia Qing went to the cabin door, swiveled the flexible shooting mount beside it to aim downward, then opened the helicopter's bottom hatch and pressed the infrared night-vision lens to search for Old Four's tracks.

For such an important mission, Old Four would definitely take part. As long as she found Old Four, Xia Qing could figure out the wolf pack's combat deployment.

Lord Cui Yan glanced up at the helicopter bound with giant eagle claws in the sky, then continued leading the pack in a wild run through the blizzard snow.

The old wolf lying in ambush on Hui-1, Mountain 24, spotted the helicopter bound with giant eagle claws arriving, immediately showed itself and ran toward the open ground in the Evolution Forest, tilting its head back to let out a long wolf howl.

After Lord Cui Yan heard the old wolf's howl, it sped up again. The distance between it and the other wolf pack members rapidly widened as they ran off in different directions.

"I'll open the cabin door; you all continue the mission." The distance was too far—Xia Qing couldn't hear Old Four's howl at all with the cabin door closed. She immediately fastened the rappelling rope, opened the cabin door, and leaned her upper body out with the sniper rifle, looking down.

"Awoo—woo—woo—"

The old wolf tilted its head back and let out a battle howl toward Xia Qing.

Xia Qing waved the machine gun in her hand to signal to Old Four that she understood, then closed the cabin door, picked up the sniper rifle, and ordered in a calm voice: "Er Yong, follow above the fastest evolution wolf. Zhu-jie, immediately find the high-rank speed evolver leopard in the beast tide."

The commander had given an order, and Xia Qing's sniping target had changed. But hearing Old Four's howl and seeing Lord Cui Yan speed up and change direction, Xia Qing knew Lord Cui Yan's target was definitely that high-rank speed evolver leopard.

"Copy that!"

"Copy that!"

Two minutes later.

Zhu Wei reported: "Qing-jie, I've found the high-rank speed evolver leopard. Helicopter's nine o'clock, ahead of the wild boar group. Estimated running speed is faster than those two lynxes from Hui-5."

Peng Jian reported: "Qing-jie, Captain Yang sent intel: the macaque riding a speed evolver reindeer at the rear of the beast tide has been confirmed as the macaque group leader that invaded the western wolf pack this past January."

Just as she thought. Xia Qing's calm eyes locked onto the speed evolver leopard that occasionally flashed through the forest, and she ordered: "I've locked onto the speed evolver leopard. Zhu-jie, keep your eyes on that macaque group leader. Er Yong, maintain current altitude and speed."

As long as Lord Cui Yan tangled with that evolution leopard, Xia Qing could take it out from the air, and then kill that broken-brow evolution macaque that launched the beast tide to take revenge on the southern wolf pack.