Chapter 1479: Not the Same Species

"Baa~~~~"

The ewe Tang Huai was leading stood with bent legs outside the north gate of Territory Three, straining against the lead rope and bleating in a trembling voice, refusing to move forward.

Tang Huai, holding the rope, stepped back two paces and discussed with Xia Qing, "Sister Qing, my Er Mie is timid. How about you call out the sheep boss?"

The representatives from the territory alliance who had gone to Bai Yi for the agricultural products fair returned to the Northern Sector One territories yesterday afternoon. The allies chatted it up in the lord channel for over two hours, and although Tang Huai spoke more than the others, it was far less than his usual self.

Even when Xia Qing came online and definitely confirmed Kuang Qingwei's work performance on this business trip, Tang Huai didn't make a fuss. So Xia Qing could only call him to communicate, asking him to bring the ewe from his territory over to meet the ram in her own territory.

Sheep, like wolves, foxes, and squirrels, are all short-day breeding animals. They go into heat in autumn and winter, and give birth to offspring in spring or early summer.

The reason Tang Huai bought an ewe was because he had long coveted the strength-evolved sheep that mingled with the evolved wolves inside Xia Qing's territory. He had mentioned to Xia Qing several times before that he wanted a descendant of the sheep boss.

So when Xia Qing took the initiative to call, Tang Huai naturally wouldn't refuse, and arrived right on time leading his sheep for a "blind date."

Unexpectedly, Er Mie wouldn't even set foot through Territory Three's gate.

Xia Qing's main purpose in asking Tang Huai to bring the sheep over was to confirm whether little Ye Yiyi would pay attention to other sheep.

Although they hadn't entered the territory, the spot where Tang Huai and the little sheep stood was already within Territory Three's surveillance range, so Xia Qing's goal had already been achieved. There was no need to force this timid, normal sheep into her territory.

She turned her head and called out, "Boss, come out."

"Boss, come out and look. There's one of your kind here."

Xia Qing called twice, but the sheep boss showed no intention of coming out. Clearly, it wasn't interested in the two animals outside.

However, one animal was interested.

"Clang!"

The little honey badger, having caught the scent of sweet food, came huffing and puffing over, and fiercely clawed at the iron mesh wall blocking its way, demanding that the tiny human inside hand over the delicious food.

"Baa————" The ewe Er Mie was so scared she bleated loudly, stamping her feet and trying to break free from the rope around her neck to escape..

"Moo!"

The sheep boss inside Territory Three roared in anger, swiped open two iron gates, and chased after the fleeing honey badger.

The honey badger wasn't as fast as the sheep. The sheep boss quickly caught up and sent the honey badger flying with a direct hit from its spiral horn.

At that speed and strength, not to mention Er Mie being scared, even Tang Huai watching was frightened. "Sister Qing, how about we just forget it?"

"Alright." Her own sheep and someone else's sheep really didn't seem to be the same species. Even if she didn't want to give up, she had to.

When the sheep boss also finished disciplining the honey badger and was about to discipline Tang Huai, Xia Qing carried it back to the greenhouse to eat grass and rest, then opened the north gate again and invited Tang Huai into the meeting room.

The ewe Er Mie? Had already been taken away by Tang Huai's bodyguards.

Not yet fully recovered, Tang Huai held the tea Xia Qing had brewed and briefly recounted what had happened at Bai Yi Base. "After Tang Lu went to Bai Yi University's Medical School, she used her identity as the lord of Hui Three Territory Two to show off and trade for importance. She got exactly what she wanted…"

Since Year Eleven of the Calamity, Tang Lu knew all too well what kind of life those at the bottom—without power, influence, or the ability to evolve—whom she had mocked and trampled underfoot, lived.

After her uncle the deputy base commander and her father the战队 battalion commander died, she knew she couldn't continue living well by relying on Tang Zhengpo. So she locked herself in a rented room, poring over books day and night, and successfully got into Bai Yi University's Medical School as she had wished.

To avoid risks and win the favor of the medical school professors, Tang Lu, who had failed to enter Territory Seven to pay respects to the big shot, still latched onto this banner: she was a lord of Northern Sector One, a neighbor and ally of the big shot.

Having crafted an inspiring model-student image at the academy, Tang Lu, with her social skills and ability to disguise, once again got exactly what she wanted, becoming the most dazzling freshman at the medical school.

The Blaze战队 that threatened her couldn't reach her, and the two female bodyguards Tang Zhengpo assigned her had been bought off by her. No longer worried about being under Tang Zhengpo's surveillance at all times, Tang Lu, wearing the skin of a good student, was extremely pleased with herself inside.

So what if it was the Calamity years? So what if she was an ordinary person without the ability to evolve? She, Tang Lu, was still someone who stood above others!

Tang Lu had been floating on cloud nine for less than a month when the medical school's brain-evolution heartthrob publicly pursued her. Tang Lu liked high-level evolvers like Yang Jin and Zheng Chen, who had outstanding combat power, character, and looks, and didn't want too much contact with brain evolvers.

In her eyes, such people meant danger. She didn't believe the heartthrob truly liked her, thinking the other party had set his sights on her territory.

"Later on, more and more people with various purposes set their sights on her territory. Finding that he couldn't quickly coax Tang Lu into bed, that heartthrob, who didn't want to waste any more time, just laid his cards on the table."

Tang Huai took a sip of tea before continuing, "That man is named Li Jun, a PhD at Bai Yi University's Medical School. He promised Tang Lu that as long as she agreed to let him build a lab inside Territory Two, he would give her a vial of evolution ability inducer with a success rate as high as 65%."

65%?

Xia Qing raised an eyebrow. "Bai Yi University is currently developing inducers?"

"Yes." Tang Huai nodded. "After confirming Li Jun's words were credible, Tang Lu, wanting to get an extra vial of inducer, sold me to Li Jun. Li Jun demanded that Tang Lu get me to Bai Yi, because he wanted to personally confirm that I was the host of the β-group active evolution protease."

If it were just for confirmation, there was absolutely no need to call Tang Huai over. Xia Qing was very certain: "Li Jun was going to capture you."

"Right. Tang Lu couldn't wait for me to be captured. On the night of the incident, she drugged me. After I pretended to take it, Tang Lu let her guard down and said that my cousin Tang Feng was captured precisely because she took the same kind of drug…"

Tang Lu's face, twisted by hatred, and her angry shouting appeared on the surface of the water in the cup.

Tang Huai raised his head, looking at Xia Qing's expressionless face. "The one drugged this time was her. The bodyguards my father arranged had long swapped out the drug. I personally pushed Tang Lu into the fire."

Seeing Tang Huai's expression, Xia Qing knew this was his first time killing someone with his own hands. She raised her hand to pour Tang Huai another cup of tea and asked, "How did Li Jun escape?"

"He was taken away by Huang Wanmao, a professor at Bai Yi University's Medical School. At the time, the people trying to catch me were a dense, massive crowd."

After Tang Huai finished speaking, he looked calmly at Xia Qing. "The way they looked at me back then was like they were looking at a piece of high-quality green-light meat."

Xia Qing reminded him, "You are worth more than a piece of meat."

Indeed. Tang Huai looked up at the lightbulb on the ceiling and murmured, "If the two bodyguards my father sent to monitor Tang Lu—nominally ordinary people but actually evolvers—hadn't been there, they really might have been bought off by Tang Lu, because the temptation of the inducer to ordinary people is just too great."

After his reflection, Tang Huai came back to himself and brought up the most important piece of intelligence. "Di Ming later infiltrated Huang Wanmao's home and cracked his laptop password, confirming he was a member of the Blue Blood Alliance. If I hadn't stayed with Zhang He afterward, I definitely wouldn't have made it out of Bai Yi."