Chapter 1515: The Little Monkey in the Tree and the Abyss Below

Yang Jin reminded Xia Qing, "Qing-jie, give me the backpack, lighten the wolf's load?"

Wolf Pack Number Four combatant Xia Qing shook her head and gave the order, "No need, I'll carry it myself. When Big Guy gets tired, I'll switch to Two-Guy. Little Wolf Sister leads the way up front, move out!"

Although Yang Jin was a top-tier speed evolver, he wasn't a strength evolver; over a hundred jin of load would slow his reaction speed.

Although Huo Zhun was a strength evolver, his elasticity evolution was only level five. During last winter's Red Qi-Chewing Grass crisis, when Huo Zhun carried Xia Qing on his back and teamed up with three leaders of the Northern Wolf Pack for a mission, he had to drink Yi Element Stimulant just to match the wolf pack's speed.

Asking him to carry a load over mountains right now — before they'd gone halfway, Little Wolf Sister would be cursing and grumbling or just swiping at people with her claws. The reason Xia Qing had asked the Head Wolf to send two giant wolves was so the two giant wolves could take turns carrying her on the road.

As for why the Head Wolf sent Little Wolf Sister, Xia Qing understood perfectly well. Little Wolf Sister's current combat power wasn't as high as the Northern Wolf Pack's main battle wolves, but on Mountain Fifty-Five, aside from the Head Wolf and the Broken-Waist Wolf, she was the only brain-domain evolved wolf capable of carrying out complex missions requiring communication with humans.

Handsome Giant Wolf? It wasn't in the Mountain Fifty-Five territory — it should be holding down Mountain Sixty, or off fighting in some other territory.

Little Wolf Brother? His brain-domain evolution was also high, but he'd spent a lot of time learning human knowledge — a case of "not doing his proper job" — so his combat power wasn't as high as Little Wolf Sister's, and he didn't have enough authority in the pack to be suited for this mission.

Dajiang and Xiao Jiang in Monitoring Room Forty-Nine, watching their captain running behind Xia Qing who was riding a wolf, drooled with envy.

Xiao Jiang muttered softly, "When's our boss coming back to the safe zone?"

To avoid mixing up Yang Jin and Boss Yang, the Beard-Feng Squad, which was permanently stationed at Mountain Forty-Nine protecting Territory Three, now used "boss" to mean Boss Yang. Only when the prefix "our" was added to those two words did it refer to the Green Dragon Squad's captain, Yang Jin.

As long as the captain doesn't return to the safe zone, the slots for teaming up with wolves on missions won't fall to them. Because even if the two brothers went together, they couldn't withstand a single kick from the captain.

Dajiang answered slowly, "Whenever Captain Xie comes over for vacation, that's when our boss comes back to the safe zone."

Hearing that Captain Xie was coming, Xiao Jiang got a shiver, "Then let's just let the boss stay here."

When Captain Xie comes, they still won't be able to grab a mission slot, and they'll be watched by a high-level brain-domain evolver, deeply experiencing that terrifying feeling of being like an NPC — every thought in their heads readable by Captain Xie like reading a progress bar.

While these two brothers were chatting, the three-person-five-wolf squad left Mountain Forty-Nine and could no longer be captured by the cameras.

Five minutes later, the first team member who couldn't keep up with the group's pace appeared — the Plucked-Fur Brat.

The little fellow sped up, lunged with effort, and hugged Xia Qing's leg, starting to climb up.

At this speed, the little fellow clinging to her protective mask or squatting on her shoulder wouldn't be safe. Xia Qing immediately opened the satchel she'd prepared especially for it. "Plucked-Fur Brat, come rest in here — it's warm and comfy."

The Plucked-Fur Brat squeaked once and burrowed into the satchel, curling into a ball.

Yang Jin, running behind Big Guy, laughed, "This little fellow is really smart — seems like its brain-domain evolution is a bit higher than its dad's."

Running this fast and you still have the energy to chat and laugh? Xia Qing reminded him coldly, "Plucked-Fur is right behind you. It understands human speech, and it holds grudges."

Yang Jin immediately shut his mouth and went silent.

Ten minutes later, when the human-wolf squad stopped to rest, Xia Qing received the location and message sent by the Broken-Waist Wolf: 6 people.

The Broken-Waist Wolf didn't make phone calls, didn't send pictures, and used only text to communicate with Xia Qing — there was only one reason: its current environment didn't allow it to make sound or take photos.

Xia Qing, riding on the giant wolf's back, immediately sent a message asking: 6 people, should be a complete combat squad. You and Her Majesty need to be careful. Has Daigua been rescued?

The Broken-Waist Wolf sent back two words: In the tree.

Xia Qing's heart skipped a beat: Daigua is in the big tree next to those six bad guys?

Broken-Waist Wolf: Above them.

Not next to them — above the six people's bodies. In other words, Daigua is hiding in the big tree over the six people's heads. No wonder the little monkey got scared out of its wits.

Xia Qing immediately sent a message to the Broken-Waist Wolf: Big Guy, Two-Guy, Little Wolf Sister, Plucked-Fur, Plucked-Fur Brat, Yang Jin, and Huo Zhun are all rushing over with me. Estimated 40 minutes to arrive. You guys stay safe.

Crossing the Northern Wolf Pack's territory through ice and snow, then cutting through the raptor edge territory along Python Snake Lake to reach the location sent by the Broken-Waist Wolf in the Mountain Sixty-Seven basin — 40 minutes was already the fastest speed.

Then Xia Qing sent another message to Daigua: Her Majesty and the Broken-Waist Wolf have already gone over. Daigua, did you see them?

Daigua quickly sent back a little-monkey-being-good sticker.

Xia Qing breathed a sigh of relief: Right, Daigua, stay hidden in the tree and be good. I'm riding a wolf over to rescue you right now. Don't be afraid.

Daigua immediately sent back another little-monkey-being-good sticker.

Xia Qing put away her phone, relayed the message to her teammates, and then gave the order, "Keep moving. After passing Mountain Fifty-Five, we rest at Mountain Fifty-Eight."

Little Wolf Sister disagreed, "Awooo! Awooo!"

Xia Qing changed her tune, "Fine, time is tight. We pass through Fifty-Five and Fifty-Eight, and rest at Mountain Sixty!"

"Qing-jie, are you—" Huo Zhun hadn't finished asking before Little Wolf Sister roared at him.

This time Xia Qing didn't need to speak. Yang Jin translated, "Brother Huo, stop talking. Adjust your breathing and pick up the pace. You're the slowest one in the whole group."

A level-five elasticity evolver, Huo Zhun…

Little Wolf Sister gave Yang Jin a stern look, shook the fallen snow off her fur, and continued leading the team forward at a charge — the spitting image of a miniature Northern Wolf King.

Xia Qing climbed onto Two-Guy's back and continued the journey.

A few minutes later, Xia Qing noticed something was off. "Little Wolf Sister, this path isn't right, is it?"

Little Wolf Sister didn't slow down, continuing to run along this shortcut beast-path Xia Qing had never traveled, leaping in a single bound over a pitch-black mountain stream more than four meters wide ahead.

Big Guy and Two-Guy charged forward without slowing. Xia Qing immediately lay flat on Two-Guy's back and warned the three teammates behind, "Fifty meters ahead there's a mountain stream over four meters wide. Yang Jin, Brother Huo, watch where the wolf plants her feet — don't step in the wrong spot. Plucked-Fur, get up on Big Guy's back, quick!"

Why not let it get on Two-Guy's back? Xia Qing was afraid that adding more weight would keep Two-Guy from making the jump…

When Two-Guy launched into the air, the loose stones dislodged by her sharp claws rattled twice and then plunged straight down — not a single echo could be heard.

Wearing low-light night-vision goggles, Xia Qing glanced down at the dizzying pitch-black abyss below, and forced herself to relax her body, trying her best to act like an emotionless package so as not to interfere with Two-Guy, whose every muscle was taut.

Time stretched to infinity at that moment; the wind became unusually clear… until Two-Guy's powerful front paws slammed "bang" onto the rock on the far side, and only then did Xia Qing recover her heartbeat and breath.

She sat up and looked back, seeing Big Guy carrying the Plucked-Fur weasel, Yang Jin, and Huo Zhun leap across one after another, before turning to look ahead at Little Wolf Sister, still running at full speed.

Young wolves really can't be relied on — is this a path a person could even walk?!

Under the leadership of the unreliable Little Wolf Sister, the human-wolf squad reached the edge of the Mountain Sixty-Seven basin in just 25 minutes and linked up with the advance party.