Chapter 156: The Battle Begins

The next morning, Xia Qing was woken by the clucking and honking of chickens and geese.

Xia Qing went downstairs, saw Ram Boss still sleeping, and quietly slipped into the tool shed to turn on the lights for the poultry, set out grass feed and water, then heard "thud," "thud" from outside the house—something heavy had hit the ground.

The wolf pack had come.

The wolf pack had brought two little wild boars, placing one in front of the sheep pen and one in front of her security door.

Xia Qing was stunned. She went outside, pointed at the little wild boars, and asked the lead wolf, "Sis, are these all green-light wild boars? If you keep hunting like this, won't you wipe out all the green-light animals? We need to keep things sustainable—otherwise what are we going to eat later?"

The lead wolf personally went to the sheep pen, picked up the injured brain-domain evolved wolf in its jaws, and placed it beside the wild boar before fixing its gaze on Xia Qing.

Xia Qing understood and loudly promised, "Don't worry, sis. Even if a top-tier evolved raptor shows up today, I'll fight to the death to protect your team. If they want to hurt the wolves, they'll have to fly over my corpse first!"

Xia Qing cheerfully hauled the wild boar inside to test it and found it was indeed green-light.

What skill does this wolf pack use to identify green-light animals? How is it that every catch is spot on?

She had an important combat mission today and no time to process and store the pork. Xia Qing immediately sent Ji Li a message, asking if Territory Seven wanted green-light little wild boars.

Ji Li replied quickly: Territory Seven would take every part Xia Qing didn't want. That saved Xia Qing trouble, because today she truly had no time to deal with the offal and pig heads.

She quickly bled and skinned the wild boar, then split it in two, sealed each half in airtight bags, and carried them to the north isolation belt of Territory Three to exchange secret passwords with Territory Seven's people and trade supplies.

The other party said little, only handing her a glass sealed box wrapped in an insulated cotton cover, along with a sheet of A4 paper. Xia Qing took them and said, "Thanks a lot. I'll return the box next time."

Carrying the box back home, Xia Qing read the handwritten instructions on the paper and learned the box contained two doses of injection that had to be used within two hours, and the muscle injection had to be completed within fifteen minutes of opening the sealed box.

Paired with the injections were two anesthetic tablets to be dissolved in water and taken orally, with no side effects. Besides the medicine for the wolves, there were also three packs of special hemostatic medicine and one tube of anti-swelling pain-relief spray for her.

Not counting the items for the wolves, just these four medicines for her alone were worth far more than the green-light wild boar. This is exactly why Zhang Shiyi, who loves good food, is the one to deal with—anyone else wouldn't be willing to make such a trade.

Xia Qing happily put the things away, then went to sweep the yard. She didn't know where the wolves had carried off the leftover prey; only a large pool of blood remained in the yard.

After cleaning the ground and spraying deodorizer, Xia Qing noticed the lead wolf resting with closed eyes in the sheep pen, looking very tired. She said softly, "Your Majesty doesn't need to prepare green-light prey for me every day. The yi stones you've given me are already enough to cover the cost for two wolves."

Xia Qing pulled out the yi stone hanging around her neck and showed it to the lead wolf. "As long as you give me one more stone like this, you won't need to bring me prey."

The lead wolf didn't even open its eyes, but Xia Qing saw its furry ear, missing a piece, twitch—she was clearly listening. As for what it would do, Xia Qing had no idea.

The lead wolf had paid an exorbitant "rent," so of course Xia Qing had to provide the best service for her two injured SVIP customers. After cleaning the yard, she used a stick to take out the water basin in the sheep pen, carefully washed and disinfected it, poured in fresh spring water, and carried it to the front of the sheep pen, then showed the anesthetic tablets to the wolves.

"Your Majesty, everyone, please look up. These are tablets, for the two injured wolves to drink. After they drink, you won't be able to move. I need to give you injections."

Injections would cause pain. Without anesthetizing the two wolves, Xia Qing wouldn't dare give them shots, afraid of being bitten.

Xia Qing often gave the wolves medicine, and the pack all understood the purpose of the tablets. So after Xia Qing handed the water mixed with the tablets into the sheep pen, she didn't need to urge them—the brain-domain evolved injured wolf started drinking on its own.

Another healthy wolf in the sheep pen also wanted to drink, but was stopped by simultaneous low growls from the lead wolf and the brain-domain evolved wolf with the injured waist.

The brain-domain evolved wolf with the injured waist started licking the water first. After it drank its fill, the lead wolf swatted the broken-legged wolf once before it crawled over and drank quite a lot.

After the broken-legged wolf finished drinking, Xia Qing scrubbed the basin clean, refilled it with fresh water, and put it back in the sheep pen. "Your Majesty, this is clean water. You can drink too."

The lead wolf kept its eyes closed, motionless.

Xia Qing carefully observed the two injured wolves. Seeing that the broken-legged wolf couldn't support its body with its forelimbs, wobbled a few times and fell, and the brain-domain evolved injured wolf's head also tilted onto the straw mat, she immediately went inside, brought out the box, and said, "Your Majesty, you two move aside. I need to treat the two wolves."

None of the four wolves moved an inch. The injections had to be given within two hours, and Xia Qing still had to prepare for combat—she had no time to waste arguing with them. She immediately called her companion. "Boss, come out!"

Ram Boss kicked open the door and clip-clopped out of the house.

Xia Qing held up the box and discussed with it. "Call your friend out. I need to treat the two injured wolves. Quickly, get your friend out."

Ram Boss squinted at the box for a while, sniffed it, found it wasn't food, then clip-clopped into the sheep pen, grabbed the broken-legged wolf lying on the straw mat by the neck, and easily dragged it in front of Xia Qing. The lead wolf also carried the other injured wolf out.

Xia Qing, who had originally planned to go into the sheep pen to give the injections…

That's not what I meant, but—fine.

Give the injured wolves injections in front of two healthy wolves? Xia Qing didn't have that kind of nerve, afraid the lead wolf would tear her apart if it saw.

She carried the two injured wolves into the house, placed them on Ram Boss's tatami, then opened the sealed box, took out the injections, and gave the two injured wolves intramuscular shots. The instructions didn't say, and Ji Li hadn't mentioned it either, so Xia Qing had no idea what these two injections with a full thirty-milliliter capacity were, but they were definitely something with plenty of active ingredients.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have such high storage requirements and such strict time limits.

After giving the injections, Xia Qing carried the two wolves outside and set them down in the yard, then told Ram Boss, "Boss, all done. Drag them back in."

Ram Boss squinted at Xia Qing, unmoving.

Xia Qing gave in, pulled a compressed ration from her pocket, and gently negotiated, "Sorry for the trouble, Boss. I'm really sorry for waking you up so early. This is your payment."

Ram Boss immediately trotted out cheerfully, signaled Xia Qing to stuff the compressed ration into its satchel, then dragged the injured wolves back into the sheep pen.

Noticing the lead wolf also staring at her, Xia Qing immediately adopted the same tone and started coaxing, "Your Majesty has to hunt and deliver prey every day—much harder. I'm truly moved and full of admiration. Your Majesty is mighty! Please carry your companion back into the sheep pen to recuperate."

Only then did the lead wolf slowly come out and carry the injured brain-domain evolved wolf back inside.

After dealing with the wolves, Xia Qing went inside to get the sprayer to spray deodorizer when she heard a broadcast on the radio:

The evolved raptors that stayed in the Evolution Forest last night have already engaged the first line of defense of Huiyi Base head-on. The war has begun.