Chapter 1582: Mountain 61's Major Client

At nine in the morning, Xia Qing entered the helicopter's cabin, confirmed everyone was present, and gave the order, "Eryong, take off."

"Copy that!" Eryong closed the cabin door, piloted the helicopter into the air, and flew north to carry out the patrol mission over the Northern Evolution Forest.

"Sister Qing, did you… say something wrong?" Seeing Xia Qing's wildly colorful face after she removed her protective mask, the experienced Huo Zhun asked quietly.

Wang Man shot Hammer a look, and Wu Lianmin stomped hard on Hammer's foot, telling him not to bring up the one thing nobody wanted to talk about.

Xia Qing shook her head slightly, not daring to move too much because larger movements would hurt. "No. Brother Huo handles left-side defense, Brother Min handles the right side, Captain Hu keep your eyes on the radar. Wake me when we're near Mountain 61."

"Copy that!"

Everyone accepted the order and carried out the mission. Xia Qing slowly leaned back against the seat and grabbed some time to rest.

She had been beaten so badly today, and she could only blame herself.

That morning, when she saw that all the special-training wolf pups from the southern wolf pack had arrived, Xia Qing's first reaction was absolutely not to be the last one to get beaten. Without even thinking, her instincts drove her to charge forward.

The handsome giant wolf, who never accepted defeat and competed in everything, saw Xia Qing suddenly speed up and thought she wanted to spar with him, so the fellow planted his two hind paws hard and shot forward…

The result? Damn it, that thing has four legs and is a giant wolf built for running! Xia Qing, a two-legged non-speed Evolver, ate two mouthfuls of snow kicked up by its paws, and then damn it, because she was the last one to arrive, she got beaten badly by Yanlong in front of all the wolf pups, Old Four, and the Broken-Waist Wolf.

This morning, she crossed hands with Yanlong three times and went down six times. Fortunately, she was the only human in training, so there was no ranking of who had it worst—otherwise she would definitely be the worst off.

Later, the Scarface pup couldn't stand watching anymore. During a break, it ran out and caught a yellow-light wild chicken for Xia Qing, telling her to eat it quickly to replenish her strength and keep fighting.

The little wolf sister started out cursing and complaining, but later got truly angry. Not afraid that her teeth hadn't fully grown in, she led four pups from the northern wolf pack to gang up on Yanlong, and the little wolf brother nearly succeeded in a sneak attack.

While Xia Qing lay nearby resting, Old Four, who never liked to spar, came over and used gestures to show her how to dodge Yanlong's legs and catch her openings.

The Broken-Waist Wolf had already confirmed that Xia Qing couldn't beat Yanlong, so it told her to stop training with Yanlong and switch to learning fast tree-climbing from it instead. It only charged 25,000 points for tuition.

For a stingy wolf that always uses just one paw for everything, slashing its own tuition in half was already a show of considerable sincerity.

Leaning against the seat back, Xia Qing slowly curled up the corners of her mouth.

Seeing Xia Qing smile, Wang Man, who had been on edge, breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head to focus on wiping her dagger.

Xia Qing and Zhang San are the two main pillars of the Northern Zone One territory, which is also the main reason Yanlong went hard on her special training. The stronger Xia Qing's combat power and the steadier she stands, the more stable Northern Zone One territory will be.

Wang Man, who had been born into danger countless times and retired safely, had no great ambitions. She only wanted to provide for her father and see him through his final years in this territory full of human warmth, and to earn more points so her injured, retired comrades could suffer a little less.

She had missed the missions at Mountain 67 and Mountain 36 by sheer bad luck, so she had to perform well on this mission!

"Buzz—"

After the phone in her pocket buzzed once, the smart assistant's voice came through Xia Qing's Bluetooth earpiece: "Master, your friend Does Daigua is calling you on video. Do you want to answer?"

Xia Qing sat up straight, pulled out her phone, and answered it manually. "Does Daigua, can you hear the helicopter?"

"Eh…" Seeing Xia Qing's face, mottled with purple patches, Does Daigua was so startled that its face actually showed an expression.

Xia Qing answered calmly, "It's nothing. I'm learning techniques to make myself stronger. These are all minor injuries; I'll recover in a day or two. Does Daigua, come out with your friend. After I land at Mountain 59, you two can come over to pick up the goods."

"Eh!" Does Daigua answered happily and hung up.

Xia Qing put away her phone and ordered, "Eryong, land at the spot on Mountain 59 closest to the Mountain 60 area."

Eryong accepted the order. "Copy that."

Hu Zifeng estimated the distance and time. "Sister Qing, rest a bit longer. We've still got four minutes."

"Okay." Xia Qing leaned back against the seat again and rested with her eyes closed.

Wang Man and Wu Lianmin, who had never seen Xia Qing video-call a little monkey, noticed that no one else looked surprised, so they pretended they had seen plenty of the world—those on mission kept at it, those wiping blades kept wiping.

Seeing a brown evolved bear charging through the snow sea below, Wu Lianmin glanced forward at Hu Zifeng, who was watching the radar, and also saw the clear outline on the display. The target was this clear, yet Hu Zifeng hadn't issued a warning—what did that mean?

It meant the "friend" coming with Does Daigua to pick up goods from Xia Qing was an evolved bear! Isn't Does Daigua a white-faced langur? Can a monkey be friends with a bear?

Actually, there's nothing impossible about it. Sister Qing is human, and hasn't she made a few wolf friends too… Wu Lianmin took a deep breath and continued his mission. He'd only just barely beaten Di Ming to snag today's mission slot—he had to perform well!

After the helicopter landed, the peddler Xia Qing, carrying a backpack and shouldering a large black package bag, jumped down from the cabin and headed toward Mountain 61, where she soon met up with Does Daigua and the Gluttony Bear.

"Brother Bear, Does Daigua." Xia Qing greeted them, then set the black package bag on the ground. "Inside are 40 jin of sweet potatoes, 60 jin of pumpkins, 10 jin of tomatoes, 10 jin of cucumbers, and 10 ears of tender corn—all green-light. Does Daigua, did you get the price list?"

"Eh!" Seeing such a big bag of food, Does Daigua's little face lit up. It took off its glove, extended a small black paw that had already de-swollen, and tapped away on its phone with a series of beeps before turning the screen to show Xia Qing.

"Right, this is the list." Xia Qing opened the bag, took out a sweet potato, and placed it on the Gluttony Bear's black paw as she began quoting prices. "Sweet potatoes are 65 points per jin, pumpkins 25 points, tender corn 80 points per ear, tomatoes and cucumbers are much pricier than in summer, 30 points per jin. Since you're an employee of our territory, you get the internal price—no middleman fee. That comes to 5,500 points total."

Xia Qing opened her backpack and took out the supplies Does Daigua had asked her to buy. "This is the insect-repelling Bluetooth earpiece Does Daigua wanted, hall-grade sound quality, 1,200 points a pair. These are steamed buns from Territory Seven, 30 points each. The buns are an exclusive agency, so the agency fee is a bit higher. Our territory's specialties plus the purchased supplies come to 7,000 points. Does Daigua, any problems?"

Does Daigua used its little claws to quickly scratch out the math on the snow, confirmed there were no issues, then pulled out its points card from its small backpack and handed it to Xia Qing.

"Okay." Xia Qing swiped 7,000 points, then pulled a small insulated bag from her pocket. "Inside are four live green-light mealworms. Does Daigua, take them back and share with Ergua. No points—it's a gift from me to you."

"Ee-ah-ya-oh-ha…" Does Daigua took the small bag and danced about excitedly.

"Does Daigua is an outstanding employee of our territory, so of course it qualifies for the green-light mealworm reward. If you need anything else, just send it to my phone." Does Daigua not only did great work, but was also a monkey with standards for good food and quality of life—truly refined taste—making it a prime candidate to develop into a major client. Xia Qing felt it was getting cuter and cuter.

After cheerfully pocketing the card reader, Xia Qing took out a yellow-light dried fig and placed it on the Gluttony Bear's big paw. "Brother Bear, this very delicious fruit is for you. The food in the bag is yours and Does Daigua's. When you've eaten it all, you can come to me to buy more. If you don't have enough points, you can trade me pretty stones or other items from the picture book. I've got a mission, so I'll head off now."

This fig wasn't something Xia Qing gave away casually. The fig cuttings she had propagated had already grown to over a meter tall and would bear quite a lot of fruit this year. The Gluttony Bear was a very promising client—she had to develop it as a key account!