Chapter 1610: Helicopter Carrying Missiles

The Does Daigua monkey, wrapped in a thermal blanket by Xia Qing, lifted its nose and sniffed the filthy monkey, then turned its head and looked at Xia Qing expressionlessly.

Xia Qing understood. "Does Daigua can't smell where this monkey came from?"

"Eek…" Does Daigua's voice was tiny, frightened.

"It's fine, it's not Does Daigua's problem. It means this golden snub-nosed monkey didn't come from the Sixty-Seven Mountain basin or Sixty-Two Mountain. Does Daigua helped a lot." After praising the clever Does Daigua, Xia Qing tucked it back into the backpack to keep warm, then asked the golden snub-nosed monkey with blood beads hanging from its neck, "Blue-face, can you understand what I'm saying?"

The pitiful golden snub-nosed monkey, just relieved of its collar, was dripping with snot and tears while coughing, in a state where communication was impossible.

When Xia Qing's two questions got no response, she turned off the signal jammer and contacted her companion on the helicopter. "Dajiang, what's the position of Xiong Wang and the Greedy Little Bear?"

Dajiang, the copilot in charge of reconnaissance on the helicopter, immediately replied, "Still at the tree hollow where the golden snub-nosed monkey was found, three kilometers to Sister Qing's front-right."

Xia Qing responded, "Copy that. Keep scanning the northeastern mountain range from the air. The human commanding this trained monkey might be hiding over there."

"Copy that." Dajiang replied calmly.

Logically speaking, them flying off in the helicopter and leaving Xia Qing alone in the depths of the Evolution Forest was reckless and irresponsible behavior that disregarded their companion's safety.

But Jingkuan and Dajiang weren't worried about Xia Qing's safety at all. Although this was deep in the Evolution Forest, still the territory of the terrifyingly powerful speed-evolved giant bear, Xia Qing wouldn't be in any danger whatsoever.

As Xia Qing ran toward Xiong Wang's position, the little monkey in her hand grew more active, desperately trying to escape. But Xia Qing had it pinned by the scruff of its neck; no matter how it struggled, it couldn't break free of her grip, and could only howl helplessly.

When Xia Qing reached the massive Xiong Wang's side and got roared at, the little monkey was so scared it didn't dare make another sound.

Xia Qing held the trembling little monkey and carefully examined the camouflage covering at the tree hollow that the Greedy Little Bear had torn open, introducing it to Xiong Wang. "This is opaque, airtight, heat-blocking camouflage fabric made by humans. It can prevent internal scents from spreading outward. How did Little Bear Bro recognize this kind of fabric?"

The color and pattern of this fabric closely resembled tree bark, and with scent-blocking agents sprayed on, animals in the Evolution Forest would have a hard time detecting it. This was one of the essential pieces of equipment for humans carrying out missions in the Evolution Forest.

The Greedy Little Bear's shiny black eyes stared fixedly at Xia Qing's backpack, looking completely unable to communicate.

Xia Qing thought for a moment, then earnestly praised, "Does Daigua showed Little Bear Bro a science video on the phone, so Little Bear Bro recognized this fabric? Little Bear Bro is a very, very clever bear!"

The Greedy Little Bear didn't react, still staring at Xia Qing's backpack.

Xia Qing stopped paying it attention, turned to look at the small bag hanging from Xiong Wang's front claw—smaller than half of one of its claws—and reached out her hand. "Xiong Wang, my lord, may I take a look at this backpack?"

Xiong Wang sniffed it, then handed it to Xia Qing.

Xia Qing opened it and looked inside, finding a bundle of leaves and a few dried fruits, and understood the backpack's purpose—it was used to carry that opaque camouflage fabric and food.

It seemed this golden snub-nosed monkey's manual dexterity wasn't bad, and it might even have undergone brain evolution. But right now its face was covered in snot and tears, so Xia Qing couldn't tell from its expression whether it was a brain-evolved individual.

Xia Qing held up the fabric, backpack, and golden snub-nosed monkey and asked, "Bear Bro, can you sniff these scents and see if they seem familiar? Can you track where this monkey came from based on these scents?"

Xiong Wang thought Xia Qing was asking it to eat the monkey, bared its huge tusks in a grin and let out an angry roar, indicating it didn't like eating that sort of thing.

The blue-faced golden snub-nosed monkey pinched in Xia Qing's hand was trembling like a noodle.

Mid-roar, Xiong Wang suddenly remembered the delicious food Xia Qing had placed in the Sixty-Seven Mountain hot spring lake basin, and turned and ran off at top speed.

Seeing the direction it went, Xia Qing knew that glutton couldn't be relied on. She turned and, holding up the small backpack and golden snub-nosed monkey, asked the Greedy Little Bear.

Seeing that the Greedy Little Bear also wanted to run, Xia Qing immediately pulled out the honey jar from her backpack and let Does Daigua poke its head out to communicate with its greedy friend.

Seeing the honey, the Greedy Little Bear quickly sniffed the golden snub-nosed monkey—which was trembling like a leaf—and headed northeast. Worried that Xia Qing carrying the honey jar wouldn't understand what it meant, the little fellow turned its head and roared once, signaling her to follow quickly.

"Coming!" Xia Qing walked while giving the golden snub-nosed monkey in her hand simple treatment for the wound on its neck.

She hadn't bandaged it earlier because the scent of the medicine would mask and confuse the golden snub-nosed monkey's own scent, hindering the two bears' ability to track where the little monkey came from through smell.

After treating the wound on the little monkey's neck, Xia Qing pulled a few shelled green-light pine nuts from the side pocket of her protective suit and stuffed them into the golden snub-nosed monkey's mouth.

These green-light pine nuts were prepared by Xia Qing for the discerning Bai Yan raven, and they were also a favorite food of golden snub-nosed monkeys.

"Roar!" The Greedy Little Bear, finding that Xia Qing ran even slower than Does Daigua, turned its head and roared in displeasure. Xia Qing quickly grabbed the golden snub-nosed monkey and chased after it. The pine nuts she'd just stuffed into the monkey's mouth were pushed out by the little fellow's tongue and fell onto the snow.

A little squirrel climbed down from a tree, quickly snatched up the pine nuts, and darted back up the tree.

Before the person and bear had run far, Dajiang urgently contacted Xia Qing. "Sister Qing, a helicopter carrying missiles just took off from a mountain hollow three kilometers ahead of us!"

Xia Qing stopped and decisively ordered, "Turn the aircraft around and fly back immediately. Do not engage with the other side. Bring parachutes—if things go wrong, abandon the helicopter."

"Understood." Jingkuan immediately turned the aircraft. This was no time for heroics; one button press from the other side firing a missile would wipe them and the helicopter out completely.

Xia Qing called out to the Greedy Little Bear ahead and used the honey to lure it into hiding in the dense forest with her.

After receiving Dajiang's message that the missile-carrying helicopter had flown northwest, Xia Qing had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a big black paw reach out in front of her.

"Little Bear Bro wants honey?"

"Roar."

"Okay, here you go." Xia Qing, holding the little monkey in one hand, took the honey jar from her backpack, clamped it between her legs, and nimbly twisted off the lid one-handed to hand to the Greedy Little Bear. She also stuffed a small carrot into its paw. "Thanks to Little Bear Bro for helping me find the bad humans. This carrot is my thank-you gift to you—you can dip it in the honey and eat it."

Having gotten the honey, the little bear stopped paying attention to Xia Qing, sat down beside her, dipped its paw in some honey, and began licking it with great relish.

"Eek…" Does Daigua and Ergua in the backpack smelled the sweetness and started crawling around restlessly.

Xia Qing opened the backpack lid, handed the two melons a small carrot dipped in honey to lick inside the thermal bag, then focused her attention on the golden snub-nosed monkey in her hand.

It had to be said, after getting used to the extremely visually impactful faces of Does Daigua and Ergua, even when facing this golden snub-nosed monkey—filthy as it looked—Xia Qing still felt the impact of a beautiful face.

She pulled out a tissue and wiped the little monkey's face, asking, "Blue-face, can you understand human language?"

The golden snub-nosed monkey was still in a state of fear, unable to communicate. The Greedy Little Bear beside her reached over with its big black paw, indicating to Xia Qing that it also wanted pine nuts.

Xia Qing gave the pine nuts to the Greedy Little Bear, took out her phone, and contacted her idol to ask whether this monkey should be brought back.