Chapter 1637: The Blue-Faced Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey with Severe Diarrhea

"Eh~_~_~"

When Xia Qing answered the Broken-Waist Wolf's call, the scruffy, ruffled white-faced langur that appeared on the screen immediately let out a cry.

That tone couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the one Boss Sheep used when reporting to the Queen—only that it was utterly indistinguishable. It made even Xia Qing's heart soften a little. "Mm. I received the secret signal Daigua sent yesterday, so I contacted Handsome Wolf and asked him to go over today to see what's going on with you. Daigua, are you, Ergua, and your family monkeys injured?"

Daigua pressed his lips tightly together, eyes wide and eager.

"Very good, Daigua, you're amazing—you protected yourself and your family monkeys so well, none of you are hurt. Can you find food? Are you hungry?"

Daigua pressed his lips even more tightly together, eyes wide and eager.

"You can find plenty of food in the Fog Hot Spring Evolution Forest. Daigua truly is a powerhouse among langurs—every langur on Blue Star is proud of you…"

Under Xia Qing's praise, Daigua's face went blank and dazed.

Only after she'd praised him to her heart's content did Xia Qing return to the main topic and continue asking, "Not injured, not short on food, and no urgent danger either—then why did you contact me? Is that little blue-faced monkey hurt?"

Daigua opened his mouth and gestured with his grubby little black arm and black paw, conveying complicated information to Xia Qing. "Eh, ao-oh-qie-ka-oh-ka…"

The directions and survival modes of Blue Star's biological evolution are many and varied, and the ways of communicating differ greatly as well.

Evolved wolves are large, group-living animals; a wolf pack numbers anywhere from five or six members to several dozen. To coordinate hunting and jointly raise their young, they need to engage in complex communication within the group.

Langurs usually live in small family units—a mated pair and their immature offspring—eating leaves, fruit, and a few insects. Adults can obtain food on their own, so langurs don't need much communication with one another. Precisely because of this, the langur communication system isn't as complex or precise as that of animals like wolves and jackals.

Here, "communication" doesn't only refer to sounds produced by the vocal cords; it also includes body movements, spatial positioning, and other methods. For instance, just by where a wolf stands, one can tell what role that pack member plays.

Survival competition in the Evolution Forest is exceptionally fierce; in many cases, making a sound means it's easier to reveal your position and be locked onto by a predator. So animals are more accustomed to using body movements to convey the information they want to express.

Under Xia Qing's active teaching, the brain-evolved Daigua can not only understand human spoken language but has also learned the characters humans use daily. But this clever little monkey doesn't like writing—he much prefers using body movements to convey information to Xia Qing.

Because Xia Qing likes to talk, Daigua, when confirming the situation is safe, will also add various sounds when communicating with her.

After watching Daigua's movements, Xia Qing understood. "The blue-faced golden snub-nosed monkey I entrusted to you has diarrhea—it's serious?"

"Eh!"

"Did it eat something poisonous?"

Daigua pressed his lips tightly together, indicating he didn't know.

Before Xia Qing could ask further, the screen wobbled a few times. The Broken-Waist Wolf pushed Daigua aside and appeared on the screen, lowering its head to stare seriously at Xia Qing on the phone screen.

Xia Qing asked about the situation. "Broken-Waist, did you see the blue-faced golden snub-nosed monkey? What's its condition now—can it still move?"

That little monkey was one she had rescued, so no matter how little, there was some bond there.

Soon, besides the Broken-Waist Wolf's big head, the screen also showed a small golden arm gripped by a black-furred little paw, and a grubby golden-furred little paw hanging limply into the phone screen, its toes trembling faintly.

Still alive, but clearly lost the ability to move.

Xia Qing quickly gave a treatment plan. "The patrol helicopter just flew past Mountain 50, so it'll reach the airspace above Basin 67 in about 25 minutes. Broken-Waist, Daigua, you two find a way to put the blue-faced one on a high tree branch not covered by the thick fog, then hide. Once the helicopter spots it, it'll bring the blue-faced one back to me. Be careful—don't let a bird of prey snatch it away."

The Broken-Waist Wolf, who co-ran the Evolution Forest clinic with Xia Qing, pressed its mouth tightly shut, indicating disagreement.

Xia Qing explained, "Broken-Waist, this is the golden snub-nosed monkey I saved a few days ago on Mountain 66 by shooting its collar. It's a brain-evolved individual born and raised in a human research institute—it can only be handed over to Third Brother for treatment."

When Xia Qing co-opened the clinic with Fourth Brother and the Broken-Waist Wolf, she set the rule that the clinic could treat fierce beasts like wolves and tigers, but wouldn't accept domesticated beasts—especially brain-evolved domesticated beasts.

In Xia Qing's eyes, brain-evolved individuals raised by humans weren't much different from humans themselves, and had to be guarded against especially carefully—otherwise they might very well leak the secrets Zhang Shi and Ye Yiyi were hiding in the Evolution Forest.

The Broken-Waist Wolf bared a little fang tip, indicating it understood.

Xia Qing immediately gave the order. "Very good, Broken-Waist—your risk-prevention awareness is getting stronger and stronger. Only this way can we better guard our territory. You two get moving. Be careful to avoid the cameras, and absolutely don't leave either of your scents on the blue-faced one."

The specifics didn't need Xia Qing to spell out bit by bit. Because how to eliminate scent was important content covered in elementary school lessons—one wolf and one monkey had long since mastered it.

After ending the call with Daigua and the Broken-Waist Wolf, Xia Qing directly called her idol by phone. "Third Brother, the golden snub-nosed monkey in Basin 67 of Mountain 67 has severe diarrhea and will be brought back by helicopter shortly. Where do you think it should be sent?"

Territory 7 was crowded with eyes and ears—sending a golden snub-nosed monkey in would be the same as exposing it. Territory 3 wouldn't work either; tomorrow several experts were entering the territory for an inspection. So it could only be placed in Zone 3 of Mountain 49—Xia Qing's turf.

Within Xia Qing's turf, Zhang San could only think of one place to hide a monkey. "Send it to the wolf den in Zone 3 of Mountain 49?"

Too far wouldn't work either—if it was too far, it wouldn't be convenient for personnel from Territory 7 to go out and treat it.

"The wolf den is now the territory of a weasel family; the white-furred weasel is pregnant and about to give birth." The wolf den wasn't suitable, so Xia Qing proposed an alternative. "What do you think about putting it on the big pine tree in Zone 5 of Mountain 49? I'll have Hu Zifeng and the others go over and build a tree nest."

After getting her idol's agreement, Xia Qing immediately contacted Hu Zifeng, then got out of the car and returned to the hidden valley to continue hauling the oil sunflower heads.

When she came down the mountain carrying six bags of oil sunflower heads, she received a call from the helicopter captain in charge of patrolling the northern Evolution Forest, reporting that they had found an unconscious golden snub-nosed monkey in the canopy of a big tree in the basin, and added with lingering fear, "Just barely—another moment and this golden snub-nosed monkey would have been carried off by a bird of prey again."

The video of Xia Qing shooting the golden snub-nosed monkey on Mountain 66 had already spread all over the internet. The matter of this golden snub-nosed monkey being carried off by a bird of prey was also known to everyone.

Therefore, the helicopter responsible for patrolling the northern Evolution Forest was also charged with the task of searching for the missing golden snub-nosed monkey. Base Commander Hui San had personally promised that this golden snub-nosed monkey was Xia Qing's trophy, so the helicopter team's first move upon catching the golden snub-nosed monkey was to contact Xia Qing.