Chapter 1642: The Plucked-Hair Cub Driven Out of Wolf Valley

"Is Sister Qing injured? Does she need treatment?"

Seeing Xia Qing slowly walking down the mountain path, Zhang Zhang, who had been waiting in Area 3 of Mountain 49, immediately went up to her and asked in a low voice.

"Minor injury, no treatment needed. Are today's medicines prepared?" Xia Qing, wearing a single-sided light-transmitting protective mask, didn't need treatment because she hadn't hurt any bones; resting for a day would be fine.

During the second half of this morning's special training, Yan Long brought out her full combat power, directly crushing Xia Qing—who had just gained some confidence—into the mud, shattering the self-confidence Xia Qing had built up yesterday. To make it back on time, Xia Qing could only pay 100 credits to hire an evolved giant wolf to deliver her to Area 4 of Mountain 49.

Why not let Handsome Giant Wolf give her a ride? Because Xia Qing and Handsome Giant Wolf were fellow sufferers, equally miserable.

"Prepared."

Zhang Zhang immediately gave Xia Qing a detailed briefing: "Teacher Song tested and confirmed that the patient's gastrointestinal dysfunction is also related to excessive mental tension, so two special-effect medicines were added to this morning's medication, specially approved by Third Brother. The administration method has also been changed from IV drip to oral. Is it convenient for Sister Qing to climb the tree? Or should I go feed the patient the medicine?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "No need, I'll go."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Sister Qing." Zhang Zhang didn't push for the chance to administer the medicine, because from the video Xia Qing filmed this morning, it could be seen that the golden snub-nosed monkey's emotional state when facing Xia Qing was much more stable than when Zhang Zhang gave it an IV yesterday afternoon.

This wasn't hard to understand. First, because the golden snub-nosed monkey had been rescued and released by Xia Qing. Second, Zhang Zhang carried the scent of medicines and disinfectant, not much different from the scent on the researchers at Hui Seven Research Institute, which made the golden snub-nosed monkey nervous.

After the guards of Territory Seven carried Zhang Zhang away from Area 3 of Mountain 49, Xia Qing turned and limped toward Area 5 of Mountain 49 to deliver medicine to the blue-faced golden snub-nosed monkey.

The little flat-head, who was searching for food, saw this tiny human injured and immediately came charging over with grunting snorts, intending to take the opportunity to bite her a few times.

The plucked-hair cub rushed out even faster, climbed onto Xia Qing's shoulder, and let out clicking calls at the flat-head, making it clear that if the flat-head took one more step forward, it would launch an attack.

The flat-head wasn't scared, but Xia Qing was quite startled. She said softly in thanks, "Thank you, Plucked-Hair Cub, for coming to protect me. The flat-head is no match for me; I'll chase it away. Don't move."

After saying that, Xia Qing flung the flat-head that had run to her side more than three meters away, then tossed it a piece of jerky, and immediately raised her hand to hand the Plucked-Hair Cub a piece of freeze-dried meat, coaxing it softly, "Plucked-Hair Cub, try this new freeze-dried meat made from green-light pork, specially supplied by Territory Seven, same as Princess's. Herbs that aid digestion are added inside; it can boost resistance."

The Plucked-Hair Cub gnawed on the jerky with great eagerness—at one hearing, it was clearly starving. Xia Qing relaxed only after confirming it wouldn't release a toxic gas attack, and while handing it jerky, she walked forward. "Plucked-Hair Cub, have you chosen your core territory yet?"

Little White Fur was about to give birth, so the plucked-hair weasel had driven the Plucked-Hair Cub and Little Little White Fur out of Wolf Valley in Area 3 of Mountain 49. These two little ones, who had lived happily with their parents for a year, were searching for their own core territory.

Xia Qing hadn't seen these two little ones for two days and had thought they had already left this mountain area.

One person and one weasel, one chattering and the other eating, eating, eating, they quickly arrived under the big pine tree in Area 5 of Mountain 49.

Xia Qing removed the single-sided light-transmitting film from her protective gear, looked up, and called out, "Blue-face, are you there? Blue-face…"

The blue-faced little golden snub-nosed monkey in the treehouse opened the door and poked its head down.

Xia Qing took out the medicine. "This is your morning medicine. Do you come down to take it, or should I come up?"

The blue-faced little golden snub-nosed monkey stared at Xia Qing for two seconds, then crawled out of the treehouse and slowly climbed down. Yesterday, this little one had been so severely dehydrated from diarrhea that it had lost mobility; being able to climb now was already very impressive. Xia Qing didn't mind its slowness at all.

Compared to Daigua, who had to lie down for over a month before being able to move and needed Xia Qing to handle its bathroom needs, this patient was simply too easy.

When the little one climbed down to her eye level and stopped, staring at the Plucked-Hair Cub on her shoulder, Xia Qing introduced them to each other: "This is Plucked-Hair Cub, my companion. Plucked-Hair Cub, this is the blue-faced golden snub-nosed monkey; it's recuperating in our territory and will leave once it's well."

After the introduction, Xia Qing took a dose of medicine from the insulated medicine bag Zhang Zhang had given her, opened the cap, gestured with it, and handed it to the blue-faced little monkey. "Blue-face, this is your morning medicine; just drink it directly."

The blue-faced little monkey extended its little paw covered in golden-yellow fur, took the medicine, skillfully drank it, and then handed the bag back to Xia Qing. It was obvious that it was very familiar with this kind of plastic bag used for medicine.

"Blue-face is amazing—finished the medicine in one go. These are dried figs, boiled eggs, and spinach leaves, all foods you can eat. Eat these when you're hungry; I'll come check on you again in the evening." Xia Qing took out a pre-packed food bag from her backpack, handed it to the blue-faced little golden snub-nosed monkey, and then urged it, "Go back to the wooden house. It's too cold here, and your movement speed is too slow; moving around outside is very dangerous."

The little golden snub-nosed monkey grabbed the bag Xia Qing had given it with one paw and climbed up with three paws, returning to the treehouse at three times the speed it had come down.

Xia Qing watched it crawl back into the treehouse and close the door properly, then turned to walk back. After the Plucked-Hair Cub also jumped down from her shoulder, Xia Qing sprayed some scent-isolation agent on herself before leaving Area 3 of Mountain 49 and returning to the territory.

Before she had even finished eating, she received a call from Zhang Song. Jiang Cheng, the hydrogeology expert from Red One University, had once again applied to leave the team and act alone to go to the Mountain 50 experimental area to study the causes of the hot springs in the hidden valley, and had obtained Zhang San's approval. However, Territory Seven couldn't dispatch guards to protect his safety, so Zhang Song contacted Xia Qing to ask her to resolve this issue.

"Professor Jiang says that if the Territory Alliance can't form a team, please ask Sister Qing to approve his leading the Red One University security team into Mountain 50."

Relying on her keen hearing, Xia Qing could tell that Zhang Song was standing outside the Territory Seven laboratory building making the call, with somewhat noisy background sounds. So Xia Qing didn't ask for more information, only calmly asked, "Has Third Brother opened the Mountain 50 experimental area access permissions for the Red One University security team?"

Zhang Song replied, "No. If they apply to the inspection team, they can obtain activity permissions for the route from the North Gate of Northern Area 1 to the entrance of the Third Peak of Mountain 50."

Xia Qing understood. "I'll check who can form a team and get back to you in five minutes, Brother Song."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Sister Qing." Zhang Song had just hung up the phone when he saw Huang Wanmao from White One University striding quickly toward him. "Director Song, I also want to apply to leave the team and enter the Mountain 50 hot spring valley experimental area for investigation again."

Zhang Song responded with a mild expression, "Professor Huang may submit an application according to the procedures."

Huang Wanmao lowered his voice and asked, "Can you make an exception? I'll go with Professor Jiang…"

"Professor Huang, I'm going to investigate the geological environment; my activity range is very large, and I don't want to team up with anyone." The chance to enter Mountain 50 again was something Jiang Cheng had exchanged with Professor Fu Tianfeng for important intelligence; he absolutely would not team up with anyone.

Because there was a bizarre rule here: when teaming up with others, the straight-line distance between team members could not exceed five meters!