Chapter 1649: Kill Them All

At the south gate of Territory Three, Tan Junjie, the captain of the Hazard Screening Team who was holding a gun to maintain order, raised his hand and stopped Su Ming, who was about to go over and urge Guo Qingbin to get on the vehicle faster.

Through Xia Qing's expressionless face, Guo Qingbin saw through her vigilance and wariness, and also understood that she would not open her mouth to answer his question, so he uneasily instructed in a low voice, "If you get the chance, try to persuade him. He might still listen to what you say."

After saying that, Guo Qingbin nodded to Xia Qing, and strode toward the large truck parked outside the south gate of Territory Three. Territory Seven was short on funds and its conditions were crude; the truck used to shuttle experts between territories was still rented by Zhang Song from the Ninth Center.

"Sister Qing, we're off." Su Ming of the Screening Team greeted Xia Qing, then jumped onto the patrol vehicle to chase the large truck ahead that was kicking up a cloud of dust.

Xia Qing returned to the territory, locked the door, and turned on the walkie-talkie. "The experts have left Territory Three."

Tang Huai immediately responded, "Copy that. We're ready to receive them on our end."

The next stop on the inspection group's tour was the organic fertilizer plant, soil research department, farmland, and breeding sheds in Territory Twelve, followed by Territory Twenty-Five and Territory Eight. After the tour, the experts would take a helicopter to Hui-Three Safe Zone to visit the final stop of this inspection—the Hui-Three Pharmaceutical Factory.

At this point, the packed seven-day inspection itinerary came to an end, and everyone returned to their respective bases.

Zhao Ze of Territory Four felt relieved. "Good thing my territory wasn't drawn. Just seeing the vehicle the experts rode in makes me nervous."

In today's inspection itinerary, Territory Twenty-Five was randomly drawn from the territories in Northern Zone One. The reason for using a drawing method was that no territory was willing to host the expert team.

The reason for not wanting to host them was very simple: first, these experts were not viewed favorably by the big shots of Territory Seven, and the lords didn't want to get involved; second, these experts were each more fragile than the last—if any expert so much as scraped a little skin in their territory, who could they reason with?

Tang Heng, the acting agent of Territory Twelve, came online to ask, "Sister Qing, what did the experts focus on in Territory Three?"

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button. "The fermenting organic fertilizer. There's nothing else worth seeing here."

"Copy that." Tang Heng acknowledged, and quickly went to make arrangements.

Kuang Qingwei came online to remind them, "Brother Huai, Brother Heng, don't forget to take photos and videos."

Photos and videos of so many experts visiting the organic fertilizer plant were very persuasive corporate publicity and product promotion materials.

Tang Huai muttered as he walked, "Liang Wen definitely wants to see the wolfhounds and sheep. Xia Qing definitely won't let him. Our sheep are timid, so we can't let them observe up close either."

Tang Heng nodded, and stepped forward to walk ahead of his brother.

Tang Huai pulled him behind him in one motion, and strode outward. Tang Heng, uneasy, signaled the four bodyguards to follow immediately.

On the walkie-talkie, Mother Shi sighed with emotion, "Truly worthy of national-level experts—they grasped the key point right away."

Zhu Li, who was on standby in the soil research room, came online. "We've listed eight questions to consult the experts from Bai Liu and Red Three, hoping they can give us some new ideas."

Xia Qing listened to her allies chatting, and walked into the conference room beside the farmland.

Chen Zheng, the olfactory evolver who was reviewing surveillance footage, complained, "These experts, one by one, their eyes are like searchlights. Staring at them is more tiring than attending the training led by Brother Luo. Sister Qing, this guy named Hu Guangdong is Han Yanqian's mentor, right? He doesn't look reliable."

Xia Qing looked at the timid and nervous Hu Guangdong on the screen, and gave an acknowledging sound.

The judgment of Beard Feng, the visual evolver, differed from Chen Zheng's. "I feel Hu Guangdong's every move and question was all designed in advance. His purpose might be to provoke Sister Qing, or to attract our attention this way so others could take the opportunity to do something. Sister Qing, is Hu Guangdong in cahoots with Professor Guo Qingbin?"

Xia Qing nodded. "They both belong to the School of Animal Conservation at Red One University."

Beard Feng raised an obvious point of doubt. "From entering Territory Three to leaving, the two of them had no interaction whatsoever, not even eye contact."

Xia Qing had also noticed this point, and explained, "Guo Qingbin is a special ability evolver. Everyone must be very careful when encountering him—stay as far away as possible."

Xia Qing didn't say what ability it was, which meant it couldn't be disclosed. The four members of Beard Feng's squad nodded and noted it down.

Only then did Beard Feng understand that when Xia Qing reminded him yesterday to place Little Old Five in a safe area far from the tour route, she was guarding against this big shot, whose domestic fame was no less than Third Brother's.

Could this one be a Class C magnetic-sense evolver? Then indeed one must stay as far away as possible.

After hearing Wen Nengjie's report that the experts' large truck had entered Territory Twelve, Xia Qing confirmed the experts wouldn't double back, and only then did she do disinfection together with Beard Feng's squad.

Although Territory Seven had conducted strict checks on the experts and confirmed they were not carrying any prohibited drugs or weapons, and the air detector Xia Qing was wearing also showed no suspicious gases left by the experts in Territory Three, Xia Qing was still not at ease. Every area the experts had visited must be strictly disinfected!

Not just her place—the Ninth Center was the same.

While doing disinfection, Xia Qing kept an eye on the walkie-talkie. This was the only chance Huang Wanmao had to get close to Tang Huai within Northern Zone One. If he lost his patience and did something, he would surely be taken down.

Xia Qing hoped he would lose his patience, so this hidden threat could be dealt with as soon as possible.

But Huang Wanmao failed to live up to Xia Qing's expectations. While visiting Territory Twelve, he only found chances to get close to Tang Huai, and did not commit any illegal acts.

Not only did Huang Wanmao fail to live up to Xia Qing's expectations, so did Guo Qingbin. After finishing the tour of Territory Eight, Guo Qingbin boarded the helicopter with his personal luggage and went to Hui-Three Safe Zone, without applying to enter Territory Seven again.

Therefore, the idol also didn't get the chance to ruin Guo Qingbin's bizarre evolver ability.

Their leaving didn't mean the danger was over. Xia Qing posted a message in the Blue Star Lord Alliance group, telling the three brain-domain evolved wolves that the experts had headed for the human safe zone, and to strengthen territory patrols.

These people had openly left, but covert invasion and reconnaissance squads could enter the Southern Experimental Zone and Northern Zone One territories at any time.

The Northern Wolf King and Old Four read it without replying. Broken-Waist Wolf posted a meme in the group of Little Wolf Brother holding a pink, sparkly points card in his mouth.

This guy's meaning was very clear: the chance to get rich was coming!

Xia Qing reminded: @Broken-Waist, don't let your guard down. Territory safety is more important than earning points and supplies.

Broken-Waist Wolf quickly replied with another selfie showing his little sharp fangs bared.

Xia Qing directly replied with a picture of herself wearing a one-way transparent protective mask, looking domineering, then put away her phone and went to report in at Territory Seven.

Before she could ask why the idol's face looked so bad, she learned a piece of news that made her want to draw her gun: half of this batch of experts hadn't left!

Damn it, will this ever end? Will they let people farm in peace? Just kill them all!