Chapter 1654: Which of Your Companions Should the Surgery Be Performed On?

The Brain Domain Evolved former Wolf King of the South, Old Four, used a special-effect anesthetic to capture three humans alive — of course it had its own plans.

It raised its paw and traced two characters: exchange.

Xia Qing confirmed, "You want to exchange these three still-living humans to me?"

The solemn-faced old wolf didn't nod, and raised its paw again to trace one character: 7.

Xia Qing asked, "You think these three people are researchers like Third Brother, so you captured them alive to exchange to Third Brother. You believe living ones can be exchanged for more supplies than dead ones? …Old Four, you're really too clever! What do you want to exchange these three humans with Third Brother for?"

Old Four slowly bared its lips, revealing its regrown, snow-white, sharp and sturdy fangs.

Xia Qing understood, "You want Third Brother to perform a tooth-regrowth surgery on your companion? …Which companion? Have I met it? …Alright, I haven't met it. It's not a member of the Southern Wolf Pack? Then which wolf pack is it from? …Not a wolf pack? Is it from the Eastern Jackal Pack, or the Western Tiger Pack?"

This time, Old Four wrote a character with many strokes and very scrawled, because it couldn't tear up the ground mat, so it traced it twice before Xia Qing could make it out.

"…A member of the Western Tiger Pack? Alright. You want Third Brother to perform a tooth-regrowth surgery on an evolved tiger from the Western Tiger Pack that has damaged teeth?"

Old Four nodded solemnly.

Xia Qing was equally solemn, "Old Four, Third Brother is a human standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid. Whether or not he performs the surgery can only be decided by himself. Let's first take stock of the supplies, confirm the identities of these three living humans, then contact Third Brother and let him decide whether to exchange. Does that sound good to you?"

Old Four nodded.

Xia Qing was about to untie the ropes on the first person when she heard an evolved wolf approaching the tent.

The tent's zipper was pulled open by a wolf claw, and Little Wolf Bro, with dirty fur, squeezed in, followed by the equally dirty Scarface Little Wolf.

Then, Lord Cui Yan also squeezed in — it was also very interested in the supply-counting session.

This tent, two meters long and two meters wide, was packed full by four wolves and four people.

Xia Qing didn't let any companion leave, and instead stretched the high-end tent she had exchanged at a high price into its maximum form of three meters long and three meters wide.

You get what you pay for — expensive, of course, has its expensive reasoning!

After the tent grew bigger, the four wolves squatted in a row, watching Xia Qing take stock of the supplies.

Xia Qing first took out paper and pen, and discussed with the two Brain Domain Evolved sub-adult wolves, "Little Wolf Bro, Scarface, I'll take stock of the supplies, you two record how many points each item is worth in the notebook. After we're done counting, you two calculate the total points, and I'll pay each of you one Green Lantern Egg as a reward. Is that okay?"

Little Wolf Bro immediately bared its lips, revealing its snow-white, cute little fang tips, and Scarface Little Wolf nodded solemnly.

Xia Qing smiled too, dug two Green Lantern Eggs out of her backpack, and took out a towel, "Alright, thanks Little Wolf Bro and Scarface for helping. Stick out your paws, I'll wipe them for you."

While Xia Qing was wiping the two little wolves' paws, she noticed Lord Cui Yan staring at the eggs with her emerald-green eyes, and asked, "Does Queen Cui Yan want to eat delicious and nutritious Green Lantern Eggs?"

Lord Cui Yan turned her head away and stopped looking.

Xia Qing asked the old wolf with a smile, "Queen Cui Yan is carrying wolf pups, she should eat more quality food. Do you want to exchange four eggs for Queen Cui Yan to eat? If you exchange, I can give a more nutritious fresh-squeezed spinach juice for free."

The old wolf nodded calmly.

"Alright, Old Four, you truly live up to being an elder wolf who cares for the wolf pack's companions!"

Xia Qing immediately dug four eggs out of her backpack, cracked them into a foldable plastic bowl, added 5 milliliters of fresh-squeezed spinach juice, then held it in front of Lord Cui Yan, "Cui Yan, eat some quality food to nourish yourself. You're carrying cubs in your belly, you need to eat more."

Lord Cui Yan paused for a few seconds before taking a big bite, then raised her head. Old Four very naturally lowered its head and finished off the remaining eggs and spinach juice.

After all four wolves had eaten the eggs, Xia Qing put pens on Scarface Little Wolf and Little Wolf Bro, and began taking stock of the supplies.

She nimbly untied the ropes on the first intruder, not at all worried this person would wake up, because Old Four had used the special-effect anesthetic compounded by Zhang San.

This anesthetic is made primarily from extracts of high-grade evolved Venus flytraps and high-grade evolved bullet ants. It can precisely and reversibly block pain signals and suppress the consciousness center, while having no effect on other cellular functions. It was developed during the Calamity Years, and is a safe anesthetic with nearly zero side effects.

Humans who inhale a sufficient dose of the anesthetic will remain unconscious for at least four hours, unless they are high-grade evolvers who have developed resistance to this type of drug.

From when Old Four called Xia Qing until now, less than three hours had passed, and Xia Qing had already confirmed that all three people were in a state of deep coma,

so the intruder in front of her, whose arms Old Four had bound until they were swollen from lack of blood, couldn't wake up from the pain either.

After untying the ropes, Xia Qing quickly examined the protective suit worn by this intruder.

"This human is wearing a complete set of Field Grade-4 protective suit. The price of this brand-new protective suit in the human safe zone has dropped by 200, it's now 9,300 points. Although this suit has no tears, the protective helmet, protective boots, and the knee and elbow areas show obvious wear, so it can only be counted as forty percent new. The quoted price is 2,300 points, write it down…"

"Woof."

Lord Cui Yan, who was squatting between Old Four and Scarface Little Wolf, was dissatisfied with the quoted price and growled. Scarface Little Wolf, who was about to tally, raised its head. Little Wolf Bro pretended not to hear, and neatly wrote four numbers in the notebook.

"Queen Cui Yan's math knowledge has increased — carrying wolf pups and still attending class seriously, truly worthy of being a wolf king standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid, just like Old Four and the Northern Wolf King."

After praising Lord Cui Yan, Xia Qing slowed her speech and patiently explained with gestures, "The key parts of this protective suit — the helmet, elbows, knees, and boots — all show obvious wear, which means the suit's impact resistance, puncture resistance, and sealing have all deteriorated."

Just like an evolved wolf that still has fur, but the fur has become very sparse and can't keep warm or keep out insects, so it's only worth 2,300 points. If the price is any higher, we can't sell it, Cui Yan. If you don't believe it, you can ask Old Four."

To help the old wolf and the Broken-Waist Wolf understand the prices of supplies, Xia Qing installed the Hui Three Government Affairs APP on their phones. These two clever wolves can, through the task portal on the government affairs website, view public tasks posted by humans at Hui Three Base, and can also learn the prices of second-hand supplies on the platform's second-hand trading section.

After Lord Cui Yan retracted her fangs, Scarface Little Wolf took notes, and Xia Qing continued taking stock of the supplies.

"…She carried medicinal powder, medicinal powder, and medication on her — these can only be priced after confirming the ingredients; the food is four tubes of mid-grade nutrient solution, 200 points per tube, totaling 800 points: one bag of distilled water, 25 points; two points cards…" Xia Qing took out the card reader and swiped, then reported the numbers, "The first card has 3,237 points, the second has 4,390 points."

The Blaze Squad has already been classified as an illegal organization. When the captain, Fire Phoenix, the vice-captain, Qu Fangzhou, and Liao Wen fled, they took away the vast majority of Blaze's core assets and high-value supplies, causing the non-core members who fled the Blaze Squad to lack supply supplies, and their equipment has clearly been downgraded.

Otherwise, the Southern Wolf Pack wouldn't have succeeded so easily.