Chapter 166: Tamed Beasts

"That evolved sheep is her most important companion, and equipping the sheep is very important to her." Yang Jin flicked the ash off his cigarette. "She now has something to protect and a companion. Brother Luo has already pointed out her weakness — no need to rush her. She'll work hard to make up for it."

"It was indeed my impatience. In ten years of natural disasters, Xia Qing is the best seedling I've come across." Luo Pei didn't continue, but both Yang Jin and Xie Yu understood what he meant.

After Luo Pei was poisoned by Qian synthetic toxin and endured four months of painful detox treatment, his bodily functions recovered ninety percent. To this day, a portion of the stubborn Qian synthetic toxin still clings deep within his damaged organs and cannot be purged. If Luo Pei at his peak had gone to intercept the evolved bird flock, he absolutely would not have let a single evolved monkey-eating eagle escape.

Luo Pei feared his physical condition would continue to weaken under the influence of the residual toxin, so he was eager to cultivate a top-tier sniper who could replace him. Xia Qing is a three-system high-level ability user with sharp senses, steady temperament, and real strength — the best candidate Luo Pei could both secure and trust right now.

"Brother Luo, set your mind at ease. If we still can't gather all the detox medicine by November, I'll go find Zhang San and ask him to come with me to the Hongcheng main base." Xie Yu laid out the plan to put Luo Pei at ease. "Hongcheng is sure to have the medicine."

Not worth it — it's not certain he'll deteriorate.

But before Luo Pei could speak, Xie Yu changed the subject. "While you two went to intercept the evolved bird flock, I had a meal with Tang Zhengsu and Tang Zheng. I can now basically confirm that the pair of green-light pangolins from the auction are now in the hands of the Sufeng Squad."

The scale plates of the green-light pangolins are one ingredient in the residual-toxin medicine prescription Zhang San wrote for Luo Pei. Hearing that green-light pangolins would be auctioned at the Red-Three Base tamed beast auction, Xie Yu rushed to attend, but ultimately rationally gave up because the bidding went too high.

Over the past month, Xie Yu had been tracking the whereabouts of this pair of pangolins. The Sufeng Squad, who least wanted Luo Pei to recover, was naturally placed on Xie Yu's investigation list.

So when Tang Zheng invited Xie Yu for tea, he didn't refuse, and specifically picked a timing where he could run into Tang Zhengsu.

The classification method for human brain-domain evolution differs from other evolved abilities.

According to the level of brain-domain evolution, brain-domain evolvers are divided into three grades — one, two, and three — rather than the ten-grade classification used for other evolved abilities. Therefore, a grade-three brain-domain evolver already counts as a high-level evolver.

Additionally, according to the different brain regions evolved, brain-domain evolvers are divided into five categories: intelligence, observation, memory, thinking, and emotion-capture ability. Among brain-domain evolvers, only a very small fraction evolve three or more categories simultaneously.

Xie Yu is a grade-three, four-category brain-domain evolver — only memory has not evolved in him. He can capture a great deal of information from the movements, conversation, and subtle expression changes of the person being observed. After having a meal with Tang Zhengsu, who likes to fight and compete and isn't good at using his brain, the information Xie Yu wanted to find out was pretty much nailed down.

Luo Pei sighed. "Five million — the Sufeng Squad really isn't afraid to put up the capital."

"If the auctioneer wasn't lying, five million isn't that high either. Find one pouch of yi stone and you've made your money back." Yang Jin the miser laughed shrewdly. "Keep a close watch on Sufeng. Get those two pangolins into our hands as soon as possible — the small one goes into medicine, the big one gets taken to the Evolution Forest to find yi stone."

"Alright." After Xie Yu agreed, he asked, "A-Jin, what's so special about the spinach juice from Territory Three?"

If it weren't special, Yang Jin wouldn't have proposed trading with Xia Qing next month.

Yang Jin answered, "Liangzi is also a grade-six hearing evolver, and after taking medicine he's still lying down in discomfort. Zhang San isn't in the territory, Xia Qing has no targeted medicine, yet she's already bouncing around full of energy."

Xie Yu understood. "You think her spinach juice's healing effect on damage caused by ultrasonic attacks is better than medicine and special nutrient solution?"

Luo Pei agreed with Yang Jin's assessment. "It's possible. The water quality there is very good."

Yang Jin pressed his cigarette butt into the ashtray. "Whether it is or isn't, we'll know once we trade for it and try. Even if it isn't, we won't be at a loss."

"Indeed." Xie Yu's calculations were just as shrewd as Yang Jin's. "After she harvests this batch of spinach seeds, no matter the price, we have to trade for a batch of seeds back to plant. Brother Luo, do you think it's possible?"

Luo Pei understood Xia Qing very well. "Xia Qing has already traded with Zhang San. If we propose a trade after this harvest, she probably won't refuse. Because she needs weapons and trustworthy personnel to defend her territory."

Inside Territory Three, after Xia Qing hung up the phone she didn't turn on the walkie-talkie, and went straight into full-focus training mode.

Luo Pei's criticism was right — she was a grade-nine visual evolver, holding the best sniper rifle in the country, but her mindset and technique were not worthy of grade-nine visual evolution ability and a top-tier sniper rifle.

If she were more skilled, she could have taken down the evolved monkey-eating eagle in one shot, and then she wouldn't have lost her poultry, and Sheep Boss and her SVIP boarders wouldn't have been made to vomit and injured by the ultrasonic waves.

Training demands full concentration — listening to the lord channel chatter while thinking about farming while training. Half-hearted and distracted is worse than not training at all.

After Xia Qing trained with full concentration for three hours, she showered and lay in bed, and only then began thinking about what to do tomorrow.

Hu Zifeng hadn't mentioned forming a team tomorrow to continue the swamp-clearing mission, so she wouldn't leave the territory tomorrow, and would first tidy up the cellar.

Early the next morning, Xia Qing was, as usual, woken by the chirping of the chicks and the tapping of their beaks pecking the cage. A few days ago hearing this sound still annoyed her a little, but today hearing it, she only felt happy.

Because this sound meant that her little chicks had weathered the ultrasonic attack and recovered, and were full of spirit again.

Going downstairs, Xia Qing found Sheep Boss squinting his eyes and chewing cud, looking quite spirited too. Xia Qing herself also felt much better than yesterday.

Spinach juice is simply a health-restoration potion!

Xia Qing turned on the light in the tool room, checked on the poultry in the cages, and was just about to head down to the cellar to work when she heard a commotion in the yard.

The wolf pack hadn't been knocked down by the ultrasonic waves, and had jumped into her yard on time, prey in their mouths. However, the prey delivered today was different from the past few days — it was actually two pangolins, one large and one small.

There were actually these things in the nearby evolved mountain forest? How did the wolf pack manage to catch them?

Xia Qing looked at the lead wolf in disbelief, and found that this proud wolf was squinting at her. Xia Qing immediately launched into a torrent of flattery: "Queen, you can even catch pangolins — you're amazing. You're the most powerful evolved wolf on Blue Star, the wolf who opened a new era in Blue Star evolved wolf history, the beautiful she-wolf standing at the top of the pyramid…"

After discovering that the lead wolf also loved hearing rainbow farts, Xia Qing offered a few lines every time — it was just a matter of moving her lips anyway, and cost no points.

Only after the lead wolf finished listening did it pick up a small pangolin in its mouth and place it in front of Xia Qing.