Chapter 1674: Thunder Fiend

After the call connected, Qi Zhongye, the commander of Hui-Three Base, got straight to the point. "Xia Qing, a squad of invaders has been spotted on the edge of the southern experimental zone of Territory Seven. Are you busy right now? If not, head over and sweep the area a few times?"

Searching for invaders in the evolution forest under extreme weather, treacherous terrain, and chaotic magnetic fields cannot rely entirely on a helicopter's monitoring equipment. Only a top-tier sniper with a Grade Nine-and-a-half visual evolution ability can precisely pick off invaders in situations where the warplane's firepower might be limited by the terrain or trigger uncontrollable consequences.

Xia Qing had no idea how Xie Yu had reported it to the commander, nor could she judge whether there were other people beside him, so she treated it as a real invader sighting and answered calmly, "Commander, Third Brother just called me and told me to head to Territory Seven immediately. If his matter isn't urgent, I can set out right away. I'll give you an answer in five minutes."

Qi Zhongye's voice was gentle. "Third Brother should have received the alert too. You're heading over anyway, so pass along a message for me and hear what he has to say."

"Understood. Under your leadership, our base has both the confidence and the strength to wipe out all invaders." After declaring this with ringing resolve, Xia Qing parked her car outside the south gate of Territory Seven, passed through security, entered the territory, and stood before her idol.

Zhang San directly handed her the prepared medical kit. "You must pay attention to safety. Under no circumstances take off your protective mask in the evolution forest."

"I won't take it off. If I get hungry, I'll just drink nutrient solution." Xia Qing took it with both hands, grinning broadly. "Third Brother, did you pack the Yi element stimulant?"

Zhang San glared at this wolf-like new human. "I packed four doses. Your body hasn't been conditioned yet, so use them only if you absolutely have to."

"Got it. I heard Professor Wu suddenly came down with a rare cancer, so I moved early just in case. There might not actually be any invaders." Xia Qing stuffed the medical kit into her backpack and, before leaving, reminded him with lingering worry, "Third Brother, I'm off. Don't worry about things outside. Drink plenty of water and get some rest."

Wu Chengyu's cancer made Xia Qing, a hardcore fan to the bone, even more worried about her idol standing at the top of the universe's pyramid, now thinned to a skeletal frame.

Zhang San snorted coldly. "My effective sleep time every day is longer than yours!"

After Xia Qing left, Zhang San stood up, walked into the adjacent data room, drew open the curtain, and watched her back in the howling wind and snow as her pace kept quickening. He, too, felt the urgency.

Xia Qing acting on nothing more than intuition and inference—this was her way of surviving the Calamity Years, and a very correct choice. In peacetime, crying wolf might earn her criticism, but in the Calamity Years, one could never be too cautious.

Because in these rapidly changing times, by the time statistical analysis produced the correlation coefficient between wind and rain, the downpour or hailstones would have long since soaked people through or smashed them dead.

Zhang San turned his back on the wind and snow outside the window, dialed Wu Chengyu's number, and demanded coldly, "You ran off to my student's territory and told her I'm going to operate on you?"

Wu Chengyu's voice was mild. "When does Third Brother have time? I'll come over and arrange a surgery time with you?"

Zhang San snorted. "Get over here. Now."

While Zhang San was verifying the situation with Wu Chengyu, Xia Qing, wearing a one-way light-transmitting protective mask in the wind and snow, glanced at the crowd touring inside a standardized greenhouse in the distance, pressed the walkie-talkie button, and said, "Huo Zhun, are you there?"

Wu Lianmin and Di Ming, who had been brawling, immediately stopped, stepped on Huo Zhun's Wang Man as they bent over, held the walkie-talkie up to Huo Zhun's head, and pressed the button.

Huo Zhun immediately spoke up. "Sister Qing, I'm here!"

From Huo Zhun's side came the rustle of snow falling on the greenhouse's cold-proof straw curtain. His breathing was still a little unsteady—he seemed to be clearing snow outside the greenhouse. Xia Qing walked outward as she asked, "Are you free to come on a mission with me? How's the electric ray's recovery? Does she have a sniper rifle? Can she go on the mission?"

Wu Lianmin and Di Ming instantly deflated. The electric ray, sitting in a wheelchair nearby holding an umbrella and watching the fight, was stunned for a moment, then frantically gestured to Huo Zhun that she could go.

With his ribs nearly crushed by Wang Man, Huo Zhun answered with an overwhelming will to survive, "I can go. The electric ray has a sniper rifle, but her injury hasn't fully healed yet—she needs Sister Man to assist before she can take a mission. If Sister Qing thinks that's fine, the three of us will set out immediately."

Wang Man was very satisfied and lifted her foot.

Pretending she hadn't seen Zhang Song in the distant greenhouse gazing at her longingly, Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button again. "Assemble at the open ground outside the south gate in fifteen minutes. The electric ray and Sister Man stay to hold the territory. If Captain Hu and Brother Yue need a top-tier sniper, please provide support."

The electric ray……

Wang Man!!!

Wu Lianmin and Di Ming sharpened their knives toward the iron hammer.

Under immense pressure, Huo Zhun responded, "Copy that. I'll get ready to move out immediately."

Xia Qing asked again, "Da Zi, are you there?"

"Here, I can take the mission!" Inside Territory Fifteen, Zhang Hongda, who was stuffing supplies into his backpack, responded immediately.

"Good. I'll wait for you at the north gate of Territory Fifteen. Come out as fast as you can." Xia Qing recruited another team member. "Tang Huai, bring your sniper rifle and come on a mission with me. Pack plenty of supplies—we might not be back for a day or two."

"Yes! Fifteen minutes—Huo-ge and I will arrive at the assembly point on time!" Tang Huai, who had been about to go serve as driver for Huo Zhun's group, immediately jumped up.

Hearing that Xia Qing was leading a team out on a mission in heavy snow, and that even the wheelchair-bound electric ray had to be on standby at any moment, Mother Shi's heart leapt to her throat. She came online to ask, "Alliance Leader, what's going on? Is there anything the rest of us staying in the territory can do?"

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button, bristling with killing intent. "The commander reported that invaders have been spotted in Third Brother's southern experimental zone. We're heading over to guard the experimental zone. Everyone, protect our territory."

Within three days, two groups of invaders had actually been found forcing their way into the big shot's experimental zone—no wonder the big shot is angry!

Wen Nengjie immediately came online. "Sister Qing, don't worry, go ahead. We'll hold the territory and wait for you to come back. Captain Hu, if anything comes up at Territory Three, just give me a shout anytime."

Zhu Li also came online. "We absolutely cannot let these bastards who ate a bear's heart and a leopard's gall live to see the New Year. Sister Qing, send them to see King Yama!"

"Right! Sister Qing, send them to see King Yama!" Tan Qi, who was clearing snow in the territory over the weekend, also came online.

Yan Long, who had taken on a Tang family mission, flicked the little guy on the forehead. "Hold down the territory. I'm going along to take a look around."

As the lords were burning with righteous indignation, a buzzing sound drew near from afar, quickly swelling into a thunderous roar.

The sound came far too fast. Everyone looked up and saw a large silver-gray helicopter tear through the blizzard, appearing in the field of vision of the lords of Northern Zone One.

"Holy crap, Lei Sha!"

Tang Huai, standing outside the south gate, kept patting his younger brother's shoulder and whooped, "Ah-Heng, hurry and tell Grandma, Dad, Mom, and Sister that I've made something of myself—I'm going to ride Lei Sha on a mission as a sniper!"

Seeing that the commander had dispatched the latest-generation warplane Hui-Three Base had only purchased at the end of last year, Tang Heng's heart pounded. He earnestly urged, "Brother, you must follow Sister Qing's orders, or Sister Qing definitely won't take you on missions again in the future."

Tang Huai immediately put on the same expressionless face as Xia Qing. "Understood. Hold the territory. Wait for me to come back."

Tang Heng……

Watching Lei Sha touch down and then lift off again, roaring away, Zhang Jingwu inside Territory Seven confirmed that the commander was truly furious this time.