Chapter 1686: The Trembling Blue-Faced Little Monkey

After finishing the lettuce, Sheep Leader One and Wolf Dog Lao Er followed Xia Qing every step of the way. An evolving tiger had arrived at Mountain No. 50, constantly roaring, making them deeply uneasy, and Little Feimao was hiding in Xia Qing's pocket, refusing to come out.

Xia Qing sat between her two companions and video-called Lao Si.

After chatting with the wolf for over ten minutes, Xia Qing sorted out a few things, finalized several follow-up matters with the old wolf, then reminded Lao Si, "You should act early tonight. Pian Tiger keeps roaring. If you don't calm it down soon, the chickens in human territory will be too scared to lay eggs."

The solemn-faced old wolf raised his paw and ended the call, not giving Xia Qing a chance to demand compensation for the drop in egg production.

Xia Qing snorted, petted the sheep and wolf dog a few times, then messaged Zhang Shi:

Sister Shi, I mentioned in the group before that I added you to deal with this crisis. After you unmuted and spoke in the group, Broken-Waist Wolf confirmed the crisis was over and kicked you out. You're the first human on Blue Star to be kicked out of a group by an evolving wolf. It might go down in history.

Zhang Shi, Ye Yiyi, and Black-Tail Wolf were still inside the tiger cave on the granite cliff of Mountain No. 31. A sound-collecting camera was installed on the cliff outside the tiger cave, so Xia Qing couldn't call Zhang Shi to communicate.

After Xia Qing created the chat group, Broken-Waist Wolf quickly figured out the rules, then @-ed each group member one by one, demanding to be group admin. Group owner Xia Qing didn't object, the head wolf and Lao Si had no objections, and Daigua didn't dare have any, so Broken-Waist Wolf became the group admin with kicking privileges.

After Zhang Shi reported she was safe in the group, she didn't leave directly, so admin Broken-Waist sent a question mark, asking if she had anything else.

Confirming she had nothing important, Broken-Waist Wolf directly exercised admin powers and kicked her out.

Deep inside the tiger cave in the Mountain No. 31 domain, in a small cave, Black-Tail Wolf crouched at the entrance on guard. Little Yiyi was inside the cave diligently practicing pushing stones, while Zhang Shi was boiling porridge made from Green Light rice, vegetables, and meat.

Although she was on a business trip in the Evolution Forest, the Big Boss hadn't reduced her employee benefits. She and Yiyi were still eating Green Light food provided by the Big Boss, and the variety was rich.

Feeling her phone buzz, Zhang Shi pulled it out and smiled silently.

Seeing her aunt stop what she was doing, Yiyi also stopped and looked at her. After this little girl had a silent crying fit, her condition improved rapidly. Although she still couldn't make a sound, she began actively receiving outside information and trying to communicate with those around her.

After seeing her aunt wave her over, Yiyi slowly walked over.

Yiyi had learned from the wolf pack for a while and recognized some characters, but still couldn't read a message this long. Zhang Shi showed it to her once, then read it aloud softly, then encouraged her to study hard. "When Yiyi knows more characters, you can send messages to Auntie Qing yourself."

Yiyi nodded stiffly and stared intently at the phone.

"Does Yiyi want me to reply to Auntie Qing? Okay, I'll first get the details clear, then tell Auntie Qing how amazing Yiyi is, alright?"

After getting Yiyi's nod of approval, Zhang Shi replied to Xia Qing:

Please screenshot it and send it to me, Qing-jie. If someone writes the evolutionary history of Blue Star creatures someday, this picture just might make the cut, giving me a chance to leave my name in history. Qing-jie, I used anesthetic to take down that python at the foot of the mountain. Is it Pian Tiger's companion? Will it come looking for trouble?

Xia Qing replied: I asked Lao Si. That's just an ordinary small python. Pian Tiger kept it around to clear small animals from the living area. Your cave has the Tiger King's scent on it, so it won't dare go up. You and Yiyi just stay put in the cave. In at most ten days, Lao Si will come pick you up.

A small python? Zhang Shi blinked, quickly adjusted her own level of understanding to keep up with the bosses' pace: Roger that. Qing-jie, Yiyi helped me push away the anesthetized Black-Tail Wolf today. Her strength has increased—she's amazing.

Xia Qing immediately sent a string of surprised and amazing stickers, then replied: Yiyi must have been eating well lately to become so strong. Sister Shi, please tell her for me: she's an incredibly amazing human, the hope of Blue Star. Next time I visit, I'll bring her a delicious reward that will make her even stronger after eating it.

Xia Qing put down her phone, prepared dinner for her three companions at home who were equally the hope of Blue Star, then left home and headed to the small hut by the farmland to have dinner with Guan Tong and Er Yong, who were helping guard her territory.

The food she'd brought back from Territory No. 7 wasn't enough for three people, so Er Yong stir-fried two more dishes and griddled two coarse-grain flatbreads.

After Xia Qing arrived, Er Yong opened the snow-white lunchbox from Territory No. 7 and went wild taking pictures of the dishes and mantou inside, sending them to his dad.

The chef at Territory No. 7 was even better than his dad by a notch, and Er Yong ate with immense satisfaction. Guan Tong, who had been head-butted several times by Sheep Leader One, gnawed on a big mantou and felt the beating was well worth it.

After eating every last scrap of food, Er Yong poured Xia Qing a cup of tea and asked, "Qing-jie, has the poison in that evolving tiger sent to Mountain No. 50 been completely neutralized?"

After the disaster-elimination procedure ended, the tiger brought back by helicopter became the focus of attention for everyone in Northern Region One's territory. Xiao Jiang and Chen Cheng specifically ran over to take photos and post them in the squad group. The evolving tiger in the photo, still under anesthesia and poisoned with Qiang-18, had a large frame but was terrifyingly thin.

Seeing this tiger, the Green Dragon team members all thought of Captain Luo, who was poisoned with Qiang-7 in Year Ten of the Heavenly Calamity.

During the Heavenly Calamity years, being poisoned with Qiang was equivalent to being pronounced dead. But this place was different. This was Northern Region One's territory. Third Brother, the big shot at the top of Blue Star's human pyramid, was here. Qing-jie, who could get the wolf pack to search for scarce medicinal herbs in the Evolution Forest, was here. The beasts with the highest brain-domain evolution on all of Blue Star were also here.

So Er Yong firmly believed that whether it was Qiang-7 or Qiang-18, as long as Third Brother, Xia Qing, Broken-Waist Wolf, and Lao Si joined forces, there was no poison they couldn't neutralize!

Er Yong and Guan Tong were her companions, so Xia Qing didn't deceive them and only said what she could say. "I just got back. I haven't seen the specialist consultation results yet."

Guan Tong, washing dishes in the small kitchen, poked his head out. "That tiger was tortured so badly by Qiang-18, yet its roar can still reach our territory. I bet when it was at its peak, it was definitely Tiger King level."

Er Yong sighed along with him. "Chen Cheng said that tiger looks like a high-level brain-domain evolver. If it can be saved, Qing-jie will be able to walk all over the western tiger territory in the future."

After spending so long in Territory No. 3 and Mountain No. 49, Beard Feng's squad had come into contact with far more brain-domain evolving animals than others, so their ability to distinguish brain-domain evolvers had also increased.

After chatting casually with her companions for a bit and finishing a cup of tea, Xia Qing took advantage of the sky not being fully dark yet, left her territory, and headed to Area Five of Mountain No. 49 to deliver medicine to the Blue-Faced Little Monkey.

Before Xia Qing left her territory yesterday morning, she had asked Zhang Zhang to deliver last night's and this morning's medicine to the Blue-Faced Little Monkey for her. But this little monkey didn't trust Zhang Zhang and wouldn't come down to get the medicine, so Zhang Zhang hung the insulated bag containing the medicine on a pine branch.

Xia Qing walked to the foot of the tree and found the insulated bag still hanging on the branch. The liquid medicine inside the medicine pouch had frozen solid. She put the medicine into her backpack, looked up and called out several times. The Blue-Faced Little Monkey didn't come out, but the evolving Border Collie Wu Huan in the northern buffer forest of Territory No. 7 and Princess, the tabby cat in the big tree, both flicked their ears at the same time.

"Blue Face, I'm opening the door?" Xia Qing climbed the tree using her cat-claw shoes, listened to the little guy's rapid breathing inside, greeted him, then pushed open the door and saw the little fellow curled up in the corner of the wooden cabin, trembling all over.