Chapter 1687: The Blue-Faced Little Monkey Returns to Mountain 67

Another clear tiger roar came through, and the little monkey trembled even harder.

Xia Qing did not rashly reach in to check on the blue-faced little monkey. She sat on a branch outside the treehouse door and asked gently, "Blue-face, do you recognize the animal making this roar? This is an evolved tiger."

As the sun set, the blue-faced little monkey hiding in the little house, shivering, nodded rapidly several times, as if afraid Xia Qing couldn't see its movement.

Xia Qing understood—this little fellow not only knew what a "tiger" was, but had also witnessed this animal's combat power, which was why it was scared out of its wits. She took out her phone and, using pictures and videos of tigers on it, gave this little golden snub-nosed monkey, which had grown up in a laboratory, a detailed introduction to the situation with the evolved tiger.

"... So the evolved tiger that made that terrifying cry is also sick. The reason it came to the mountain area next door is the same as yours—it came here to be hospitalized and treated. Once it's cured, it will leave. It won't come over here, and your treehouse is still very safe."

Xia Qing patiently explained to the blue-faced little monkey the matter of the evolved tiger coming to human territory for treatment. By the time she finished, the sun had completely set. Although the accumulated snow kept the night from falling into total darkness, she could no longer make out the facial expression of the little monkey huddled in the corner of the treehouse.

However, Xia Qing could confirm through her keen hearing that the blue-faced little monkey's condition had not improved after learning the reason the evolved tiger had checked in. Because she wasn't wearing a protective mask, Xia Qing caught a foul smell and knew this little fellow had been so frightened that it had started having diarrhea again.

She did not ask the blue-faced little monkey why it feared evolved tigers so much, and directly offered a solution. "Blue-face, if you feel this place is no longer safe, you can move somewhere else."

The blue-faced little monkey inside the wooden house immediately raised its little head with golden fur and looked at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing held out two hands, representing two choices. "You can move to my territory to recuperate, but my territory has evolved wolfhounds, evolved sheep, evolved weasels, and other humans, so it's not as quiet as here. Or you can take your medicine and return to the hot spring lake basin inside Mountain 67, and stay with Daigua and the others."

The blue-faced little monkey immediately looked at Xia Qing's left hand. The light was too dim, and it worried Xia Qing couldn't see its choice, so it stretched out its little arm with golden-yellow fur and pointed its little paw clearly at Xia Qing's left hand.

"You want to go back to the hot spring lake basin inside Mountain 67? Alright." Since Xia Qing had given the blue-faced little monkey the right to choose, she would not interfere with its decision. She immediately began arranging the way for the little monkey to return to the Mountain 67 basin. "Do you know the way back? To return to the Mountain 67 basin from here, you need to..."

Xia Qing pulled a map from her backpack, illuminated it with a flashlight, and introduced the return route to the little fellow. "To get to the basin inside Mountain 67 from here, you need to cross the northern wolf pack's territory, then go north along the edges of the python lake and the northwestern raptor's territory, and cross two mountain areas of the northern bear group's territory before you can arrive..."

After confirming the little fellow understood that returning to Mountain 67 required passing through three kinds of fierce beasts' territories, Xia Qing offered three choices. "The first choice: you can take the medicine tomorrow morning and return to the basin yourself; this doesn't require paying me points. The second choice: if you can't return on your own, you can take a human helicopter back like you did when you came, and you'll need to pay me 150 points. The third choice: you can also choose to let the northern wolf pack escort you. You'll need to pay the northern wolf pack 200 points, and also pay me a 20% wolf-human agent fee, which is 40 points."

The blue-faced little monkey stared at the three claws Xia Qing held out, hesitated for a long time, and then pointed at Xia Qing's right rear claw. This little monkey, which feared evolved tigers and humans, chose to pay to have an evolved wolf escort it back to the monk-faced monkey's territory.

"Alright, let the northern wolf pack escort you back. The target is too big once it's daylight, so you need to set out tonight." Since the blue-faced little monkey had chosen wolf-ride-hailing, Xia Qing directly dialed Broken-Waist Wolf's phone.

Broken-Waist Wolf agreed to escort it, but was dissatisfied with the price of 200 points—nothing less than 300 points would do!

For escorting a little monkey that weighs only a few jin, is it appropriate to charge so many points? Xia Qing did not haggle with this fellow, and directly let the Northern Wolf King see this cute, beautiful blue-faced little monkey.

The little monkey with its round head and round eyes, just like the northern wolf pack's evolved weasels and evolved otters, very much fit the Northern Wolf King's aesthetic. So this wise and decisive queen, my lord, made the decision directly:

300 points!

Half an hour later, Little Wolf Girl, wearing the wolf pack's public protective suit, arrived at Mountain 49, Area 5 with Wolf Lao Er and Scar Wolf. Xia Qing first wiped the little monkey's fur clean, then wrapped it in a sleeping bag and plastic bag, and tied it onto Scar Wolf's back. Its medicine and food were also packed and tied onto Wolf Lao Er's back together with a food bag weighing over thirty jin. Inside this food bag was food Xia Qing had prepared for Daigua and Ergua, along with a handwritten letter.

The two guas diligently squat in front of the camera performing every day—they deserve a reward.

After everything was tied down, before Xia Qing could even give a few instructions, Little Wolf Girl turned and ran. Wolf Lao Er and Scar Wolf followed closely behind. The blue-faced little monkey was extremely nervous and gazed at Xia Qing with longing eyes.

Why could it see Xia Qing? Because Xia Qing was afraid it would get sick from the cold wind, so she had tied it onto Scar Wolf's back facing backward.

Xia Qing waved the white slip in her hand at the little monkey, yawned, and turned to walk back. She was tired too and needed to catch up on sleep.

As Xia Qing turned back toward her territory with peace of mind, Hu Zifeng and Jing Kuan in the Mountain 49 monitoring room saw three wolves leaving with a monkey, and their admiration for Xia Qing reached a new height.

In Territory 7, Zhang Song, who had prepared a six-day dose of medicine for the cute little monkey, was furiously typing on his computer keyboard, once again rationalizing the expedition's itinerary. In the standalone little white building of Territory 7, Zhang San was sound asleep, sunk into a large C-shaped body pillow. In the northern buffer forest of Territory 7, a tabby cat with sleek, glossy fur squatted on a large tree, staring intently to the northeast.

Beneath the fourth peak of Mountain 50, the evolved tiger that had seized the wild boar's den stared anxiously at the distant wire fence, when it suddenly caught a familiar scent, endured the pain, and turned around...

Xia Qing passed through two gates and returned to her territory. Finding Wolf Lao Er not waiting for her in the northern buffer forest, she patrolled the territory herself. Returning home, she found Wolf Lao Er lying in the sheep shed with Sheep Boss and Little Yellow Cow. Seeing Xia Qing return, it grinned at her.

Before Xia Qing could figure out why Wolf Lao Er was smiling so happily, she heard a familiar rustling sound from the straw pile in the sheep shed.

Looking up and seeing a round little head poke out, Xia Qing fell silent. Under the night-vision goggles, she couldn't distinguish the weasel's color, but her excellent vision and knowledge of the weasel family still allowed her to immediately recognize this weasel's identity—Plucked-Fur Weasel.

No wonder when she passed through Mountain 49, Area 3 just now, this fellow wasn't carrying prey to trade with her for the green lantern eggs that little Bai Mao loved to eat...

"Plucked-Fur, where's little Bai Mao?"

There was more rustling on the haystack, and another little head poked out.

Very good, this couple has moved over together. It seems the evolved tiger moving into Mountain 50 not only frightened the blue-faced little monkey, but the weasel couple was also scared. After confirming Xia Qing had returned to the territory, they moved into the sheep shed.

Xia Qing did not object to these two little fellows moving in. She became concerned about the two cubs born last year. "Where are Little Little Bai Mao and Plucked-Fur Cub?"

This time, no little head poked out. Little Little Bai Mao, born last spring, had defeated the red squirrel and occupied the sheep shed as its territory, only to be defeated by its father and lose the territory. Plucked-Fur Cub had been missing for several days now. Even with the evolved tiger appearing in this mountain area, it hadn't come back.

"Alright, Little Little Bai Mao doesn't live here." Xia Qing yawned and went back inside. Sheep Boss immediately followed. Wolfdog Lao Er stayed in the sheep shed as before, protecting little Bai Mao, who was carrying cubs.

After Xia Qing finished washing up with only the tag-along sheep, she sat on the sofa on the first floor, mentally arranging what to do tomorrow, when she received a video call from Little Wolf Girl.