Chapter 1720: The Abnormal Drag Marks Inside Bird Valley

The name fit Xia Qing's usual logic for naming wolves. Zhang Song, the brain-domain evolver, was the first to recover and quickly added a new page to the encrypted file on his laptop — the Southern Wolf Pack archives:

Number: South Wolf-37

Name: Big Grey Wolf

Sex: Male

Pack Role: Mate of South Wolf-1

Age: Approximately 3-5 years

Shoulder Height: 125 cm

……

While Zhang Song was filing Big Grey Wolf, Huo Zhun, who was on sentry duty, asked cheerfully, "Sister Qing, Grey Bro looks like he's no slouch in combat — what kind of evolution ability does he have?"

Zhang Song immediately moved his cursor to the "Evolution Ability" field and stared at Xia Qing with eager eyes.

Unlike humans, where single-system brain-domain evolvers make up the great majority, among the brain-domain evolved animals in Evolution Forest that survive to adulthood and become leaders of fierce-beast packs, the overwhelming majority are multi-system.

Because fierce beasts rank themselves by combat power, single-system brain-domain evolved animals cannot become leaders of fierce-beast groups. Lord Cui Yan, the wolf king, was a brain-domain acceleration evolver; the fact that he chose Big Grey Wolf as his mate meant this wolf's combat power was certainly not low.

Xia Qing truly did not know what evolution ability Lord Cui Yan's mate had. "I've never seen him fight, so I'm not sure. He doesn't bounce when he runs, so he probably isn't an elasticity evolver."

Huo Zhun, an elasticity evolver himself, nodded. "Looking at him, I don't think he's elasticity either. I'd guess speed or strength."

After Zhang Song recorded the ability, he asked, "Does Sister Qing communicate smoothly with this grey wolf? Can he understand human language and give feedback?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "Never communicated with him."

Zhang Song froze, looking at Xia Qing with a complicated expression, his magnetic field equally complicated.

He didn't say it, but Wang Man said it for him. "Sister Qing, don't say that outside, or the scholars on Blue Star who study evolved fierce beasts will gang up and beat you up."

Zhang Song inwardly agreed with Wang Man. Other human researchers all observed from a distance through cameras or drones, so because they lacked interaction with evolved fierce beasts, what they got was only surface-level information. Xia Qing, the only person on Blue Star who had infiltrated a wolf pack and could carry on two-way communication with evolved wolves, had discovered a powerful brain-domain evolver had joined the pack — and she wasn't the least bit interested in him.

Tell me, isn't that infuriating?!

If Zhang Song could earn the wolf pack's trust, he'd definitely live in the wolf den!

Liangzi reminded her, "Man Jie, even if all the scholars on Blue Star who study evolved fierce beasts ganged up together, they still wouldn't be Sister Qing's match."

In ranged combat, Xia Qing was a top sniper; in close combat, Xia Qing was a high-level strength evolver personally trained by Yan Long!

Wang Man's eyes lit up, and her magnetic field suddenly intensified. But before she could open her mouth to challenge Xia Qing, Seeing Xin Yu spoke up. "We've reached Mountain Forty-Five."

That fast? Zhang Song leaned over and looked down through the porthole, searching for the handsome giant wolf he hadn't seen in a long time.

Mountain Forty-Five was the territory of the Western Wolf Pack. It was currently the season when the she-wolves whelped, and Xia Qing wasn't familiar with the Western Wolf Pack, so she didn't dare to enter their territory rashly. Therefore, she had negotiated with Broken-Waist Wolf to have the handsome giant wolf carry out the mission together.

The payment was 200 points.

Who paid? Of course, Seeing Xin Yu.

Paid to whom? Of course, Broken-Waist, the chief financial wolf of the Northern Wolf Pack.

After arriving above Bird Valley, Zhang Song looked around but still couldn't spot the handsome giant wolf, his interest growing. "Liangzi, where is the handsome giant wolf?"

Liangzi, the bruised and swollen co-pilot, reported, "Radar and infrared equipment have not detected any evolved wolves within Bird Valley or the surrounding two-hundred-meter range."

None? Zhang Song grew even more excited. "Sister Qing, the wolves' ability to evade helicopter reconnaissance has improved again!"

Huo Zhun sighed in admiration. "You can't judge a wolf by its cover. Giant Wolf Bro is really impressive."

Just looking at his exterior, who would have thought that this giant wolf, who looked no different from an ordinary fierce beast, could not only understand human language but had also learned how to evade helicopter reconnaissance.

It would be even better if he were a bit friendlier.

Xia Qing gave the order. "Captain Hu, lower the flight altitude. Xin Yu and I will hover at thirty meters above the seven-o'clock position, two hundred meters southwest of Bird Valley, and rappel down."

"Copy that." After Hu Zifeng quickly reached the designated position, Huo Zhun opened the cabin door. Wang Man checked the ropes and carabiners on Xia Qing and Seeing Xin Yu, then stepped aside. Xia Qing jumped down first.

After landing, Xia Qing unfastened her carabiner, waved her arm in a hand signal, and Seeing Xin Yu, with practiced movements, rappelled from the helicopter cabin down onto the big rock.

Guagua flew over and landed on Seeing Xin Yu's shoulder. From the air, it had seen the situation inside Bird Valley and heard the calls of several kinds of raptors, and was a little frightened.

After the helicopter had gained altitude, Xia Qing called out softly, "Giant Wolf Bro, you there?"

"Giant Wolf Bro, where are you?"

"Giant Wolf Bro……"

……

Two minutes later, Seeing Xin Yu, a Class-C magnetic-sense evolver, lowered her voice and reported the handsome giant wolf's position. "Eleven o'clock, one hundred meters."

Thirty seconds later, a giant wolf with scruffy fur stepped out of Evolution Forest, treading on the snow, its fierce ice-blue wolf eyes locking directly onto Seeing Xin Yu.

Seeing Xin Yu wasn't frightened by its appearance, because this wolf's magnetic field held no aggression — only a hint of… irritation?

With strangers present, the handsome giant wolf wouldn't lower his head to eat, so Xia Qing didn't pull any food out either. She greeted him cheerfully. "Giant Wolf Bro, this is my human companion Seeing Xin Yu, and this is the raven Guagua. Shall we head into Bird Valley?"

Seeing Xin Yu thanked him. "Giant Wolf Bro, sorry for the trouble."

The handsome giant wolf continued to lock his gaze on Seeing Xin Yu. His big icy face showed no expression, and his big paws didn't take a single step forward.

"Giant Wolf Bro will stand guard here; the two of us will go over to take samples." He didn't want to come along, and Xia Qing didn't press him. She took out a cover, draped it over herself and Seeing Xin Yu, and, bent at the waist, carefully made her way forward along the game trail, treading on the snow.

Thousands upon thousands of birds lived in Bird Valley, among them raptors with extremely strong territorial instincts.

Xia Qing and Seeing Xin Yu had brought Guagua for a matchmaking visit, not to fight, so of course the more careful the better. If it weren't for collecting soil samples near Bird Valley, Xia Qing wouldn't have planned to bring Seeing Xin Yu down at all.

The two people and one bird reached the edge of the valley, lay down on the snow, and looked down at the big trees on the cliffs on all four sides of Bird Valley. On the trees, countless birds of all sizes and colors were building nests, calling, and fighting.

Seeing Xin Yu looked at Xia Qing, waiting for her order. On this trip they weren't just matchmaking; they also had to take samples. As for which locations to sample and which samples to take, Xia Qing had the final say.

Xia Qing lowered her voice. "Look at that patch over there — that's where I pulled up the soybeans."

Seeing Xin Yu, a non-visual evolver, took out a telescope, observed the area Xia Qing was pointing at, and also noticed the problem. Bird Valley had thousands upon thousands of birds, but the snow in the patch Xia Qing pointed to had no bird tracks at all — only scrape marks left by something being dragged.

Seeing Xin Yu deduced, "There's an aggressive evolved plant there. Could it be that blood-red vine that grows rapidly in the rain, from when you came to pick soybeans last year?"

Xia Qing nodded. "Very possible, but it's too far from here. I can't sense this plant's magnetic field fluctuations."

There were many aggressive evolved plants in Evolution Forest, and their attack methods were many and varied. What Xia Qing was worried about wasn't being attacked by this plant inside Bird Valley, but whether it was a symbiotic plant of the green-light soybeans in the valley.

If it was symbiotic, that would be a real headache!