Chapter 174: Knocking the Food Basin

Xia Qing replied, "Copy that."

Visual, auditory, olfactory, speed, and strength evolvers were the standard configuration for search teams. After her father was killed, Xia Qing had considered revealing her three-type abilities and joining the Azure Dragon Squad as a senior search team member, but she ultimately gave up on that plan.

Because for her, living safely in accordance with the promise made to her parents was more important than revenge.

Within the Sufeng search squad, there was another person whose identity even the Azure Dragon Squad hadn't figured out, and that person should be the key figure in this operation. Xia Qing set down the rope and grass, climbed onto the roof and hid behind the solar panel, abilities fully activated, watching for any movement in Territory Four.

Five minutes after Tang Huai's squad entered Territory Four, they hadn't made any sound that Xia Qing's hearing could pick up. Just as Xia Qing was wondering what method the squad was using to search for the pangolin, she heard loud, rhythmic whistling and the sound of a food basin being struck coming from inside Territory Four.

Toot, toot, toot—clang clang! Toot, toot, toot—clang clang!

No need to ask, this noise was definitely used to summon the domesticated pangolin beast. Xia Qing couldn't understand the whistling, but she could recognize the sound of striking a metal food basin, because Boss Sheep's food basin made the exact same sound.

The moment Xia Qing jumped from the roof into the yard, Boss Sheep kicked open the door of the sheep pen.

"Bang—"

Xia Qing immediately soothed Boss Sheep as he rushed out, "Boss, they're not knocking your food basin, don't rush."

"Baa!"

Boss Sheep didn't believe her, anxiously searching for his food basin.

"It's inside, I'll go get it for you." The moment Xia Qing rushed into the house, she heard the lord walkie-talkie she was carrying and the earpiece-style walkie-talkie hooked on her ear ring at the same time.

Beard Feng asked, "Xia Qing?"

Tang Huai demanded, "Xia Qing, why is there movement in Territory Three?"

"Nothing's wrong." Xia Qing replied to Beard Feng first, then grabbed Boss Sheep's food basin and went outside, placing it in front of Boss Sheep, and furiously pressed the lord walkie-talkie, "Aren't you an auditory evolver? Can't you tell what the movement is? You people are knocking food basins in Territory Four and startling my sheep!"

Tang Huai didn't believe it, "This is our special rhythm for summoning the pangolin, how could your stubborn sheep react to that sound?"

Xia Qing knew that if she didn't eliminate the Sufeng squad's suspicions, there would be endless trouble. She pressed the walkie-talkie and struck Boss Sheep's food basin twice with a knife:

"Clang—clang—"

"Baa—"

The sound of the food basin being struck and Boss Sheep's response were both transmitted through the walkie-talkie into the lord channel, then Xia Qing demanded of Tang Huai, "Understand now? Three whistles, two basin strikes, what's so special about it?"

Tang Huai rubbed his ears that were ringing from the noise, pressed the walkie-talkie and complained, "I know you're a strength evolver, but couldn't you be a little quieter? Fine, I understand. Please control your sheep and don't let it keep calling, we need to use this sound to search for the pangolin."

Tang Huai led his team working until the afternoon, and except for one, three, seven, eight, and nine, they searched all twenty-three territories in the area, didn't find the pangolin, and gave out over four hundred jin of grain.

After returning to Territory Two, the starving Tang Huai reported the situation to Sufeng Squad vice-captain Xu Pin.

Xu Pin, who had been monitoring the lord channel the whole time, deployed the next phase of arrangements, "The territory search mission is over, I've already sent people to watch Territory One, Three, Seven, and Nine day and night, especially Territory Three."

Tang Huai testified for Xia Qing, "On the day the pangolin went missing, Xia Qing was in Territory Three the whole time fighting off evolved raptors, and the next day she was digging a cellar in the territory, she never left the territory. The sound of her food basin really is very similar to the sound we use to call the pangolin."

Xu Pin looked up, "Since it's so similar, how do you know the pangolin won't be summoned and enter Territory Three?"

Tang Huai explained, "The evolved sheep in Territory Three never leave the territory, I've never heard the lord of Territory Three use the sound of knocking a food basin to find her sheep."

Xu Pin impatiently retorted, "Since she didn't use this method to train her evolved sheep, then why would the evolved sheep have such a big reaction to the sound of a food basin being struck?"

Damn it!

Seeing his brother about to explode, Tang Heng immediately stopped him, "Captain Xu makes perfect sense. Just to be safe, we really have been keeping a close eye on Territory Three."

Xu Pin had no time to argue with the brainless Tang Huai, "The moment the hidden sentries detect any movement, act immediately."

"Yes." Tang Heng pulled his brother out of the house, pushing him toward Territory Twelve.

Tang Huai cursed as he walked, "Bullshit logic, damn it, the pangolin gets excited hearing the food basin sound and that's fine, but the sheep gets excited hearing the food basin sound and that's not okay? He's just bullying the weak and fearing the strong, why doesn't he have the guts to focus on watching Territories Seven and Nine? Who the hell doesn't know pangolins can be used for medicine, those two territories are way more suspicious than Territory Three!"

His brother was in a rage, Tang Heng knew he couldn't reason with him, so he lowered his voice mysteriously to redirect his attention, "Bro, did you notice, Captain Xu only kept an eye on Territories One, Three, Seven, and Nine, he didn't mention Territory Eight. He's never even been inside, how does he know there's no pangolin in Territory Eight?"

Tang Huai was immediately drawn in by his brother's words, "Why?"

Finally calmed him down...

Tang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his brother along as they walked, leading his brother into wild speculation, "Captain Xu might know the lord of Territory Eight, Seeing Xin Yu, what do you guess their relationship is?"

"I know."

Inside Territory Three, Xia Qing was discussing countermeasures with Yang Jin, "They'll definitely find a way to enter Territory Three to search. Captain Yang, is there a way to draw the Sufeng people away for a little while? I need to get the wolves out of the territory first, otherwise tonight the Sufeng people will know I have wolves in my territory. Wolf packs can hunt pangolins, they'll suspect me even more."

If the Sufeng Squad really set their sights on her, the secret of the unpolluted spring water in Xia Qing's territory wouldn't be kept, and by then there was no telling how much bloodshed it would stir up.

Yang Jin deployed, "You contact Chang Li, have her come over to treat the evolved sheep. You have one hour to prepare, anesthetize the wolves and send them out. One hour from now, ninety percent of the Sufeng Squad people will withdraw, leaving only one or two."

"Thank you, Captain Yang, I'll act immediately." Xia Qing didn't have time to ask Yang Jin how he would get the Sufeng people to leave, she immediately hung up the phone, and used the lord walkie-talkie to call Chang Li.

"Doctor Chang, are you there? My evolved sheep is very agitated, the wound on its face has reopened, could I trouble you to come over and take a look?"

Inside Territory Two, Xu Pin frowned.

Zhou Xun, who had stayed in the room, carefully explained, "Chang Li, the Azure Dragon Squad's trauma medic, is now permanently stationed in Territory One, people or animals from nearby territories who get injured all go to her. After the sheep in Territory Three was injured by an ultrasonic attack, Chang Li went over to treat it once."

Of course, that was also the excuse Xia Qing used to invite Chang Li to Territory Three to eliminate various scents.

Xu Pin's brow slightly relaxed, "Let her in, monitor the movement inside Territory Three at all times."