Chapter 1743

"Okay." Xia Qing agreed. Last time when her idol gave her a physical examination, he used instruments to scan her head for a long time. After the examination ended, he didn't mention this, and Xia Qing was tactful enough not to ask.

However, there was no need to mention this to these two teammates beside her who hadn't passed their junior high school graduation exams yet.

After the three of them chatted and laughed their way into District 3 of Mountain No. 49, they encountered a fat honey badger that was blocking the road to rob them.

Although this honey badger was not a domesticated animal, it was also very famous in the northern district, because as long as someone passed by the northern isolation belt, it would rush out to bang against the iron mesh wall, baring its full mouth of teeth to provoke them.

Why did this creature dare to live so arrogantly during the years of natural disasters when humans' eyes lit up at the sight of meat?

Because on the surface, it was a red-light snake-catching beast raised by the Green Dragon Battle Team in the training ground. Yang Jin's reputation as a "stingy iron rooster" was deafening in Huicheng, so even if this honey badger was green-light, no one dared to have designs on it.

In reality?

This creature was a member of the northern wolf pack and was protected by members of the northern wolf pack, including Xia Qing.

Offending Yang Jin would result in being cheated out of every penny, but offending the northern wolf pack might result in not even having bone dregs left!

Huo Zhun and Shi Du kept in step with Xia Qing; each took out a piece of dried meat, honestly paid the toll, and left Mountain No. 49.

"Sister Qing, Brother Huo, Brother Du." Zheng Chen, who had been waiting outside the north gate of Territory No. 3, saw them walk out and spoke up to greet them. Following the customs of the northern district, when meeting, one either called them brother or sister.

Xia Qing entered the north gate and handed the food bag containing one green-light deer heart, five catties of green-light deer blood, and four green-light deer legs, along with a sample bag, to Zheng Chen, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zheng."

On the way back, Xia Qing had already called her idol; these were items the idol had specifically requested to exchange for. The samples were collected by Xia Qing in passing during the mission, including soil from the northern plateau, unfamiliar plants, insects, etc. Among this batch of samples, the most valuable one, Xia Qing believed, was the mud that the wolves and bears had rolled in.

Survival of the fittest; the survival wisdom of the beasts in the evolved forest cannot be underestimated. Xia Qing was certain that after her idol received this bag of mud, she would soon be able to exchange for an upgraded version of the special-effect odor isolation agent.

However, this "soon" was definitely not tonight, because her idol had already promised her that he would go to sleep after finishing dinner.

"It's no trouble, Sister Qing, rest early."

Zheng Chen took the insulated ice bag and the sample bag and rushed back to Territory No. 7 at full speed. The big boss, who was still in the laboratory, had already ordered dinner—green-light deer blood soup. If he rushed back one minute earlier, the deer blood could be made into food one minute earlier and delivered to the big boss.

It had been 66 hours since Zhang San woke up after being in a coma for seventeen hours. He was either serving as the commander in the disaster relief office or staying in his own office and laboratory; he hadn't come out except for meal times.

Seeing Guo Guo Qingbin rolling around clutching his head in pain after waking up, everyone in Territory No. 7 had their nerves stretched tight, fearing that Zhang San would collapse again and fall into a coma.

Zheng Chen really wanted to invite Xia Qing to Territory No. 7 for dinner; as long as she went, she would definitely be able to persuade Zhang San to go to sleep after finishing dinner.

But Zheng Chen could not disclose Zhang San's work and rest situation to the outside world, nor was he qualified to invite Xia Qing to Territory No. 7 for dinner.

Moreover, Zheng Chen was also embarrassed to speak up. Because Xia Qing's work intensity was no lower than Zhang San's.

Just from what Zheng Chen knew, Xia Qing had held two online meetings last night with a total duration of over four hours, went to Mountain No. 49 this morning to participate in special training, then went to Territory No. 7 to have breakfast with Zhang San and discuss matters, then she went directly to the Ninth Center to preside over work for the whole morning, and in the afternoon she ran to the evolved forest to hunt.

This afternoon, helicopters, transport vehicles, and workers from the safe zone construction team entered the Ninth Center in batches. These preliminary liaison and procurement tasks were certainly not completed just this morning.

If comparing rest time, it's hard to say which one, Zhang San or Xia Qing, had less, but Xia Qing's work intensity and risk were definitely higher than Zhang San's; she needed even more to finish her work as soon as possible and lie down on the bed to rest.

After Zheng Chen left, Huo Zhun spoke up happily, "Sister Qing, it's already past nine o'clock. You go back and rest early. Should the two of us send these two yellow-light red deer directly to the Ninth Center and hand them over to Brother Brother Yue?"

Xia Qing shook her head, "You help me carry them into the territory, I'll drive you back, and by the way, send the prey over and check the construction progress."

The Ninth Center had already entered a 24-hour mission period of resting people but not stopping work; it wouldn't take long for Xia Qing to go over and take a look.

Just as Shi Du and Huo Zhun were thinking about how to persuade her to rest early, Xia Qing's phone rang.

Seeing Brother Yue Brother Yue Haiying, who had returned by helicopter, estimating that the time was about right, he called to ask, "Xia Qing, are you back?"

Xia Qing responded, "Just returned to the territory. I'll send the two yellow-light red deer over within 30 minutes."

The temperature had risen to above 10 degrees Celsius, and Xia Qing needed to send the yellow-light red deer into the Ninth Center's food storage warehouse for storage as soon as possible.

"That's great! Are you two injured?" Evolved red deer belong to large animals, and the weight must be over 300 catties. Brother Yue Brother Yue Haiying was naturally happy to hear this, but he was also worried about Xia Qing's physical state.

He had led teams to hunt in the evolved forest many times before, so he knew there were no red deer in the evolved forest around the northern district. Xia Qing being able to bring back two at once this trip meant she didn't go hunting within the activity range of the northern wolf pack. Where there are red deer, there must be large beasts. Besides Xia Qing, the hunting team only had Huo Zhun as a high-level evolved person; the risk of this mission was not low.

If the base commander knew that his precious treasure was taking such a big risk to hunt, he would definitely send a military helicopter to escort her immediately.

Xia Qing responded, "No."

Brother Yue Brother Yue Haiying was relieved, "I just checked once. The greenhouse construction tasks for this period have been exceeded, there were no accidents, and the materials that should have been sent have all been sent. The patrol vehicle of the investigation team will soon enter the northern isolation belt; just let them bring the prey over. You rest early."

"Okay."

Xia Qing didn't stand on ceremony with Brother Yue Brother Yue Haiying. After waiting for less than ten minutes with Shi Du in the northern isolation belt, the patrol vehicle drove over from the east.

Not only the two prey, but Shi Du and Huo Zhun also took the patrol vehicle back to their respective territories.

After they left, Xia Qing first dug out the high-quality food she had prepared for her companions from her backpack, stuffed it into the pocket of her protective suit, ignored the Flat-Head banging against the iron mesh wall, and carried the harvest of this trip toward the north gate of Territory No. 3. Her heart had less anticipation and more anxiety and vigilance.

Because it was night now, the Sheep Boss, who lacked night vision, huddled together with the Little Yellow Cow, paying attention to the external situation, waiting for her to come home; the wolf dog Lao Er returned to the core territory of the northern wolf pack the day before yesterday to help the lactating mother wolves look after the wolf cubs born this year, so there were no companions to welcome her inside the north gate.

Although Xia Qing checked the cameras on the way back and confirmed through phone calls that Dajiang and Eryong were helping her guard the territory, cameras cannot capture all dangers, and the monitoring and communication systems might be invaded or tampered with; what she saw and heard through her mobile phone might not be true.

Therefore, standing here and not hearing that familiar breathing sound inside the iron mesh wall, Xia Qing could not be the slightest bit careless.