Chapter 1796: Wolf avatars and Yang Jin's gifts

At 11:00 PM, Song Song Mingqing, an expert in primate research in Hua Country, posted an eight-second video on his personal social media account, strongly condemning the behavior of humans abusing tamed beasts.

This video was quickly browsed, commented on, and forwarded in large numbers online, and it hit the trending list at 11:30 PM.

At dawn, the official account of the Hui-3 base uploaded a 30-second video.

The beginning of the video showed the Zuo Peng squad, well-equipped with weapons and gear, leading two tamed birds and one macaque to invade the evolutionary forest of the Hui-3 base. The middle part was combat footage, including the 8-second video uploaded by Zhang Song, and the end showed the remains of the four soldiers who died defending the Hui-3 evolutionary forest.

The video's background music was tragic, and there was only one line of text: The four soldiers who defended the base will never see the dawn again.

This video and text quickly ignited the internet.

Tang Huai forwarded the video to the mobile chat group of the Territory Alliance and howled. After watching the video and understanding what level of invaders their alliance leader had blocked yesterday, the allies were both fearful and angry.

Life was already so difficult; couldn't they just guard their own one-third of an acre and resist the disaster well? Why did they have to invade other people's territory!

At 5:40 AM the next morning, Xia Qing got up on time, picked up her phone, glanced at the 99 unread messages in the chat group, and opened the curtains.

Put on clothes? No need. After Er Lao left, Xia Qing slept in a summer-style protective suit every night.

Opening the curtains, Xia Qing surveyed the territory, which was already illuminated by the daylight, with her eyes. After confirming there were no abnormalities anywhere, her gaze fell on the animals waiting on the big tree to trade for food and water, "Qiangzai, White-Eyes, Blue One, Blue Two, morning."

The big squirrel that ate for free had given birth to cubs last night. Little Xiao Feimao had run out and hadn't returned yet. Qiangzai, holding a fat, delicious worm, was staying on the same tree as the three birds and felt very insecure. So, after Xia Qing opened the window, it immediately jumped onto the windowsill and shook its fluffy big tail vigorously.

White-Eyes the raven, stepping on beautiful stones, learned from its mate Guagua, spread its left wing, and let out a "caw" to greet Xia Qing. Its two little brothers, the blue jays, also flapped their wings in a clumsy imitation.

Xia Qing put the water bowl and two chestnuts on the windowsill, "The worm Qiangzai found today is big, so it can trade for two chestnuts."

Qiangzai, with its big belly, put down the worm, drank a few mouthfuls of pollution-free water, stuffed the two chestnuts into its mouth, and ran away quickly.

Xia Qing collected the worm and put two strips of green-light deer meat as long as a human finger and two freeze-dried grains on the windowsill, greeting White-Eyes the raven, "White-Eyes, this is yours."

After Xia Qing closed the window and left, White-Eyes the raven flew to the windowsill with a shiny little stone, put down the stone, picked up the two meat strips, and flew back to the tree nest on the big pine tree in Zone 5 of Mountain No. 49, feeding the meat strips to the raven Jasmine, who was squatting in the nest.

The two blue jays ate the meat grains and flew away.

Xia Qing returned to the bedroom after washing up, opened the window to collect the beautiful stones, and then went downstairs to feed the chickens and cows, then patrolled the territory once before rushing to the fourth peak of Mountain No. 49 to carry out the mission.

After arriving at the special training location, Xia Qing found that the Handsome Giant Wolf, which had been clean and tidy last night, had become sloppy again. No need to ask, this guy must have gone to fight again last night.

During the mid-session break, the Broken-Waist Wolf took out its phone, clicked on the avatars of the Southern Wolf King and the Missing Ear Wolf, and then grinned happily at Xia Qing.

Only then did Xia Qing notice that both wolves that had just received their phones had changed their avatars.

The Southern Wolf King's avatar looked like it was taken by Fourth Brother—steady, grand, and full of kingly aura; the Missing Ear Wolf's avatar must have been taken by itself—showing its fangs, full of murderous intent.

Broken-Waist Wolf laughed because the Missing Ear Wolf had replaced the serious-looking front-facing photo Xia Qing had set for it.

Xia Qing also chuckled, "Missing Ear's avatar is indeed more majestic and domineering. Broken-Waist, do you want to change your avatar?"

Broken-Waist Wolf immediately pulled up its phone photo album, asking Xia Qing to help it pick one from the photos taken last night.

Xia Qing fell silent because in all these photos, the Broken-Waist Wolf was wearing a wig...

After the special training ended, Er Yong walked back limping and begged pitifully, "Sister Qing, our boss said I'm too fat and told me to participate in the speed evolutionists' noon training every day, and I must lose 10 pounds in a month to improve my speed. Actually, I just have a round face; I'm not fat at all on my body. If you don't believe me, look at my belly; there's no fat at all, it's all muscle."

Xia Qing, carrying Little Jiang, remained silent.

Jing Kuan, who was limping, chuckled, "Then just lose the meat on your face."

Liang Zi chuckled, "Er Yong, you're not asking Sister Qing to plead for you, but asking the boss to increase your training volume."

After putting Little Jiang in Zone 2 of Mountain No. 49, Xia Qing returned to her territory, took a bath, and had breakfast with Yang Jin, but didn't mention Er Yong's matter, so as not to get him scolded even more severely.

After breakfast, Xia Qing washed the bowls and prepared to set off with the team when Yang Jin called her back and told her he was returning to the safe zone, "I'm going back to handle work and will try to rush back on the 30th so we can spend the New Year together."

Today was the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and the Qinglong Battle Team was holding its year-end summary meeting to distribute bonuses and year-end benefits. Luo Pei and Xie Yu were both away, so only Yang Jin could go back to preside over the various tasks.

Injured? During the natural disaster years, being injured was the norm; injuries that didn't involve missing limbs were minor injuries and didn't affect work.

Xia Qing nodded to show she understood, "I'm going to patrol the South Experimental Zone later; should I drop you off on the way?"

"Okay." Yang Jin picked up the bag on the stool beside him and handed it to Xia Qing, "This is the latest spring protective suit from the Hui-1 base. I bought a camouflage one and a navy blue one. Sister Qing can wear this navy blue one when going to the safe zone. This is the brooch I chose; does it look pleasing to Sister Qing's eyes?"

Xia Qing took the brooch shaped like two spread wings and touched the quality of the protective suit, feeling both happy and pained.

Her fortress was one step further away from her...

She raised her head and hadn't opened her mouth yet when Yang Jin snatched the words, "This wasn't purchased by the battle team; it's a New Year's gift I specifically chose for you, using my own points."

That was true; their relationship was different from before, so it wasn't suitable to haggle anymore. Xia Qing changed her words, "Many thanks, Brother Jin. Is this brooch a weapon?"

Yang Jin nodded, "This is made from refined new-material ore and has extremely high hardness. The edges of the wings can be used as saw teeth, and you can pass government department security checks while wearing it."

This was good stuff!

Xia Qing's eyes brightened, "If I wear this navy blue one and put on the brooch, will it look too abrupt?"

Yang Jin nodded enthusiastically, "Sister Qing, why don't you try it on with that V-neck shirt inside?"

"Okay."

When Xia Qing went to the safe zone for meetings, she saw many female employees in the Agricultural Department wearing shirts with work clothes. She had tried on a white shirt in the safe zone mall and found that this kind of shirt felt restrictive, reducing her combat power, so she gave up immediately.

She took off her protective suit and quick-drying T-shirt in the bathroom and picked up the white shirt Yang Jin bought, only to find that this shirt actually had elasticity. After putting it on, she could throw a punch without any hindrance.

This shirt probably wasn't cheaper than a protective suit. Xia Qing raised the value of the New Year's gift she was giving Yang Jin by another notch.

After putting on the work-style protective suit, putting on the brooch, and ruffling her short hair a few times, Xia Qing walked out and spun around in front of Yang Jin, "What do you think?"

Feeling? Good-looking, happy.

He now confirmed that the feeling from the last hug wasn't a mistake; Xia Qing hadn't just grown taller, she had also started to develop.

This showed that her physical state was improving, and her evolutionary ability level was about to rise again, "I think it fits very well and is very suitable for wearing when handling work. Sister Qing, why don't you try wearing your ID badge on top of the brooch?"

Xia Qing asked, "Can I borrow your ID badge? Mine is at home."

"Okay."

Yang Jin's ears began to turn red, and he took his ID badge out of his protective suit pocket and handed it over.

Xia Qing put it on, took out her phone, took a photo, and nodded with satisfaction.

A pair of pearl-white wings supporting the golden ID badge looked just like an open shell supporting a rectangular pearl!

This outfit was comfortable, good-looking, had a high safety factor, and could be paired with small weapons. Xia Qing was becoming more and more satisfied, "Good-looking! Brother Jin's taste is also at the top of the pyramid. I'll wear it like this when I go to the safe zone for meetings after the New Year! I'll go change out of the clothes, shall we prepare to set off?"

Just as Xia Qing was about to take off the ID badge and brooch, Yang Jin asked enthusiastically, "Sister Qing, shall we take a group photo?"

Xia Qing, with her face full of colorful patterns, paused, "The clothes are quite good-looking, but our faces?"

Yang Jin, with three scabbing scars on his face, smiled, "The scars on our faces are proof that we are struggling to live, and they match the new clothes very well."

Xia Qing felt it made sense and sat down happily, taking a photo with a brilliant smile with her boyfriend who had fought a big battle and survived.

After changing out of the clothes and coming out, Xia Qing found another box on the table. ===== CHAPTER 1797 =====