Chapter 1857

Xia Qing, acting separately from Dai Gua and the greedy little bear, carried Does Ergua on her back and rode the Xiong Wang, spending over four hours inspecting 21 mission points and reporting one mission point where high-level evolutionary fungi had sprouted and required cleaning.

Dai Gua teamed up with the greedy little bear, inspected 19 mission points, and also reported one.

Only two areas remained to be inspected: the hot spring lake basin of Mountain 67 and the humid dense forest area in Mountain 62.

Of these two places, one was the area where the white-faced saki monkey troop spent the winter, and the other was where they spent the spring, summer, and autumn.

The former was Dai Gua's responsibility, and the latter was Xia Qing's. This was because Xia Qing needed to use her magnetic sense evolutionary ability to find evolutionary giant salamanders capable of emitting an Yi-element magnetic field in Mountain 62.

Last October, when Dai Gua inspected Mountain 62 to look for large animals infected with evolutionary anaerobic bacteria, it discovered that female Yi-evolutionary giant salamander, which was extremely precious.

The Yi-4 metallothionein in its body was one of the six main medicinal ingredients for detoxifying the evolutionary tiger; the Yi-source symbiotic slime mold on its skin was the key to keeping the recurrence rate of Wu Cheng's cancer within 5%.

Xia Qing wanted to use this opportunity to find a male giant salamander of the same species in this mountain area. If she couldn't find a male of the same species, she would find a green-light one.

A giant salamander can lay several hundred to over a thousand eggs at a time. Based on probability calculations, even if Xia Qing couldn't find a male Yi-evolutionary giant salamander of the same species, if she brought back a green-light male, by the time the giant salamanders entered their breeding season in May, at least 10 Yi-evolutionary fry could appear among the offspring of the female in Territory 7.

If there were fewer than 10 Yi-evolutionary fry, it would mean this type of giant salamander had a high dependency on its native environment and must be released back into Mountain 62 for semi-captivity in order to breed more high-value Yi-evolutionary fry.

After arriving at the last mission location on Mountain 62, which was the area where Dai Gua had discovered the giant salamander, Xia Qing jumped off the bear's back, placed an egg into the Xiong Wang's large black claw, then nimbly took out a large photo of a giant salamander, held it up, and asked, "Has Bear Brother seen this animal before?"

The Xiong Wang leaned lazily against a large tree, tossed the egg into its mouth, and extended its large black claw toward Xia Qing again.

Xia Qing had no choice but to take out the last egg and ask again.

The Xiong Wang tossed the egg into its mouth and extended its claw again.

Xia Qing took out the foam box containing eggs from her backpack with a wronged expression, opened it, and said, "There are no more eggs. Lord Xiong Wang has eaten all the food I brought, which was worth over 4,500 points."

Honey, lettuce, spinach, lettuce, dried meat, and eggs had all been eaten by this bear. The Xiong Wang's speed was indeed fast, but the cost was ridiculously high!

The Xiong Wang used its claw to hook Xia Qing's backpack and sniffed it carefully. After confirming there was no food, it retracted its large black claw and began to rub against the tree.

Xia Qing and Does Ergua seized the opportunity to take the detector and quickly inspect this dangerous area. The dangerous areas demarcated by Zhang Song and Zhang He were each several hundred square meters, and the inspection would take some time.

After inspecting and confirming there was no high-level evolutionary yellow mold here, Xia Qing took out her phone, reported the inspection results on the mini-program, completed the inspection mission for the northern bear troop, and began to execute the second mission—finding the Yi-evolutionary giant salamander.

Dai Gua had discovered the location of the evolutionary giant salamander and the surrounding area. Xia Qing checked it once with her magnetic sense and infrared instruments; let alone Yi-evolutionary fish, she didn't even find any ordinary giant salamanders.

According to the growth habits of giant salamanders, their habitat should be in rock caves, deep pools, and stone crevices in the upper reaches of nearby water flows. These areas have dim light, relatively gentle water flow, clear water quality, and lush water plants. The fish Dai Gua caught had been washed out of or crawled out of its habitat because it was sick.

Dai Gua and Does Ergua lived in trees and were unfamiliar with creatures inside rock caves and stone crevices, so they couldn't provide more valuable clues. Therefore, Xia Qing could only seek help from the lord of this mountain area—the brain-domain and speed-evolutionary Xiong Wang.

Finding the Xiong Wang in the dense forest was a very simple matter because it was large and made a lot of noise.

Xia Qing ran over and found the Xiong Wang rubbing against a rock. Now was the molting season for brown bears; the Xiong Wang rubbing against rocks could both relieve skin itching and shed its thick old fur as quickly as possible. The Xiong Wang was strong and rubbed hard, and several patches on its back were already bald, yet it didn't stop. Its appearance and kingly aura were greatly diminished, and it looked disheveled.

Xia Qing immediately found a way to please the Xiong Wang without food. She took a large comb used for grooming the giant wolves out of her backpack and stepped forward to groom the Xiong Wang.

The comb was large enough, and Xia Qing's strength was sufficient; using a comb to clean fur was naturally more efficient than rubbing against rocks.

The Xiong Wang flipped over and lay on the ground, motionless.

Xia Qing combed up and down, left and right. She didn't stop until the fur she combed out firmly filled a large packaging bag. She then turned to the Xiong Wang's large head again, held up the photo of the evolutionary giant salamander, gestured, and asked, "Lord Xiong Wang, have you seen this kind of fish? My human and tiger companions are sick and need this fish for treatment. This fish can grow this big, and it makes a 'woo-woo' sound. When it's scared, it goes 'hiss'..."

The Xiong Wang, who was feeling comfortable, lifted its eyelids, stared at the monkey and the photo in front of it for a while, and then climbed up.

"Thank you, Lord Xiong Wang! Does Ergua, let's go!" Xia Qing immediately shouldered her backpack, called Does Ergua, who was earning extra money by picking up pretty stones nearby, and told it to return to the team immediately.

Does Ergua quickly darted onto Xia Qing and hugged her neck. Then, the human and the monkey were carried by the Xiong Wang as it ran through the dense forest, disturbing two troops of white-faced saki monkeys foraging nearby, until they arrived outside a rock cave.

The Xiong Wang placed Xia Qing by the water, then entered the water pool and lay lazily in the water.

Small fish and shrimp in the pool quickly swam toward the Xiong Wang, gnawing on the loose keratin and skin dander under its fur.

Xia Qing caught a few small fish and shrimp that were biting the Xiong Wang and examined them carefully. The small shrimp were normal, but the small fish were very strong. If these small fish bit her, they could break her skin in a few bites, but for the thick-skinned Xiong Wang, this level of biting was just a fish and shrimp SPA!

Xia Qing put away the small fish and shrimp samples, gestured, and asked, "Lord Xiong Wang, does the 'woo-woo hiss-hiss' giant salamander live in this water pool or in this cave?"

The Xiong Wang, feeling comfortable all over, looked toward the rock cave that was flowing with water.

Xia Qing understood, "Thank you, Lord Xiong Wang. You really are the most handsome and understanding Xiong Wang on Blue Star! I'll go catch the fish; you continue your bath."

Xia Qing turned around and saw Does Ergua staring blankly at a large tree nearby, so she walked over and asked, "Does Ergua, have you been here before?"

Mountain 62 was the habitat for the white-faced saki monkey troop after the temperature rose. It was in this mountain area that Dai Gua had picked up Does Ergua, who had been infected with evolutionary fungi and abandoned by the troop.

Does Ergua stared blankly at the large tree nearby and didn't make a sound.

Xia Qing looked up and found there were no saki monkeys on the large tree, nor were there any other dangers, so she let the little guy move freely, "I'm going to find the giant salamander. Does Ergua, move freely, but be careful to avoid hunters. I'll call you when I leave."

"Eee..." Does Ergua responded blankly and climbed onto the large tree.

After Does Ergua climbed the tree, Xia Qing took a box out of her backpack.

The Xiong Wang in the pool moved its position and extended its wet, large black claw in front of Xia Qing.

Xia Qing opened the lid and let the Xiong Wang see what was inside, "Bear Brother, I have no food. This is a small detection robot for exploring caves. This rock cave is too small; I can't crawl in."

This robot was exchanged by her idol with Big Brother Wu. Xia Qing liked it very much, but she was poor and couldn't afford it.