Chapter 1937

The helicopter, with the giant eagle's talons strapped to it, flew slowly over the second peak of the No. 14 mountain range in the eastern evolutionary forest of Hui-3, and then flew away into the distance.

The old wolf with pitch-black fur, hiding under a protruding rock on the second peak, lifted its body slightly, took out its mobile phone from its wolf-belly pouch, and opened it to check for messages.

Seeing the old wolf looking at its phone, the earless wolf also immediately stood up, rubbed its paws on the rock, and pulled out its phone. As a result, due to its lack of dexterity, it also pulled out the medicine bag from inside its wolf-belly pouch.

Seeing its two companions pull out human items one after another from their bellies, the black wolf king with pitch-black fur and amber eyes was already very calm.

But the giant wild dog and the giant jackal on their left and right sides widened their eyes simultaneously and let out low growls. After the old wolf took a quick look at its phone, it pulled over the medicine bag on the ground, skillfully picked it up in its mouth, and walked to the wild dog's side. The old wolf first licked the wound on the wild dog's shoulder blade, then used its sharp claws to tear open the medicine bag and sprinkled the special hemostatic and antibacterial medicinal powder, which it had exchanged with Xia Qing for 3,500 points, onto the wild dog's wound.

"Woof!"

After Ao Yi, a member of the southern wolf pack responsible for scouting ahead, sent back a warning, the old wolf responded in a low voice, ordered the earless wolf to put away its phone, and the wolf-dog-jackal squad with explosive combat power continued to advance forward.

"Sister Qing, at the 11 o'clock direction, 2,500 meters away, 6 beasts have been discovered in the dense forest on the third peak of the No. 14 mountain range in the eastern evolutionary forest." On the helicopter, co-pilot Er Yong reported the reconnaissance situation.

On the helicopter, Guan Tong and Di Ming immediately looked down through the portholes. Wu Wu Lianmin replaced Xia Qing at the defensive position, and Xia Qing looked ahead and ordered, "Go over and take a look. Keep the flight altitude at 2,200 meters and maintain a distance of 2,300 meters from the mountain peak on the front left. Watch out for ground fire."

The third peak of the No. 14 mountain belongs to the periphery of the core territory of the eastern jackal pack. If humans are involved in a jackal-dog battle, the humans' target is likely the beasts' cubs or the precious resources of this mountain range. The top of the third peak is the commanding height of this mountain range, which is the best sniping point.

"Received." Hu Zi Feng, who was piloting the helicopter, turned to avoid the mountain peak in front and flew toward the direction where the beast pack was located.

Evolutionary beasts during the disaster years will all avoid helicopters, but their ability to avoid helicopters varies, and the pack of beasts below is one with relatively low ability.

Er Yong used infrared monitoring equipment to check the beast pack hiding under the dense forest and reported, "Five beasts are clearly visible. Judging by their body size, they are all adult jackals. Sister Qing, is the one at the very front likely the leader of the jackal pack?"

Xia Qing had teamed up with Lao Si, the broken-waisted wolf, Huo Zhun, and other wolves and humans last year to collect walnuts in the territory of the eastern jackal pack. During that mission, Xia Qing had had close contact with the eastern jackal pack, so she should be able to recognize the leader of the jackal pack.

Unable to see the beasts under the trees through the branches and leaves with the naked eye, Xia Qing responded after carefully checking with infrared goggles, "Judging by the body size, the one at the very front might be the No. 2 leader of the eastern jackal pack. Brother Ming, what do you think?"

The veterans from the No. 11 territory invested in the organic fertilizer factory and are responsible for salvaging sea crabs and shellfish from the sea. They have to cross this mountain range every once in a while, so they are more familiar with the jackal pack.

Why don't they take a helicopter when they go back and forth?

Because taking a helicopter costs money, while crossing the evolutionary forest on foot is free, and they can also collect herbs and hunt along the way.

Di Ming checked the display screen and responded, "It is the No. 2 giant jackal of the jackal pack. Er Yong, zoom in on the surveillance footage."

Now is the season for beasts to give birth and raise cubs. The jackal king, who did not buy the nursing set from Xia Qing, must be raising the jackal pack's cubs in some hidden and safe cave somewhere. The No. 2 leader leading the team to patrol the territory is a division of labor that is very consistent with the living habits of beasts.

"Okay." Er Yong zoomed in on the surveillance footage and made a new discovery, "This No. 2 jackal has a wound on its body. It looks like a scratch. It should have been left during a fight. Judging by the color, this wound is still bleeding."

Beasts living in the evolutionary forest will lick their wounds to disinfect them and apply herbs they can find to the wounds. The No. 2 leader of the jackal pack is still bleeding, which means either it was just injured and hasn't had time to treat it, or its treatment method is ineffective.

Microorganisms and insects are rampant in the evolutionary forest after the acid rain, and wounds of this degree will quickly become inflamed and worsen. In other words, this No. 2 leader of the jackal pack may soon become weak and die, and its flesh and blood will be gnawed away by other creatures in the evolutionary forest.

Hu Zi Feng maintained the current flight speed, held the helicopter's control stick for two seconds, and after confirming that Xia Qing did not intend to go down to treat the No. 2 jackal's wound, accelerated toward the eastern evolutionary forest.

Xia Qing, holding a sniper rifle, no longer paid attention to the ground and focused all her attention on her defensive range.

The special medicine she carried in her backpack was all exchanged at a high price, not blown in by a strong wind. The jackal pack is not her ally, and the jackal pack leader did not send her a distress signal, so she has no obligation to provide treatment.

The survival competition in the evolutionary forest is fierce and cruel, and animals die every moment. If the jackal pack leader is injured and cannot save itself, it can only become the food of the winner.

Regarding Xia Qing's choice, no one else on the helicopter had any objections.

Twenty minutes later, Wu Wu Lianmin spoke, "Sister Qing, I can see the mangrove protective belt!"

Xia Qing responded and looked toward the junction of the sea and the sky.

Under the blue sky and white clouds is the boundless sea, and the dense forest winding at the junction of the sea and land is the green Great Wall of the Hui-3 base—the mangrove protective belt.

Xia Qing had seen this protective belt many times on the internet and in videos or pictures sent to her by Yang Jin, but there is still a big difference between looking at it through a screen and looking at it while sitting in a helicopter.

When the helicopter flew closer, Xia Qing saw human tents and camps inside the mangrove protective belt.

In the mangroves that are hundreds to thousands of meters wide, humans are so small that they are almost invisible.

The mangroves are the green Great Wall of the Hui-3 base, and these humans busy in the mangroves are the flesh-and-blood Great Wall of the Hui-3 base.

During the acid rain period, destroyers in the ocean ride the waves toward the mangroves, wanting to break through this ecological barrier and invade the eastern evolutionary forest of Hui-3.

When the green Great Wall becomes "thinner" at a speed visible to the naked eye, human defenders have to rush up to fight the sea beasts to defend the green Great Wall of Hui-3. If this Great Wall cannot be defended, the eastern evolutionary forest of Hui-3 will disappear in the repeated impacts of sea beasts. Then, the destroyers will destroy the land, the seawater will invade, and Hui-3 will disappear from the Blue Star.

By then, the survivors of the Hui-3 base will become refugees, just like the refugees of the Gui-5 base in the tenth year of the disaster, fleeing to other bases to survive.

In order to defend the coastline and mangroves, 337 people from the Hui-3 military and combat teams were killed or injured in the first acid rain this year.

After the acid rain period ended, the brutal sea beast destroyers retreated, and the combat personnel who blocked the sea beasts on the front line retreated to the safe zone to recuperate. These people that Xia Qing saw from the air are currently carrying out mangrove and coastline restoration missions.

Sixty percent of the personnel carrying out this mission are troops dispatched by the authorities, and forty percent are members of combat teams recruited through missions.

This mission has high rewards, but also high risks. Xia Qing, a strength evolutionist whose swimming skills are not good and whose equipment level does not meet the standards, is not qualified to sign up.