Chapter 413: Was It You Who Blew It Up?

"Boom!"

With another huge explosion, the smoke and fire inside Territory Two surged violently into the sky. Standing on her own attic, Xia Qing clearly saw the helicopter propeller fragments blown into the air.

Territory Two's helicopter had completely disintegrated.

Who did this great deed? Yang Jin? Zhang San? Tang Zhengpo? Or... Xin Yu?

All were possible.

After the explosion in Territory Two, the bear roars on Mountain Fifty also stopped. The lord channel was silent; everyone wanted to know what had happened, but no one spoke.

Because the people of Territory Two were also on the lord channel.

The one who broke the silence was inspection team member Hu Zi, who asked again, "Territory Two, please report the situation. Do you need rescue?"

Tang Zhengsu came online, fury blazing, and burst into cursing, "Report what? Report that our helicopter was blown up by invaders? Are you lot deaf or blind? Does this damn thing even need reporting?! Rescue what? It's all blown to pieces—are you coming to collect arms and legs or spare parts? Cut the crap with your fake concern, first pay for my helicopter…"

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Tang Zhengsu cursed for a full five minutes, with various crashing sounds mixed in. Xia Qing wasn't interested in the content of his words; she was carefully listening to the background sounds while Tang Zhengsu spoke.

Tang Zhengsu was standing in the yard. The background sounds—the howling wind, the moans of the wounded, and Xu Pin's commands directing people to search for evidence, put out fires, and rescue victims—Xia Qing could only make out roughly.

If she went to the south wall of her territory now, she would certainly hear more information. But listening to these sounds was not only of little value to her, it also carried potential risk.

Because her territory was separated from Territory Two by only a single passage. If Xia Qing went to the south end of her territory now to watch the excitement, she would very likely be drawn into this explosion incident and become part of the excitement herself.

After Tang Zhengsu finished cursing, Hu Zi imitated the serious tone of squad leader Tan Junjie and asked, "Territory Two, you say the helicopter placed inside your territory was destroyed by invaders. Do you have evidence?"

Tang Zhengsu roared, "Are you the one responsible for security inspection of this territory, or am I?"

Hu Zi was still not disturbed by Tang Zhengsu's furious cursing, and continued his inquiry according to procedure: "Territory Two, please answer whether you have evidence proving the helicopter was destroyed by invaders. If you have no evidence but suspect it was destroyed by someone outside the territory, please do not disturb the scene. The inspection team requests entry into Territory Two to conduct an on-site survey. Please grant permission, temporary acting representative of Territory Two."

Temporary acting representative's permission? Temporary acting representative?

Zhou Xun, hiding in a dark corner, wished he could dig a hole and crawl in, then bury himself with dirt so everyone would think he was dead.

Damn the representative! If he stepped up to the captain now to take the walkie-talkie, he'd basically be asking to die.

After Hu Zi asked three times, he issued an announcement: "It is confirmed that Territory Two has refused the inspection team entry to survey the scene. The evolved bear on Mountain Fifty and the evolved bears deep in the northern evolved forest have stopped roaring. The inspection team will monitor the bears' movements 24 hours a day and will report any developments promptly. Lords, please keep the lord channel on the walkie-talkie open."

"Copy that. Good work." Hu Zifeng was the first to respond, as happy as if he had just caught a several-hundred-jin green-light prey.

Territory Two naturally stayed silent.

Xia Qing also pressed the button and replied, "Copy that, good work."

Next came Territories Four, Five, Six, and Seven. Zhang San even yawned, as if about to sleep. Territory Eight was still Zhou Zhaoping who replied, followed by Territory Nine's Li Si and Territory Ten's Shi Du.

Based solely on their tones, Xia Qing couldn't determine who had blown up the helicopter. She took Sheep Boss and, humming a little tune, went downstairs to make dinner.

Although she had already drunk a premium nutrient solution this afternoon and Xia Qing now had abundant physical energy, after such a great piece of good news, Xia Qing still wanted to celebrate.

The best way to celebrate during the disaster years was to eat delicious food!

Xia Qing washed a handful of scallions, chopped them fine, added two green-light eggs, a spoonful of flour, and a pinch of salt, then stirred it with pollution-free spring water into a batter. She heated a flat pan, spread a layer of her own pressed sunflower seed oil, poured the batter in, and cooked it through—a delicious scallion egg pancake was done.

She boiled another pot of chrysanthemum tea, cut sweet potato roots and vines for Sheep Boss, mixed in a small handful of the oil residue left from pressing sunflower seed oil, and then grabbed a small pinch of crushed corn. "Boss worked hard watching the house this afternoon. This corn and fried residue is your reward."

Sheep Boss, standing beside Xia Qing, lifted its nose and sniffed, indicating it was very satisfied.

Sheep Boss liked eating oil residue. Xia Qing had specifically consulted her idol to confirm that Sheep Boss could eat pressed-oil residue in moderation, so she stored the oil residue together with compressed rations, bran, and the like in the underground storage room as Sheep Boss's reserve food.

Just as Xia Qing was about to bring dinner to the table, she heard her phone notification: Sick Wolf had entered Territory Three from the north gate.

It seemed that after not hearing the bear roars, Sick Wolf had confirmed the safety of its injured companion, so it had come home.

Xia Qing took a small pot from the cabinet, set it on the stove, and added pollution-free spring water.

After Sick Wolf came inside and rinsed its paws clean in the water basin by the door, Xia Qing, in the kitchen, called it over: "Lao Er, bring the jerky from your protective suit over here. I'll cook it for you before you eat it. Eating it raw has too much salt; your body can't handle it."

Sick Wolf pattered to the kitchen doorway and looked at Xia Qing obediently.

Hm? Xia Qing glanced at the deflated pocket of its protective suit and asked, "Where's the jerky? Did you share it with your companion in the wolf den?"

Whether it was Sick Wolf or Sheep Boss, the food Xia Qing stuffed into their protective suits or satchels, they couldn't take out themselves. When they wanted to eat, they needed to help each other, or have Xia Qing take it out for them.

The beef jerky today had been stuffed in by Xia Qing when she took Sick Wolf to search for the red squirrel's tracks, and now it was gone—it could only have been taken out by the broken-legged wolf's sister.

Sick Wolf tilted its head slightly and grinned happily.

Xia Qing smiled too. "Alright, I'll cook you another piece of our homemade roasted jerky, and add an egg for you, as a reward for coming with me today to look for green-light peanuts."

After Sick Wolf's meal was cooking, Xia Qing took out her phone and glanced at it. She found that the dot representing the red squirrel's location was still inside the sheep shed. It seemed this little fellow might think the haystack in the sheep shed was safer than the tree hollow, and had decided not to return to the tree hollow tonight.

After Sick Wolf's meat porridge was also cooked, Xia Qing had just picked up the egg pancake to eat when her idol called: "Xia Qing, was it you who blew up Territory Two's helicopter?"

Ah, ha? Idol, you really think too highly of me.

Xia Qing answered sincerely, "Third Brother, I only thought about it, I didn't dare make a move. I was just wondering a moment ago if it was you who had acted righteously."

"The evolved rats I sent out hadn't even reached Territory Two when their plane blew up." Zhang San finished speaking and yawned. "Going to sleep."