Chapter 436: Negotiation

"Received." Tan Junjie asked sternly, "Report the specific location."

After Hu Zifeng accurately reported the latitude and longitude, Tan Junjie replied, "Received. Territory Two, report the equipment Xu Pin carried when leaving the territory, the number of squad members, the purpose of the trip, and the current location."

Zhou Xun, the temporary agent of Territory Two, was on the verge of tears. "Captain Xu left the territory two hours ago and has lost contact since. The accompanying squad has thirteen members; I have no authority to inquire about their weapons, equipment, or purpose."

Under the second peak of Mountain Fifty-Two, a deep crater had been blasted by the explosives dropped by Seeing Xin Yu. Smoke and fog had not yet dispersed from the crater. Yang Jin stood by the crater's edge on the phone. At his feet were three bound evolutionists, and more than thirty main forces of the Green Dragon Squad stood beside him.

Yang Jin, smelling of gunpowder, smiled. "They came up and immediately destroyed Su Feng's reconnaissance aircraft, ambushed my team members, and tried to capture me with grappling hooks. That rescue method is truly unique."

The Fire Phoenix on the other end of the phone laughed clearly. "It's all a misunderstanding. I failed to train my subordinates well. Brother Jin, don't be angry. I will deal with them properly later and make them apologize to you."

Hu Zifeng reported via walkie-talkie, "Boss, the investigation team will arrive at the scene in ten minutes, totaling twenty people."

"Good." Yang Jin acknowledged, then spoke into the phone again, "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, the investigation team will clarify it."

"Don't." The Fire Phoenix stopped smiling, her voice becoming much more sincere. "This time I failed to restrain my subordinates. Brother Jin, please don't make me stand before the leader of Hui One Base and get scolded. What's your price?"

The Fire Phoenix made it clear to Yang Jin: she had connections above her, so even if Yang Jin followed the formal procedures, she would only get scolded a few times.

Yang Jin stated his price directly, "500 seeds of Gao Yi Element Green Light Spinach."

The Fire Phoenix naturally disagreed. "That won't work. I rely on spinach seeds to feed hundreds of brothers and sisters on the mountain."

Yang Jin's voice grew cold. "Deng Yufeng, your people ran to Hui One and used Qiang Snake venom to attack and provoke the Evolution Bear; when Xu Pin and I fought, a Great Horned Owl descended to scout and dropped bombs, trying to blow me up. Then in less than ten minutes, a high-level speed evolutionist from the Blazing Fire arrived to capture me. I have recorded all of this clearly. Since you refuse to settle privately..."

"... then we can only report it to the Red City Main Base, because this involves the number one squad in Hui One, and I do not trust the Hui City Main Base to handle the trial." Yang Jin stepped on the broken leg of a high-level evolutionist on the ground, letting the Fire Phoenix hear the wail.

"I remember this man is called Ren Zhaoqi. How many years has he been by your side? Do you guess he can withstand the interrogation of a Brain Domain evolutionist from Red One Base?"

The Fire Phoenix lit a cigarette of evolution with a lighter, took a puff, and spoke calmly. "Gao Yi Element seeds are absolutely out of the question. Unpolluted spring water, weapons, rare herbs or potions, new material ores, and Yi Stones are all acceptable. Last time Luo Pei was poisoned, only I bought you spring water to sustain Luo Pei's life."

"Buzz."

Inside Territory Three, Xia Qing felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She immediately took it out and opened it, finding a message sent to her by Tang Huai:

Xu Pin was blown to pieces by the Blazing Fire Squad using an evolution Great Horned Owl to drop bombs. Karma.

The huge amount of information contained in Tang Huai's message made Xia Qing very satisfied, but she did not reply. Because this guy was a drama queen; if you acknowledged him even once, he would bombard you with messages endlessly.

Xia Qing had something very important to do tonight and could not be distracted.

"Beep."

Just as Xia Qing was about to put away her phone, she heard the Beimen monitoring system issue a prompt: Broken-Waist Wolf entered Territory Three through the Beimen at 8:28 on November 19.

"Beep."

Broken-Waist Wolf left Territory Three through the Beimen at 8:28 on November 19.

"Beep."

Broken-Leg Wolf entered Territory Three through the Beimen at 8:29 on November 19.

"Beep."

Broken-Waist Wolf entered Territory Three through the Beimen at 8:29 on November 19.

Xia Qing was speechless. She opened the Beimen surveillance camera and was about to shout at Broken-Waist Wolf to stop playing with the door, but she discovered Broken-Waist Wolf was carrying its sister, following Queen Lady, Broken-Waist Wolf, and Black Wolf as they passed under the Great Chun Tree.

Needless to say, Queen Lady and Black Wolf had climbed over the wall to get in.

The wolf pack entered Territory Three now because Xia Qing had notified the wolf pack that they would be taking a medicinal bath tonight. Too many things had happened these past two days; Xia Qing had been in a state of tension and was already very tired, but the medicinal bath to treat physical injuries could not be postponed. It had to be taken tonight to achieve the best effect.

Xia Qing had already communicated with Broken-Waist Wolf that Broken-Leg Wolf's sister was full of wildness, her leg guards had not yet been removed, and she could not take a medicinal bath.

The wolf pack must have brought her over because the explosion just now was too violent, and the wolf pack was not comfortable leaving her alone in the wolf den.

Sure enough, after Short-Leg Wolf carried its sister into the courtyard, it threw her directly into the sheep shed.

Broken-Leg Sister roared at her brother, then sniffed the hay stack and bared her fangs. Short-Leg Wolf was even more direct and immediately started digging up the grass.

They had smelled the scent and blood of the red squirrel. Fortunately, Xia Qing had foresight and had pulled the little one out of the licorice earlier, stuffing it into a cage and carrying it upstairs.

After Xia Qing had the Alpha Wolf stop Broken-Leg Wolf, she began contacting Hu Zifeng. "Captain Hu, could you trouble your team to help guard the territory tonight?"

Xia Qing did not want to trouble Hu Zifeng's squad at this time, but after she took her medicinal bath, she would lose combat effectiveness for several hours. If the people from Blazing Fire and Su Feng took advantage of tonight's chaos to enter Territory Three, she and the wolf pack would all be finished.

Hu Zifeng was startled. "Er Yong said the wolf pack just entered your territory. Are you going out tonight?"

Xia Qing explained, "No, we are not going out. I have something important to do tonight and cannot leave home, so I can only trouble you."

... What were Xia Qing and a group of wolves doing busy at home? Processing python meat? He wanted to go help too...

Hu Zifeng, the security captain of Territory Three, did not speak out of turn and immediately agreed. "In ten minutes, eight of us will enter Territory Three, with two people stationed in the monitoring room."

"Thank you for your hard work." Xia Qing hung up the phone. After seeing on her mobile phone that Hu Zifeng led the team into Territory Three, she immediately began her fifth medicinal bath.

The pain remained, but Xia Qing did not even hum. She had only one thought in her heart: become stronger.

Guard the territory, survive.

After an hour passed, Xia Qing endured the pain and climbed up. She let the medicinal juice flow through a plastic tube into a new large bathtub made on the first-floor bathroom, capable of soaking two evolution animals at once. Then she changed clothes and struggled downstairs, adding two buckets of spring water into the large bathtub so that Sheep Boss and Sick Wolf could soak together.

Soaking two animals at once could reduce the six-hour medicinal bath time to three hours, allowing her to rest earlier. Xia Qing had specifically consulted Zhang San, and this method was feasible.

Sick Wolf did not listen to Xia Qing and soak with Sheep Boss; instead, it turned to look at the Alpha Wolf. The Alpha Wolf, lying in the center of the tatami, raised its head to look at Xia Qing.

Leaning against the bathroom door, Xia Qing was indifferent. "Queen Lady can choose which wolf soaks first."

Then, Xia Qing saw the Alpha Wolf get up and enter the bathroom, starting to soak in the medicinal bath with Sheep Boss.

Xia Qing leaned against the bathroom door, supporting her eyelids which were so sleepy they could barely open, timing for them.

Twenty-five minutes in, Sheep Boss could not endure it anymore and wanted to come out. Before Xia Qing could speak, a single look from the Alpha Wolf made Sheep Boss behave.

Xia Qing spoke softly in a weak voice. "Queen Lady is truly amazing. Boss listens to you the most. If you weren't here, I alone really could not control Sheep Boss. Boss, the two of us are too weak; we must work hard to become stronger. You don't want Sister Yan to throw you out again, do you?"

Soaking with Queen Lady, Sheep Boss soaked for a full hour for the first time in history. While Xia Qing praised them crazily, she scooped heated warm water from the basin to rinse the medicinal liquid off its body.

Queen Lady?

It didn't need rinsing, because it shook the water off its own body, letting Xia Qing wipe it dry before going to rest on the tatami.

As expected, the next ones to bathe were Broken-Leg Wolf and Black Wolf. Broken-Waist Wolf had to be responsible for defense, and Sick Wolf, with its weak combat power, was ranked last.

By the time Sick Wolf and Broken-Waist Wolf finished soaking and drying off, the time was approaching one in the morning.

Just as Xia Qing was about to climb the stairs to sleep, she discovered that the ears of the Alpha Wolf and Black Wolf on the tatami twitched simultaneously. Then they both raised their heads, showing fierce expressions toward the outside of the door.

Xia Qing glanced at it, and her heart gave a sudden lurch.