Chapter 465: Calling the Companions

Xia Qing stared coldly at the last surviving member of the beast-catching squad, who was cowering behind his shield, and said nothing. Not that she didn't want to speak — she simply hadn't caught her breath yet and couldn't form the words.

Send evidence outward? Heh.

Xia Qing had installed signal jammers in advance at the area that might become a battlefield, as well as on herself and the three evolved wolves, in order to cut off communication between the beast-catching squad members and with Territory Nine.

Now that the battle was over, Xia Qing wasn't actually afraid of him sending "evidence" outward. Because it was the beast-catching squad that had provoked and attacked her first, and it was the beast-catching squad that had violated the ban by capturing evolved wolves and used poison gas bombs to kill large numbers of evolved forest animals.

Their series of actions was very likely to cause catastrophic consequences; Xia Qing had only fought in self-defense, so the true betrayers of humanity were them.

No need for a legal trial and punishment — Fierce Snow was about to arrive, and the base was very busy. Xia Qing would send them to meet King Yama, and let King Yama see how many layers of hell they deserved!

"Awoo—"

The lead wolf stepped forward, bared its fangs and growled low. Including the wolves, the evolved forest beasts hated humans the most — the beast catchers.

"Ah—"

The man behind the shield screamed in terror, trembling as he continued to threaten Xia Qing, "I'm Shan Xiang, a senior researcher of the Blaze Squad. My sister is Shan Ying, the vice-captain of Blaze. If you dare let this long-haired beast hurt even a single hair on my head, my sister will absolutely chop you into eight pieces, and all these long-haired wolf beasts will be skinned, tendons ripped out, and minced into meat paste by my sister!!!"

This is Shan Ying's brother? How could he be in the beast-catching squad?

Perfect. As long as she gripped this man's throat, she could definitely get the antidote method out of him, and might even get her hands on the antidote.

Xia Qing took a deep breath, swallowed the bloody taste in her mouth, and was just about to speak, when Broken-Waist Wolf shot forward like a cannonball and slammed headfirst into the protective shield covering Shan Xiang.

"Bang!"

The tremendous impact force crushed Shan Xiang flat on the spot. The fresh blood spraying from his mouth dyed the visor of his airtight protective suit red. Xia Qing didn't even need to go over and check to know the guy was already dead.

Dead is dead, then.

Xia Qing was just about to turn off the signal jammer and contact her idol by phone, when she saw the lead wolf turn and dash out of Xiong Dong, stand on a protruding rock, face the biting cold wind, and throw back its head to let out an angry wolf howl.

"Aoooooo—"

Xia Qing was angry too, and wanted to howl a few times herself, but now was not the time. The inspection team had heard the explosion and had definitely sent out a reconnaissance team — they might have already reached Mountain Fifty. The lead wolf's howling would directly draw them over.

Everything below the halfway point of the mountain was filled with poison gas. If they hadn't taken proper precautions, they could be poisoned. Therefore, she had to stop the lead wolf.

Xia Qing was just about to go out, but Broken-Waist Wolf raised its two front paws and pressed them onto Xia Qing's shoulders, tilting its head upward to signal Zhang Shiyi to quickly take the protective mask off its head.

"Okay, right away. Broken-Waist, you go tell my lord quickly — we can't howl right now, it's very dangerous." Xia Qing was unfastening the straps of Broken-Waist Wolf's protective mask, but before she could pull the mask off Broken-Waist Wolf's head, Broken-Waist Wolf flung the mask away, dashed out to stand beside the lead wolf, and threw its head back to howl angrily together with it.

"Aoooooo—"

The two wolves unleashed their maximum volume and howled in unison, the sound so loud it made Xia Qing's ears hurt inside the cave. The sick wolf in her backpack began to struggle, as if trying to rise and fight.

The wolf pack's leader was furious — calling the companions together!

The enemies were all eliminated, so what was the point of calling companions over? Who else did the lead wolf want to fight?

The halfway point of the mountain was full of poison gas right now — was it going to let the wolf pack come and all get poisoned together?

Xia Qing soothed the sick wolf in her backpack, quickly checked Shan Xiang's equipment, and after finding no antidote or any communication, video, or audio recording devices, she collected the signal jammers placed inside the cave, carried Shan Xiang's corpse out of Xiong Dong, threw the corpse into the poisonous fog down the mountain in front of the two wolves, and began to soothe the two angry wolves.

"My lord, Broken-Waist, the enemies have all been killed. You two have both been poisoned and need treatment as soon as possible. Stop howling, let's hurry back to the territory?"

"Awoo—"

"Awoo—"

The lead wolf and Broken-Waist Wolf ignored Xia Qing and continued their angry howling.

"Awoo— wooh—"

"Roar—"

Standing at the halfway point of Mountain Fifty, Xia Qing heard wolf howls and bear roars coming from deep within the evolved forest. The sick wolf was struggling harder and harder.

If she let the two wolves keep howling like this, the situation would spiral out of control.

Xia Qing took the sick wolf out of her backpack, carried it in front of the two angry evolved wolves, and tried to coax them with gentle words, "My lord, Broken-Waist, the enemies have all been killed by us. We can't keep fighting — we have to take Wolf Lao Er back for treatment as soon as possible. Look, its breathing is getting weaker, it can barely hold on."

The two wolves ignored Xia Qing and didn't even look at the sick wolf, continuing their angry howling.

"My lord, stop howling."

"My lord, have you forgotten how you brought the seriously ill Wolf Lao Er to me and begged me to treat it? I barely managed to save it — I can't let it just die like this."

The two wolves wouldn't listen, their howls growing higher and more intense with each one.

Hearing the wolves' howling, the inspection team fighting the beasts inside the human territory and the people in each territory all changed color at the same time.

Zhao Ze started crying again, "This beast tide was started by the wolf pack — this can't be a small beast tide. It's over, our territory is done for."

Qi Fu offered everyone a plan, "Quickly move the important supplies down to the basement. When the animals charge into the territory, hide in the basement — nothing matters more than staying alive."

Kuang Qingwei reminded everyone, "Third Brother's medicine must be kept on your person at all times — it can save your life at a critical moment. None of us can have anything happen to us. Xia Qing is still waiting for us to go rescue her."

Tang Huai was overjoyed, "The evolved wolves are still at Mountain Fifty. Xia Qing is friends with the evolved wolves — she must be fine!"

"Holy crap!"

At the halfway point of the third peak of Mountain Fifty, Xia Qing was furious. She put down the sick wolf and jumped to her feet — her vision went black and her body began to sway.

After steadying herself, she pointed at the two evolved wolves and started cursing them up one side and down the other, "Are you two freaking done or what? Are your companions important, or is your damn howling important? Fine, you two stay here and keep going crazy — best to call the whole wolf pack over and knock yourselves out! I'm taking Wolf Lao Er and leaving, I'll treat it myself!"

The lead wolf continued howling back and forth with the distant wolf pack, but Broken-Waist Wolf stopped.

Seeing Xia Qing stuff the sick wolf into her pack, sling it on her back, and start to leave, Broken-Waist Wolf stepped forward and blocked the path down the mountain.

Xia Qing's fury was skyrocketing and she was about to keep cursing, when she saw a trembling little head with round ears suddenly pop up on a rock three meters away.

The plucked one?

Was it called over by my lord?

The battle was already over — what did it come for?

Before Xia Qing could react, the lead wolf let out one more forceful howl, then staggered and collapsed onto the rock.

"My lord!"

"Awoo—"

"Awoo—"

Unable to hear the lead wolf's voice, the wolf pack's howling frequency quickened — the sound was enough to make anyone's heart pound with dread.

"Awoo—wooo—"

The Broken-Waist Wolf threw back its head and howled, conversing with the pack. Its voice trembled slightly, and Xia Qing knew the Broken-Waist Wolf was about to give out too.