Chapter 578: Endless Trouble

"Captain Yang, please wait a moment."

Xia Qing ran to her two companions and quickly explained the situation to them. "Boss, Lao Er, do you know monkeys? That kind of animal."

Xia Qing opened her notebook and showed the two companions the troop of monkeys leaping and running through the trees on the screen. Sheep Boss only glanced at it once before losing interest and continued showing off its spiral horn to Yang Jin. Sick Wolf, however, stared at the screen with a solemn expression—clearly it recognized monkeys as an animal.

Xia Qing closed the notebook and earnestly told her two companions, "If we don't stop the monkeys, our strawberries, corn, and chestnuts will all be snatched away by them."

Hearing that the monkeys were going to snatch the strawberries and corn, Sheep Boss could no longer be bothered with provoking Yang Jin. Together with Sick Wolf, it stared at Xia Qing with a solemn expression. Food was more important than fighting!

Xia Qing rubbed the curls on Sheep Boss's head and the thick fur on Sick Wolf's neck with her hands, and said seriously, "Boss, Lao Er, let's go home and put on our protective suits. Lao Er comes with me to find the wolf pack, Boss guards the territory."

Yang Jin stood inside the cabin, watching the one person, one sheep, and one wolf from Territory Three run back home together. He then left Territory Three and made a phone call within the Third District of Mountain Forty-Nine to learn the latest situation.

Soon, the three of them, fully equipped, appeared on the high slope of Territory Three. Xia Qing solemnly instructed Sheep Boss, "Boss is the guardian of our territory, the lead sheep of our territory. After Lao Er and I leave, the territory will be in your hands. Boss will definitely guard our territory well, right?"

Sheep Boss puffed out its chest, looking extremely dependable.

Xia Qing rubbed the little curls on its head. "I just knew Boss was the best. You're the most amazing evolved sheep on Blue Star. Having a companion like Boss, I'm truly honored. When Lao Er and I come back, we'll eat strawberries together, okay?"

"Baa." Sheep Boss happily replied.

Xia Qing nodded happily, sincerely praising, "Boss really is the most dependable. Having a companion like you makes me so happy."

Yang Jin, who had been silently watching this scene, felt that if Xia Qing were willing to speak to him like that, let alone guarding a territory, even if Xia Qing asked him to single-handedly wipe out the advancing monkey troop, he would set off immediately.

Xia Qing had just rushed into the Third District of Mountain Forty-Nine with Sick Wolf when she heard the walkie-talkie go off.

"Xia Qing, you're looking for me?"

Xia Qing immediately stopped and pressed the button. "Yes. Third Brother, the Red One Survey Team requests to go to the Third Peak of Mountain Fifty to survey the tracks left by the wolf pack."

Zhang San understood her meaning the moment he heard Xia Qing's words and directly refused. "The Third Peak is a high-danger restricted area; you can't enter it casually. Tan Junjie, are you there?"

"Here." Tan Junjie responded.

"Tell the survey team that if they want to see the traces left by the wolf pack, come find Ji Li for them. On the second morning after the beast tide, Ji Li had already sent a reconnaissance aircraft to look, and the video was preserved. Also, the team member with the broken thigh bone can be picked up."

"Received, thank you, Third Brother." Tan Junjie acknowledged.

Zhang San asked again, "Hearing Zhu Li, are you there?"

Hearing Zhu Li quickly came online. "Third Brother, I'm here."

"Kuang Qingwei is awake. Later, you come over and take him back too."

Hearing Zhu Li's voice was full of pleasant surprise. "Okay, thank you, Third Brother. This time it's really all thanks to you. How many points is the medical fee? Do you think I should pay with points or supplies?"

Zhang San replied lazily, "I've already settled it with Kuang Qingwei."

"Okay, thank you, Third Brother." Hearing that her husband was already awake and could even discuss the fee with Zhang San, Hearing Zhu Li felt even more at ease and answered cheerfully.

While the lords communicated through the walkie-talkie, the survey team members hurried toward Territory Seven, and Xia Qing ran north with Yang Jin and Sick Wolf.

After passing through the vast swamp at the north gate of Mountain Forty-Nine, Xia Qing stopped at the foot of Mountain Fifty-Two, took out her phone, and earnestly instructed Sick Wolf, "Lao Er, I can't run anymore. I'll wait for you here. Go call Broken-Waist Wolf and Handsome Giant Wolf over, okay? Handsome Giant Wolf is this wolf."

Xia Qing showed Sick Wolf a picture of Handsome Giant Wolf and reminded it again, "You must call both Handsome Giant Wolf and Broken-Waist Wolf over. Lao Er, thank you for your hard work."

Broken-Waist Wolf looked at Yang Jin following behind.

Xia Qing rubbed its head and said softly, "His name is Yang Jin, he's my companion. Don't worry, he won't hurt me. Lao Er, be careful on the road, don't get hurt by crocodiles."

Only then did Sick Wolf withdraw its gaze, nuzzle Xia Qing's leg, and dash north, quickly disappearing into the vast sea of snow.

Only then did Yang Jin come to Xia Qing's side. "The protective suits for the wolf and the evolved sheep were also made at the Huo Family Blade Workshop?"

"Yes, Uncle Huo's craftsmanship is quite good. If you need any equipment made next time, you can look for him." Xia Qing pulled in some business for Uncle Huo, then sincerely thanked Yang Jin. "Thanks to this special protective suit you traded for, otherwise in the explosion that night of the beast tide, I would definitely have been injured more seriously."

This special protective suit, made with added new materials, had performance in every aspect a notch higher than the Field Grade-5 protective suit. If it weren't for the protective suit and matching protective mask protecting her, Xia Qing's tinnitus would have been more severe.

If a more serious situation occurred—for example, if the bomb were closer and blasted up large amounts of gravel and debris—this protective suit could save Xia Qing and Sick Wolf's lives.

Of course, Yang Jin wouldn't tell Xia Qing that the moment he learned the special protective suit had been successfully researched, he had already planned to get one for her; nor would he tell her that after trading for the protective suit, he had immediately put it on and come to show off in front of her, hoping she would propose a trade; nor would he tell her how relieved he had felt upon learning that the invaders had used several bats to bomb Territory Three, knowing he had already gotten the special protective suit into Xia Qing's hands.

At this moment, he sat with Xia Qing on a large wind-sheltered, sun-facing boulder, and asked with a smile, "Your protective mask's filter cartridge is almost used up, isn't it?"

Xia Qing nodded. "Almost."

Yang Jin continued to ask, "This kind of filter cartridge can't be bought in the safe zone, and Zhong Tao and the others can't get them either. You can trade with me. Just two jin of python meat, and you can trade for five filter cartridges. How many do you want to trade for?"

Xia Qing, who had just been full of gratitude a moment ago, was now expressionless. "No need to trouble you. Third Brother can make filter cartridges, and the price is very reasonable too."

Yang Jin asked curiously, "What price did he quote?"

This absolutely can't be told to you. "Third Brother gives me the alliance internal price, it's not convenient to disclose to you."

"Heh." Yang Jin's pleasant laughter rang in Xia Qing's ear, making her ears tingle. She coughed once before asking about the situation inside the safe zone that night of the beast tide, how more than a thousand people could have died.

Yang Jin detailed the course of events and the full story. "This time, Blaze's main target was to eradicate Hui Three's Gao Yi Element Spinach. To this end, they united multiple forces..."

This internal-city melee didn't only involve Blaze and Sufeng. People from Hui One, Hui Two, Hui Four, and Hui Five all secretly participated in this Hui Three internal-city "riot," with the goal of competing for resources and benefits.

It turned out that the base management wasn't only divided into the Base Commander and Deputy Base Commander factions; there were also spies from other bases. The personnel composition of the major combat teams was also very complex, and the relationships between teams were even more intricate. Their reasons for joining the melee varied, but they were all a part of the chaos...

Scheming against each other in such cramped spaces sounded exhausting just thinking about it. She'd rather peacefully farm in her territory. Xia Qing had just been about to ask Tang Huai about Sufeng being surpassed by Qinglong when she heard the sound of the evolved wolf's large paws stepping on snow.