Chapter 631: Effortless

While the lords of the Territory Alliance were busy clearing the ever-emerging malevolent evolved plants in their fields and waiting for news from Tan Junjie, they suddenly heard Kuang Qingwei's call for rescue, and their hearts clenched.

The inspection team members were busy in Territory Nine; Yue Haiying and Yu Shou had both gone to Mountain Fifty, and Xia Qing had just made two round trips, still out of breath.

At this moment, who could go support Territory Six?

Just as Shi Du and Qi Fu were about to press the walkie-talkie button to go support, they heard Zhang San's voice, "Kuang Qingwei, Xia Qing is already on her way to support you, pull back."

Hearing that Xia Qing was on her way, the lords' hearts were all set at ease.

However, Zhao Mu in Territory Four still couldn't help worrying, "Xia Qing has flown back and forth twice this afternoon, how tiring…"

"Copy that, thanks Brother San, thanks Sister Xia Qing." Kuang Qingwei put down the walkie-talkie in Territory Six and immediately roared, "Forget the shed, everyone retreat north!"

Hearing the lord's order, six hired workers from Territory Seventeen holding machetes immediately ran north.

That tree that grew pythons was just too damn scary!

Zhu Li, whose right arm hadn't yet healed, held an umbrella in her left hand and shouted, "Old Kuang, is the inspection team coming?"

"It's not the inspection team, it's Xia Qing." Kuang Qingwei waved frantically at his wife, "Why did you come out, get back inside!"

Hearing that Xia Qing was coming, Zhu Li's taut nerves relaxed a little. Compared to the inspection team, she had more confidence in Xia Qing. Because last year, without the inspection team's help, Xia Qing cleared wild paulownia trees in the malevolent rain — enough to fill a whole truck — and no one was more familiar with this kind of malevolent evolved plant.

"Sister-in-law, watch my bag for me." After rushing into Territory Six, Xia Qing set her large backpack down beside Zhu Li and charged toward the wild paulownia, already nearly four meters tall with over a dozen aggressive vines, illuminated by several flashlights. It's wise to be cautious — Territory Six had plenty of hired workers, and Xia Qing's backpack held a lot of important supplies that needed someone to watch them.

Seeing Xia Qing charge forward with a blade instead of a gun, Zhu Li still couldn't help calling out, "Sister Qing, be careful!"

Xia Qing gripped the black long blade in one hand and accelerated toward the evolved wild paulownia. After she sliced through three wooden vines in one stroke, she triggered the paulownia's indiscriminate attack attribute, and the remaining dozen-plus wooden vines, carrying the sound of wind and flinging rainwater, began whipping about wildly.

But before the vines could reach her, Xia Qing had already rushed to the base of the tree and kicked the wild paulownia down with a single foot.

This… this…

Before the distant onlookers could open their mouths wide enough to make a sound, they saw Xia Qing actually plant her long blade into the ground, bend down, grip the trunk with both hands, and with effortless ease yank the roots out of the soil and fling them aside — planting the terrifying aggressive tree upside down on the ground, roots skyward.

Those trembling python-like vines actually looked a little pitiful.

That's… it? Did it even take half a minute?

They all knew Xia Qing was strong, but they hadn't expected her to be this strong. At this moment, Xia Qing was like a god in their eyes.

When Xia Qing waved for people to come over, everyone rushed over without hesitation, too excited to know what to say. The hired workers from Territory Seventeen wished they could follow Xia Qing right then and there — from now on they wouldn't work for any other territory, they'd be Xia Qing's permanent hired hands!

Not for the points, but to live with peace of mind.

Xia Qing pointed at the broken roots in the soil, "Brother Qing, have someone dig out these three thick broken roots — don't let them touch the soil, to prevent the wild paulownia from drawing energy from the ground and sprouting again."

She was here to help handle the crisis; digging roots was a small job that didn't require her to do it herself.

"Good, good!" Kuang Qingwei immediately called people to work, then asked quietly, "Sister, is the danger zone under control?"

"Under control for now." The wild paulownia crisis in Territory Six wasn't completely cleared yet, so Xia Qing didn't leave immediately. She took the backpack Zhu Li handed her and asked, "Did this wild paulownia just grow?"

Because the wild paulownia in Territory Three had undergone aggressive malevolent evolution in last year's malevolent rain, every territory had dug up the smaller wild paulownia trees as a precaution.

This paulownia in Territory Six was so close to the shed, and although it wasn't short, the trunk was still thinner than Xia Qing's thigh. Xia Qing had originally planned to kick it crooked and then chop it with her blade, but it fell with a single kick — which showed its roots weren't deep either, so Xia Qing guessed it had just sprouted during the malevolent rain.

"Right." Kuang Qingwei looked a little ashamed, "I hired too few people this time. I was busy inside the shed and didn't watch the outside. Luckily you rushed back in time, sis, otherwise this shed definitely wouldn't have been saved."

Since the last incident in Territory Six, Kuang Qingwei hadn't hired any long-term workers living on the territory. His territory had two greenhouses, 20 mu of wheat, and half a mu of rapeseed, so he had to hire people during the malevolent rain period.

Kuang Qingwei had originally most wanted to hire people from Territory Fifteen, but Territory Fifteen's two strongest evolvers had both gone to guard the hidden valley, so he felt too embarrassed to ask, and hired people from Territory Seventeen instead — whose shed had been destroyed and who were actively looking for outside work.

To prepare for the unexpected, Kuang Qingwei had also hired two evolvers from Territory One, but their employment was set to start at 6 PM that afternoon. Because he thought the first few hours of the malevolent rain would be fine while everyone still had energy, he hadn't expected such a big mishap.

Xia Qing didn't interfere with other territories' management or operations. While watching the workers dig out the roots, she asked, "What happened in Territory Nine?"

Before Kuang Qingwei could answer, Zhu Li rattled it all off, "During that red-level malevolent rain just now, a large number of aggressive malevolent evolved plants appeared in Territory Nine, attracting lots of bats and owls. Not only did Captain Tan and the others go clear them, Brother San also sent two people over — the specific situation is still unclear. You were busy at Mountain Fifty at the time, and we were afraid of distracting you, so we didn't message you."

Because of the distance, when Xia Qing was at Mountain Fifty, the lord walkie-talkie she carried couldn't receive messages on the lord channel.

Looking at the thick roots the workers had dug out — only a little over two meters long — Kuang Qingwei asked for guidance, "Sis, if this kind of evolved wild paulownia appears again, can we just chop the trunk with a machete like you did, and then dig out the roots?"

Xia Qing answered cautiously, "If the wild paulownia isn't taller than a person, you can wrap its crown with a sturdy net and quickly dig it out by the roots. If it's taller than a person, it's safer to call the inspection team for help. Because this kind of wild paulownia has undergone hardness evolution — the big machete I used before, the one I used to chop this kind of tree last year, broke."

"Understood." Kuang Qingwei immediately noted it down.

After seeing Xia Qing off, Zhu Li gripped her umbrella handle tightly, her longing for power reaching its peak, "Hubby, I want a strength evolution — I want to become a strength evolver!"