Chapter 714: Only Xia Qing Can Calm It Down

Zhang San carefully examined the aerial photograph Xia Qing had taken and sighed. "This single tree has filled the entire valley. If you weren't observing up close, it would be really hard to spot. Have you been in the woods these past few days?"

"Yes, I've been there all four days, and finally found this tree. Otherwise, during the May harmful rain, who knows what it would evolve into, and after the harmful rain, who knows how many seeds it would scatter across our territory."

Ordinary wild paulownias bloom and set seed in June or July. If this aggressively evolved wild paulownia is left alone, it will likely surge in growth during the second harmful rain of the year, rapidly bloom and set seed. These seeds will be spread far and wide by wind and birds, then sprout and grow rapidly during the third harmful rain.

Once the seeds reach a certain number, they could even destroy an entire territory. This is why Xia Qing had to find this tree. "Third Brother, what kind of tree did the wild paulownia actually evolve from?"

Zhang San, who had received the green-light meat, was in a great mood and patiently gave Xia Qing a science lesson. "Before the Catastrophe, identifying plant species mainly relied on morphological characteristics and molecular marker techniques. After the Catastrophe, plants evolved. Under the influence of different regions, temperatures, the two elements of harmful and nourishing energy, radiation, and other factors, the same species of plant evolved into several, a dozen, or even dozens of evolved forms. External characteristics, DNA profiles, and the expression characteristics of specific genes all underwent tremendous changes. So, extensive analysis is needed to determine which plant this tree evolved from."

"Based on this tree's evolved form and reproductive speed, it has already reached a high-danger level. Report it to Tan Junjie, and have the base handle the aggressively evolved wild paulownias around the territory according to the protocol for high-danger-level plants. Clear them out as soon as possible."

"Got it." Being able to think along the same lines as her idol made Xia Qing very happy, and her steps became much lighter.

"Sister Qing!"

The moment Xia Qing entered her territory, Guan Tong, who was squatting in a tree, greeted her enthusiastically.

Xia Qing watched the Ram Boss charging toward her and called up to Guan Tong, "You're not hurt, are you?"

Guan Tong's smile was brilliant from the tree. "No, I've been training with the Boss these past few days, and I think I might have evolved jumping power."

Xia Qing laughed too, pulled a handful of fresh, tender grass from her side pocket, and handed it to her companion who had charged up to teach her a lesson. "Boss! Look what I brought back today? Green-light grass! Try it quick and see if you like it!"

Faced with the choice between Ding Fei, who was never in the territory to keep it company, and eating grass, the Ram Boss decisively chose the latter.

Watching its expression and chewing speed, Xia Qing knew the grass tasted pretty good. "If the Boss likes it, I'll go dig up some grass roots tomorrow and plant them in our territory."

"Baa~"

Seeing Xia Qing placate the Ram Boss with just a handful of grass, Guan Tong sighed again. He had brought fresh green-light bamboo shoots today and still couldn't get the Ram Boss to leave him alone. Xia Qing's ram only eats food Xia Qing gives it, and only Xia Qing can calm it down.

After seeing Xia Qing placate the Ram Boss, Guan Tong climbed down from the tree and reported the day's developments in Territory Three to her. "The chickens and bugs were fed at two o'clock. One chick is wilting, so I took it out and put it in a box. The Ram Boss went out and fought the honey badger twice, and won both times. Everything else is normal."

Once a chick starts wilting, it's not far from death.

Xia Qing thanked Guan Tong, told him to go back to Territory One to rest, went home herself to shower and change clothes, and only then took the Ram Boss to the breeding greenhouse to check on the chick.

Relying on her keen hearing, Xia Qing determined that this chick had a lung problem. She pressed the walkie-talkie button and asked, "Third Brother, you there?"

"Here." Zhang San had received the green-light meat, and his good mood was still going strong.

Xia Qing proposed a trade. "One of my chicks has pneumonia. Do you have any medicine for treating chick pneumonia on your end?"

"Hold on a moment." After saying that, Zhang San went offline. Two minutes later, Zhang Song from Territory Seven, who specialized in animal research, came online. "Miss Xia, this is Zhang Song. Third Brother said one of your chicks has pneumonia?"

Territory Seven is a restricted zone; outsiders cannot enter, and the people inside Territory Seven rarely show themselves. So when they heard someone new from Territory Seven speaking on the lord channel, every lord stopped their farm work and listened carefully—especially those raising chicks.

"Yes." After Xia Qing carefully described the chick's condition, Zhang Song asked about her rearing environment. Hearing that she kept the chicks in a greenhouse, he immediately knew the cause. "It's probably because the coop wasn't ventilated in time and the humidity was too high, leading to a large amount of fungi and bacteria breeding and causing a lung infection in the chicken. The day-night temperature difference has gotten smaller now, so Miss Xia doesn't need to keep the chickens in the greenhouse anymore. I'll have someone send you some medication shortly."

"Understood, thanks, Brother Song." Once she understood the cause, Xia Qing immediately began modifying the chicken coop.

The moment Xia Qing finished asking, Xin Yu immediately came online. "Hello, Brother Song, I'm Xin Yu from Territory Eight. Can the pneumonia medicine for chickens be used on parrots?"

"Yes." Zhang Song began asking Xin Yu what breed of parrot she raised, as well as the rearing environment and symptoms.

Hearing that Xin Yu had actually built a glass room specifically to raise Grey-skinned parrots and Peony Flower Peaches, Tang Huai was envious again. After Xin Yu and Zhang Song finished chatting, he began to ask, "Xin Yu, can I bring some green-light bugs to your territory to see the Peony Flower Peaches?"

"No." Xin Yu's refusal was decisive and clean.

In Territory Fifteen, Tan Qi asked curiously, "Sister Yingzi, are Peony Flower Peach parrots very powerful?"

"I don't know either, they should be pretty powerful, otherwise the lord of Territory Eight wouldn't have built a glass room to raise them." When the Catastrophe struck, Yingzi was only eight years old, so she had no idea what this kind of parrot looked like, nor what abilities it had.

In Territory Eleven, Huo Lei, who was forging iron, stopped, wiped his sweat, and pressed the button. "Miss Xin, is it the sound of my forging that scared the little parrot?"

After entering the territory, Huo Lei had cleared four mu of land. Every day, after finishing the farm work, he would forge iron—clanging and banging away.

Tang Huai was afraid that Xin Yu wouldn't speak up and that it would hurt his ally and neighbor, so he pressed the button. "Uncle Huo, don't worry. Flower Peach Peonies are lively and active, they're not afraid of noise. Besides, you're forging inside the house, so it doesn't make that much noise."

Tan Qi in Territory Fifteen was confused again. "Is it Flower Peach Peony, or Peony Flower Peach?"

In Territory Six, Zhu Li asked the same question. The well-informed Kuang Qingwei enlightened his wife. "Either name works; it's a breed of peony parrot. This kind of parrot has highly variable feather colors and is further subdivided into several breeds. Before the Catastrophe, a good-looking Flower Peach Peony parrot could sell for over a hundred thousand."

Zhu Li was envious. "Xin Yu is really rich, even building a glass house for a bird."

Xin Yu's voice came through the lord channel again. "It wasn't scared. Uncle Huo, can I order a set of black knives like Xia Qing's?"

Huo Lei replied, "Xia Qing's set of knives was forged from a new material—meteorite iron. The material has already been used up."

Hearing this, the Qi Fu couple and Shi Du, who had been getting excited, all dropped the idea.

Xin Yu pressed the button again. "Are you talking about the batch imported from the Ruins Continent last March, the meteorite iron whose main components are iron and nickel? I have some."

The Ruins Continent refers to the two great continents on Blue Star that were directly destroyed by the cosmic gamma-ray burst. It is now the eleventh year of the Catastrophe, and that place is still an extreme, harsh wasteland.

Zhu Li: "Xin Yu is really so rich."

"I want a set too!" Since Xin Yu definitely wouldn't trade with him, Tang Huai simply picked up his phone and dialed Xia Qing's number.