Chapter 752

After exhausting all her strength to successfully knock the giant crocodile unconscious, Xia Qing, who was about to collapse, lay on her back on the giant crocodile's soft belly, panting and smiling.

Satisfying!

This feeling is super satisfying.

Tan Qi, who was watching the battle from the shore, was even more excited than Xia Qing. "Sister Qing, look here; I'll take a picture for you!"

Xia Qing raised her hand to wipe the water stains off the mask of her diving suit and turned her head to make a peace sign.

Xia Qing knocked over the giant crocodile, and today's special training ended; the return time was over an hour earlier than yesterday.

After leaving Mountain No. 52 and just about to enter Mountain No. 50, Tan Qi tentatively suggested, "Auntie Yan, Sister Qing, the river channel in front is wide, the current is slow, and the sand on both riverbanks is very fine..."

Just as Xia Qing thought this little girl wanted to carry a bag of sand back to the territory, she heard her say, "I think there might be river mussels there. Our teacher said there might be pearls inside large river mussels, and pearls can also be exchanged for points."

Pearls can be used in medicine, but they are not irreplaceable medicinal materials, so the price is not high. Moreover, river mussel meat is listed as dangerous food; even if it is a green-light one, it requires professional processing before it can be consumed. Therefore, no mission team would waste time in the evolutionary forest looking for river mussels to open them in search of pearls or take the meat.

However, Xia Qing heard the anticipation in Tan Qi's tone, so she suggested along with her, "Sister Yan, we're empty-handed anyway; why not find some river mussels to take back? If we happen to dig out a handful of pearls, we could even string them into a bracelet."

Open river mussels in search of pearls? Even if Xiang Yanlong and Xia Qing's combat power were strong enough, there was no need to do this kind of thing that attracts large carnivores.

Seeing Tan Qi's sparkling eyes, Xiang Yanlong nodded solemnly. "Tan Qi, lead the team; proceed at full speed to the mussel-harvesting location."

"Yes!!!" Tan Qi cheered and ran forward.

When the three arrived at the riverside and were taking turns keeping watch and digging for river mussels, Xia Qing saw that leopard she was very familiar with again.

After the two sides stared at each other silently for over ten seconds, the leopard turned and left.

Tan Qi, who had been scared into a cold sweat, asked cautiously, "Should we keep digging?"

Xia Qing nodded. "Dig; that leopard has no hostility."

Xiang Yanlong asked, "How do you judge whether an animal has hostility?"

Xia Qing answered, "Eyes and expression; what does Sister Yan rely on to judge?"

Xiang Yanlong answered, "The same. However, in my view, the reason that leopard retreated was not because it had no hostility, but because it considered itself no match for us, and it wasn't hungry right now. If only Tan Qi were here, it would definitely have rushed over to hunt."

Xia Qing nodded; that was indeed the case. Several interactions had let her know that the leopard's IQ was not low either.

After digging for river mussels for a while, the three returned to the third peak of Mountain No. 50 and drove back to the territory.

"Xia Qing, I'll open the gate for you!" When Xia Qing arrived at the south gate of Territory No. 3, Tang Huai immediately ran out from Territory No. 2.

Xia Qing handed the key to him, and Tang Huai asked while opening the gate, "What did you hunt today?"

Xia Qing answered calmly, "Harvesting mussels."

Tang Huai was stunned. "Harvesting what?"

Xia Qing drove the car in. "River mussels."

"Ah?! You didn't hunt crocodiles today!" Tang Huai beat his chest and stamped his feet. "I'm going tomorrow too!"

Xia Qing took the key. "It's not up to me; you have to apply to Sister Yan."

Apply to Xiang Yanlong?

... Dare not.

After Xia Qing returned to the territory, she drove the car directly to the reservoir and contacted her friend. "Xin Yu, are you busy? Do you want to come over to open river mussels? Yes, I brought a big bag back; the quality is unclear, and I don't know if there are any pearls."

Xin Yu quickly drove to Territory No. 3 and asked curiously, "Aren't you in special training?"

Xia Qing told her about today's process of changing from beating crocodiles to sneaking into the python's home, then changing to beating pythons, then the python sneaking away, changing to beating a giant crocodile, and finally going to find river mussels.

Xia Qing also took out her phone to show Xin Yu the photos she had taken today.

Tan Qi's phone is also old, and the photos taken are not clear enough and have bright vertical lines, but one can still see how big that crocodile was.

Xin Yu zoomed in on the picture, and the more she looked, the more shocked she became. "It's actually quite interesting."

Xia Qing pried open a river mussel, tested it, and found it was a red light, and after finding no pearls, she threw it directly into the pond to feed the fish. "Do you want to go together tomorrow?"

Xin Yu, who was lowering her head to open mussels with a knife, shook her head.

Previously, when Xia Qing suggested she join the special training, Xin Yu had been tempted, but she eventually gave up because Xiang Yanlong's magnetic field was too powerful.

It's not that Xiang Yanlong wanted to kill her, but when there was any movement around, Xiang Yanlong would quickly perceive it and react. In that instant, her magnetic field felt like hundreds of fine needles stabbing directly into Xin Yu's forehead.

Therefore, teaming up with Xiang Yanlong was not interesting for Xin Yu, but rather a torture. This kind of magnetic-sense torture full of killing intent came not only from Xiang Yanlong, but also from the giant pythons and giant crocodiles.

Xin Yu is currently using the method published by the research institution to slowly improve her magnetic-sense tolerance; perhaps next year, she will be able to participate in Xiang Yanlong's special training. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Find a turbulent river and learn how to find a way to survive in rapids and whirlpools."

After opening a bag of over fifty river mussels, the two only opened one irregular-shaped pearl not yet the size of a soybean; they did harvest three yellow-light and one green-light river mussel.

The conditions for pearl formation are very harsh, so pearls inside wild river mussels are already rare. There are many pearls inside artificially farmed river mussels because pearl nuclei were implanted into the mussels' bodies.

Although they harvested four edible mussels, they didn't dare to eat them without professional processing. Xia Qing put these four mussels into a net bag and placed them in the reservoir, waiting for Zhong Tao to come over to exchange them for points.

Because Xia Qing still had special training tomorrow, Xin Yu didn't stay for dinner. After Xia Qing changed into her protective suit and patrolled the territory while it wasn't dark yet, she received a message from Xiang Yanlong.

The medicinal herbs they harvested today were all handed over to Sange, and they exchanged them for a total of 310,000 points. According to the previously agreed-upon distribution ratio, Xiang Yanlong received 60%, or 186,000 points; Xia Qing received 30%, or 93,000 points; and Tan Qi received 10%, or 31,000 points.

This trip was truly a jackpot!

Xia Qing was happy and hummed a little tune while clearing the weeds near the white-haired chicken-shit vine.

Tan Qi, who was polishing a small pearl, glanced at her phone, flew out of the territory, ran to the investigation team's dormitory, and threw herself into her father's arms.

Her daughter is becoming more and more lively and more and more like a child. Tan Junjie asked with a smile, "Why are you so happy?"

"Daddy!"

Tan Qi took off her protective mask, revealing a bright smile. "Auntie Yan, Sister Qing, and I dug up precious medicinal herbs at noon today, and I earned 31,000 points!"

Tan Junjie's first reaction was lingering fear, because such precious medicinal herbs certainly didn't grow in places easy to harvest. However, he didn't say anything, just took off his gloves, pulled a small comb out of his pocket, and combed his daughter's messy short hair. "Qiqi is becoming more and more capable."

"Yes! When I save up enough points, I'll buy Daddy a special protective suit like Sister Qing's!"

Tan Junjie shook his head. "This set of mine is quite good; you just save the points you earn yourself. I just exchanged for a laptop from the safe zone, and it can be delivered in two days; by then, you'll be able to use the laptop to study."

Elementary schools during the disaster years, in addition to math and language, also have courses in physical fitness, evolutionary biology, and so on. Therefore, besides learning language and math from Mother Zhao, Tan Qi also needs to study other courses online.

With a new laptop, she won't have to stay in the investigation team's dormitory and use her father's public computer to study.