Chapter 842: Green Light Crocodile

Xia Qing slept for two hours, and by the time she woke up, lunch had already passed.

She lay in bed, quietly assessing how her hearing had recovered, and found it was better than before she slept. Besides the ringing in her ears, she could also hear cicadas chirping, hens clucking, little swallows chattering, and…

The sound of a video playing.

No need to ask — it had to be Broken-Waist Wolf.

She hadn't expected to still have ringing in her ears after sleeping; this time her hearing was damaged far more severely than last time with the bat bomb. But thinking about it, it made sense — last time only one bomb had gone off by her ear, while this time she'd been blasted with over a dozen shells.

Xia Qing pressed a hand to her forehead, the corners of her mouth slowly curling up.

Although taking the medicine meant the medicinal bath she'd done over the past two days was wasted; although bringing that silly monkey to Territory Seven would definitely earn her a scolding, Xia Qing felt it was worth it.

Because she'd gotten her hands on a helicopter and a batch of weapons and equipment!

Her hearing being temporarily damaged didn't matter — she had a companion she could trust: Wolf Lao Er.

Broken-Waist Wolf heard Xia Qing wake up, ran to the second-floor living room, and pried open its double-door refrigerator. When Xia Qing came out, Broken-Waist Wolf bared its snow-white, adorable little fangs at her.

Seeing the half-meter-plus little crocodile squeezed in among the green vegetables, still dripping blood, Xia Qing laughed. "Is this a crocodile for me? Thanks, Handsome Wolf. You're really thoughtful — you even knew to put the prey in the fridge."

It would have been even more perfect if the blood could have been drained, the thing put in a bag, and then stuffed in the fridge. But you can't expect too much from a wolf.

Xia Qing's scan showed this crocodile was a Green Light one. Just as she was about to message her idol, she saw Broken-Waist Wolf come back carrying a walnut-sized Use Yishi.

Xia Qing immediately beamed. "Handsome Wolf, you want me to save that silly monkey? Don't worry, don't worry — this Use Yishi will definitely save its life!"

Broken-Waist Wolf set the Use Yishi on the ground, looked up at Xia Qing, and didn't smile.

Xia Qing understood. One silly monkey, especially one the Xiong Qun had tossed to the wolf pack, definitely wasn't worth this price. Back then, the Head Wolf had only given a stone this size to save Wolf Lao Er.

Xia Qing asked, "Handsome Broken-Waist Wolf, then what do you want in exchange?"

Broken-Waist Wolf turned and gestured for Xia Qing to follow it.

Only then did Xia Qing remember — when the Head Wolf left the wolf-versus-bear battlefield, it had also gestured for her to follow. It seemed the wolf pack had something for her to do, though it wasn't anything urgent.

Xia Qing first picked up the Use Yishi, then gestured to communicate with this clever wolf. "Handsome Wolf, where do you want to take me? My ears are injured, I can't hear subtle sounds. Going to the Evolution Forest right now is dangerous."

Broken-Waist Wolf stared thoughtfully at Xia Qing's ears for a moment, then shifted its gaze to her hands.

This reminded Xia Qing of Handsome Giant Wolf. "Right, I've already taken the Special-Grade Nutrient Solution and the medicine, but I need some time to recover."

Seeing it still wanted her to follow, Xia Qing figured that since she'd accepted a Use Yishi worth 350,000, she definitely had to make this trip — but first she needed to go to Territory Seven to confirm the extent of her hearing damage.

After discussing it with Broken-Waist Wolf, Xia Qing messaged her idol:

Third Brother, I got a Green Light crocodile. Should I bring it to you now?

Zhang San replied quickly: Bring that ugly monkey of yours too.

Sure enough, with Green Light meat on the table, her idol was easy to talk to — but that ugly monkey really wasn't hers.

Xia Qing immediately put on her protective suit, stuffed the little crocodile into a packaging bag and into her backpack, went downstairs, and told Broken-Waist Wolf, who was watching a video, "Handsome Wolf, I'm taking the silly monkey to Territory Seven for treatment. Wait for me at home."

She saw Broken-Waist Wolf staring at her backpack, looking thoughtful.

Xia Qing took out the crocodile and explained, "I need to use this crocodile to pay for the silly monkey's treatment. Is that okay?"

Broken-Waist Wolf pulled back its lips, clearly thinking the silly monkey wasn't worth that price.

Xia Qing smiled and patted its waist. "Third Brother at Territory Seven operated on you and fixed your back. This crocodile is for him."

After saying that, Xia Qing stuffed the crocodile into her backpack, then pulled the still dopily stupid monkey out of the sheep pen and put it on the off-road vehicle. She drove to Territory Seven, where Ji Li delivered her to the door of Zhang San's office.

Because they were afraid the silly monkey might hurt Zhang San, after entering Territory Seven, the monkey was disinfected by Ji Li and put in a cage before being handed to Xia Qing.

Usually, this was Yan Long's job. But Xia Qing's hearing was bad now, so she didn't chat with Ji Li — though she could tell the guards at Territory Seven all looked off.

What had happened to make their faces so grim? Was it related to the helicopter deployment today?

Seeing her idol, Xia Qing, monkey in hand, immediately switched her expression and said with a radiant smile, "Third Brother, I've handed the crocodile over to Daya. You'll definitely be eating crocodile meat by noon today."

"This monkey's ugly in a distinctive way." Zhang San picked up his phone, typed something, and showed it to Xia Qing: Keep your voice down, it's piercing. Bring your ugly monkey and follow me.

"Yes, Third Brother. I can hear your voice — I just have some tinnitus symptoms." Xia Qing lowered her voice to explain her current condition, then followed her idol to the examination room with the monkey. She took off her protective suit and face mask with metal clasps and obediently lay down on the MRI scanner bed.

An MRI scan can clearly show the structure of the ear.

After confirming that the shockwave from the shell explosion hadn't caused any visible pressure damage to Xia Qing's eardrums, Zhang San was relieved. He had her tie the silly monkey to the scanner bed and began the examination.

After the scan was done, Zhang San, too lazy to speak, tossed Xia Qing a test report.

The results didn't surprise Xia Qing. The anesthetic needle in this monkey was specifically prepared for brown bears — the dosage was far too high for a monkey weighing only a dozen or so jin.

If Zhang San hadn't given it timely initial treatment, the silly monkey might have already died from respiratory suppression caused by the overdose of anesthetic. However, the excess anesthetic remaining in its body had still affected its brain, cardiovascular system, and liver and kidney function — which was why it had become so dopily stupid.

Zhang San asked lazily, "How far do you want this monkey treated?"

If all she wanted was to keep it alive, it wouldn't take much medicine; but to make a full recovery, the medicine required would be expensive.

Xia Qing had already made up her mind. "The Xiong Qun's brain-domain evolvers value this monkey highly. I think curing it is a chance to ease relations between us and the Xiong Qun."

Zhang San didn't ask what to do if curing it brought the monkeys swarming. He just unhurriedly gave Xia Qing a quote: "Treatment time is two months. This ugly thing can't stay inside Territory Seven. The first-stage treatment and testing fee is 40,000. Yours is 2,200."

"Yes."

Fortunately, she'd sold a few leaves of Qiangwu Grass a few days earlier and settled the spring water points with Yang Jin — otherwise she'd be in debt again.

Xia Qing swiped her points card and carefully negotiated with her idol. "Third Brother, I just did a medicinal bath a few days ago, and then this accident happened. Could you prescribe me another round of medicine?"

Zhang San…