Chapter 890: Let's Set Off

After seeing off Luo Pei, Xia Qing brought her two companions and one patient out of the cultivation greenhouse and back to the courtyard, only to find Handsome Giant Wolf standing by the security door.

It wants to come inside?

Xia Qing set down Sheep Lao Da, who was slung over her shoulder, and Daigua Monkey, who was hanging from her arm, walked over and opened the security door. "Brother Giant Wolf, please come in."

This Giant Wolf, handsome but utterly lacking in manners, walked in without even rinsing its paws, went straight to the bathroom door on the first floor, and after finding no pungent-smelling liquid in the tub, turned its head to look at Xia Qing.

This fellow had discovered the benefits of the body-damage healing potion and wanted another soak? Not bad, it had good taste. It was worth her having specifically asked the head wolf to bring it over for a medicinal bath.

Xia Qing walked in, pointed at the empty tub, took out her phone to communicate the timing. "Brother Giant Wolf wants a medicinal bath? Not today. When the moon changes to this shape, Brother Giant Wolf can come over with the Queen to soak together."

The handsome, silent, and single-minded Giant Wolf paid no heed to this and stubbornly stood at the bathroom door, fixing Xia Qing with a cold stare from its ice-blue eyes lined with eyeliner.

Afraid it would throw a tantrum, Xia Qing quickly pulled from her pocket the spinach leaves she'd pinched off on the way back after seeing Luo Pei out of the territory, juiced them and dripped the liquid into the nutrient solution, then brought it over to Handsome Giant Wolf. "Brother Giant Wolf, have some nutrient liquid. The spinach I grow is even better quality now, and the energy in the nutrient liquid has increased too. Drinking it will feel just as good."

Handsome Giant Wolf drained the spring water mixed with nutrient liquid from the basin in a few gulps, then kept standing at the bathroom door staring at Xia Qing. That attitude was quite similar to the red fox family that came by every day to mooch medicinal baths.

Xia Qing could only pull a pack of green-light jerky from her pocket, tear it open and put it in the basin. "Would Brother Giant Wolf like some more to eat?"

After eating, Handsome Giant Wolf still stubbornly stood at the bathroom door.

Medicinal bath!

Xia Qing had no choice, so she went upstairs and scooped half a small spoonful of honey, diluted it with pollution-free spring water, and brought it down. "Brother Giant Wolf, try this. It's honey I just got, very sweet. After you drink it, we'll soak in the medicinal bath next time, okay?"

Daigua Monkey caught the scent of honey, slowly crawled one step in this direction, then turned and crawled toward the stairs.

Handsome Giant Wolf drank the honey water in a few gulps and continued to stare coldly at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing had no choice and called her companions for help. "Lao Da, Lao Er, talk to Brother Giant Wolf for me. We can't soak today, only when the moon changes to this shape."

Lao Da was in a bad mood because Xia Qing had chased it off to the greenhouse, and after coming back it wouldn't even pedal the bicycle, let alone obey Xia Qing's instructions.

Temporary employee Daigua Monkey was stubbornly climbing the stairs, determined to go up and eat honey. Only Wolf Lao Er, after sniffing Handsome Giant Wolf, went to the chicken coop, fetched an egg in its mouth, and gently placed it in the basin.

Handsome Giant Wolf lowered its head to sniff, bit open the egg, licked up the egg liquid, and visibly cheered up a bit, but it still squatted at the bathroom door.

Xia Qing immediately took advantage of the wolf's good mood, pulled out her phone to communicate. "Brother Giant Wolf, when you were in the west, in the Evolution Forest over there, have you seen these people?"

Handsome Giant Wolf only stared at Xia Qing, paying no attention to the phone.

Xia Qing ran upstairs, brought down the Shameless Wolf's new notebook, and on the way put Daigua Monkey—who had already climbed four steps—back at the bottom of the last step. She walked to the bathroom door and showed Handsome Giant Wolf the enlarged photos. "Brother Giant Wolf, have you seen these people? They went missing while carrying out a tree-clearing mission on the outskirts of the western Evolution Forest."

This past January, humans invaded the core territory of the western wolf pack and brutally killed thirteen wolf pups. The pack launched a beast tide to attack human territories and safe zones, and drove all humans out of the western territory.

After that disaster, the Hui Three management issued a ban prohibiting humans from entering the western wolf pack's core territory, to avoid triggering another unnecessary conflict.

The Evolution Forest and mountain ranges in the west near the safe zone, as well as the abandoned western territories, were on the edge of the western wolf pack's domain and were areas where humans could move about. With no large beasts occupying them, these areas were suitable for gathering and hunting. Liang Qing's eight-person squad had taken on a clearing mission in this area and left the safe zone.

Their disappearance was highly unusual, fraught with strangeness and ill omen. If possible, Xia Qing also wanted to rescue these two young combatants from the Hui Three battle team.

Handsome Giant Wolf turned its big head away to stare at the bathtub, its attitude unmistakable.

Xia Qing hugged the notebook, stepped over Handsome Giant Wolf's neck, squatted in front of the tub, and held the screen in front of its eyes again, coaxing it in a soft, reasonable voice. "Brother Giant Wolf is the best and the handsomest, the Giant Wolf standing at the very top of the universe's highest pyramid, a hundred times stronger than the Shameless Wolf with the broken waist. Brother Giant Wolf, take a careful look. Have you seen these people in the Evolution Forest?"

Handsome Giant Wolf turned its head in another direction, staring at the thing on the wall that was making noise and blowing out cold air.

For the sake of thirty thousand points, Xia Qing could tolerate this wolf's indifference. She turned again. "Brother Giant Wolf, take me to find these humans, okay? Brother Giant Wolf, you're the best. You definitely know where they are, right? You drank my nutrient liquid, my honey water, ate my jerky and egg, so you'll definitely take me to find these humans, right?"

After being pestered by Xia Qing for over ten minutes, Handsome Giant Wolf finally couldn't take it anymore, stood up, kicked open the door, walked into the courtyard, and looked back at her.

Hmm? Not even a howl or two before just leaving—does that mean it knows where the people she's looking for are?

It's the middle of the night…

Seeing Handsome Giant Wolf about to leave, Xia Qing immediately put on her protective suit, pulled the Little Feimao from her pocket and stuffed it into the wall-mounted pouch, slung a gun on her back, strapped on a blade, and rushed out. "Brother Giant Wolf, are you taking me to find those humans? Let's go, we're setting off!"

Handsome Giant Wolf seemed very afraid Xia Qing would climb onto its back, so it ran off directly.

Xia Qing left Wolf Lao Er to keep Lao Da company, and while chasing Handsome Giant Wolf, contacted Luo Pei. "Right, this Giant Wolf has seen those people. It's taking me to find them now… No, it can't wait until tomorrow, this wolf is impatient… No good, it's extremely fast, no one except Captain Yang can keep up… Okay, we'll stay in contact at all times."

Xia Qing chased Handsome Giant Wolf through Area Three of Mountain Forty-Nine into Area Six, exited Mountain Forty-Nine, and ran along the winding, uneven beast trail for thirty minutes. She really couldn't run anymore, so she leaned against the trunk of a normal tree, gasping for breath.

Although she had trained desperately and raised her running speed to that of a human Level 4.5 speed evolver, compared to this four-legged Giant Wolf that could leap six or seven meters with the slightest bound, the gap was more than a little.

Moreover, Xia Qing had never been to this mountain area before. Pushing on through the pitch-black night until now was already her absolute limit.

Handsome Giant Wolf, which had run far ahead, saw that Xia Qing had stopped moving and could only wait impatiently in place.

Xia Qing sucked down a special-grade nutrient liquid and, panting heavily, tried to negotiate with Handsome Giant Wolf. "Bro… Brother Giant Wolf, could you carry me on your back? I really can't run anymore…"

Handsome Giant Wolf didn't move, pretending it hadn't heard, but when Xia Qing walked over, it didn't dodge away.

Xia Qing pulled out a cotton pad, placed it on Handsome Giant Wolf's back, climbed up and settled herself. "Thanks, Brother Giant Wolf, for carrying me. You're truly the best and most considerate wolf. Let's go."

Handsome Giant Wolf stood still for a few seconds, shook its body in reluctant protest, then began to sprint.

Riding the wolf was far easier than running herself. Xia Qing wrapped her arms around Handsome Giant Wolf's neck, lay on its back, closed her eyes, and used her magnetic sense to explore this Evolution Forest she had never set foot in before.

Over the past few months, Xia Qing had absorbed a large amount of nutrition from her reasonably matched, purely green, natural foods. Although her visual, auditory, and strength evolution levels hadn't increased, her magnetic sense had improved noticeably, allowing her to detect magnetic-field-anomalous plants and Maimang Snakes over a wider range.

Wait, that flash of magnetic sense just now was…

Xia Qing joyfully opened her eyes, quickly pulled out her phone, opened the compass app, took a quick screenshot, and memorized the latitude and longitude here. Only then did she raise her head, look through the night-vision goggles at the surrounding mountain shapes, and firmly commit this place to memory.