Chapter 961: Use Yishi Protective Shell

"Zhu Li, Shi Du, are you there?"

While Xia Qing was splitting bamboo under the western buffer forest in the territory, Lord Huo Lei's muffled voice came through the lord's walkie-talkie.

Zhu Li came online quickly. "I'm here, Uncle Huo. Go ahead."

Huo Lei asked, "Did you check your scores? How did you do?"

Zhu Li was overjoyed. "I checked! I passed everything, but my math, physics, and chemistry scores were low—I just barely passed the passing line by 3 points."

The junior high graduation exam tests four subjects in total: a Literature and History paper made up of Chinese and History; a Math, Physics, and Chemistry paper; a Survival Skills paper made up of Evolutionary Biology and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation; and the last subject is various legal knowledge after the natural disasters.

"High or low scores don't matter, passing is enough. Congratulations on getting your junior high diploma." After congratulating Zhu Li, Huo Lei continued asking, "Is Shi Du there?"

Zhong Tao answered, "He went to work on Mountain Fifty with Zhao Ze and Huo Zhun. Brother Huo, when did the exam scores come out?"

"Just this morning! That brat of mine only passed one subject!" Huo Lei couldn't help cursing, "His brain isn't even as good as a wild boar's!"

Everyone: Suddenly really missing Tang Huai who went to work on Mountain Fifty—if he were here, he'd definitely throw in a few lines.

Xia Qing, who was tying bamboo strips, figured that tonight Tang Huai would definitely create a phone group without the Huo father and son, and livestream Huo Lei beating his son in it.

Zhong's mother came online and asked, "Brother Huo, where did you check? I want to check how my little Du did too."

After Huo Lei reported the phone number, everyone in the territories who hadn't gone to work on Mountain Fifty pricked up their ears, waiting to hear the comparison between Shi Du and the wild boar.

After Xia Qing split three more red-leaf bamboo, Zhong's mother finally came online again. "Brother Huo, my little Du only passed the law subject too."

Everyone: Great, Shi Du's IQ is the same as Huo Zhun's—also not as good as a wild boar.

Xia Qing didn't find it strange. The year the natural disaster happened, Shi Du was 13, and Zhu Li and Huo Zhun were 12—exactly the age of finishing elementary school and entering junior high. All their junior high knowledge was self-taught after they came to the territory.

Zhu Li could pass because Kuang Qingwei equipped her with a laptop, teaching videos, and matching study materials, and Zhu Li herself was willing to work hard at studying. Huo Lei and Shi Du didn't have complete study materials and weren't very motivated—especially Huo Lei, who was completely forced by his old man. If they could pass like this, they'd have to be brain-domain evolvers.

Everyone……

Xia Qing laughed too.

Sheep Boss, who was hauling bamboo boards, thought Xia Qing was laughing at it, squinted its eyes, and pawed the ground.

Xia Qing immediately tried to make up for it. "Boss, you already hauled those bamboo strips over? That fast?! Boss, you're amazing! If it weren't for you, I definitely couldn't finish hauling so much bamboo before dark! Boss, look, can you pull these two bundles? If you can't, pull just one first?"

Sheep Boss immediately burrowed into the harness Xia Qing had tied, and easily hauled the two large bundles of bamboo strips toward the greenhouse.

"Boss, you're the best! You're an evolved sheep standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid!" Xia Qing praised again, and was about to continue splitting bamboo when she saw Broken-Waist Wolf trotting out of the village with a basket holding a laptop.

After Xia Qing split two more bamboo, Broken-Waist Wolf finally limped over to Xia Qing's side and set the basket on the ground.

Xia Qing greeted it. "Broken-Waist, why did you come out? Is there something in the video you don't understand?"

Broken-Waist Wolf held the rope tied to the laptop in its mouth, gently placed it on a flat rock, opened it to the video it was watching, and stared seriously at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing put down her axe, walked over, and crouched beside Broken-Waist Wolf to look at the screen. Good—the video playing was about Yi Stones, a material commonly traded between the wolf pack and Xia Qing.

There were basically no video introductions to these precious minerals and plants available on the market. This wasn't exchanged with Yang Jin—she'd taken advantage of her idol having a good appetite and good mood these past few days to ask her idol for internal video materials.

Since she had time today, Xia Qing had introduced these videos to Broken-Waist Wolf that morning, letting it study at home on its own.

The reason Xia Qing came up with this idea was that Broken-Waist Wolf had become interested in Huo Zhun, who could fly a helicopter. In the future, it would definitely become interested in more humans. The more it interacted with humans, the more it needed to learn how to protect itself.

Xia Qing wanted Broken-Waist Wolf to understand that the pollution-free spring water, Yi Stones, and Qiangwu Grass from Mountain Fifty-Five were also precious resources to humans. She needed to remind Broken-Waist Wolf to hide these resources well and not let humans discover them.

Because once these resources were discovered by humans, no matter how powerful the northern wolf pack was, they would lose their territory, or even their lives.

And these resources were an important guarantee for Xia Qing's ability to survive with high quality.

So, even if Broken-Waist Wolf became more stingy after learning the value of these resources, Xia Qing had to do this.

"The vast majority of researchers believe that Yi Stones formed in the early years of Blue Star's Great Evolution. The large amounts of Yi Elements that suddenly appeared in the atmosphere and crust, under complex conditions such as atmospheric pressure, magnetic fields, and temperature, interacted with minerals such as crystalline limestone, the tourmaline group, and orthorhombic hornblende…"

Xia Qing got goosebumps listening, terrified that Broken-Waist Wolf would hit pause right then and ask her to explain what the tourmaline group and orthorhombic hornblende were…

Fortunately, Broken-Waist Wolf didn't.

"…Searching for Yi Stones is a high-value resource that combat teams and armies enter Evolution Forests to look for…"

After hearing this sentence, Broken-Waist Wolf accurately pressed the pause button, turned its head, and stared seriously at Xia Qing.

"Right. Humans have been searching everywhere for Yi Stones all these years. Their uses are like this…" Xia Qing pulled out a small Use Yishi she wore around her neck and showed it to Broken-Waist Wolf. "Wearing a Use Yishi with its outer skin broken open means you don't have to breathe the Qiang Elements in the air. It's good for the body."

Then she pointed at her greenhouse. "Putting Yi Stones in the greenhouse improves the quality of the grain and vegetables. Broken-Waist, don't let humans discover where you hide your Yi Stones, otherwise…"

Xia Qing's voice dropped low. "Humans will occupy that place, and if the wolf pack doesn't retreat, there will be fighting."

"Whine—" Broken-Waist Wolf bared its fangs, very angry.

From Broken-Waist Wolf's perspective, this was indeed something to be angry about. But from the human perspective, after humans discovered important resources, of course they wanted to occupy them.

Resources belong to the strong—that's the law of survival.

After Broken-Waist Wolf calmed down, Xia Qing continued, "You can trade Yi Stones with trustworthy humans for the human supplies you need. I am a trustworthy human. I will keep the wolf pack's secrets."

"Whether other people can be trusted, you need to observe carefully. You must be very cautious—many humans are extremely cunning."

Broken-Waist Wolf stared at Xia Qing for a few seconds, then continued playing the video. When it reached the Use Yishi protective shell, it paused again and looked at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing understood. "You want a Use Yishi protective shell?"

Broken-Waist Wolf opened its mouth, showing its cute little fang tips.

"Sure."

Xia Qing pulled out the Use Yishi protective shell she had made from the backpack beside her and showed it to Broken-Waist Wolf. After using the video to help it clearly understand the function of the Use Yishi protective shell, she proposed the exchange condition. "You can trade Green Lantern Mountain walnuts for the Use Yishi protective shell I make."

Broken-Waist Wolf looked at the not-at-all-beautiful protective shell in Xia Qing's hand, then at the sparkling one on the screen, and refused.

Xia Qing explained, "The Use Yishi evolution shell I make is extremely sturdy—much more useful than that pretty one!"

Broken-Waist Wolf still didn't open its mouth.

Xia Qing took out her phone, found a photo of Broken-Waist Wolf standing with Handsome Giant Wolf, and showed it to the wolf. "Giant Wolf Bro looks very handsome, very tall, and his fur is thicker and smoother than yours. So he's a more powerful evolved wolf than you, right?"

"Whine!!!" Of course not!

"Broken-Waist, you mean you're smarter and more powerful than Handsome Wolf Bro?"

"Awoo!!!" Of course!

That made things easy. Xia Qing compared the Use Yishi protective shell she had made with the exquisite one on the screen again. "The Use Yishi protective shell I make is the same—although it doesn't look good, it's more powerful and more useful."

The Waist-Severing Wolf didn't believe it, still preferring the one on the screen.

Xia Qing gritted her teeth. "I can do this sparkly stuff too!"