Chapter 993: Giant Bear and Little Monkey

"A helicopter can indeed be flown by one person, but a human gunner is required to ensure flight safety. Because a helicopter is large and very conspicuous in the air, making it easy to be attacked."

Xia Qing pointed at the helicopter's mounted machine gun and grenade launcher, and at the sniper rifle she carried, explaining to the two clever wolves why Huo Zhun had to be on the aircraft. "Your Majesty, Broken-Waist, the helicopter hasn't evolved the sharp beak and talons of a raptor, so it must use weapons as its talons and beak."

Huo Zhun also wore a solemn expression, holding out his two large hands as he gestured. "Right, Sister Qing is a top-tier sniper. She is the helicopter's sharpest combat weapon, the beak and talons of this steel raptor."

The head wolf sheathed its fangs. Broken-Waist Wolf looked thoughtful.

Huo Zhun, who thought he had finally succeeded in joining Sister Qing's diverse-species squad, had just opened his mouth to grin when he saw that clever wolf missing fur on one leg begin to snarl and bare its fangs at him again.

Huo Zhun immediately shut his mouth and sat down obediently. In terms of combat ability, he was stronger than this wolf, but he couldn't fight back—if he did, he'd never get into the squad.

Broken-Waist Wolf leapt onto the helicopter, raised its large paw, and placed it precisely on the backrest of the pilot's seat where Huo Zhun had been standing, then turned its head to look at Xia Qing.

Huo Zhun's eyes went wide. "Brother Duan, you want to fly the helicopter?!"

Broken-Waist Wolf ignored Huo Zhun and showed its little fang tips to Xia Qing.

Huo Zhun, who could only see the back of the wolf's head, was thoroughly impressed that Xia Qing could still keep a perfectly calm face in this situation. He rubbed his face hard, making sure not to look like he'd never seen the world, before speaking. "Sister Qing, how about… letting Brother Duan… give it a try?"

Xia Qing finally understood why Broken-Waist Wolf had asked her to fly the helicopter to Mountain Sixty. No, wait—its plan was for it to fly the helicopter, and Xia Qing to be the gunner protecting the helicopter.

Does watching and understanding how to fly a helicopter mean you can fly one? This is a helicopter, after all—one wrong move and it's the plane destroyed, the people dead, and the wolf dead too.

As a land-bound beast without wings, just like the wolves, Xia Qing fully understood Broken-Waist Wolf's desire to fly. "Brother Huo, shut down the helicopter first and wait down below for a bit."

"Got it!" Huo Zhun nimbly pushed open the cockpit door and jumped down.

After Huo Zhun jumped down, Broken-Waist Wolf immediately climbed into the pilot's seat. The head wolf also naturally leapt onto the helicopter and squatted down in the co-pilot's seat.

Clearly, this cautious, decisive, and bold Northern Wolf King, who had ridden in a helicopter once before, had great confidence in its companion and was also very interested in the helicopter.

Xia Qing stood beside Broken-Waist Wolf, patiently making this brain-domain evolver at the forefront of Blue Star's evolution understand that its limbs were not suited to flying this model of helicopter. Because when it sat in the chair, it couldn't reach the tail rotor pedals below. If it stood and used its two hind paws to press the two pedals on the floor, it couldn't maintain the best field of vision while accurately operating the collective pitch stick and the cyclic pitch stick with its two front paws.

Because the helicopter's control sticks, pedals, and all the buttons and switches were designed according to human piloting habits.

The fully confident Broken-Waist Wolf fumbled about for a while, and after confirming it couldn't fly the helicopter, its disappointment was plainly visible.

Xia Qing didn't overly discourage this brave brain-domain evolved wolf standing at the crest of the times, and seriously discussed it with it. "Humans have designed and produced many models of helicopters. Let's go back and pick one, choose a model suited for you to fly and trade it back. What do you think?"

For a wolf with deep pockets, buying a small helicopter with a compact cockpit and a seat with a wider adjustment range was just a matter of digging a few stones out of the mountain.

However, before buying a helicopter, Xia Qing had to show these two leading evolved wolves some videos of human flying machines having accidents, so they'd understand that while helicopters are convenient, they aren't safe.

The thoughtful Broken-Waist Wolf reluctantly showed its little fang tips and returned the pilot's seat to Huo Zhun.

The head wolf also jumped from the co-pilot's seat back to the rear seat, sitting next to Xia Qing. After Huo Zhun returned to the pilot's seat, he glanced back at Broken-Waist Wolf, who was clearly unhappy, and discussed with Xia Qing, "Sister Qing, how about letting Brother Duan sit in the co-pilot's seat? He can start by learning how to fly."

Xia Qing……

When the helicopter took off again and cruised steadily toward Mountain Sixty, Huo Zhun, sitting in the pilot's seat, stole a glance at Xia Qing in the door gunner position, and his left hand reached toward his pocket.

He wanted to take out his phone and take a photo with the head wolf in the co-pilot's seat and Broken-Waist Wolf standing beside the head wolf…

"Woo—" The head wolf, watching ahead, keenly detected the change in the human's energy beside it, turned its head, and let out an authoritative growl at him.

Xia Qing, sitting in the back, spoke calmly. "Huo Zhun, focus on flying the helicopter."

"Yes!" Huo Zhun immediately behaved himself.

"Broken-Waist, look but don't touch the control stick."

Broken-Waist Wolf, who had been staring at the control stick, turned its head and showed Xia Qing its cute, snow-white little fang tips.

"Five kilometers ahead, a flock of birds is flying toward us fast, climbing altitude." After reporting the situation, Huo Zhun pulled up on the control stick. The angle of attack of the helicopter's four rotor blades on top increased, and the flight altitude rose rapidly.

"Clack!"

Bird flocks are one of the main dangers that may be encountered while flying a helicopter. Xia Qing also flipped off the safety above the sniper rifle's trigger guard and raised the rifle, ready to fire.

The physical pressure from the helicopter's rapid ascent, the greater noise and vibration, and the visual impact made the two land beasts sense danger. They immediately left the co-pilot's seat and ran to Xia Qing's side.

Xia Qing, with the sniper rifle aimed at the bird flock, soothed her two uneasy companions. "Huo Zhun's flying skills are very good, don't be afraid."

Very fortunately, this was a normal flock of birds. After the helicopter climbed in altitude, they continued flying straight south. After confirming safety, Huo Zhun sighed. "Sister Qing, migration season is almost here."

"Mm." Xia Qing responded, lowered the sniper rifle, and smoothed the fur of the two wolves.

When the helicopter reached the northern mountain area of Mountain Fifty-Eight, the head wolf let out an authoritative low growl. Xia Qing gave the landing order. "Brother Huo, land the helicopter here."

"Copy." Huo Zhun flew the helicopter and landed it on a flat large boulder at the top of the northern peak of Mountain Fifty-Eight.

The head wolf jumped down first, standing on the helicopter and letting out an authoritative wolf howl. After the head wolf's call stopped, Xia Qing heard a familiar wolf howl coming from Mountain Sixty.

It was the Broken-Leg Wolf that the head wolf had sent to garrison Mountain Sixty. Xia Qing hadn't seen it for some time now.

After the wolves howled for a while, Xia Qing had Huo Zhun guard the helicopter while she followed the two wolves north along the beast trail toward Mountain Sixty.

"Roar—"

From Mountain Sixty-One on the east side of the Mountain Sixty area came the immensely intimidating roar of a giant bear. It sounded rather spine-chilling. However, the head wolf didn't stop, so Xia Qing followed it and continued through the mountains and forest.

Huo Zhun used the walkie-talkie to contact Xia Qing. "Sister Qing, two giant bears have appeared on Mountain Sixty-One and are roaring at me."

Xia Qing replied, "The bears' calls right now show no attack intent. If they come over, take off first, don't get into a conflict with them."

"Understood."

At the bear cave halfway up Mountain Sixty-One, a white-faced little monkey skillfully shouldered its heavy backpack, quickly went down the mountain, and ran toward the helicopter.

The little bear that came out of the bear cave saw the little monkey running down and followed along.

"Roar————"

The giant bear of Mountain Sixty-One let out another roar.