Chapter 30
Are you coming to eat, kid?
What the hell is this?!
[A crocodile hanging around the neck of a water dragon? Am I seeing things?]
Wait, what's this crocodile doing? Does it think it's a pendant?
[This is hilarious! Normally, when hunting, you bite and drag the prey away; you're being dragged along by your prey.]
[Is this crocodile out of its mind? Let go of its jaws! If it let go, it won't be dragged along!]
If it lets go, wouldn't all the biting have been for nothing?
"But we can't let ourselves be dragged along like this; we've already covered most of the grassland!"
[Original Crocodile: I won't let go, I just won't let go, even if you kill me!]
[This spirit is commendable, but the method is somewhat flawed.]
The Chinese audience wanted to laugh but dared not.
The reason I want to laugh is because the image is really too abstract: a crocodile hanging on a dragon's neck and swinging on a swing. Is this an image that a human could imagine?
They dared not laugh because the crocodile belonged to their own family. Laughing at their own crocodile would be like slapping themselves in the face.
But some people couldn't hold back any longer.
[Pfft... Sorry, I laughed.]
[Original Crocodile: I'm engaged in an extreme sport called "being dragged by my prey."]
[Little Water Dragon Beast: I'm doing a weight training exercise called "Dragging a Crocodile".]
Both of them are human... no, they're talented.
You call this hunting? This is nothing short of freeloading!
Will you come back for dinner, kid?
The live chat exploded with laughter from the Chinese audience.
Viewers from other countries also flocked to the Dragon Kingdom's live stream, eager to see what was happening.
Then they laughed too.
American audience: [This is the species observed in China? I'm dying of laughter, hahaha!]
An Indian viewer commented: "[Being dragged along by the neck of the prey, is that what you call hunting?]"
South Korean viewers: [Our canine-jawed beast didn't even kill these useless trash before, what a disgrace!]
Faced with these taunts, the Chinese audience didn't bother to respond this time, because they hadn't yet recovered from their tense situation.
This time, they couldn't hold back either.
So let the audience from other countries say whatever they want about Egypt.
Wang Lin wiped away the sprayed cola, looked at the original crocodile on the screen that was still being dragged along, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Good heavens," he muttered, "are you hunting or hitching a ride?"
However, on the other hand, the original crocodile was indeed quite good at using the "bite and hold" trick. If they learned this trick, they would have become halfway to becoming top predators.
When they learn the Death Roll again, tsk tsk tsk, even if the Chinese server comes, they'll only know these two moves.
…………
It has to be said that this crocodile was quite lucky.
Although the little water dragon was not ultimately killed, and was instead trampled by the enemy for a long time, it miraculously survived.
His internal organs were unharmed, and his skin wasn't broken; he just had a few bruises on his body.
With that kind of luck, you could win the lottery jackpot.
When the little water dragon ran to a riverbed and saw hundreds of water dragons grazing around it, and canine jaw beasts poised to hunt, the crocodile knew that if it didn't let go, it might be doomed.
Canine jaw beast.
It's another canine-jawed beast.
The crocodile's pupils contracted slightly, and its teeth clenched involuntarily, causing the little water dragon to howl.
Although it wasn't one of the original crocodiles hunted by the canine jaw beast, the fear of being dominated by its predecessors was still etched into its genes.
Those bastards fight like madmen, swarming in and biting down relentlessly.
So it very cleverly opened its mouth, and as soon as it stood firm on the land, its four long legs spurred it on, and it quickly ran towards the river beside it.
It looked pathetic as it ran, with each of its four legs moving independently, like a broken-down four-wheel drive vehicle.
Its tail dragged a crooked trail on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
But it runs very fast.
Before the canine-jawed beast could react, it had already jumped into the water with a splash.
Water splashed high into the air, landing on the muddy bank and creating small craters.
The crocodile submerged in the water, leaving only its nose and eyes visible, and slowly drifted towards the center of the river. Its body sank completely underwater, and its limbs gently paddled to maintain its position.
Safe.
This body of water is its territory, and the canine-jawed beast dares not enter it.
The crocodile floated on the water's surface, looking at the still-terrified little water dragon beast in the distance, then at the group of menacing canine-jawed beasts on the shore, a hint of relief flashing in its eyes.
Fortunately, no other creatures discovered it.
After the original crocodile successfully entered the water, it continued to cosplay as a wooden doll, but its gaze was fixed on the little water dragon beast that had run back to the group and was still in shock.
Its wise eyes held a sharp edge, as if it were analyzing why the hunt had failed.
After much analysis, this crocodile finally arrived at a very important conclusion: it had no brain and could not analyze.
算逑.
Let's just keep eating fish (sad).
The crocodile sank into the water, and from the riverbed emerged a finger-length ancient fish, which it swallowed whole.
Then he pulled out another one and swallowed it.
Eating fish requires no brainpower. Just open your mouth, bite, swallow, and you're done.
How good.
Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
The ferns along the riverbank were much denser than before, and their leaves had turned from grayish-brown to dark green.
The cycad has grown taller, and there are a few more scars on its trunk.
The volcano in the distance was still smoking, but the plume of smoke was thinner than before, like a mosquito coil that was about to burn out.
There are more fish in the water than before, probably because it's breeding season, and they are swimming around in groups.
The camera lens used to observe species in China has not changed; it is still focused on this abstract proto-crocodile.
Whether it's because it's the only apex predator in this area, allowing it to enjoy all the fish in the water, or because its previous failed hunt caused a mental breakdown, leading to its overeating, this crocodile's size has become outrageously bloated.
It should have weighed only 20 kilograms, but it broke its physical limits and its weight increased to 40 kilograms, doubling its original weight.
He can be described as the "Little Good Boy" of the original crocodile world.
While this weight might be considered a "skinny warrior" for other species, it was incredibly strong for the Proto-crocodile.
While other crocodiles are still hovering around 20 kilograms, this one is already 40 kilograms.
While other crocodiles were still eating small fish, it had already started eating large fish.
While other crocodiles were still being chased by canine jaw beasts, it already dared to swat the canine jaw beasts with its tail.
Because of its overweight and excessive body fat, and because its body doesn't store much fat due to years of swimming, all of this fat accumulates on its four long legs, which are not very useful in the water.
Those four legs were originally thin and long, like four chopsticks.
Now, all that fat has turned it into four bulging chicken legs.
When I walk, the flesh on my thighs jiggles like four lumps of jelly.
Putting aside his still excessively long legs, Grandpa Crocodile was already starting to resemble Uncle Crocodile in some ways.
Hmm, something feels off.