267: Chapter 267 Young friend! Do you have any medicine to solve that problem?

The next day.

An Ke woke up naturally.

Because there was no sun, he had lost his sense of time.

However, for An Ke, who was surrounded by many animals, this was nothing at all.

The animals allowed An Ke to perceive the approximate time.

It was now the morning of the second day.

An Ke stretched lazily, looking at the lake surface reflecting a kaleidoscope of colors.

"I should pick up the pace today."

"I'll strive to take first place on the progress rankings within today."

With the Centipedes acting as "local" guides, An Ke didn't have to worry about trial and error.

Without guides, other contestants' progress reached over 40%, nearly 50%, after several days of exploration.

An Ke believed that without the need for trial and error, his exploration progress could increase even faster.

Perhaps it could reach 50% today.

If things went smoothly, he could complete the exploration of this Unknown Cave by tomorrow or the day after.

He would obtain the 10% map development reward and trigger the second phase of the "National Fortune Game."

"I hope everything goes smoothly!"

Thinking about this, An Ke took out a specially treated branch from his Portable Space.

Then he began to brush his teeth and wash up.

By the way, how much of this water area has Aman explored?

As he washed up, An Ke wondered to himself.

Actually, he didn't really care if Aman's exploration was complete.

After all, he had the Ocean Affinity Constitution; although it was only Level 1, it was enough.

If danger lurked underwater, he had Level 2 Spider Foresight to sense it in advance.

However, facing a crisis...

Just as An Ke was thinking about this, Old Crocodile swam over from the side of the water.

He was grumbling a bit: "Strange! This is such a large body of water."

"But there are simply no fish."

"Are these fish just not trying hard enough?"

Old Crocodile was truly annoyed; if this continued, wouldn't he fail to refresh his life achievements?

An Ke smiled and didn't respond.

From the Centipedes' description, this water area had only formed recently.

How could there be fish?

After Old Crocodile finished complaining, he brought up another matter with An Ke.

"Right! Little friend."

"Aman didn't come back all night. Could something have happened to that fellow?"

"To be honest, with him suddenly not squeezing in with us as a couple, I'm actually a bit unaccustomed to it for a moment..."

Ever since Aman joined the team, when resting at night, he would always go to the pool in the Camp to rest with the Old Crocodile Couple.

To humans, it was equivalent to three people sleeping in the same bed.

An Ke found this somewhat difficult to understand.

He was surprised; wasn't it a good thing that Aman wasn't crowding the bed with the Old Crocodile Couple?

Why did it seem like Old Crocodile was very distressed?

Old Crocodile seemed to see An Ke's confusion.

So he lowered his voice, glancing around before explaining:

"If Aman is there, I don't need to 'hand in my homework' to my wife."

An Ke's expression turned strange.

Old Crocodile had the sighing face of someone who had seen it all.

"Oh, oh! Little friend, you don't have a wife, so you simply don't understand."

"There's no such thing as a field that's been plowed to ruin, only a crocodile worked to death!"

"Sigh! A female crocodile at a hundred is like a wolf, at two hundred she's like a tiger!"

An Ke: "..."

Old Crocodile's expression didn't change; he completely didn't treat An Ke as an outsider.

He thought of something and laughed softly:

"Speaking of which, little friend, I see you seem quite knowledgeable about medicine."

"Do you have any medicine that can make a crocodile regain his heroic prowess?"

"Hehe~ If you do, get some for me."

An Ke: "..."

So even crocodiles have troubles in that department once they get older?

It turned out Sister-in-law Crocodile wasn't joking back then, but was truly complaining.

An Ke cleared his throat, and just as he was about to answer, he sensed danger...

...

In the water.

Beneath the lake surface reflecting the kaleidoscopic light and shadows, Aman led over 20 Pythons toward the temporary Camp.

The Pythons' eyes lit up as they looked at An Ke's group on the shore.

On the shore, there were crocodiles, a tiger, a leopard, monkeys, and other animals.

"Young Master Man, there really is food here."

"Haha! If we catch them all in one go, we won't need to eat for at least half a year."

"Young Master Man, you are truly impressive."

..."

The hungry Pythons showered Aman with praise.

Some of the more rational Pythons found it a bit strange.

"Why are there so many different animals here?"

"Yeah! It's a bit odd. Monkeys and birds are actually staying with carnivores."

"It's truly a spectacle!"

The Pythons couldn't understand why the tiger and leopard didn't eat the monkeys and birds.

And why could a group of predators coexist peacefully?

"Who cares about that?"

"All we need to know is that we can fill our bellies, and that's enough."

"Exactly! If they don't eat them, doesn't that just make it easier for us?"

"Hehe~ Well said!"

"However, the two crocodiles are a bit tricky; we'll need at least two snakes to deal with them."

"I can handle two monkeys alone."

"I can handle one Black and White Bear."

"I'll take care of the tiger..."

..."

Under the water, the Pythons began to discuss their division of labor.

They discussed how to surround them and catch all the creatures on the shore in one net.

They also debated which animal posed the greatest threat and which one they should focus their combined efforts on.

"That Two-legged Beast is quite weak; one snake is enough to deal with him."

"Indeed! He has no physique to speak of and no sharp weapons."

"Hahaha! I don't know why nature would evolve such a non-threatening creature."

"He's practically natural food."

..."

Aman listened to the Pythons discussing An Ke, his heart displeased by the various disparaging remarks in their words.

These snakes actually dared to belittle the boss?

However, in order to catch all these Pythons in one go...

Aman endured it, only sneering to himself: The boss is weak?

You lot probably haven't seen his ferocity.

Among all the animals present, the most terrifying one was An Ke.

After the Pythons finished their discussion, they even asked Aman if he had any opinions.

Aman shook his head and grinned: "None!"

"Your plan is excellent."

The Pythons all smiled triumphantly upon hearing this.

"Young Master Man, since that's the case, let's start the operation."

"We..."

The Pythons intended to launch a sneak attack, with some snakes first creeping around to the back to surround An Ke's group.

However, to their surprise, Aman poked his head directly out of the water.

Just like that, he exposed himself openly before the creatures they were about to hunt.

Aman even shouted: "I'm here!!"

In the water, the Pythons were completely stunned as they watched Aman fail to follow the plan.

They couldn't understand why Aman didn't use a sneak attack but instead exposed himself to the prey.

What if the prey saw the danger and ran away?

This was simply too brainless, wasn't it?

Despite their dissatisfaction, the Pythons still bit the bullet and emerged from the water.

Since they were already exposed, they could only charge...

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