271: Chapter 271 The Mighty Barbie Beast?

An Ke remembered very clearly that his [Natural Affinity] could be upgraded today.

He looked at his golden finger panel:

["Natural Affinity" is estimated to upgrade in 29 minutes.

4.6 days remaining until Little Scar is granted the "20x Gigantification" attribute.]

As expected!

Seeing that [Natural Affinity] was about to upgrade, An Ke felt much more confident.

After Level 5, it could influence giant beasts like Old Crocodile and the Giant Python.

Influencing a group of Hippopotamuses wouldn't be a problem either.

An Ke moved his gaze away from the panel.

Then he smoothed his brow, his previous seriousness gone, and said in a relaxed tone:

“No matter! We continue forward.

I have my own ways.”

The animals and savages looked surprised, not understanding why An Ke had been frowning in worry just a moment ago.

How did he suddenly look so relaxed now?

But since An Ke said so, they no longer hesitated.

Following An Ke was always the right choice.

Even if there was real danger ahead, they would charge forward for An Ke's sake.

“Hehe!” Old Crocodile gave a laugh.

“If the other side is still unreasonable, this time I, Old Crocodile, won't be polite either.”

“I'll be unreasonable to them as well.”

This was essentially revenge for being chased two streets earlier.

Underwater, the Giant Centipedes were starting to crack.

“Is An Ke crazy?”

“Looking at his expression, he knows what kind of creatures Hippopotamuses are, so how does he still dare to move forward?”

“Those animals have incredibly explosive tempers.”

“They start fighting at the slightest disagreement.”

“If we get bitten hard by those giant tusks, even our shells won't hold up.”

“What should we do now?”

“Should we continue leading the way?”

“...”

The Giant Centipedes originally thought that after knowing a large group of Hippopotamuses was blocking the way, An Ke would think it over before continuing.

They never expected the other party wouldn't even stop and would just keep going.

Did he really think those Hippopotamuses were made of clay?

Actually, under normal circumstances, the Giant Centipedes weren't afraid of these land creatures at all.

Let alone Hippopotamuses, they didn't even care about Dinosaurs.

But now they were bound by ropes and couldn't burrow into the ground; the situation was completely different.

When the fight started, they would be forced into the battle.

All the centipedes turned their gazes toward the two Giant Centipedes who were “old acquaintances” with An Ke.

The two Giant Centipedes felt the pressure from their companions.

They didn't answer immediately.

Instead, they began to ponder.

They had heard about the Hippopotamuses' combat power from these Giant Centipedes earlier.

It was very fierce!

But compared to the Hippopotamuses, they feared An Ke more.

The harmony between the two sides was based on mutual benefit.

To be precise, they were the ones getting the better end of the deal.

After all, if An Ke forcefully demanded they lead the way without giving them food, they would have no choice.

It could only be said that An Ke was truly kind-hearted.

Once they stopped leading the way and the balance was broken...

An Ke would probably unsheathe his slaughtering knife without hesitation.

After much thought, they whispered to their companions:

“Even if we don't want to lead the way, we can't escape.”

“Rather than angering An Ke, it's better to take it one step at a time.”

“If the situation turns bad, we can take the chance to leave in the chaos.”

“...”

The Giant Centipedes nodded discreetly upon hearing this.

They felt these words made a lot of sense.

“Haha! We'll be free very soon.”

“That's right! That group of Hippopotamuses will never give way.”

“With their explosive tempers, they'll definitely clash with An Ke and the others. When we get the chance, we'll burrow into the ground immediately.”

“Maybe we'll even see An Ke and his group suffer heavy losses.”

“That would count as revenge for our fallen kin.”

“Exactly! Even though they gave us food... they also restricted our freedom.

They don't treat us like fierce beasts at all.

Damn it...”

Most of the Giant Centipedes were not optimistic about An Ke's group passing safely through the Hippopotamuses' territory.

Among them, a few centipedes intended to persuade An Ke.

After all, since they got food from him, they had to repay the favor.

But seeing that most of their companions intended to watch the show, they could only remain silent.

Centipedes were social animals; once ostracized by the colony, it was hard to survive in the wilderness.

This was also why the two centipedes who had encountered An Ke before joined this current team.

On Aman's head, An Ke discreetly glanced at the Giant Centipedes crawling underwater.

Just now, he had felt a wave of malice from this group of Giant Centipedes.

These guys really couldn't be tamed.

The reason An Ke took in this group of Giant Centipedes wasn't just to have them lead the way.

He also planned to have the Giant Centipedes plow the fields once they settled down somewhere.

These guys' burrowing speed was quite good.

For this reason, he gave them food from time to time.

He didn't expect to still feel their malice now.

An Ke didn't care what their thoughts were.

Since they still harbored malice toward him, there was no need to give them any more benefits.

He would just treat them like livestock.

While An Ke was thinking about this, the sound of frolicking suddenly came from around the corner ahead.

The noise was loud; even without seeing them, one could feel that many animals were there.

“Boss, once we turn that corner, it'll be the Hippopotamuses' territory.”

Aman said to An Ke.

It had explored up to here last night and intended to continue, but found it simply couldn't pass.

An Ke nodded, then said to the animals and savages:

“We'll go over and observe the situation first. If we can bypass them, we will.”

“If we can't, then I'll reason with them.”

Old Crocodile cleared his throat and spoke:

“Little friend, it's not that I, Old Crocodile, want to disagree.”

“Those big idiots really have explosive tempers; you can't reason with them.”

“Benefactor, if it's really like Old Crocodile said and reasoning doesn't work, what then?”

The steady Leopard Mom asked.

It wanted to see if An Ke had any other plans.

“If reasoning worked, what would we need the police for?”

King Kong chirped while preening its wet feathers.

An Ke gave the animals and savages a bright smile:

“If they won't listen to reason, then I'll appeal to their feelings.”

Animals: “???”

Savages: “???”

Outside, the live broadcast room was dominated by a screen full of “???”.

“What does Boss An mean by this?”

“Isn't this sacrifice a bit too much?”

“Is it the kind of ‘feelings’ I'm thinking of?”

“By the way, I wonder if Hippopotamuses have delicate features.

If they're good-looking, it's not out of the question.”

“Holy shit! Brother, you... you're really hungry.”

“Don't follow the example of the ‘Third Brothers’. If it really comes down to it, I'll inflate my girlfriend and lend her to you for a few days.”

“This is the bullet comment section, not a lawless wasteland.”

“...”

The viewers were bustling with excitement.

Everyone was looking forward to seeing what this long-extinct species, the Hippopotamus, looked like.

Soon, in the broadcast, An Ke's group turned the corner.

A group of Hippopotamuses “playing” in the water immediately came into the view of the Dragon Country Masses.

In the broadcast, King Kong let out a loud cry: “What a King Kong Barbie Beast!!”