379: Chapter 404 Communication Failed! We're counting on Old Crocodile!

The nobles knew full well that although that crocodile had some genetic enhancement in terms of size, it was still just a lower life form.

Entering the Nightmare Flower would inevitably result in being torn apart.

However, An Ke said he would let the crocodile try tomorrow.

Could it be that he did something to the crocodile again tonight?

The eyes beneath the nobles' masks were deep, filled with anticipation.

If that were truly the case, then perhaps tonight they could uncover the secret of this lowly human, An Ke.

Inside the live broadcast.

An Ke's group and Trump returned to the ground once more.

It was called the ground, but it was actually the massive roots of giant trees, covered with a layer of soil.

An Ke looked at the Nightmare Flower before him, planning to test whether his Natural Affinity could influence it.

Plants were also a part of nature.

Beside him, Trump watched An Ke, his thoughts in turmoil.

He had initially thought An Ke was joking, but he hadn't expected him to be serious.

He actually intended to try communicating with plants, to make them obey his words.

What kind of joke was this?

Anyone with half a brain knew this was impossible, right?

Animals had brains, had intelligence; being able to communicate with them was somewhat understandable. Moreover, the animals in the National Fortune Game were highly intelligent, almost equivalent to humans.

So being able to communicate made sense.

But plants had no intelligence. How was An Ke going to communicate with plants?

Outside, inside the live broadcast room.

The viewers were all focused on An Ke's every move.

Even the Dragon Country Masses found An Ke's actions hard to believe.

Could he really communicate with plants?

And how would he communicate with them?

The Foreigners in the Dragon Country Live Stream Room were one hundred percent skeptical.

"This Dragon Country kid is really delusional, thinking he can communicate with plants. It's laughable."

"Exactly! Plants have no brains, no intelligence, not even sensory organs. How is he going to communicate?"

"He's really putting on an act!"

"If he can make plants obey his commands, I'll eat shit live on stream."

"..."

No one believed An Ke could communicate with plants.

After all, in common understanding, plants were life forms without consciousness.

Inside the live broadcast.

An Ke didn't get too close to the Nightmare Flower, because, truthfully, he wasn't entirely confident either.

Not being confident didn't mean he didn't know if Natural Affinity could influence plants.

Rather, it was because the Nightmare Flower, like the Dinosaurs, belonged to ancient creatures. Plus, they were enormous, about two stories tall.

An Ke couldn't be sure if his current Natural Affinity could influence the Nightmare Flower.

He might fail...

Anyway, he would know once he tried.

An Ke let his Natural Affinity begin to spread. Immediately, many animals that could be influenced were drawn over from the surroundings.

Plump, milky-white worms crawled out from the trees.

Hummingbirds with rapidly beating wings and sharp beaks appeared.

There were even ugly-looking Surinan Toads, a nightmare for those with trypophobia.

The backs of the Surinan Toads were covered with holes, which they used to raise their young.

Their offspring grew on their backs, looking like clusters of blackheads...

The animals gathered, almost completely surrounding the area.

Xiao Mei and the animals didn't find this strange; they were already used to it.

An Ke was just that popular with animals. Many animals wanted to get close to him, including themselves.

However, Trump was feeling a bit uncomfortable. Looking at the animals surrounding them, he began to sweat.

It was important to remember that most of these animals were small creatures on Blue Star, the kind you could crush with a single step.

But here, they were terrifyingly large.

For example, those disgusting Surinan Toads were comparable in size to Tibetan Mastiffs.

This made the densely packed holes on their backs even more frightening.

Even the tadpoles inside the holes, not yet fully developed, seemed extremely excited.

They frantically struggled to get out of the holes, wanting to get close to An Ke.

Trump tugged at his tie, feeling his scalp tingle.

An Ke's charm was truly boundless...

But what terrified Trump the most wasn't the Surinan Toads; it was a brightly colored frog just a few meters away.

In nature, the more vibrant the color, the more dangerous it was, clearly poisonous.

It was terrifying.

"Without obtaining a transcendent gene core, yet possessing such transcendent power.

It's truly astonishing every time I see it."

Inside the Control Room, the effeminate noble sighed with emotion.

He truly couldn't understand how a human from a low-level civilization could achieve this.

"Heh~" Fama sneered.

"He can make animals approach him, but with plants, it's absolutely impossible."

But as soon as he finished speaking, this irritable noble brother exclaimed in shock, "This... this is impossible!"

"He established communication with the plant?!"

All around, the other nobles were equally astonished, including the Chief Steward and Monitor No. 1379.

In the live broadcast they were watching, An Ke had established communication with the Nightmare Flower.

Inside the live broadcast.

An Ke spoke directly to the Nightmare Flower: "I want to make a deal with you. Is that okay?"

The Nightmare Flower didn't reply. After all, plants had no vocal cords and couldn't produce sound.

However, not replying didn't mean there was no response. The Nightmare Flower responded.

Their previously drooping stamens, which were their "mouths," all turned towards An Ke.

This scene was inexplicably chilling.

Outside, in the live broadcast room.

"Holy shit?!"

"Is the Nightmare Flower responding to Boss An?"

"They all moved. That says it all."

"Unbelievable. How exactly did Boss An do this? Is his achievement in botany that high?"

In the program, the botany expert saw such a bullet comment and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Did high achievement in botany mean being able to establish communication with plants?

Wasn't that giving botanists too much credit?

Even given a thousand years, he probably couldn't achieve communication with plants.

Inside the live broadcast.

An Ke grinned. Indeed, plants were also a part of nature.

A sudden thought occurred to him.

The concept of "nature" encompassed a wide range. Ordinary things like animals and plants belonged to nature.

But also land, water, wind, and even fire—different states of matter—also belonged to nature.

Did that mean that when his Natural Affinity reached a higher level, he could also control these special natural substances?

If that were true, it would be absolutely incredible.

An Ke was filled with anticipation.

Setting aside his thoughts, he continued speaking to the Nightmare Flower:

"My condition is simple: I provide you with food, and you don't attack me."

"How about it?"

However, what An Ke didn't expect was that after hearing his words, the Nightmare Flowers collectively "turned their heads."

They returned to their original state with drooping stamens, no longer collectively "looking" at An Ke.

Did this mean the negotiation had failed?

An Ke was taken aback, then shook his head somewhat helplessly.

His Natural Affinity was still a bit too low. Otherwise, there would have been no need for negotiation; these Nightmare Flowers would have been eager to get close to him.

It seemed he could only pin his hopes on Old Crocodile now...

...

An Ke attempted to establish communication with the Nightmare Flower and make a deal with them.

He would provide the Nightmare Flower with food, and in return, they would let him enter the central area to obtain the core.

However, because his Natural Affinity level was too low, he couldn't influence the Nightmare Flower.

The deal between the two parties failed.

Outside, inside the live broadcast room.

"Did the Nightmare Flower reject Boss An's proposal?"

"It seems that's the case."

"Otherwise, Boss An would have just walked right in."

"..."

An Ke had always been successful in making animals obey him before, so this failure felt somewhat unfamiliar.

Inside the live broadcast room, the Foreigners, who had been secretly shocked to see An Ke could communicate with plants, wondered:

Could An Ke actually make plants obey his commands?

If that were true, wouldn't it be terrifying?

Fortunately, while An Ke could communicate with plants, he couldn't make them obey. The Foreigners collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they started spamming bullet comments:

"Still trying to make plants obey? How could plants possibly have thoughts?"

"Planning a Plants vs. Zombies scenario?"

"Haha, plants without consciousness can't be controlled unless you have a transcendent gene core."

"How could a human's power possibly surpass the National Fortune Game?"

"Unless the sun rises from the west, plants will never be controlled."

"Hahaha! This time, the Dragon Country kid has suffered a huge loss, helping Beacon and Kangaroo Country manifest quite a few resources.

But he himself can't obtain the black technology core."

A netizen from India: "The bullet comments will refresh tonight. We can tell our country's contestants the location of this black technology core."

"Hahahaha! Great idea. Make Dragon Country lose out big time."

"..."

The Foreigners mocked freely. For them, as long as An Ke couldn't do something, it was good news, and they would seize any opportunity to ridicule.

Previously, it was Beacon leading the charge. Now, it was the Indian masses taking the lead.

This was because some of Beacon's contestants were currently near An Ke, and they didn't dare provoke him now.

The bullet comments would refresh tonight. If they angered the Dragon Country people, what if senior officials like Old Li directly sent An Ke a bullet comment telling him to eliminate all the Beacon contestants?

That would be disastrous.

Trump had twenty Beacon contestants with him. If An Ke wiped them all out, the reduced lifespan would be over 100 years.

Even with previous lifespan rewards, deducting a hundred years would still result in a death rate of seventy to eighty percent.

Even if they didn't die, they wouldn't have many years left to live.

So, the usually foul-mouthed Beacon masses were now behaving as meekly as quails.

The reason India was so arrogant now was naturally because of their contestant, Shalu.

He produced a toad offspring every day.

With these toad offspring, the survival ability of the Indian contestants was much stronger than that of other countries' contestants.

It was worth mentioning that Shalu's Mother Body fusion ability was about to refresh, meaning he could fuse with other creatures and produce offspring of other species.

After witnessing Three Hairs' ability to sense cores, the Indian high command planned to wait for the bullet comments to refresh.

They would tell the Indian contestant to find Three Hairs and then fuse with him.

It was important to know that the offspring produced by the Mother Body ability inherited 100% of all abilities after fusion.

In other words, as long as they fused with Three Hairs, they would not only get offspring capable of sensing cores but also inherit Three Hairs' hardness.

As for whether such actions would anger An Ke, the Indian high command didn't care at all.

They no longer regarded An Ke as a threat.

This was the inexplicable confidence that had been ingrained in the Indian nation since ancient times.

As soon as they gained a bit of strength, they would become arrogant.

Inside the Dragon Country Live Stream Room, Indian contestants were still mocking the Dragon Country Masses.

However, the Dragon Country Masses didn't need to fight back; countries like the Dog Tycoon and White Goose stood up to help Dragon Country.

"Boss An Ke already said it was just an attempt. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

"A bunch of foul-mouthed idiots!"

"Besides, it's not like Boss An Ke has no other methods."

"He already said if the attempt fails, he'll let Old Crocodile try tomorrow."

"What use is the crocodile now?" The Indian masses refused to back down.

"Exactly! That crocodile is just filler now, completely useless."

"If our Shalu encountered it, he wouldn't even consider fusing with it.

He might consider Kong, Three Hairs, or Little Scar, but Old Crocodile? Forget it..."

If it were a month ago, Old Crocodile was terrifyingly strong.

But now, Old Crocodile was somewhat inadequate, being used as a barbell by Kong, completely losing face.

In the Giant Forest, Old Crocodile was probably just a low-tier creature in the food chain.

Previously, contestants from one country encountered army ants and were instantly wiped out.

Imagine being surrounded by hundreds or thousands of ants. How would you escape?

The contestants from Dog Tycoon, White Goose, and others didn't yield.

"Have you forgotten about Little Scar before?"

"Maybe Boss An Ke has also enhanced Old Crocodile?"

"Not 'maybe.' Since Boss An Ke said he'd let Old Crocodile try, he must have enhanced him. Otherwise, he wouldn't easily put the animals around him in danger."

"Little Scar became a White-Haired Giant Ape. Following that logic, could Old Crocodile become something like Gojira from old-era movies?"

"Holy shit?! That would be interesting."

"No joke, you might actually be onto something. It's possible."

"Who's Gojira?"

"It's a very famous monster king from the old era, Godzilla."

"Seriously, I'm really looking forward to it now."

"..."

With the precedent of Little Scar, the viewers began to anticipate that Old Crocodile might also undergo gigantification and become something like Godzilla.

Then they might even get to see a Godzilla vs. Kong battle.

Seeing these bullet comments, the Foreigners were momentarily at a loss.

After all, with Little Scar's precedent, it was truly possible for Old Crocodile to become a "Godzilla."

"The National Fortune officials are incompetent, letting you all act so recklessly now."

The Foreigners were somewhat annoyed.

It was obvious that An Ke was using special methods to cheat.

As for what those methods were, no one knew.

But the methods themselves weren't important. What mattered was that these methods definitely didn't come from the National Fortune Game.

If that was the case, then An Ke was cheating. To put it bluntly, he was "using hacks."

If the officials had intervened earlier, would An Ke dare to cheat so brazenly?

Definitely not!

So, it was all the officials' fault.

Thinking this, the Foreigners began cursing the National Fortune "officials" again.

They accused the National Fortune Game of inaction, which allowed An Ke to thrive.

Above the Moon, inside the Control Room.

Monitor No. 1379 watched the live streams of these Foreigners.

It felt a bit apprehensive.

Were these low-level civilization humans really this bold?

Before, when it and the Chief Steward were here, being cursed was one thing, but now...