Evolution from the crocodile

After more than a month of work, the luxurious cave designed and built by Lu Chen was finally completed.

The main exit of the cave is located under a large rock. The entrance is very small and can only barely allow them to enter and exit. There is also a cluster of lush Panmao trees surrounding it, making it a secluded location.

Unless someone walks up to it, it is difficult to notice anything strange in the Patmao bush.

There is another world inside the cave, with criss-crossing passages and a very grand scale. According to Lu Chen's own estimation, the total length is almost forty meters, and there are two escape passages.

The first one is under the roots of the willow tree, and the second one is more than two meters deep into the ground, extending towards Liu Lake until somewhere at the bottom of the lake. After the two exits were dug, they were sealed with stones, leaving no trace visible on the outside.

Escape routes are not easily activated unless there is danger.

After the cave was dug, Lu Chen still had a full schedule every day.

Catching food, basking in the sun, strengthening one's own exercise, training other crocodile cubs... the life is simple and boring, very boring.

Lu Chen persisted and never relaxed at all.

In fact, with Lu Chen's current size, there are very few people in the nearby reed swamps who can pose a threat to him. Even in Liuhu Lake, except for the giant snakehead, there are basically no other fish that can compete with it.

But in his heart, there was always an indescribable sense of urgency.

Time does not wait for me, I must become bigger and stronger as soon as possible!

Liuhu has a very good environment and is rich in food resources.

However, it is impossible for me and several other crocodile cubs to stay here forever.

The reason is simple. As their bodies grow older, their chances of being discovered by humans will also greatly increase. Based on the examples from his previous life, Lu Chen also knew clearly that as an alien species, once discovered, he would be captured.

With luck, it might be kept in a zoo for humans to visit.

The most extreme case is direct killing.

The reason why Lu Chen set up two escape channels was to avoid this situation.

He already had a plan in mind. If he was really discovered, he would have no choice but to migrate to the real wild river swamp.

The environment there is much more dangerous than Liuhu, and there must be many large carnivores.

So before that, you must accumulate enough strength to deal with all possible threats.

For myself and for the other young crocodiles.

After being trained day after day, their growth rate is much slower than that of Lu Chen, but it is much faster than that of ordinary crocodile cubs of the same age.

Generally speaking, in the wild environment, a 6-month-old crocodile baby weighs about 1 kilogram.

The reason for this is that adult female crocodiles basically keep their children free, allowing them to grow and feed freely. Only when encountering natural enemies will they come forward to protect them.

The living environment in the wild is harsh, and the young crocodiles have poor hunting abilities, so they simply cannot get enough food. They are starved most of the time, which seriously affects their growth and development.

The little guys are different. They have never worried about food.

The crocodile boss is now 45 centimeters long and weighs almost 2 kilograms.

Even the petite little crocodile girl weighs almost 1.5 kilograms.

In addition, under Lu Chen's supervision and training, these guys are much better than ordinary crocodile cubs in terms of running speed, climbing strength, and hunting methods.

Under Lu Chen's guidance, they even learned to dig puddles near the shore and use earthworms as bait to catch fish.

These skills will greatly improve their ability to survive in the wild in the future.

As for Lu Chen's own body shape, it was more like a rubber ball, expanding rapidly.

When he first escaped from the pet house, he was just a little kid weighing 0.5 kilograms and 36 centimeters in length.

Looking at the system panel again, the latest data is amazing.

Host: Lu Chen

Type of possession: Special crocodile

Weight: 5.6kg

Body length: 0.61 meters

Age: 7 months

Suitable temperature: 25-35 degrees Celsius

Energy points: 2.7 (obtained by hunting food, in addition to providing the host with daily consumption, it can also be used to modify its own attributes.)

Claw strength: 4.7 kg

Bite force: 5.2kg

Speed: 6.8 meters/second

Other attributes: None yet

Abnormal ability: None yet

Evolution level: 1

In less than two months, his weight has exceeded 5 kilograms and his body length has reached 61 centimeters.

There are also scales... The scales of crocodile larvae are generally light brown, with black spots and stripes on the body and tail.

Until adulthood, the color of the thick scales gradually deepens, but the belly remains light yellow or white, and the bottom end of the tail is gray.

The scales of the three crocodile siblings now look normal.

Lu Chen was different. With the blessing of the system's energy points, his body seemed to be undergoing changes from the inside out. Except for the large area of ​​yellow-brown patches and stripes that remained on his head, the scales in other places became darker and thicker. Like rusty steel. It looks very unique and gives people an explosive feeling.

In fact, in terms of weight alone, Lu Chen even exceeds that of a 1-year-old crocodile.

If he continues to grow at this rate, it is estimated that in another month, he will be able to officially challenge the giant snakehead.

In Lu Chen's mind, the entire Liuhu fish pond had already been contracted by him.

That snakehead showed his domineering attitude and was looking for death!

Such awesome fish are absolutely not allowed to exist in Liuhu Lake today!

***

Now is the hottest season of the year. Especially at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the outside temperature can even reach 40 degrees Celsius, far exceeding the upper limit of the crocodile's endurance.

As a cold-blooded animal, if exposed to such an environment, it will heat to death in up to half an hour.

Even Lu Chen didn't dare to take risks and could only stay in the deepest part of the cave... there was a deep pit they dug.

With the continuous penetration of groundwater, it has become a large bathing pool.

Four crocodile cubs were lying inside, enjoying the coolness.

It wasn't until the sky turned dark and the outside temperature dropped that Lu Chen Shi Shiran climbed out of the cave.

Several mountain doves were singing happily on the big tree opposite, and a group of reed warblers flew out of the reed swamp and landed in the grass to play... In the last period before sunset, the area around the reed swamp was still very lively.

Everything is very beautiful.

It was almost time, and it was time for Lu Chen to prepare dinner.

After eating fish for such a long time, he planned to change his taste tonight and take a few brothers and sisters for a fishing activity.

That’s right, it’s just fishing with fish!

As the huge body entered the water, it took almost no effort to catch a large crucian carp.

However, Lu Chen did not swallow it whole, but carefully hung it on the fishhook and threw it into the shallow water.

After the preparations were completed, he took the other young crocodiles and hid under the dense aquatic plants, completely hiding their traces.

Hundreds of meters high in the sky, a big bird stretched its wings and circled above Liu Lake. In the setting sun, the shiny feathers shine.

It is the spotted-headed cormorant, a large water bird common in the south. Also known as green cormorant, green-backed cormorant.

This guy has black and green feathers, a slender neck, a light yellow mouth, and a few strands of black feathers on the top of his head tilted back, like flowing braids.

The spotted cormorant's eyesight is very developed, with four types of cone cells in its eyes, one more than humans. It is this super vision that allows them to accurately locate prey swimming in the water from hundreds of meters above the ground.

Just like now, it soon discovered that there was a crucian carp flipping in the shallow water below.