Chapter One Hundred and Three: Feigning Unconsciousness

The many netizens watching the livestream also fell silent.

On the screen, a crocodile more than five meters long, its back lined with dark, pitch-black bony spines, charged ashore at high speed and raced wildly into the depths of the jungle.

Everything was exactly the same as in the video Krann had shown.

A few seconds later, the livestream room exploded with excitement:

“My God, there really is a prehistoric giant crocodile. That’s unbelievable!”

“How does this thing look like a dinosaur that went extinct millions of years ago...”

“Are you sure this isn’t just a monster movie?”

“Too terrifying. Why do I suddenly feel like kneeling before it?”

Watching the nonstop flood of comments on his tablet, Krann let a faint smile touch the corners of his mouth.

He had long anticipated this outcome.

And this was only the beginning...

He believed that soon, the headlines of the world’s major online media would be filled with news of this prehistoric giant crocodile. In the age of the internet, the spread of major news was measured in seconds.

As the person in charge of the hunting operation, his own name would soon be known across the entire Blue Star.

“Mr. Krann, I wasn’t seeing things just now, was I... there really is such a prehistoric saltwater crocodile? With its unusual form, powerful body, and astonishing speed, could you tell us how you discovered it?” Louise once again displayed the professionalism of a seasoned host, recovering quickly from her shock and firing off a string of questions.

“You weren’t seeing things. That is precisely the most incredible part. So far, we still do not know how it came to appear, or why it can run and hunt at such speed.

“Of course, once we capture it successfully and send it to the laboratory for research, these questions will soon be answered. It is very likely the only prehistoric giant crocodile on Blue Star, and the most precious gift God has bestowed upon humanity...”

In the livestream room, Krann continued speaking at length.

When a monster from a movie appeared in reality, the entire internet went into a frenzy. Countless viewers shared the stream link with their relatives and friends.

Within just a few minutes, the number of people entering the livestream had surged into the millions.

Everyone was discussing it excitedly, constantly offering all kinds of guesses and explanations.

Some even began to faintly feel that Blue Star was no longer normal.

***

As Lu Chen had predicted, once he was forced into the jungle along the riverbank, the humans in the helicopters immediately stopped using high-explosive grenades to drive him forward.

After that, several armed men took up weapons and aimed down from above to fire.

Pop, pop...

A few soft sounds rang out as something struck the hard, thick scales at high speed, then bounced away.

Looking at the needle-like object in the grass, Lu Chen understood.

Sedative darts!

It seemed his guess had been right. These humans did not intend to kill him, but to capture him alive.

They were courting death!

A fierce glint surfaced in his beast pupils.

Better to die than be deprived of freedom.

Compared with being locked in a human laboratory and subjected to all manner of experiments, Lu Chen would rather die gloriously in battle.

In his previous life, the effective range of an ordinary tranquilizer gun was only a few dozen meters. Beyond that distance, both accuracy and force would be greatly reduced.

He did not yet know what this world was like, but judging from the level of technological development, the power of the tranquilizer guns should be roughly similar.

So next, in order to ensure their shots were effective, they would definitely lower the helicopters.

That would be his chance!

Earlier, the pilots had feared crashing into the tall trees in the jungle, so they had hovered at an altitude of more than thirty meters.

Now that they saw no effect, the helicopters all lowered their altitude and fired another round of sedative rounds.

Unfortunately, just like before, it was completely useless.

After being continuously strengthened by energy points, Lu Chen’s scale-defense value had already reached more than 600. The protection was formidable. The sharp tips of the darts were directly bent upon impact, unable to pierce his scales at all.

Still, in order to make the humans in the helicopters lower their guard, Lu Chen cooperated by sprinting forward for some distance. Then the speed of all four limbs gradually slowed, and in the end his body swayed a few times, let out several mournful cries, and crashed heavily to the ground.

The entire sequence was smooth and natural, portraying the painful struggle of an animal struck by a tranquilizer dart with such realism that it could certainly win an Oscar for performance in the animal kingdom.

“Excellent, we finally took this thing down!” In the livestream room, Krann excitedly punched the air. His eyes shone as though he had already seen wealth and fame waving to him.

But Krann quickly calmed down and gave the order once more.

“Quickly, send people down immediately. While the prehistoric giant crocodile is unconscious, bind its limbs. Then notify Team B to move in and hoist this giant back up.”

Upon receiving the order, two helicopters once again lowered their altitude, carefully avoiding the trees as they hovered above a patch of shrubs.

At that moment, Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

After turning his head to lock onto the target, he sprang up from the ground and dashed toward a large boulder seven or eight meters away.

In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of the stone.

“Damn it, it’s fine, keep firing!!”

Panicked human cries came from inside the helicopters.

They had never expected that this giant crocodile would wake within such a short two minutes.

“Roar...” With a powerful leap, Lu Chen sprang onto the top of the boulder.

Then his four limbs kicked hard, and his massive body vaulted into the air, slamming heavily toward the helicopter more than ten meters away.

One of the helicopter pilots was filled with terror and hurriedly pulled back on the controls, trying to climb.

But it was already too late.

The body weighing over a thousand jin was like a cannonball, crashing violently into the helicopter.

Bang!

Glass shattered, and a huge hole was smashed through the cockpit. The pilot inside let out a shrill scream.

Under the gaze of countless viewers in the livestream, the helicopter spiraled upward in the air, then plunged toward the ground.

Boom... along with a violent explosion, a brilliant fireball bloomed!

The humans watching the livestream were once again stunned.

None of them had expected this crocodile to be so ferocious that it could actually leap through the air and shoot down a helicopter.

And yet, this was not the end.

After landing the hit, Lu Chen had no intention of stopping. He turned again and charged toward the position of another helicopter.

This helicopter was also hovering above the shrubs by the riverbank, and its altitude was even lower.

Seeing the prehistoric giant crocodile charging in at full speed, the people in the cabin urgently shouted at one another, “Quick, quick... pull up!”

In a manner similar to the previous attack, Lu Chen sprang upward while running, his claws hooking into the branches of a nearby tree. Then he launched himself skyward once more.

While in midair, his tail whipped violently, giving his body even greater momentum.

Boom... the explosion sounded again!

The remaining three helicopters finally reacted and rapidly climbed to an altitude of more than thirty meters.

In their view, that distance was safe enough unless the prehistoric giant crocodile could fly.

Lu Chen glared at them bitterly for a moment, then turned and charged back into the great river.

In an instant, his body vanished beneath the water.

In just one minute, two helicopters had gone down.