Chapter 105: The Invaluable Value

Gunshots echoed as sparks danced across the crocodile's scaly armor. No wounds appeared, no blood flowed. How was this possible? The beast's scales could actually repel bullets! At this moment, nearly ten million people watched the live broadcast worldwide. Many stared with wide eyes, faces etched with disbelief as they gazed at the scene unfolding before them.

These mercenaries fired 7.62mm assault rifles, each round leaving the muzzle at roughly 800 meters per second with an effective range of up to 1000 meters. Online tests confirmed that such bullets could easily pierce 300 centimeters of solid wood or 10 millimeters of steel plate. Yet they could not penetrate the scales of this prehistoric giant crocodile. This creature truly was a monster!

Countless organizations burned with excitement; anyone not an idiot could sense the enormous value this prehistoric giant crocodile represented. Even official departments from various countries secretly watched. After all, such a beast lay far beyond human imagination.

The searing pain radiating from his back finally restored Lu Chen's consciousness. He slowly turned his head, using the corner of his eye to survey the scaly surface of the body. No injuries, no bleeding. Only the muscle tissue beneath the scales had swollen, evidently from the massive kinetic force carried by the bullets. Damn, I almost blown it!

Lu Chen had not expected a momentary hesitation to nearly trap him in a deathly situation. It seemed that even preserving his strength might lead him to perish at the hands of humans. Since that was the case, then let us play big and have some fun!

“This guy is fine, continue attacking with high-explosive grenades. Don’t let it escape into the sea, chase it quickly!”

“High-explosive grenades are used up,” a captain responded hurriedly at that moment. They had believed their preparations were sufficient beforehand, yet they had not anticipated that this prehistoric giant crocodile possessed such formidable defense that bullets could not even pierce its scales.

“Damn it, then use sniper rifles… aim at the head and fire! In any case, do not let it escape.”

Watching the creature gradually regain its movements, Krane grew even more anxious, fearing it would dive back into the water and vanish once more. However, Lu Chen did not flee. Instead, he raised his head, opened his mouth, and let out a deep roar. Roar…

His abdomen began to swell continuously, a blood-red mist rapidly covering the scales on his body surface, accompanied by crackling sounds! His beast-like pupils gleamed blood-red, staring fixedly at the helicopters high in the sky.

Killing intent surged as if it had substance. “What’s going on with this guy?” “Why do I have a bad feeling?” “Isn’t he about to reveal his big move? That’s how it’s done in movies…”

The humans watching the live stream posted their thoughts online. Even the pilots manipulating the helicopters felt instinctively that something was wrong and subconsciously wanted to pull away. Puff…

A blood-red sphere the size of a washbasin suddenly erupted from the prehistoric giant beast’s mouth and streaked rapidly toward the sky. Boom!!

A dazzling light flashed, and a terrifying explosion rang out. At dozens of meters in the sky, an energy storm suddenly swept across. Under the gazes of countless people on-site and in the live stream, a nearby helicopter shook violently and then lost control, plummeting into the jungle and turning into a brilliant fireball. Several miserable cries could be faintly heard from within.

Further away, another helicopter seemed to have entered an invisible energy storm vortex, its fuselage shaking violently. Then it staggered off toward the distance. After flying dozens of meters, it spiraled and crashed into a small mountain ahead.

“My God, this… is truly a monster!” “It can unleash energy attacks…”

Looking at the massive body in the live stream interface, countless humans were stunned into silence. The jet-black scales, the ferocious eyes—the fierce monster from the movies had truly stepped into reality! The originally secretly observing national officials could no longer remain seated. A creature capable of releasing mysterious energy attacks was still a first on this blue planet, and the value hidden behind it was immeasurable.

What a pity!

Lu Chen watched the last helicopter fly into the sky more than a hundred meters high, feeling a slight regret in his heart for not completing the task. However, after this incident, he believed that when these humans wanted to hunt him again, they would have to think twice.

This place was unsuitable for lingering! Lu Chen could not obtain news from the human world but also understood the magnitude of the commotion he had caused. Next, more organizations would join the hunting team. Their methods would become even harder to resist. He could withstand bullet attacks without issue, but facing more powerful weapons, he would absolutely be finished. As a former human, Lu Chen naturally understood these things well.

So the most urgent matter currently was to leave at the fastest speed. He shook his tail and swam grandly toward the vast sea downstream. The sky is high and the birds fly freely; the sea is wide and the fish leap! In the vast ocean, it would be difficult for humans to hunt him again. Throughout the entire swimming process, the massive body would appear and disappear intermittently. As expected, those drones still had not given up and were tightly tracking him all the way.

The reason Lu Chen swam so arrogantly was to continue attracting human attention to himself, making them abandon the thought of searching in the jungle depths. Until he swam into the river mouth, Lu Chen finally relaxed completely and found a rock near the shore to sunbathe on. The spot on his back was still burning with pain. As for the several drones not far away, he chose to ignore them selectively.

As expected, just half an hour later, the sound of helicopters rang out again. This time there were more of them, over a dozen. These guys really thought he would stay by the sea and wait for them to hunt him? A trace of mockery flashed in Lu Chen’s beast-like pupils, then with a sudden leap, he disappeared beneath the water’s surface.

More than a dozen helicopters arrived nearby and immediately released various underwater detection instruments to search. But the vast sea made it too slow to find the shadow of a crocodile. Moreover, after Lu Chen entered the water, he had been swimming rapidly toward the deep ocean along the seabed. In just half an hour, he had swum dozens of miles away.

Although Lu Chen had disappeared in the vast ocean, discussions about him were everywhere, with nearly all major media outlets worldwide reporting on the front pages. Soon, messages from the Xia Nation’s internet also spread globally. After careful video comparison, many people had already confirmed that this monster was indeed a mutated Siamese crocodile, and was thus formally named the Dragon King. As for the time of the mutation, it was probably more than a year ago.

For this reason, many people rushed back to the Tiannan Mountains to look for the shadows of the other Siamese crocodiles. Of course, the main attention remained around the Madura sea area. In the following days, the entire area around the river mouth became a drone showcase, with various forces appearing one after another. What many found strange was that after being attacked, this giant crocodile monster did not disappear as imagined. Instead, it kept appearing on the sea surface to sunbathe.

To capture it, some countries even used various advanced underwater equipment. However, this guy was very agile; often as soon as humans approached, it would rapidly dive into the deep water and disappear. Someone drew a map based on the giant crocodile’s appearance locations and speculated that it was migrating toward the deep ocean, perhaps wanting to escape to another continent.

Until more than ten days later, the giant crocodile completely vanished…