Evolution from the crocodile

A few minutes later, Lu Chen saw the mutilated figure of the big herring again.

This guy's strength has obviously been exhausted. At this moment, his body is swaying, and he can barely maintain his balance in the water, but can barely keep swimming.

Just when he was about to rush forward to complete the killing blow, strange fluctuations came from the lake again.

Rumble... A huge thing suddenly jumped up from the dark water.

It opened its ferocious mouth and bit directly into the remains of the big herring!

The body is more than one meter long, and the surface of the dark body is covered with terrifying irregular markings. Its two small eyes the size of broad beans are filled with the aura of ferocity and death.

Even in the dark night, the figure of the other party is extremely dazzling.

Its appearance seemed to instantly cause the lake water within a few feet to drop several degrees.

Damn it... giant snakehead!

Lu Chen didn't expect that the giant snakehead he had been thinking about would appear at this moment and directly steal the prey.

This is like marrying a wife... you save some money yourself, build a house, and find someone to arrange a matchmaker to arrange a betrothal gift and a banquet. After all the work was done, it was time for the bride to enter the bridal chamber, but someone else took the lead. Where could she go to reason?

Last time Lu Chen estimated that this guy would weigh more than 20 pounds, but now it seems to be almost 30 pounds.

What's even more terrifying is its amazing bite force, which can crush the big herring's head in one bite.

Then he swaggered and left.

As for whether the giant snakehead can completely eat the big herring... There is no doubt that this guy has an amazing food intake. The maximum capacity of its stomach can reach about 60% of its body weight, and it can often swallow about half of its body length of live bait.

When fighting with the same kind, the snakehead can even devour individuals of the same kind that are two-thirds its own body length.

The strong sense of oppression made Lu Chen not even dare to fart from the beginning to the end, let alone make any move that would cause misunderstanding.

He was quite confident when he defeated Wang Jinshe before, and he was going to challenge Wuchang in a duel some time later. Now that we have had close contact, we know how big the gap is between the two sides.

No matter the length or weight, they are not in the same level.

Even the bite force that Lu Chen was proud of was not enough in front of the giant snakehead.

What's more, in the deep water area, his speed is completely incomparable with that of his opponent.

In a real confrontation, he might be able to escape luckily, but the other three siblings would definitely die.

There is no way, the disparity in strength is too great.

But there is no way to kill the giant snakehead.

Again, as a crocodile with human intelligence, Lu Chen's true strength is not only physical strength, but also intelligence.

We must find a way to kill this guy as soon as possible. Such a valuable fish is absolutely not allowed to exist in Liuhu Lake.

Otherwise, I will have to be on tenterhooks all the time when hunting and swimming in Liuhu Lake.

In just half a minute, a rough hunting plan was formed.

It's sketchy because, to put it bluntly, it's worthless.

Similar to hunting bar-headed cormorants (big herring), you use bait to lure them into the urn.

The plan is very old-fashioned, but it works.

The only thing Lu Chen wasn't sure about was whether this guy could discover the existence of the bait. After all, Liuhu Lake is too large, covering hundreds of acres of water.

Moreover, there are many fish resources in the water, and the giant snakehead has no shortage of food at all.

Lu Chen had lived here for two months and only encountered this guy twice.

However, as long as everyone is safe and prepared, I believe this guy will hit the door one day.

The prey in his mouth was snatched away. Lu Chen was in a bad mood and had no intention of organizing a few more crocodiles to dive into the water to hunt. He just caught a catfish among the aquatic plants near the shore to fill his stomach, and then returned to the shore to practice climbing trees.

In the next few days, Lu Chen was still very busy.

He began to consciously explore and swim along the shallow water on the shore, looking for suitable terrain for laying traps.

Soon, somewhere beside the reeds, a long and narrow ditch came into view.

The ditch is about seven or eight meters long, about three meters wide, and more than one meter deep.

The entrance is covered with lush aquatic plants.

What's more coincidental is that it happens to be near the north-south boundary of Liuhu Lake, similar to what fishermen often call the Huajian location. This means that the probability of snakehead passing through here is far greater than in other places.

After choosing the location, Lu Chen got busy with three crocodiles.

First they began to collect stones in the reeds, and then used their claws to collect water plants and pile them on the shore.

These are not useless efforts, they are all materials for setting traps.

After all the materials were prepared, Lu Chen first placed aquatic plants at the bottom of the ditch entrance, laid a thick layer half a meter wide, and pressed stones on top to fix it.

Then follow the same pattern and lay the second layer.

Within two days, a half-meter-high overflowing dam appeared on the bottom of the water.

After doing everything well, Lu Chen continued to lead his companions to collect aquatic plants and branches and pile them on the banks on both sides of the entrance.

At this time, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that when he was exploring the Liuhu environment before, he found a damaged sticky net at the bottom of the water somewhere. He didn't care about it at the time, but he could use it now.

Once the trap is set, the next step is to prepare the bait.

***

dusk.

Quack, quack...

In the dense reeds, there were sounds of birdsong.

There was a hint of panic in his voice.

This is an immature mallard duck. It flaps its wings and wants to fly away, but it can never leave the water.

Only when you get closer can you find that one thin leg of the mallard is tied by a rope, and the other end is firmly fixed at the bottom of the ditch. A lot of smashed river mussels, snails, and fish meat were scattered among the nearby aquatic plants... all the way to the outside of the ditch entrance.

The thick smell of blood spreads with the water and eventually flows into Liu Lake.

On the bank near the entrance of the ditch, there are scattered piles of water plants. Lu Chen hid in the shade, staring at the movement in the water with his eyes wide open. Beside him, three crocodile cubs were waiting patiently.

This is the trap Lu Chen set for the giant snakehead.

As long as the opponent is attracted by the mallard and swims into the ditch, he will immediately seal the water inlet with water plants and branches, and use a jar to catch turtles.

In addition to its powerful attack power, the most noteworthy thing about this snakehead is its amazing speed in the water.

As long as the speed is limited, it is entirely possible for four crocodiles to work together to strangle it.

All you have to do now is wait patiently and wait for this guy to take the bait.

Most predatory fish have a keen sense of smell, and so does the snakehead.

Its olfactory organs are composed of olfactory sacs on the left and right sides of the head. Each olfactory sac has two nostrils, front and rear, so it can easily smell the extremely subtle smell of blood in the water.

Lu Chen and several young crocodiles stayed in the reed marsh all night. Until dawn, the giant snakehead did not appear.

This situation is normal. Liuhu Lake is so large that no one is sure where the guy is looking for food.

But besides waiting patiently, Lu Chen had no other better way.

The weather was hot during the day, so Lu Chen took the crocodiles back to the cave to rest.

Wait patiently until they finish eating in the evening. The mallard duck with its calf tied seemed to have accepted its fate and no longer struggled to escape, but slowly swam on the water.

There is plenty of food scattered in the water, and it won't starve to death.

Second night, still empty.

At dusk on the third day, Lu Chen was about to take a few crocodile cubs out of the cave to continue the ambush, but suddenly he heard a barking sound from outside.