Evolution from the crocodile

Fortunately, Liuhu Lake is not far ahead.

Lu Chen jumped out and rushed directly into the lake.

Immediately, the body sank rapidly and disappeared completely.

Several magpies followed closely and flew around the lake, chirping in confusion. There was still no movement when they saw the water surface, so they could only fly back again.

All this was clearly seen by Lu Chen underwater.

He breathed a sigh of relief before feeling that the scales on his head had been pecked and blood was flowing.

Damn, is this a magpie or an eagle? It’s too fierce!

The performance of this group of magpies completely subverted Lu Chen's previous understanding.

The magpie cries, and guests arrive. In many people's minds, the magpie is a happy bird that symbolizes good luck and good luck.

In fact, this view is seriously wrong. Magpies are quite ferocious and their fighting power should not be underestimated.

In their diet, in addition to insects, frogs and other small animals, they also steal the eggs and chicks of other birds, and even capture squirrel babies and mice.

The most important thing is that these guys know how to take advantage of the group.

When a magpie is in danger from a powerful enemy, it will often call for help, and its companions who hear the sound will come to help.

Therefore, many predators in the wild are no match for them, such as tabby cats, eagles, big snakes, etc.

The water is not safe!

The ferocious and huge snakehead had left a deep impression on Lu Chen, and it also made him always in awe of Liuhu.

Especially now that it's summer, this guy mostly swims in shallow water to look for food.

After seeing the magpies leaving, Lu Chen did not dare to stay under the water any longer. Instead, he chose another direction, quietly went ashore, and returned to his nest.

It wasn't until he could no longer hear the birds chirping outside that he came out of the cave to check.

As expected, one of the sub-threads was torn off, and the captured magpie disappeared, leaving only the last fishhook floating in the wind.

With a fishhook swallowed in its belly, the magpie probably wouldn't survive even if it flew away.

Lu Chen felt very depressed because he was made so embarrassed by a group of little guys.

Not just because he accepted the memory of this body... In fact, as a lover of Animal World in his previous life, Lu Chen knew a lot about creatures like the crocodile.

They are the largest of all crocodile species and the largest living reptile on the Blue Star.

Male crocodiles grow to about 5 meters in length and weigh more than 800 kilograms when they reach adulthood.

The most famous crocodile in the past, Luolong, was nearly seven meters long and weighed over 1,000 kilograms. It was definitely a veritable overlord in the water.

In order to capture Luolong, hundreds of people spent nearly three weeks chasing and intercepting it, and it took hundreds of people to successfully drag it to the shore.

Even so, the guy broke free from the wire rope several times and almost escaped.

It is no exaggeration to say that after the crocodile reaches adulthood, it has almost no enemies in the water.

Lu Chen believed that as long as he could survive his childhood smoothly, he would definitely become the most powerful overlord at the top of the food chain!

But the premise is that they can survive successfully until adulthood.

He knew very well that the juvenile crocodiles were very weak and almost all predators were formidable enemies.

For example, there are various birds such as egrets, herons, and cormorants hovering above the lake, as well as predatory fish in the water, and animals such as weasels and wild cats in the reed marshes.

So for now, I can only keep this hatred in my heart for the time being and continue to grow and develop.

As for the wounds on the scales, Lu Chen didn't care.

Crocodiles are often injured when hunting prey in the wild or competing for territory with other species.

Any other animal would easily die from wound infection.

However, in an environment full of germs, crocodiles rarely become infected.

This is because they have strong immune systems.

Crocodile blood contains an antibacterial compound called antimicrobial peptide, which not only resists bacterial invasion, but also inhibits fungal growth. It also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and can even speed up wound healing.

It is this magical ability possessed by crocodiles that led many international institutions to study crocodile blood in the past, hoping to extract effective substances from it and develop newer antibiotics.

After resetting the hook bait, Lu Chen returned again.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that another frightening bird call came from the trap location.

This time he did not rush forward rashly, but hid close and observed carefully. After discovering that it was a little sparrow that had been hit, I finally felt relieved.

***

Wujiang City belongs to the coastal zone, where typhoons often blow in summer, which also brings abundant precipitation.

It rained for a whole week.

The temperature outside has dropped sharply, and is now only about 25 degrees, which is close to the limit of low temperature tolerance for the young crocodiles. The other three little guys were resting comfortably in the warm cave.

Lu Chen was different, still looking for food in the grass in the rain.

It has been almost twenty days since he escaped from the pet shop, and he has not relaxed for a moment. Eat like crazy and exercise every day...strengthen your limbs by digging in the soil, and increase your speed by running.

In short, seize every opportunity to make yourself stronger!

At first, Lu Chen's size was the second to last among the four crocodile cubs, but now he has completely surpassed the crocodile boss and has grown into the largest and strongest one.

With a body length of nearly 50 centimeters, he initially possesses a certain ability to protect himself. His weight is more than three times that of Crocodile Laosi, and he has become a veritable leader of the Gulf crocodile.

Of course, such a big change can be attributed to the abundant food at Liuhu Lake and the blessing of system energy points.

Since setting traps with fish hooks, Lu Chen's recipes have become more colorful. In addition to frogs that are constantly being attacked, there are also small birds such as sparrows and white-headed owls.

A pile of feathers buried deep in a corner outside is the best proof of the record.

The powerful stomach of the crocodile can digest bird flesh and bones, but it cannot corrode feathers and can only spit them out again.

As a crocodile with a human soul, Lu Chen has relatively high requirements for living environment conditions. So he never put the filth in the cave, but dug a pit not far away and buried it.

In addition, several young crocodiles are now defecating outside.

Lu Chen spent a lot of effort to get them to develop the good habit of no longer urinating in the hole.

If he doesn't obey, he will directly stretch out his sharp claws and beat him violently.

If you don’t change what you hear, then you’ll beat her up...

After convincing them hard, the three little guys basically didn't dare to disobey Lu Chen's orders.

However, the three crocodile cubs benefited more from hanging out with Lu Chen.

At least now I have been thriving and have never been really hungry.

We must know that in the natural environment, even if there are female crocodiles guarding them, 70% of the cubs will die due to various reasons such as hunger and predation in less than a year after birth.

Between one and ten years, the mortality rate is 28 percent.

In other words, less than 2% of the crocodiles actually survive to adulthood.

So, it's for their own good to get beaten!

Without Lu Chen's protection, the three little guys would have been eaten by other predators, and they would not be able to survive until now.