f-Crocodile

The bright moonlight shone on the sea, leaving a silvery-white reflection, which shattered with the surging waves.

On the sea surface, a huge Black Fish swam away into the distance.

It was the Xia Qiu when they were heading towards Alabasta.

Xia Qiu chose to attack at night, mainly because of the crocodile's lifestyle.

Firstly, crocodiles sleep in a manner very similar to dolphins, also employing a hemispheric sleep pattern. By switching between hemispheric sleep patterns, they also maintain a degree of alertness.

Most crocodiles rest on the water at midday, spending a small portion of their time on land. At night, they mostly stay in the water, but they don't necessarily fall asleep. Sometimes you can see the crocodile's eyes glowing red.

Crocodiles are no exception, especially since they are docile and often used as a means of transportation, usually during the day.

However, crocodiles spend most of their day in the water to keep their skin moist, while those used as a means of transportation are exposed to the desert during the day, trekking long distances.

So at night, he would no longer be able to stay on land and would definitely rest in the water, returning to the river.

Only a minority of crocodiles are used as vehicles; those that are not used for transportation generally stay in the water at night, just like most crocodiles.

Moreover, because it is nighttime, there are fewer people and the visibility is darker, greatly reducing the chances of being discovered.

Therefore, Xia Qiu chose to set out at night to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Xia Qiu has mastered both hemi-brain sleep and fragmented sleep methods, so he doesn't have to worry about day or night.

Xia Qiu rode the waves and rapidly approached Alabasta.

He was very fast, taking less time than he had taken to get there, and arrived in Alabasta in just over an hour.

In the center of Lodestar Island, a long river flows inwards, stopping at about two-thirds of the way across the island.

The river can accommodate huge warships, and even naval warships can pass through with ease.

Xia Qiu lingered at the river mouth, trying to find traces of crocodiles.

Crocodiles are divided into freshwater crocodiles and saltwater crocodiles. The latter generally live in estuaries and coastal areas, and if they exist, they should be in the area where rivers flow into the ocean.

No.

Xia Qiu, having found no trace of the crocodile, planned to enter the river.

But before entering the water, it floated to the surface and began to breathe.

Rivers have low salt content and large osmotic pressure differences, which are not well-suited to being inhaled, especially when filtered through gill filaments, causing significant problems.

However, Xia Qiu, they can store gas and temporarily do not need to breathe through their gills.

Continue to delve deeper.

Xia Qiu continuously released sound waves to sense his surroundings, and as he went deeper, he captured several signals.

"On the water ahead."

Xia Qiu noticed several sound wave signals floating on the surface of the river ahead.

According to the signal feedback, the body length is between seven and eight meters, and some even reach more than ten meters.

"It must be them."

Xia Qiu saw their figures and slowly approached.

They have sensitive outer skin receptors that can detect changes in water pressure at close range.

Therefore, if you make too large movements, it will alert them and cause them to leave.

Fortunately, the river is very wide, reaching several hundred meters at its widest point, and the estuary is even close to a kilometer wide.

Xia Qiu slowly approached, advancing little by little, trying not to attract their attention.

The occasional ripples were simply mistaken for the movement of the river.

However, as they got closer and the pressure from the river increased, they still did not react.

Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters

They remained calmly floating on the water.

Get closer.

Xia Qiu continued to approach, and when they were only thirty meters away, these creatures began to react.

boom.

Xia Qiu accelerated their charge, their massive bodies crashing through the river, causing the current to flow faster and the immense water pressure to make them move.

They approached the riverbank, but Xia Qiu were already near.

It really is a crocodile; it has banana-shaped parts at the tip of its nose, on its head, and on its tail—three in total, more than one Banana Crocodile has.

Click.

Xia Qiu charged straight at it and bit a crocodile that was trying to escape.

The crocodile struggled violently, but to no avail. Xia Qiu grabbed it and turned away, swimming off into the river.

Rumble.

When Xia Qiu depart, they no longer conceal themselves, leaving the river with tremendous force and entering the ocean.

Click.

Xia Qiu clenched his teeth and bit off a large chunk from the crocodile's body. The crocodile only twitched a few times before stopping.

It is very tall.

The height of F-Crocodile can even reach one-sixth of its length, which is somewhat incredible for someone who knows crocodiles.

Of course, most crocodiles on Earth have relatively long tails, while the crocodile's tail is shorter and curls upwards, reaching more than twice the height of its body.

This results in crocodiles that are around eight or nine meters long having mostly a torso with only a small tail, making them appear even taller.

Xia Qiu was eating an alligator. An alligator weighs about four to five tons, which is exactly the amount he eats in one meal.

The taste wasn't very good.

Xia Qiu finished eating the crocodile, somewhat dissatisfied, but did not leave immediately, waiting for the crocodile meat to digest.

After a while, a warm current appeared and spread throughout my body.

Lots of energy!

The energy contained in F-Crocodile exceeds that of marine fish and land mammals of the same size, by about twice.

More energy means faster evolution.

I desperately want to grow limbs, especially strong limbs.

This energy radiates outwards and then slowly dissipates over time.

After Xia Qiu finished digesting the crocodile meat, he went back into the river, only to find that the crocodiles were still floating in the nearby area.

Xia Qiu slowly approached again, and when she was about 30 or 40 meters away, she suddenly closed in, bit a crocodile, and then turned and ran.

They carried it to the sea, and only then did Xia Qiu begin to eat.

Xia Qiu was satisfied after eating two crocodiles.

However, we need to reduce the feeding frequency. After Xia Qiu, we should avoid their mating and spawning periods. At the same time, we should feed them once every two days, and one per feeding is enough. We can even reduce the frequency further.

One is to prevent them from developing a sufficiently high level of alertness, and the other is to avoid affecting their reproduction.

They ensure they don't go extinct during the period when they grow legs and are able to satisfy their regular feeding needs.

This timeframe was set for two years, from Xia Qiu.

I once spent six months growing a 1.5-meter-long neck from a land mammal every day.

The neck is only slightly thinner than the thickest part of the body, and is very thick, much thicker than the limbs.

So, the Evolution Energy of a crocodile is twice that of a terrestrial mammal. To grow limbs, it would take about a year and a half, and two years would be more than enough time, with each crocodile taking two days to grow one.

Don't rush.

Thinking about it, Xia Qiu, feeling the surge of heat throughout her body, headed back in the direction she had come from.

This is the fifth update. I will continue to update three times a day for the rest of this month.