Storm Sea, Crocodile Man territory, in a cave on a bare island.
The air in this island cave is humid, the light is dark, and the conditions are quite harsh no matter how you look at it, but it is the base camp of Crocodile Man who lives here, and where their clan leader lives.
The patriarch of the Crocodile Man clan is a powerful old Crocodile Man, who is also the main bloodline source of this clan and enjoys a very high status among this group of Crocodile Man.
"Clan leader! You are really old!"
At this time, Gugucha entered the cave and saw the old patriarch whom he had not seen for many years, and couldn't help but sigh.
He saw a huge old man Crocodile Man lying on a stone slab in front of him, but this old man Crocodile Man completely lost the power and majesty in his memory. Even the scales on his aging face had lost most of the color and began to turn white. His physical condition also looked very weak. He would occasionally let out difficult breathing sounds even when he was lying there doing nothing.
"Gugucha... you are back."
Hearing the blunt greeting from the giant Crocodile Man in front of him, the old Crocodile Man lying on the stone floor opened his eyes, revealing his already somewhat cloudy eyes.
"It's me! Back then you forbade me from leaving my tribe, saying that without the protection of my tribe, I would surely die at the hands of those cunning humans. But you were wrong! I proved that I can live a good life!"
Gugucha didn't show much respect for the old patriarch in his words, and even contained a lot of resentment.
"Cough... cough... yes...Gugucha, you win."
After listening to the somewhat excited Gugucha in front of him, old Crocodile Man didn't show much expression on his old face. He just coughed twice and admitted his mistakes back then.
"You're looking for me... there must be something wrong."
He then closed his eyes a little tiredly and replied slowly.
Gugucha couldn't help but look a little sad after hearing this. He actually wanted to prove that he was right when he came back this time, and to feel proud in front of this tough patriarch. But he didn't expect that the other party had already aged so much that he admitted his mistakes so simply and casually, and he no longer had the tough look in his memory.
"My human partner wants to cooperate with the tribe. He sent out Golden Orchid Coins, and we helped him find an island called Forbidden Fruit Island at the Storm Sea."
Gugucha then started talking about business. This matter has already gained the support of some tribesmen through the efforts of Wang Zhifan. If you want to get another part, you can get the help of the old Crocodile Man in front of you.
"Ahem...Gugucha... you know... I don't like... ahem... cooperating with humans..."
As expected, the old Crocodile Man rejected him, his tone seemed weak, but his meaning was quite firm.
"Haha... Old patriarch, you are still like this and don't know how to adapt."
Gugucha had a somewhat sarcastic smile on his face.
"Stop holding on to your old-fashioned ideas! Admit it! Human beings are the masters of this world! If we don't cooperate with them and learn from them, we are doomed to perish!"
He opened his mouth to refute the old Crocodile Man in front of him, and his tone was already quite disrespectful.
But the old and frail Crocodile Man didn't seem to care much. He was silent for a few seconds after listening, and then slowly said, "Gugucha... you are too young... you have not experienced many things... that's why you have such naive ideas... everything I do... is for our Crocodile Man clan... I will not allow other clansmen to contact humans..."
Upon hearing this categorical rejection, Gugucha's eyes suddenly flashed with a look that was indeed true, but he did not panic and continued to taunt back:
"Old clan leader, you are too old! Things in the clan are not all up to you like before! I will convince other clan members that they will definitely choose my path after seeing the benefits!"
After saying that, he turned around and left decisively, not intending to continue to tangle with this aging and rigid clan leader. Because of his current state, his influence on the clan had dropped too much, so he didn't need to care too much about his thoughts.
However, Gugucha still underestimated the will of the old clan leader. When he had just turned around and not taken two steps, the tired but still articulate voice of old Crocodile Man came from behind him. "Stop...Gugucha... I know... where to find it...Forbidden Fruit Island... please let go... of my tribe..."
Gugucha heard this and immediately turned back slightly surprised.
After a while, Great White Shark was in the captain's cabin of the sea ship.
"Did your clan leader tell you the location of Forbidden Fruit Island? Has he been to that place?"
At this moment, Wang Zhifan was a little surprised by the news brought by Gugucha. He originally thought of relying on the advantages of the Crocodile Man family as a marine race to help him find the island, but he didn't know that the other party directly knew the information he needed.
"The patriarch didn't say much, he just told me how to get there."
Gugucha shook his head at Wang Zhifan and did not elaborate because the other party was too old and did not have the extra energy to discuss in detail.
"Is this information reliable? Your clan leader isn't the type who likes to brag, is he?"
Wang Zhifan is still a little hesitant at this point, because based on his investigation during this period, he can know that the location of Forbidden Fruit Island is indeed very hidden. It can be said that there are only a few people in the world who have actually been there.
"I'm not entirely sure... but it should be reliable. My gut tells me he's not lying."
Gugucha thought for a moment and replied.
"Okay then..."
Wang Zhifan felt that this partner Crocodile Man had always been reliable, so he chose to believe it. He thought for a while and said:
"I will first give your tribe one thousand Golden Orchid Coins as a deposit and ask them to help me find and collect information about Forbidden Fruit Island. At the same time, you take us to that place. If we don't find it, come back and continue to mobilize your tribe to help."
He planned to make preparations with both hands and not put all his hopes aside.
"Okay... one thousand Golden Orchid Coins is enough to go to the nearest seaport to purchase a large amount of supplies, and they will agree to help."
There is another reason Gugucha did not mention, that is, Wang Zhifan defeated a large number of tribesmen in previous duel challenges, convincing them that they were willing to cooperate with him.
"In this case, let's set off as soon as possible! I'm already tired of being bothered by this island."
After discussing it, Wang Zhifan stopped thinking about it. The current dungeon was already the longest one he had ever spent. The constant consumption of patience made him not want to miss any opportunity to complete this dungeon.
In this way, what happened after that was simple and clear. Wang Zhifan and Gugucha visited Crocodile Man. Under the leadership of Gugucha, the two parties reached a preliminary cooperation. Then they returned to Great White Shark and set off that day to the location provided by the Crocodile Man patriarch.
According to Gugucha, that place is quite far away from the territory of Crocodile Man. It is a central area of the Storm Sea. Even if a sea-going ship sails at the highest speed, it will take more than half a month. Moreover, the wind and waves there are bigger, and the danger of sea-going ship navigation will be higher.
However, none of this can hinder Wang Zhifan's will to go forward. He even feels more reliable because this location is in the central zone of the Storm Sea, because according to his long-term investigation, Forbidden Fruit Island basically appears in that kind of place. If Storm Sea is not huge and the so-called central zone is also too big, he would have let Great White Shark dive in.
In this way, Wang Zhifan and others spent nearly a month on the boring Storm Sea voyage. In fact, during this period, they occasionally encountered some troubles other than wind and waves, such as encountering sea monsters that came out. However, Wang Zhifan's Ice Source Power was extremely restrained and dispatched them easily, so this problem did not have any impact on their voyage.
When the time came one month later, Gugucha and the navigators determined the precise location based on the iconic islands in this area, and they finally arrived at the location provided by the patriarch Crocodile Man.
"There's nothing here!"
"We've been busy for a month in vain!"
In the huge wind and waves, both Chen Ming brothers ran excitedly from the cabin to the deck, because they were also tortured by this lengthy copy and wanted to end it quickly, but the result seemed not so good.
"I'm sure the patriarch was talking about this sea area... Did he lie deliberately to get us to leave?"
Seeing the turbulent waves without any islands, Crocodile Man the giant man Gugucha was a little unable to hold back at this time. He chose to trust his intuition a month ago, but the result was such a slap in the face.
But it was quite different from the disappointed expressions of others. Wang Zhifan was standing on the side of the ship at the moment, with his eyes very focused against the huge sea wind. He stared at a sea surface in front of him that didn't seem to have any abnormalities. He suddenly turned his head and asked the sailors to drive Great White Shark over.
The sailors are different from players like them. They work with money and have little obsession with finding Forbidden Fruit Island. Therefore, they have no real sense of the current setbacks. After hearing Wang Zhifan's instructions, they immediately went to work.
After a short period of time, under the skillful control of the sailors, Great White Shark finally arrived at the target sea area with shaking and bumping. It seemed that there was still nothing here except the sea water that was constantly charging back and forth in the sea breeze.
"My perception just now is indeed correct... There is a very special mysterious atmosphere left in this place... Although it is very weak, this kind of power has never appeared in other sea areas... It is probably left by that Sea God's Emissary..."
Wang Zhifan fully released his perception after Great White Shark arrived at the target area, and then quickly determined that what he just discovered was not an illusion. Forbidden Fruit Island may have really appeared in this sea area. After all, he already knew that Forbidden Fruit Island was able to move, and there was also Sea God's Emissary guarding it. It was normal for the other party to leave some traces here.
"The breath extends all the way over there... you are sailing in that direction now!"
He then gave orders to the sailors again, asking Great White Shark to follow the direction he determined with his extraordinary perception.
This process will not end in a short time. Wang Zhifan constantly senses the flow direction of the mysterious aura and guides the direction of the ship under his feet for several days. The sailors work in shifts and he does not rest for even an hour because he has discovered that the mysterious aura he senses becomes clearer as the ship sails, that is, they are gradually approaching the position of the tracking target! Finally, a few days later, when many crew members privately commented that Wang Zhifan had been guiding the sailing direction indiscriminately these days, people on the Great White Shark deck suddenly saw a beautiful and magical island appearing on the sea in front of them!
It is an island that is not very large in area, but it is completely different from other rocky islands in the central area of the Storm Sea. That is, it is very beautiful. The surface of the island is covered with green trees and dotted with many flowers and grasses. You can even see many brightly colored birds flying around inside. It is completely different from the surrounding stormy sea!
"Found it! This is definitely Forbidden Fruit Island!"
Wang Zhifan was the first to rush to the side of the ship after sensing the island in front of him. He did not need any other evidence to be extremely certain that the beautiful island in front of him was the Forbidden Fruit Island he had been looking for for more than two months, because not only did the other party's appearance match the information he had collected, he also sensed a certain existence hidden under the sea that could not be ignored! "Sea God's Emissary? Let me wait for you!"
After thinking for a while, Wang Zhifan judged that the existence hidden under the sea must be contacted, so he took out Wind-Hiding Hat from the portable space and put it on his head. Then he stepped a little bit, crossed the side of the ship in front of him, and walked over step by step on the sea surface.
He wore Wind-Hiding Hat to eliminate the impact of strong winds on the sea, and when he walked there, he used an auxiliary method that froze the seawater under his feet and turned it into solid ice.
After a while, Wang Zhifan, wearing Wind-Hiding Hat on his head, stepped on the ice that was constantly forming under his feet and arrived close to the beautiful island. However, he did not focus on the charming island in front of him, but looked at the sea next to the island. That place looked no different from other places in the Storm Sea. The waves were rough and windy, but it did not affect the island next to it.
As he watched through the curtain of the bamboo hat, a huge black shadow gradually appeared below the sea surface. Then the black shadow slowly emerged from the sea like a piece of land, and then quickly rose up like a hill, showing its complete picture in front of his eyes.
It was a huge dark blue sea creature. Its appearance was somewhat similar to a whale, but it had five eyes on each side of its forehead. Each eye was a different color, but they all shone with a mysterious light, which made it look full of inviolable power.
"Outsiders, congratulations, you are the second batch to find this place."
The being in the form of Many-Eyed Giant Whale then stared at Wang Zhifan with its ten eyes, and spoke softly, sounding like an older woman who had been waiting for her old friend for a long time.
"Am I in the second batch?"
Wang Zhifan was a little surprised when he heard this. On the one hand, he was surprised that this guy who was not weak at first glance seemed to have a very friendly attitude. On the other hand, he was curious about who could catch up with him.
"Yes, several people similar to you have boarded Forbidden Fruit Island. They are in a little trouble now. You'd better go and help them."
This should be Many-Eyed Giant Whale from Sea God's Emissary continued.