The Shrinking Giant Lizard

Ultimately, the elderly professor, the four women, and the three slightly overweight clerks chose to form their own group.

The others chose to follow Song Shuhang to the Ancient City.

The old professor was very curious about this strange island. Others might not know, but he could recognize the short plants under his feet and the towering trees in the distance—all of which were plants that had disappeared from the earth.

These plants, which he had only ever seen in textbooks, were now vividly present before his eyes.

Therefore, he chose to stay here to study these precious plants, and hopefully bring back some live samples—in the old professor's view, as long as he knew the direction of the Ancient City, he could catch up at any time.

Well... research enthusiasts are usually very rational, but when they go crazy, no one can stop them. The old professor's research spirit was burning brightly, and even the recent gorilla disaster couldn't dampen his enthusiasm for research.

The four women and the three slightly overweight office workers clearly had various opinions about them.

Song Shuhang did not force the other party.

However, before leading his team away, he still pointed out the direction of the 'Ancient City' to the old professor and his group.

"Finally, I still want to remind you that this place is very dangerous... not just because of those gorillas, but also because of even greater lurking dangers. You'd better take care of yourselves," Song Shuhang.

He did everything he could, and his reminders were very direct.

Whether the old professor and his group will heed his advice, and ultimately whether they live or die, depends on their own fate.

The Lu Fei sisters, Joseph, the little boy, the black man, the slightly overweight flight attendant, and five other female passengers left with Song Shuhang.

Afterwards, Gao Moumou, Mei Yi, and Tubo emerged from their hiding place and joined him.

"Shuhang, what just happened?" Gao Moumou was completely baffled. How could all the gorillas have fled the moment Song Shuhang appeared? Song Shuhang wasn't a ferocious beast, and even the king of the forest, the tiger, could only flee in panic when faced with fifty powerful gorillas.

"I just quietly popped my head out, and I'm still a bit confused myself," Song Shuhang said with a wry smile. He only used a 'Mental Pressure' attack; how could he have known these gorillas would be so easily frightened?

Then, Song Shuhang added, "Let's not say any more. The wilderness on this island is full of dangers. Let's go to the Ancient City to take refuge first."

Gao Moumou nodded silently.

Led by Song Shuhang, the group headed towards the 'Ancient City'.

"I hope for a safe journey, Senior White. Wish me luck!" Song Shuhang thought to himself.

According to the descriptions of the seniors in the group, even Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor and Sixth-Grade True Lord suffered greatly on this Mysterious Island. As a First-Grade weakling, wouldn't he be utterly humiliated by the monsters on the Mysterious Island?

At this time, one must have the protection of Fortune.

As for Fortune... asking anyone else is less effective than asking Senior White. In Soft Feather's words, making a wish to Senior White is incredibly effective!

Along the way, Song Shuhang spread his mental energy out to the fullest extent, maintaining the trick of the 'Spirit Detective Method'.

Using this method, he led his team to avoid many seemingly ferocious lurking beasts. However, these lurking beasts were not a problem; he only hoped they wouldn't encounter any demonic beasts.

If they encountered a demonic beast, Song Shuhang estimated that the beast would have already discovered them the moment his mental reconnaissance method made contact.

At that time, large carnivorous monsters might be able to feast to their hearts' content.

Soon, Song Shuhang's team crossed the plain and reached the edge of the jungle. From this position, they could already see the outline of the ancient Ancient City in the distance!

"There really is Ancient City!" Uncle Hei exclaimed excitedly. It turned out that he didn't quite believe Song Shuhang's words, but seeing that everyone was following Song Shuhang, he followed the group.

Lu Fei said softly, "It looks like an ancient China city."

"What a mysterious place." Sister Lu was clearly very interested in this place.

Because of their excitement, everyone's voices involuntarily became a little louder.

Song Shuhang quickly gestured for people to be careful. "Shh... everyone be careful. We'll be going around the edge of the jungle for a while, so don't make too much noise."

The thought of those terrifying yet comical gorillas silenced everyone's excitement, and they dared not utter a sound.

After calming down, Song Shuhang led the group to continue their journey.

There's a psychological principle called Murphy's Law, which roughly means this: if something can go wrong, it will, no matter how small the chance.

As the saying goes, what you fear most is what will happen.

As everyone proceeded cautiously... suddenly, a huge green creature stood up in the jungle about a hundred meters away from them.

The trees at the edge of the jungle are about ten meters tall, but when this huge creature stood up, it was half a head taller than the trees!

A huge, powerful body, covered in hard scales, with cold eyes.

"Dinosaurs!" Gao Moumou's eyes widened in disbelief.

"It looks more like a lizard, just magnified a lot?" Tubo clearly knew a lot about these reptiles, and swallowed hard.

"Hiss!" The giant creature, about fourteen meters tall, stuck out its tongue, its enormous eyes turning towards Song Shuhang and the others.

This scene inevitably brings to mind the sight of lizards eating ants... and now, Song Shuhang and the others are those poor little ants.

Song Shuhang swallowed hard. Such a massive size—even if he used his full power of 'Palm Thunder,' he couldn't take it down. Fourteen meters—a size that filled him with despair.

He gripped the Overlord Shatter Saber, tightly, wondering if it could break through the giant lizard's defenses.

Just as Song Shuhang was preparing to fight desperately...

Suddenly... the tall lizard in front of them shrank in size at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It shrank from a height of fourteen meters, from being half a tree's height to just as tall as the tree, and then continued to shrink until it disappeared completely!

"???" A series of question marks filled Song Shuhang's mind. What was this all about?

"A mirage?" Mei Yi asked softly.

Everyone nodded in understanding; it seemed that this was the only explanation that could make sense of the giant lizard suddenly shrinking and disappearing.

"Whatever it is... I feel it would be better if we pressed on and made it to the Ancient City in one go," Song Shuhang said, swallowing hard.

Agreed.

"I think so too." The passenger behind him was clearly frightened by what had just happened, and suddenly felt his legs, which had been feeling a bit weak after the long journey, were filled with strength again.

Potential is like a woman's cleavage; if you squeeze it, you'll eventually make it.

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"Not the rigid, inflexible kind of person."

"Then let's meet him in the Ancient City first."